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abject: low in condition or status, of the most contemptible kind
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adversity: distress, affliction, hardship
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aesthetic: relating to, or dealing with what is beautiful
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agile: quick, light, nimble
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ambivalence: simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings
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animosity: bitter hostility or open enmity, active hatred
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atavism: the reappearance in an individual of a characteristic of some remote ancestor
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berserk: destructively or frenetically violent
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bespeak: to give a sign of, indicate
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cadaverous: relating to a corpse
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circumspect: cautious, prudent, discreet
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circumvent: to avoid by outwitting
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culpability: meriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful
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deference: yielding to someone else's opinion, judgement, or wishes
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diffident: shy and timid, reserved
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elicit: to draw forth bring out, or draw out
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empathy: identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives
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engender: to produce, cause, or give rise to
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expletives: an exclamation that is vulgar, profane, or obscene
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foment: to promote the growth of, incite
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gait: a particular way or manner of walking
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gibbet: a device used for hanging a person until dead, gallows
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hone: to sharpen or smooth, to make more acute, intense, or effective
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humane: characterized by kindness, mercy, or compassion
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idolatry: immoderate attachment or devotion to something
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imbue: to permeate, influence, or tinge
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impart: to pass on, transmit
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inexorable: not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped, relentless
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kinetic: relating to, or produced by motion
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maim: to disable or disfigure, usually by depriving of the use of a limb or other body part
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maltreat: to abuse
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martial: relating to war, characteristic of a warrior
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mien: bearing or manner as it reveals an inner state of mind
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modulate: to adjust, adapt, or regulate to a certain proportion
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omnipresent: present everywhere simultaneously
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paradigm: an archetype, a philosophical or theoretical framework
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parsimony: unusual or excessive frugality, extreme stinginess
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pathological: being such to a degree that it is extreme, excessive, or markedly abnormal
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plait: a braid, especially of hair
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posit: to assume or affirm the existence of, to propose
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prodigal: wastefully or recklessly extravagant, excessive
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prolific: producing offspring or fruit in great abundance, fertile
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prototype: an original type or form serving as a basis or standard for later stages
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purgatory: a place or condition of suffering, remorse, the in-between
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raiment: clothing, garments
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renown: being widely honored and acclaimed, famous
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resolve: firmness of purpose, resolution
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rudiment: a fundamental principle, element, or skill, as to a field of learning
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salve: to soothe heal as if with a balm
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subordinate: rank or order as less important or consider of less value, inferior
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subsistence: means of support or livelihood
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sustenance: the supporting of life or health
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svelte: slender, lithe, sleek
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tentative: not fully worked out, concluded, or agreed on, hesitant
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tractably: easily managed or controlled
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trained: aimed at an object or objective
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trumps: to outdue or surpass
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vacuous: marked by lack of ideas or intelligence, stupid
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vicarious: felt as if one were taking part of the experience of feelings of another
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waif: a stray person or animal, homeless
