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Impregnable

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unable to be defeated or overcome.

Impénétrable

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Betwixt

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Between

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Larceny

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Theft

Stealing

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Trenchant

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vigorous or incisive in expression or style

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Apothecary

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a person who prepared and sold medicines and drugs

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Imbrue

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stain (something, especially one’s hands or sword)

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Prodigious

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remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree.

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Adjourn

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break off (a meeting, legal case, or game) with the intention of resuming it later

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Regale

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entertain or amuse (someone) with talk

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Scale

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each of the small, thin horny or bony plates protecting the skin of fish and reptiles, typically overlapping one another.

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Fowl

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Poultry

a gallinaceous bird kept for its eggs and flesh; a domestic cock or hen.

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Goad

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provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate an action or reaction.

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Omnipotent

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having great power and influence

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Imperious

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arrogant and domineering

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Gallant

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(of a person or their behaviour) brave; heroic

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Lament

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a passionate expression of grief or sorrow.

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Coupling

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a device for connecting parts of machinery.

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Menace

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a person or thing that is likely to cause harm; a threat or danger.

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Arid

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(of land or a climate) having little or no rain; too dry or barren to support vegetation.

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Pilfer

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steal (things of little value

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Absolve

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Clear

(of an official body) absolve (someone) from blame for a fault or wrongdoing.

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Impel

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drive, force, or urge (someone) to do something.

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Disclosure

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Revelation

the action of making new or secret information known.

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Dregs

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the most worthless part or parts of something

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Infirmity
physical or mental weakness
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Venerate
regard with great respect; revere
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Perspicuity
something that can be seen through, i.e., to lucidity,
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Penitence
the action of feeling or showing sorrow and regret for having done wrong; repentance.
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Candid
truthful and straightforward; frank
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Dogged
having or showing tenacity and grim persistence
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Sullen
bad-tempered and sulky
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Obstinate
Stubborn stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or chosen course of action, despite attempts to persuade one to do so
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Bawl
shout or call out noisily and unrestrainedly
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Shroud
a length of cloth or an enveloping garment in which a dead person is wrapped for burial.
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Disdain
the feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one's consideration or respect
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Appendage
a thing that is added or attached to something larger or more important.
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Obstinacy
the quality or condition of being obstinate; stubbornness.
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Adamantine
unable to be broken.
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Rampage
(especially of a large group of people) move through a place in a violent and uncontrollable manner.
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Allude
suggest or call attention to indirectly; hint at
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Studious
spending a lot of time studying or reading
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Trepidation
a feeling of fear or anxiety about something that may happen
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Damnatory
conveying or causing censure or damnation.
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Censure
Criticise express severe disapproval of (someone or something), especially in a formal statement.
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Ambush
a surprise attack by people lying in wait in a concealed position.
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Mercenary
Money-oriented primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics.
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Suborn
bribe or otherwise induce (someone) to commit an unlawful act such as perjury.
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Perjury
Lying under oath
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Retaliation
Counterattack the action of harming someone because they have harmed oneself; revenge.
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Visage
a person's face, with reference to the form or proportions of the features.
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Stipulate
demand or specify (a requirement), typically as part of an agreement.
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Dismal
causing a mood of gloom or depression
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Inveterate
having a particular habit, activity, or interest that is long-established and unlikely to change
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Fawning
displaying exaggerated flattery or affection; obsequious
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Abject
(of a situation or condition) extremely unpleasant and degrading.
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Niggard
a mean or ungenerous person; a miser
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Loiter
stand or wait around without apparent purpose.
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Abyss
a wide or profound difference between people; a gulf. a deep or seemingly bottomless chasm
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Harbour
a place of refuge
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Extenuate
Excuse cause (an offence) to seem less serious.
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Engender
cause or give rise to (a feeling, situation, or condition).
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Smoulder
show or feel barely suppressed anger, hatred, or another powerful emotion
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Ferocity
Brutality the state or quality of being ferocious
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Supercilious
Haughty behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others.
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Implore
Beg beg someone earnestly or desperately to do something.
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Incursion
an invasion or attack, especially a sudden or brief one.
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Yonder
at some distance in the direction indicated; over there.
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Haggard
Tired looking exhausted and unwell, especially from fatigue, worry, or suffering
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Evasion
Avoiding | Dodging
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Rhapsody
an effusively enthusiastic or ecstatic expression of feeling.
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Inaptitude
lack of suitability or skill
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Miser
a person who hoards wealth and spends as little money as possible.
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Stingy
Mean; ungenerous

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