We can either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.

Carlos Castaneda

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Circumlocution

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the use of many words to express an idea, often to avoid saying something directly.

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Provenance

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the place of origin or earliest known history of something.

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Salacious

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lustful; lecherous; suggestive of or tending to moral looseness.

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Congeners

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things that are of the same kind or type.

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Flabbergasted

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shocked or greatly surprised.

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Probity

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the quality of having strong moral principles; honesty and decency.

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Reticence

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the quality of being reserved or uncommunicative.

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Costive

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constipated; also used metaphorically for being slow or sluggish.

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Chicanery

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the use of trickery to achieve a purpose.

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Unpropitious

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unfavourable or not auspicious.

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