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abate
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to lessen in intensity or degree
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aberrant
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deviating from the norm
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abscond
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to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide
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accolade
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an expression of praise
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acerbic
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having a sour or bitter taste or character
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acumen
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quick
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adulation
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excessive praise; intense adoration
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adulterate
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to reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients
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aesthetic
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dealing with beauty
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aggrandize
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to increase in intensity
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alacrity
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eager and enthusiastic willingness
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alchemy
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a medieval science aimed at the transmutation of metals
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amalgamate
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to combine several elements into a whole
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ameliorate
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to make better or more tolerable
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amenable
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agreeable; responsive to suggestion
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anachronism
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something or someone out of place in terms of historical or chronological context
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anomaly
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deviation from the normal order
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approbation
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an expression of approval or praise
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archaic
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outdated; associated with an earlier
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arduous
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strenuous; taxing; requiring significant effort
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ascetic
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one who practices rigid self-denial
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assuage
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to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify
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astringent
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having a tightening effect on living tissue; harsh; severe
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audacious
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daring and fearless; recklessly bold
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austere
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without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic
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avarice
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greed
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aver
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to state as a fact; to confirm or support
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axiom
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a universally recognized principle
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axiomatic
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taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth
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bolster
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to provide support or reinforcement
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bombast
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self-important or pompous writing or speech
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bombastic
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pompous; grandiloquent
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bucolic
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rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants
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burgeon
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to grow rapidly or flourish
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cacophony
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harsh
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canon
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an established set of principles or code of laws
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canonical
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following or in agreement with accepted
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capricious
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inclined to change one's mind impulsively; erratic; unpredictable
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castigation
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severe criticism or punishment
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catalyst
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a person or thing that causes change
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catalyst
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a substance that accelerates the rate of a chemical reaction without itself changing
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caustic
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burning or stinging; causing corrosion
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censure
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to criticize severely; to officially rebuke
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chary
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wary; cautious; sparing
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chicanery
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trickery or subterfuge
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cogent
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appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing
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complaisance
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the willingness to comply with the wishes of others
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connoisseur
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an informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert
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contentious
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argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement
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contiguous
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sharing a border; touching; adjacent
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contrite
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regretful; penitent; seeking forgiveness
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convention
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a generally agreed-upon practice or attitude
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convoluted
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complex or complicated
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credulous
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tending to believe too readily; gullible
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culpable
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deserving blame
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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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dearth
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smallness of quantity or number; scarcity; a lack
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decorum
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polite or appropriate conduct or behavior
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demur
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to question or oppose
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derision
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scorn; ridicule; contemptuous treatment
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desiccate
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to dry out or dehydrate; to make dry or dull
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diatribe
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a harsh denunciation
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didactic
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intended to teach or instruct
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dilettante
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one with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge
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disabuse
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to undeceive; to set right
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discordant
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conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound
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discretion
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cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions
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disinterested
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indifferent; free from self-interest
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disparage
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to slight or belittle
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disparate
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fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
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dissemble
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to disguise or conceal; to mislead
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divulge
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to disclose something secret
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dogmatic
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stubbornly opinionated
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ebullience
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the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings
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eccentric
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departing from norms or conventions
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eclectic
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composed of elements drawn from various sources
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effrontery
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extreme boldness; presumptuousness
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elegy
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a mournful poem
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eloquent
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well-spoken; expressive; articulate
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emollient
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soothing
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empirical
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based on observation or experiment
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endemic
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characteristic of or often found in a particular locality
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enervate
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to weaken; to reduce in vitality
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enigmatic
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mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand
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ennui
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dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy
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ephemeral
