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Convivial
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occupied with, or fond of feasting, drinking, and good company
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Jocular
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Liking to be with people. Joke around them and have fun
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Levity
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Gaiety. Lightheartedness
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Stringent
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tight, constricted. Rigid
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Subversive
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attempt to overthrow or undermine a government
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Philistine
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Narrow-minded.
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Pariah
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Outcast
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Neonate
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a newborn child; within 28 days
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Beseech
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- to request earnestly : IMPLORE synonym see BEG
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Platitude
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a banal, trite, or stale remark
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Prosaic
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everyday. Ordinary
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Vapid
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lacking liveliness, tang, briskness, or force: flat, dull
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Recalcitrant
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Difficult to manage or operate. Resistant. Unruly
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Admonitions
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counsel or warning against fault or oversight
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Enmity
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positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will synonyms ENMITY, HOSTILITY, ANTIPATHY, ANTAGONISM, ANIMOSITY, RANCOR, ANIMUS
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Benign
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showing kindness and gentleness
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Crass
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Gross. guided by or indicative of base or materialistic values
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Conciliate
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To win someone over. to make compatible : RECONCILE
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Contemptuous
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lacking respect. (Contempt), Scornful
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Insolent
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Proud. boldly disrespectful in speech or behavior. Rude
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Supercilious
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looking down on others. Proud and scornful
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Guileless
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innocent, naïve
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Dainty
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something delicious to the taste
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Listless
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characterized by lack of interest, energy, or spirit
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Circumlocution
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the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea
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Colloquial
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familiar and informal conversation
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Mirthful
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gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter
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Kinesthetic
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sense mediated by receptors located in muscles,
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Jingoism
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Nationalist or Chauvinist
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Zesty
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Zest – enjoyable exciting quality, piquancy, relish
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Martinet
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A strict disciplinarian
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Contrite
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Feeling pain, sorrow for sins
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Onerous
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burdensome
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Servile
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of or befitting a slave or a menial position
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Pliable
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adjustable to varying conditions , plastic
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Fetid
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smelly
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Quiescent
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marked by inactivity or repos
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Brevity
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abbreviation. Short duration
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bellicose
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favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars
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captious
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marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections
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polemical
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of, relating to, or being a polemic controversial
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eponymous
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giving one's name to a tribe, place, etc.: Romulus, the eponymous founder of Rome.
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inexorable
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unyielding; unalterable: inexorable truth; inexorable justice.
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fungible
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(esp. of goods) being of such nature or kind as to be freely exchangeable or replaceable, in whole or in part, for another of like nature or kind.
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quixotic
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Caught up in the romance of noble deeds and the pursuit of unreachable goals; idealistic without regard to practicality.
Capricious; impulsive: "At worst his scruples must have been quixotic, not malicious" (Louis Auchincloss). |
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nonplussed
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puzzled
to render utterly perplexed; puzzle completely |
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consternation
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To my consternation, when I reached home I found I had lost the key of the house. (paralyzing dismay)
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charlatan
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A person who makes elaborate, fraudulent, and often voluble claims to skill or knowledge; a quack or fraud.
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progenitors
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Direct ancestor
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nihilistic
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1. total rejection of established laws and institutions.
2. anarchy, terrorism, or other revolutionary activity. 3. total and absolute destructiveness, esp. toward the world at large and including oneself: the power-mad nihilism that marked Hitler's last years. |
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euphonious
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pleasant in sound; agreeable to the ear; characterized by euphony: a sweet, euphonious voice
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cognoscenti/cognoscente
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A person with superior, usually specialized knowledge or highly refined taste; a connoisseur.
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parvenus
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n. A person who has suddenly risen to a higher social and economic class and has not yet gained social acceptance by others in that class.
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inquietude
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A state of restlessness or uneasiness; disquietude.
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venal
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1. willing to sell one's influence, esp. in return for a bribe; open to bribery; mercenary: a venal judge.
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plenipotent
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invested with or possessing full power
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puissance
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power, might, force
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inutile
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no use or service.
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neoteric
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modern; new; recent
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macerate
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to soak, to steep
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decorum
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etiquette
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stem
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to arise,to descend
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DISSONANCE
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A HARSH AND DISAGREEABLE COMBINATION, OFTEN OF SOUNDS
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EFFICACY
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EFFECTIVENESS
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DISABUSE
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TO SET RIGHT; TO FREE FROM ERROR
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EXCULPATE
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TO CLEAR FROM BLAME; PROVE INNOCENT
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ELEGY
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A SORROWFUL POEM OR SPEECH
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ENGENDER
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TO PRODUCE, CAUSE, OR BRING ABOUT
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AMALGAM
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A MIXTURE, ESPECIALLY TWO METALS
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DERISIVE
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IN A MOCKING MANNER
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nascent (adj)
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coming into being, in early developmental stages
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paean (n)
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a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving
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perfunctory (adj)
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cursory, done without care or interest
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perfidy (n)
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intentional breach of faith, treachery
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ingenuous (adj)
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artless, frank and candid, lacking in sophistication
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virulent (adj)
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extremely harmful or poisonous, bitterly hostile or antagonistic
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cursory (adj)
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hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
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fulminate (v)
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to loudly attack or denounce
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innocuous (adj)
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harmless, causing no damage
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chary (adj)
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wary, cautious, sparing
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ebullience (n)
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enthusiasm, exuberance
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quiescence (n)
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stillness
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ascetic (n)
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one who practices rigid self-denial, esp. as an act of religious devotion
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redoubtable (adj)
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awe-inspiring, worthy of honor
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inveigle (v)
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to obtain by deception or flattery
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incipient (adj)
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beginning to exist or appear; in an initial stage, e.g. an incipient cold.
