week 17

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megalomania
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abnormal desire for wealth and power
profligate
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wasteful
strife
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discord, disagreement
legion
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a large number (not myriad)
coup
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revolution
amnesty
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a general pardon
expatriate
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an exile
exonerate
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to free from guilt
fiat
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an official order, a decree
mendacious
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lying, untrue
parsimonious
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miserly
pecuniary
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financial
dismantle
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to strip of covering, take apart
sumptuous
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lavish
underwrite
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agree to finance
restrictive
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harsh, confining
balk
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to refuse to move
blunt
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plain spoken
nostalgia
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yearning for the past
rife
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widespread (not rampant)

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