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brief; fleeting
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equivocate
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to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent
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erudite
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very learned; scholarly
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esoteric
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intended for or understood by a small
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eulogy
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a speech honoring the dead
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evanescent
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tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing
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exacerbate
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to make worse or more severe
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exculpate
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exonerate; to clear of blame
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exigent
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urgent; pressing; requiring immediate action or attention
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exonerate
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to remove blame
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extemporaneous
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improvised; done without preparation
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facetious
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playful; humorous
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fallacy
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an invalid or incorrect notion; a mistaken belief
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fawn
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to flatter or praise excessively
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fervent
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greatly emotional or zealous
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filibuster
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intentional obstruction
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flout
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to demonstrate contempt for
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fortuitous
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happening by fortunate accident or chance
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fulminate
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to loudly attack or denounce
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furtive
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marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious
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garrulous
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pointlessly talkative; talking too much
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germane
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relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject matter
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glib
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marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; lacking in depth; superficial
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grandiloquence
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pompous speech or expression
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gregarious
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sociable; outgoing; enjoying the company of other people
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hackneyed
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rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage
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halcyon
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calm and peaceful
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harangue
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to deliver a pompous speech or tirade
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hedonism
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devotion to pleasurable pursuits
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hegemony
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the consistent dominance of one state or ideology over others
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heretical
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violating accepted dogma or convention
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hubris
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arrogant presumption or pride
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hyperbole
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an exaggerated statement
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iconoclast
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one who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions
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idolatrous
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given to intense or excessive devotion to something
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imminent
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about to happen; impending
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immutable
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not capable of change
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impassive
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revealing no emotion
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impecunious
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lacking funds; without money
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imperturbable
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marked by extreme calm
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impetuous
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hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement
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implacable
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not capable of being appeased or significantly changed
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impunity
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immunity from punishment or penalty
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inchoate
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in an initial stage; not fully formed
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incipient
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beginning to come into being or to become apparent
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indifferent
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having no interest or concern; showing no bias or prejudice
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inert
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unmoving; lethargic; sluggish
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infelicitous
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unfortunate; inappropriate
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ingenuous
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artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication
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inimical
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damaging; harmful; injurious
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innocuous
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harmless; causing no damage
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insipid
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without taste or flavor; lacking in spirit; bland
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intractable
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not easily managed or directed; stubborn; obstinate
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intransigent
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refusing to compromise
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intrepid
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steadfast and courageous
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inured
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accustomed to accepting something undesirable
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inveigle
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to obtain by deception or flattery
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irascible
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easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts
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laconic
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using few words; terse
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laud
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to praise highly
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loquacious
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extremely talkative
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lucid
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clear; easily understood
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luminous
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characterized by brightness and the emission of light
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magnanimity
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the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart
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malevolent
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having or showing often vicious ill-will
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malleable
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capable of being shaped or formed; tractable; pliable
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martial
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associated with war and the armed forces
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maverick
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an independent individual who does not go along with a group or party
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mendacity
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the condition of being untruthful; dishonesty
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mercurial
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characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood
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meticulous
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characterized by extreme care and precision; attentive to detail
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misanthrope
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one who hates all other humans
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mitigate
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to make or become less severe or intense; to moderate
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mollify
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to calm or soothe; to reduce in emotional intensity
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morose
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sad; sullen; melancholy
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mundane
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of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary
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nascent
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coming into being; in early developmental stages
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nebulous
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vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form
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neologism
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a new word
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neophyte
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a recent convert; a beginner; novice
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noxious
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harmful; injurious
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obdurate
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unyielding; hardhearted; intractable
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obfuscate
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to deliberately obscure; to make confusing
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obsequious
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exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
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obstinate
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stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising
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obtuse
