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Incongruously
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Lacking in harmony; not in agreement; not keeping what is correct, incompatibly out of place
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Pariah
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A social outcast
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Paroxysms
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A sudden ourburst
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Egregious
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Conspicuously bad or offensive
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Confrontation
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Meeting face to face, an encounter
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Kaddish
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A prayer recited in daily services and by mourners after the death of a close relative
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Shivah
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A seven day period of formal mourning observed after the funeral of a close relative
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Maelstroms
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A violent or turbulent situation
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Obliterating
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To do away with completely or to leave no trace
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Largesse
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Generous bestowal of gifts, generosity
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Preoccupation
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State of being absorbed in thought, major focus
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Tactum
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Keep silent, close mouthed
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Deportation
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the act of being expelled from a country
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Reminiscent
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The quality of containing the porcess of recollecting past events,; nostalgic
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Irony
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The use of words to express something different from their literal meaning; opposite of what you think
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