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129 Cards in this Set
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ungainly
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clumsy
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renegade
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outlaw
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edifice
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big building
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overture
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beginning part of an opera
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piquant
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spicy
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unassailable
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can't be attacked
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partisan
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biased
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disinterested
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fair, unbiased
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sedulous
sedulity |
diligent
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assiduous
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diligent
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convivial
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someone fun to be around
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insouciant
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carefree
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ABJECT poverty
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miserable
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a den of INIQUITY
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badness
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commensurate
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with measure
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formidable
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fearsome
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gauche
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awkward, crude
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pusillanimous
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cowardly
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churlish
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boorish, rude
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stalwart
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brave, steady
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signal
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extraordinary
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ponderous
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tedious, heavy
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restive
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on edge
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protean
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variable
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prolix
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rambling and wordy
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TORTUOUS movie
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full of plot twists
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reprehensible
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really bad
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truculent
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stubborn in a fight
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stentorian
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loud, preachy/pompous, annoying
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chaos ENSUES
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to follow
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canonical
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the best
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clandestine
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secret
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apex
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the peak
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fuselage: airplane
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fuselage=big main part of the plane with the people
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vestibule
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large main entry area of a building
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INVETERATE liar
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can't be cured
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aficionado
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someone who is devoted
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ambivalently
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uncertain, like and dislike
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jettison
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throw out/ overboard
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espouse
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hold on to
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aggregate
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collection
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travail
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hard work
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impudent
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impudent behavior
shameless |
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insolent
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rude, disrespectful
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indolent
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lazyness
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imminence
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going to happen soon
"imminence of war" |
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surreptitiously
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secretly, by stealth
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poignant
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keenly moving to the emotions
"poignant regret" |
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pejorative
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belittling
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platitude
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flat, dull or trite remark
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perspicuous
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easily seen
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perspicacious
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clear understanding
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spec/spic
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to see/ to be seen
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chagrined
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embarrassed
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accretion
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slow and steady accumulation of something
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sublimation
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turning from solid--> gas (dry ice)
or unconsciously modifying one's impulses into a socially acceptable form |
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odium
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extreme hatred or repulsion
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cooper
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makes barrels
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fletcher
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makes arrows
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lugubrious
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sad, gloomy
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antedated
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older than something else
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scintillating
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a person with a large amount of wit, animated and brilliant
"scintillating wit" |
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leviathan
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an enormous creature, behemoth
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wraith
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ghost
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arcane
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esoteric
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altruism
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unselfish behavior
"animal altruistic behavior" |
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belie
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to show to be false
"his trembling hands belied his calm voice" |
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fulsome
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offensive to good taste, excessive
"fulsome praise embarrassed her" |
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nebulous
equivocal |
ambiguous
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abstruse
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esoteric
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fulmination
jeremiad invective obloquy |
diatribe
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tenet
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dogma
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artifice
subterfuge sophistry pettifoggery |
chicanery
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mordant
trenchant |
caustic
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load
debase doctor |
adulterate
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expatiate
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dialate
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remit
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condone
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prolific
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very productive, able to produce rapidly
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imbue
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pervade
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infamy
ignominy disrepute obloquy |
opprobrium
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adverse
dissident |
inimical
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fatuous
jejune quotidian threadbare bromidic platitudinous prosaic |
banal
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demonstrative
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expression of emotion
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effusive
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unduly demonstrative, lacking revere
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toady
pander |
fawn
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fusty
dowdy antediluvian |
archaic
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forbear
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abstain
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admonish
chide reproach tax upbraid rebuke reprove |
castigate
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doughty
plucky |
intrepid
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deplore
dissension dissent dissidence variance |
dissonance
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allay
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ease
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pithy
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brief
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mores
seemliness |
decorum
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amorphous
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not fully formed
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gibe
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deride
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dour
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austere
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apotheosis
quintessence |
paragon
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demure
coy |
diffident
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solicitous
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circumspect
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tendentious
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chauvinist
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beget
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engender
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ape
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emulate
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tyro
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dilettante
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sap
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enervate
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mulish
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obstinate
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luminary
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an inspiring person
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resplendent
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luminous
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dissimulate
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dissemble
present a false appearance |
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artifice
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guile
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cozen
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dupe
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deferential
subservient |
obsequious
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obeisance
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a physical show or respect or submission, such as a bow
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penchant
predilection propensity |
proclivity
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selective
catholic |
eclectic
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doctrinaire
magisterial peremptory |
dogmatic
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impassion
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forment
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byzantine
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convoluted
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epicure
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connoisseur
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dynamism
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efficacy
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ostensible
sophistic |
specious
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cloy
sate surfeit |
satiate
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aversion
animus |
antipathy
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preternaturalness
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anomaly
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listlessness
insensibility |
apathy
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resplendent
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shining, bright
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ardent
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zealous
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adulate
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to show excessive admiration
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imbue
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pervade, saturate
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parsimony
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frugal
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