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202 Cards in this Set
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Opulent
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Displaying great wealth
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Juxtapose
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To place side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
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Defunct
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No longer exisiting or functioning
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Raze
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To level to the ground; demolish
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lugubrious
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Mournful, dismad, or gloomy especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree
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effrontery
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brazen boldness; presumptuousness
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supplant
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to usurp the place of, especially through intrigue or underhanded tactics
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rhetoric
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using language effectivley and persuasivley
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inundate
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to overwhelm as if with a flood; to swamp
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stymie
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to thwart or stump
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circumscribe
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Draw a circle around; to restrict
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acumen
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quickness, accuracy, or keeness of judgement or insight
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reticent
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Reservered; inclined to be silent
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vituperative
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marked by harshly abusive condemnation
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altruism
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unselfish concern for the welfare of others; selflessness
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subterfuge
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A deceptive stratagem or device
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derogatory
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Insulting or intended to insult
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eradicate
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to get rid of as if by tearing it up by the roots; abolish
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vex
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to annoy or bother; to perplex
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solicitious
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concerned
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conjecture
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shrewd; clever
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astute
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inference; guesswork
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reclusive
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preferring isolation/seclusion
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sonorous
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producing a deep or full sound
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chicanery
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trickery
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Didactic
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instructive
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erudition
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deep extensive learning and knowledge
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Insinuate
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introduce or communicate stealthily
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staid
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unemotional; serious
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synergy
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a combined action or operation
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apathetic
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lacking in harmony; imcompatible
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incongruous
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feeling or showing little emotion
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debilitate
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impair the strength of; weaker
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vigilant
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on the alert; watchful
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multiplicity
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state of being various or manifold; a great number
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aural
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of or related to the ear or the sense of hearing
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proliferate
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to grow or increase rapidly
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maverick
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one who is independent and resists adherence to a group
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extraneous
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irrelevant; inessential
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philanthropic
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humanitarian; benevolant
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substantiate
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to prove/ support with evidence; verify
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vindicate
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to free from blame
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exonerate
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to free from blame
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parity
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equality in amount, status, or value
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indict
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to officially charge with wrong doing or a crime
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ingenuous
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lacking in cunning/ guile or worldlines
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hackneyed
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worn out through overuse; trite
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eclectic
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made up of a variety of sources or styles
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precocious
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exhibiting early intellectual aptitude; GENIUS!
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rectitude
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moral uprightness; righteousness
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Tumultuous
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noisy and disorderly
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obsequious
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fawning & servile
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austere
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without decoration; strict
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tenacity
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persistence
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contiguous
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showing on edge; boundary; touching
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denounce
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openly condemn; show dislike
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mercenary
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motivated solely by money or material gain (Adjective); A professional soldier (noun)
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extrapolate
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inferences from known information; to deduce
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vignette
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a short scene or story
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assimiliate
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absorb; become absorbed
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veracity
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adherence to the truth; truthfulness
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lucid
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clear; easily understood
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quell
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to put down forcibly; supress
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mar
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to damage, especially in a disfiguring way
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insular
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isolated/narrow/provincial
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vicarious
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felt or undergone as if one were taking part in the experience or feelings of another
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magnanimous
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courageously or generously noble in mind or heart
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surreptitious
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secretive; sneaky
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ignominy
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great personal dishonor or humilation; disgraceful conduct
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scrupulous
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principled, having a strong sense of right or wrong; conscientious or exacting
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sanctimonius
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feigning piety or righteousness
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insipid
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uninteresting; unchallenging; lacking taste or savor
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extol
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to praise highly
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ambivalent
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simultaneously feeling; opposing feelings; uncertain
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redudnant
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needlessly repetitive
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flagrant
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extremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable
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castigate
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scold, rebuke, harshly, criticize
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esoteric
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intended for/understood by a small group
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idiosyncrasy
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characteristic unique to an individual/group; clumsy social error
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cosmopolitan
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worldly; widely sophisticated
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abase
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to lower in rank, prestige, or esteem
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onerous
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troublesome or oppressive; burdensome
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credible
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capable of being believed; plausible
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duplicitous
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deliberately deceptive
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palliative
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relieving or soothing the symptoms of a disease/disorder without effecting a cure
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temporal
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of, relating to, or limited by time
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perspicacious
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shrewd; clever-sighted
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partisan (adj.)
