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aberrant
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adj. deviating from the norm
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______ behavior
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alacrity
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n. eager and enthusiastic willingness
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an alarm gets you going in the morning
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approbation
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n. praise
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assuage
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v. to easy; apease or pacify
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censure
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v. to criticize severly; to officially rebuke
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chicanery
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n. trickery
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subterfuge
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trickery
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disparate
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not similar
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enervate
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v. to weaken, reduce in vitality
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you hit a nerve and it almost killed you
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ennui
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n. dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy
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equivocate
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v. to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent
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to be "vocal" and say nothing
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exculpate
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v. to exonerate, clear of blame
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ex-culprit
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exigent
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adj. urgent
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quick to the exit!
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filibuster
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n. intentional obstruction esp speechmaking to delay legislative action
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fill (time) and bust (bills)
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ingenUous
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adj. artless, frank and candid, lacking in sophistication
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inured
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adj. accustomed to accepting something somthing undesirable
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irascible
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adj. easily angered
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irritate
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laud
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to praise highly
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magnanimity
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n. being generously noble in mind and heart, esp in forgiving
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martial
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adj. associated with war and the armed forces
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march
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nascent
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coming into being; in early development
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nebulous
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vague; cloudy; lacking in defined form
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neologism
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a new word, expression or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses
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noxious
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harmful; injurious
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obtuse
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lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression
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obviate
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to anticipate and make unneccessary
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onerous
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troubling, burdensome
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perennial
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recurrent throughout the year or many years; happening repeatedly
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perfunctory
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cursory; done without care or interest
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cursory
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done without care or interest
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prattle
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to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty or idle manner
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prescience
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foreknowledge of events
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prevaricate
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to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead
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refute
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to disprove; to successfully argue against
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relegate
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to forcibly assign eap to a lower place or position
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solicitous
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concerned and attentive, eager
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sporadic
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occurring only occasionally
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static
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not moving, at rest
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stupefy
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to stun, baffle, or amaze
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tortuous
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winding; twisting; excessively complicated
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truculent
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fierce and cruel; eager to fight
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voracious
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having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit
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waver
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to move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion
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abscond
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to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide
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ameliorate
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to make better or more tolerable
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arduous
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strenuous, taxing
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ascetic
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one who practices rigid self-denile esp as an act of religious devotion
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austere
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without adornment bare, simple, ascetic
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axiom
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a universalli recognized principle
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axiomatic
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taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth
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bucolic
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rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants
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cannonical
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following or in agreement with accepted traditional standards
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contentious
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argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement
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convoluted
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complex or complicated
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culpable
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deserving blame
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disabuse
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to undecieve; to set right
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eclectic
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composed of elements drawn from several sources
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effrontery
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extreme boldness; presumptuousness
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ephemeral
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brief, fleeting
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erudite
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very learned; scholarly
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extemporaneous
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inprovised; done without preparation
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facetious
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playful; humorus
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fulminate
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to loudly attack or denouce
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hyperbole
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an exaggerated statement
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oscillation
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the act of swinging back and forth
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paean
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a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving
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penurious
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penny-pinching; excessivly thrifty; engernerous
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perfidy
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intentional breach of faith; trechery
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pernicious
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extremely harmful; potentially causing death
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perspicacious
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acutely perceptive; having keen discernment
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percipitate
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acting with excessive haste ot impulse
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predilection
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a disposition in favor of something;preference
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prolific
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producing large volumes or amounts; productive
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qualms
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misgivings; reservations
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quiescence
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stillness; motionlessness; quality of being at rest
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recant
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to retract eps a previously held belief
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redoubtable
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awe-inspiring; worthy of honor
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reticent
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quiet, reserved, reluctant to express thought or feelings
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sordid
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characterized by filth, grime , or squalor, foul
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squalid
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sordid; wretched and dirty as from neglect
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stoic
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indifferent or unaffected by pleasure or pain, steadfast
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stymie
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to block, thwart
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supplant
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to take the place of; supersede
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synthesis
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the combination of parts to make a whole
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torpid
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lethargic; slugish; dromant
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torque
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a force that causes rotation
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ubiquitous
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exsisting everywhere at the same time. constantly encountered, widespread
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veracity
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truthfulness; honest
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vilify
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to defame, characterize harshly
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