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- secret;clandestine
- surreptitious procedure
- secret;not openly acknowledged
- ex. "He packed his few pieces of clothing and stealthily made his way out the front of the shop."
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- the state of being serene
- calm; or tranquil
- a title of honour, respect or reverence
- ex. "But the puppet makers face was a mask of serenity."
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- extreme and general scarcity of food
- extreme hunger; starvation
- ex. "Now nearly for five years, there had been famine."
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- to negotiate, control, or influence
- someone who manipulates
- to alter or change to ones own advantage
- ex. "They dropped their clogs on the packed earth of the entrance way and followed the left hand manipulator up into the theatre."
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- a literary or artistic burlesque of a serious work or subject
- a composition so inferior in quality as to be merely a grotesque imitation of its model
- ex. "His only son is a fool, currently masquerading as a puppeteer, to be sure, but how long can the travesty endure?"
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- to make thinner or weaker
- to reduce the strangth, force, or efficency
- ex. "The samurai blood that flowed in my ancestors' veins has become more and more diluted the farther we come from the sword bearers."
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- rough or noisy
- noisily jolly or rowdy
- ex. "The audience was applauding boisterously."
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- an agreeable way or manner
- courtesy; civility
- any feature that provides comfort, convenience or pleasure
- ex. "Lets dispense with the amenities."
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