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alacrity: promptness or eager and speedy readiness
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assiduously: undeviating in effort and car
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benignant: kind, gracious in behaviour or appearance
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burgher: a citizen, especially a prosperous or conservative member of the middle calss
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carbuncle: a red gemstone
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cognizance: knowledge or awareness of something
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covenant: a solemn agreement that is binding
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demagogue: leader who gains power by appealing to people's emotions rather than rationality
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ethereal: very delicate or highly refined
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expedient: appropriate, advisable, or useful in a situation that requires action
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fatalist: somebody who believes in the philosophical doctrine of fatalism
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fervid: showing passionate enthusiasm
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festoon: a garland, or ornamental chain or flowers or ribbons
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fountainhead: the primary source of something abstract
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gird: to prepare yourself for conflict or vigorous activity
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invidious: producing resentment or ill feeling
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iteration: an instance or the act of doing something again
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leaven: to lighten the weight or mood of something
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lyceum: building for public events
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mirth: laughter; happiness or enjoyment
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obtrude: to impose something such as opinions or yourself on others
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pertinacity: the quality of being persistent or tenacious
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proselyte: somebody converted to a new belief
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scruple: a moral or ethical consideration
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sedulous: working with great zeal and persistence
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similitude: being similar; likeness or resemblance
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zenith: the hight point or climax of something