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serene adj.
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clear; collected; comfortable; composed; content; cool; dispassionate; easy; easygoing; fair; halcyon; imperturbable; limpid; patient; peaceful; pellucid; phlegmatic; placid; poised; quiescent; quiet; reconciled; resting; satisfied; sedate; self-possessed; smooth; still; stoical; tranquil; unflappable; unruffled; untroubled
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skeptical adj.
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agnostic; aporetic; cynical; dissenting; doubtful; doubting; dubious; freethinking; hesitating; incredulous; mistrustful; questioning; quizzical; scoffing; show-me; suspicious; unbelieving; unconvinced
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sobriety n.
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abstaining; abstemiousness; continence; moderation; refraining; self-restraint; soberness; teetotalism; temperance
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solemn adj.
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austere; brooding; deliberate; dignified; downbeat; earnest; funereal; glum; grave; heavy; intense; moody; pensive; portentous; reflective; sedate; sober; somber; staid; stern; thoughtful; weighty
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soporific adj.
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anesthetic; balmy; calming; deadening; dozy; drowsy; dull; hypnotic; mesmerizing; narcotic; nodding; numbing; opiate; quietening; sedative; slumberous; snoozy; somniferous; somnolent, soothing; tranquilizing
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sporadic adj.
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desultory; few; fitful; infrequent; intermittent; irregular; isolated; occasional; random; rare; scarce; scattered; seldom; semioccasional; spasmodic; spotty; uncommon; unfrequent
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spurious adj.
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affected; apocryphal; artificial; assumed; bastard; bent; bogus; bum; contrived; deceitful; deceptive; dummy; ersatz; faked; false; feigned; forged; framed; illegitimate; imitation; mock; phony; pirate; pretend; pretended; pseudo; simulated; specious; substitute; unauthentic; ungenuine; unreal
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squalid adj.
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abominable; base; decayed; despicable; dingy; dirty; disgusting; disheveled; fetid; filthy; foul; grimy; gruesome; horrible; horrid; ignoble; impure; low; mean; miry, moldy; muddy; musty; nasty; odorous; offensive; ramshackle; reeking; repellent; repulsive; scurvy; seedy; shabby; shoddy; sloppy; slovenly; soiled; sordid; ugly; unclean; unkempt; vile; wretched
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stagnate v.
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constipate; decay; decline; fester; hibernate; idle; languish; putrefy; rot; rust; stall; stand; stifle; stultify; trammel; vegetate
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stoic adj.
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aloof; apathetic; cool; detached; dispassionate; dry; enduring; impassive; imperturbable; indifferent; indomitable; patient; phlegmatic; resigned; self-controlled; sober, stolid; unconcerned; unemotional; unflappable; unmoved
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