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vigilant

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watchful; weary; constantly alert

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zealot

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fanatic; person who shows excessive zeal

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notoriety

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disrepute; ill fame

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orthodox

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traditional; conservative in belief

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pauper

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very poor person

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pied

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variegated; multicolored

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precedent

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something preceding in time that may be used as an authority or guide for future action

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prolixity

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tedious wordiness; verbosity

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qualms

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misgivings; uneasy fears, especially about matters of conscience

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recoil

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to retreat; shrink back

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reprove

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censure; rebuke

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saboteur

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one who commits sabotage; destroyer of property

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sever

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cut; separate

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spurn

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reject; scorn

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subterfuge

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deceitful stratagem; trick; pretense

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temper

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moderate; tone down or restrain; toughen

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transfix

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to fix in place or hold motionless; to rivet

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uninhibited

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unrepressed

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complicity

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participation; involvement

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contagion

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infection

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de facto

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in fact; actually existing, esp. without lawful authority

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depreciate

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lessen in value

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disinterested

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unprejudiced

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eccentric

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irregular; odd; whimsical; bizarre

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enthrall

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capture; enslave

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exculpate

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clear from blame

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felicity

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happiness; appropriateness

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fortuitous

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accidental; by chance

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graduated

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arranged by degrees (of height, difficulty, etc.)

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homeopathy

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a system of natural healing

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importune

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urging; demanding

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indignity

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offensive or insulting treatment

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insolvent

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bankrupt; unable to repay one’s debts, insolvency

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jocular

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said or done in jest

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litigate

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to try in court

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maul

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handle roughly

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morticial

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undertaker

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chaff

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worthless products of an endeavour

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bravado

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swagger; assumed air of defiance

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bard

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poet

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arbitrator

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judge

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alliteration

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repetition of beginning sound in poetry

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zeal

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eager enthusiasm

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vigilznace

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watchfulness

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unimpeachable

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blameless and exemplary

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transcribe

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copy

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temerity

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boldness; rashness

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substantive

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real, as opposed to imaginary; essential; solidly based, substantial

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spurious

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false; counterfeit; forged illogical

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sever

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to cut off; separate; divide