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obstreperous
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noisy, loud
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The obstreperous kid was abnoxious.
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contumacious
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insubordinate, rebellious
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Teenagers are often contumacious.
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mettlesome
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high-spirited, courageous
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--|>>>>>
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cadge
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to beg, to get by begging
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pith
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the heart of the matter
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--|>>>>>
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supine
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lying on the back
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remonstrate
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to protest, object
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inveigh
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to attack verbally
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precepts
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the rules, code of conduct
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impute
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to attribute to the cause
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feckless
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careless
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feck = ****
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decorum
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propriety, properness
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penchant
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a strong liking
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A penchant for SWORDS!!!!
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appropriate(v)
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to acquire, set aside
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truculence
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aggressiveness, FEROCITY
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garrulity
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talkativeness
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arabesque
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an ornate design/dance position
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forbearance
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patience, willingness to wait
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a --|>>>>>, but not an ARRRRRGGGGGGH word
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veritable
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unquestionable, true
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pragmatic
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practical
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p**********
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arrant
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in everyway
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arrantly
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consequential
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pompous, self important; having consequence
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malinger
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to fake an injury to shirk a duty
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paucity
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scarcity, a lacking of
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penia
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striated
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striped, banded, or grooved
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str********
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seminal
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like a seed, originative
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seminal vesicles......
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attenuate
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ENERVATE!!! to thin, to weaken
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precarious
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risky, uncertain, ...dangerous
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precariously pearched
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enervate
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ATTENUATE!!! to weaken, to deprive of strength
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beatify
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to bless, to make happy
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(Medieval accent)I beatify you in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost
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partisan
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prejudice, one-sided
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partisan, p*******
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equivocate
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lie, to conceal the truth
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YOU DO NOT EQUIVOCATE TO ME!!!!!!!!!!
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assiduous
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diligent, hardworking
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--|>>>>>
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anachronism
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Something out of place for its time
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CHRONO TRIGGER!!!!!
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lassitude
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weariness, tiredness
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(*huff* *huff*)
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phlegmatic
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calm, slugglish temperament, unemotional
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--|>>>>> (action)
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sycophant
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suck-up
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perfunctory
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not thorough, superficial
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THIS IS A PERFUNCTORY JOB, DO IT AGAIN!
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impair
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to worsen, to diminish in value
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transient
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temporary/ fleeting
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qualify
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to limit
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nascent
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to emerge, to come into existance
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naitre
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Quixotic
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extravagently chivilrous, romantically idealistic, impractical
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--|>>>>> (sort of)
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reprobate
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A person hardened in sin, a libertine.....
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libertine
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an immoral man
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tractable
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easily influenced
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sort of like predictable.............................yes, keep following the dots.............
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craven
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cowardly
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--|>>>>>(insult for the fool)
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picaresque
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involving clever rogues or adventurers
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not picturesque...
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sedulous
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diligent, devoted to duty, assiduous
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aver
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to prove, justify, affirm, assert
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intrepid
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fearless, undaunted, brave
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--|>>>>>
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impassive
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without feeling, not affected by PAIN!!
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--}>>>>> (ARRRRGHH)
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salient
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highly relevant / prominent
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Salient topics, no bird-walks
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morose
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sullen, gloomy
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remember the clouds...
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raffish
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low, vulgar
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loquacious
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talkative
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piquant
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agreeably pungent, stimulating
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demur
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to hesitate, to raise objections
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politicians demur
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equipoise
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equalibrium, equal weight on both sides
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equa-
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abysmal
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extreme; low, like an abyss
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hmmmmmm abyss?......
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tawdry
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cheap, gaudy, showy, tacky
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dross
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SLUDGE
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yummmm caecal feces.....
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ardor
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passionate, enthusiasm
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--|>>>>> (sort of)
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insouciant
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unconcerned, care free
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not a worry in the world...
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volubility
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verbosity, fluency
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I can speak well, not I talk good
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dulcet
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melodious, harmonious
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dolce, with a tune
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mellifluous
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sweetly flowing
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mellifluous flows so well on the tongue...
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desiccate
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dehydrate
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almost like decimate, or desicrate, but less direct
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harrow
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to distress, create stress
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Geez, I have 5 tests this week........AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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pellucid
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transparent, easy to understand
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Man, its easy to see through this one...
