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Colonnade
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Noun. Series of columns that are evenly spaced.
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Lank
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Adj. Long and skinny
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Mien
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Noun. Someones manner of how they hold themselves
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Taciturn
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Adj. Reserved or uncommunicative in speech. (PEOPLE)
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Sardonic
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Adj. Mocking
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Chafed
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Adj. Made sore by rubbing
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Beleaguered
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Verb. Harassed or annoyed
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Wan
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Adj. Pale and weak
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Innocuous
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Adj. Harmless
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Reticent
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Adj. Tending to be silent and reserved.
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Conceded
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Verb. Admitted something is true after denying it.
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Plaintive
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Adj. Mournful
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Wraith
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Noun. A ghost like figure
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Querulously
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Adv. In a complaining manner
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Undulations
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Noun. Smooth and wavelike motion
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Tenuous
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Adj. Thin and slender
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Effrontery
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Adj. Shameless, boldness
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Demurred
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Verb. To raise an objection
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Poignancy
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Noun. Feeling of being touched or moved emotionally.
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Latent
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Adj. Present but not visible
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Obscurity
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Verb. State of being unknown
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Eluded
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Verb. Avoided or escaped
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Scintillating
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Adj. Witty, brilliantly clever, sparking (conversation)
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Indentured
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Verb. Tied to a contract (servant)
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Precedent
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Noun. Act that serves as an example for the future.
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Preclude
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Verb. To prevent something from happening.
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Volubility
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Verb. Talkativeness
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Pathological
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Adj. Involving disease/ liar
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Opulence
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Noun. Wealth and riches
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Scrupulous
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Adj. Diligent, thorough and extremely attentive to details.
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Genial
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Adj. Cheerful, friendly
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Prudence
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Noun. The quality of being wise, practical, judicious
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Implored
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Verb. Begged earnestly
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Disconsolately
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Adv. Unable to be comforted
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Squalid
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Adj. Filthy, dirty
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Stoicism
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Noun. Indifference to pleasure or pain
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Felicitous
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Adj. Delightful or pleasant. Well suited
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Inexorable
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Adj. Unyielding, unable to be stopped
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Compunction
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Noun. Hesitation
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Regaled
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Verb. Entertained well
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Injunction
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Noun. Command, order from authority
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Curtly
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Adv. Rudely, quickly, hastily
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Discursively
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Adv. In a manner that passes aimlessly from one subject to another. (TALKING)
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Sallow
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Adj. Of unhealthy yellowish color
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Austere
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Adj. Severe in manner of appearance
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Avowal
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Noun, A statement of the truth,
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