Master List 1

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vituperative

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harshly condemning

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ignominy

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personal dishonor, disgraceful conduct

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effrontery

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brazen boldness, presumptuousness

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presumptuous

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self-confident

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censure

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to issue official blame

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rectitude

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righteousness

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inscrutable

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unfathomable

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extirpate

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to destroy

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disparage

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to belittle

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pedantic

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concerned with book learning and formal rules

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sophistry

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a plausible, but misleading or fallacious argument

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pejorative

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disparaging, belittling

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contempt

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hatred

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remiss

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negligent

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expurgate

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to remove objectionable content before publication or release

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castigate

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to scold, rebuke, or harshly criticize

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quell

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to suppress

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erudition

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deep, extensive learning

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sanctimonious

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feigning piety

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eminent

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distinguished, prominent

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impugn

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attack as false

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supplant

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to usurp the place of, especially through intrigue or underhanded tactics

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denounce

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to condemn openly

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solicitous

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concerned

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conciliatory

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appeasing, soothing, showing willingness to reconcile

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didactic

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instructive

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felicitous

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well suited, apt

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inundate

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to overwhelm as if with a flood; to swamp

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duplicitous

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deliberately deceptive

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lugubrious

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mournful, dismal, or gloomy (to an exaggerated/ludicrous degree)

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flag

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to decline in vigor or strength

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jaded

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worn out; wearied

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palliative

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relieving or soothing the symptoms of a disease or disorder without effecting a cure

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fallacy

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a false notion

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amalgam

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a mixture

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vignette

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a short scene or story

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specious

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having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually false

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tumultuous

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noisy and disorderly

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onerous

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troublesome or oppressive; burdensome

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squander

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to spend wastefully

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dearth

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scarce supply; lack

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ingenuous

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lacking in cunning, guile, or worldliness

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prescience

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knowledge of actions or events before they occur; foresight

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aural

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related to the ear/hearing

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temporal

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relating to time

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dirge

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a funeral hymn or lament

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innocuous

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having do adverse effect; harmless

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rancorous

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marked by bitter ill-will

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averse

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strongly disinclined

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insolent

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insulting in manner or speech

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flippant

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disrespectfully humorous or casual

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demure

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modest and reserved

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diffidence

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timidity or shyness

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contentious

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quarrelsome

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intransigence

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refusal to moderate a position or to compromise

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repugnant

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arousing disgust or aversion; offensive or repulsive

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sanguine

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cheerfully confident; optimistic

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burgeon

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to grow and flourish

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distend

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to swell out or expand when overly full

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dogmatic

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stubbornly attached to insufficiently proven beliefs

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invocation

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a call (usually upon a higher power) for assistance, support, or inspiration

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quiescent

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quiet, still, or at rest; inactive