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vicarious
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experienced, performed, or suffered through some one else; living through the experience of another as though they were one's own
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recalcitrant
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stubbornly defiant or authority or control
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proficient
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thoroughly competent; skillful
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incipient
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beginning; emerging
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incongruous
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not harmonious; no consistent
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indigeous
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native; orginating in that area
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abash
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to make ashamed; to embarrass
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chicanery
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trickery; deceitfulness, especially legal or political
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charisma
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magical-seeming ability to attract followers or inspire loyalty
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indolent
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lazy
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wane
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to decrease in strength or intensity; to fade away
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zenith
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highest point; peak; pinnacle
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stipend
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income; allowance; salary
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stratagem
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a maneuver designed to outwit an enemy; a scheme
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rue
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to mourn; to regret
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retort
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to make sharp reply
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patina
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surface discoloratioin caused by age and oxidation
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phlegmatic
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calm or indifferent; not easily roused to excitment
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motley
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extremely varied or diverse; multicolored
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infringe
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to violate; to encroach or trepass
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