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facetious
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joking (often inappropriately); treating serious situations with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant
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facilitate
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help bring about; make less difficult
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fallacious
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false; misleading; a mistaken belief
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fatuous
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brainless; inane; foolish, yet smug
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fawning
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trying to please by behaving obsequiously (obedient or attentive to an excess), flattering, or cringing
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felicitous
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apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
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fervor
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glowing ardor; intensity of feeling
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flag
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droop; grow feeble; become tired or weaker
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fledgling
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inexperienced, immature, or underdeveloped
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flout
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reject; mock; show contempt for; openly disregard
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foment
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stir up; instigate
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forestall
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prevent by taking action in advance
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frugality
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thrift; economy; use money carefully, not wastefully
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futile
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useless; hopeless; ineffectual
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gainsay
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deny or contradict
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garrulous
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loquacious; wordy; talkative
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goad
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urge on
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gouge
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overcharge; swindle
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grandiloquent
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pompous; bombastic; using high-sounding language
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gregarious
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sociable; fond of company
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guileless
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without deceit; innocent
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gullible
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easily deceived
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harangue
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long, passionate, and vehement speech
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homogeneous
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of the same kind
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hyperbole
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exaggeration; overstatement
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iconoclastic
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attacking cherished traditions
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idolatry
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worship of idols; excessive admiration
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immutable
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unchangeable
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impair
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injure; hurt
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impassive
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without feeling; imperturbable; stoical
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impede
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hinder; block
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impermeable
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impervious; not permitting passage through its substance
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imperturbable
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calm, placid
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impervious
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impenetrable; incapable of being damaged or distressed
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implacable
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incapable of being pacified
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implicit
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understood but not stated; implied
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implode
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burst inward
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inadvertently
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unintentionally; by oversight; carelessly
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inchoate
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recently begun; rudimentary; elementary
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incongruity
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lack of harmony; absurdity
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inconsequential
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insignificant; unimportant
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incorporate
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introduce something into a larger whole; combine; unite
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indeterminate
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uncertain; not clearly fixed; indefinite
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indigence
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poverty; needy
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indolent
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lazy; wanting to avoid activity or exertion
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inert
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inactive; lacking power to move
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ingenuous
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naive and trusting; young, unsophisticated
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inherent
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firmly established by nature or habit
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innocuous
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harmless; not offensive
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insensible
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unconscious; unresponsive
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insinuate
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hint; imply; creep in
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insipid
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lacking in flavor; dull
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insularity
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narrow-mindedness; isolation
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intractable
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unruly; stubborn; unyielding
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intransigence
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refusal of any compromise; stubbornness
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inundate
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overwhelm; flood; submerge
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inured
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accustomed (usually something unpleasant); hardened
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invective
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abuse; insulting or critical language
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irascible
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irritable; easily angered
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irresolute
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uncertain how to act; weak; showing or feeling hesitancy
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itinerary
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plan of a trip
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laconic
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brief and to the point
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lassitude
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languor; weariness; lack of energy
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latent
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potential but undeveloped; dormant; hidden
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laud
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praise
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lethargic
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drowsy; dull
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levee
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earthen or stone embankment to prevent flooding
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levity
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lack of seriousness or steadiness; frivolity
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log
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record of a voyage or fight; record of day-to-day activities
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loquacious
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talkative
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lucid
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easily understood; clear; intelligible
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luminous
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shining; issuing light
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magnanimity
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very generous or forgiving
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malingerer
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one who feigns illness to escape duty
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malleable
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capable of being shaped by pounding; impressionable
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maverick
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rebel; noncomformist
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mendacious
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lying; habitually dishonest
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metamorphosis
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change in form
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meticulous
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excessively careful; painstaking; scrulpulous (attentive to detail)
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misanthrope
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one who hates mankind and avoids society
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mitigate
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lessen in intensity; moderate; appease
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mollify
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soothe; appease anger or anxiety
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morose
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ill-humored; sullen; melancholy
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mundane
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worldly as opposed to spiritual; everyday
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negate
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cancel out; nullify; deny
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neophyte
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recent convert; beginner; a person new to subject
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obdurate
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stubborn; refusing to change one's opinion
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obsequious
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slavishly attentive; servile; sycophantic
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obviate
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make unnecessary; get rid of
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occlude
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shut; close; obstruct
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officious
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meddlesome; excessively pushy in offering one's services
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onerous
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burdensome
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opprobrium
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infamy; vilification ; harsh criticism
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oscillate
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vibrate pendulum-like; waver
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ostentatious
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showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention
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paragon
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model of perfection
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partisan
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one-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party
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pathological
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pertaining to disease
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paucity
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scarcity
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