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abortive
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failing to accomplish an intended aim or purpose; only partially or imperfectly developed
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abortive
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s. miscarried
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abortive
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s. fruitless
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abortive
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s. premature
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abortive
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a. successful
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abortive
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a. realized
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abortive
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a. consummated
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bruit
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to spread news, reports, or unsubstantiated rumors
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bruit
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s. noise abroad
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bruit
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s. broadcast
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bruit
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s. blazon
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bruit
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a. cover up
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bruit
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a.conceal
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bruit
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a. hush up
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contumelious
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insolent or rude in speech or behavior; insultingly abusive; humiliating
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contumelious
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s. vituperative
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contumelious
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s. scurrilous
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contumelious
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s. excoriating
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contumelious
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a. laudatory
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contumelious
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a. commendatory
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contumelious
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a. deferential
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dictum
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a short saying; an authoritative statement
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dictum
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s. maxim
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dictum
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s. precept
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dictum
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s. aphorism
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dictum
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s. axiom
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ensconce
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to settle comfortably and firmly in position; to put or hide in a safe place
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ensconce
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s. nestle
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ensconce
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s. lodge
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ensconce
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s. entrench
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ensconce
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a. unseat
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ensconce
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a. displace
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ensconce
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a. oust
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iconoclastic
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attacking or seeking to overthrow popular or traditional beliefs, ideas, or institutions
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iconoclastic
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s. image-breaking
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iconoclastic
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s. irreverent
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iconoclastic
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s. heretical
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iconoclastic
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a. orthodox
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iconoclastic
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a. conservative
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iconoclastic
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a. reverent
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in medias res
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in or into the middle of a plot; into the middle of things
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internecine
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mutually destructive; characterized by great slaughter and bloodshed
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internecine
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s. murderous
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internecine
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s. savage
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internecine
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s. ruinous
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internecine
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A. peaceful
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internecine
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a. harmonious
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internecine
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a. constructive
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maladroit
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lacking skill or dexterity; lacking tact, perception, or judgment
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maladroit
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s. inept
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maladroit
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s. awkward
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maladroit
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s. clumsy
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maladroit
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s. gauche
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maladroit
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a. skillful
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maladroit
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a. dexterous
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maladroit
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a. deft
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maladroit
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a. tactful
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maudlin
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excessively or effusively sentimental
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maudlin
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s. mushy
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maudlin
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s. mawkish
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modulate
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to change or vary the intensity or pitch; to temper or soften; to regulate, adjust
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modulate
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s. adapt
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modulate
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s. moderate
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portentous
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foreshadowing an event to come; causing wonder or awe; self consciously weighty, pompous
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portentous
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s. foreboding
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portentous
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s. ominous
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portentous
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s. pretentious
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portentous
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a. auspicious
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portentous
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a. propitious
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portentous
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a. encouraging
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prescience
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knowledge of events or actions before they happen; foresight
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prescience
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s. foreknowledge
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prescience
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a. hindsight
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quid pro quo
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something given in exchange or return for something else
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quid pro quo
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s. swap
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quid pro quo
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s. trade
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salubrious
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conducive to health or well-being; wholesome
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salubrious
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s. beneficial
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salubrious
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s. healthy
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salubrious
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s. invigorating
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salubrious
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a. harmful
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salubrious
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a. unhealthy
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salubrious
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a. deleterious
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salubrious
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a. noxious
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saturnalian
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characterized by riotous or unrestrained revelry or licentiousness
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saturnalian
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s. dissipated
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saturnalian
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S. debauched
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saturnalian
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s. orgiastic
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saturnalian
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a. sedate
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saturnalian
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a. prim
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saturnalian
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a. decorous
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saturnalian
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a. seemly
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touchstone
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a means of testing worth or genuineness
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touchstone
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s. criterion
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touchstone
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s. yardstick
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touchstone
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s. benchmark
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traumatic
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so shocking to the emotions as to cause lasting and substantial psychological damage
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traumatic
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s. jolting
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traumatic
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a. soothing
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traumatic
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a. comforting
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traumatic
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A..agreeable
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traumatic
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a. pleasant
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vitiate
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to weaken, debase, or corrupt; to impair the quality or value of
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vitiate
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s. degrade
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vitiate
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s. undermine
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vitiate
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a. purify
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vitiate
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a. fortify
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vitiate
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a. strengthen
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vitiate
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a. enhance
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waggish
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fond of making jokes; characteristic of a joker; playfully humorous or droll
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waggish
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s. whimsical
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waggish
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s. jocular
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waggish
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a. serious
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waggish
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a. grave
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waggish
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a. grim
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waggish
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a. dour
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waggish
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a. humorless
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