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Incongruous
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disagreeing/inconsistent within itself
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Innocuous
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harmless, innocent, safe, inoffensive
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Inscrutable
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mysterious, unreadable, unfathomable
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Impediment
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obstacle, barrier, hindrance
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Immaculate
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Pure no blemish/faults
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Indomitable
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cannot subdue or tame
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Inarticulate
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incapable of speaking
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Impunity
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exemption or freedom from punishment
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Incumbent
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The holder of office (political)
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Incessant
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continuing without interruption
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Histrionic
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deliberately affected (actors)
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Idiosyncrasy
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Peculiar characteristic (of habit or of structure)
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Impasse
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Predicament without escape
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Feasible
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possible, doable
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Fastidious
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hard to please
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Facetious
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Teasing
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Expunge
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to erase delete expel
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Exonerate
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clear
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Exigent
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demanding and difficult
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Homogeneous
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in chemistry, involving substances in the same phase (solid, liquid, or gas)
same, similar, solid, uniform |
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Heterogeneous
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different in kind; unlike; incongruous., diverse in content
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Hedonist
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a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.
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Haughty
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disdainfully proud; snobbish
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Hollow
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: to make holy; sanctify; consecrate. to honor as holy
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Gregarious
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fond of the company of others; sociable. living in flocks or herds, as animals. Botany. growing in open clusters orcolonies; not matted together. pertaining to a flock or crowd.
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Germane
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closely or significantly related; relevant; pertinent
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Gaudy
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brilliantly or excessively showy
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Garrulous
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talkative; wordy
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Futile
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incapable of producing any result; ineffective; useless; notsuccessful: Attempting to force-feed the sick horse was futile.
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Furtive
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taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret: afurtive glance.
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Fractious
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refractory or unruly: a fractious animal that would not submit to theharness. Readily angered
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Fortuitous
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happening or produced by chance; accidental: a fortuitous encounter.
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Foible
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a minor weakness or failing of character; slight flaw or defect: anall-too-human foible.
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Fickle
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likely to change, esp. due to caprice, irresolution, or instability;casually changeable: fickle weather.
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Feasible
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capable of being done, effected, or accomplished: a feasible plan. (doable) possible to do
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Fastidious
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very attentive to and concerned about detail
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Facetious
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not meant to be taken seriously
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Expunge
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: to strike or blot out; erase; obliterate.
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Exonerate
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to clear, as of an accusation; free from guilt or blame. To relieve, as from an obligation, duty, or task.
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Exigent
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requiring immediate action or aid; urgent; pressing. Requiring a greatdeal, or more than is reasonable.
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Anachronism
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something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time, esp. a thing or person that belongs to an earlier time: The sword is an anachronism in modern warfare.
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Etymology
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the derivation of a word.
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Estrange
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to turn away in feeling or affection; make unfriendly or hostile
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Equity
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the quality of being fair or impartial; fairness; impartiality: theequity of Solomon. Something that is fair and just.
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Enigma
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a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation
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Enigma
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a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation
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Emaciated
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to make abnormally lean or thin by a gradual wasting away of flesh.
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Elict
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to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke: to elicit the truth; toelicit a response with a question.
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Egregious
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extraordinary in some bad way, a bad affluence
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Efficacious
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capable of having the desired result or effect; effective as a means, measure, remedy
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Duress
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compulsion by threat or force against their will; coercion; constraint.
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Dubious
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doubtful; marked by or occasioning doubt: a dubious reply.
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Dogmatic
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of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a dogma or dogmas; doctrinal. Persistent or ridged (a religious belief)
opinionated, narrow |
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Docile
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easily managed or handled; tractable: a docile horse.
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Distraught
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distracted; deeply agitated.
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Redress
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to set right; remedy or repair
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A demagogue
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is a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular desires and prejudices rather than by rational argument.
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Homage
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honor or respect shown publicly.
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Conjecture
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the formation or expression of an opinion or theory without sufficient evidence for proof.
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Consecrate
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to make or declare sacred; set apart or dedicate to the service of a deity: to consecrate a new church building.
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Corroborate
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to make more certain; confirm: He corroborated my account of the accident.
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Covert
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concealed; secret; disguised.
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Culpable
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deserving blame or censure; blameworthy.
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Dearth
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an inadequate supply; scarcity; lack: There is a dearth of good engineers.
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Deference
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respectful submission or yielding to the judgment, opinion, will, etc., of another.
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Disseminate
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to scatter or spread widely, as though sowing seed; promulgate extensively; broadcast;
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Disparage
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to speak of or treat slightingly; depreciate; belittle: Do not disparage good manners.
