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abate
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to lessen in intensity of degree
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aberrant
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deviating from the norm
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abjure
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to renounce or reject solemnly; to recant; to avoid
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abrogate
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to abolish or annul by authority; put down
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abscission
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act of cutting off or removing
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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; an award
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accretion
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growth; increase by successive addition
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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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admonish
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to reprove; to express warning or disapproval
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adroit
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adept
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adulation
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excessive praise; intense adoration
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maladroit
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clumsy or bungling
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adulterate
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to reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients
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adumbrate
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to foreshadow vaguely
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aesthetic
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dealing with visual form
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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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magical transformation (gold)
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alloy
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to commingle; to debase by mixing with something inferior
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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 out of place in time
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anathema
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a solemn or religious curse; accursed or loathed person or thing
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anodyne
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soothing
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anomaly
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deviation from the normal order
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antipathy
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aversion
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antipathetic
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showing strong aversion
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antithetical
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diametrically opposed
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apocryphal
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of dubious authenticity or origin
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spurious
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of dubious authenticity or origin
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apogee
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farthest or highest point
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apostate
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one who abandons their religious or political convictions; betrayer
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apotheosis
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deification; glorification to godliness; the perfect example
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apposite
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appropriate; pertinent; relevant; apropos
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apprise
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give notice to
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approbation
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an expression of approval or praise
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appropriate
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confiscate
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arabesque
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complex
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arcane
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mysterious
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esoteric
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mysterious
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archaic
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outdated
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arduous
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strenuous
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arrant
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impudent in every way
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arrest
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to suspend
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artless
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without artificiality
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artful
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cunning
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ascetic
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one who practices rigid self-denial
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asperity
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severity
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aspersion
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act of defamation
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assiduous
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diligent
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assuage
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to ease or lessen
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astringent
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tight
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attenuate
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rarefy
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audacious
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daring
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augury
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omen
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august
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majestic
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auspice
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protection
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auspicious
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favorable
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propitious
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auspicious
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austere
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bare
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avarice
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greed
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aver
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to state as fact
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axiom
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common saying; principle
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axiomatic
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taken as given
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baleful
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sinister (as in a ____ glare)
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bane
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cause of harm; source of persistent frustration
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beatify
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to bless
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bedizen
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to adorn
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belie
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to misrepresent
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bellicose
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belligerent
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pugnacious
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belligerent
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bent
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tendency
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blandish
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to coax with flattery
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blithe
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carefree
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boisterous
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loud
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bolster
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to provide support
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bombastic
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pompous
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boor
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rude
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lout
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rude
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broach
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bring up
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brook
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tolerate
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bucolic
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rustic
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burgeon
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flourish
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burnish
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to polish
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byzantine
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complex
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cacophony
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dissonance
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cadge
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to mooch off someone
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cajole
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sweet-talk
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calumniate
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to slander
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canon
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established set of principles
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capricious
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erratic
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cardinal
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primary
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caret
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editor's mark
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castigation
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severe criticism
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catalyst
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something that causes change
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caustic
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burning or stinging
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censure
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to criticize severely
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chary
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wary
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chasten
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to chastise or correct; to subdue
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chauvinist
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one blindly devoted to one group
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chicanery
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trickery
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chimera
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an illusion
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churlish
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boorish
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coalesce
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to come together
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coda
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concluding section
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cogent
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convincing; appealing to reason
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color
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to influence or distort
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commensurate
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corresponding
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complaisance
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willingness to comply
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connoisseur
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astute judge in matters of taste
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consequential
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self-important
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condemn
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to scorn or despise
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contentious
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argumentative; causing controversy
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contiguous
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adjacent
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contrite
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regretful
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convention
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agreed upon practice
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convoluted
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complex
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corrigible
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correctable
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countenance
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to approve or tolerate
