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I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
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English
10th Grade
02/28/2012
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reneged
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take back
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winced
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tense body, flinch
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vent
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an opening, outlet
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thwarted
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prevented from
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rancor
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bitter, hatred, spite
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eke
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barely manage, scrape by
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recess
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break in the wall
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pacified
 Definition
restore peace, quiet, calm
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jest
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joke, light heartedly
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rakishly
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dashing
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nonchalance
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lack of concern, easy going
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condoned
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allowed, accepted
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tedious
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long, tiresome
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heinous
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evil, shockingly evil, outrageous
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penetrable
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able to be passed
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lulled
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put to sleep soothe
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lauded
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to praise, of of praise
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constrained
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held back
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opulent
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fancy, luxurious
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impudent
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rude, sassy
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servile
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servant like
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pillarts
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supporters of the community (mayor)
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agitaion
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dusturb, excite
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indignity
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injury to one's dignity
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imperative
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required, necessary, important, crucial, essential
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ominous
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threatening, evil, harm
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loathing
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strong dislike, disgust
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pandemonium
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wild uproar, chaos
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infused
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intoduced, inspire (shove in)
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dais
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raised platform,
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aversion
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strong dislike
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change of venue
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change of place
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pallet
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make shift bed
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insolently
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rudely disrespectful
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gaffe
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mistake
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lavishly
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using/giving in great amounts
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engulfed
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submerge, swallow up
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liberally
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lots, generous
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milled
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wondering about
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assailed
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attack vigorously or violently
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decorum
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proper behavior
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lofty
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extended high in the air, dignity, character
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vied
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strive in competition
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feat
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big achievement
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unrelenting
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without giving up, not yeidling, easing
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flamboyant
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strikingly bold, brilliant
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droll
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amusing
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chided
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scolded, mad, reproach
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query
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doubt, question
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lurid
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shocking
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quandary
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predicament
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adversary
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person, group that attacks
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eluded
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to avoid, escape
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waifs
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homeless
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abated
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reduce in amount, lessen, diminish
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wrath
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fierce, anger
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harlot
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prostitute, whore
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sullenness
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sad
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morose
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gloomy
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regaled
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entertain, delight
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double entendres
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double meanin, to hear 2 ways
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rapier
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sword
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pining
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suffer with longing
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taut
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tense, tightly drawn
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benign
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gracious, kindness
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incessantly
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ceaseless, continuing
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sacrilegious
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against a religion
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clarity
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clearness
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pacifying
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restore peace, quiet calm
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ludicrous
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crazy
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berated
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scolded, rebuked
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affluent
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weathly
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masochists
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enjoying pain
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blasphemous
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profain, irreverent
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din
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noise
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aromatic
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fragrant or sweet sented
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rivaled
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same goal as another
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oblivious
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unmindful
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invalid
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a sikly person, sick
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metamorphosis
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change of form
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dirge
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funeral song, tune
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cyclopean
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gigantic, large
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eerie
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superstious, fear, weird
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reminiscences
 Definition
recalling past events
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forfeit
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to lose, penalty
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farcical
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foolish, mockery
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palpable
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plainly seen, heard, perceived
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enigma
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puzzling situation
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limbo
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state of imprisonment
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arrested
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stopped
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traverse
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travel, cross
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lax
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relax
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conspiratorially
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plan secretly (unlawful act)
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pretentious
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unjustified claims
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melodrama
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exaggerate plot, emotion
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animosities
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strong dislike, hatred, grudge, bitterness
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gauche
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awkward
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dauntless
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fearless
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sour grapes
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pretended hate
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gilt
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golden
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provincials
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lacking prospective, narrow, limited
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festered
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annoyed, irritated
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to no avail
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of no use or advantage
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colloquial
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informal conversation, slang
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bourgeoisie
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middle class
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cajoled
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urge, encourage
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bric-a-brac
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collected for decoration
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aloof
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apart
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rife
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common, many
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ritzy
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elegant
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kiosk
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open pavilion
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relentlessly
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unyeilding, harsh
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lofty
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extended
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reveries
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dreamy, day dream
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raunchy
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vulgar
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cacophony
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harsh wails, loud
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herculean
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require great strength
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lucid
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easily understood
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futile
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not successful, useless, unimportant
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scathing
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harmful
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blase
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unimpressed, nonchalant
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Oedipal skein
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bad, complicated, conflict of feeling
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gumption
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courage, spunk
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charade
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false act
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malicious
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evil
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contemporaries
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living at the same time, same aged
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expedient
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quickly
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meted
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distribute equally
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brouhaha
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uproar
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guileless
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honest, inoccent
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