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resignation
the act of giving up, as a claim or office or possession
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zest
a tart spicy quality
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estatic
feeling great rapture or delight
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reproof
an act or expression of criticism and censure
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desecrate ad
violate the sacred character of a place or language
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desist
stop performing some action
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pulpit
a platform raised to give prominence to the person on it
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expound
add details, as to an account or idea
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flounce
walk in an emphatic or exaggerated way
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compel
force somebody to do something
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conjecturea per
believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
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spry
moving quickly and lightly
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malice
the desire to see others suffer
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mien
a person's appearance, manner, or demeanor
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gild
a formal association of people with similar intrests
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scorn
lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
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portly
fairly large
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scant
less than the correct or legal or full amount
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incredulous
not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving
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temerity
fearless daring
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doleful
filling with or evoking sadness
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jurisdiction
the territory within which power can be exercised
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distend
cause to expand as if by internal pressure
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decorum
propriety in manners and conduct
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beseech
ask for or request earnestly
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stolid
having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
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ostentatious
intended to attract notice and impress others
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scimitar
a curved saber used in Eastern countries
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sashay
walk with a lofty proud gait, often to impress others
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languish
become feeble
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denounce
speak out against
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transient
lasting a very short time
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sufficient
of a quantity that can fulfill a need or a requirement
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suppressed
held in check with difficulty
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affront
a deliberately offensive act
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sacrilege
blasphemous behavior
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insensate
devoid of feeling and consciousness and anamation
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grovel
show submission or fear
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homage
respectful deference
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indiscriminate
failing to make or recognize distinctions
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seraph
an angel of the first order
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defile
make dirty or spotty
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cherub
an angel portrayed as a winged child
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fissure
a long narrow depression in a surface
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supplication
the act of communicating with a deity
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Simile
comparing two things using like or as
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metaphor
comparing two things by saying one thing is the other
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implied metaphor
comparing two things, but only mentioning one of them
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personification
giving human attributes to something not human
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Hyperbole
exaggerated statements or claims
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metonymy
substituting the name of something with somethings its assiocated with
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synecdoche
substituting the name of something with a part of it
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paradox
statement that seems contridictory
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allusion
reference to something outside the text
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synesthesia
describing something percieved with one sense in terms of another
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