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cozen
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to deceive
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craven
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lacking any courage
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pusillanimous
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lacking any courage
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credulous
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gullible
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culpable
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deserving blame
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cynicism
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belief that all people are selfish
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damp
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to diminish
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daunt
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to intimidate or dismay
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dearth
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scarcity
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debacle
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fiasco
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decorum
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politeness
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demur
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to question or oppose
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denigrate
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to defame
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denouement
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the outcome
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deprecate
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to belittle
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depredate
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to plunder or exploit
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derision
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scorn
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derivative
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unoriginal
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desiccate
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to dry out or make dull
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desuetude
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disuse
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desultory
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random
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detraction
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slandering
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diaphanous
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transparent
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diatribe
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harsh denunciation
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didactic
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intended to teach
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die
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shaping tool
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diffident
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reserved
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digress
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to stray from the point
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dilatory
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causing delay
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dilettante
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one with an amateurish or superficial interest in something
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din
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loud
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disabuse (v)
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to undeceive
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discomfit
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to confuse and disconcert; to thwart
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discordant
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conflicting; dissonant
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discretion
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cautious reserve in speech
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disinterested
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unbiased
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disparage
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to slight or belittle
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disparate
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dissimilar
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dissemble
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to disguise or conceal; to mislead
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dissolution
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disintegration; looseness in morals
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dissolute
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licentious
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distrait
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distracted
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divulge
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to disclose something secret
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doggerel
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poorly constructed verse
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dogmatic
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stubbornly opinionated
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dross
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impurity
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dulcet
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melodious
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dynamo
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generator; energetic person
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ebullience
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lively or enthusiastic expression of feelings
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eccentric
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departing from norms
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eclectic
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composed of disparate elements
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edifying
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enlightening; informative
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effrontery
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extreme boldness
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effusive
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gushing
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egress
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exit
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ingress
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entrance
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elegy
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mournful poem
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eloquent
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well-spoken
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emollient
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soothing
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empirical
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based on observation
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encomium
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glowing praise
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panegyric
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glowing praise
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endemic
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indigenous
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enervate
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to weaken
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engender
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to cause
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enigmatic
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mysterious
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ennui
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dissatisfaction and restlessness from boredom or apathy
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enormity
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evilness
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ephemeral
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fleeting
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epicure
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one devoted to sensual pleasure - food and drink
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gourmand
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one devoted to sensual pleasure - food and drink
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sybarite
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one devoted to sensual pleasure - food and drink
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episodic
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occurring at intervals
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epithet
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disparaging word
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epitome
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embodiment
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equanimity
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composure
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equivocate
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to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent
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errant
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traveling
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erudite
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scholarly
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eschew
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to shun
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esoteric
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intended for a small group
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essay
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to attempt
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estimable
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worthy
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eulogy
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speech honoring the dead
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evanescent
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vanishing
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evince
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to indicate
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exacerbate
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to make worse
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exact
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to demand
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excoriate
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to censure scathingly
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exculpate
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to exonerate
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exemplar
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typical specimen
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exhort
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to incite/motivate or make urgent appeals
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exigent
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urgent
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exonerate
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to remove blame
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expatiate
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to discuss or write about at length
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expiate
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to atone for
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expurgate
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to purify/censor
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extant
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not destroyed or lost
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extemporaneous
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improvised
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extirpate
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to destroy
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facetious
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playful
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fallacy
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mistaken belief
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fallow
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untilled
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fatuous
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silly
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fawn
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to flatter excessively
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feckless
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ineffectual
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felicitous
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apt; suitably expressed
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fell
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barren/stony hill; an animal's hide
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fervent
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zealous
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fetid
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stinking
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fetter
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to restrain
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filibuster
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intentional obstruction
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filigree
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an ornamental work
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flag
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to sag or droop; to become spiritless; to decline
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flip
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sarcastic
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impertinent
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sarcastic
