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garrulous
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1. excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, esp. about trivial matters.
2. wordy or diffuse: a garrulous and boring speech. |
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veracity
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truth
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prodigious
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1. extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc
2. wonderful or marvelous: a prodigious feat. |
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qualm
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missgiving
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probity
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integrity and uprightness; honesty
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foppery
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something excessively refined and fastidious in taste and manner
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perfidy
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1. deliberate breach of faith or trust; faithlessness; treachery: perfidy that goes unpunished.
2. an act or instance of faithlessness or treachery. |
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domicile
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a place of residence
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abberant
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1. departing from the right, normal, or usual course.
2. deviating from the ordinary, usual, or normal type; exceptional; abnormal. |
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effigy
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1. a representation or image, esp. sculptured, as on a monument.
2. a crude representation of someone disliked, used for purposes of ridicule. |
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aphorism
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a terse saying embodying a general truth, or astute observation
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gregarious
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fond of the company of others; sociable
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tacit
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understood without being openly expressed; implied
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broil
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to cook by direct heat, as on a gridiron over the heat or in an oven under the heat; grill
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palative
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pleasing in taste
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demarcate
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to determine or mark off the boundaries or limits of
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ruminate
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3. to chew again or over and over.
4. to meditate on; ponder. |
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cursory
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going rapidly over something, without noticing details; hasty; superficial
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scintillating
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sparkling
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impunity
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exemption from punishment
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demarcate
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to determine or mark off the boundaries or limits of
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ruminate
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3. to chew again or over and over.
4. to meditate on; ponder. |
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cursory
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going rapidly over something, without noticing details; hasty; superficial
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scintillating
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sparkling
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impunity
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exemption from punishment
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