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devoted to/biased in support of a party, group, or cause
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vindictive
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disposed to take revenge; revengeful; spiteful
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extirpate
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to remove or destroy totally; do away with; exterminate
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paucity
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smallness in number; scarcity
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vapid
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lacking liveliness, animation, or interest; dull
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banal
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drearily commonplace; predictable; trite
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cathartic
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relaxing after an emotional outburst
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capricious
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impulsive and unpredictable
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redolent
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fragrant; aromatic; suggestive
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modicum
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a small, moderate, or token amount
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tenuous
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having little substance or strength; shaky
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potentate
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one with the power to rule over others; monarch
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arcane
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known/understood by few
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gaffe
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a clumsy social error
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dubious
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doubtful; of unlikely aethenticity
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deride
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to mock contemptuously
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ubiquitous
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being or seeming to be everywhere at the same time; omnipresent
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penchant
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a strong inclination or liking
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mandacious
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lying; untruthful
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felicitious
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admirably suited; apt
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equivocal
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open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead; ambiguous
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jaded
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worn out; wearied
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ephemeral
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lasting for only a brief time
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perjorative
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belittling; insulting; disparaying
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ascertain
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to find out through investigation or experimentation
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embellish
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to ornament or decorate; to exaggerate
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therapeutic
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having or exhibiting healing powers
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curative
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able to heal/cure
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ebullience
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intense enthusiasm
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prosaic
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unimaginative; dull
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cacophony
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discordant, unpleasant noise
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beneficial
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producing or promoting a favorable result; helpful
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gratuitous
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given freely; unearned; unnecessary
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remiss
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negligent; lax in performing ones duties
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alleviate
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to ease a pain or burden
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flag (v.)
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to decline in vigor or strength; to tire; to droop
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callous
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emotionally hardened; unfeeling
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impetus
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an implelling force or stimulus
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strident
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loud, harsh, grating, or shrill
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autonomy
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independence; self determination
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renounce
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give up (a little) especially by formal announcement
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derivative
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something from another source
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orthodox
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following tradition especially in religion
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enigma
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puzzle; mystery
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ornate
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elaborately decorated
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fabricate
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to make up in order to decieve
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exuberant
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full of unrestrained enthusiasm or joy
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empathetic
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identifying with an understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives
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inscrutable
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impenetrable; difficult to understand
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censure (v.)
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issue official blame
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pragmatic
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practical
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loquacious
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talkative
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adroit
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dextrous
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euphemism
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a mild/indirect turn used to avoid being blunt, ex: "passing away"
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repudiate
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to reject the validating or authority of...
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dilatory
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habitually late
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superfluous
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extra; unnecessary
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diligent
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marked by painstaking effort; hardworking
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multifarious
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diverse; various
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prescience
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knowledge of actions or events before they occur; foreknowledge; foresight
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prospectus
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formal proposal
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exorbitant
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exceeding all bounds, as of custom or fairness
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abstruse
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difficult to understand
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archaic
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characteristic of an earlier time; antiquated; old
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anachronistic
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the representation of something as existing or happening in the wrong time period
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obstinate
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stubbornly attached to an opinion or a course of action
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soporific
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inducing or tending to induce sleep
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complement
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something that completes, goes with, or brings to perfection
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candid
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completely honest; straight forward
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pedantic
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over-concerned with rules or formulation
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eminent
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distinguished; prominent
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convoluted
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intricate; complex
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prolific
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producing a lot
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circumspect
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careful; prudent; discreet
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reciprocate
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mutually take or give; to respond in kind
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relinquish
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give up/abandon; retire from
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litigious
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prone to engage in lawsuits
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entourage
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a group or society following an important person
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sycophant
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insincere, obsequious behavior/flatterer
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conciliatory
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appeasing, soothing; willing to reconcile
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squelch
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to crush if by trampling; squash
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tangential
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merely touching or slightly connected; only superficially relevant
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impugn
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to attack as false or questionable
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clandestine
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done secretively, especially to decieve; surreptitious
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dirge
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a funeral hymn or lament
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portent
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indication of something important or calamitous about to occur; omen
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dearth
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scarce supply; lack
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brevity
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the quality or state of being in brief in duration.
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rudimentary
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basic; elementary
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disparage
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to speak of negatively; to belittle
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laudatory
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full of praise
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temperate
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moderate; restrained
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debacle
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disastrous or ludicrous, defeat or failure; fiasco
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squander
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to spend wastefully
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specious
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having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually false
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lavish
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extravagant
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ambiguous
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open to more than one interpretation
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epitome
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a representative or example of a type
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disaffected
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having lost loyalty; discontent faith
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amalgam
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a combination of diverse elements; a mixture
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erratic
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marked inconsistent
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belie
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to misrepresent
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fallacy
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a false notion
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imeptuous
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suddenly & forcefully energetic or emotional; impulsive and passionate
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bombastic
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given to pompous speech or writing
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sporadic
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occurring at irregular intervals; having no pattern or order in time
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incoherent
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lacking connection; notable to be understood
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incontrovertible
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indisputable; not open to question
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disseminate
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scatter widely; spread
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cajole
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to urge with repeated appeals, teasing, or flattery
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vacillate
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to sway from one side to the other; oscillate
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aesthetic
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having to do with the appreciation of beauty
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whimsical
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characterized by whim; unpredictable
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effusive
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showing excessive emotion; emotional
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debunk
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to expose untruths, shams, or exaggerated claims
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