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| spurn | v) to refuse with scorn, disdane |
| subterfuge | n) an excuse or trick or escaping or hiding something |
| vindicate | to clear from hint or charge of wrongdoing |
| wane | to lose size, strength and power |
| venomous | poisonous, spiteful, mean |
| wily | sly, shrewd, cunning |
| shackle | v) to put in chains
n) (usually plural) a chain, fetter |
| threadbare | adj) shabby, old and worn |
| staccato | detached or disconnected in sound or style |
| statute | a law |
