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warlike

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belligerent

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hardworking

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diligent

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plotting

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contriving

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4
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irritated or extremely annoyed

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exasperated

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5
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swaying, tipping to one side

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careening

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insulted

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affronted

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absorbed in thought

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musingly

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8
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not obvious

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unobtrusively

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mournful

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cynicism

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garment made out of cotton fabric, usually woven in stripes, checks, or plaid

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gingham

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a plant with fragrant white or purple flowers

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heliotrope

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12
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a guard or sentry

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sentinel

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13
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having to do with the weather

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meteorologist

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14
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formal speeches

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orations

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15
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disheartened

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crestfallen

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set a part as holy

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hallowed

17
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the ability or power to decide responsibly

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discretion

18
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a cloth used to wrap a body for burial

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shroud

19
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prompt and cheerful response

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alacrity

20
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excessively high opinion of one’s own ability and worth

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conceit

21
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hopeless, despondent, discouraged

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despairing

22
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slow; sluggish; listless; weak

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languid

23
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to ponder

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muse

24
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a scholar; a learned person

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savant

25
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high pitched or piercing, as a sound

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shrill

26
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remnants, traces, remains

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vestiges

27
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a gift by will something handed down by an ancestor

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legacy

28
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a body of assembled people or things; a gathering

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congregation

29
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pertaining to farming

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agrarian

30
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meaningless; commonplace

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banal

31
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an impulsive change of mind

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caprice

32
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boredom

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ennui

33
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using a few words; concise

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laconic

34
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untruthful

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mendacious

35
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to prevent

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obviate

36
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continual; enduring

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perennial

37
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split; discord

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schism

38
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very greedy

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voracious

39
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knows everything, universal, all knowledge

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omniscient

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