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131 Cards in this Set
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chicanery
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deception by craft or guile
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obsequious
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overly flattering/servile
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bawdy
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racy or lewd
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abet
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aid or assist
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dispassionate
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unbiased/objective
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garrulous
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tend to talk a lot
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cupidity
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greed/irresistible desire for material goods
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larges
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generous giving or benevolence
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hegemony
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domination of a state or group over another state or group
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intrepidity
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fearless or reckless courage
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antipathy
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extreme dislike
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penury
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extreme poverty or lack of resources
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cosset
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pamper or treat with great care
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lampoon
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ridicule with satire
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ossify
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harden or set in rigidly conventional pattern
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obdurate
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hardened in feeling/resistant to persuasion
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sardonic
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cynical/scornfully mocking
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specious
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deceptively attractive, seemingly plausible but fallacious
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salubrious
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healthful/therapeutic
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diaphonous
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delicate/gauzy
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trenchant
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incisive, sharp, casutic, cutting
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venerable
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respected due to age
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sanguine
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cheerfully optimistic
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prevaricate
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lie
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disabuse
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to set right/free from error
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burnish
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polish
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slake
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calm down, moderate
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prodigal
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extravagant, wasteful
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furtive
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secret, stealthy
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disparate
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fundamentally, entirely different
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irascible
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ornery/easily angered
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foment
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arouse/incite
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guile
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deceit or trickery
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invective
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abusive language
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euphony
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pleasant, harmonious sound
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cacophony
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harsh jarring noise, discordant sound
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quash
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suppress or put down
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mitigate
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lessen the effects of/soften
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aggrandize
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increase in power, influence or reputation
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hoary
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very old
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tangential
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digressing, extraneous
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monastic
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extremely plain
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voluble
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talkative
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reitcent
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reserved
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turgid
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bloated or swollen
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audacious
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fearless or daring
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latent
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potential that is dormant
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tawdry
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gaudy, cheap, showy
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inchoate
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disorganized, incoherent
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endemic
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inherent or belonging to a particular area
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florid
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excessively decorated, embellished
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intrepid
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fearless, courageous
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lachrymose
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tearful/weepy
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perspicacious
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keen witted, astute, shrewd
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inimical
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hostile and unfriendly
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surly
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rude or bad tempered
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glib
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easily and casually fluent
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stolid
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unemotional, lacking concern or sensitivity
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volatile
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easily aroused or changeable
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ignoble
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low moral standards
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judicious
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sensible, showing good judgment
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lionize
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to honor, treat as a celebrity
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palliate
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mitigate, ease something erroneoous
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torpor
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extreme sluggishness
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vim
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vitality and energy
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polemic
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verbal attack/argument
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partisan
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biased in favor of one side
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stoic
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expressionless/impassive
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panegyric
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formal elaborate praise in writing or speech
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prolix
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wordy
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pithy
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to the point
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diffident
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shy or timid
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indolent
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habitually confident
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exigent
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urgent
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apocryphal
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doubtful authenticity
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endemic
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inherent/belonging to a particular area
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phlegmatic
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thick, sluggish, immovable
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apathetic
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uncaring
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rustic
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rural
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banal
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predictable/boring
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erudite
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learned, scholarly
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enervate
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take away strength
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engender
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to cause or bring about
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dither
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act without clear purpose
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inundate
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to overwhelm
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inure
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to accustom or become used to
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imprecation
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a curse
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benediction
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blessing
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arbitration
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process of judging a dispute
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alleviation
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provision of relig by making something onerous more bearable
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rejoinder
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response
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proclivity
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natural inclination or predisposition
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approbium
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public disgrace
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prudence
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wisdom
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scintilla
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trace amount
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umbrage
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offense
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ostentation
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excessive showiness
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noisome
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stinking
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multifarious
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diverse/multifold
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maudlin
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overly sentimental
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candid
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honest in speech
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anomaly
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abnormality
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assuage
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to pacify or relieve
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enigma
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conundrum, perplexity
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equivocal
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cloudy, unclear, vague
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fervid
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ardent, impassioned
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placate
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appease, calm, humor
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precipitate
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accelerate, expedite
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zeal
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animated, eager, fervid
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adulterate
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debase, doctor
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loquacious
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babbling, chattering
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capricious
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changeable, erratic
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corroborate
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to attest or authenticate
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pedantic
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academic, bookish
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desiccate
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dehydrate or deplete, shrivel
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pragmatic
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meddlesome or logical
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propriety
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relevant or appropriate
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ephemeral
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brief, fleeting
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ingenuous
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innocent or childlike
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gullible
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naive, innocent
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advocate
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agent or champion
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dissonance
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conflict or difference
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paradox
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absurdity or anomaly
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eulogy
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encomium, address
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misanthrope
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cynic, someone who expects the worst from people
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deride
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insult, ridicule or scorn
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platitude
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commonplace, an expression that is often used.
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portentous
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causing wonder or astonishment
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syllogism
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a subtle, specious or crafty argument
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provident
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canny, careful or discreet
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parry
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to turn or drive away
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