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02/17/2016

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Inauguration
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A formal ceremony to mark the beginning of a major public leaders term of office.
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Anonymous
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Not identified by a name an unknown name.
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adversaries
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A person, group, or force that opposes or attacks; opponent;enemy;foe
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conspirator
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A person who take part in an evil, unlawful, treacherous, or surrepitious plan formulated in secret by two or more persons; plot
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delirious
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wild with excitement/enthusiasm
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tyrant
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a person in authority or ruler that expresses power unjustly or opressively
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vain
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excessively proud of or concerned avout one's own appearance, qualities, achievements, etc; conceited
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Proprieters
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the  owner of a business, establishment, a hotel, etc; an owner, as of real property.
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pertition
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a division into or distribution in portions or shares
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concealment
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A means or place of hiding
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percusssion cap
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a small matallic cap or cup containing fulmination powder, formerly exploded by percussion to fire the charge of small arms
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Henchman
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a support or follower, especially of criminals
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Notorious
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Publicaly of generally known, as for a particular trait; widely known for something
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Implicated
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to show to be also involved, usually in an incriminating manner
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Quirks
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a peculiarity of action, behavior, or personality; mannerism
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Eloquent
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fluent, powerful speech
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Vestibule
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a passage or hall
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Lurid
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vivid, gruesome, hoirrible revolting
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confidants
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a trusted friend you can talk to about personal and private things, one to whom secrets are entrusted
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gazette
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a journal or newspaper
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pursuers
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Soemone who is chasing somone or something
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viciously
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grossly, immoral, depraved, syn., savagely, severe
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vengance
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the act of doing something to hurt someone because that peroson did something that hurt you or someone else
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coagulated
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being clotted or congealed
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Rambling
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to walk or go from one place to another place without a specific goal, purpose, or direction
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Accomplice
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A person who works with or helps someone who is doing something wrong or illegal
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Oblivion
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The state of something that is not remembered, used, or thoughtabout anymore
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Inferno
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a very large and dangerous fire
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Mayhem
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actions that hurt people and destroy things:a scene or situation that involves a lot of violence
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Rampaging
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to rush or move, or act furiosly or violently
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Vigilantes
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any person who takes the law into his or her own hands, as by avenging a crime
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sanctuary
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A sacred or holy place
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Eerily
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uncanny, so as to inspire superstitous fear; weird
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operative
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a person engaged,employed, or skilled in some branh of work
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vouching
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supporting or confirming as a result of one's own experience that something is true or accuratley so described
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Improvised
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created or performed without preparation done or made using whatever is available
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Deterioration
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The process of becoming worse
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Morbid
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characterized by or appealing to an abnormal and unhealthy intersest in disturbing and unpleasant subjects, especially death and disease
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Embalmer
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a person who preserves human remains by treating them with chemicals to slow decomposition
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Ferried
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transported on a ship or boat across a short stretch of water.
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