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151 Cards in this Set
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Cacophony
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harsh, jarring noise
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Candid
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impartial and honest in speech
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Capricious
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changing one's mind quickly and often
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Castigate
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to punish or criticize harshly
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Catalyst
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something that brings about a change in something else
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Caustic
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biting in wit
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Chaos
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Great disorder or confusion
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Chauvinist
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Someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which he or she belongs
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Chicanery
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Deception by means of craft or guile
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Cogent
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Convincing and well reasoned
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Condone
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To overlook; pardon, or disregard
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Convoluted
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Intricate and complicated
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Corroborate
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To provide supporting evidence
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Credulous
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Too trusting; gullible
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Crescendo
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Steadily increasing volume or force
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Decorum
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Appropriateness of behavior or conduct; propriety
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Deference
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Respect, courtesy
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Deride
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To speak of or treat with contempt; to mock
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Derisive
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In a mocking manner
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Desiccate
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To dry out throughly
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Diatribe
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An abusive, condemnatory speech
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Desultory
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Jumping from one thing to another; disconnected
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Diffident
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Lacking self-confidence
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Dilate
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To make larger; To expand
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Dilatory
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intended to delay
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Dilettante
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Someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic
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Dirge
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A funeral hymn or mournful speech
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Disabuse
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To set right: to free from error
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Discern
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To perceive; To recognize
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Disparate
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Fundamentally different; entirely unlike
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Dissemble
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To present a false appearance; to disguise one's real intentions or character
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Dissonance
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A harsh and disagreeable combination, often of sounds
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Dogma
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A firmly helped opinion, often a religious belief
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Dogmatic
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Dictatorial in one's opinions
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Dupe
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To deceive a person who is easily deceived
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Eclectic
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Selecting from or made up from a variety of sources
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Efficacy
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Effectiveness
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Elegy
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A sorrowful poem or speech
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Eloquent
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Persuasive and moving, especially in speech
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Emulate
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To copy; to try to equal or excel
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Enervate
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To reduce in strength
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Engender
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To produce, cause, or bring about
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Enigma
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A puzzle; a mystery
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Enumerate
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To count, list, or itemize
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Ephemeral
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Lasting a short time
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Equivocate
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To use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead
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Erratic
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Wandering and unpredictable
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Erudite
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Learned, scholarly, bookish
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Esoteric
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Known or understood by only a few
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Estimable
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Admirable
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Eulogy
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Speech in praise of someone
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Euphemism
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Use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one
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Exacerbate
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To make worse
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Exculpate
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To clear from blame; prove innocent
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Exigent
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Urgent; Requiring immediate action
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Exonerate
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To clear of blame
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Explicit
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Clearly stated or shown; forthright in expression
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Fanatical
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Acting excessively enthusiastic; filled with extreme, unquestioned devotion
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Fawn
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To grovel
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Fervid
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Intensely emotional; feverish
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Florid
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Excessively decorated or embellished
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Foment
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To arouse or incite
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Frugality
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A tendency to be thrifty or cheap
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Garrulous
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Tending to talk alot
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Gregarious
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Outgoing, sociable
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Guile
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Deceit or trickery
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Gullible
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Easily deceived
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Homogenous
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A similar kind
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Iconocaust
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One who opposes established beliefs, customs, and institutions
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Imperturbable
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Not capable of being disturbed
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Impervious
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Impossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected
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Impetuous
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Quick to act without thinking
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Implacable
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Unable to be calmed down or made peaceful
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Inchoate
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Not fully formed; disorganized
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Ingenuous
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Showing innocence or childlike simplicity
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Inimical
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Hostile, unfriendly
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Innocuous
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harmless
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Insipid
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Lacking interest or flavor
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Intransigent
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Uncompromising; refusing to be reconciled
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Inundate
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To overwhelm; to cover with water
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Irascible
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Easily made angry
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Laconic
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Using few words
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Lament
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To express sorrow; to grieve
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Laud
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To give praise; to glorify
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Lavish
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To give unsurprisingly; extremely generous or extravagant
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Lethargic
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Acting in an indifferent or slow; sluggish manner
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Loquacious
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Talkative
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Lucid
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Clear and easily understood
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Luminous
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Bright, brilliant, glowing
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Malingering
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To evade responsibility by pretending to be ill
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Malleable
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Capable of being shaped
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Meticulous
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Extremely careful about details
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Misanthrope
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A person who dislikes them
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Mitigate
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To soften; to lessen
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Mollify
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To calm or make less severe
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Monotony
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Lack of variation
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Naive
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Lacking sophistication or experience
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Obstinate
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Stubborn; Unyielding
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Obviate
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To prevent; to make unnecessary
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Occlude
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To stop up; To prevent the passage of
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Onerous
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Troublesome and oppressive; burdensome
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Opaque
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Impossible to see through; preventing the passage of light
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Opprobrium
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Public disgrace
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Obdurate
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Hardened in feeling; restraint to persuasion
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Obsequious
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Overly submissive and eager to please
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Ostentation
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Excessive showiness
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Paradox
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A contradiction or dilemma
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Paragon
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Model of excellence or perfection
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Pedant
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Someone who shows off learning
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Perfidious
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Willing to betray one's trust
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Perfunctory
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Done in a routine way; indifferent
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Permeate
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To penetrate
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Philanthropy
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Charity; a desire or effort to promote goodness
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Placate
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To soothe or pacify
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Plastic
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Able to be molded, altered, or bent
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Plethora
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Excess
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Pragmatic
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Practical as opposed to idealistic
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Precipitate
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To throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation
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Prevaricate
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To lie or deviate from the truth
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Pristine
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Fresh and clean; uncorrupted
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Prodigal
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Lavish, wasteful
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Proliferate
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To increase in number quickly
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Propitiate
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To conciliate; to appease
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Propriety
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Correct behavior; obedience to rules and customs
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Prudence
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Wisdom, caution, or restraint
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Pungent
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Sharp and irritating to the senses
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Quiescent
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Motionless
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Rarefy
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To make thinner or sparser
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Repudiate
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To reject the validity of
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Reticent
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Silent, reserved
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Rhetoric
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Effective writing or speaking
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Satiate
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To satisfy fully or overindulge
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Soporific
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Causing sleep or lethargy
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Specious
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Deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious
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Stigma
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A mark of shame or discredit
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Stolid
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Unemotional; lacking in sensitivity
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Sublime
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Lofty or grand
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Tacit
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Done without using words
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Taciturn
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Silent, not talkative
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Tirade
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Long, harsh speech or verbal attack
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Torpor
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Extreme mental and physical sluggishness
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Transitory
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Temporary, lasting a brief time
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Vacillate
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To sway physically, to be indecisive
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Venerate
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To respect deeply
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Veracity
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Filled with truth and accuracy
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Verbose
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Wordy
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Vex
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To annoy
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Volatile
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Easily aroused or changeable; lively or explosive
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Waver
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To fluctuate between choices
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Whimsical
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Acting in a fanciful or capricious manner; unpredictable
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Zeal
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Passion; excitement
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