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pariah
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an outcast / rejected person
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--|>>>>> (sort of) The omegaweapon.... is an example.....
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taciturn
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untalkative, silent
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We are taciturn...we do not speak
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pique
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resentment at being ignored
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turgid
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excessively ornate, bloated?
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Gas X!!!!!! or arabesque...
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pillory
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to punish
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p.....p!!!
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adamant
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hard and inflexible, unyielding
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Medieval swords men do not YIELD!!!
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multifarious
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varied, motley
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multi- the melting pot
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torpor
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lethargy, sluggishness
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not a --|>>>>>> word but quite the opposite
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imprecation
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an invocation of evil; a curse
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We knights fight against this evilness
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audacious
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daring, bold
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We are KNIGHTS!!!!!
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hirsute
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hairy, shaggy
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Hello Big foot
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tenacity
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firmness, persistency
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how glue sticks
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apostate
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one who abandons long held religous or political convictions
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deals with abandoning religion....
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lachrymose
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causing tears
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*sobbing*
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welter
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turmoil
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Dont get into welter!!!
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discomfit
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to defeat, put down
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I WILL DISCOMFIT YOU!!!
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laconic
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brief, to the point
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reticent
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venal
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corruptible, bribable
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Judges cannot be venal
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ossify
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to turn to bone! to become close minded
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Don't ossify while arguing
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disingenuous
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sophisticated, artful
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ingenius
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insensible
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unconscious, unresponsive, unaffected
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hit in head, or IMPASSIVE
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turbid
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muddy, having sediment stirred up
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TURBIDITY TEST
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erudite
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learned, scholarly
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A warrior must be strong, as well as erudite
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saturnine
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gloomy, sullen, morose, dark...
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We shed light on saturn-ine things
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abeyance
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suspended action
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LETS REPLAY IN MATRIX
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diaphanous
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transparent, gauzy
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overhead sheets
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epitome
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representative, a summary or abstract, a typical example
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commenplace summary, cliche
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squalid
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foul, filthy
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F-dirty
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quiescent
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at rest, dormant, torpid
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we are quiescent when we sleep
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recreancy
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cowardice, a cowardly giving up
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CRAVEN, Warriors are not RECREANT!!
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misanthrope
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one who hates mankind
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not a philanthropist
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misogynist
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one who hates women/females
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EDDY KOGAN
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castigate
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to chastise, correct by punishing
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Russia will castigate the world
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apprehension
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misgiving, dread
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The apprehension of the missing wolf gave a fear that had never been seen before!!
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gainsay
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deny
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DON'T GAINSAY IT! WE KNOW YOU DID IT!
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pungency
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sharpness, stinging quality
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The edge of a sword
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approbation
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approval
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I need your approbation to go with the plan. Don't gainsay (deny) it.
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refractory
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stubborn, unmanageable, intractable
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Prabha is refractory, she is ossified!!!
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contentious
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quarrelsome, competitive, quick to fight, pugnacious
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A warrior must not be contentious. He must keep a cool head.
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antipathy
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aversion, dislike
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Kind of like penchant, but opposite
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hapless
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unlucky, unfortunate
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Leprachauns have a pot o' luck. -Leprechauns have a pot o'haplessness
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prevaricate
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stray from or avoid the truth, equivocate
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a white lie. DON'T PREVARICATE TO ME!!!
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countenance
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face, (v) approve of
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His countenance displayed his countenance of the plan.
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dogmatic
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positive, certain, arbitrary, without room for discussion
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The principles were dogmatic; they were freely chosen and could not be debateable
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strut
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a supporting bar
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Bridges have struts
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felicitous
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suitably expressed, apt, well chosen, apropos
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The furniture was felicitous; everything matched the room
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apropos
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appropriate to the situation, apt
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A sword was apropos for a BATTLE
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implacable
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incapable of being placated, unpleasable
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It doesn't make me happy
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raffish
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disreputable; tawdry
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Professionals do not wear raffish clothes
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guileless
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without deceit, honost
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We must be guileless, and not equivocate to our superiors
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resigned
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unresisting, submissive
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The leader was resigned to the Huns.
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vituperate
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berate, attack verbally, FULMINATE
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render
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deliever, provide, represent
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diffidence
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shyness
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His diffidence made him the most quiet kid in the building.
