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abate
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subside or moderate
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aberrant
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abnormal or deviant
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abeyance
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suspended action
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abscond
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depart secretly and hide
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abstemious
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sparing in eating and drinking; temperate
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admonish
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warn; reprove
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adulterate
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make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
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aesthetic
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artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciating the beautiful
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aggregate
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gather; accumulate
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alacrity
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cheerful promptness; eagerness
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alleviate
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relieve
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amalgamate
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combine; unite in one body
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ambiguous
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unclear or doubtful in meaning
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ambivanlence
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the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes
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ameliorate
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improve
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anachronism
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something or someone misplaced in time
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analogous
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comparable
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anarchy
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absence of governing body; state of disorder
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anomalous
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abnormal; irregular
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antipathy
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aversion; dislike
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apathy
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lack of caring; indiffernce
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appease
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pacify or soothe; relieve
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apprise
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inform
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appropriate
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acquire
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arduous
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hard; stenuous
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artless
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without guile
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ascetic
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practicing self-denial
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assiduous
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diligent
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assuage
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ease or lessen
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attenuate
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make thinner; weaken or lessen
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audacious
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daring or bold
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skywalker and leia made their audacious leap to freedom
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austere
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forbiddingly stern
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holocaust
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autonomous
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self-governing
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aver
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assert confidently or declare; as used in law to state formally as a fact
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psychic, earthquake, no need for machine, he averred that
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banal
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commonplace, trite, lacking originality
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slipping on a banana peel in a comedy is banal
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belie
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contradict; give a false impression
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dan
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beneficent
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kindly; doing good
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bolster
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support; reinforce
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bombastic
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pompous; using inflated language
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boorish
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rude; insensitive
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burgeon
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grow forth; send out buds
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plants burgeon
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burnish
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make shiny by rubbing
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burnish shoes
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buttress
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support; prop up
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cacophonous
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inharmonious; discordant
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students tuning instruments
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capricious
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unpredictable; fickle
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me before niraj
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castigation
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punishment; severe criticism
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catalyst
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agent that influences the pace of a chemical reaction while it remains unaffected and unchanged
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caustic
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burning; sarcastically biting
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chicanery
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trickery
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coagulate
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thicken; congeal; clot
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coda
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concluding section of a musical or literary composition
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cogent
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convincing
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good reasons
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commensuate
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corresponding in extent, degree, amount, proportionate
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teaching scale
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compendium
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brief; comprehensive summary
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this study guide
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complaisant
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trying to please
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approbation
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approval
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children seek this
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compliant
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yielding; conforming to requirements
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conciliatory
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reconciling; soothing
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condone
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overlook, forgive
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confound
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confuse; puzzle
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connoisseur
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person competent to act as a judge of art
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contention
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claim; thesis
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contentious
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quarrelsome
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contrite
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penitent
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conundrum
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riddle; difficult problem
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converge
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approach; tend to meet; come together
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convuluted
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coiled around; involved; intricate
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craven
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cowardly
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daunt
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intimidate; frighten
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decorum
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propriety; orderliness and good taste in manners
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default
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failure to act
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deference
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courteous regard for another's wish
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ministers wishes during a weding ceremony
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delineate
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portray; depict; sketch
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denigrate
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blacken
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deride
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ridicule; make fun of
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derivative
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unoriginal; obtained from another source
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desiccate
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dry up
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smoked meats
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desultory
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aimless; haphazard; digressing at random
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deterrent
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something that discourages; hindrance
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diatribe
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bitter scolding
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dichotomy
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split; branching into two paths
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diffidence
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shyness
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diffuse
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wordy; rambling; spread out
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digression
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wandering away from the subject
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dirge
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lament with music
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disabuse
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correct a false impression; undeceive
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discerning
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mentally quick and observant; having insight
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discordant
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not harmonious; conflicting
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discredit
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defame; destroy confidence in
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dicrepancy
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lack of consistency; differernce
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discrete
