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aberrant
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deviating from the norm
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alacrity
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eager and enthusiastic willingness
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anomaly
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deviating from the normal order, form, or rule; abnormality
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approbation
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an expression of approval or praise
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assuage
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to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify
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audacious
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daring and fearless; recklessly bold
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capricious
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inclined to change one's mind impulsively; erratic; unpredictable
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censure
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to criticize severely; to officially rebuke
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chicanery
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trickery or subterfuge
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connoisseur
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an informed and astute judge in matters of taste; an expert
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discordant
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conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound
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disparate
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fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
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eloquent
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well-spoken; expressive; articulate
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enervate
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to weaken; to reduce in vitality
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ennui
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dissatisfaction or restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy
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equivocate
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to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent
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exculpate
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to exonerate; to free from blame
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exigent
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urgent; pressing,; requiring immediate action or attention
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filibuster
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intentional obstruction, especially using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action
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ingenuous
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artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication
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inured
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accustomed to accepting something undesirable
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irascible
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easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts
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laud
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to praise highly
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magnanimity
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the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart
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martial
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associated with war and the armed forces
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mundane
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worldly; typical or concerned with the ordinary
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nascent
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coming into being; in early developmental stages
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nebulous
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vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form
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neologism
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a new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new wrods or senses
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noxious
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harmful; injurious
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obtuse
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lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression
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obviate
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to anticipate and make unnecessary
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onerous
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troubling; burdensome
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parody
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a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, especially in literature and art
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perennial
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recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly
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perfunctory
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cursory; done without care or interest
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prattle
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to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner
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prescience
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foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring
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prevaricate
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to deliberately avoid the truth; tomislead
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refute
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to disprove; to successfully argue against
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relegate
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to forcibly assign, especially to a lower place or position
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solicitous
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concerned and attentive; eager
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sporadic
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occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances
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static
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not moving, active, or in motion; at rest
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stupefy
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to stun, baffle, or amaze
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tortuous
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winding, twisting; excessively complicated
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truculent
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fierce and cruel; eager to fight
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voracious
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having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous
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waver
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to move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion
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abscond
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to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide
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ameliorate
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to make better or more tolerable
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arduous
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strenuous, taxing, or requiring significant effort
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ascetic
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one who practices rigid self-denial, especially as an act of religious devotion
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austere
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without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic
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axiom
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a universally recognized principle
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axiomatic
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taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth
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bucolic
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rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants
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canonical
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following in agreement with accepted, traditional standards
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contentious
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argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement
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convoluted
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complex or complicated
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culpable
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deserving blame
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disabuse
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to undeceive; to set right
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eclectic
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composed of elements drawn from various sources
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effrontery
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extreme boldness; presumptuousness
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ephemeral
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brief; fleeting
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erudite
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very learned; scholarly
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eulogy
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a speech honoring the dead
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extemporaneous
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improvised; done without preparation
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facetious
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playful; humorous
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fulminate
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to loudly attack or denounce
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hyperbole
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an exaggerated statement, often used as a figure of speech
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lucid
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clear; easily understood
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oscillation
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the act or state of swinging back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm
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paean
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a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving
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penurious
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penny-pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous
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perfidy
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intentional breach of faith; treachery
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pernicious
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extremely armful; potentially causing death
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perspicacious
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acutely perceptive; having keen discernment
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pious
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extremely reverent or devout; showing strong religious devotion
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precipitate
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acting with excessive haste or impulse; also: to cause or happen before anticipated or required
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precursor
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one that precedes and indicates or announces another
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predilection
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a disposition in favor of soemthing; preference
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prolific
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producing large volumes or amounts; productive
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qualms
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misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy
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quiescence
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stillness; motionlessness; the quality of being at rest
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recant
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to retract, especially a previously held belief
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redoubtable
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awe-inspiring; worthy of honor
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reticent
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quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings
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satire
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a literary work that ridicules or criticizes a human vice through humor or derision
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sordid
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characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul
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squalid
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sordid; wretched and dirty as from neglect
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squander
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to waste by spending or using irresponsibly
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stoic
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indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; steadfast
