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No
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Old English
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Meaning
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Middle English
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Meaning
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Modern English
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meaning
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1
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Gentle
(adjective)
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born
of a good-family
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Gentle
(adjective)
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Courteous,
kind
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Widening
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2
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Læwede
(Adj)
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non-ecclesiastical
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Lewd
(Adj)
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uneducated,
unlearned
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Lewd
(adj)
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sexually
insinuating, ignorant
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Pejorative
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3
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Silly
(adjective)
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happy,
fortuitous
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Silly
(adjective)
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deserving
of pity
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Silly
(adjective)
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foolish
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Pejorative
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4
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Sophisticated
(adjective)
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specious,
fallacious reasoning
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Sophisticated
(adjective)
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unnatural,
contaminated
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Sophisticated
(adjective)
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urbane,
discriminating
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5
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fæste
(adjective)
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Firm
in position
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Fast
(adjective)
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quick
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6
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Deer
(noun)
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any
four-legged beast
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Deer
(noun)
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an
animal of the family Cervidae.
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Narrowing
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7
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Villain
(noun)
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farmhand
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Villain
(noun)
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Bad
guy
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Pejorative
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8
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Gay
(noun)
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happy,
carefree
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Gay
(noun)
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homosexuality
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Pejorative
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9
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Business
(noun)
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Busy,
anxious
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Business
(noun)
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A
corporation or occupation
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widening
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10
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Lord
(noun)
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Bread
keeper
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Lord
(noun)
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King,
God
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ameliorative
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11
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Expedite
(verb)
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to
free one caught by the foot,
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Expedite
(verb)
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the removal of any sort of difficulty
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12
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Starve
(verb)
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more
generally to die
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Starve
(verb)
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to
be extremely hungry
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narrowing
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13
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Cool
(adjective
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a
jargon of jazz musicians
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Cool
(adjective
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something
preferable
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widening
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14
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Profane
(adjective)
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anything
outside the building of a church
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Profane (adjective)
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sinful,
evil."
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pejorative
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15
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Pagan
(noun)
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someone
who lived in the country
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Pagan
(noun)
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someone
who doesn't believe in God
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pejorative
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16
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Doom
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Judgment
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Doom
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death;
destruction
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pejorative
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17
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Fatal
(adjective)
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caused
by fate/destiny
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Fatal
(adjective)
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causing
death
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pejorative
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18
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Decimate
(verb)
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reduce
to one tenth in size
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decimate
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to
waste, destroy (verb)
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Decimate
(verb)
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the
original basic one is lost
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19
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Accident
(noun)
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any
event, unforeseen.
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Accident
(noun)
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an
unintended injurious
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20
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Fowl
(noun)
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Any bird
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Fowl
(noun)
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Kind
of bird
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narrowing
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21
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Sand
(noun)
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Sand,
shore
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Sand
(noun)
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the granular particles of disintegrated rock
that covered this land."
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narrowing
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22
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Art
(noun)
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general
meanings, connected to 'skill'
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Art
(noun)
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certain
kinds of skill,
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narrowing
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23
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Hound
(noun)
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dog
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Hound
(noun)
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a
particular breed of dog'
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narrowing
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24
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Skyline
(skyline)
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used
to refer to any horizon
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Skyline
(noun)
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a
horizon decorated by skyscrapers.
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narrowing
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25
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Egregious
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something
that was very good
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Egregious
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something
that was very good
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pejorative
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26
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Demagogue
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a
popular leader
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Demagogue
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a
politician who panders to emotions and prejudice.
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27
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Nice
(adjective)
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ignorant
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Nice
(adjective
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Silly,
foolish
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Nice
(adjective)
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Pleasing,
agreeable
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ameliorative
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28
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Apparent
(adjective)
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in
appearance
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Apparent
(adjective)
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the
belief/opinion of the speaker
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29
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Culture
(noun)
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collective
term referring to the arts and human intellectual
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Culture
(noun)
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general
set of attitudes and behavioural types
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30
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Engine
(noun)
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mechanical
contrivance
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Engine
(noun)
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a
mechanical sense of power.
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narrowing
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