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Assertion
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Declaration or statement
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R U Talking to me?
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Clarity
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Clearness in thought or expressions
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R U Talking to me?
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Cogent
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Convincing Reasonable
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R U Talking to me?
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Coherent
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Logically connected
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R U Talking to me?
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Cohesive
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Condition of Sticking Together
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R U Talking to me?
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Didactic
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Intended to Instruct
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R U Talking to me?
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Discourse
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Verbal expression or exchange; conversation
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R U Talking to me?
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Eloquence
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Ability to Speak Vividly or Persuasively
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R U Talking to me?
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Emphasize
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To stress; to give special attention to something;
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R U Talking to me?
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Fluid
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Easily Flowing
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R U Talking to me?
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Implication
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Act of suggesting or Hinting
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R U Talking to me?
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Lucid
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Easily Understood; Clear
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R U Talking to me?
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Pundit
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An Authority who expresses his/her opinions
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R U Talking to me?
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Rhetoric
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The Art of using language effectively and persuasively
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R U Talking to me?
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Arbiter
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A judge who Decides a Disputed Issue
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I'll be the Judge of that
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Biased
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Prejudiced
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I'll be the Judge of that
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Exculpate
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To free from Guilt or Blame
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I'll be the Judge of that
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Impartial
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Not in favor of one side or the other, unbiased
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I'll be the Judge of that
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Incontrovertible
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Indisputable; not open to question
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I'll be the Judge of that
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Integrit
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Trustworthiness; Completeness
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I'll be the Judge of that
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Jurisprudence
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The Philosophy or Science of Law
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I'll be the Judge of that
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Objectivity
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Treating facts without influence from personal feelings or prejudices
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I'll be the Judge of that
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Penitent
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Expressing Remorse for one's misdeeds
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I'll be the Judge of that
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Plausible
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Seemingly Valid or acceptable; credible
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I'll be the Judge of that
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Substantiated
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Supported with Proof or Evidence; Verified
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I'll be the Judge of that
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Vindicated
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Freed from Blame
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I'll be the Judge of that
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Condescending
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Treating people as weak or inferior
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You're so Vain
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Contemptuous
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Feeling hatred; scornful
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You're so Vain
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Despotic
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Exercising absolute power; tyrannical
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You're so Vain
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Dictatorial
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Domineering; Oppressively Overbearing.
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You're so Vain
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Disdain
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Contempt, scorn (n or verb)
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You're so Vain
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Haughty
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Arrogant; vainly proud
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You're so Vain
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Imperious
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Arrogantly domineering or overbearing
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You're so Vain
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Patronizing
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treating in a condescending manner
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You're so Vain
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Convoluted
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Intricate; Complex
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When the Going Gets Tough
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Cryptic
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Difficult to Comprehend
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When the Going Gets Tough
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Futile
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Having no useful Purpose; Pointless
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When the Going Gets Tough
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Impede
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To slow the progress of
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When the Going Gets Tough
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Obscure
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relatively unknown; to conceal or make indistinct
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When the Going Gets Tough
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Quandary
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State of uncertainty or Perplexity
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When the Going Gets Tough
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Dilatory
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Habitually Late
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I'm a Loser, Baby
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Indolent
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Lazy
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I'm a Loser, Baby
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Insipid
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uninteresting; unchallenging
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I'm a Loser, Baby
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Listless
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Lacking Energy
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I'm a Loser, Baby
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Topor
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Laziness; Inactivity; Dullness
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I'm a Loser, Baby
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Alienated
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Removed or Disassociated from
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Revolution
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Alliance
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Union of two or more groups
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Revolution
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Disparity
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Inequality in age, rank, or degree; difference
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Revolution
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Servile
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Submissive; Like a Servant
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Revolution
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Suppressed
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Subdued; Kept from being circulated
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Revolution
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Embellish
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To make beautiful by ornamenting; To decorate
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You are So Beautiful
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Florid
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Describing Flowery or Elaborate Speech
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You are So Beautiful
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Opulent
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Exhibiting a display of great wealth
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You are So Beautiful
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Ornate
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Elaborately Decorated
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You are So Beautiful
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Ostentatious
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Describing a showy or pretentious display
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You are So Beautiful
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Poignant
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Profoundly Moving; Touching
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You are So Beautiful
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Ebullience
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Intense Enthusiasm
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Overkill
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Effusive
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Emotionally Unrestrained; Gushy
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Overkill
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Egregrious
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Conspicuously bad or Offensive
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Overkill
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Flagrant
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Extremely or Deliberately shocking or noticeable
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Overkill
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Frenetic
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Wildly excited or active
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Overkill
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Gratuitous