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Discerning
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showing good or outstanding judgment and understanding: a discerning critic of French poetry.
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Didactic
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intended for instruction; instructive: didactic poetry.
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Diatribe
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a bitter, sharply abusive denunciation, attack, or criticism: repeated diatribes against the senator.
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Derelict
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left or deserted, as by the owner or guardian; abandoned: a derelict ship.
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Delineate
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to trace the outline of; sketch or trace in outline; represent pictorially: He delineated the state of Texas on the map with a red pencil.
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Expedient
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tending to promote some proposed or desired object; fit or suitable for the purpose
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Tract
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an expanse or area of land, water, etc.; region; stretch.
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Introspection
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observation or examination of one's own mental and emotional state, mental processes
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Compunction
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a feeling of uneasiness or anxiety of the conscience caused by regret for doing wrong or causing pain; contrition; remorse.
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Complacent
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pleased, esp. with oneself or one's merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied: The voters are too complacent to change the government.
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Collaborate
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to work, one with another; cooperate, as on a literary work: They collaborated on a novel.
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Cognizant
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having cognizance; to be aware (usually fol. by of): He was cognizant of the difficulty.
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Coerce
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to persuade by force
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Coalesce
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to grow together or into one body: The two lakes coalesced into one.
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Clandestine
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characterized by, done in, or executed with secrecy or concealment, esp. for purposes of subversion or deception; private or surreptitious: Their clandestine meetings went undiscovered for two years.
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Circumvent
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to go around or bypass: to circumvent the lake; to circumvent the real issues.
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Circumspect
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watchful and discreet; cautious; prudent: circumspect behavior
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Choreography
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the art of composing ballets and other dances and planning and arranging the movements, steps, and patterns of dancers.
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Celibate
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to discipline, esp. by corporal punishment.
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Chastise
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to discipline, esp. by corporal punishment.
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Choreography
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the art of composing ballets and other dances and planning and arranging the movements, steps, and patterns of dancers.
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Caustic
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severely critical or sarcastic: a caustic remark tone
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Castigate
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to criticize or reprimand severely.
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Capricious
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subject to, led by, or indicative of caprice or whim; erratic: He's such a capricious boss I never know how he'll react.
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Candid
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frank; outspoken; open and sincere: a candid critic.
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Cajole
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to persuade by flattery or promises; wheedle; coax.
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Cadence
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rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds or words: the cadence of language.
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Cadaverous
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of or like a corpse.
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Buttress
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any external prop or support built to steady a structure by opposing its outward thrusts, esp. a projecting support built into or against the outside of a masonry wall.
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Brusque
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abrupt in manner, blunt, rough
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Bogus
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not genuine, counterfeit (from a counter fit money machine)
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Blatant
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offensively noisy or loud; clamorous, conspicuous
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Blasphemy
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impious utterance concerning God or sacred things. An act of curing or reviling God.
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Bigoted
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utterly intolerant of any creed, belief, or opinion that differs from one’s own
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Bibliophile
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a person who loves or collets books, like fine or unusual printing or binding
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Benign
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having a kindly disposition; graciousness. Showing or expressing gentleness or kindness
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Bellicose
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inclinedor eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious.
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Beguile
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to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; delude. To take away from bycheating or deceiving
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Banal
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to avoid freshness, Lacking originality
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Avert
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to turn away or aside: to avert one's eyes.
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Avarice
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excessive or insatiable desire or greed; cupidity
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Autonomous
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self-governing; independent; subject to its own laws only.
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Atrophy
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waste away, typically due to the degeneration of cells, or become vestigial during evolution; wither, deteriorate, waste away,
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Astute
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having or showing an ability to accurately assess situations or people and turn this to one’s advantage, a keen penetration
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Askew
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not in a straight or level position; crooked, arie,not quite right
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Arrogance
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. having or revealing an exaggerated sense of one’s own importance or abilities
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Apathy
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lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern; indifference
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Amenable
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open and responsive to suggestion; easily persuaded or controlled; cooperative, acquiescent
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Abate
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to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish: to abate a tax; to abate one's enthusiasm.
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Aberration
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the act of departing from the right, normal, or usual course.
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Accrue
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to happen or result as a natural growth
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Acquiesce
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to submit or comply silently with out protest
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Adamant
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refusing to be persuaded or to change one's mind, utterly unyielding
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Aesthetic
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concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty, containing a sense to beauty
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Affable
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friendly, good natured, easy to talk to
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Alleviate
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make less severe; relieve, ease
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Askew
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not in a straight or level position; crooked, arie,not quite right
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Astute
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having or showing an ability to accurately assess situations or people and turn this to one’s advantage, a keen penetration
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