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dapper
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neatly and stylishly dressed
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spruce
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neat and trim in a smart way
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slovenly
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careless in appearance
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seedy
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morally degraded, corrupt
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dowdy
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(woman) unkempt
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blousy
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(woman) unkempt
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frowsy
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(woman) dirty
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Frumpy
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(woman) unkempt
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Forsake
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to leave; abandon
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Repudiate
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to refuse to have anything to do with
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Abjure
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to give up
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Defer
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postpone; delay
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Accede (to), Bow (to)
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to give assent; give in; agree (to)
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Expedite
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to do quickly
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Disdain
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to regard or treat as unworthy or beneath one's dignity
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Downcast
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very unhappy or discouraged; sad; dejected
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Exultant
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triumphant; jubilant
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Expunge
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to erase or remove completely
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Delineate
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failing or neglecting to do what duty or law requires
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Delinquent
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failing or neglecting to do what duty or law requires
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Remiss
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careless in, or negligent about, attending to a task
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Scofflaw
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a habitual or flagrant violator of laws
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Malefactor
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an evildoer or criminal
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Punctilious
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about every detail of behavior, ceremony, etc
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Scrupulous
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extremely conscientious
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Delude
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to fool, as by false promises or wrong notions; mislead; deceive; trick
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Gull
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a person easily cheated or tricked
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Cozen
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to cheat; defraud
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Beguile
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to mislead by cheating or tricking.
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Demure
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decorous; modest; reserved
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Prim
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stiffly formal, precise, moral
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Decorous
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showing good taste
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Staid
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sober; sedate; settled and steady
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Diffident
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lacking self-confidence; timid; shy
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Self-effacing
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to withdraw from self attention
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Jaunty
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lighthearted and merry
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Bumptious
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disagreeably conceited, arrogant, or forward
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Denouement
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the outcome, solution, unraveling
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Desultory
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disconnected; not methodical
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Fitful
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irregular or intermittent activity
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Spasmodic
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sudden, violent, and temporary; fitful; intermittent
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Steadfast
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firm, fixed, settled, or established
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Deviate
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to turn aside
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Nonconformist
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a person who does not act in conformity with generally accepted beliefs and practices
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Maverick
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an unbranded animal
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Adhere to
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stay attached
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Destitute
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not having; being without; lacking
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Bereft
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deprived, robbed, or devoid, as of life, hope, or happiness
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Replete (with)
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well-filled or plentifully supplied
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Fraught (with)-
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filled, charged, or loaded
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Devout
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very religious; pious
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Reverent
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feeling,showing
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Ardent
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warm or intense in feeling;passionate
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Zealous
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full of
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Lukewarm
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not very warm or enthusiastic
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Dexterous
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having or showing skill in the use of the hands or body
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Adroit
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skillful in a physical or mental way
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Deft
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skillful in a quick, sure, and easy way
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Adept
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highly skilled; expert
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Proficient
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highly competent; skilled; adept
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Gauche
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lacking grace
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Maladroit
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awkward; clumsy
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Gape
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to stare widemouthed in amazement
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Rubberneck
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a person who stretches his or her neck or turns the head to gaze about in curiosity
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Garble
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To distort in such a way as to make unintelligable
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Mangle
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to mutilate or disfigure by repeatedly and roughly cutting, tearing, hacking, or crushing
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Mutilate
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to cut off or damage a limb or other important part of (a person or animal)
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Gloat
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to regard with excessive or malicious satisfaction
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Crow (over)
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to boast in triumph
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Goad
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a. pointed stick for driving animals
b. to drive or urge on |
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Inducement
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motive
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Gadfly
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a person who annoys others
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Hound
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a contemptible person
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Impel
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to push
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Curb
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anything that checks, restrains, or subdues
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Deterrent
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discourage
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Impede
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to bar or hinder the progress of
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Graphic
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a. relating to a drawn or pictorial representation
b. giving clear and effective picture |
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Bloodless
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having little energy or vitality
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Affable
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pleasant and easy to approach or talk to
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Anemic
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lack of vigor or vitality
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Pallid
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faint in color
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Gratuitous
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a. given freely, done without recompense
b. uncalled-for, unjustified |
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Gregarious
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a. tending to form or move in a herd or other group; social
b. enjoying company of other; socialable |
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Affable
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gregarious
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Genial
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gregarious
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Esprit de corps
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group feeling
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Grimace
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a. a facial expression indicating pain, disgust or disapproval
b. to contort the features of he face to indicate pain, disgust or disapproval |
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Grope
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to feel around uncertainly for
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Grueling
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extremely demanding and exhausting
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Arduous
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difficult to do
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Gruesome
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causing great shock, horror and repugnance
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Macabre
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grim and horrible
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Lurid
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deathly pale
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Gullible
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easily cheated or deceived
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Credulous
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tending to believe too readily
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Ingenuous
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frank
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Incredulous
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unwilling or unable to believe
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Circumspect
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careful to consider all related circumstances before acting
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Haggard
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worn and exhausted from anxiety, disease, hunger, or fatigue
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Wan
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sickly pale
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Cadaverous
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pale, ghastly
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Pinched
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haggard
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Florid
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flushed with red or pink
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Rubicund
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reddish
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Harangue (n. + v.)
