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abominable
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repugnantly hateful; very unpleasant, detestable, loathsome
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abscond
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to leave secretly and hide
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capitulate
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to surrender
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castigate
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to punish or to subdue by punishment; to criticize with drastic severity
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comatose
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lethargic, unconscious
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consolidate
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to make solid, to unite, or to merge
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despondency
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depression; dejection
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destitution
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state of being extremely poor; in extreme want
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eddy
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a current of air or water moving contrary to the main current (circularly)
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enfranchise
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to give or to bestow something such as the right to vote or citizenship
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ennoble
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to elevate; to raise in rank
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fecund
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capable of reproducing, intellectual productivity
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inebriation
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drunkenness; intoxication
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inopportune
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inconvenient; poorly timed
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inviolable
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secure from violation or from being profaned
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nonchalance
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indifference; a showing of little interest
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prevarication
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evasiveness; lie
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primordial
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original, existing at the beginning (usually relates to time)
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punctilious
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stressing precise following of instructions, details, codes, or conduct
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remonstrate
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to protest, to make objections
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rudimentary
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consisting in first principles, of a primitive kind; relating to basic skills
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sonnet
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a fourteen line form of poetry
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tantamount
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equivalent in value or significance
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turgid
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swollen
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vestigial
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something in an underdeveloped form
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