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abase

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lower; humiliate

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allot

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to give as share of something; allocate; apportion

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arcane

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secret; mysterious; known only to the initiated

4
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contemporary

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person belonging to the same period

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dearth

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scarcity

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entice

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lure; attract; tempt

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execrable

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very bad

8
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foster

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rear; encourage

9
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indiscretion

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lack of tactfulness or sound judgment

10
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insomnia

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wakefulness; inability to sleep

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jollity

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gaiety; cheerfulness

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litigation

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lawsuit

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mortify

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humiliate; punish the flesh

14
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oscillate

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vibrate pendulum like; waver

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pecuniary

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pertaining to money

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precept

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practical rule guiding conduct

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quandary

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dilemma

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repudiate

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disown; disavow

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ferment

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agitation; commotion

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founder

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fall completely; sink

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grandiloquent

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attempting to impress with big words or grand gestures

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hone

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sharpen

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instigate

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urge; start; provoke

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loath

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reluctant; disinclinedossify

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ossify

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change or harden into bone

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preceptor

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teacher, principal of a school, instructor

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promiscuous

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mixed indiscriminately; haphazard; irregular, particularly sexually

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quasi

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to a degree but not completely; resembling but not being

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recondite

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profound, hard to understand; over one’s head

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repugnant

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loathsome; hateful

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sacrilegious

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desecrating; profane

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squalor

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filth; degradation; dirty, neglected state

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transgression

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violation of a law; sin

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vilify

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slander

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zeitgeist

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the spirit of the age; trend of a particular period

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archetype

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prototype; primitive pattern

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breach

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breaking of contract or duty; fissure or gap

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concave

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hollow

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continence

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self-restraint

40
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edict

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official command