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Abdicate

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Formally give up the throne or some other power or responsibility

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Aberrant

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Abnormal, deviant

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Abjure

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Give up, renounce; repudiate, recant, or shun (esp. formally or under oath)

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Acme

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Summit, peak, highest point

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Activism

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Practice of pursuing political or other goals thru vigorous action (protests & demonstrations)

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Adverse

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Opposing, harmful

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Aesthetic

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Concerning the appreciation of beauty or good taste; set of principles or tastes guiding an artistic practice

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Affable

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Warm and friendly, pleasant, approachable

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Affectation

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Fake behavior adopted to give a certain impression

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Aggrandize

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Make greater; exaggerate

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Aggregate

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Gather together; constituting a whole made up of constituent parts

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Alacrity

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Cheerful or speedy willingness

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Analogous

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Comparable, corresponding in some particular way

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Apocryphal

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Of questionable authenticity; false

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Appreciable

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Enough to be perceived, considerable

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Arduous

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Very difficult, strenuous; severe, hard to endure

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Artless

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Free of deceit or craftiness, natural, genuine; lacking skill or knowledge, crude, uncultured

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Ascetic

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Abstinent or austere in lifestyle

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Assuage

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Make milder, relieve; soothe, pacify

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Augment

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Make larger

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Augment

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Make larger

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Autonomous

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Self governing, independent

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Aver

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Declare or affirm with confidence, say

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Avid

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Enthusiastic, dedicated, passionate; excessively desirous

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Base

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Morally low, mean, dishonorable; of little or no value; crude and unrefined; counterfeit

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Belie

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Contradict or misrepresent

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Boor

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Rude, ill-mannered, or insensitive person; a peasant or country bumpkin

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Bureaucracy

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Government characterized by many bureaus and petty administrators or by excessive, seemingly meaningless requirements

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Burgeon

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Grow or flourish rapidly; put forth buds or shoots

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Cacophony

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Harsh, discordant, or meaningless mixture of sounds

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Canonical

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Authorized, recognized; pertaining to the canon, or body of accepted rules, standards, or artistic works

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Capricious

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Acting on impulse, erratic

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Castigate

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Criticize severely; punish in order to correct

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Caustic

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Capable of corroding metal or burning the skin; very critical or sarcastic

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Censure

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Strong disapproval or official reprimand; to issue such disapproval

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Chauvinism

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Fanatical patriotism or blind enthusiasm for military glory; undue or unbiased devotion to any group, cause, etc.

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Clinch

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Make final or settle conclusively; to fasten or hold together

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Coalesce

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Come together, unite, fuse

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Cogent

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Very convincing, logical

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Commensurate

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Equivalent, proportional

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Complacent

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Self satisfied, smug; overly content (and therefore lazy, neglectful, etc.)

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Confer

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Consult, compare views; bestow or give

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Countenance

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Facial expression or face; approve or tolerate

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Cosmopolitan

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Belonging to the entire world, at home globally; free from local or national prejudices or attachments

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Converge

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Move towards one another or towards a point; unite

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Conversant

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Knowledgeable about or experienced with

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Credulous

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Gullible; prone to believing or trusting too easily or without enough evidence

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Daunt

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Discourage, dishearten

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Debase

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Degrade; lower in value, rank, moral quality

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Decorous

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Behaving w/propriety and good taste; polite

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Defamatory

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Slanderous, injurious to someone's reputation

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Default

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Failure to act/ fulfill an obligation, esp a financial one

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Deleterious

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Harmful, unhealthful

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Denigrate

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Belittle, attack the reputation of

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Deride

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Mock, scoff at

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Derivative

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Derived from something else; not original

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Desiccate

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Thoroughly dried up, dehydrated

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Diatribe

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Bitter, abusive attack or criticism; rant

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Din

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Loud, confused noise, esp for a long time

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Disabuse

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Free someone from a mistake in thinking

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Disingenuous

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Insincere, not genuine

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Dispassionate

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Unbiased; calm, lacking emotion

