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abscond
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to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide
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aberrant
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deviating from the norm
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alacrity
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eager and enthusiastic willingness
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approbation
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an expression of approval or praise
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assuage
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to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify
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capricious
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"inclined to change one's mind impulsively; erratic, unpredictable"
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effrontery
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extreme boldness; presumptuousness
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equivocate
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to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent
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exculpate
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"exonerate; to clear of blame
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exigent
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"urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention
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fulminate
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to loudly attack or denounce
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ingenuous
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artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication
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inured
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accustomed to accepting something unreasonable
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irascible
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easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts
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obtuse
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lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression
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obviate
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to anticipate and make unnecessary
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onerous
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troubling; burdensome
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paean
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a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving
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perennial
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recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly
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perfidy
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"intentional breach of faith; treachery
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perfunctory
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cursory; done without care or interest
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perspicacious
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"acutely perceptive; having keen discernment
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prattle
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to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner
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precipitate
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"1a: to throw violently : hurl <the quandaries into which the release of nuclear energy has precipitated mankind — A. B. Arons> b: to throw down
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predilection
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a disposition in favor of something; preference
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predilection
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a disposition in favor of something; preference
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prescience
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foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring
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prevaricate
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to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead
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solicitous
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"concerned and attentive; eager
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sordid
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"characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul"
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tortuous
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"winding, twisting; excessively complicated"
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truculent
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fierce and cruel; eager to fight
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virulent
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extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic
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accolade
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an expression of praise
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burgeon
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to grow rapidly or flourish
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castigation
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severe criticism or punishment
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chary
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"wary; cautious; sparing
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contentious
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argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement
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contrite
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"regretful; penitent; seeking forgiveness
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demur
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to question or oppose
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disinterested
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free of bias or self-interest; impartial
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ebullience
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the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings
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emollient
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"soothing, esp. to the skin; making less harsh; mollifying; an agent that softens or smoothes the skin"
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elegy
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"a mournful poem, esp. one lamenting the dead"
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harangue
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"to deliver a pompous speech or tirade; a long, pompous speech"
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impecunious
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lacking funds; without money
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incipient
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"beginning to come into being or to become apparent
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inveigle
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to obtain by deception or flattery
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odious
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evoking intense aversion or dislike
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penurious
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penny-pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous
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preen
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to dress up; to primp; to groom oneself with elaborate care
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putrefy
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to rot; to decay and give off a foul odor
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quaff
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to drink deeply
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quiescence
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stillness; motionlessness; quality of being at rest
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redoubtable
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"awe-inspiring; worthy of honor
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sanction
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authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance; to give permission or authority to
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squalid
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sordid; wretched and dirty as from neglect
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torpid
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lethargic; sluggish; dormant
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urbane
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sophisticated; refined; elegant
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acumen
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"keen, accurate judgement or insight"
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aver
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to state as a fact; to declare or assert
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bombastic
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pompous; grandiloquent
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endemic
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"characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region, or people"
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grandiloquence
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pompous speech or expression
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hegemony
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the consistent dominance of one state or ideology over others
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idolatrous
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given to intense or excessive devotion to something
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impassive
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revealing no emotion
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implacable
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not capable of being appeased or significantly changed
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inchoate
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in the initial stage; not fully formed
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infelicitous
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unfortunate; inappropriate
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insipid
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without taste or flavor; lacking in spirit; bland
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mendacity
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"the condition of being untruthful; dishonesty
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obdurate
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unyielding; hardhearted; intractable
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occlude
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to obstruct or block
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opprobium
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"disgrace; contempt; scorn
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penury
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poverty; destitution
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pith
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the essential or central part
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pithy
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precise and brief
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platitude
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"a superficial remark, esp. one offered as meaningful"
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polemical
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controversial; argumentative
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prodigal
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"recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
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profuse
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given or coming forth abundantly; extravagant
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querulous
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"prone to complaining or grumbling; peevish
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rancorous
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"characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment"
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recalcitrant
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"obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage
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repudiate
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"to refuse to have anything to do with; disown
