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plethora
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A superabundance, an excess.
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tryst
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An agreement, as between lovers, to meet at a certain time and place. A meeting or meeting place that has been agreed on.
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cavil
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To find fault unnecessarily; raise trivial objections. To quibble about; detect petty flaws in.
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sanguine
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Of the color of blood; red. Passionate.
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objurgate
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To scold or rebuke sharply; berate.
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apocryphal
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Of questionable authorship or authenticity. Erroneous; fictitious.
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harridan
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A woman regarded as scolding and vicious.
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dilatory
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Intended to delay. Tending to postpone or delay.
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assiduous
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Constant in application or attention; diligent. Unceasing; persistent.
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banal
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Drearily commonplace and often predictable; trite.
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cogent
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Appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning; convincing.
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cursory
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Performed with haste and scant attention to detail.
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nascent
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Coming into existence; emerging.
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eschew
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To avoid; shun.
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mawkish
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Excessively and objectionably sentimental.
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fatuous
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Foolish or silly, especially in a smug or self-satisfied way.
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immutable
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Not subject or susceptible to change.
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innocuous
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Having no adverse effect; harmless. Not likely to offend or provoke to strong emotion; insipid.
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querulous
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Given to complaining; peevish. Expressing a complaint or grievance; grumbling.
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niggardly
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Grudging and petty in giving or spending. Meanly small; scanty or meager: left the waiter a niggardly tip.
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pusillanimous
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Lacking courage; cowardly.
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ribald
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Characterized by or indulging in vulgar, lewd humor. A vulgar, lewdly funny person.
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amenable
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Responsive to advice, authority, or suggestion; willing. Responsible to higher authority; accountable: amenable to the law. Susceptible or open, as to testing or criticism.
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covert
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Not openly practiced, avowed, engaged in, accumulated, or shown.
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disingenuous
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Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating. Pretending to be unaware or unsophisticated.
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