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exacerbate
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to make more violent, bitter, or severe
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pretentious
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making usually unjustified, or excessive claims (as of value or standing); showy, ostentatious
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haughty
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blatantly and disdainfully proud; snooty, conceited
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disdainful
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full of a feeling of contempt for waht is beneath one; scornful
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miff
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to put into ill humor; offend
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machination
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a scheming or crafty action or artul design intended to accomplish some usually evil end
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embroil
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to involve in conflict or difficulties
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vocation
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the work in which a person is regularly employed; career, occupation, profession
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burgeoning
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growing and expanding rapidly
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aesthetics
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a pleasing appearance or effect; beauty
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abhor
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to regard with extreme repugnance; loathe
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cloying
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excessively sweet or sentimental
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berefit
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deprived or robed of possession of something
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ardor
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extreme vigor or energy; intensity
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cognizant
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knowledgeable about something, especially through personal experience; mindful
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cajole
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to persuade with flattery or gentle urging, especially in the face of reluctance
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volubly
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marked by a ready flow of speech
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disparaging
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to speak slightingly about; decry
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discourse
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talk, converse
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genial
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marked by sympathy or friendliness; kindly
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extrenuating
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to mitigate; to lessen or try to lessen the seriousness or extent of by making partial excuses
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crass
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having or indicating such grossness of mind as precludes delicacy and discriminatino
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procure
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to get possession of; obtain by particular care and effort
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rapport
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relation marked by harmony, conformity, accord, or affinity
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emissary
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one designed as the agent of another
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interlocutor
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someone who takes part in a dialogue or conversation
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portentously
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something that foreshadows a coming event
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verdant
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green with growing plants
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perfunctory
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characterized by routine or superificiality
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austere
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stern and cold in appearance or manner
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torpid
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lacking in energy or vigor
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potentate
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one who has the power and position to rule over others; a monarch
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precarious
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characterized by a lack or security or stability that threatens with danger
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periphery
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the external boundary or surface of a body
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presiding
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occupying a palace of authority, acting as president, chairman, or moderator
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preempted
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to take the place of
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formidable
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causing fear, dread, or apprehension
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covet
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to wish for enviously
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usurp
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to take the place of by or as if by force; supplant
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consign
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commit, expecially to a final destination or fate
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upstart
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unknown, insignificant person, low on the totem pole
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mendicant
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beggar
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penurious
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marked by a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (as in money)
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exorbitantly
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excessively; exceedingly
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extricate
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to release from entanglement or difficulty
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feigned
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fictitious, faked; artificial
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efficaciously
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effective; having the power to achieve the desired effect
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inundate
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to overwhelm with abundance; as if with a flood
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dénouement
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finale, conclusion
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coalesce
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to arise from the combination of distinct elements; to unite into a whole
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propensity
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an often intense natural inclination or preference
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surreptitiously
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done, made, or acquired by stealth; secretly, slyly
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anemic
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lackluster, insipid; refer to anemia medical condition
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affront
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to insult especially to the face by behaivor or language
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bourgeois
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marked by a concern for material interests and respectability and a tendency toward mediocrity; usually used disparagingly
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parsimony
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the quality of being careful with money or resources; thrift
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pigeonhole
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a neat catgory that usually fails to reflect actual complexities
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querolous
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arguementative
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indecorous
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not decorous; conflicting with accepted standards of good conduct and good taste
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toady
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one who flatters in hope of gaining favors
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untenavle
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not able to be defended or occupied
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resplendent
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shining brilliantly; characterized by a glowing splendor
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languidy
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lakcing force or quickness of movement; slow
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cacophony
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harsh or discordant sound; dissonance
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kinship
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the quality or state of being kin; relationship
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visceral
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dealing with crude or elemental emotions; instinctive
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lummox
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clumsy person
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jovial
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markedly good-humored, especially as evidenced by jollity and conviviality
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disparity
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containing or made up of fundamentally different and often incongruous elements
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malinger
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to pretend incapacity (as illness) so as to avoid duty or work; shirk
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fritter
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to spend or waste bit by bit on trifles, or without commensurate return
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surfeit
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an overabundant supply; excess
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ascetic
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plain, stark, simple; austere in appearance, manner, or attitude
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pronouncement
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a usually formal declaration of opinion
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encroaching
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to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another
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rectify
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to set right; remedy, correct
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exculpate
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to clear from alleged fault or guilt
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unmitigated
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not lessened; unrelieved
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delineated
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to mark the outline of; demarcated
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feral
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not domesticated or cultivated; wild
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reticent
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restrained in expression, presentation, or appearance
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indignant
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filled with or marked by indignation (anger aroused by something unjust, unworthy, or mean)
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goading
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to incite or rouse as if with a goad; provoking, prodding
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alacrity
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promptness in response; cheerful readiness
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reprehensible
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deserving criticism
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promulgate
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to put (a law) into action or force
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razed
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demolished, destroyed to the ground
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clandestine
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marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy
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espouse
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to take up and support as a cause; become attached to
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vehemently
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marked by forceful energy
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adulation
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to flatter or admire excessively or lavishly
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couched
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to lay oneself down for rest or sleep
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harangue
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a ranting speech or writing
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pariah
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outcast
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modium
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a small amount
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munificence
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characterized by great liberality or generosity
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insular
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characteristic of an isolated people, especially having a narrow or provincial view point
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jaded
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world-weary, cynical
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vestige
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a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something, a relic
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repose
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to lie at rest
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purportedly
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ostensibly, allegedly
