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villainous
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adjective
1. having a cruel, wicked, malicious nature or character. |
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persecuted
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verb
1. to pursue with harassing or oppressive treatment, esp. because of religion, race, or beliefs; harass persistently. 2. to annoy or trouble persistently. |
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heathen
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noun
1. an unconverted individual of a people that do not acknowledge the God of the Bible; a person who is neither a Jew, Christian, nor Muslim; pagan. 2. an irreligious, uncultured, or uncivilized person. |
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perpetuate
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verb .
1. to make perpetual. 2. to preserve from extinction or oblivion: to perpetuate one's name. |
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paradox
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noun
1. any person, thing, or situation exhibiting an apparently contradictory nature. |
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abomination
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noun
1. a vile, shameful, or detestable action, condition, habit, etc.: Spitting in public is an abomination. |
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fanatic
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noun
1. a person with an extreme and uncritical enthusiasm or zeal, as in religion or politics. |
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faction
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noun
1. a group or clique within a larger group, party, government, organization, or the like: a faction in favor of big business. |