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lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression
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obviate
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to anticipate and make unnecessary
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occlude
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to obstruct or block
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odious
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evoking intense aversion or dislike
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onerous
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troubling; burdensome
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opaque
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impenetrable by light; not reflecting light
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opprobrium
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disgrace; contempt; scorn
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oscillation
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the act or state of swinging back and forth with a steady
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ostentatious
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characterized by or given to pretentiousness
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paean
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a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving
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parody
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a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect
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pedagogy
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the art or profession of training
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pedantic
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the parading of learning; excessive attention to minutiae and formal rules
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penurious
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penny-pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous
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penury
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poverty; destitution
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perennial
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recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly
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perfidy
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intentional breach of faith; treachery
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perfunctory
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cursory; done without care or interest
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pernicious
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extremely harmful; potentially causing death
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perspicacious
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acutely perceptive; having keen discernment
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peruse
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to examine with great care
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pervade
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to permeate throughout
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pervasive
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having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout
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phlegmatic
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calm; sluggish; unemotional
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pine
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to yearn intensely; to languish; to lose vigor
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pious
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extremely reverent or devout; showing strong religious devotion
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pirate
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to illegally use or reproduce
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pith
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the essential or central part
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pithy
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precise and brief
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placate
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to appease; to calm by making concessions
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platitude
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a superficial remark
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plethora
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an overabundance; a surplus
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plummet
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to plunge or drop straight down
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polemical
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controversial; argumentative
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pragmatic
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practical rather than idealistic
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prattle
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to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner
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precipitate
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acting with excessive haste or impulse
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precipitate
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to cause or happen before anticipated or required
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precursor
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one that precedes and indicates or announces another
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predilection
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a disposition in favor of something; preference
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preen
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to dress up; to primp; to groom oneself with elaborate care
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prescience
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foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring
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presumptuous
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overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy); taking liberties
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prevaricate
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to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead
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pristine
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pure; uncorrupted; clean
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probity
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adherence to highest principles; uprightness
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proclivity
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a natural predisposition or inclination
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prodigal
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recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
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prodigious
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abundant in size
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profligate
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excessively wasteful; recklessly extravagant
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profuse
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given or coming forth abundantly; extravagant
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proliferate
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to grow or increase swiftly and abundantly
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prolific
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producing large volumes or amounts; productive
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propensity
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a natural inclination or tendency; penchant
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prosaic
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dull; unimaginative
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pungent
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characterized by a strong smell
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putrefy
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to rot; to decay and give off a foul odor
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quaff
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to drink deeply
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qualms
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misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy
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queries
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questions; inquiries; doubts in the mind; reservations
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querulous
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prone to complaining or grumbling; quarrelsome
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quiescence
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stillness; motionlessness; quality of being at rest
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quixotic
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foolishly impractical; marked by lofty romantic ideals
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quotidian
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occurring or recurring daily; commonplace
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rancorous
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deeply malevolent
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rarefy
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to make or become thin
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recalcitrant
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obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage
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recant
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to retract
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recondite
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hidden; concealed; difficult to understand; obscure
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redoubtable
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awe-inspiring; worthy of honor
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refulgent
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radiant; shiny; brilliant
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refute
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to disprove; to successfully argue against
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relegate
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to forcibly assign
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renege
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to fail to honor a commitment; to go back on a promise
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repudiate
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to refuse to have anything to do with; to disown
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rescind
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to invalidate; to repeal; to retract
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reticent
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quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings
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reverent
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feeling, exhibiting, or characterized by reverence; deeply respectful:
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rhetoric
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the art or study of effective use of language for communication and persuasion
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salubrious
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promoting health or well-being
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sanction
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authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance
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satire
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a literary work that ridicules or criticizes a human vice through humor or derision
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sedulous
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diligent; persistent; hard-working
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shard
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a piece of broken pottery or glass
