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| tending to avoid commitment or self-revelation, especially by responding only indirectly |
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| a person legally entitled to the property or rank of another on that person's death |
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| deliberately impassive or expressionless |
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| a religious or solemn ceremony consisting of a series of actions performed according to a prescribed orde |
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| a substance that's burned to produce a fragrant scent |
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| giving the impression that something harmful or evil is happening or will happen |
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| a material prepared in ancient Egypt from the pithy stem of a water plant, used in sheets throughout the ancient Mediterranean world for writing or painting on and also for making rope, sandals, and boats |
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| a person who accompanies and looks after another person or group of people |
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| responsible by law; legally answerable |
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| an event regarded as a portent of good or evil |
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| a half-conscious state characterized by an absence of response to external stimuli, typically as induced by hypnosis or entered by a medium |
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| feeling or showing caution about possible dangers or problems |
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| (of an object, outline, or shape) having angles or sharp corners |
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| the people living in a particular country or area |
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| water strongly impregnated with salt |
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| a priest or priestess acting as a medium through whom advice or prophecy was sought from the gods in classical antiquity |
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| person who watches at a show, game, or other event |
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| a claim or piece of evidence that one was elsewhere when an act, typically a criminal one, is alleged to have taken place |
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| cause (someone) to become perplexed and confused |
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| contemplate or dwell on one's own success or another's misfortune with smugness or malignant pleasure. |
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| relating to, denoting, or preserving the character of an early stage in the evolutionary or historical development of something |
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| irritate and frustrate (someone) intensely |
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