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supplant
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to take the place of; supersede
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synthesis
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the combination of parts to make a whole
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torpid
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lethargic; sluggish; dormant
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torque
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a force that causes rotation
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ubiquitous
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existing everywhere at the same time; constantly encountered; widespread
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veracity
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truthfulness; honesty
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vilify
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to defame; to characterize harshly
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virulent
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extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic
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abate
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to lessen in intensity or degree
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accolade
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an expression of praise
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adulation
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excessive praise; intense adoration
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aesthetic
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dealing with, appreciative of, or responsive to art or the beautiful
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avarice
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greed, especially for wealth
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burgeon
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to grow rapidly or flourish
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cacophony
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harsh, jarring, discordant sound; dissonance
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canon
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an established set of principles or code of laws, often religious in nature
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castigation
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severe criticism or punishment
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catalyst
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a substance that accelerates the rate of a chemical reaction without changing itself: OR: a person or thing that causes change
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caustic
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burning or stinging; causing corrosion
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chary
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wary; cautious; sparing
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cogent
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appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing
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complaisance
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the willingness to comply with the wishes of others
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contrite
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regretful; penitent; seeking forgiveness
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dearth
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smallness of quantity or number; scarcity; a lack
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demur
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to question or oppose
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didactic
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intended to teach or instruct
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discretion
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cautious reserve in speech; the ability to make responsible decisions
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disinterested
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indifferent; free from self-interest
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dogmatic
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stubbornly opinionated
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ebullience
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the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts or feelings
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elegy
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a mournful poem, especially one lamenting the dead
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emollient
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soothing, especially to the skin; making less harsh
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empirical
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based on observation or experiment
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enigmatic
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mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand
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esoteric
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intended for or understood by a small, specific group
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exonerate
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to remove from blame
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fallacy
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an invalid or incorrect notion; a mistaken belief
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furtive
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marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious
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gregarious
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sociable; outgoing; enjoying the company of other people
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harrangue
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to deliver a pompous speech or tirade
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heretical
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violating accepted dogma or convention
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impecunious
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lacking funds; without money
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incipient
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beginning to come into being, or to become apparent
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inert
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unmoving; lethargic; sluggish
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innocuous
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harmless; causing no damage
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intransigent
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refusing to compromise
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inveigle
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to obtain by deception or flattery
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morose
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sad; sullen; melancholy
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odious
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evoking intense aversion or dislike
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opaque
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impenetrable by light; not reflecting light
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peruse
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to examine with great care
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preen
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to dress up; to primp; to groom oneself with elaborate care
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prodigious
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abundant in size, force, or extent; extraordinary
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putrefy
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to rot; to decay and give off a foul odor
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quaff
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to drink deeply
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sanction
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authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance
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urbane
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sophisticated; refined; elegant
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viscous
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thick; sticky
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acerbic
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having a sour or bitter taste or character
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amalgamate
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to combine several elements into a whole
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amenable
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agreeable; responsive to suggestion
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bolster
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to provide support or reinforcement
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bombast
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self-important or pompous writing or speech
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bombastic
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pompous; grandiloquent
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credulous
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tending to believe to readily; gullible
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diatribe
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a harsh denunciation
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fawn
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to flatter or praise excessively
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fervent
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greatly emotional or zealous
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flout
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to demonstrate contempt for, as in a rule or convention
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fortuitous
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happening by fortunate accident or chance
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garrulous
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pointlessly talkative; talking too much
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germane
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relevant to the subject matter at hand; appropriate in subject matter
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glib
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marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; lacking in depth; superficial
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halcyon
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calm and peaceful
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hubris
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arrogant presumption or pride
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idolatrous
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given to intense or excessive devotion to something
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imminent
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about to happen; impending
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imperturbable
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marked by extreme calm, impassivity and steadiness
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impetuous
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hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement
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implacable
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not capable of being appeased or significantly changed
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indifferent
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having no interest or concern; showing no bias or prejudice
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intrepid
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steadfast and courageous
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laconic
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using few words; terse
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malleable
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capable of being shaped or formed; tractable; pliable
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maverick
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an independent individual who does not go along with a group or party
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mendacity
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the condition of being untruthful; dishonesty
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mercurial
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characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood
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meticulous
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characterized by extreme care and precision; attentive to detail
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mollify
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to calm or sooth; to reduce in emotional intensity
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obdurate
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unyielding; hardhearted; intractable
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obfuscate
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to deliberately obscure; to make confusing
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obsequious
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exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
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obstinate
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stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising
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opprobrium
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disgrace; contempt; scorn
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ostentatious
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characterized by or given to pretentiousness
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pendatic
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the parading of learning; excessive attention to minutiae and formal rules.
