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Banal
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dull or stale from overuse; commonplace; trite
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Many great British Poets are quoted so often that their words now seem banal
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Bellicose
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pugnacious; warlike; inclined to fighting
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Glib
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easily spoken; speaking too smoothly to be sincere
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Lugubrious
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sad or mounful, often to an exaggerated degree; doleful
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even though it sounds like "goob" its actually not a funny word at all
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Finesse
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delicate skill; subtlety
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Nemesis
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an avenger; an unbeatable rival; a person who punishes another for evil deeds
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the only person that is an unbeatable rival is yourself. IS and ME are in this word
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Purloin
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to steal
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pseudonym
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a fictitious name assumed by an author; a pen name
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Lampoon
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strongly satirical writing; ridiculing a person group, or institution
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Nefarious
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very wicked; infamous; having a bad reputation
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Euphemism
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a mild expression used in place of a harsh, crude, or distasteful expression
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Nebulous
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hazy; vague; not clearly defined
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neb sounds like nub. and a nub tail is not clearly defined. kinda vague
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Abject
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hopelessly low; wrethched; miserable; without self-respect
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propriety
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acceptable behaviors, confomity with conventional standards
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Revile
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to attack with abusive language; to call insulting names
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Distraught
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in a state of mental conflict; agitated; crazed
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Abomish
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to reprove mildly and kindly, but seriously; to caution or warn; to urge
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Prosaic
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matter-of-fact; ordinary; commonplace
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Plegmatic
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sluggish; indifferent; calm
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Commensurate
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in proper proportion; having the same scale, measure, or size; proportionate
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