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forage | to go around searching for food or other supplies |
complacent | quiet, satisfied; feeling superior and not worried, smug |
prospectus | (in finance) a written, official statement that describes a security (stock, bond) or other commercial venture to prospective buyers |
inadvertently | without realizing what you are doing; accidentally |
derivative | something that has developed or been produced from something else |
pacifist | a person who is against the use of violence to settle conflicts |
abstain | not to allow oneself to do something, to refrain from; also, not to vote |
pugnacious | wanting to fight; combative; very eager to argue or fight with people |
neurotic | unreasonably anxious or afraid |
effigy | a representation, such as a crude dummy, of a person hated by others |
influx | the arrival of large numbers of people or large amounts of money, goods etc, especially suddenly |
impediment | a situation or event that makes it difficult or impossible for someone or something to succeed or make progress |
atrophy | to harden, to grow small and useless; to become weak from lack of use or lack of blood |
mettle | courage and determination to do something even when it is very difficult |
constitute | to make up, compose |