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aberrant
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deviating from the norm
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alacrity
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eager and enthusiastic willingness
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assuage
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to lessen or ease; to appease or pacify
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austere
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without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic
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censure
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to criticze severely; officially rebuke
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disabuse
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to undeceive; to set right
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effrontery
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extreme boldness
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equivocate
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to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent
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exculpate
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exonerate
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exigent
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urgent; pressing
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filibuster
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intentional obstruction
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fulminate
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to attack loudly or denounce
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ingenuous
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artless; frank and candid; base
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irascible
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easily angered; prone to temperamental
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obviate
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to anticipate and make unnecessary
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onerous
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troubling, budrensome
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perfidy
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intentional breach of feaith
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perfunctory
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cursory; done without care or interest
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perspicacious
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acutely perceptive; having keen discernment
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prevaricate
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to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead
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solicitous
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concerned and attentive; eager
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sordid
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characterized by filth or squalor
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torque
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force causing rotation
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tortuous
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winding, twisting; excessively complicated
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truculent
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fierce and cruel; eager to fight
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veracity
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truthfulness, honesty
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chary
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wary; cautious; sparing
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demur
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to question or oppose
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didactic
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to teach or instruct
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ebullience
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lively or enthusiastic expression (the quality of) of thoughts and feelings (ebullient)
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emollient
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soothing (to the skin); making less harsh; mollifying
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facetious
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playful; humorous
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furtive
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marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious
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harangue
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to deliver a pompous speech or tirade; a long, pompous speech
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impecunious
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lacking funds
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incipient
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beginning to come into being or to become apparent
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intransigent
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refusing to comprimise
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inveigle
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to obtain by deception or flattery
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penurious
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penny-pinching
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peruse
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to examine with great care
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preen
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dress up or primp; groom with elaborate care
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quiescence
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stillness; motionlessness; quality of being at rest
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redoubtable
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awe inspiring; worthy of honor
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dissemble
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to disguise or conceal
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iconoclast
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heretic, undermines tradition
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impassive
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revealing no emotion
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implacable
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not capable of being appeased or significantly changed
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inchoate
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in an initial stage; not fully formed
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infelicitous
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unfortunate; inappropriate
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inspid
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without taste or flavor; lacking in spirit
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mendacity
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untruthful, dishonest (quality of)
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meticulous
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extreme care and attention to detail
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acerbic
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sour or bitter taste; acute; sharp biting
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astringent
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having a tightening effect on the living tissue; harsh; severe
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contiguous
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sharing a border; touching
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credulous
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tending to believe too readily; gullible
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cynicism
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an attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness
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derision
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scorn, ridicule, contemptuous treatment
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desiccate
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dry out or dehydrate, dull
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glib
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marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; lacking in depth
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hubris
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overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance
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impetuous
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hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement
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inimical
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damaging; harmful; injurious
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intractable
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not easily managed or directed; stubborn; obstinate
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laconic
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using few words; terse
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probity
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adherence to highest principles and confirmed upright integrity
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profligate
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excessively wasteful
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pungent
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strong sharp smell or taste
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rarefy
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to make or become thin, refine, less dense
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recondite
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hidden, concealed; difficult to understand; obscure
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refulgent
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radiant; shiny; brilliant
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sedulous
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dilligent; persistent; hard-working
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tacit
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implied; not explicitly stated
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unfeigned
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genuine, not false or hypocritical
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variegated
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multicolored; characterized by a variety of patches of different color
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vituperate
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to use harsh, condemnatory language; to abuse or censure severely or abusively
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august
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majestic, venerable
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bent
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leaning, inclinaton, proclivity, tendency
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broach
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bring up, announce
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brook
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tolerate, endure, countenance
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cardinal
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major
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chavuinist
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blindly devoted patriot
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color
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to change as if by dyeing (distort, gloss or affect)
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consequential
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pompous, self-important
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damp
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diminish intensity or check vibration of sound
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die
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tool used for shaping
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essay
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to test or try
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exact
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demand, call for, require, take
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fell
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inhumanly cruel
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flag
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sag or droop, to become spiritless, to decline
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flip
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sarcastic, impertinent
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guy
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a rope, cord, or cable attached to something as a brace (guide)
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intimate
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to imply, suggest, or insinuate
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list
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to tilt or lean to one side
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meet
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fitting, proper
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mince
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pronounce or speek affectedly, euphemize, speak too carefully
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nice
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exacting, fastidious, extremely precise
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obtain
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established, accepted, customary
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pied
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multicolored; characterized by a variety of patches of different color
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pine
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to lose vigor; to yearn
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pluck
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courage, spunk, fortitude
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prize
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to pry, press or force with a lever, something taken by force, spoils
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rent
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torn, past of rend
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quail
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to lose courage, turn frightened
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qualify
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limit
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scurvy
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contemptible
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stand
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a group of trees
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table
