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soporific [subheadline]
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causing sleep (from Latin sopor, deep sleep)
renounce [2]
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refuse to follow (from Latin renuntiare)
wage [2]
fight (from Old North French wagier)
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engage in
branded [3]
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labeled negatively (from Old English boernan, to burn)
mainstream [3]
conventional (main + stream)
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with the majority
alter [4]
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change (from Latin alter)
contentious [4]
belligerent (from Latin contention)
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causing conflict
prying [4]
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intrusively looking for information (Middle English prien)
mobilizing [4]
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getting ready for action (from Latin mobilis)
manifest [5]
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obvious, visible (Latin manifestus)
Diet [5]
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national legislature (Middle English diete, day set for a meeting)
shift [6]
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change (Old English sciftan, to divide)
fatal [6]
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deadly (Latin fatalis)
blow [6]
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a forcible strike (from Old English blawan)
blocked [6]
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prevented passage (from Middle French bloc)
polls [7]
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questioning of people to get their opinions (Middle English pol, polle)
abstruse [7]
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difficult to understand (Latin abstrudere)
Revisionists [7]
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those who advocate change (from Latin revisere)
cohorts [8]
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group (from Latin cohort)
disabused [8]
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freed from error (French desabuser)
sought [1]
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past tense of seek [5]: to search for (from the Old English sEcan)
cravings [1]
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a consuming desire (from the Old English crafian, beg)
relapsed [2]
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to regress after partial recovery from an illness (from the Latin relaps, slip back)
seizure [2]
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a sudden attack or spasm as in epilepsy or other disorders (from the Old French seisir)
binge [3]
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a period of uncontrolled self-indulgence (dialectical binge, to soak)
realm [3]
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a field or sphere (from the Latin regimen, government)
notion [3]
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idea or conception (from the Latin noscere, to come to know)
fancy[3]
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imagination, especially of a whimsical or fantastic nature (from the Middle English fantsy, fantasy)
spate [3]
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a sudden rush, flood, or outpouring (Middle English)
stake [4]
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the situation where you may gain or lose a lot
abuse [4]
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misuse (from the Latin abus)
obesity [4]
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the condition of being extremely overweight (from the Latin obesus, devour)
afflict/affliction [4]
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to inflict/a condition of grievous suffering (from the Latin affligere)
drowsiness [7]
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sleepiness (perhaps from the Old English drusian, be sluggish)
scanned [8]
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to pass a beam of electrons over a surface to produce an image of what is inside, past tense of scan (from the Latin scandere, climb)
arousal [8]
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the condition of being awoken as if from sleep (from the Middle English rousen, shake the feathers)

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