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270 Cards in this Set
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convoluted
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complicated
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credulous
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too trusting
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crescendo
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steadily increasing
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dessicate
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to dry out
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desultory
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jumping around
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diatribe
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abusive speech
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diffident
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lacking self confidence
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dilatory
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intended to delay
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dilettante
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amateurish interest
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dirge
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funeral hymn
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disabuse
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set right
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discern
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to recognize
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disparate
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entirely unlike
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dissemble
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present false appearance
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dupe
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to deceive
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elegy
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sorrowful poem, speech
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enervate
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reduce in strength
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ephemeral
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fleeting
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equivocate
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expressions double meaning to mislead
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erudite
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learned
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esoteric
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known by only a few
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estimable
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admirable
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euphemism
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inoffensive word in place of more distasteful
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exculpate
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prove innocent
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exigent
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urgent
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fawn
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grovel
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fervid
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intensely emotional
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florid
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overly decorated
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foment
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arouse
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garrulous
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talking alot
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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
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impetuous
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quick to act
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implacable
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unable to be calmed down
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inchaote
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not fully formed
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ingenuous
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showing innocence
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inimical
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hostile
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innocuous
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harmless
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insipid
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lacking interest
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intrasigent
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uncompromising
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irascible
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easily angered
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laconic
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using few words
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lament
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express sorrow
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malinger
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evade responsibility by pretending sick
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misanthrope
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dislike others
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mollify
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make calme less severe
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obdurate
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hardened, resistant to persuasion
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obsequious
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overly submissive
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obviate
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make unecessary, prevent
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occlude
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prevent passage of
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onerous
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burdensome
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opprobrium
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public disgrace
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obstentation
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excessive showiness
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pedant
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shows off learning
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perfidious
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willing to betray trust
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perfunctory
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done in routine way
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precipitate
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bring about abruptly
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prevaricate
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lie
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propitiate
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appease
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propriety
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obedience to rules
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prudence
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wisdom, restraint
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quiescent
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motionless
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rarefy
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make thinner
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repudiate
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reject validity
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reticent
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silent reserved
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soporific
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causing sleep
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specious
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deceptively attractive
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stigma
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mark of shame
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torpor
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extreme mental and physical sluggishness
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venerate
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deeply respect
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veracity
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filled with truth
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vex
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to annoy
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compedium
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an abstract
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ancillary
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subordinate to
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countenance
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look of support
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espouse
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give loyalty to
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mainstay
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chief support
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munificent
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liberal in giving
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stalwart
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firm and resolute
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bilious
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ill-humored
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pettish
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peevish
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petulant
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unreasonably irritable
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pique
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feel resentment
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waspish
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easily irritated
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neophyte
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beginner, novice
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proselyte
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beginner novice
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callow
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lacking maturity
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incipient
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beginning to exist
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acrimonious
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sharp language, tone
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mordacious
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caustic
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trenchant
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forceful, caustic
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fatuous
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unconsciously foolish
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hackneyed
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overuse leading to overfamiliarity
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quotidian
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commonplace
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trite
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uninteresting
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dissipated
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disperse
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iniquity
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immorality
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libertine
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without moral restraint
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libidinous
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having lustful desires
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licentious
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lacking moral discipline
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reprobate
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morally unprincipled
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ribald
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indulging lewd humor
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facsimile`
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exact copy
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factitious
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artificial
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quintessence
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pure essence of
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vicarious
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serving in place of
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calumny
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false statement
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castigate
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criticize severely
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excoriate
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censure strongly
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gainsay
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declare false
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inveigh
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protest
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lambaste
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berate
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objurgate
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scold
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obloquy
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calumny (false statement)
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opprobrium
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disgrace, contempt
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pillory
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rediculed and abused
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remonstrate
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plead in protest
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revile
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assail with abusive language
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vituperate
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criticize harshly
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knell
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mournful sound
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obsequies
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funeral rite
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wraith
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ghost
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sepulchral
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suggestive of grave
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abnegate
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renounce
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temperate
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self-restraint
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peremptory
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imperative
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bemusing
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to confuse
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inscrutable
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difficult to understand
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recondite
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abstruse
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turbid
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muddled
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invidious
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rouse resentment
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rebarbative
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irritate
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limpid
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transparant clearness
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pellucid
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clear
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aberrant
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deviating from norm