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Given freely; Unearned; Unwarranted;
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Overkill
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Superfluous
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Extra; Unnecessary
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Overkill
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Alleviate
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To ease a pain or burden
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It's Getting Better
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Asylum
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A place of retreat or security
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It's Getting Better
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Auspicious
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Favorable; promising
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It's Getting Better
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Benevolent
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well-meaning; generous
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It's Getting Better
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Benign
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Kind and Gentle
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It's Getting Better
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Emollient
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softening and soothing, n or adj
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It's Getting Better
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Mollify
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To caml or soothe
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It's Getting Better
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Reclamation
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Act of making something useful again
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It's Getting Better
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Sanction
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To give official authorization or approval
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It's Getting Better
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Dubious
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Doubtful; of unlikely authenticity
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Liar, Liar
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Fabricated
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made; concocted in order to deceive
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Liar, Liar
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Hypocrisy
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The Practice of pretending to be something one is not; insincerity
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Liar, Liar
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Slander
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Flase Charges and Malicious oral statements about someone
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Liar, Liar
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Spurious
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Not genuine; flase; counterfit
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Liar, Liar
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Camouflage
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To hide by blending in iwth surroundings
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She's Crafty
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Astute
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Shrewd; clever
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She's Crafty
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Clandestine
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Secretive
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She's Crafty
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Coup
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Brilliantly executed plan
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She's Crafty
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Disingenuous
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Not Straightforward; crafty
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She's Crafty
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Ruse
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Crafty Trick
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She's Crafty
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Stratagem
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Clever trick used to deceive or outwit
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She's Crafty
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Surreptitiously
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Done by secretive means
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She's Crafty
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Wary
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On guard' watchful
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She's Crafty
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Wily
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Cunning
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She's Crafty
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Ambiguous
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Open to more than one interpretation
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Whims
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Ambivalent
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Simultaneously having opposing feelings; uncertain
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Whims
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Apathetic
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Feeling or showing little Emotion
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Whims
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Arbitrary
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Determined by impulse rather than reason
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Whims
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Capricious
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Impulsive and unpredictable
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Whims
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Equivocate
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To avoid making a definate statement
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Whims
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Indifferent
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Not caring one way or the other
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Whims
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Spontaneous
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Unplanned; naturally occurring
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Whims
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Whimsical
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Subject to Erratic Behavior; unpredictable
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Whims
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Inconsequential
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unimportant
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Just a Little Bit
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Superficial
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Concerned only with what is on the surface or obvious; shallow
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Just a Little Bit
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Tenuous
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Having Little Substance or Stregnth; Shaky; Unsure, weak
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Just a Little Bit
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Trivial
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of Little important or significance
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Just a Little Bit
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Assiduous
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Hard-Working
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I Will Survive
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Compelling
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Forceful; urgently demanding attention
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I Will Survive
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Diligent
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Marked by Painstaking effort; Hard-working
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I Will Survive
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Dogged
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Stubbornly persevering
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I Will Survive
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Endure
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To put up with; To survive a Hardship
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I Will Survive
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Intrepid
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Courageous; Fearless
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I Will Survive
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Maverick
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One who is independent and resits adherence to a group
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I Will Survive
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Obdurate
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Stubborn; Inflexible
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I Will Survive
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Obstinate
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Stubbornly adhering to an opinion or course of action
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I Will Survive
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Proliferate
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To grow or increase rapidly
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I Will Survive
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Tenacity
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Persistence
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I Will Survive
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Vitality
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Energy; Power to survive
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I Will Survive
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Assimilation
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To absorb; to Make similar
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Go with the Flow
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Consensus
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General agreement
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Go with the Flow
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Context
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Circumstances of a situation; enviornment
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Go with the Flow
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Derived
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Copied or adapted from a source
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Go with the Flow
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Incumbent
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Imposed as a duty; obligatory
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Go with the Flow
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Inevitable
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Certain to happen, unavoidable
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Go with the Flow
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Malleable
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Easily Shaped or formed; easily influenced
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Go with the Flow
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Subdue
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To restrain; to hold back
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Go with the Flow
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Acquired
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Developed or Learned; not naturally occuring
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Ways of Knowing
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Conception
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The ability to form or understand an idea
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Ways of Knowing
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Conviction
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a fixed or strong belief
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Ways of Knowing
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Dogmatic
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Stubbornly adhering to insufficiently proved beliefs
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Ways of Knowing
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Enlightening
