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odyssey part 2
frosh
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05/23/2004
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ruse
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a trick
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shroud
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winding sheet that covers the dead
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bier
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a frame or carriage on which a corpse is placed or convey to the grave/tomb
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disdainful
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contemptous
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contend
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to strive in opposition
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contemptible
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meriting scorn
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emboss
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raise in relief from surface
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runnel
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a little brook
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tithe
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the tenth part of anything
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implocable
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constant in anger
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hone
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a kind of fine whetstone
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throes
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extreme pain
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hew
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to cut or shape
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abyss
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a bottomless gulf
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cower
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to crouch or sink down through fear
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dissemble
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to hide under false appearance
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incredulity
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disbelief
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cutter
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one who cuts or hews
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tempered
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hardened
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bemuse
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?
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impudence
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modesty; rudeness
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mortify
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to destroy the vital functions of
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rebuke
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reprimand
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equity
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justice
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suffice
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to satisfy
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maudlin
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easily moved to tears
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carriage
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renowned
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celebrated; famous
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suppliant
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beseeching; entreating
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