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solicitous
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concerned and attentive; eager
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solvent
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able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance
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soporific
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causing drowsiness; tending to induce sleep
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sordid
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characterized by filth
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sparse
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thin; not dense; arranged at widely spaced intervals
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specious
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seeming true
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spendthrift
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one who spends money wastefully
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sporadic
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occurring only occasionally
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spurious
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lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit
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squalid
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sordid; wretched and dirty as from neglect
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squander
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to waste by spending or using irresponsibly
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static
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not moving
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stoic
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indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; steadfast
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stupefy
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to stun
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stymie
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to block; thwart
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subpoena
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a court order requiring appearance and/or testimony
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subtle
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not obvious; elusive; difficult to discern
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succinct
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brief; concise
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superfluous
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exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
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supplant
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to take the place of; supersede
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surfeit
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excess; overindulgence
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synthesis
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the combination of parts to make a whole
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tacit
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implied; not explicitly stated
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tenacity
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the quality of adherence or persistence to something valued
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tenuous
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having little substance or strength; flimsy; weak
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terse
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brief and concise in wording
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tirade
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a long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation
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torpid
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lethargic; sluggish; dormant
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torque
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a force that causes rotation
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tortuous
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winding; twisting; excessively complicated
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tout
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to publicly praise or promote
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transient
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fleeting; passing quickly; brief
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trenchant
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sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating
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truculent
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fierce and cruel; eager to fight
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ubiquitous
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existing everywhere at the same time; constantly encountered; widespread
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unfeigned
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genuine; not false or hypocritical
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untenable
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indefensible; not viable; uninhabitable
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urbane
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sophisticated; refined; elegant
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vacillate
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to waver indecisively between one course of action or opinion and another; to waver
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variegated
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multicolored; characterized by a variety of patches of different color
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veracity
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truthfulness; honesty
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vexation
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annoyance; irritation
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vigilant
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alertly watchful
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vilify
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to defame; to characterize harshly
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virulent
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extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic
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viscous
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thick; sticky
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vituperate
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to use harsh condemnatory language; to abuse or censure severely or abusively; to berate
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volatile
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readily changing to a vapor; changeable; fickle; explosive
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voracious
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having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous
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waver
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to move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion
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zealous
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fervent; ardent; impassioned
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alloy
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(v) to commingle; to debase by mixing with something inferior
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appropriate
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(v) to take for one's own use; confiscate
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arrest
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(v) to suspend; to engage; holding one
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august
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(adj) majestic
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bent
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(n) leaning
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broach
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(v) bring up
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brook
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(v) to tolerate
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cardinal
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(adj) major
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chauvinist
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(n) a blindly devoted patriot
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color
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(v) to change as if by dyeing
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consequential
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(adj) pompous
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damp
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(v) to diminish the intensity or check the vibration of a sound
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die
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(n) a tool used for shaping
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essay
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(v) to test or try; attempt
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exact
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(v) to demand
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fell
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(adj) inhumanly cruel
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fell
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(v) to cause to fall by striking
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flag
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(v) to sag or droop
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flip
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(adj) sarcastic
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ford
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(v) to wade across the shallow part of a stream or river
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grouse
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(v) to complain or grumble
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guy
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(n/v) a rope
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intimate
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(v) to imply
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list
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(v) to tilt or lean to one side
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lumber
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(v) to move heavily and clumsily
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meet
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(adj) fitting
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milk
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(v) to exploit
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mince
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(v) pronounce or speak affectedly
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nice
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(adj) exacting
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obtain
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(adj) to be established
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occult
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(adj) hidden
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pedestrian
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(adj) commonplace
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pied
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(adj) multicolored
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pine
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(v) to lose vigor (as through grief); to yearn
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plastic
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(adj) moldable
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pluck
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(n) courage
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prize
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(v) to pry; to press or force with a lever
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quail
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(v) to lose courage; turn frightened
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qualify