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a. long emotional public address designed to arouse strong feelings or spur audience to action
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Diatribe
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a bitter, abusive criticism
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Philippic
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any bitter verbal attack
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Hold forth
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speak
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Pontificate
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harangue
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Harbinger
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a. a forerunner
b. to herald the approach of |
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Precursor
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forerunner
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Portent
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something that portends an event about to occur
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Presage
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a sign or warning of a future event
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Prefigure
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to suggest beforehand
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Augur
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a fortuneteller
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Haughty
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scornfully superior and aloof
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supercilious
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disdainful or contemptuous
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snooty
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snobbish
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condescending
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patronizing
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diffident
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lacking self-confidence
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unpretentious
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modest
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obsequious
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showing too great a willingness to serve or obey
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Heinous
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Grossly wicked or vile
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nefarious
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very wicked
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odious
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arousing or deserving hatred or loathing
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reprehensible
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to find fault with (something done)
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abhorrent
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causing disgust, hatred
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execrable
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abominable; detestable
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estimable
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worthy of esteem
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Ignominy
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Dishonor or disgrace usually resulting from some sort of shameful conduct
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opprobrium
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disgrace or infamy attached to conduct viewed as grossly shameful
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odium
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hatred
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obloquy
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verbal abuse of a person or thing
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Illicit
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Unlawful, illegal
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Unlawful, illegal
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condemned to death, banishment
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admissible
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be properly accepted or allowed
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Immaculate
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Entirely free of stain, blemish, fault, or error; spotless
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impeachable
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liable to be impeached
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irreproachable
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blameless; faultless
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Immunity
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Exemption from something, especially a disease
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impunity
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freedom or exemption from punishment
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dispensation
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distribution
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amnesty
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a pardon
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Immutable
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Not subject to change or modification
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Impasse
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a dead lock or dead end
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Impediment
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a hindrance or obstruction
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encumbrance
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hindrance
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Impervious
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incapable of being penetrated or affected
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amenable
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responsible or answerable
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Implacable
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Incapable of being pacified or appeased; inflexible
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relentless
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harsh; pitiless
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inexorable
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that cannot be moved or influenced by persuasion or entreaty
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obdurate
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not easily moved to pity or sympathy
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conciliatory
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tending to conciliate or reconcile
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forbearing
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self-control
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Implicit
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a. Understood, implied
b. absolute, unquestioning |
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tacit
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not expressed or declared openly, but implied or understood
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explicit
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clearly stated and leaving nothing implied
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Impugn
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To call into question; to cast doubt on
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gainsay
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to deny
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malign
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to speak evil of; defame
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vindicate
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to clear from criticism, blame, guilt, suspicion
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acquit
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to release from a duty
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exonerate
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to relieve of (a duty, obligation, etc.)