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to remove from consideration
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tender
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to proffer or offer
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wag
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wit, joker
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abjure
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to renounce or reject solemnly
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adumbrate
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foreshadow vaguely or intimidate, to suggest or outline sketchily
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anodyne
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soothing, something that assuages or allays pain or comforts
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apostate
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one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions
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apotheosis
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deification, glorification to godliness, exalted example of excellence or perfect
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asperity
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severity, rigor; roughness, harshness; acrimony
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asseverate
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to aver, allege, assert
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augury
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omen, portent
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calumniate
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to slander, make a false accusation
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captious
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disposed to point out trivial faults, calculated to confuse or entrap in argument
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cavil
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to find fault without good reason
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celertiy
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speed, alacrity, think accelerate
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contumacious
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insubordinate, rebellious
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denouement
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outcome or solution; unraveling of a plot
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descry
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discriminate or discern
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desuetude
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disuse
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desultory
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random; aimless; marked by a lack of plan or purpose
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diaphanous
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transparent; gauzy
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diffident
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reserved, shy, unassuming; lacking in self-confidence
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encomium
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glowing and enthusiastic praise
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execrate
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denounce, feel loathing for, curse
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expiate
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atone or make amends for
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extripate
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destroy, extermiante, cut out, exscind
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fatuous
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silly, inanely foolish
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heterodox
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unorthodox
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imbroglio
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difficult or embarassing situation
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indefatigable
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not easily exhaustable, tireless, dogged
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ineluctable
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certain, inevitable
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inimitable
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one of a kind, peerless
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insocuciant
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unconcerned, carefree, heedless
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jejune
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vapid, uninteresting, nugatory, childish, immature
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lubricious
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lewd, wanton, greasy, slippery
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meretricious
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cheap, gaudy, tawdry, flashy, showy; attracting by false show
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minatory
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meancing, threating
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nonplussed
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baffled, bewildered, at a loss for what to do or think
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obstreperous
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noisily and stubbornly defiant, aggressively boisterous
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palliate
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to make something seem less serious, to gloss over, to make less severe or intense
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aberrant
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deviating from the norm
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alacrity
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eager and enthusiastic willingness
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assuage
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to lessen or ease; to appease or pacify
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austere
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without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic
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censure
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to criticze severely; officially rebuke
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disabuse
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to undeceive; to set right
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effrontery
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extreme boldness
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equivocate
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to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent
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exculpate
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exonerate
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exigent
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urgent; pressing
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filibuster
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intentional obstruction
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fulminate
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to attack loudly or denounce
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ingenuous
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artless; frank and candid; base
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irascible
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easily angered; prone to temperamental
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obviate
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to anticipate and make unnecessary
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onerous
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troubling, budrensome
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perfidy
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intentional breach of feaith
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perfunctory
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cursory; done without care or interest
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perspicacious
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acutely perceptive; having keen discernment
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prevaricate
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to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead
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solicitous
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concerned and attentive; eager
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sordid
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characterized by filth or squalor
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torque
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force causing rotation
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tortuous
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winding, twisting; excessively complicated
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truculent
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fierce and cruel; eager to fight
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veracity
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truthfulness, honesty
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chary
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wary; cautious; sparing
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demur
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to question or oppose
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didactic
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to teach or instruct
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ebullience
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lively or enthusiastic expression (the quality of) of thoughts and feelings (ebullient)
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emollient
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soothing (to the skin); making less harsh; mollifying
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facetious
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playful; humorous
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furtive
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marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious
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harangue
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to deliver a pompous speech or tirade; a long, pompous speech
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impecunious
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lacking funds
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incipient
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beginning to come into being or to become apparent
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intransigent
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refusing to comprimise
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inveigle
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to obtain by deception or flattery
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penurious
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penny-pinching
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peruse
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to examine with great care
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preen
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dress up or primp; groom with elaborate care
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quiescence
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stillness; motionlessness; quality of being at rest
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redoubtable
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awe inspiring; worthy of honor
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dissemble
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to disguise or conceal
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iconoclast
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heretic, undermines tradition
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impassive
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revealing no emotion
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implacable
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not capable of being appeased or significantly changed
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inchoate
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in an initial stage; not fully formed
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infelicitous
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unfortunate; inappropriate
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inspid
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without taste or flavor; lacking in spirit
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mendacity
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untruthful, dishonest (quality of)
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meticulous
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extreme care and attention to detail
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acerbic
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sour or bitter taste; acute; sharp biting
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astringent
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having a tightening effect on the living tissue; harsh; severe
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contiguous
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sharing a border; touching
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credulous
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tending to believe too readily; gullible
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cynicism
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an attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness
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derision
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scorn, ridicule, contemptuous treatment
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desiccate
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dry out or dehydrate, dull
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glib
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marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; lacking in depth
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hubris
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overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance
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impetuous
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hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement
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inimical
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damaging; harmful; injurious
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intractable
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not easily managed or directed; stubborn; obstinate
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laconic
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using few words; terse
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probity
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adherence to highest principles and confirmed upright integrity