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(v) to limit
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rail
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(v) to complain about bitterly
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rent
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(v/n) torn; an opening or a tear
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sap
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(n) a fool or nitwit
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scurvy
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(adj) contemptible
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singular
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(adj) exceptional
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stand
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(n) a group of trees
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steep
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(v) to saturate or completely soak
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strut
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(n) the supporting structural cross-part of a wing
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table
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(v) to remove from consideration
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tender
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(v) to proffer or offer
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waffle
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(v) to equivocate; to change one's position
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wag
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(n) wit; joker
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abjure
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(v) to renounce or reject solemnly; to recant; to avoid
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adumbrate
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(v) to foreshadow vaguely or intimate; to suggest or outline sketchily; to obscure or overshadow
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anathema
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(n) a solemn or ecclesiastical (religious) curse; accursed or thoroughly loathed person or thing
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anodyne
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(adj/n) soothing
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apogee
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(n) farthest or highest point; culmination; zenith
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apostate
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(n) one who abandons long held religious or political convictions
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apotheosis
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(n) deification
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asperity
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(n) severity; roughness of manner or of temper
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asseverate
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(v) to aver
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assiduous
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(adj) diligent
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augury
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(n) omen
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bellicose
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(adj) belligerent
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calumniate
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(v) to slander
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captious
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(adj) disposed to point out trivial faults; calculated to confuse or entrap in argument
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cavil
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(v) to find fault without good reason
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celerity
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(n) speed
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chimera
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(n) an illusion; originally a fire-breathing she-monster
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contumacious
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(adj) insubordinate
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debacle
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(n) rout
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denouement
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(n) an outcome or solution; the unraveling of a plot
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descry
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(v) to discriminate or discern
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desuetude
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(n) disuse; to discontinue the use or practice of
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desultory
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(adj) random; aimless; marked by a lack of plan or purpose
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diaphanous
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(adj) transparent
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diffident
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(adj) (adj) reserved
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dirge
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(n) a song of grief or lamentation
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encomium
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(n) glowing and enthusiastic praise; panegyric
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eschew
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(v) to shun or avoid
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excoriate
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(v) to censure scathingly
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execrate
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(v) denounce
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exegesis
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(n) critical examination
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expiate
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(v) to atone or make amends for
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extirpate
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(v) to destroy
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fatuous
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(adj) silly
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fractious
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(adj) quarrelsome
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gainsay
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(v) to deny
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heterodox
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(adj) unorthodox
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imbroglio
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(n) difficult or embarrassing situation
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indefatigable
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(adj) not easily exhaustible; tireless; dogged
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ineluctable
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(adj) certain; inevitable
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inimitable
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(adj) one of a kind; peerless
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insouciant
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(adj) unconcerned
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inveterate
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(adj) deep rooted
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jejune
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1. lacking or having lost life, sharpness, or flavor; insipid; flat: vapid tea.
2. without liveliness or spirit; dull or tedious: a vapid party; vapid conversation. |
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lubricious
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(adj) lewd
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mendicant
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(n) a beggar
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meretricious
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(adj) cheap
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minatory
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(adj) menacing
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nadir
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(n) low point
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nonplussed
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(adj) baffled
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obstreperous
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(adj) noisily and stubbornly defiant
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ossified
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(adj) tending to become more rigid
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palliate
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(v) to make something seem less serious
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panegyric
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(n) formal praise
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parsimonious
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(adj) cheap
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pellucid
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(adj) transparent
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peroration
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(n) the concluding part of a speech; flowery
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plangent
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(adj) pounding
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prolix
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(adj) long-winded
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propitiate
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(v) to appease
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puerile
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(adj) childish
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puissance
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(n) power
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pusillanimous
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(adj) cowardly
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remonstrate
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(v) to protest
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sagacious
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(adj) having sound judgment; perceptive
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salacious
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(adj) lustful
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salutary
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(adj) remedial; affording remedy; tending to remedy something.
2. intended to correct or improve one's skill in a specified field: remedial math. |
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sanguine
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(adj) cheerful
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saturnine
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(adj) gloomy
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sententious
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(adj) aphoristic or moralistic; epigrammatic; tending to moralize excessively
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stentorian
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(adj) extremely loud and powerful
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stygian
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(adj) gloomy
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sycophant
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(n) toady
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tendentious
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(adj) biased; showing marked tendencies
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timorous
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(adj) timid
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tyro
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(n) novice
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vitiate
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(v) to corrupt
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voluble
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(adj) fluent
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