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florid
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flushed with color; ornate
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flout
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to demonstrate contempt for
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foment
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to incite/rouse
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forbearance
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patience
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ford
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to wade across the shallow part of a steam
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forestall
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to circumvent or thwart; to hinder
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forswear
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to renounce
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fortuitous
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happening by fortunate accident
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fracas
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a noisy fight
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fractious
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quarrelsome
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froward
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not willing to yield
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fulminate
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to attack loudly or denounce
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furtive
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covert
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gainsay
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to deny
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gambol
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to frolic
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garner
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to gather
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garrulous
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pointlessly talkative
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gauche
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crude
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germane
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relevant
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glib
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nonchalant
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gossamer
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delicate; insincere
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grandiloquence
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pompous speech
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gregarious
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sociable
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grouse
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to complain or grumble
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guile
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cunning
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guy
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a rope used as a brace or guide
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hackneyed
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rendered trite by frequent usage
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halcyon
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calm; prosperous
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hallow
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to set apart as holy
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harangue
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to deliver a loud
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harrow
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to distress
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hedonism
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devotion to pleasurable pursuits
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hegemony
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consistent domination of one group
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heretical
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unorthodox
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hermetic
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airtight; impervious to outside influence
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heterodox
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unorthodox
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hirsute
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hairy
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homily
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a sermon
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hubris
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arrogant presumption of 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 conventions
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idolatrous
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given to excessive devotion
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idyll
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a carefree episode
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ignominious
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shameful; dishonorable
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imbroglio
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difficult or embarrassing situation
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imminent
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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
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imperious
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commanding; arrogant
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imperturbable
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marked by extreme calm
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impetuous
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impulsive and vehement
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implacable
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not capable of being appeased
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importune
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to beg
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impugn
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to attack or assail verbally
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impunity
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immunity from punishment
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impute
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to attribute to a cause; to ascribe
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inchoate
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in an initial stage
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incipient
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beginning to come into being
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indefatigable
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tireless
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indifferent
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apathetic
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indolent
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lazy
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ineluctable
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certain; inevitable
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inert
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unmoving; sluggish
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infelicitous
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unfortunate; inappropriate
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ingenuous
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artless
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inherent
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intrinsic
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inimical
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damaging
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inimitable
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one of a kind
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iniquity
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wickedness; gross injustice
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innervate
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energize
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innocuous
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harmless
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inscrutable
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mysterious
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insensible
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unresponsive; unaffected
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insipid
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dull
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insouciant
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carefree; nonchalant
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insular
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narrow-minded
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interdict
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prohibit; halt
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intimate
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to imply
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intractable
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not easily managed; stubborn
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intransigent
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refusing to compromise
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intrepid
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steadfast; courageous
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inured
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accustomed to accepting something undesirable
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inveigh
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to attack verbally
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inveigle
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to obtain by deception or flattery
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inveterate
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ingrained; habitual
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irascible
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easily angered
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itinerate
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to travel from place to place
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jejune
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uninteresting; childish; lacking nutrition
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jibe
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to agree
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jocose
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given to joking
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kinetic
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lively
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labile
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readily open to change; unstable
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lachrymose
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causing tears; showing sorrow
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laconic
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using few words
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lassitude
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weariness
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laud
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to praise highly
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libertine
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someone unrestrained by morality or convention
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limn
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to draw; outline in detail
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limpid
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transparent; clear and simple
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list
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to tilt to one side
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loquatious
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extremely talkative
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lucid
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intelligible; clear
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lumber
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to move clumsily or heavily
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luminous
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characterized by brightness; easy to understand
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magnanimous
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generously noble; forgiving
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malevolent
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showing ill will
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malinger
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feign illness to avoid work
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malleable
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capable of being shaped; easily influenced
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martial
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associated with war
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maunder
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to talk or move aimlessly
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maverick
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an independent individual
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mellifluous
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sweetly flowing (words or sounds)
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mendacity
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dishonesty
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mendicant
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beggar
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mercurial
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characterized by rapid/inpredictable change in mood
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meretricious
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attractive but false; tawdry; having to do with prostitution
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meticulous
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attentive to detail
