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11th Grade
01/15/2007

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utopia
Definition
an imaginary island described in Sir Thomas More's "Utopia"(1516) as enjoying perfection in law, politics, etc.
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Burdock
Definition
any of several weedy, cheifly biennial plants of the genus "articum" in the composite family, having pink or pruplish flower heads surrounded by prickly bracts and forming a bur in fruit.
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Pigweed
Definition
any of several olants of the genus "amarnathus" (as A. retroflexus and A. hybridus) producing pollen that is an important hay fecer allergen
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Inauspiscious
Definition
not auspicious; boding ill omened; unfavorable
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Physiognomies
Definition
the art of judging human character from facial features
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Augured
Definition
to predict, especially from signs or omens; foretell.
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Scourged
Definition
a whip or lash, esp. for the infliction of punishment or torture; a person or thing that applies or administers punishment or severe criticism.
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Vagrant
Definition
a person who wanders about idly and has no permanent home or employment; vagabond; tramp
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Abashed
Definition
ashamed or embarrassed; disconcerted
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Sumptuary
Definition
intended to regulate personal habits on moral or religious grounds
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Pillory
Definition
a wooden framework on a post, with holes for the heads and hands, in which offenders were formerly locked to be exposed to public scorn as punishment
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Iniquity
Definition
gross injustice or wickedness or sin
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Rankle
Definition
to cause persistent irritation or resntment
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Ensue
Definition
to follow in order; come afterwards, esp. in immediate succesion
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Furrowed
Definition
a long, narrow, shallow trench made in the ground by a plow. A rut, groove, or narrow depression: "snow drifting in furrows." a deep wrinkle in the skin, as on the forehead.
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Visage
Definition
the face, usually with reference to shape, features, expression. etc.; countenance. physiognomy
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Heathen
Definition
an uncoverted individual of a people that do not acknowledge the God of the Bible; a person who is neither a Jew, Christian, nor Muslim; pagan
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Ignominous
Definition
deserving disgrace or shame; despicable
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Inquity
Definition
a violation of right or duty; wicked act; sin
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Purport
"a document purporting to be official"
Definition
to present, esp. deliberately, the appearance of being; profess or claim, often falsely
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Exhort
Definition
to urge by strong, often stirring argument, admonition, advice, or appeal
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Halberds
Definition
a weapon of the 15th and 16th century having an axlike blade and a steel spike mounted on the end of a long shaft
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Infernal
Definition
hellish; fiendish; diabolical
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Discourse
Definition
communication of thought by words; talk; conversation; speech, or writing
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Lurid
Definition
gruesome; horrible; revolting
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Sojourn
Definition
a temporary stay; to stay temporarily
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Dismal
Definition
causing gloom or dejection; gloomy; dreary; cheerless; melancholy
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Writhed
Definition
to twist the body in as in pain, violent effort, etc
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Peremptory
Definition
putting an end to all debate or action; a peremptory decree
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Quaff
Definition
to drink (a beverage) heartily
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Expostulation
Definition
to reason earnestly with someone in an effort to dissuade or correct; remonstrate
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Leech
Definition
one that prays on or clings to another; a parasite; archaic a physician
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Draught
Definition
a variation of the speeling draft; a drawing, sketch, or design
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Efficacy
Definition
power or capacity to produce a desired effect; effectiveness
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Paracelsus
Definition
swiss physician and alchemist who believed illness came from external agents
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Prefigure
Definition
to suggest, indicate, or represent by an antecedent from or model; presage or foreshadow
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Flagrant

a flagrant miscarriage of justice
Definition
conspicously bad, offensive, or reprehensible; cases of wrongdoing at the highest level of government
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Inferred
Definition
to conclude from evidence or premises
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Remonstrate
Definition
to say or plead in protest, objection, or reproof
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Expound
Definition
to give a detailed statement of; set forth
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Skullcap
Definition
a light, close-fitting, brimless cap sometimes worn indoors; a yarmulke; any of various pplants of the genus "Sculellaria", having clusters of two-lipped flowers
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Tremulous
Definition
marked by trembling, quivering, or shaking
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Plaintiff
Definition
the party that institues a suit in a court
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Requital
Definition
return, as for an injury or friendly act
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Averred
Definition
to affirm positively
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Dispot
Definition
to amuse oneself in a light, frolicsome manner
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Incoherent
Definition
lacking cohesion, connection, or harmony; unable to think or express one's thoughts in a clear orderly manner
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Reviled
Definition
to assail with abusive language; vitruperate; scold
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Retribution
Definition
something justly deserved; recompense
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Lurid
Definition
causing shock or horror
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Ignominy
Definition
great personal dishonor or humiliation
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Trod
Definition
to step on or walk on
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Martydom
Definition
extreme suffering
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Plying
Definition
to join together, as by molding or twisting
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Scope
Definition
the range of one's perceptions, thoughts, or actions
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Plebian
Definition
of or relating to the common people of ancient Rome; of, belonging to, or the characteristics of commoners;
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Ingenuity
Definition
inventive skill or imagination
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Bounty
Definition
reward, inducement, or payment, especially one given by a government for acts deemed beneficial to the state, such as killing predatory animals, growing certain crops, starting certain industries, or enlisting for military service
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Succor
Definition
assistance in time of distress; relief
