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diffidence
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modesty; shyness; lack of confidence
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dilatory
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given to delay or procrastination
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dilettante
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aimless follower of the arts; amateur; dabbler
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din
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loud confusing noise
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disaffection
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lack of trust; to cause discontent
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disarming
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deprive of resentment; peaceable or friendly; win over
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discursive
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rambling; passing from one topic to another
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disingenuous
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deceitful; lacking in candor; not frank
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disparate
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basically different; unrelated
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disputatious
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agrumentative
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disquietude
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uneasiness; anxiety
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dissemble
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conceal true motives; pretend
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dissolute
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loose in morals or conduct
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dogmatic
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adhering to a tenet
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dissonant
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lacking in harmony; discordant
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dolorous
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sorrowful; having mental anguish
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duplicity
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deception by pretending to feel and act one way while acting another; bad faith; double dealing
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ebullient
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greatly excited
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edify
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instruct; correct morally
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efface
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erase; obliterate as if by rubbing out
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