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mettlesome
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courageous; high-spirited
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militate
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to have weight or bearing on; to argue (against)
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milk
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to exploit
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minatory
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menacing; threatening
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mince
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euphemize; tiptoe
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misanthrope
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one who hates humankind
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misogynist
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one who hates women
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mitigate
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to make or less severe; to moderate
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mollify
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to calm or smooth
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morose
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sad
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multifarious
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varied; greatly diversified
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mundane
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of the world; concerned with the typical or ordinary
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nadir
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low point; perigree
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nascent
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coming into being; in early developmental stages
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natty
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trimly neat and tidy; dapper
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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
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neophyte
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a recent convert; novice
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nexus
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a connection; focus/center
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nice
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exacting; extremely precise; done with delicacy and skill
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noisome
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offensive (to smell)
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nonplussed
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baffled
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nostrum
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cure-all; placebo; questionable remedy
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noxious
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harmful
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obdurate
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unyielding; hard-hearted
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obfuscate
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to make unclear/confusing
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obsequious
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exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
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obstinate
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stubborn
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obstreperous
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noisy; boisterous
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obtain
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to be accepted
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obtuse
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lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear
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obviate
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to anticipate or make unnecessary
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occlude
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to obstruct or block
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occult
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hidden; beyond comprehension
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officious
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meddlesome; pushy in offering services
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onerous
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troubling; burdenseom
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opprobrium
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disgrace; contempt; scorn
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oscillation
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uninterrupted rhythm
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ossified
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changed into bone; made rigidly conventional and unreceptive to change
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ostensible
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seeming
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ostentatious
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characterize by pretentiousness
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overweening
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presumptuously arrogant
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paean
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a song/expression of praise
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palliate
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to make something appear less serious; to gloss over; to mitigate
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panegyric
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formal expression of praise
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paradigm
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a model
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pariah
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an outcast
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parody
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humorous imitation (literature or art); something so bad as to be mistaken for an intentional mockery
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parry
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to block (a blow)
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parsimonious
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cheap; miserly
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partisan
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one-sided
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paucity
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scarcity
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peccadillo
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a slight offense; minor sin
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pedagogy
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the art/profession of teaching
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pedantic
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pretentious display of learning; excessive attention to minutiae/rules; unimaginative
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pedestrian
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commonplace
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penchant
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strong inclination; liking
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penurious
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penny-pinching; ungenerous
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peremptory
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admitting of not contradiction; putting an end to further debate; haughty
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perennial
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recurrent through the year; happening repeatedly
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perfidy
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treachery
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perfunctory
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cursory; done without care/interest
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peripatetic
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itinerant; nomadic
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pernicious
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extremely harmful
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personable
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pleasing in appearance
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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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petrous
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like a rock; hard; stony
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petulant
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impatient; irritable
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philistine
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crass individual guided by material values
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phlegmatic
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calm; sluggish; unemotional; stoic
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picaresque
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involving clever rogues or adventurers
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pied
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multi-colored
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pillory
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to punish
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pine
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to yearn intensely; to lose vigor
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pious
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extremely reverent or devout
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piquant
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agreeably pungent; spicy; stimulating
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pique
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resentment; feeling of irritation due to hurt pride
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pirate
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to use illegally
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pith
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the essential or central part
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placate
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to appease
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plaintive
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mournful
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plangent
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pounding
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plastic
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moldable
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platitude
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superficial or trite remark (offered as meaningful)
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plethora
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overabundance
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pluck
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courage; spunk; fortitude
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pithy
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precise and brief
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plumb
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to measure depth; to examine critically
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plummet
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to drop straight down
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poignant
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distressing
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polemical
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controversial
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pragmatic
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practical rather than idealistic
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prate/prattle
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chatter
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precarious
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uncertain
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precept
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rule establishing standards of conduct; doctorine
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precipitate (adj)
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hasty; impulsive
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precipitate (v)
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to cause
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precursor
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something that precedes and indicates or announces another
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predilection
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preference
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preempt
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to replace; to supersede; to appropriate
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preen
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to dress up; primp
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prescience
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knowing of events prior to their occurring
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presumptuous
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overstepping bounds; 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
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prize (v)
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to pry; to press (for an answer); to force with a lever
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probity
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uprightness
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proclivity
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natural predisposition or inclination
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prodigal
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recklessly wasteful
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prodigious
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abundant in size
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profligate (adj)
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excessively wasteful