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Loathsome
Definition
arising dislike (in someone or something) greatly; abhorrent
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Dexterity
Definition
great skill in the body or mind; adroitness, clever
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Mutability
Definition
capable of or sunject to change or alternation
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Amenable
Definition
responsive to advice, authority, or suggestion; willing
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Enjoined
Definition
to direct or impose with authority and emphasis; to prohibit or forbid
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Imbibing
Definition
to drink; to absorb or take in as if by drinking
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Inviolable
Definition
secure fron violation or profanation
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Rebuke
Definition
to criticize or reprove sharply; reprimand
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Prolific
"a prolific artist"
Definition
producing offspring or fruit in great abundance; fertile; producing abundant works or results
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Adverse
Definition
moving in an opposit or opposing direction
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Abyss
Definition
an immeasurably deep chasm
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Inauspicious
Definition
not favorable
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Pallid
Definition
having an abnormally pale or wan complextion; lacking in radiance or vitality; dull
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Wan
Definition
unnaturally plae, as from physical or emotional distress
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Ludicrous
Definition
laughable or hilarious because of obvious absurdity or incongruity
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Eminence
"rose to eminence as a surgeon"
Definition
a position of great distinction or superiority; a rise of ground; a hill
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Epoch
Definition
a notable event that marks the beginning of such a period
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Pristine
Definition
remaining in a pure state; uncorrupted by civilization
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Tome
Definition
one of the books in a work of several volumes
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Similitude
Definition
similarity; resemblance
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Morbid
Definition
of, relating to, or caused by disease; pathological or diseased
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Pestilence
Definition
a usually fatal epidemi disease, especially bubonic plague, evil influence or agent
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Panoply
"a panoply of colorful flags"
Definition
a splendid or striking array
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Portal
Definition
a doorway, an entrance, or gate, especially one that is large and imposing
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Venerable
Definition
commanding respect by virtue of age, dignity, character, or position
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Relics
Definition
something that has survived the passage of time, especially an object or custom whose original culture has disappeared
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Proximity
Definition
the state, quality, sense, or fact of being near or next; closeness
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Essayed
Definition
a short literary composition on a single subject, usually presenting the personal view of the author
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Vehemence
Definition
characterized by forcelfullness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid
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Sundering
Definition
to break or wrench apart; sever
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Anon
Definition
at another time; later
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Query
Definition
to express doubt or uncertainty about; question; to marl (an item) with a notation in order to question its validity
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Aught
"neither of his parents had aught but praise for him"
Definition
anything whatever
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Emaciated
Definition
to make thin
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Fain
Definition
happily; gladily
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Plash
Definition
a light splash
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Imminent
Definition
about to occur; impending
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Sagacity
Definition
having or showing keen discernment, sound judgement, and farsightedness
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Affinity
Definition
a natural attraction, liking, or feeling of kinship
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Commodious
Definition
spacious; roomy
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Guise
Definition
outward appearance or aspect; false appearance; mode of dress
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Propagate
Definition
to cause (an organism) to multiply or breed
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Imbued
Definition
to inspire or inflouence thoroughly; pervade
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Askance
Definition
with dissaproval, suspicion, or distrust
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Ere
Definition
previous to; before
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Askance
Definition
with a sideways glance; obliquely
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Solace
Definition
comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or distress; consolation
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Morbidness
Definition
unwholesome, diseased, corrupted
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Penintential
Definition
having to do with feeling of regret for one's sins or misdeeds
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Self-abasement
Definition
degradation or humiliation of oneslef, especially because of feelings of guilt or inferiority
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Palliate
Definition
to naje (an offense or crime) seem less serious
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Abstruse
Definition
difficult to understand; recondite
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Devoid
Definition
completely lacking; destitute or empty
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Rigor
Definition
strictness or severity, as in temperament, action, or judgement
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Spectra
Definition
range of values of a quantity or set of related quantities; a broad sequence or range of related qualities ideas, or activities
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Odious
Definition
arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure
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Gait
Definition
a particular way or manner of moving on foot
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Implicit
Definition
implied or understood though not directly expressed
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Spectral
Definition
of or resembling a specter; ghostly; of, relating to, produced by a specctrum
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Pith
Definition
the soft, sponge like, central cylinder of the stems of most flowering plants, composed mainly of perenchyma; the essential or central part; the heart pr essence
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Ehtereal
Definition
characterized by lightness and insubstantially; intangible
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Scourge
Definition
a source of widespread dreadful affliction and devastation such as that caused by pestilence or war; a means of inflicting severe suffering, vengeance, or punishment
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Conjecture
Definition
guesswork
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Defunct
Definition
having ceased to exist or live
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Decorous
Definition
characterized by or exhibiting decorum; proper
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Grisly
Definition
inspiring repungnance; gruesome; ghostly