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exculpate
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to free from blame
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vouch for
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to uphold by demonstration or evidence
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affirm
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to say positively; declare firmly
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substantiate
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to give substance or true existence to
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corroborate
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to strengthen
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Incarcerate
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to put in jail or otherwise confine
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intern
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to detain or confine
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immure
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to shut up within or as within walls; imprison, confine
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emancipate
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to set free
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Incense
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to make violently angry
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placate
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to stop from being angry
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Inception
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the beginning of something
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debut
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a first appearance before the public
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consummation
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an end
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culmination
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the highest point
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Indigent
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impoverished; needy
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indignant
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irate
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destitute
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not having necessities
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impecunious
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having no money
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Ingenious
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showing remarkable originality, imagination, inventiveness, or skill; clever
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ingenuous
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artless and unsophisticated or “open and frank”
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Daedalian
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the skillful artist and builder of the Labyrinth in Crete, from which, by means of wings he made, he and his son Icarus escaped
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Inherent
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existing as a natural or essential part
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intrinsic
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belonging to the real nature of a thing
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immanent
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living, remaining, or operating within
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extrinsic
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not really belonging to the thing with which it is connected
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adventitious
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added from outside
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Innovation
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something new; a change
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Instigate
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to stir up or urge on
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Foment
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to stir up (trouble); instigate; incite
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Insuperable
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incapable of being overcome
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Indomitable
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not easily discouraged
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Intervene
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to come between; to involve oneself in
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interpose
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to place or put between
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kibitz
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an onlooker at a card or chess game, etc., esp. one who volunteers advice
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Intrepid
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fearless and bold
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Valiant
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full of or characterized by valor or courage
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Gusty
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characterized by sudden bursts or outbursts
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Stouthearted
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courageous; brave; undaunted
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Valorous
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having or showing valor; courageous; brave
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Craven
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very cowardly; abjectly afraid
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Timorous
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full of or subject to fear; timid
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Pusillanimous
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timid, cowardly, or irresolute; fainthearted
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Inveigh
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to protest bitterly or vehemently
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inveigle
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to obtain by flattery of deceit
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rail against
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abuse
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fulminate against
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to thunder and lighten
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berate
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to scold or rebuke severely
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decry
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to speak out against strongly and openly; denounce
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lambaste
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to beat soundly; thrash
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Irony
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incongruity between what might be expected and what actually happens
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Jeopardize
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to endanger
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Jettison (v.)
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to throw overboard; to discard
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Judicious
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having or exhibiting sound judgment
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sagacious
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having or showing keen perception or discernment and sound judgment, foresight, etc
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sage
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wise, discerning, judicious
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Justify
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to show to be just, right, valid, or free of blame
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vindicate
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to clear from criticism, blame, guilt, suspicion
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Fiasco
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a compete failure
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Fickle
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likely to change for no apparent reason
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Filch
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to steal slyly, especially small things
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Pilfer
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steal in small quantities
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purloin
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steal
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heist
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robbery
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finesse
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a. skill, delicacy, subtlety in doing something
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Adroitness
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quick and skillful
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Savoir faire
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tact
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Finagle
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get or achieve by craftiness or trickery.
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flagrant
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extremely and deliberately conspicuous; glaring.
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Brazen
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shameless and bold.
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egregious
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outstandingly bad.
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arrant
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utter, downright
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flaunt
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to show off in a conspicuous or offensive way
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flout
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treat openly with scorn or contempt
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deride
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treat with contempt or ridicule
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Disparage
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Speak contemptuously of
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Venerate
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Hold in deep respect
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Fluctuate
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to change continually from one position to another.
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Vacillate
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Keep change one's mind and opinions.
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Oscillate
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Swing back and forth, waver.
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Foible
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a minor, amusing, fault or weakness in character.
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Frailty
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flaw in character.
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Forte
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thing a which person excels.
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Idiosyncrasy
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personal peculiarity of mind, habit or behavior.
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Long suit
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quality of strongest asset.
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Fore-stall
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to secure an advantage or prevent loss by previous action.
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Preclude
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make impossible to happen, prevent something from happening.
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Obviate
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make unnecessary
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ward off
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avert or repel
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Stave off
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word off
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Formidable
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a) arousing fear or administration because of unusual size or superiority of thing involved.
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paltry
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Insignificant.
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Fortuitous
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occurring by chance or accident
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Inadvertent
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unintentional
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Adventitious
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added or appearing accidentally.
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Frugal
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a) thrifty or economical in use as money
b) involving little expense; meager. |
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Provident
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having or showing foresight
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Paltry
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insignificant
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prodigal
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reckless,extravagant, wasteful
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parsimonious
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extreme caution in spending money
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Penurious
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Extreme poverty
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Niggardly
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Stingy
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Fulsome
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excessive so offensive to good taste.
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Inordinate
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excessive, money
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Immoderate
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excessive or unreasonable
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crass
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stupid and insensitive.
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Futile
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Incapable of producing the desired result, unsuccessful , ineffective.
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Unavailing
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useless or futile
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Idle
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not doing anything
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Kind
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