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chagrin
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annoyance, embarassment
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compunction
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unneasiness
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contrition
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sincere remorse
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diffidence
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shy
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expiate
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atone
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foible
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minor weakness
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gaucherie
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lack of tact
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rue
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feel regret
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tantamount
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equal in value
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canard
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deliberately false
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chicanery
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trick
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duplicity
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deliberately deceptive
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ersatz
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imitation
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prevaricate
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evade the truth
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specious
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seems true but actually not
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spurious
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not genuine
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consanguine
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of the same origin
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distaff
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characteristic of women
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endogamous
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within the limits of tribe
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filial
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relationship child to parent
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scion
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heir
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doctrinaire
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attached to practice
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tendentious
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partisan
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exculpate
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clear of guild
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expiate
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atone
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chortle
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joyful laugh
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droll`
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amusingly odd
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gibe
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make jeering remarks
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raillery
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banter
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riposte
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retort
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simper
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smile in silly way
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arperture
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opening
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hiatus
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gap space or time
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interregnum
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temporary suspension
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interstice
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space, esp. small
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respite
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short interval of rest
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clement
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mild merciful
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largess
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liberally bestowing gifts
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magnanimous
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couragously noble
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unstinting
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bestowed liberally
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diaphanous
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translucent
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venal
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open to bribery
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rapacious
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greedy
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penurious
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stingy
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baleful
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portending evil
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dour
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sternness
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sardonic
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cynically mocking
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truculent
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express bitter opposition
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vitriolic
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caustic
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vituperation
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abusive censure
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deleterious
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injurous
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pernicious
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deadly
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raucous
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harsh
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strident
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harsh, discordant
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anathema
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curse, formal ban
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enmity
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deep hatred
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odium
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contempt
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rancor
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deep ill-will
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salubrious
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favorable to health
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salutory
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healthy
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churlish
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bad disposition
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tyro
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beginner in learning
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fulsome
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insincere
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ostensible
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appearing as such
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unctuous
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characterized by insincere earnestness
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descry
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to discover by careful observation
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indolent
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habitually lazy
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languid
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lacking energy
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lassitude
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listlessness
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torpid
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lethargic
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amulet
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talismen
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auspicious
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encouraging, favorable
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kismet
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fate fortune
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nemesis
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source of harm
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portentous
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foreboding
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propitiate
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appease
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providential
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resulting from divine intervention
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admonish
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reprove gently
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cavil
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to find fault
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exhort
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urge by argument
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hector
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bully
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martinet
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rigid military discipline
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reproof
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rebuke, find fault
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askance
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with distrust
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carom
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collision with rebound
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circuitous
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taking roundabout way
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sidle
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move sideways
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undulating
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smooth, wave like
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bombastic
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gradiloquent, pompous speech or writing
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circumlocution
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use of unecessary wording
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turgid
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gradiloquent
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propitiate
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appease
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slake
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satisfy
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esurient
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hungry
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inpecunious
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poor
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encomium
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warm glowing praise
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augur
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soothsayer
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fey
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having visionary power
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harbinger
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a forerunner
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presage
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omen
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prescient
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one having foresight
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fetter
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restriction
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forfend
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to avert
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occlude
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obstruct
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disconsolate
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cheerless
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elegiac
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of mourning
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lugubrious
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dismal
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threnody
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poem song of mourning
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intractable
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stubborn
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renitent
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not pliant
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succinct
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concise and terse
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diurnal
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daily
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craven
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cowardly
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pusillanimous
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cowardly
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recreant
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disloyal
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fealty
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allegiance
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probity
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integrity
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peripatetic
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walking about
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ambulatory
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capable of walking
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expatiate
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speak, write and length
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itinerant
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traveling place to place
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peregrination
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traveling on foot
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sojourn
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temporary stay
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stultify
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to cripple
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aphorism
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terse statement of truth
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apothegm
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maxim
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bromide
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commonplace remark
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dictum
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authoritative pronouncement
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epigram
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concise, clever thought
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sententious
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pithy, terse energetic
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abeyance
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suspension
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abjure
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renounce under oath
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abnegation
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self-denial
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abrogate
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abolish
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retrograde
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reverting, moving backward
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