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Removed in thought from the immediate situation
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Abstracted
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Attentive
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Abstracted
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Bottomless hole, a vast expanse or depth
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Abyss
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Something added, usually to a book
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Addendum
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addition, supplement
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Addendum
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Relating or pertaining to a sense of beauty or art
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Aesthetic
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Having more than one meaning.
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Ambiguous
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enigmatic
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Ambiguous
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cryptic
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equivocal, obscure
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Ambiguous
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clear; certain
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Ambiguous
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shapeless, having no definite form
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Amorphous
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Preceding a cause
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Antecedent
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Structured
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Amorphous
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following; later
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Antecedent
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A lack of concern or feeling, indifference
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Apathy
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Phlegm, stoicism
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Apathy
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Stoicism, stolidness
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Apathy
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Enthusiastic devotion
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Apathy
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To add in a supplementary manner
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Append
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To detach, to delete
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Append
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To speak in a witty or teasing manner
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Banter
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Out of the ordinary, odd
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Bizarre
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Ordinary
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Bizarre
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Rowdy, rough, and stormy
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Boisterous
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Blatant, clamorous
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Boisterous
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Obstreperous, strident, vociferous
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Boisterous
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Serene
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Boisterous
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Capable of floating; cheerful
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Buoyant
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Likely to sink
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Buoyant
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Loud noise or shouting
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Clamor
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Capable of burning
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Combustable
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Unable to burn
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Combustable
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Equal
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Commensurate
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Disproportionate; unequal
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Commensurate
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The state of being self-satisfied
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Complacency
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Dissatisfaction
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Complaceny
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To cause one to become confused
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Confound
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To distinguish between
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Confound
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Scorn, extreme dislike or disdain
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Contempt
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Despicableness, pitiableness, scurviness
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Contempt
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respect
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contempt
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fond of good company and of festivity
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convivial
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friendly, sociable
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convivial
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state of being very fat
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corpulence
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unsociable
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convivial
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obesity
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corpulence
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emaciation
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corpulence
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confirmation
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corroboration
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authentication, substantiation, validation
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corroboration
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refutation
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corroboration
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bent into folds
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corrugated
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smooth
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corrugated
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believing on slight evidence, gullible
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credulous
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suspicious
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credulous
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a gradual increase in volume and intensity
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crescendo
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decrease in sound
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crescendo
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given to faultfinding, sneering, and sarcasm
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cynical
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exhibiting mocking disbelief
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cynical
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misanthropic, pessimistic, misogynic
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cynical
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moral corruption
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debauchery
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temperance
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debauchery
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abasement, corruption, debasement, perversion
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debauchery
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skillful, adroit
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deft
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clever, cunning, dexterous, ingenous
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deft
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clumsy
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deft
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no longer existing, dead
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defunct
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existing
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defunct
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deserted, without inhabitants, barren
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desolate
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populous
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desolate
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hopeless, despondent, discouraged
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despairing
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hopeful
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despairing
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delaying, slow
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dilatory
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proceeding
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dilatory
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loud and discordant noises, cacophony
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din
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euphony
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din
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lack of agreement, tension, strift
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discord
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upsetting, frustrating
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disconcerting
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harmony; agreement
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discord
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contention, dissension, variance
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discord
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refreshing; calming
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disconcerting
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intense dislike, to reject as unworthy, to treat with scorn or contempt
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disdain
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favor; admiration; to love
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disdain
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(to be) arrogant, haughty, high-handed, solent, lordly
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disdain
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extreme happiness
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ecstasy
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wretchedness
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ecstasy
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rapture, transport
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ecstasy
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whirlpool
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eddy
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a current of air or water moving contrary to the main current (circularly)
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eddy
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to bring out a response, to evoke
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elicit
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educe, extort, extract
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elicit
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to inhibit
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elicit
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to provide with income or property, to supply with a talent or quality
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endow
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completely occupied or absorbed
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engrossed
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preoccupied
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engrossed
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substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is offensive
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euphemism
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coarse expression
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euphemism
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to glorify, to praise, to raise in rank
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exalt
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to defame; to deprecate
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exalt
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a false appearance, a fake punch to occupy defenses allowing a real blow
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feint
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artifice, ruse, stratagem, trick, wile
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feint
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savagery
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ferocity
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mildness
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ferocity
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ardent, showing great emotion, impassioned
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fervent
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fervid, passionate, perfervid
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fervent
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indifferent
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fervent
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flowery, flushed with color
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florid
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plain; simple; pale
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florid
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leaves of a plant, leafage
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foliage
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menacing, causing fear or awe
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formidable
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harmless; unimportant
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formidable
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something that happens by accident or chance (usually good)
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fortuitous
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predetermined
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fortuitous
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unruly
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fractious
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manageable; easy to handle
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fractious
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to decorate
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garnish
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to remove decoration
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garnish
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talkative, rambling
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garrulous
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taciturn
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garrulous
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voluble
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garrulous
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arrogant, excessively proud and vain
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haughty
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disdainful, high-handed, insolent, lordly, supervilious
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haughty
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humble
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haughty
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seriousness, importance
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gravity
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unimportance
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gravity
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earnestness, sedateness, sobriety, colemnity, staidness
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gravity
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boisterous merriment, mirth
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hilarity
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glee, jollity
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hilarity
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gloominess
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hilarity
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of the same kind
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homogeneous
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heterogeneous
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homogeneous
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colors
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hues
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violent, hasty, rash, impulsive
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impetuous
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reserved
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impetuous
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uninterrupted
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incessant
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intermittent
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incessant
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constant, perennial, perpetual, unremitting
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incessant
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anger as a result of something unjust
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indignation
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fury, ire, rage, wrath
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indignation
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serenity
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indignation
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incapable of being expressed in speech or words
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ineffable
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easily expressed
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ineffable
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lack of competence or judgment
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ineptness
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expertise
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ineptness
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to make an effort to gain good favor ith someone
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ingratiate
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to alienate
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ingratiate
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very many; more than can be counted
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innumerable
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very few
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innumerable
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treacherous or dangerous in a secret sort of way
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insidious
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harmless
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insidious
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insulting or contemptuous behavior
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insolence
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arrogance, haughtiness, high-handedness, inpertinence
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insolence
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having or seeming to have no end, wearisomely protracted
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interminable
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short and limited
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interminable
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secure from violation or from being profaned
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inviolable
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destructible
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inviolable
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stylish and lively in manner or appearance
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jaunty
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depressed
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jaunty
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to place close together or side by side
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juxtapose
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to set far apart
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juxtapose
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like a maze, very convoluted and intricate
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labyrinthine
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mazy
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labyrinthine
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slow, sluggish, listless, weak
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languid
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animated
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languid
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lethargic, stuporous, torpid
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languid
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to praise, to extol
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laud
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revere
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laud
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to defame
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laud
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a gift by will, something handed down by an ancestor or predecessor
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legacy
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sluggish, languid
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lethargic
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stuporous, torpid
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lethargic
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energetic
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lethargic
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excessive frivolity, flippancy
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levity
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seriousness
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levity
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abundant in growth, very fertile
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luxuriant
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scanty
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luxuriant
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lavish, lush, prodigal, profuse
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luxuriant
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greed; stinginess
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magnanimity
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having a lofty, generous, and courageous spirit
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magnanimity
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