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pervade
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to permeate throughout
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pervasive
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having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout
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phlegmatic
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calm; sluggish; unemotional
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pirate
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to illegally use or reproduce
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plethora
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an overabundance; a surplus
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polemical
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controversial; argumentative
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pragmatic
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practical rather than idealistic
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rancorous
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characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment
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rhetoric
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the art or study of effective use of language for communication and persuasion
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salubrious
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promoting health or well-being
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sedulous
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diligent; persistent; hard-working
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solvent
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able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance
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soporific
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causing drowsiness; tending to induce sleep
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aggrandize
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to increase in intensity, power, or prestige
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alchemy
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a medieval science aimed at the transmutation of metals, especially into gold
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anachronism
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something or someone out of place in terms of historical or chronological context
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astringent
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having a tightening effect on living tissue; harsh; severe
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contiguous
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sharing a border; touching; adjacent
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convention
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a generally agreed-upon practice or attitude
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cynicism
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an attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness
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decorum
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polite or appropriate conduct or behavior
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derision
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scorn; ridicule; contemptuous treatment
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desiccate
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to dry out or dehydrate; to make dry or dull
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ambrosia
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buffalo wings and beer [[the food of the gods]]
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dilettante
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one with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge
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disparage
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to slight or belittle
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divulge
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to disclose something secret
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immutable
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not capable of change
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inimical
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damaging; harmful; injurious
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intractable
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not easily managed or directed; stubborn; obstinate
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neophyte
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a recent convert; a beginner; a novice
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presumptuous
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overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy); taking liberties
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pristine
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pure; uncorrupted; clean
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probity
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adherence to the highest principles; uprightness
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proclivity
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a natural predisposition or inclination
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profligate
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excessively wasteful; recklessly extravagant
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propensity
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a natural inclination or tendency; penchant
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prosaic
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dull; unimaginative
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pungent
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characterized by a strong, sharp smell or taste
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quixotic
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foolishly impractical; marked by lofty romantic ideals
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quotidian
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occurring or recurring daily; commonplace
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rarefy
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to make or become thin, less dense; to refine
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recondite
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hidden; concealed; difficult to understand; obscure
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refulgent
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radiant; shiny; brilliant
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renege
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to fail to honor a commitment; to go back on a promise
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shard
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a piece of broken pottery or glass
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sparse
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thin; not dense; arranged at widely spaced intervals
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spendthrift
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one who spends money wastefully
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subtle
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not obvious; elusive; difficult to discern
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tacit
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implied; not explicitly stated
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terse
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brief and concise in wording
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tout
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to publicly praise or promote
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trenchant
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sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating
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unfeigned
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genuine; not false or hypocritical
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untenable
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indefensible; not viable; uninhabitable
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vacillate
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to waver indecisively between one course of action or opinion and another; to waver
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variegated
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multicolored; characterized by a variety of patches of different color
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vexation
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annoyance; irritation
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vigilant
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alertly watchful
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vituperate
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to use harsh condemnatory language; to abuse or censure severely or abusively; to berate
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volatile
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readily changing to a vapor; changeable; fickle; explosive
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acumen
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quick, keen, or accurate knowledge or insight
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adulterate
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to reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients
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archaic
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outdated; associated with an earlier, perhaps more primitive time
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aver
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to state as fact; to confirm or support
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dissemble
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to disguise or conceal; to mislead
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eccentric
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departing from norms or convention
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endemic
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characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region, or people
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evanescent
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tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing
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exacerbate
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to make worse or more severe
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grandiloquence
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pompous speech or expression
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hackneyed
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rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage
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hedonism
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devotion to pleasurable pursuits, especially to the pleasures of the senses
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hegemony
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the consistent dominance of one state or ideology over others
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iconoclast
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one who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions
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impassive
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revealing no emotion
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impunity
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immunity from punishment or penalty
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inchoate
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in an initial stage; not fully formed
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infelicitous
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unfortunate; inappropriate
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insipid
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without taste or flavor; lacking in spirit; bland
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loquacious
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extremely talkative
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luminous
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characterized by brightness and the emission of light
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malevolent
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having or showing often vicious ill-will, spite, or hatred see: girlfriend
