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stingent adj.
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acrimonious; binding; compelling; confining; convincing; demanding; draconian; drawing; exacting; forceful; hard; harsh; inflexible; iron-fisted; ironclad; picky; poignant; powerful; rigorous; rough; set; severe; stiff; strict; tough; unpermissive; valid
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stultifying adj.
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impair; inhibit; nullify; ridiculous; stifle
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substantiate v.
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actualize; affirm; approve; authenticate; complete; confirm; corroborate; debunk; demonstrate; establish; incarnate; justify; manifest; materialize; objectify; personify; prove;ratify; realize; reify; support; test; try; validate; verify
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succinct adj.
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blunt; breviloquent; brusque; compact; compendiary; compendious; concise; condensed; curt; laconic; pithy; short; summary; terse
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sullen adj.
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cheerless; churlish; crabbed; crabby; cross; cynical; dismal; dour; dull; fretful; frowning; gloomy; glowering; glum; gruff; grumpy; heavy; hostile; inert; irritable; malevolent; malicious; malign; mean; moody; morose; obstinate; ornery; peevish; perverse; pessimistic; petulant; pouting; pouty; querulous; saturnine; silent; somber; sour; sourpussed; stubborn; sulking; sulky; surly; tenebrific; tenebrous; ugly; unsociable; uptight
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sumptuous adj.
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beautiful; costly; dear; deluxe; elegant; expensive; extravagant; gorgeous; grand; grandiose; imposing; impressive; lavish; luscious; luxuriant; magnificent; opulent; palatial; plush; pompous; posh; prodigal; profuse; rich; ritzy; splendiferous; superb; swank; ultra; upholstered
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supercilious adj.
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bossy; cavalier; cocky; condescending; contemptuous; disdainful; egotistic; haughty; imperious; insolent; lofty; nervy; overbearing; patronizing; proud; scornful; snobby; superior; uppity; vainglorious
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superficial adj.
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apparent; casual; cosmetic; cursory; depthless; desultory; empty; evident; exterior; external; flash; flimsy; frivolous; general; glib; half-baked; hasty; hurried; ignorant; inattentive; lightweight; nodding;ostensible; outward; partial; passing; perfunctory; peripheral; seeming; shallow; shoal; silly; sketchy; skin-deep; slapdash; slight; smattery; summary; surface; trivial; uncritical; warped
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superfluous adj.
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abounding; de trop; dispensable; excess; excessive; exorbitant; expendable; extravagant; extreme; gratuitous; inessential; inordinate; lavish; leftover; needless; nonessential; overflowing; overmuch; pleonastic; profuse; redundant; remaining; residuary; spare; superabundant; supererogatory; superfluent; supernumerary; surplus; unneeded; unrequired; unwanted; useless
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surmise v.
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accept; ascertain; conclude; conjecture; consider; deduce; deem; divine; estimate; expect; fancy; find; gather; guess;; hypothesize; imagine; infer; judge; posit; postulate; predicate; presume; presuppose; speculate; suppose; suspect; theorize; think; understand
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