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confidently aggressive or self-assured; positive: aggressive; dogmatic: He is too assertive as a salesman.
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1. assertive
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to present, execute, or do in a poor or tasteless manner.
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2. perpetrator(s)
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peril or danger
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3. jeopardy
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a heated or angry dispute; noisy argument or controversy.
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4. altercation
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portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious: an ominous bank of dark clouds
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5. ominous(ly)
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heavy, lumpy, or soggy, as food that is poorly cooked.
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6. sodden
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a person whose actions, attitudes, or ideas are considered dangerous or harmful: When he gets behind the wheel of a car, he's a real menace.
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7. menacing(ly)
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capable of burning, corroding, or destroying living tissue.
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8. caustic(ally)
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burning; glowing; intensely hot.
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9. fervid(ly)
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a person who supplies social or cultural data in answer to the questions of an investigator.
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10. informant
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not committing oneself, or not involving committal, to a particular view, course, or the like: The senator gave us a noncommittal answer.
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11. noncommittal
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something that incites or tends to incite to action or greater effort, as a reward offered for increased productivity.
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12. incentive
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full of difficulties
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13. scabrous
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coolly unconcerned, indifferent, or unexcited; casual: His nonchalant manner infuriated me.
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14. nonchalant(ly)
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a literary or artistic burlesque of a serious work or subject, characterized by grotesque or ludicrous incongruity of style, treatment, or subject matter.
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15. travesty
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