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misanthrope
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one who hates all other humans
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mitigate
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to make or become less severe or intense; to moderate
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occlude
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to obstruct or block
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pedagogy
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the art or profession of training, teaching, or instructing
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penury
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poverty; destitution
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pine
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to yearn intensely; to languish; to lose vigor
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pith
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the essential or central part
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pithy
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precise and brief
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placate
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to appease; to calm by making concessions
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lpatitude
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a superficial remark, especially one offered as meaningful
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platitude
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a superficial remark, especially one offered as meaningful
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plummet
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to plunge or drop straight down
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prodigal
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recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
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profuse
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given or coming forth abundantly; extravagant
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proliferate
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to grow or increase swiftly and abundantly
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queries
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questions; inquiries; doubts in the mind; reservations
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querulous
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prone to complaining or grumbling; quarrelsome
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recalcitrant
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obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage
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repudiate
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to refuse to have anything to do with; to disown
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rescind
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to invalidate; to repeal; to retract
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reverent
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marked by, feeling, or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect
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specious
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seeming true, but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive
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spurious
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lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit
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subpoena
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a court order requiring appearance and/or testimony
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succinct
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brief, concise
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superfluous
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exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
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surfeit
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excess; overindulgence
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tenacity
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the quality of adherence or persistence to something valued
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tenuous
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having little substance or strength; flimsy; weak
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tirade
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a long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation
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transient
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fleeting; passing quickly; brief
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zealous
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fervent; ardent; impassioned
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alloy
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to commingle; to debase by mixing with something inferior
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appropriate
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to take for one's own use; confiscate
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arrest
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to suspend; to engage; to hold one's attention
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august
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majestic; venerable
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bent
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leaning; inclination; proclivity; tendency
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broach
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to bring up or announce; to begin to talk about
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brook
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to tolerate, endure, or countenance
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cardinal
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of great importance
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color
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to change as if by dyeing, i.e. to distort, gloss, or affect
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damp
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to diminish in intensity or check the vibrations of a sound, etc
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die
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a part of a machine that punches shaped holes or cuts
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essay
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to test or try; to attempt or experiment
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exact
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to demand, call for, require, or take
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flag
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to sag or droop; to become spiritless; to decline
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flip
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sarcastic, impertinent
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ford
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to wade across the shallow part of a river or stream
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grouse
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to complain or grumble
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guy
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a cord or cable used to steady or guide something
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intimate
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to imply, suggest, or insinuate
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list
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to tilt or lean to oen side
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lumber
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to move heavily and clumsily
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milk
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to exploit; to squeeze every last ounce of
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mince
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to pronounce or speak affectedly; to speak too carefuly; also, to take tiny s teps or tiptoe
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nice
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exacting; fastidious; extremely, even excessively precise
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obtain
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to be established, accepted, or customary
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occult
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hidden; concealed; beyond comprehension
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pedestrian
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commonplace; trite; unremarkable; quotidian
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pied
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multicolored, usually in blotches or patches
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pine
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to lose vigor (as through grief); to yearn
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plastic
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moldable; pliable; not rigid
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prize
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to pry; to press or force with a lever; something taken by force; spoils
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rail
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to complain about bitterly
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rent
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torn, past of rend; an opening or tear caused by such
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quail
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to lose courage; to become frightened
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qualify
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to limit
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sap
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to enervate or weaken the vitality of
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scurvy
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contemptible; despicable
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singular
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exceptional; unusual; odd
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steep
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to saturate or completely soak
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strut
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the supporting structural cross-part of a wing
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table
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to remove (as a parliamentary motion) from consideration
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tender
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to proffer or offer; to give
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waffle
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to equivocate; to change one's position
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wag
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wit; joker
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abjure
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to renounce or reject solemnly; to recant; to avoid
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abrogate
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to abolish or annul by authority; to put down
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abscission
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the act of cutting off or removing
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acarpous
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effete; no longer fertile; worn out
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accretion
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growth; increase by successive addition; building up
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admonish
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to reprove; to express warning or disapproval
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adroit
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adept; dexterous
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adumbrate
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to foreshadow or intimate; to suggest sketchily; to obscure
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anathema
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a solemn or ecclesiastical (religious) curse; accursed or thoroughly loathed person or thing
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anodyne
