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Profligate

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Adj. Excessively wasteful; recklessly extravagant

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Profuse

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adj. given or coming forth abundantly, extravagant

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Propinquity

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Adj. nearness in time or place, affinity of nature, kinship

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Propitiate

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v. to appease or pacify

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Propitious

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adj. auspicious, favorable

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Prosaic

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adj. dull, unimaginative

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Proscribe

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v. to outlaw or prohibit

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Predilection

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n. A disposition in favor of something, preference

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Prescience

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n. Knowing of events prior to their occuring

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Prevaricate

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v. to deliberately avoid the truth

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Prize

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v. to pry, press or force with a lever

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Probity

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adj. adherence to highest principles, uprightness

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Prodigal

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adj. recklessly wasteful, extravagant, profuse, lavish

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Prodigious

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adj. abundant in size, force, or extent; extraordinary

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Precept

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N. Rule establishing standards of conduct, a doctrine that is taught

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Precipitate

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adj. acting with excessive haste or impulse

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Plumb

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v. to measure the depth, to examine critically

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Polemical

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adj. controversial, argumentive

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Piquant

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adj. agreeably pungent, spicy, stimulating

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Pique

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n. Resentment, feeling of irritation due to hurt pride

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Pirate

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v. to use or reproduce illegally

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Pith

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n. The essential or central part

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Plaintive

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adj. mournful, melancholy, sorrowful

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Plangent

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adj. pounding, thundering, resounding

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Platitude

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n. superficial or trite remark, especially on offered as meaningful.

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Pervade

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v. to permeate throughout

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Petrous

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adj. like a rock, hard, strong

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Petulant

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adj. impatient, irritable

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Philanthropic

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adj. humanitarian, benelovent

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Phlegmatic

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adj. calm, sluggish, unemotional, stoic

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Picaresque

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adj. involving clever rogues or adventurers

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Pied

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adj. multi-colored, usually in blotches

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Pillory

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v. to punish, hold up to public scorn

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Penurious

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adj. penny-pinching; excessively thrift; ungenerous

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Peremptory

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adj. admitting of no contradiction, putting an end to further debate, haughty, imperious

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Perfidy

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n. intentional breach of faith, treachery

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Pernicious

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adj. extremely harmful, potentially causing death

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Personable

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adj. pleasing in appearance, attractive

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Perspicacious

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adj. acutely perceptive, having keen discernment

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Parsimonious

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Adj. Cheap, miserly

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Paucity

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Adj. Scarcity, a lacking of

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Peccadillo

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N. A slight offense, literally, a minor sin

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Paragon

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n. something regarded as a model of excellence or perfection in some way

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Paradigm

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n. something that serves as a model, example or pattern

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Panegyric

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n. formal expression of praise

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Pandemic

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adj. widespread; occurring over a large area or affecting an usually large percentage of the population

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Palliate

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v. to make something appear less serious, gloss over, mitigate

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Paean

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n. a song or expression of praise and thanksgiving

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Overweening

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Adj. presumptuously arrogant, overbearing, immoderate

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Ostentatious

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adj. characterized by or given to pretentiousness

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Ostensible

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adj. seeing, appearing as such, professed

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Ossified

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adj. Changed into bone; made rigidly conventional and unperceptive to change

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Oscillation

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n. the act or state of swinging back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm

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Opprobrium

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n. disgrace, contempt, scorn

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Opaque

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adj. impermeable by light; dense in mind

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Onerous

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adj. troubling, burdensome

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Officious

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adj. meddlesome, pushy in offering one's service where they are unwanted

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Odious

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adj. hateful; arousing strong feelings of dislike

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Occult

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adj. Hidden, concealed, beyond comprehension

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Occlude

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v. to obstruct or block

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Obviate

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v. to anticipate and make unnecessary

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Obtuse

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adj. Lacking sharpness of intellect, not clear or precise in thought or expression

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Obtain

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v. to be established, accepted or customary, prevail

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Obstreperous

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adj. noisy, loudly stubborn, boisterous

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Obstinate

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adj. stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising

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Obsequious

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adj. exhibiting a fawning attentiveness; subservient

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Obfuscate

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v. to deliberately obscure, to make confusing

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Obeisance

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N. gesture that expresses deference, such as a bow of curtsy

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Obdurate

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adj. unyielding, hardhearted, inflexible

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Noxious

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adj. harmful; injurious

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Nostrum

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n. Cure-all, placebo, questionable remedy

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Nonplussed

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adj. baffled, in a quandary, at a loss for what to say, do or thinkg

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Noisome

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Adj. offensive, especially to one's sense of smell, fetid

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Nice

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adj. exacting, extremely or even excessively precise; done with delicacy or skill

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Nexus

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n. a connection, tie, or link; center or focus

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Neophyte

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n. a recent convert; a beginner; novice

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Neologism

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n. a new word, expressions, or usage; the creation or use of new words or expressions

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Nebulous

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adj. vague, cloudy, lacking clearly defined form

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Natty

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adj. trimly neat and tidy; dapper

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Nascent

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adj. coming into being; in early developmental stages

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Nadir

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n. a low point, perigee

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Mundane

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adj of the world, typical of or concerned with the ordinary

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Multifarious

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adj. varied, motley, greatly diversified

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Multifaceted

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adj. having many aspects

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Morose

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adj. sad, sullen, melancholy

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Monotony

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n. tedious lack of variety or change

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Mollify

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v. to calm or soothe, reduce in emotional intensity

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Mitigate

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v. to make or become less severe or intense, moderate

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Misogynist

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n. one who hates women

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Misanthrope

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n. one who hates humankind

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Mince

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v. to pronounce or speak affectedly or too carefully, euphemism, take tiny steps, tiptoe

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Minatory

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adj. menacing, threatening

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Militate

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v. to have weight or bearing on, to argue (against)

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Mettlesome

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adj. courageous, high-spirited

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Meretricious

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adj. Tawdry, pretentious, attractive but false, showy, having to do with prostitution

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Mercurial

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adj. Characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood

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Mendicant

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N. A beggar, supplicant

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Mendacity

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n. the condition of being untruthful, dishonesty

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Maunder

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v to talk or move aimlessly, mutter

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Martinet

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N. a rigid discipline

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Malinger

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v. to feign illness so as to avoid work

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Magnanimity

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n. The quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, especially in forving