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Scurrilous
Definition
given to the use of vulgar, coarse, abtusive language; foul-mouthed
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Foliage
Definition
plant leaves, especially tree leaves, considered as a group
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Transfiguration
Definition
a marked change in form or appearance; a metamorphosis; a change that glorifies or exhaults
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Withal
Definition
in addition; besides
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Insurmoutable
Definition
impossible to overcome
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Wonder-smitte
Definition
shocked, astonished
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Faculty
Definition
an inherent power or ability; any of the powers or capacities possessed by the human mind; all of the members of a learned profession
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Perchance
Definition
perhaps; possibly
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Maze
Definition
something made up of many confused or conflicting elements; a tangle
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Illusion
Definition
an erroneous perception of reality
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Betook
Definition
to cause (oneself) to go or move
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Luxuriance
Definition
elaborate; producing abundance
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Freighted
Definition
a burden; load, goods carried by a vehicle
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Dexterity
Definition
skill and grace in physical movement, espeically in the use of the hands; adroitness, mental skill or adroitness; cleverness
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Horn-book
Definition
one of the hard, usually permanent structure projecting from the head of certain mammals, such as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes consisting of a bony core covered with a sheath of keratinous material
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Inexplicable
Definition
difficult or impossible to explain or account for
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Capricious
Definition
characterized by or subject to whim; impulsive and unpredictable
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Epoch
Definition
a particular period of history, especially one considered remarkable or noteworthy
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Primeval
Definition
belonging to the first or earliest age or ages; original or ancient
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Sombre
Definition
not cheerful, serious, dark, gloomy, grave
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Sportive
Definition
playful; frolicsome
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Vivacity
Definition
the quality or condition of being vivacious ; liveliness
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Loquacity
Definition
an instance of talkativeness or garrulity
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Melancholy
Definition
sadness or depression of the spirits; gloom; an emotional state characterized by sullenness and outbreaks of violent anger, believed to arise from black bile
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Lamentation
Definition
to express grief for or about; mourn; to regret deeply; deplore
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Pentecost
Definition
the seventh Sunday after Easter, commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples
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Penance
Definition
an act of self-mortification or devotion performed voluntarily to show sorrow for a sin or other wrongdoings
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Forebode
"harsh words that foreboded estrangement"
Definition
to indicate the likelihood of; portend
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Sentinel
Definition
one that keeps guard; to watch over as a guard
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Pillory
Definition
to expose to riducule and abuse
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Trammeled
Definition
something that resists
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Stigma
Definition
a mark or token of infamy, disgrace, or reproach
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Transmuting
Definition
to change form one form, nature, substance, or state into another; transform
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Subjugated
Definition
to bring uder control; conquer
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Denizens
Definition
an inhabitant; a resident; one that frequents a particular place
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Conjoined
Definition
to join or become joined together, unite
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Singular
Definition
being only one; individual
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Contortions
Definition
to twist, wrench, or bend severel out of shape
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Dell
Definition
a small secluded wooded valley
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Whit
"doesn't give a whit what was said"
Definition
the lest bit; an iota
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Maze
"a maze of bureaucratic divisions"
Definition
an intricate, usually confusing network of interconnecting pathways, as in a garden; a labyrinth; a physical situation in which it is easy to get lost
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Terminate
Definition
to bring to an end or halt
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Emaciated
Definition
to make or become extremely thin, especially as a result of starvation
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Incited
Definition
to provoke and urge on
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Patriarchal
Definition
having characteristics of a high rank
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Ransacked
Definition
to search or examine thoroughly
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Effervescence
Definition
to emit small bubbles of gas, as a carbonated or fermenting liquid; to escape from a luquid as bubbles; bubble up; to show high spirits or animation
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Sable
Definition
carnivorous mammal ("martes zibellina") of northern Europe and Asia, having soft dark fur; the color black, espercially in heraldry; a grayish yellowish brown
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Arraigned
Definition
to call (an accused person) before a court to answer the charge made against him or her by indictment, information, or complain
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Eminence
Definition
a position of great distinction or superiority
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Pomp
Definition
dignified or magnificent display; splendor
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Demeanor
Definition
the way in which a person behaves; deportment
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Visage
Definition
the face or facial expression of a person; countenance; appearnace; aspect
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Venerable
Definition
commanding respect by virtue of age, dignity, character, or position
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Eloquence
Definition
the quality of persuasive, powerful expression
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Halo
Definition
a circular band of colored light around a light source, as around the sun or moon, caused by the refraction and reflection of light by ice particles suspended in the intervening atmosphere
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Fain
Definition
happily; gladly
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tokens
Definition
something serving as an indication, proof, or expression of something else; a sign
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Stigma
Definition
a small mark; a scar or birthmark
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Delved
Definition
to search deeply and laboriously
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Armorial
Definition
of or relating to a branch of knowledge dealing with the histroy and description in proper terms of bearings and their acessories
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Escuctcheon
Definition
dishonor to one's reputation
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