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03/09/2009
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fanatic
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a person possessed by an excessive and irrational zeal, especially for a religious or political cause
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predilection
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personal preference
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disproportionate
 Definition
out of proportion, of an unequal size or amount
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subservent
 Definition
acting like a servant
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arbitrate
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to judge or act as referee
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iniquity
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wickedness; immorality
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ascertain
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to find out
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indignat
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filled with anger caused by somthing unjust or mean
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calamity
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disaster
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contentios
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quarrelsome
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deposition
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written statment by a witness
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plaintiff
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the party that institutes a suit in court
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effrontery
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disrespectful and insulting boldness
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immaculate
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without stain; pure
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inauculate
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unable to hear clearly
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afflict
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to trouble or attack, causing physical or mental suffering
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unittelligible
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incomprehensible; unable to be understood
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excommunication
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banishment from the church
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indictment
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accusation
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empower
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to invest with authority
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insidious

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treacherous
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subjugation
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control by conquering
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martial
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warlike
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tyrannical
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harsh; oppressive
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spurn
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to reject scornfully
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formidable
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difficult to defeat
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adversary
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opponent
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irresolution
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uncertainty; indecision
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invincible
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unbeatable
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vigilant
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watchful
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kindred
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relatives or family
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allurment
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attraction; enticement
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despotic
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like a dictator
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servile
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humbly submissive ; slavish
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subsistence
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livelihood
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oppressed
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kept down by severe and unjust use of force or authority
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tacitly
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silently
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corroding
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gradually destructive
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legacy
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something handed down from ancestors or a predecessor or from the past
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synthesis
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the combining of seperate elements or substances to form a cherent whole
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glib
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showing little thought perpartion or concern
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anarchy
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absence of any form of political authority
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repudiate
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to reject the validity or authority of
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vindication
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the defense or justification or something such as one's rights
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dispensation
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distribution; give out
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solicitous
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full of desire ; eager
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countenance
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to give or express approval; support
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ruminating
 Definition
turning a matter over and over in the mind
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acquiescing
 Definition
consenting passively or without protest
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lethargy
 Definition
state of sluggishness and inactivity
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emancipate
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to free; liberate
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probity
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honesty ; integrity
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precept
 Definition
a rule or principle prescribing a particular course of action
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