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Credentials
-Usually, credentials. evidence of authority, status, rights, entitlement to privileges, or the like, usually in written form: Only those with the proper credentials are admitted. |
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Contemporary
-existing, occurring, or living at the same time; belonging to the same time: Newton's discovery of the calculus was contemporary with that of Leibniz. |
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Bedlam
-a scene or state of wild uproar and confusion. |
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Dregs
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-Usually, dregs. the least valuable part of anything: the dregs of society.
-a small remnant; any small quantity.
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Discretion
-the power or right to decide or act according to one's own judgment; freedom of judgment or choice: It is entirely within my discretion whether I will go or stay. |
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Ferret
-to search out, discover, or bring to light |
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Flail
-to beat or swing with or as if with a flail. |
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Hovel
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a small, very humble dwelling house; a wretched hut.
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any dirty, disorganized dwelling.
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Insufferable
-not to be endured; intolerable; unbearable: their insufferable insolence. |
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Overture
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an opening or initiating move toward negotiations, a new relationship, an agreement, etc.; a formal or informal proposal or offer: overtures of peace; a shy man who rarely made overtures of friendship. |
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