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| deprived or left desolate because of a death |
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a portrait or description that is purposely distorted or
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| humiliation; embarrassed disappointment |
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| trickery; deceitfulness, especially legal or political |
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| roundabout; not following a direct path |
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| to come together as one; to unite |
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overly pleased with oneself; contented to a
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a pleasant or inoffensive expression used in place of an
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| to attack, especially to attack the truth or integrity of something |
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a written or published falsehood that injures the reputation of, or
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| n scheming activity for an evil purpose |
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| someone who gives up his or her life in pursuit of a cause, |
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a hired soldier; someone who will do anything for
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| excessive love one one’s body or oneself |
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| to break up into opposing factions or groupings |
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| to cause to happen abruptly |
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a right or privilege connected exclusively with a
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| to declare; to declare falsely or pretend |
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a bitter counteraccusation, or the act of making
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| to argue against; to protest; to raise objections |
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| to scold, usually in disappointment; to blame |
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| to deny oneself things; to renounce |
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| to be opposed to doing something |
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| sympathy; attraction; kinship; similarity |
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one who believes that the existence of a god can be neither proven
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| uninvolved; keeping one’s distance |
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| atmosphere; mood; feeling |
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| lacking a sense of right and wrong; neither good nor bad, neither moral nor immoral; without moral sense |
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| absence of government or control; lawlessness; disorder |
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someone or something that went before; something that
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| lack of interest; lack of feeling |
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elevation to divine status; the perfect example of
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| mysterious; known only to a select few |
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| hardworking; busy; quite diligent |
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| gradual wearing away, weakening, or loss |
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| off course; twisted to one side |
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| combative; quarrelsome; waging war |
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| gentle; not harmful; kind; mild |
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| irreverence; an insult to something held sacred |
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middle class, usually in a pejorative sense; boringly
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| to persuade someone to do something he or she doesn’t want to do |
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| truthfulness; sincere honesty |
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| purification that brings emotional relief or renewal |
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| to guess based on evidence |
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| to free completely from blame |
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| meticulous; demanding; finicky |
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| skillful maneuvering; subtlety; craftiness |
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| accidental; occurring by chance |
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to make gestures, especially when speaking or in place
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| a forerunner; a signal of |
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| fair; not favoring one side or the other; unbiased |
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| to begin officially; to induct formally into office |
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| not caring one way or the other; apathetic; mediocre |
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shamefully wicked; having an extremely bad reputation;
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| existing since birth; inborn; inherent |
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| a rebel; someone who revolts against a government |
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| using few words, especially to the point of seeming rude |
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| talking a lot or too much |
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| a rich, powerful, or very successful business-person |
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| silly and overly sentimental |
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a magical change in form; a striking or sudden
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| massive, solid, uniform, and unyielding |
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| a new word or phrase; a new usage of a word |
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| a subtle difference or distinction |
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| capable of being touched; obvious; tangible |
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| a strong taste or liking for something; a predilection |
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| the outside edge of something |
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| a smugly ignorant person with no appreciation for intellectual or artistic matters |
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| so large as to be clumsy; massive; dull |
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| original; unspoiled; pure |
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| extravagantly wasteful and, usually, wildly immoral |
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| complaining; grumbling; whining |
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| greedy; plundering; avaricious |
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to give up formally or resign; to disown; to have nothing to
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| sacred; held to be inviolable |
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