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stanch

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stop the flow of soemthing

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aboveboard

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without dishonesty or concealment

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foment

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to stir up negative feelings

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zeitgeist

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the trend or spirit of the times

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freelance

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without long-term commitment to an employer

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tantalize

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to torment

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derelict

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negligent and abandoned

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incumbent

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necessary or obligatory

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purport

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to claim especially falsely

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callous

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lacking pity or mercy; unfeeling

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canon

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a law or bodies of laws

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covert

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concealed or disguised

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hangar

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a structure used for housing aircraft

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muse

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to meditate; to consider thoughtfully

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dowdy

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lacking neatness

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manumit

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to grant freedom to slaves

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crestfallen

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feeling dissapointment

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accrue

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to come as a gain; to increase

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vie

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to compete

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adulterate

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to make impure

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commensurate

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equal in porportion

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groggy

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confused, sluggish, dizzy

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weather

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to survive

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macabre

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suggesting the horror of death

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gambit
suggesting the horror of death
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desidratum
something needed and wanted
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impertinent
rude
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pugilist
a boxer
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savant
a well-educated person; a scholar
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sybarite
one devoted to luxury
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glean
to gather bit by bit
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cavalier
casual, disdainful, arrogant
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inculcate
to teach or impress by frequent repetition
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squalid
having a dirty or lowly appearance
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dour
stern and humourless
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emanate
to send forth; to come forth
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ado
trouble ; fuss
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mogul
a rich or powerful person
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inception
brginning; origin
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overweening
excessive arrogant; overbearing
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exhume
to dig up out of the ground
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dally
to waste time; loiter
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paroxysm
a sudden convulsion or outburst
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martinet
one who is strict in discipline
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despoil
to deprive something of value
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profuse
giving or pouring forth freely
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insolent
boldly disrespectful
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petulant
impatient or irritable
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pauper
one who is extremely poor
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sadistic
getting pleasure from inflicting physical or psychological pain
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fray
fight or brawl
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hubris
excessive pride
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aegis
a protection, sponsorship
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shoddy
inferior or cheap
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rout
an overwhelmkng defeat
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inadvertent
unintentional; accidental
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badger
to nag
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libertine
one who lives an immoral life
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conspicuous
easy to notice; obvious
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rapport
concord; harmony
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nihilism
a belief that rejects all moral or relgious values
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pejorative
demeaning
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officious
interfering; trying to give unwanted advice
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conviction
a strong belief or opinion
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awry
away from the correct course; wrong
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paean
a song of joy, triumph or praise
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tribulation
grest misery or distress
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contingent
unpredictable because dependent on chance
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bilk
to cheat; swindle
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hoodwink
to deceive; to mislead
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turgid
excessively ornate or complex in stat; swollen as from fluid
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leviathan
something enormous and powerful
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misanthrope
one who hates or mistrusts mankind
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impale
to pierce with something sharp; to make helpless
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discursive
rambling; covering wide range of subjects
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philander
of a man to engage in sexual affairs
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remiss
careless in, or negligent about, attending to a task
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putative
put forth or accepted as true or inadequate grounds; supposed
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gingerly
very carefully
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prevaricate
to avoid telling the truth
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impinge
to have an effect on something
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abash
to embarrass
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pastiche
something created from many different sources
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factitious
artificial; not genuine