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sophistry
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fallacious reasoning, faulty logic
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not sophisticated, but somewhat opposite
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fulminate
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berate, explode, VITUPERATE
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dynamo
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a generator, energetic person
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DYNAMO-MAN
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assay
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an analysis
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A, A
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hallow
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to make holy
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Our Father, who art in heaven, HALLOWED be thy name...
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disabuse
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to undeceive, to correct a false impression
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sort of like discover
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boisterous
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loud, noisy, rough
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It kinda looks like the word
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inveigle
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wheedle, led astray
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kinda like tractable
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sodden
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soaked, saturated
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S, S
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perfidious
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violating good faith, treacherous, dishonost
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The perfidious mountains were evil with its spiky tops and large bases...
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conundrum
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a riddle, dilemma, enigma
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the conundrum was quite the mystery
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denouement
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an outcome or solution
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The denouement of the book was amazing at the end...
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stolid
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having no emotion, impassive
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I am a murdererer...I cannot have any sentiment to those I kill...
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dissemble
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to present a false appearance; to deceive
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opposite of disabuse
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desuetude
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disuse or cessation of use
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de-sue-tude
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indefatigability
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tirelessness
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in-de-FATIGUE-ability
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dilatory
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procrastinating, causing delay
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Stop dilatory-ing, and get to work and turn it in on time.
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garner
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to gather or store, to save
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g-g...I want to keep this away....
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quaff
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drink in large quantities
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I quaffed my water, and it spilled all over the floor...
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intractable
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stubborn
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kinda the opposite of tractable...if you remember it...
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delineate
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to sketch out
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de-LINE-ate
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ascetic
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practicing self-denial, austere
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kinda like abstinance....not really though...
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fervid
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intense, zealous
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daunt
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intimidate, make fearful
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the knight daunted his opponents with his huge black armor and powerful war horse
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burgeon
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grow forth
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kinda like a plant
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anomalous
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unexpected, strange
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some of the hints are anomalous
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nice
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precise, sensitive to subtleness
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prodigal
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wastefull, reckless with money
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the prodigal son
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lugubrious
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mournfull, excessively sad
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the lugubrious funeral
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baleful
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OMINOUS, harmful
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A wolf is somewhat baleful
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credulous
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gullible, too willing to believe
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opposite of incredulous
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incredulous
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skeptical, unwilling to believe
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opposite of credulous
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blithe
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cheerful, casual, carefree
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:), and insouciant
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verisimilitude
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appearing true or real
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provident
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frugal, looking to the future
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Stand on a cliff and look to the horizon, then you'll be somewhat provident...(sort of)
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edacious
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voracious, devouring
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....yeah the scenery was edacious?
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exposulate
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correct, or protest
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go on strike
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auspice
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protection or support
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auspicious
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favorable, successful, prosperous
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punctilious
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precise
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P-P
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salutary
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remedial
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imbroglio
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difficult or embarrassing situation
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The imbroglio turned his face a deep crimson...
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wend
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to go, proceed
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Wend out into the world to make your mark...
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nostrum
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a quack remedy
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placebos
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personable
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attractive
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She was very personable...
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salactious
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obscene
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SHIELD YOUR EYES!!
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exscind
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to cut out
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the director exscind-ed many scenes...
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sublime
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lofty, noble
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The king was sublime in his glory...
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quail
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lose courage
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The craven knight quailed before the baleful dragon...
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urbane
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elegant
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She was not only personable, but urbane as well
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tyro
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novice
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He was a tyro pyro...
Similar to a squire and his knight |
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boorish
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crude, offensive
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Do not be boorish to me, you *contumacious* WHELP!
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upbraid
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reprove, reproach
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The man upbraided the child for being greedy
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effete
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infertile, weak
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Il est fatigue...et *effete*-ed
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obdurate
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stubborn,inflexible
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much like adamant-ium...
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mince
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to speak too carefully
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He minced his speech, but not his meat...haha pun...
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inimitable
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defying imitation, unmatchable
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His skill was inimitable; he had no equal
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inveterate
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deep rooted, habitual
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his actions were inveterated; he had no control over them
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umbrage
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offense, resentment
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The contumacious boy was umbraged at being upbraided...
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extirpate
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to DESTROY
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EXTIRPATE the ENEMY!!
