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| avocation | something one does in addition to his regular work
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| imprimis | in the first place
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| orbicular | circular
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| arduous | laborious
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| abrogation | abolishment
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| cistern | a large underground tank for storing water
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| augment | To increase or become greater
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| fervid | impassioned, fervent
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| gesticulate | to make or use gestures
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| sallow | a sickly pale yellow color
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| usurpation | the act of taking, as of power and holding by force without right
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| testiness | irritability, touchy
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| malediction | a curse
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| dun | a person who demands payment of debt
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| execrable | inferior, abominable
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| obstreperousness | noisy or unruly, especially in resisting
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| pernicious | deadly or causing ruin
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| restive | unruliness, testiness
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| surmise | a guess/ to guess
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| vinther | a person who sells wine
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| paroxysm | a fit or sudden outburst
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| alacrity | eager readiness or willingness
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| purveyor | a supplier
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| mollify | to soothe or appease
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| sanguine | cheerful/ passionate
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| mettlesome | interfering
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| sufferage | a vote
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| dyspeptic | of, or having indigestion
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| envince | to show plainly
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| vagary | an odd or unexpected bit of action or conduct
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| pugilistic | of boxing
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| dissipation | indulgence in pleasure
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| tacit | unspoken
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| incipient | the first stage of existence
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| perversness | contrariness or wickedness
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| inadvertence | an oversight or mistake
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| dishabbile | the state of being dressed partially in night clothes
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| cadaverous | Like a dead body
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| nonchalance | cool or calmy indifferent
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| effrontery | unashamed boldness
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| pallid | pale, faint in color
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| chimera | foolish fancy or imagining
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| presentiment | a feeling that something especially of a evil nature is about to take place
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| attenuate | to make slender or thin
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| nettle | to irritate or annoy
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| aberration | a deviation from the normal, mental lapse
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| choleric | quick tempered
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| hector | to bully
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| hapless | unfortunate, unlucky
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| salutary | healthful, beneficial
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| obtrude | to force upon others unasked
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| apprise | to inform or notify
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| indubitably | without doubt
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| quiescent | still
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| summary | hasty and arbitrary
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| ascertain | to find out with even certainty
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