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an act of mass destruction and loss of life ( esp in war or by fire) holocaust
a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US constitution , guaranteed to women to try by 19th amendment suffrage
when inspiration hits you out of the blue epiphany
someone who is emotionally distant or detached uninvolved
adjective for things that are normal ordinary and following accepted way conventional
ostentatiously lofty in style turgid
a stable situation in which forces cancel each other equibilibrum
an adj that means not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled; a sort of language that gets bleeped on TV but it is also whenever you deeply offend people with how little respect you show something ( usu religious) profane
an adjective that means not serious in content or attitude or behavior frivolous
to excuse, overlook or make allowances for , be lenient with; something you allow it, approve of it or at least can live with it condone
a verb that means to spend thoughtlessly , throw away; to spend extravagantly, thoughtlessly or wastefully squandered
an adjective that means openly distrustful and unwilling to confide leery
to spend a certain length of time , reside temporarily sojourn
to disentangle unreveal
tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times papyrus
an adjective that means vigorous and animated vivacious
an adjective that means corresponding in character or kind congruent
an ornament consisting of a grotesquely carved figure of a person or animal fearsome word for a monster, not a real monster gargoyle
the quality of being unavoidable ; something is just bound to happen inevitability
absentminded dreaming while awake reverie
violent pangs of suffering throes
a pressing or urgent situation exigency
modestly or warily rejecting approaches or overtures coy
in a gingerly manner; do with great care and caution gingerly
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