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Abscond
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to depart secretly
to steal off and hide |
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Aberrant
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Deviating from the norm
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Alacrity
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Eager/Enthusiastic willingness
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Anomaly
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Abnormality
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Approbation
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an expression of approval or praise
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Arduous
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strenuous
requiring significant effort |
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Assauge
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to lessen or ease
to pacify |
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Audacious
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Daring and fearless
Recklessly bold |
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Austere
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basic; plain and simple
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Axiomatic
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taken as given
possessing self-evident truth |
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Canonical
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following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards
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Capricious
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inclined to change one's mind impulsively
erratic and unpredictable spontaneous |
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Censure
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to criticize severly
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Chicanery
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trickery
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Connoisseur
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an expert
an informed and astute judge |
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Convoluted
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complex or complicated
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disabuse
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to make right
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discordant
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conflicting
harsh in sound |
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Disparate
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distinct or dissimilar
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Effrontery
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extreme boldness
presumptuous (failing to observe limits of what is permitted/allowed) |
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Eloquent
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Well-spoken
Articulate |
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Enervate
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to weaken
to reduce in vitality |
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Ennui
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dissatisfaction and restlessness due to boredom
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Apathy
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lack of interest or concern
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Cynical
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believing that people are motivated by self-interest
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Equivocate
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to use ambiguous language with deceptive intent
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Erudite
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very learned; scholarly
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Exculpate
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Exonerate
to clear of blame |
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Exigent
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Urgent
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Extemporaneous
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Improvised
Done without preparation |
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Filibuster
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intentional obstruction, especially using prolonged speech-making to delay legislative action
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Fulminate
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to loudly attack or denounce
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Ingenuous
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artless
lacking in sophistication |
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Inured
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accustom to accepting something undesirable
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Irascible
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easily angered
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Laud
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to praise highly
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lucid
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clear; easily understood
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Magnanimity
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Generously noble in mind and heart
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Martial
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associated with war and the armed forces
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Mundane
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of the world
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, expression, or usage
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Noxious
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Harmful
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Obtuse
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lacking sharpness or intellect
not clear in thought or expression |
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Obviate
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to anticipate and make unnecessary
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Onerous
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Troubling; Burdensome
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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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Perennial
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happening repeatedly
recurrent through the year or many years |
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Perfidy
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intentional breach of faith
treachery |
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Perfunctory
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done without care or interest
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Cursory
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hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed
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Perspicacious
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acutely perceptive;
having keen discernment |
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Prattle
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to babble meaninglessly
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Precipitate (adj)
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acting with excessive haste or interest
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Precipitate (verb)
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to cause or happen before anticipated or needed
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Predilection
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a disposition in favor of something
preference |
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Prescience
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foreknowledge of events;
knowing of events prior to them happening |
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Prevaricate
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to deliberately avoid the truth;
to mislead |
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Qualms
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causes for hesitancy
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Recant
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to retract (especially a previously held belief)
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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 (esp. to a lower position)
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Reticent
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quiet; reserved
reluctant to express thoughts and feelings |
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Solicitous
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concerned and attentive; eager
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Sordid
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Characterized by filth, or grime
foul |
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Sporadic
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occurring only occasionally
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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, active, or in motion
at rest |
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Stupefy
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to stun, baffle, or amaze
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Stymie
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To block; thwart
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Synthesis
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the combination of parts to make a whole
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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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Truculent
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Fierce and cruel
Eager to fight |
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Veracity
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truthfulness, honesty
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Virulent
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extremely harmful or poisonous;
bitterly hostile or antagonistic |
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Voracious
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having a strong appetite for an activity or pursuit;
ravenous |
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Waver
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to move to and fro;
to be in unsettled opionion |