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abortive
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unsuccessful; fruitless.
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abrogate
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to abolish, usually by authority.
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adumbrate
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to sketch, outline in a shadowy way.
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affectation
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A show, pretense, or display;behavior that is assumed rather than natural, artificially.
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alienate
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to make hostile; separate.
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arrogate
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to demand, claim arrogantly.
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articulate
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well-spoken; expressing oneself clearly.
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bellicose
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warlike.
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belligerent
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argumentative.
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chicanery
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trickery; fraud; deception
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coherent
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intelligible; lucid, understandable.
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commensurate
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equal in extant.
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context
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part of a text or statement that surrounds a particular word or passage and determines its meaning; circumstances in which an event occurs; a setting.
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contumacious
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obstinately disobedient or rebellious; insubordinate.
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convoke
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to call together; summon
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abortive
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unsuccessful; fruitless.
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abrogate
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to abolish, usually by authority.
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adumbrate
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to sketch, outline in a shadowy way.
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affectation
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A show, pretense, or display;behavior that is assumed rather than natural, artificially.
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alienate
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to make hostile; separate.
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arrogate
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to demand, claim arrogantly.
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articulate
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well-spoken; expressing oneself clearly.
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bellicose
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warlike.
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belligerent
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argumentative.
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chicanery
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trickery; fraud; deception
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coherent
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intelligible; lucid, understandable.
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commensurate
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equal in extant.
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context
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part of a text or statement that surrounds a particular word or passage and determines its meaning; circumstances in which an event occurs; a setting.
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contumacious
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obstinately disobedient or rebellious; insubordinate.
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convoke
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to call together; summon
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credibiltiy
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believeabilitly.
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denizen
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inhabitant or resident; regular visitor.
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deranged
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insane
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derogate
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to belittle;l disparage.
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diminution
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lessening; reduction in size.
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disillusionment
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freeing from false belief or illusions.
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disquietude
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uneasiness; anxiety
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dubious
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questionable; filled with doubt.
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eclectic
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composed of elements drawn from disparate sources.
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equivocate
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to use vague or ambiguous language intentionally.
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erudite
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learned or scholarly.
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evanescent
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fleeting; vanishing.
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geniality
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cheerfulness; kindliness; sympathy.
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hackneyed
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commonplace, trite.
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indiscernible
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difficult or impossible to preceive
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ineffable
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unutterable; cannot be expressed in speech.
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inexplicable
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difficult or impossible to explain or account for.
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infallible
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unerring; incapable of making a mistake; perfect.
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insidious
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treacherous; stealthy; sly.
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insolence
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impudent disrespect; haughtiness.
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jocular
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said or done as a joke
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laudable
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praiseworthy.
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libertine
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one who acts without moral restrain, a dissolute person.
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lissome
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easily flexed, lumber, agile
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lithe
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flexible; supple.
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lugubrious
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sorrowful; mournful; dismal.
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malinger
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to evade responsibility by preteding to be ill.
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manifesto
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declaration; statement of policy.
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Materialism
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preoccupation with physical comforts and things.
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mendacious
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dishonest
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mephitic
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having a foul odor; foul-smelling.
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minatory
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threatening; menacing.
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obstreperous
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noisily and stubbornly defiant; aggressive boisterous.
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obtuse
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lubnt, stupid
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opprobrium
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disgrace arising from exceedingly shameful conduct; igonminy.
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pellucid
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transparent; translucent; easily understood.
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penultimate
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next to last.
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penumbra
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a partial shadow; an area within which distinction or resolution is difficult or uncertain.
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perspicacious
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shrewd; astute, keen witted.
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prolixity
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tedious wordiness; verbosity.
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protege
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person receiving protection and support from a patron.
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recondite
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not easily understood; abstruse.
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redolent
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fragrant; odorous; suggestive or and odor.
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relegate
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banish to an inferior position; delegate; assign.
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requite
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to return or repay
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rhetoric
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persuasive use of language.
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ruminate
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ponder, mull over; chew over and over (mentally, or like cows, physically.
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sensual
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satisfying or gratifying the senses; suggesting sexuality.
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sentient
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aware, conscious, able able to pperceive.
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seraphic
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angelic, pure, sublime.
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solidarity
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a union of interests, purposes or sympathies among member of a group; fellowship of responsibilities and interests.
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