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soothing; something that assuages or allays pain or comforts
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antipathy
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aversion; dislike
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antithetical
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diametrically opposed; as in antithesis
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apocryphal
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of dubious authenticity or origin; spurious
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apogee
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farthest or highest point; culmination; zenith (anonym: perigee)
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apostate
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one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions
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apotheosis
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deification; glorification to godliness
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apposite
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appropriate; pertinent; relevant; apropos
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apprise
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to give notice to; to inform
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arabesque
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a complex, ornate design; also to a dance position
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arcane
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mysterious; abstruse; esoteric; knowable only to intimates
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arrant
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impudent
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artless
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completely without guile; natural; without artificiality
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ascetic
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someone practicing self-denial; austere stark
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asperity
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severity; rigor; roughness; harshness; acrimony; irritability
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aspersion
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an act of defamation or maligning; animadversion
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assay
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an analysis; examination; test; to put to a test
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asseverate
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to aver; to allege; to assert
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assiduous
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diligent; hard-working; sedulous
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attenuate
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to rarefy; to weaken or make thinner
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augury
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omen; portent
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auspice
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protection or support; patronage
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auspicious
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favorable; propitious; successful; prosperous
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aver
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to affirm; to assert; to prove; to justify; to asseverate
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baleful
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sinister; pernicious; ominous
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bane
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cause of injury; poison; source of harm
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beatify
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to bless, make happy, or ascribe a virtue to; to regard as saintly
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bedizen
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to adorn, especially in a cheap showy manner; to festoon
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belie
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to give a false impression of; to misrepresent
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bellicose
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belligerent; pugnacious; warlike
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bilge
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bulge; the protuberance of a cask
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blandish
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to toady or fawn
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blithe
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carefree; merry
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boisterous
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loud; noisy; rough; lacking restraint
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boor
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a rude or insensitive person; lout
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burnish
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to polish; to rub to a shine
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byzantine
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labyrinthine; complex
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cabal
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a scheme or plot; a group of plotters
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cachinnate
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to laugh loudly
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cadge
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to sponge or mooch
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cajole
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to inveigle, coax, or wheedle
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calumniate
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to slander; to make a false accusation
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calumny
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slander; aspersion
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caparison
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to adorn or bedizen
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captious
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calculated to confuse or entrap in argument; hypercritical; caviling
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caret
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an insertion mark (^) used by editors and proof-readers
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cavil
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to find fault without good reason
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celerity
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speed; alacrity
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chasten
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to chastise or correct
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chauvinist
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a blindly devoted patriot
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chimera
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an illusion; originally, an imaginary fire-breathing she-monster
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churlish
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boorish; vulgar; difficult and intractable
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coalesce
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to come together; to fuse; to unite
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coda
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concluding section of a musical or literary piece
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coeval
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of the same period; coexisting
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commensurate
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matching; corresponding or proportionate in degree, size, or amount
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contemn
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to scorn or despise
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contumacious
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insubordinate; rebellious
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corrigible
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capable of being set right; correctable; reparable
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countenance
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to approve of or tolerate; face; composure
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cozen
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to deceive, beguile, or hoodwink
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craven
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contemptible fainthearted; lacking any courage
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curmudgeon
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a crusty, ill-tempered coot; a misanthrope
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daunt
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to cow or dismay
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debacle
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rout; fiasco; complete failure
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decorous
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correct; formal; marked by decorum
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defalcate
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to embezzle or misappropriate
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denigrate
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to blacken; to belittle; to sully; to defame; to disparage
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denouement
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an outcome or solution; the unraveling of a plot
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deposition
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accretion; depositing; building up layer by layer; official testimony
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deprecate
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to disparage or belittle; to put down
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depredate
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to plunder, pillage, ravage, or destroy; or exploit in a predatory manner
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derivative
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unoriginal; obtained from another source
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descant
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to comment at length
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descry
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to discriminate or discern
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desuetude
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disuse
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desultory
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random; thoughtless; marked by a lack of plan or purpose
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detraction
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slandering; verbal attack; aspersion
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diaphanous
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transparent; gauzy
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diffident
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reserved, shy, or unassuming; lacking in self-confidence
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digress
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to stray from the point; to go off on a tangent
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dilatory
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causing delay; procrastinating
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din
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loud, sustained noise
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dirge
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a song of grief or lamentation
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disaffect
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to estrange or alienate the affection of
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discomfit
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to defeat; to put down
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discursive
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digressive; passing from one topic to another
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dissolution
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disintegration; looseness in morals
