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fracas
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an uproar, noisy quarrel, a brawl
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roucas
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garrulous
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talkative, often about unimportant matters: chattering loquacious
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grimace
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a wry expression a twisting of the face, in either amusement or displeasure
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hyperbole
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exaggeration for poetic effect, a highly exaggerated statement or description not to be taken literally
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intrinsic
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actual essential or inherent, ;belonging to the real nature of the thing or person not dependent on external cercumstances
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invective
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a vhement verbal attacke a violent denunciation
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judicious
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wise having sound judgement
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labyrinth
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a maze an intricate structure of winding passages that are hard to follow
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licentious
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morally unrestrained dissolutek, lascivious; wanton; lewd
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lineament
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outline of body or face a characteristic mark or jeaeture
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malign
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to speka evil fof to defame or slander
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maudlign
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tearfully sentimentla befuddled from drinking
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mordant
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biting causitc sarcastic in speech
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nadir
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lowest point the oint of the heavens diretly under the place where one stands, the lowest point of antying
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nebulous
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vague lazy indefinite
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acem
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summit highest point of excellence
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odious
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gateful offensive revolting
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vvillify
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to speak evil of defame slander
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erudite
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scholarly
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obstinate
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stubborn dogged
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lucid
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clear in and to the mind
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taciturn
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not inclined to talk ;silent habitually silent uncommunicative
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vacillate
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to waver or be changeable to sway
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assuage
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to soften or lesse; ease appease
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Propensity
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natural tendency, bent leaning inclination
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