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urbane |
having the suavity regarded of sophisticated life |
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persiflage |
light, bantering talk or writing |
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catechism |
elementry book containg rules in christianity in the forms of questions |
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etiolated |
to to prevent a plant from growing green by preventing sunlight, to grow white |
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dupes |
easily decieved people, people who serve as tools for someone else |
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clandestinely |
characterized by secrecy or concealment |
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Subsidiary |
serving to assist, supplement, secondary |
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Fulminating |
thundering/exploding suddenly |
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inscrutable |
not easily understood, cant physically be seen through, deep and mysterious |
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palpable |
capable of being touched or felt |
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multifarious |
having many different parts, forms, etc. |
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obeisance |
a gesture to show respect |
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Lassitude |
weariness of body or mind from strain, lack of energy |
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Wheedle |
to entice by flattery |
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emanate |
to flow out from a source |
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ossified |
hardened like or into bone |
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frowsy |
unkept; slovenly, smells bad |
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tableaux |
a picture as of a scene, vivid, graphic, a striking scene |
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heretical |
characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards |
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saboteur |
one who commits sabotage, defeats, or subverts |
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edified |
to intstuct or benefeit, encouraged in moral/intellectual support, enlightened |
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avaricious |
greedy, covetuous |
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gratuitous |
done without charge, free, voluntary |
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solipsism |
extreme preocupation with, and indeulgene of ones feelings, desires, only self self exists |
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inextricably |
incapable of being untangled, hoplessly intricate |
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penitence |
regret for one's wrongdoing |