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profligate
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excessively wasteful
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pungent
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strong sharp smell or taste
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rarefy
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to make or become thin, refine, less dense
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recondite
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hidden, concealed; difficult to understand; obscure
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refulgent
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radiant; shiny; brilliant
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sedulous
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dilligent; persistent; hard-working
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tacit
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implied; not explicitly stated
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unfeigned
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genuine, not false or hypocritical
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variegated
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multicolored; characterized by a variety of patches of different color
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vituperate
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to use harsh, condemnatory language; to abuse or censure severely or abusively
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august
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majestic, venerable
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bent
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leaning, inclinaton, proclivity, tendency
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broach
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bring up, announce
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brook
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tolerate, endure, countenance
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cardinal
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major
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chavuinist
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blindly devoted patriot
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color
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to change as if by dyeing (distort, gloss or affect)
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consequential
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pompous, self-important
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damp
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diminish intensity or check vibration of sound
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die
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tool used for shaping
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essay
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to test or try
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exact
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demand, call for, require, take
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fell
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inhumanly cruel
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flag
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sag or droop, to become spiritless, to decline
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flip
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sarcastic, impertinent
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guy
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a rope, cord, or cable attached to something as a brace (guide)
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intimate
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to imply, suggest, or insinuate
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list
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to tilt or lean to one side
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meet
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fitting, proper
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mince
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pronounce or speek affectedly, euphemize, speak too carefully
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nice
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exacting, fastidious, extremely precise
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obtain
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established, accepted, customary
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pied
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multicolored; characterized by a variety of patches of different color
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pine
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to lose vigor; to yearn
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pluck
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courage, spunk, fortitude
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prize
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to pry, press or force with a lever, something taken by force, spoils
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rent
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torn, past of rend
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quail
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to lose courage, turn frightened
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qualify
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limit
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scurvy
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contemptible
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stand
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a group of trees
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table
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to remove from consideration
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tender
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to proffer or offer
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|
|
wag
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wit, joker
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abjure
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to renounce or reject solemnly
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adumbrate
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foreshadow vaguely or intimidate, to suggest or outline sketchily
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anodyne
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soothing, something that assuages or allays pain or comforts
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apostate
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one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions
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apotheosis
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deification, glorification to godliness, exalted example of excellence or perfect
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|
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asperity
|
severity, rigor; roughness, harshness; acrimony
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asseverate
|
to aver, allege, assert
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augury
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omen, portent
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calumniate
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to slander, make a false accusation
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captious
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disposed to point out trivial faults, calculated to confuse or entrap in argument
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cavil
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to find fault without good reason
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celertiy
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speed, alacrity, think accelerate
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contumacious
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insubordinate, rebellious
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denouement
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outcome or solution; unraveling of a plot
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descry
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discriminate or discern
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desuetude
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disuse
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desultory
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random; aimless; marked by a lack of plan or purpose
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diaphanous
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transparent; gauzy
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diffident
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reserved, shy, unassuming; lacking in self-confidence
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encomium
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glowing and enthusiastic praise
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execrate
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denounce, feel loathing for, curse
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expiate
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atone or make amends for
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extripate
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destroy, extermiante, cut out, exscind
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fatuous
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silly, inanely foolish
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heterodox
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unorthodox
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imbroglio
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difficult or embarassing situation
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indefatigable
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not easily exhaustable, tireless, dogged
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ineluctable
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certain, inevitable
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inimitable
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one of a kind, peerless
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insocuciant
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unconcerned, carefree, heedless
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jejune
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vapid, uninteresting, nugatory, childish, immature
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lubricious
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lewd, wanton, greasy, slippery
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meretricious
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cheap, gaudy, tawdry, flashy, showy; attracting by false show
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minatory
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meancing, threating
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nonplussed
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baffled, bewildered, at a loss for what to do or think
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obstreperous
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noisily and stubbornly defiant, aggressively boisterous
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palliate
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to make something seem less serious, to gloss over, to make less severe or intense
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panegyric
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formal praise, encomium
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parsimonious
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cheap, miserly
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pellucid
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transparent, easy to understand, limpid
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peroration
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the concluding part of a speech; flowery, rhetorical speech
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plangent
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pounding, thundering, resounding
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propitiate
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to appease, to conciliate
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puerile
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childish, immature, jejune, nugatory
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puissance
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power, strength
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puissant
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powerful, strong
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pusillanimous
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cowardly, craven
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remonstrate
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protest, object
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salutary
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remedial, wholesome, causing improvement
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sanguine
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cheerful, confident, optimistic
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saturnine
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gloomy, dark, sullen
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sententious
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aphoristic, or moralistic, epigrammatic, to moralize excessively
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stygian
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gloomy, dark
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sycophant
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toady, servile, self-seeking flatter
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tendentious
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biased; showing marked tendencies
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vitiate
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to corrupt, debase, spoil, make ineffective
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voluble
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fluent, verbal, having ease of language
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prestidigitation
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sleight of hand, legerdemain, conjuring
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extol
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lift up, raise, elevae,
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diffident
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distrustful, mistrustful
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regale
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to entertain or feast in a choice manner
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belied
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calumniated, falsified, proved false
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gainsay
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deny, speak against, oppose, hinder, refuse
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staid
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settled or fixed, of a person's gaze, faith or purpose not capricious
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