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distention
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the state or act of extending or being swollen out of shape
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distrait
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distracted; absent-minded, especially due to anxiety
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doggerel
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trivial, poorly constructed verse
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dross
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slag, waste, or foreign matter; impurity; surface scum
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dulcet
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melodious;harmonious; mellifluous
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dynamo
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generator; forceful, energetic person
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eclectic
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culled from many sources
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edacious
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voracious; devouring
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edifying
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enlightening
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effluvia
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outflow in a stream of particles; a noxious odor or vapor
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effrontery
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boldness; impudence; arrogance
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effusive
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gushing; excessively demonstrative
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egress
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exit
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encomium
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glowing and enthusiastic praise; panegyric; tribute; eulogy
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endemic
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restricted or peculiar to a particular region; indigenous
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engender
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to cause; to produce; to give rise to
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enormity
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excessive wickedness; evilness (do not confuse with enormousness)
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ephemeral
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evanescent; fleeting; short-lived
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epicure
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one devoted to sensual pleasure, particularly in food and drink; gourmand; sybarite
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episodic
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loosely connected; not flowing logically
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epithet
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disparaging word or phrase
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epitome
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embodiment; quintessence
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equanimity
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composure; self-possession
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equipoise
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equal distribution of weight; equilibrium
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errant
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traveling; itinerant; peripatetic
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eschew
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to shun or avoid
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estimable
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worthy; formidable
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evince
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to show clearly; to indicate
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excoriate
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to censure scathingly; to upbraid
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exegesis
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critical examination; explication
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exemplar
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typical or standard specimen; paradigm; model
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expatiate
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to descant; to discourse; to discuss or write about at length
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expiate
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to atone or make amends for
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expostulate
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to argue earnestly in order to dissuade, correct, or protest
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expurgate
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to remove obscenity; to purify; to censor
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exscind
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to cut out or extirpate
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extant
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existing; not destroyed or lost
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extirpate
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to destroy; to exterminate; to cut out; to exscind
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fallow
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untilled; inactive; dormant
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fatuous
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silly; inanely foolish
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feckless
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ineffectual; irresponsible
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felicitous
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apt; suitably expressed; well-chosen; apropos
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fetid
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stinking; smelly; malodorous
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fetter
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to shackle; to put in chains
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filigree
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an ornamental work, especially of delicate lacelike patterns
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florid
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flowery; ruddy; ornate
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foment
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to incite; to rouse
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forbearance
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patience; willingness to wait
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forestall
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to act in a way to hinder; to exclude or prevent an action; to avert
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forswear
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to renounce; to disallow; to repudiate
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fracas
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noisy quarrel; imbroglio; brawl
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fractious
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quarrelsome; rebellious; unruly; refractory; irritable
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frieze
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a semi-sculptural, raised-surface ornamental facade to a building
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froward
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intractable; not willing to yield or comply; recalcitrant
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gainsay
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to deny, dispute, contradict; to oppose
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gambol
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to skip about playfully
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garner
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to gather and save; to store up
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gauche
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crude; awkward; tasteless
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gossamer
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delicate; insubstantial or tenuous; insincere
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guile
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artfulness; trickery; chicanery; duplicity
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hallow
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to make holy; to consecrate
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harrow
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to distress; to create stress; to torment
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heretical
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unorthodox; iconoclastic; dissenting from established dogma
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hermetic
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sealed by fusion; airtight
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heterodox
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unorthodox; heretical; iconoclastic
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hirsute
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hairy; shaggy
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homiletics
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the art of preaching
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homily
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a sermon or morally instructive lecture
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iconoclastic
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attacking cherished beliefs; heretical; heretodox
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idyll
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a carefree, light-hearted pastoral or romantic episode; a literary or musical piece describing such
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ignominious
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shameful; dishonorable; ignoble; undignified
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imbroglio
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difficult or embarrassing situation
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impassive
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expressionless; stoic; stolid; insusceptible to emotion; apathetic; plegmatic
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imperious
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commanding; masterful; arrogant; domineering; haughty
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importune
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to ask incessantly; to beg; to nag
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impugn
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to attack or assail verbally; to censure; to execrate
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indefatigable
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doggedness; tirelessness
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indolent
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lazy; listless; torpid
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ineluctable
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certain; inevitable
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ingenuous
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guileless; trusting; naive; credulous
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inherent
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ingrained within one's nature; intrinsic; innate; firmly established
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inimical
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hostile; adverse; unfriendly
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inimitable
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one of a kind; peerless
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iniquity
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gross injustice; wickedness
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innervate
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to supply with nerves; to embolden; to energize
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inscrutable
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incapable of being discovered or understood
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insensible
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unconscious; unresponsive; unaffected; numb
