Chapters 5 and 6
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| harrowed | distressed
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| defunct | dead or extinct
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| distraught | extremely troubled
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| vestige | trace
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| swathed | surrounded; enveloped
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| disheveled | disarranged and untidy
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| corrugated | shaped in parallel grooves and ridges
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| laudable | praiseworthy
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| initiative | ability to act without being urged
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| notoriety | state of being widely but unfavorably known or discussed
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| insidious | more dangerous than seems evident
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| meretricious | attractive in a flashy way
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| conceits | witty or fanciful thoughts or expressions
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| ineffable | too overwhelming to be expressed or described in words
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| ramifications | arrangements
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| turgid | pompous
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| contingencies | possible occurrences
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| debauchee | self-indulgent person
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| substantiality | strong, solid, firm
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| antecedents | one's ancestry, past life
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| lethargic | abnormally dull
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| euphemisms | uses of words or phrases that are less direct but considered less distasteful than the words or phrases they replace
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| menagerie | collection of wild or strange animals kept in cages for exhibition
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| dilatory | slow or late in doing things
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| elongating | to extend the length of
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| postern | private or side entrance
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| pompadour | man's style of hairdressing
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| nebulous | indistinct, vague
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| incarnation | endowment with a human body
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