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quotidian
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daily:
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inexorable
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unyielding; unalterable:
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maculate
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spotted; stained.
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altercation
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noisy disputeargument, clashfightquarrel
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deprecate
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to depreciate; belittle.
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chimerical
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unreal; imaginary; visionary:
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biped
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having two feet.
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antediluvian
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prehistoric, ancient beyond measureoldarchaicantique
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impute
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to attribute or ascribe:
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deferential
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showing deference; deferent; respectful.
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toady
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an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.
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antithesis
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exact opposite or direct contrast
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Bedouin
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traditionally lives in a tent
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mores
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folkways of central importance accepted without question and embodying the fundamental moral views of a group
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enormity
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outrageous or heinous character; atrociousness:
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effrontery
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shameless or impudent boldness; barefaced audacity:
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brusque
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abrupt in manner; blunt; rough:
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lackadaisical
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without interest, vigor, or determination; listless; lethargic:
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steadfast
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fixed in direction; steadily directed:
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benign
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having a kindly disposition; gracious:
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attenuate
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to make thin or slender; weaken
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Yalta
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where treaty ending WWII was signed
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inimical
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adverse in tendency or effect; unfavorable; harmful:
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dilatory
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tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy.
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acrimony
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sharpness, harshness, or bitterness of nature, speech, disposition, etc.:
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flaunt
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to parade or display oneself conspicuously, defiantly, or boldly.
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exacerbate
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to increase the severity, bitterness, or violence of (disease, ill feeling, etc.); aggravate.
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boor
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a churlish, rude, or unmannerly person; a country bumpkin, rustic or yokel
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arable
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capable of producing crops; suitable for farming; suited to the plow and for tillage:
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diaphanous
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very sheer and light; almost completely transparent or translucent.
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prevaricate
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to speak falsely or misleadingly; deliberately misstate or create an incorrect impression; lie.
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sardonic
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characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering:
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exorbitant
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exceeding the bounds of custom, propriety, or reason, esp. in amount or extent; highly excessive:
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amphora
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large two-handled storage jar having an oval body, usually tapering to a point at the base
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ecclesiastic
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adj. pertaining or relating to a church
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fatuous
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foolish or inane, esp. in an unconscious, complacent manner; silly.
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intractable
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not easily controlled or directed; not docile or manageable; stubborn; obstinate:
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mutability
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liable or subject to change or alteration.
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contumelious
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insulting display of contempt in words or actions; contemptuous or humiliating treatment.
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proficient
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well-advanced or competent in any art, science, or subject; skilled:
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equine
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of, pertaining to, or resembling a horse:
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deluge
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a great flood of water; inundation; flood.
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acquiesce
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to assent tacitly; submit or comply silently or without protest; agree; consent:
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obstinate
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firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose, opinion, etc.; not yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty.
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perfunctory
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performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial:
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wan
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of an unnatural or sickly pallor; pallid; lacking color:
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spur
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anything that goads, impels, or urges, as to action, speed, or achievement.
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pugnacious
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inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
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alms
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money, food, or other donations given to the poor or needy; anything given as charity:
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ambulatory
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of, related to, or adapted to walking or moving from place to placeitinerantnomadicperipateticrovingvagabond
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jettison
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to cast (goods) overboard in order to lighten a vessel or aircraft or to improve its stability in an emergency.
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estrange
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to turn away in feeling or affection; make unfriendly or hostile; alienate the affections of:
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parry
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to ward off (a thrust, stroke, weapon, etc.), as in fencing; avert.
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deride
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to laugh at in scorn or contempt; scoff or jeer at; mock.
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clairvoyant
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having or claiming to have the power of seeing objects or actions beyond the range of natural vision.
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lumber
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a river in S central North Carolina and NE South Carolina, flowing SE and S to the Little Pee Dee River. 125 mi. (201 km) long.
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rhetoric
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(in writing or speech) the undue use of exaggeration or display; bombast.
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crumple
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to press or crush into irregular folds or into a compact mass; bend out of shape; rumple; wrinkle.
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gauge
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a unit of measure of the internal diameter of a shotgun barrel, determined by the number of spherical lead bullets of a diameter equal to that of the bore that are required to make one pound:
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Guiseppe Garibaldi
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leader who sought to unify Italy in the 19th century
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adroit
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expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body.
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aggrandize
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to widen in scope; increase in size or intensity; enlarge; extend.
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uxorial
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of or pertaining to a wife; typical of or befitting a wife.
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elegy
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n. a poem of lament and praise for the dead
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disheveled
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to let down, as hair, or wear or let hang in loose disorder, as clothing.
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