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insouciant
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unconcerned; carefree; heedless
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insular
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parochial; narrow-minded
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interdict
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to prohibit; to forbid; to ban; to halt
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inveigh
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to attack verbally; to denounce; to deprecate
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inveterate
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deep-rooted; ingrained; habitual
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involute
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intricate; complex; convoluted
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itinerate
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to travel from place to place; to peregrinate
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jejune
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vapid; uninteresting; immature; puerile
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jibe
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to agree; to be in accord
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jocose, jocular
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humorous; gay; blithe
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labile
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readily open to change; unstable
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lachrymose
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causing tears; tearful
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lambaste
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to censure; to excoriate; to berate
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lassitude
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listlessnses; languor; weariness
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libertine
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someone unrestrained by morality or convention
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limn
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to draw; to outline in detail; to delineate; to describe
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limpid
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transparent; serene; clear; untroubled; pellucid
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lubricious
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lewd; wanton; greasy; slippery
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luculent
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easily understood; lucid; clear
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macerate
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to waste away; to soften or wear away by excessive fasting or by excessive steeping
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maculate
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marked with spots or blotches; besmirched; impure
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malinger
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to feign illness so as to avoid work; to avoid work
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maunder
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to digress; to meander; to stray from the topic or path
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mellifluous
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sweetly flowing, usually used to describe the use of words
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mendicant
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beggar; supplicant
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meretricious
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cheap; gaudy; tawdry; flashy; showy
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metamorphose
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to transform; to change utterly
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mettle
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strength of spirit; courage; stamina
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mettlesome
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courageous; high-spirited
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militate
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to have weight; to bear on; to argue against
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minatory
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menacing; threatening
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misogynist
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one who hates women/females
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multifarious
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varied; motley; greatly diversified
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nadir
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low point; perigee
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natty
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trimly neat and tidy; smart
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nexus
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a connection, tie, or link
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noisome
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offensive, especially to one's sense of smell; fetid
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nonplused
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baffled; in a quandary; at a loss for what to say or do
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nostrum
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panacea; cure-all; placebo; questionable remedy; palliative
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nugatory
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trifling; inconsequential
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obloquy
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abusively detractive language; sharp criticism; vituperation; calumny
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obstreperous
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noisy; loud
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officious
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meddlesome; pushy in one's services
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ossified
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tending to become more rigid; conventional; sterile and reactionary with age; literally, turned into bone
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ostensible
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seeming; appearing as such; professed
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palliate
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to make something appear less serious; to gloss over
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panegyric
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formal praise; eulogy; encomium
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paradigm
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a model, example, or pattern; exemplar
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pariah
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an outcast; a rejected and despised person
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parry
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to block; to evade or ward off, as a blow
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parsimonious
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cheap; miserly
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partisan
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committed to a party; biased or prejudiced; supporter; adherent
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paucity
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scarcity; a lacking of
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peccadillo
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a slight offense; literally, a minor sin
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pellucid
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transparent; easy to understand; limpid
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penchant
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a strong inclination; a liking
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peregrination
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traveling about; wandering
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peremptory
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admitting of no contradiction; haughty; imperious
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perigree
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closest or lowest point in an orbit; nadir
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peripatetic
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itinerant; traveling; nomadic
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peroration
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the concluding part of a speech; grandiloquent speech
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personable
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pleasing in appearance; attractive
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petrous
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like a rock; hard; stony
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petulant
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impatient; irritable
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philistine
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a crass individual guided by material rather than by intellectual or artistic values
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phlegmatic
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impassive; stoical; lethargic; sluggish
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picaresque
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involving clever rogues or adventurers
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pillory
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to punish; to hold up to public scorn
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piquant
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agreeably pungent; stimulating
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pique
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resentment; to annoy; to irritate or offend; to excite, provoke, or arouse
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placebo
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inactive pill prescribed for mental relief rather than for physical effect; something tending to soothe
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plangent
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pounding; thundering; resounding
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plumb
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to measure the depth; to examine critically
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poignant
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distressing; pertinent; touching; stimulating; emotional
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poseur
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affected or insincere person; literally, a poser
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prate
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to chatter; to babble, as in to to prattle
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precarious
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uncertain; risky; dangerous
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precept
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rule establishing standards of conduct
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precis
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concise summary of essential opints
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preempt
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to replace; to supersede; to appropriate
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profligate
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spendthrift; prodigal; wildly extravagant
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prolix
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long-winded; verbose
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propinquity
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nearness in time or place; affinity of nature
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propitiate
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to appease; to concilliate
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proscribe
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to ostracize; to banish; to outlaw
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provident
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frugal; looking to the future