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separate; unconnected; consisting of distinct parts
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disingenuous
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lacking genuine candor; insincere
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disinterested
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unprejudiced
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disjointed
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lacking coherence; separated at the joints
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dismiss
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eliminate from consideration; reject
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disparage
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belittle
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disparate
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basically different; unrelated
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dissemble
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disguise; pretend
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why take dance lessons
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disseminate
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distribute; spread; scatter
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dissolution
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disintegration; looseness in morals
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dissonance
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discord; opposite of harmony
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distend
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expand; swell
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distill
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purify; refine; concentrate
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divest
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strip; deprive
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diverge
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vary; go in different directions from the same point
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document
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provide written evidence
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dogmatic
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opininated; arbitary; doctrinal
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dormant
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sleeping; lethargic;latent
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dupe
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someone easily fooled
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ebullient
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showing excitement
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eclectic
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selective; composed of elements drawn from disparate sources
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efficany
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power to produce desired effect
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effrontery
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impudence; shameless boldness; sheer nerve; presumptousness
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elegy
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poem or song expressing lamentation
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elicit
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draw out by discussion
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embellish
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adorn; enhance
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empirical
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based on experience
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emulate
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imitate; rival
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endemic
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prevailing among a specific group of people or in a specific area or country
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enervate
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weaken
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engender
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cause; produce
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enhance
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increase; improve
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ephemeral
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short lived;fleeting
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equanimity
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calmness of temperament; composure
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equivocate
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lie; mislead
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erudite
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learned; scholarly
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esoteric
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hard to understand; known only to the chosen few
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eulogy
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expression of praise; often on the occasion of someone's death
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euphemism
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mild expression in place of an unpleasant one
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passed away
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exacerbate
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worsen
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exculpate
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clear from blame
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exigency
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urgent situation; pressing needs or demands; state of requiring immediate attention
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extrapolation
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projection; conjecture
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facetious
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joking; often inappropriately; humorous
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facilitate
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to help bring about
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fallacious
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false; misleading
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fatuous
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brainless; inane; foolish yet smug
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fawning
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trying to please by behaving obsequiously, flattering or cringing
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felicitous
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apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
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omer was this for any mc event
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fervor
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passion; intensity of feeling
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flag
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droop; grow feeble
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fledgling
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inexperienced
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flout
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reject; mock; show contempt for
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foment
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stir up; instigate
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forestall
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prevent by taking action in advance
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frugality
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thrift; economy
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futile
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useless; hopeless
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gainsay
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deny
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garrulous
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loquacious; wordy; talkative
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goad
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urged
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gouge
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overcharge
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grandiloquent
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pompous; bombastic; using high sounding language
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gregarious
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sociable
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parsimony
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stinginess
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scad
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a great quanitity
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lackluster
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dull
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abrogate
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abolish
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apotheosis
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elevation to godhood; an ideal example of something
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chary
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cautious; sparing or restraint about giving
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stilted
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pompous
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quixotic
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idealistic but impractical
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mirth
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merriment; laughter
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restiveness
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restlessly impatient
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hallow
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bless; consecrate
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harbinger
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forerunner; first
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luminary
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celebrity; dignitary
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begrudge
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resent
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bilk
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swindle; cheat
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paltry
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insignificant; petty
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virulence
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extremely poisonour; hostile; bitter
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asperity
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sharpness of temper
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encumber
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burden
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guileless
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without deceit
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gullible
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easily deceived
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harangue
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long, passionate and vehement speech
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homogeneous
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of the same kind
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hyperbole
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exaggeration; overstatement
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iconoclastic
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attacking cherished traditions
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idolatry
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worship of idols
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immutable
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unchangeable
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impair
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injure; hurt
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impassive
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without feeling
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impede
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hinder; block
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impermeable
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not permitting passage through its substance
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imperturbable
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calm; placid
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impervious
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incapable of being damaged or distressed
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implacable
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incapable of being pacified
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implicit
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understood but not stated