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supplant (v)
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to take the place of, supersede
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urbane (adj)
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sophisticated, refined, elegant
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penurious (adj)
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penny-pinching, excessively thrifty, ungenerous
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emollient (adj/n)
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soothing, esp. to the skin, an agent that smoothes the skin
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odious (adj)
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evoking intense dislike or aversion
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peruse (v)
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to examine with great care
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squalid (adj)
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sordid, wretched and dirty as from neglect
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pernicious (adj)
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extremely harmful, potentially causing death
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impecunious (adj)
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lacking funds
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putrefy (v)
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to rot or decay and give off a foul odor
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prodigious (adj)
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abundant in size / force / extent, extraordinary
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sordid
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foul
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extemportaneous
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improvised, done without preparation
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relegate
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to lower place or position
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canonical
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traditional standard
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prescience
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foreknowledge of event,
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veracity
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honesty
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magnanimity
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being generously noble in mind and heart
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noxious
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harmful
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synthesis
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to combine
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ennui
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dissatisfaction from boredom
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torpid
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dormant, sluggish
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viscous
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thick, sticky
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prolific
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producing large number, productive
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oscillation
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act of swinging back and forth
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imperturbable
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marked by extremely calm, steadiness
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infelicitous
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unfortunate, inappropriate
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inchoate
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in an initial stage, not fully formed
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pedagogy
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to profession of principle of teaching
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idolatrous
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devotion to something
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acumen
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keen, accurate insight
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proliferate
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to grow or inc. swiftly and abundantly
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hegemony
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consistent dominance of one state or ideology over others
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rancorous
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charactered by bitter, long lasting resentment
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placete
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to appease, to calm
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halcyon
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calm, peaceful
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profuse
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given abundantly, prodigal
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evanescent
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tending to disappear like vapor, vanishing
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pith
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essential or central part
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impassive
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revealing no emotion
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querulous
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prone to complaining
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mendacity
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the condition of being untruthfil, dishonesty
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platitude
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a superficial remark, meaningful
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obsequious
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exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
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implacable
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not capable of being appeased or significantly changed
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germance
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relevant to the subject at hand
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repudiate
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to refuse to have anything to do with
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pine
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to languish, to lose vigor
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pervasive
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spread throughout
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trasient
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fleeting, brief
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pragmatic
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practical rather than idealistic
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variegated
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multicolored, variety of patches of different color
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vituperate
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to use harsh condem language, abusively
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sedulous
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diligent, persistent, hard working
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obfuscate
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to make confusing
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impetuous
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hastily energetic, impulsive
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refulgent
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shiny, brilliant
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acerbic
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having a sour or bitter taste or character
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vacillate
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waver
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inimical
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harmful, injurious
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soporific
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causing drowsiness, tending to induce sleep
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spendthrift
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one who spends money wastefully
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pervade
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spread throughout
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intrepid
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steadfast and courageous
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phlegmatic
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calm, unemotional
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probity
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adherence to highest principles, uprightness
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mercurial
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charactered by rapid and unpredictable change in mood
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recondite
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hidden, difficult to understand
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untenable
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indefensible, uninhabitable
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intractable
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to easily managed or directed
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astringent
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having a tighening effect on living tisue
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flout
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show comtempt for ,as in a rule or convention
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rarefy
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to make or become thin, refine
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derision
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scorn, ridicule
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immutable
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not capable of changing
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quotidian
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occuring daily, commonplace
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hubris
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overbearing pride, arrogance
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imminent
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about to happen
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Gainsay
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to deny, dispute, or contradict.
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Coda
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Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
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Commensurate
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Corresponding in extend, degree, amount
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Compendium
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Brief, comprehensive summary
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Conciliatory
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Soothing, reconciling
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Dissolution
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Disintergrate, lose morals
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Divest
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Strip; deprive
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elicit
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Draw out by discussion
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Equanimity
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Calmness; composure
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Fatuous
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Silly, inane yet smug
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Foment
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Stir up; insitgate
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gouge
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overcharge
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Harangue
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Long passionate speech
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Indigence
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Poverty
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insensible
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unconscious; unresponsive
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insularity
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narrow-mindedness; isolation
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Invective
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Abuse, reproach, censure
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Irresolute
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uncertian how to act, weak.
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Lassitude
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Languish; weariness
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obdurate
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Stubborn, unyeilding
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occlude
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Close, Shut out
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officious
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meddlesome, offering help for self
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opprobrium
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infamy
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paragon
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model of perfection
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penchant
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Strong inclination, liking
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perfidious
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Treacherous
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plasticity
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ability to be modeled
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percipitate
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Rash, hasty
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pristine
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characteristic of earlier times
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propitiate
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appease
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propriety
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fitness; correct conduct.
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proscribe
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banish; outlaw
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qualified
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Limited; restrictions
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refractory
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stubborn; unmanagaeble
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reprobate
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person hardened in sin; devoid of decency
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reverent
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respectful;worshipful
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secrete
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hide away cache
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stint
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be thrifty
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stolid
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dull; impassive
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striated
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marked with parallel bands; grooved
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supposition
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hypothesis
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tangential
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peripheral; only slightly connected
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transgression
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violation of law; sin
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venerate
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Revere
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welter
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Turmoil; jumble
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