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Bilious |
having or resulting from an ailment of bile or liver; bad-tempered |
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Consecrate |
to set apart something as holy or revered |
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Noxious |
harmful to the health; injurious; morally injurious, corrupting; unwholesome |
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Aversion |
a fixed intense dislike; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because it has been associated with an unpleasant or painful stimulus |
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Execrations |
the act of cursing; a curse; something that is cursed or loathed |
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Sequestered |
to cause to withdraw into seclusion; to remove or set apart; segregate |
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Refectory |
a room where meals are served, especially in a college or other institution |
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Slatternly |
slovenly; untidy; sluttish; negligent; dirty |
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Forbearance |
tolerance and self-control in the face of provocation; the act of forbearing or waiting; the exercise of patience |
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Assiduity |
persistent application or diligence; unflagging effort |
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Truculent |
expressing bitter opposition; scathing; disposed to fight; pugnacious |
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Creed |
a formal statement of religious belief; a system of belief, principles, or opinions |
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Mortify |
to discipline one's body and physical appetites by self-denial or self-inflicted privation; to cause to experience shame, humiliation, or wounded pride |
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Ardently |
expressing or characterized by warmth of feeling; passionate |
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Propriety |
the quality of being proper; appropriateness; conformity to prevailing customs and usages |
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Consumption |
a progressive wasting of body tissue; pulmonary TB |
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Ostensible |
represented or appearing as such |
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Battlements |
a notched parapet built on top of a wall, with alternating merlons and crenels for decoration or defense - as at the top of fortified castles |
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Preternatural |
out of or being beyond the normal course of nature; differing from the natural; transcending the natural or material order; supernatural |
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Wraith |
an apparition of a living person that appears as portent just before that person's death; the ghost of a dead person; something shadowy and insubstantial |
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Embowered |
enclosed or sheltered in or as if in a bower |
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Puerile |
belonging to childhood; juvenile; immature; childish |
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Impediment |
something that impedes; a hindrance or obstruction; something that obstructs the making of a legal contract |
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Virile |
having or shadowing masculine spirit, strength, vigor, or power |
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Conjugal |
of or relating to marriage or the relationship of spouses |