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informative; contibuting to one's awareness
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Ways of Knowing
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Impression
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Feeling or understanding resulting from an experience
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Ways of Knowing
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Intuition
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Power of knowing things without thinking; sharp insight
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Ways of Knowing
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Misconception
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an incorrect understanding or inrerpretation
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Ways of Knowing
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Perception
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Awareness; insight
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Ways of Knowing
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Perspective
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Point of View
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Ways of Knowing
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Profound
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Having great depth or seriousness
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Ways of Knowing
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Innate
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inborn; built-in
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Feeling at Home
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Inherent
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possessed at Birth; inborn
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Feeling at Home
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Inveterate
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Long established; deep-rooted; habitual
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Feeling at Home
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Omnipotent
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all-powerful
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Feeling at Home
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proximity
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closeness
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Feeling at Home
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Elusive
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Difficult to capture, as in something actually fleeting
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On the Road Again
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Emigrate
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to leave one country or region and settle in another
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On the Road Again
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Transient
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passing awar with time;Passing from one place to another
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On the Road Again
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Transitory
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short-lived or temporary
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On the Road Again
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Affable
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easy-going; Friendly
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Friendly
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Amenable
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responsive, agreeable
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Friendly
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Camaraderie
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goodwill between friends
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Friendly
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Cordial
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Sincere; Friendly
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Friendly
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Facetious
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Playfully humorous
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Friendly
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Impinge
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Hinder; interefere with
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Under The Weather
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Lament
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Express greif for; mourn
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Under The Weather
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Melancholy
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Sadness; depression
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Under The Weather
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Sanction
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economic or military measure put in place to punish another country
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Under The Weather
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Truncated
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Shortened; cut off
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Under The Weather
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Aesthetic
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Having to do with the appreciation of Beauty
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I Write the Songs
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Anthology
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Collection of literary pieces
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I Write the Songs
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Contemporary
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current, modern; from the same time
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I Write the Songs
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Dilettante
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one with an amateurish or superficial understanding of knowledge
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I Write the Songs
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Eclectic
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Made up of a variety os sources or styles
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I Write the Songs
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Excerpt
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Selected part of a passage or scene
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I Write the Songs
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Genre
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Describing a category of artistic endeavor
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I Write the Songs
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Medley
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Assortment or mixture, especially of musical pieces
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I Write the Songs
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Mural
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Large Painting applied directly to a wall or ceiling surface
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I Write the Songs
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Narrative
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a story; characterized by the telling of a story
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I Write the Songs
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Parody
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Artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect
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I Write the Songs
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Realism
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Artistic Representation that aims for visual accuracy
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I Write the Songs
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Virtuoso
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tremembously skilled artist
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I Write the Songs
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Decorous
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proper; marked by good taste
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Cool it Now
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Equanimity
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Quality of being caml and even tempered; composure
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Cool it Now
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Modest
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Quiet or humble in manner or appearance
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Cool it Now
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Propriety
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Appropriateness of behavior
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Cool it Now
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Prudent
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Exercising good judgement or common sense
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Cool it Now
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Serene
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calm
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Cool it Now
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Staid
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unemotional; serious
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Cool it Now
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Stoic
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Indifferent to pleasure or pain; impassice
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Cool it Now
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Condemn
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to express strong disapproval of; denounce
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If you can't say anything nice
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Discredit
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To cause to be doubted
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If you can't say anything nice
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Disparage
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So speak of in a slighting way or negatively; to belittle
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If you can't say anything nice
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Pejorative
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describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone
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If you can't say anything nice
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Vilify
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To make vicious statements about
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If you can't say anything nice
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Brusque
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Rudely Abrupt
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Nasty Boys
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Caustic
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Bitingly Sarcastic or witty
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Nasty Boys
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Feral
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Savage; untamed
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Nasty Boys
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Fractious
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Quarrelsome; unruly
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Nasty Boys
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Incorrigible
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Unable to be reformed
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Nasty Boys
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Ingrate
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an ungrateful person
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Nasty Boys
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Insolent
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Insulting in manner or speech
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Nasty Boys
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Notorious
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known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous
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Nasty Boys
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Pugnacious
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Combative; Belligerent
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Nasty Boys
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Reprehensible
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Worthy of Blame
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