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Disseminate

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Scatter, spread about, broadcast

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Dissonance

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Harsh, inharmonious sound; cacophony; disagreement

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Divest

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Deprive or strip of a rank, title; to sell off holdings (opp of invest)

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Dogma

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A system of principles laid down by an authority; established belief

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Eclectic

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Selecting from the best of everything or from many diverse sources

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Efficacy

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The quality of being able to produce the intended effect

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Egalitarian

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Related to belief in the equality of all people, esp in political, economic, or social spheres

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Empirical

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Based on or able to be verified by exp or experimentation; not purely based on theory

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Enervate

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Tire out; weaken

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Enumerate

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Count or list; specify one-by-one

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Ephemeral

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Lasting only a short time, fleeting

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Equitable

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Fair, equal, just

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Erudite

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Scholarly, knowledgeable; possessing deep systematic knowledge

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Esoteric

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Understood or intended for only a few; secret

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Eulogy

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Speech/written work of praise, esp given at a funeral

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Exculpate

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Clear from guilt or blame

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Exponent

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Person who expounds out explains; champion, advocate

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Extrapolate

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Conjecture about an unknown by projecting info about something known; predict by projecting past exp

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Facetious

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Joking, humorous, esp inappropriately; not serious, concerned w/ frivolous things

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Fallacious

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Logically unsound; deceptive

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Fidelity

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Faithfulness; strict observance of duty; accuracy in reproducing a sound or image

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Foment

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Incite, instigate, promote the growth of; apply medicated liquid to a body part

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Fringe

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On the margin, periphery; the ppl in a group who hold the most extreme views

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Gainsay

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Declare false; oppose

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Garrulous

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Talkative, rambling

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Gauche

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Tactless, lacking social grace, crude

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Germane

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Relevant and appropriate

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Glib

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Fluent and easy in a way that suggests superficiality or insincerity

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Gradation

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A progression, a process taking place gradually in stages; one of these stages

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Gregarious

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Sociable, pertaining to a flock or crowd

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Guile

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Clever deceit, cunning, craftiness

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Hackneyed

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Not fresh or original

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Hearken

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Listen, pay attention to

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Heterogenous

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Different in type, incongruous

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Homogenous

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Of the same kind; uniform throughout

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Hyperbole

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Deliberate exaggeration for effect

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Idiosyncracy

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Characteristic or habit peculiar to an individual; quirk

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Illiberality

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Narrow-mindedness, bigotry; strictness or lack of generosity

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Inasmuch

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In like manner, considering that

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Incendiary

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Setting on fire; arousing strife, rebellion

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Inchoate

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Just begun, undeveloped, unorganized

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Incipient

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Just beginning; in a very early stage

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Incongruous

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Out of place, inappropriate, not harmonious

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Incorporate

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Embody, give physical form to

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Ingenuous

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Genuine, not holding back; naïve

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Innocuous

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Harmless, inoffensive

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Intractable

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Difficult to control, manage; hard to cure; stubborn

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Intrepid

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Fearless, ensuring in the face of adversity

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Jocular

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Joking; jolly, playful

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Judicious

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Using good judgment; wise, sensible

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Laconic

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Using few words, concise

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Languid

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Drooping from exhaustion, sluggish; lacking in spirit

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Lassitude

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Tiredness, weariness; lazy indifference

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Laudable

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Worthy of praise

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Levity

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Lightness (of mind, spirit) or lack of seriousness, sometimes in an inappropriate way

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Levy

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Collect tax from, wage war on, or enlist for military service

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Libertine

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Morally or sexually unrestrained person; freethinker (regarding religion)

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Loquacious

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Talkative, wordy

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Maverick

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Rebel, individualist, dissenter

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Mendacious

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Lying, habitually dishonest

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Mercurial

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Quickly and unpredictably changing moods; fickle

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Mitigate

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Lessen or moderate (damage, grief, pain, etc.)

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Mores

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Customs, manners, or morals of a particular group