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Tarry   To stay or wait  
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Smite   to strike down  
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Ocular   relating to the eye  
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Scruples   beliefs  
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Martyr   someone willing to die for a cause  
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Carechism   Religious instruction  
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Cognizance   awareness, realization  
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Ecclesiastical   relating to religion or church  
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Zenith   the highest point  
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Brandish   to hold, shake, or wave as a weapon  
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Blasphemy   to speak against accepted beliefs  
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Lurid   sensational / shocking  
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Wretch   Incredibly unhappy person  
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Pulpit   Podium where minister speaks  
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Chaste   Innocent in relations with opposite sex  
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Visage   Face  
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Similitude   similarity  
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garb   one's dress / clothing  
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Proselyte   a convert or believer  
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Venerable   Highly respected due to age  
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Anathema   A person or thing that is hated  
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Compelling   interesting, fascinating  
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Supplicate   to beg / plead  
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Coquettish   Describing the behavior of a woman who flirts lightheartedly  
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Macabre   Gruesome and horrifying  
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Impervious   Incapable of bein influenced  
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Perverse   Willfully determined to counter was is expected  
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Monument   Person considered as a heroic figure  
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Dispensation   doing away with  
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Alderman   A member of a municipal legislative body  
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Spare   Lean or thin  
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Pallid   pale  
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Tableau   A representation of a picture  
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Vindicated   ro uphold or justify by argument or evidence  
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Noblesse Oblige   the moral obligation of those of high birth  
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Sibilant   Characterized by hissing sound  
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Acrid   Sharp or biting taste / smell  
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Cuckold   The husband of a cheating wife  
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Inextricable   From which one cannot extricate oneself  
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Ameliorate   Become better / Improve  
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Harmony   Peaceable or friendly relations / agreement  
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Impediment   Something that hinders or obstructs  
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Indolent   Disposed to avoid exertion; lazy  
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Noncarcinogenic   Not producing cancer  
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Parsimonious   Cheap  
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Raze   Destroy utterly  
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Reticent   Secretive  
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Subvert   overturn / overthrow  
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Tractable   easily lead  
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Ebullient   Overflowing with enthusiasm  
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Gall   make sore  
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Indemnify   compensate for loss  
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Occident   West  
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Peruse   Read  
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Spurn   thrust aside  
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Stipend   Fixed pay  
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Tepid   Moderately warm  
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Wane   Decrease in power  
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Abhorrent   in conflict  
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Admonish   reprove gently  
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Probe   critical inquiry  
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Render   hand down officially  
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repast   food for one occasion fo eating  
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Score   set of 20  
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Snub   Insult  
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Suture   Strand used to sew parts of living body  
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acquit   perform one's part ; relive charges  
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Consign   give ; transfer  
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effrontery   shameless boldness  
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forbearance   patience  
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Nettlesome   irritating  
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salutary   good for health  
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supersede   force out of use  
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