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Packet
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A passenger boat carrying mail and cargo on a regular schedule
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Sonorous
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Loud, deep, or rich in sound
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Evanescence
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Tending to vanish like vapor
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Gravity
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A manner that is serious and solemn
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Stolid
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Not easily aroused or excited; showing little or no emotion
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Pecuniary
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Of or relating to money
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Supplicatory
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Asking earnestly and humbly; pleading
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Compatriot
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A fellow countryman
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Oblivion
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The condition or quality of being completely forgotten or unknown
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Dispersal
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To break up and scatter about; spread
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Disconcerted
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Confused; upset
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Squalid
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Filthy or degraded through neglect or poverty
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Vestige
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A trace or visible sign left by something lost or vanished
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Farthing
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1. something of small value
2. a former bronze coin of Great Britain, equal to one-fourth of a British penny: withdrawn in 1961
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Porringer
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A low one-handled metal bowl or cup
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