vocabulary
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| Wistfully | Sadly or melancholy
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| Puncilious | Very proper or strict
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| Aloof | not friendly; distant
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| intangible | not definite or clear to the mind
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| constraint | limitation or restriction
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| nondescript | non recognized or non definite
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| deft | skillful, clever
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| imperceptibly | very slight or gradual
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| haughtily | proud or snobbish
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| wraith | a visible spirit
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| incredulous | showing disbelief
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| pewter | metal substance made of tin or lead
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| chagrined | marked by humility
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| monotonous | lacking in variety
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| dour | gloomy
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| placating | to make someone less angry
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| aghast | shocked, filled with fright
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| divinity | quality of being god-like
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| indulgently | leniently or permissively
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| fulsome | disgusting; repulsive
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| veritable | very true
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| affront | a personally offensive act
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| non-plussed | completely puzzled
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| damask | a reversible fabric woven with patterns
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| dubiously | doubtfully
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| auspiciously | favorably
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| grudgingly | reluctantly, unwillingly
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| sepuchel | tomb or grave
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| implacable | inflexible
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| precarious | risky or unstable
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| obstreperous | noisy or boisterous
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| priggish | prudish; self righteous, narrow minded
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| tremulously | nervous, fearful
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| topaz | mineral usually gold colored used as a gem
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| ingenious | clever, intelligent, showing genius
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| raiment | clothing; apparel; attire
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| sanctioned | given permission or approval
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| rapler-like | sword-like
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| gnarled | bent, twisted
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| hapless | unlucky, unfortunate
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| tart | a small pie cooked with fruit
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| filigree | delicate ornamental work of fine silver and gold
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| nonchalant | unconcerned, casual
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| heretic | anyone who maintains religious opinions against those of another religion
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| blithely | joyously
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| foreboding | predicting of something bad
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| arrogance | offensive display of superiority
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| papist | roman catholic
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| premonition | feeling of anticipation or anxiety over a future
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| propitious | favorable
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| poignant | emotionally moving
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| reconcile | to settle a quarrel or fight
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| drudgery | monotonous work
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| lustrous | shiny
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| condescending | patronizing descent showing superiority
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| grenadiers | a specially selected foot soldier
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| insubordination | disobedient, not submissive to authority
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| tryst | secret meeting
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| consorting | keeping company
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| docile | obedient, easily handled
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| inveigled | enticed by flattery
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| afflicted | to be suffering or sick
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| veranda | an open porch enclosed by railings
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| poultice | a soft moist cloth used as medicine
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| infidel | an unbeliever, a person who doesn't accept particular faiths
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| obstinate | very stubborn
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| pandemonium | chaos, wild uproar
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| arduous | very hard, difficult
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| gaunt | extremely thin and bony
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| magistrate | judge
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| treadle | a lever worked by foot to work a machine
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| abate | to lessen
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