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salubrious
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promoting health or well-being
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specious
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"seeming true, but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive; plausible but false"
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surfeit
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"an overabundant supply; excess; to feed or supply to excess
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astringent
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having a tightening effect on living tissue; harsh; severe; something with a tightening effect on tissue
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decorum
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polite or appropriate conduct or behavior
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fawn
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to flatter or praise excessively
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flout
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"to show contempt for, as in a rule or convention"
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garrulous
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"pointlessly talkative, talking too much"
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glib
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marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; lacking in depth; superficial
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impetuous
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hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement
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inimical
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"damaging; harmful; injurious
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laconic
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using few words; terse
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mercurial
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characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood
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phlegmatic
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calm; sluggish; unemotional
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probity
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adherence to highest principles; complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness
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profligate
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excessively wasteful; recklessly extravagent
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prosaic
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dull; lacking in spirit or imagination
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quotidian
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occurring or recurring daily; commonplace
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recondite
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"hidden; concealed; difficult to observe; obscure
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refulgent
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radiant; shiny; brilliant
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renege
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to fail to honor a commitment; to go back on a promise
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sedulous
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diligent; persistent; hard-working
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spendthrift
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someone who spends money wastefully
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terse
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brief and concise in wording
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trenchant
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"sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating
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unfeigned
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genuine; not false or hypocritical
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variegated
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multicolored; characterized by a variety of patches of different color
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vituperate
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"to use harsh, condemnatory language; to abuse or censure severely or abusively; berate"
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unalloyed
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pure
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appropriate
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to take for one's own use; confiscate
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brook
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"to tolerate, endure, countenance"
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cardinal
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"major, as in a cardinal sin"
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chauvinist
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a blindly devoted patriot
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consequential
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pompous; self-important
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die
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"a tool used for shaping, as in a tool-and-die shop"
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fell
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"to cause to fall by striking
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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, impertinent, as in flippant"
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grouse
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to complain or grumble
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guy
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"a rope, cord, or cable attached to something as a brace or guide; to steady or reinforce using a guy"
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list
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to tilt or lean to one side
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meet
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"fitting, proper"
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mince
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"pronounce or speak affectedly, euphemize, speak too carefully"
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nice
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"exacting, fastidious, extremely precise"
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obtain
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"to be established, accepted, or customary"
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pied
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"multicolored, usually in blotches"
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pluck
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"courage, spunk, fortitude"
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rent
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"torn, past of rend"
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quail
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"to lose courage, turn frightened"
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qualify
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to limit
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scurvy
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"contemptible, despicable"
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stand
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a group of trees
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table
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to remove from consideration
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wag
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"wit, joker"
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abjure
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to renounce or reject solemnly; to recant; to avoid
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adumbrate
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"to foreshadow vaguely or intimate; to suggest or outline sketchily; to obscure or overshadow
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anathema
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a solemn or ecclesiastical curse; accursed or thoroughly loathed person or thing
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anodyne
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"soothing, something that assuages or allays pain or comforts"
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apostate
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one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions
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apotheosis
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"deification, glorification to godliness, a model of excellence or perfection"
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asperity
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"severity, rigor; roughness, harshness"
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asseverate
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"to aver, allege, assery
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assiduous
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"diligent, hard-working, sedulous
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augury
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"omen, portent"
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bellicose
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"belligerent, pugnacious, warlike"
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calumniate
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"to slander, make false accusation"
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captious
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"disposed to point out trivial faults, calculated to confuse or entrap in argument
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cavil
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"to find fault without good reason
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chimera
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an illusion
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contumacious
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"insubordinate, rebellious
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descry
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"to discriminate or discern
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desuetude
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"disuse
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desultory
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random; aimless; marked by lack of plan or purpose
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diaphanous
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"transparent, gauzy"
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diffident
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"reserved, shy, unassuming; lacking in self-confidence"
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excoriate
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"to censure scathingly, to upbraid
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execrate
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"denounce, feel loathing for, curse, declare evil
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exegesis
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"critical examination, explication"
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expiate
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"to atone or make amends for
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extirpate
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"to destroy, exterminate, cut out, exscind
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gainsay
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"to deny, dispute, contradict, oppose
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heterodox
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"unorthodox, heretical, iconoclastic"
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imbroglio
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difficult or embarassing situation
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indefatigable
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"not easily exhaustible; tireless, dogged
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ineluctable
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"certain, inevitable
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inimitable
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"one of a kind, peerless
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insouciant
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"unconcerned, carefree, heedless
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inveterate
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"deep rooted, ingrained, habitual"
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jejune
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"vapid, uninteresting, nugatory; childish, immature, puerile
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