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Frankenstein
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01/23/2005

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satiate
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verb. satisfy fully, to excess
adg. filled to satisfaction
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ardent
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passionate
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insatiate
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adj. impossible to satisfy
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injunction
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n. command; act of enjoining; directive order
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effusions
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n. act of pouring out a liquid; unrestrained outpouring of feeling
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entrenched
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v. provide with trench; fix firmly/securely
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inuring
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v. to habituate to something undesireable; accustom oneself
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assailed
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v. to attack with violent blows; assault
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capacious
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adj. capable of containing a large quantity
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suppliant
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adj. asking humbly and earnestly; beseeching
n. one praying humbly for something
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albatross
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n. constant worrisome burden; obstacle to success
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solicitude
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n. feeling of excessive concern
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conciliating
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v. appease; overcome distrust; regain by pleasant behavior; reconcile
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quelling
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v. to put down forcibly; suppress; pacify, quiet
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fastidious
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adj. paying meticulous attention to detail; difficult to please
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ameliorate
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v. to become better; improve
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indefatigable
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agj. tireless
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disconsolate
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agj. seeming beyond consolation
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penury
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n. extreme want or poverty; destitution
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semblance
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n. outward or token appearance
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ignoble
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adj. not noble in quality, character or purpose; mean
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cursory
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adj. performed with haste and sacnt attention to detail
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avidity
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n. eagerness; ardent desire or craving
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imbued
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v. to inspire or influence thoroughly; pervade
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averred
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v. affirm positively; declare
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multifarious
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adj. diverse; having great variety
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progeny
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n. offspring
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emaciated
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adj. thin, wasted, shrunken
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impertinent
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adj. disrespectful; insolent
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manifest
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adj. obvious
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conciliate
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v. make peace
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filial
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adj. having relation of child to parent
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arduous
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adj. laborious; difficult; requiring great exertion
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caprice
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n. a sudden, unpredictable change
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adept
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adj. very skilled; proficient; expert
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flounder
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v. to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements
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inexorable
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adj. unyielding; unalterable
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odious
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adj. deserving or causing hatred; hateful; detestable
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sanguinary
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adj. full of or characterized by bloodshed; blood
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disconcerted
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adj. perturbed; ruffled
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ignominy
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. disgrace;dishonor; public contempt
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languid
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adj. lacking in vigor; slack or slow
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replete
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adj. abundantly supplied or provided; filled
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dissipate
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v. to scatter in various directions; disperse
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paroxsym
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n. any sudden, violent outburst; fit of violent emotion or action
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respite
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n. or v. a delay or cessation for a time; interval of relief
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obliterate
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v. remove or destroy all traces of
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imperious
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adj. dictatorial; domineering in a haughty manner
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torpor
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n. apathy; sluggish inactivity
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ignominy
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n. great personal dishonor or humiliation
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remonstrate
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v. to say or plead in protest, objection
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diffidence
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n. timidity or shyness
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venerable
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adj. commanding respect by virtueof age, dignity, character, or position
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physiognomy
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n. art of judging character by facial features
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scoff
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v. mock
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unabated
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adj. sustaining original intensity
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imprecate
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v. curse
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asseverate
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v. affirm; declare seriously or positively
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peril
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n. danger
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consummate
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v. conclude; fulfill
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execrate
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v. declare to be hateful; denounce
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conflagration
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n. a large detructive fire
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adjure
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v. command or enjoin solemnly
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extricate
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v. disengage; relase from difficulty
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insurmountable
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adj. impossible to get over
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benevolent
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adj. characterized by/suggestive of doing good
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commiserate
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v. feel/express sorrow/pity; sympathize
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consolation
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n. act of comforting
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discern
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v. detect; percieve with eyes or intellect
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fiend
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n. demon or evil spirit
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hideous
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adj. extremely unattractive
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omen
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n. prophetic sign; phenomenon to portend good or evil
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base
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adj. low, vile
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irksome
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adj. annoying; tedious
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listless
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adj. tired; no energy; lethargic
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malicious
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adj. spiteful; deliberately harmful
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traverse
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v. to pass over
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affability
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adj. approachable; friendliness
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sacrilege
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n. misuse, theft, profanation of something sacred
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fortitude
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n. strength of mind that allows one to endure pain or adversity with courage
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prognosticate
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v. predict
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malignity
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n. intense hatred; great malice
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immutable
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adj. unchangeable
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elixir
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n. sweetened aromatic solution of alcohol and water, serving as a vehicle for medication
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chimera
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n. organism, organ, or part of 2 or more tissues of different genetic composition, produced as a result of organ transplant, grafting, or genetic engineering
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deference
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n. subbmission ro courteous yielding to opinion, wishes, or judgment of another
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diffident
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adj. shy and timid; lacking self confidence
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incipient
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adj. beginning to exist or appear
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disquiet
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v. trouble; deprive of peace or rest
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disquietude
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n. worried unease; anxiety
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reproach
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v. express disapproval, disappointment; disgrace
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reprove
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v. rebuke; voice disapproval
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unremitting
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adj. persistent; never slackening
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lassitude
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n. listlessness; diminished energy
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tumult
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n. din and commotion of a great crowd
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odious
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adj. intense displeasure, arousing strong dislike
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fetter
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n. chain for ankles or feet; a restraint
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approbation
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n. praise; warm approval
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vacillate
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v. sway from one side to the other
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dilatory
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adj. intended to delay
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languor
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n. listlessness; lacking physical/mental energy
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languid
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adj. lacking energy; weak
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docile
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adj. teachable; ready/willing to be taught
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salubrious
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adj. favourable to health or well being
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indelible
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adj. permanent
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depravity
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n. moral corruption or degradation
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apprehend
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v. -understand
-arrest
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ignominious
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adj. marked by shame or disgrace
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conjecture
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n. conclusion; guesswork
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timorous
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adj. timid
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guileless
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adj. artless; free of skillful deceit
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absolution
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n. act of pronouncing clear of guilt or blame
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augment
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v. make bigger; enhance
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efface
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v. erase
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reverberate
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v. reecho; prolonged or continuing effect
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malignity
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n. intense ill will or hatred; great malice
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assuage
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v. make less intense or severe
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commodious
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adj. spacious, roomy
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