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concise, laconic, succinct

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brief; simple

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brusque

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blunt

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abridge

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to shorten but still retain the basic content

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brevity

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brief

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conspire

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to plot something evil

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concur, concord

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agreement

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congenital

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having a specified character since birth

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schism

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division and disunion in opposing parties

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incisive

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cutting; biting

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judicious

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having good judgement; sensible

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adjudicate

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to settle an issue

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astute

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clever; cunning

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scrutinize

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to examine in detail with critical attention

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perjure

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give false testimony

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prudent

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careful in providing for the future

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jurisprudence

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a department of law

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adjure

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to request earnestly

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acumen

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shrewdness

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inscrutable

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incapable of being analyzed; mysterious

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allegation

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an assertion with little or no proof

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eloquent

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having fluent speech

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loquacious, garrulous, verbose

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talking much; chattering; wordy

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circumlocution

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a roundabout expression

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colloquial

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using conversation

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grandiloquent

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pompous style of speaking

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elocution

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a person's manner of speaking in public

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pontificate

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to speak in a pompous manner

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verbatim

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word for word

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soliloquy

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the act of talking while or as if alone

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anecdote

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interesting or amusing story

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discursive

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passing aimlessly from one subject to another

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benefactor

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donor who provides gifts

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benign

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gracious; favorable

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benevolent

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desiring to help others; charitable

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benediction

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a ceremony for good wishes

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euphemism

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the substitution of an expression for an offensive one

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eulogy

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high praise

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ingratiate

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get on the good side of someone

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beneficiary

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a person or group that recieves benefits

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gratuity

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something given without a demand

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gratis

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without charge or payment; free

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gratify

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to satisfy

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euphoria

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extreme happiness

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euphonious

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pleasant in sound

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immutable

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unchangeable

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metamorphosis

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a complete change of form

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rupture

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the act of breaking

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transmute

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to change from one nature to another; transform

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amorphous

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lacking definite form

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mercurial, protean, mutate

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changeable

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fickle

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not constant or loyal in affections

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fluctuate

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to move back and forth in waves

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vacillate

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to sway unsteadily

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revamp

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to renovate or revise

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amend

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to change for the better

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hackneyed, prosaic, insipid, banal, jejune

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no originality

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mundane

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common; ordinary

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vacuous

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lacking in ideas or intelligence

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pedestrian

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a person who travels on foot; lacking in imagination

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dormant

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lying asleep

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unanimous

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in complete agreement

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uniform

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without variations in detail

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magnanimous

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high-minded; noble

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sanguine

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cheerfully optomistic

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phlegmatic

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self-possessed; calm

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melancholy

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a gloomy state of mind

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choleric

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easily angered

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recalcitrant

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hard to manage

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lethargic

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drowsy; sluggish

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splenetic

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irritable

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querulous

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full of complaints

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dolorous

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expressing pain

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animosity

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a feeling of strong dislike

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pusillanimous

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lacking courage

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lassitude

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weariness of of body from strain; lack of energy

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platitude

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the state of feeling dull

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quotidian

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daily

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vapid

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lacking life or flavor

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unprepossessing

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engaging or attractive

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flaccid

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lacking force; weak

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forestall

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to prevent in advance

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occlude

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to close

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obviate

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to anticipate and prevent or eliminate

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divest

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to strip of clothing

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stymie

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to hinder or thwart

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abscission

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the act of cutting off; sudden termination

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abeyance

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temporary suspension

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ostracism

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exclusion from social acceptance

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proscribe

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to banish or exile

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shunt

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to sidetrack; get rid of

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cloistered

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secluded from the world

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stinting

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to be frugal; a period of time spent doing something

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placate, mollify, conciliatory

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to appease

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propriate

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assigned

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reconcile

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to compose or settle

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conversance

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familiar by use or study

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cloture

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method of closing a debate

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requite

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to give or do in return

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equivocate

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avoid an issue

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prevarication, dissemble

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to speak falsely or misleadingly

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mendacious

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false or untrue

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belie

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to misrepresent

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fallacious

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deceptive; misleading

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imposture

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fraud

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nebulous

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hazy vague

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quibble

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objection

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parry

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evade; dodge