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profuse
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extravagant/abundant (as in profuse gratitude)
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proliferate
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to grow swiftly and abundantly
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prolific
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productive
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prolix (adj)
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long-winded; verbose
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propensity
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a natural inclination
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propinquity
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nearness in time or place; affinity of nature; kinship
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propitiate
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to appease
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propitious
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auspicious
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prosaic
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dull
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proscribe
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to outlaw or prohibit
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provident
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done with care, economical
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puerile
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childish
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punctilious
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precise
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pundit
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an authority on a subject who gives opinions
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pungent
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penetrating; to the point
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putrefy
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to rot
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quaff
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to drink deeply
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quail
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to lose courage
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qualify
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to limit
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qualms
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reservations
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queries
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questions; reservations
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querulous
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prone to complaining; quarrelsome
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quiescence
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stillness
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quixotic
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foolishly impractical (lofty
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quotidian
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recurring daily; commonplace
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rail
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to complain about bitterly
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ramify
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to be divided; to branch out
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rancorous
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characterized by bitter
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rapacious
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voracious
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rarefy
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to make or become thin; to refine
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rebus
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a riddle
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recalcitrant
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obstinately defiant of authority
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recant
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to retract (esp. a belief)
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recondite
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hidden
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reconnoiter
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to make a preliminary inspection of
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recumbent
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leaning
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redolent
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fragrant; suggestive/evocative
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redoubtable
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awe-inspiring; worth 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
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regale
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to delight or entertain; to feast
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relegate
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to forcibly assign (esp. to lower position)
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remonstrate
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to protest
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renege
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to go back on a promise
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rent (adj)
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torn
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repine
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to feel or express dejection or discontent; to long for
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repudiate
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to disown; to refuse to have anything to do with
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rescind
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to invalidate
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resolute
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adamant
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reticent
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quiet
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reverent
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expressing profound awe and respect
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rhetoric
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the art/study of language/communication
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rubric
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authoritative rule
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rue (v)
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to regret or feel remorse
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sagacious
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having sound judgment; perceptive; wise
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salacious
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appealing to or causing sexual desire; bawdy
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salient
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prominent
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salubrious
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promoting health or well-being
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salutary
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remedial; wholesome; causing improvement
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sanctimony
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self-righteousness; pretended peity
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sanction
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authoritative permission; a penalty intended to enforce compliance
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sanguine
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cheerful; confident; optimistic
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sap (v)
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to weaken the vitality of
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satiate
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to overindulge; satisfy to excess
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satire
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literary work that ridicules/criticizes
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saturnine
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gloomy
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scurvy (adj)
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contemptible
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sedulous
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diligent
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seine
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a large fishing net
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sere (adj)
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withered
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seminal (adj)
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like a seed; constituting a source; originative
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shard
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a small piece or part
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simper (v)
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to smirk
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sinecure (n)
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a paying position requiring little or no work
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singular
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exceptional; unusual
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sinuous
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winding; curving; moving lithely; devious
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slake
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to satisfy/quench; to lessen the intensity of
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sodden
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soaked; unimaginative; dull
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indemnity
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protection or security against damage or loss; compensation for loss.
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ligneous
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of the nature of or resembling wood
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ballistic
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of or relating to the study of the dynamics of projectiles.
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semaphore
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a system of signaling
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malefaction
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an evil deed; crime; wrongdoing
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profligation
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Defeat; rout; overthrow
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cognate
|
related by birth; of the same parentage, descent
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idiosyncratic
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a characteristic, habit, mannerism, or the like, that is peculiar to an individual.
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biddable
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willing to do what is asked; obedient; tractable; docile
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turpitude
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a vile or depraved act
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abnegation
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to refuse or deny oneself (some rights, conveniences, etc.); reject; renounce
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coracle
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A small rounded boat made of waterproof material stretched over a wicker or wooden frame.
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zephyr
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a gentle, mild breeze
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ribald
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vulgar or indecent in speech, language, etc.
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abstruse
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hard to understand; recondite; esoteric
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abstemious
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sparing or moderate in eating and drinking; temperate in diet
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objurgate
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to express strong disapproval; to criticize severely
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acidulous
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moderately acidic or tart
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prerogative
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an exclusive right, privilege, etc., exercised by virtue of rank
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amercement
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to punish by inflicting any discretionary or arbitrary penalty
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mulct
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to deprive (someone) of something, as by fraud, extortion, etc.; swindle
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procumbent
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lying on the face; prone; prostrate
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beatific
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bestowing bliss, blessings, happiness
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similitude
|
likeness; resemblance
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tumid
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swollen
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bilious
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peevish; irritable; cranky
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canaille
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riffraff; rabble
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imprecate
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to invoke or call down (evil or curses), as upon a person.
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fulgurant
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flashing like lightning
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misoneism
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hatred or dislike of what is new or represents change.
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