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Feral
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Not domesticated or cultivated
They lead a feral existence |
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Mutability
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Capable of change or of being changed
The government tends to have mutable economic policies |
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Saccharine
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Sweet or sentimental in a way that does not seem genuine
The movie was funny, but it had a saccharine ending in which everyone lives happily ever after |
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Stratified
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To divide or arrange into classes or statuses
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Fecundity
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intellectually productive or inventive to a marked degree
A fecund imagination |
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Fatuous
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Complacently or inanely foolish
The fatuous skiiers continued their run on the mountain, ignoring the avalanche warnings |
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Tepid
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Lacking in passion, force, or zest
He gave a tepid performance |
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Ramification
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The act or process of branching
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Supersede
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To take the place of position of another
Former stars are being superseded by younger actors |
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Equivocal
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Not easily understood or explained
He responded to the reporters questions with equivocal answers |