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puerile
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childish; immature
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pugnacious
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contentious; quarrelsome; contumacious; given to fighting; belligerent
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puissance
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power; strength
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punctilious
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precise; paying attention to trivialities, especially in regard to etiquette
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pundit
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an authority on a subject; one who gives opinions
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pusillanimous
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cowardly; craven
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querulous
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habitually complaining; whining
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raffish
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tawdry; flashy; meretricious; low; vulgar; base
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ramify
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to be divided or subdivided; to branch out
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rapacious
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voracious; greedy; plundering
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rebus
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riddle; a representation of words by pictures or symbols
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recidivism
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relapse into antisocial or criminal behavior
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recondite
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abstruse; profound; arcane
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reconnaissance
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preliminary survey to gain information, especially of an enemy
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reconnoiter
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to engage in reconnaissance
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recreant
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coward; cowardly; craven; pusillanimous
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recumbent
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leaning; resting; prone
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redolent
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fragrant; suggestive or evocative
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refractory
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stubborn; unmanageable; intractable; unruly; fractious
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regale
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to delight or entertain; to feast
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remonstrate
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to protest; to object
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repine
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to feel or express dejection or discontent; to long for
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repudiate
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to disown; to disavow; to reject as untrue
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resolute
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adamant; steadfast; determined; irresolute
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rubric
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heading, title or category
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rue
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to regret; to feel remorse or sorrow
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runic
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mysterious; magical
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sagacious
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having sound judgment; perceptive; wise
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salacious
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obscene
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salient
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prominent; protruding; conspicious; relevant
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salutary
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wholesome; causing improvement; favorable to health
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sanctimony
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self-righteousness
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sanguine
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cheerful; confident; optimistic
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satiate
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to surfeit; to overindulge
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saturnine
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gloomy; dark; sullen; morose
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seine
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a large net dragged to catch fish
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seminal
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like a seed; constituting a source; originative
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setentious
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aphoristic or moralistic; epigrammatic; tending to moralize excessively
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sidereal
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astral; relating to stars or consetllations
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simper
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to smirk; a silly smile
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sinecure
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position requiring little or no work and usually providing an income
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sinuous
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winding; undulating; serpentine
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slake
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to satisfy or quench
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sodden
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soaked or drenched; unimaginative; dull
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solder
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to weld, fuse, or join
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sophistry
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fallacious reasoning; faulty logic
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sophomoric
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self-assured though immature; affected; bombastic; lacking maturity
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splenetic
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bad-tempered; irritable
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stanch
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to stop the flow of a fluid
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stentorian
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extremely loud and powerful
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stint
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to restrain; to be sparing or frugal
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striated
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striped; grooved; banded
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stygian
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gloomy; dark
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succor
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assistance; relief in time of distress
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sundry
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various; miscellaneous; separate
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supercilious
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disdainful; arrogant; haughty
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supine
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mentally or morally slack; literally, lying on one's back; prone
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suppliant
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supplicant; asking humbly; beseeching
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tamp
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to plug; to drive in or down by a series of blows
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tautology
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a repetition; a redundancy
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tawdry
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cheap; gaudy; showy; tacky; meretricious
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tendentious
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biased; showing marked tendencies
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timorous
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timid; fearful; diffident
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toady
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sycophant; flatterer
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torrid
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scorching; ardent; passionate
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tractable
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docile; obedient; easily led
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travesty
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mockery; caricature; parody
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tumid
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swollen
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turbid
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roiled; muddy; clouded to the point of being opaque
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turgid
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swollen; tumid; pompous; bombastic
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turpitude
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depravity; prurience
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tyro
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novice; greenhorn; rank amateur
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umbrage
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offense; resentment; pique
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undulate
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to move in wavelike fashion; to fluctuate
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untoward
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perverse; unruly; unseemly
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upbraid
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to scold; to censure; to rebuke; to chastise
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usury
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the practice of charging an exorbitant or illegal rate of interest
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vaunt
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to brag or boast
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venal
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capable of being bought or bribed; mercenary; purchasable
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venerate
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to revere; to worship
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verisimilitude
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appearance of truth or reality
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veritable
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authentic; honest-to-goodness
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virago
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a loud, domineering woman; a scold or a nag
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vitiate
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to pervert; to debase; to spoil; to make ineffective
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volubility
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fluency; verbosity; easy use of spoken language
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waft
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to cause to move as if by a light breeze
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welter
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to writhe; to toss about; to be in turmoil
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wend
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to go; to proceed; to walk
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