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Unassuming

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Adjective/ not pretentious or arrogant / modest and humble attitude

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Anomalous //supernovae//

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adjective/ anomaly noun execption / irregular, inconsistent/ deviating from what is excepted, normal

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Manoeuvre/ telescope positioning

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noun/adjective moving skillfully with care/ manipulate someone to do something/ plot , scheme

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Abrasive/zwicky

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adjective noun/showing little concern for the feelings of others/harsh, rough.

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Erratic/ red head in it ends with us

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adjective /unpredictable/ irregular in pattern or movement.

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Buffoon/ zwicky

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adjective/ a ridiculous but amusing person

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Cumbersome

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difficult to carry because of shape, weight/ slow and complex/ unwieldy

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uncanny/prisoner from your novel

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adjective/strange or mysterious, especially in an unsettling way/eerie/supernatural

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embroiled

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/verb/ involve (someone) deeply in an argument, conflict, or difficult situation.
bring into a state of confusion or disorder.

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facetiousness
speech pf bridget jones

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adj/the state of not being serious about a serious
subject, in an attempt to be funny or to appear clever:

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Epoch

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particular period/begin period of time in history or someone life

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Abhorred

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regard with disgust and hatred/ abhhorence
disgust being keyword. Repugnant

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Abominate

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detest; loathe.

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Venerate
wrongly marked

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regard with great respect; revere.

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Canonize

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declare a dead person as saint
place them to be as artistic works

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Deprecate

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express disapproval of
for depreciation also

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Catholic

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wide variety of things including

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solidarity

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unity in thoughts feeling ideas among certain group of people

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conflation

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merging of ideas texts into one

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oneness

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being same, single as one and also wholeness

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efface

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erase, appear insignificant oneself

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Buffeted

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afflict someone for o long time,knock off someone, strike repeatedly violently

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edifying

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providing moral or intellectual instruction

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unrealized

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not achieved or created, or not turned into cash

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tepid

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lukewarm, little enthusiasm

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rabid

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affected with rabies, fanatic support in something

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rebuffed

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reject something in an abrupt and ungracious manner.

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inter vivos

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in between living or while alive

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Ring fence

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to create an imaginary border line between two things in order to secure something from the other party
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guarantee that (funds allocated for a particular purpose) will not be spent on anything else

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Condone

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1.accept (behaviour that is considered morally wrong or offensive)
2.approve or sanction (something), especially with reluctance.

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anthropogenic

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(chiefly of environmental pollution and pollutants) originating in human activity

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xenophobia

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dislike of or prejudice against people from other countries.

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Fascism

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a way of organizing a society in which a government ruled by a dictator controls the lives of the people and in which people are not allowed to disagree with the government

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bigotry

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obstinate or unreasonable attachment to a belief, opinion, or faction; in particular, prejudice against a person or people on the basis of their membership of a particular group.

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Modus vivendi

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an arrangement or agreement made between people, institutions or countries with different opinions to exist and work together without disagreeing

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Marauding

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going about in search of things to steal or people to attack

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Warped

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1.strange and unpleasant, distorted
2.bent because of heat or water

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apotheosis

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1.Apex,acme, Apogeee
2. Elevation of someone to divine status

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parsing

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analyzing

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sacralization

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blasphemy

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engender

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to produce

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unconscionable

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not right or reasonable

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crass

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showing no intelligence or sensitivity.

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lucre

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money, especially when regarded as sordid or distasteful or gained in a dishonourable way

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enmeshed

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cause to become entangled in something.
involve (someone) in a difficult situation from which it is hard to escape

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dregs

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the most worthless part or parts of something.

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revelry

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lively and noisy festivities, especially when these involve drinking a large amount of alcohol.

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Tacit

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indirectly

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Extol

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praise enthusiastically.

49
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dilemma

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a situation in which you have to make a difficult choice between two or more things

50
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patronize

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to support

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Relic

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from past

52
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Paean

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a song of praise or triumph

53
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Moniker

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Name or nick name

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Iteration

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the repetition of a process or utterance.

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conflating

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the merging of two or more sets of information, texts, ideas, etc. into one.

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Semitic

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relating to or denoting a family of languages that includes Hebrew, Arabic, and Aramaic . Favouring jews too

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mess around

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behave in a silly or playful wa

58
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Lampooned

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to criticize somebody/something publicly in an amusing way that makes them or it look ridiculous

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concatenation

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a series of interconnected things.

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Aural

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connected with hearing and listening

60
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hijinks

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boisterous fun.

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escapades

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an exciting experience that may be dangerous

62
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romp

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to play in a happy and noisy way

63
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shenanigans

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secret or dishonest activity or manoeuvring.
“the chairman was accused of financial shenanigans”
silly or high-spirited behaviour; mischief.

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high handed

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using authority and power in an unreasonable way, without considering the opinions of other people

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