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Supplicant

A person who asks god or a person for something in a humble way

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Hearth

The slab upon which your house is built (center of the house)

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Renowned

Widely acclaimed and highly honored

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Impel

Drive, force, or urge someone to do something (neutral)

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Vernal

Of, in, or appropriate to spring

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Apportation

To divide and share out according to a plan

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Keen

(Of the edge or point of the blade) sharp

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Frieze

Broad horizontal band of sculpted or painted decoration, especially on a wall near a ceiling

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Libation

A drink poured out as an offering to a deity

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Apt

Appropriate or suitable in circumstances

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Congenial

Pleasant because of a quality, personality, or interests similar to one's own.

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Impregnable

Unable to be captured or broken into

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Deference

Humble submission and respect

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Circumvent

Find a way around (an obstacle)

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Duplicitous

Deceitful

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Moor (ship)

Make a boat fast by attaching it by a cable to rope to the shore or to an anchor

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Adamant

Refusing to be persuaded or to change someone's mind (positive connotation)

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Aegis

A shield, protection, blocking, Athena's symbol

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Cordial

Warm and friendly

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Ingenuity

The quality of being both clever, original, and inventive

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Lament

Mourn (a person's loss or death)

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Enigmatic

Difficulty to interpret or understand; mysterious

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Penance

Voluntary self punishment inflicted as an outward expression of repentance for having done wrong

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Epithet

An adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned; used often to describe them

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Solace

Comfort or consolation at a time of distress or sadness

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Sumptuous

Splendid and expensive-looking

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Defile

Sully, mar, or spoil

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Extenuating

(of a factor or situation) serving to lessen the seriousness of an offense

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Qualm

An uneasy feeling of doubt, worry, or fear, especially about one's own conduct; a misgiving

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Entreat

To ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something

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Unmitigated

Absolute, unqualified

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Rancor

With bitterness or resentfulness; especially long-standing

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Recompense

Make amends to someone for loss or harm suffered; compensate

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Reproach

Address someone in such a way to express disapproval or disappointment

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Vanquish

Defeat thoroughly

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Impediment

A hindrance or obstruction in doing something

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Ensue

Happen or occur afterward/ after as a result.

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Appertain

Relate to; concern

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Impious

Not showing respect or reverence; especially for a god

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Amiable

Having or displaying a friendly and pleasant manner

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Valiant

Showing courage or determination.

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Pestilence

A fatal epidemic disease.

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Disdain

The feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one's consideration.

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Abide

To accept or act in accordance with a rule or decision.

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Turncoat

A person who switches allegiance from one group to another.

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Flout

To openly disregard a rule or law.

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Canker

Blistered infection, (rarely used literally) something that if put into something else causes harm 

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Subdued

Quiet and rather reflective or depressed

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Shrewd

Having sharp powers of judgment; astute.

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Throng

A large, densely packed crowd.

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Solicit

To ask for or try to obtain something from someone. To attempt to provoke.

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Perturb

To make someone anxious or unsettled.

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Dissuade

To persuade someone not to take a particular course of action.

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Covertly

In a way that is not openly shown or acknowledged. Secretly

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Semblance

The outward appearance or apparent form of something.

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Blithe

Showing a casual and cheerful indifference.

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Requited

Make appropriate return for (favor, service, or wrongdoing)

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Disparage

To regard or represent as being of little worth; belittle

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Bestow

To give something as a gift or honor.

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Coy

Showing reluctance to give details about something regarded as sensitive. Shyness and modesty when pertaining to women.

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Visceral

Relating to deep inward feelings rather than to the intellect

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Eschew

To deliberately avoid using; abstain from

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Paucity

The presence of something in insufficient or scarce amounts

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Colloquially

In the language of ordinary or family conversation

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Occult

Supernatural, mystical, or magical beliefs, practices, or phenomena.

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Galvanize

Shock or excite (someone) into taking action.

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Anachronistic

Belonging to a period other than that being portrayed

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Edify

Instruct or improve (someone) morally or intellectually

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Sycophant

A person who acts obsequiously toward someone important in order to gain an advantage; sucking up

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Vacuous

Having or showing a lack of thought or intelligence; mindless

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Proclivity

A tendency to choose or do something regularly; an inclination for a particular thing

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Supercilious

Behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others

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Homely

Unattractive; rough in appearance

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Jocund

Cheerful and lighthearted

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Burly

(of a person) large and strong; heavily built

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Hapless

(especially of a person) unfortunate

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Apoplectic

Overcome with anger; extremely indignant

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Dissemble

To conceal one's true motives, feelings, or beliefs

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Supersede

Take the place of (a person or thing previously in authority or use) [idea or digital]

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Repudiate

Refuse to accept or be associated with

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Harangue

Lecture (someone) at length in an aggressive and critical manner

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Thwart

To prevent someone from doing something

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Invariably

In every occasion or case; always

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Pugnacious

Eager or quick to argue, quarrel, or fight

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Vapid

Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging

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Zealot

A person who is fanatical and uncompromising in pursuit of their religious, political, or other ideals

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Myriad

A countless or extremely great number

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Mutable

Liable to change

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Tableaux

A group of models or motionless figures representing a scene from a story or from history

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Gesticulate

Wild hand gestures to emphasize words

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Sordid

Morally distasteful

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Archaic

Very old or old fashioned

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Urbane

Very polite and smooth in manner; sophisticated

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Adherent

Someone who supports a particular party, person, or set of ideas.

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Fitfully

Not regularly or continuously, intermittently

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Sanguine

Optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation; rosy cheeked, red

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Specious

Superficially plausible, but actually wrong

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Compendium

A collection of things, especially one systematically gathered

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Aureole

A circle of light or brightness surrounding something, especially in the area around the head or body of a person represented as holy.

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Drivel

Nonsense