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morass
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something that traps, confuses or impedes
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egregious
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conspicuously bad; flagrant
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pundits
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one who gives opinions in an authoritative manner; critic
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onerous
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involving, imposing, or constituting a burden
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inception
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an act, process, or instance of beginning
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opulent
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lavish, magnificent
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pragmatist
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a person who takes a practical approach to problems and affairs
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exalted
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to raise in status, praise, glorify
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bolster
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to give a boost to
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tabled
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removed from consideration indefinately
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temerity
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nerve, boldness
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supplant
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to supersede another, especially by force or treachery
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remiss
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showing neglect or inattention
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fickle
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marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability, flip-flop
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augurs
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to fortell
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chide
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to scold
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derisively
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expressing ridicule, scorn, or contempt
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desecrate
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to treat disrespectfully, irreverently, or outrageously
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detritus
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loose material that results directly from disintegration
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unfetter
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emancipate, liberate
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sully
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to make soiled or tarnished
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proponent
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one who argues in favor of soemthing; advocate
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derision
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the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt
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rancorously
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characterized by bitter, deep-seated ill will
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sagacity
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keen in sense of perception and judgment, discerning
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obstreperous
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marked by unruly or agressive noisiness
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obdurate
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resistant to persuasion or softening influences; stubborn
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ruminate
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to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly
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microcosm
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a little world, especially the human race as seen of the world or universe
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reactionary
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ultraconcervative in politics
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nefarious
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flagrantly wicked or impious, evil, malicious
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clairvoyance
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the ability to perceive matters beyond the range of ordinary perception
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variegated
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having discreet markings of different colors
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pallid
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abnormally pale or wan
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squelch
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to completely suppress
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acrimonious
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caustic, biting, or rancorous, especially in feeling language or manner
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drub
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to abuse with words, berate
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enmity
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deep-seated and typically mutual hatred or ill will
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emend
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to correct
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phlegmatic
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having or showing a slow and stolid temperament; apathetic
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enervated
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lacking physical, mental or moral vigor
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consecrate
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to make invoilable or venerable
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facile
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easily accomplished or attained
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indefatigable
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incapable of being fatigued; untiring
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surmise
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a thought or idea based on scanty evidence
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trepidation
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apprehension, fear
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foray
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a brief excursion or attempt, especially outside one's accustomed sphere
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respite
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an interval of rest or relief
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suffuse
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to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light
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evanescent
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tending to vanish like vapor
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extant
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currently or actually existing
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ponderous
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of very great weight; heavy
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mire
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to cause to get stuck in
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ramshackle
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appearing ready to collapse
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diffident
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hesitant in acting or speaking through lack of self-confidence
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rueful
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mournful, regretful
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gaffe
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a social or diplomatic blunder
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barrage
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a vigorous or rapid outpouring or projection of many things at once
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derelict
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abandoned, especially by the owner or occupant; run-down
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flout
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to treat withcontemptuous disregard
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pander
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cater or exploit the weakness of others
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staunch
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steadfast in loyalty or principle
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sentient
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finely sensitive in perception or feeling; aware
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subversive
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a cause of obverthrow or destruction, especially an attempt to overthrow a government by people working within secretly
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unscrupulous
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not having moral integrity; unprincipled
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furtive
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done by stealth; sly
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linchpin
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a central cohesive source of support and stability
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perfidious
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disloyal or faithless
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epistolary
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contained in or carried on by letter
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revelatory
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serving to reveal something
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cathartic
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characterized by a perification or purgation of the emtions that brings renewal/release from tension
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vacillate
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to waver in mind, will, or feeling; hesitate in choice of opinions or courses
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emanate
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to come out form a source
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frivolity
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playful merriment that lacks substance or purpose
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ostensibly
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represented or appearing as such; plausible rather than demostrably true
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extolled
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praised highly; glorified
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quandary
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a state of perplexity or doubt
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trump
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a card of a suit any of whose cards will win over a card that is not of this suit
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impious
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lacking in recverence or proper respect (ie. in God or parents)
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ensue
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to take place afterward, result
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callow
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lacking adult maturity or experience
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aplomb
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complete and confident composure or self-assurance
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pedantic
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a style of teaching characterized by formality and undue atttention to minutiae
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circumlocutions
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the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea
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ramification
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consequence, outcome
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cantankerous
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difficult or irritating to deal with
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elocutionist
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one who is effective in the art of public speaking
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proselytize
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to recruit someone to join one's party, institution or cause
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engender
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to cause to exist or develop
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glacial
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devoid of warmth and cordiality
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litigate
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to contest in law
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bane
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a source of harm or ruin, curse
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precocious
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exhibiting mature qualities at an unusually early age
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earmark
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to designate (ie. funds) for a specific use or owner
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revulsion
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a sense of utter distaste or repugnance
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fodder
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inferior or readily available material used to supply a heavy demand
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missive
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written communication; letter
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sycophant
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a servile self-serving flatterer
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spurious
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false, similar to something that is genuine
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transient
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passing through or by a place with only a brief stay or sojourn
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canonical
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conforming to a general rule or acceptable procedure; orthodox
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cohort
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companion, colleague
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trove
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a valuable collection; treasure
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self-aggradizement
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to make oneself appear greater, to praise oneself
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