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delirium

a state of excitement and dizziness

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geniality

friendliness, cheerfulness

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heinous

hateful, offensive

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heretical

speaking out against established authority, esp the church

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impunity

exemption from punishment

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innocuous

harmless, innocent

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mollify

to calm or soothe

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moribund

in a dying state, near death

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obsidian

dark glossy black

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prodigious

extraordinary in size or amount

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ruminate

to meditate over or think deeply about

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scatological

dirty or distasteful (references that which is taboo)

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surreptitious

sneaky and stealthy, as if up to something

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tremulous

shaking, as with fear

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venerable

respectable, as someone to look up to