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forswear
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renounce, disallow
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I will forswear thou shall't not crosseth this line.
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ignoble
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dishonorable
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You fight ignoble-ly, yet I fight grasping my HONOR.
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ostensible
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seeming, appearing as such
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Kinda like a first look and confirming it
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illusory
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deceptive; an illusion
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The ninja's illusory tactics were quite ninja-like...
But seriously... illusion::illusory? come on... |
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overweening
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presumptuously arrogant
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The greatest problem in society today...
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wag
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to be incessantly active
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sorta like a dynamo
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lucubrate
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write in a scholarly fashion
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I have a great decorum and am very erudite, and apparantly I lucubrate frequently...
Enough hints in that? haha |
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impetuous
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impulsive
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We must not be impetuous in all our actions; it is a fatal flaw of the human race
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bellicose
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belligerent, WARLIKE
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*BATTLE CRY*!!!!!
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cabal
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a scheme or plot
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not a cable, but a cabal can be transferred through a cable...This is something Bush never has...
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irresolute
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unresolved, indecisive
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Various issues can be irresolute
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complaisance
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tending to comply
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complaisance :: comply
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apprise
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inform
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I will apprise you of your predicament...
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pusillanimous
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cowardly, craven
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YOU PUSILLANIMOUS WEAKLING!!
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polemical
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controversial
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Debates get heated over polemical issues
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luculent
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easily understood
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kinda like pellucid
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poignant
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physcally painful
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We must be impassive to poignant things
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engender
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cause, produce
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To engender raw materials...
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dissemble
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to hide, disguise
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We had this word before...I think
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equanimity
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calmness of temperament
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Keep equanimity admist the frantic world
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ingenuous
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young, honost, artless
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3 meanings...and not one of 'em is ingenious
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epicure
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food lover
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gluttony is a sin
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salient
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highly relevant
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All of you should know this one since Englert uses it ever 2 seconds...
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inchoate
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not yet fully formed, rudimentary
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an inchoate idea is an idea on the tip of your tongue
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pugnacious
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quarrelsome, belligerent, given to fighting
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Calm yourself. It is unwise to be pugnacious in battle
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peremptory
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urgent, imperative
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The peremptory issue was more important than whatever Bush had to talk about.
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exigency
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emergency
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studying for this test is an exigency
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ameliorate
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improve
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I have to ameliorate these hints
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august
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majestic
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the view was very august
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minatory
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menacing
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minators could have been minatory
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froward
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stubborn
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kinda like being forward
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fetter
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to shackle
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handcuffs
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pundit
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a learned scholar
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think erudite
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venal
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corruptible, bribable
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venal judges should be thrown out
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belie
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contradict
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Don't belie yourself; it loosens your argument.
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epitome
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a typical example
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e -typ- ome
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prosaic
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mundane
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Not really how the word sounds like
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hermetic
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sealed by fusion
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If hermits had powers, this could be one of them
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fervor
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zeal, intense emotion
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kind of like fervid, without the -id + an -or
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endemic
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prevailing in a specific area
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sorta like pandemic
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reticent
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untalkative, silent
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the reticent boy was shy
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rapacious
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greedy
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little boys should not be rapacious
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coeval
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coexisting
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co- co-
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austere
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stern
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the parents were very austere about the grave situation of the family
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indolence
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laziness
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its nice to be indolent, although you won't get any work done
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pristine
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unspoiled
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the pristine frontier was heavenly compared to the smog of urban life behind them
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capricious
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fickle, unpredictable
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Popularity is a carpicious friend
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edifying
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enlightening
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knowledge is edifying; it allows civilization to progress with light
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philistine
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one who lacks knowledge
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Goliath was a philistine, not only because thats where he came from, but also literally as well.
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maladroit
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clumsy
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mal a droit. Cmon, its a french word.
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detumscence
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diminishing of swelling
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after the injury, the wound displayed signs of detumscence
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stygian
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gloomy
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add to the factory of words similar to saturnine...
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calumniate
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to slander
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Don't calumniate to anyone; some people take it offensively
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baneful
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destructive
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wolfsbane.... sorta
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forestall
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prevent by taking action in advance
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It is important to forstall during a battle so you will be prepared for onslaughts.
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occult
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hidden
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the cult was occult
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