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implode
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burst inward
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inadvertently
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unintentionally
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inchoate
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recently begun; rudimentary; elementary
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incongruity
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lack of harmony; absurdity
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inconsequential
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insignificant; unimportant
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incorporate
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introduce something into a larger whole; combine; unite
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indeterminate
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uncertain; not cleared; fixed; indefinite
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indigence
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poverty
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indolent
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lazy
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inert
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inactive
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ingenuous
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naive and trusting; young; unsophisticated
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inherent
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firmly established by nature or habit
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innocuous
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harmless
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insensible
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unresponsive; unconscious
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insinuate
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hint; imply; creep in
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insipid
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lacking flavor; dull
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insularity
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narrow-minded isolation
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intractable
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unruly; stubborn; unyielding
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intransiegence
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refusal of any compromise; stubbornness
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inundate
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overwhelm; flood; submerge
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inured
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accustomed; hardened
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invective
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abuse
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irascible
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irritable; easily angered
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irresolute
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uncertain how to act; weak
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itinerary
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plan of a trip
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laconic
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brief and to the point
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lassitude
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weariness
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latent
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potential but undeveloped
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laud
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praise
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levity
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lack of seriousness or steadiness
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lucid
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easily understood; clear
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magnaninity
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generosity
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malingerer
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one who feigns illness to escape duty
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maverick
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rebel; conformist
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mendacious
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lying; habitually dishonest
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misanthrope
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one who hates mankind
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mitigate
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moderate; appease
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negate
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cancel out; nullify; deny
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obdurate
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stubborn
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obsequisous
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attentive
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obviate
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make unnecessary; get rid of
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occlude
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shut; close
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officious
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meddlesome; excessively pushy in offering one's services
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onerous
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burdensome
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opprobrium
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infamy; vilification
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ostentatious
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showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention
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paragon
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model of perfection
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pathological
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having to do with a disease
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paucity
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scarcity
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pedantic
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showing off learning; bookish
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penuary
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servere poverty; stinginess
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perennial
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something long-lasting
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perfunctory
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superficial; not thorough; lacking interest
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pervasive
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spread throughout
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phlegmatic
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calm; not easily disturbed
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piety
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devoutness; reverence for god.
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placate
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pacify
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precautious
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uncertain; risky
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precipitate
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rash; premature
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precursor
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forerunner
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prevaricate
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lie
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pristine
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characteristicof earlier times
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probity
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unrighness; incorruptability
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prodigal
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wasteful; reckless with money
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propitiate
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appease
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propriety
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fitness; correct conduct
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proscribe
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ostrasize, banish, outlaw
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qualified
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limited; restricted
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quibble
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minor objection or complaint
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rarefied
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made less dense (of gas)
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recalcitrant
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stubborn; determined to resist authority
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recondite
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abtruse; profound; secret
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refractory
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stubborn; unmanageable
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relegate
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banish to an inferior position
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reproach
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express disapproval or disappointment
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reprobate
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person hardened in sin, devoid of a sense of decency.
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repudiate
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disown; disavow
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resolution
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determination
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reticent
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reserved, uncommunicative; inclined to silence
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sage
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person celebrated for wisdom
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salubrious
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healthful
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sanctions
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approve; ratify
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satiate
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satisfy fully
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solicitious
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worried, concerned
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soporific
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sleep causing; marked by sleepiness
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specious
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seemingly reasonable but incorrect
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stolid
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dull; impassive
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strut
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supporting bar
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supposition
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hypothesis; surmise
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tacit
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understood but not in words
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tangential
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peripheral; only slightly connected; digressing
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tenuous
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thin; rare; slim
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torpor
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lethargy
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tortuous
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winding; full of curves
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transgression
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violation of a law
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truculence
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agressiveness; ferocity
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veracious
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truthfullness
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viscous
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sticky; gluey
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vituperative
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abusive; scolding
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welter
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turmoil
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