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cogent
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convinving, reasonable
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eloquence
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the ability to speak vividly or persuasively
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implication
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the act of suggesting or hinting
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pundit
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an authority who expresses his/her opinions
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opinions against bandit
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rhetoric
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the art of using language effectively and persuasively
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senator
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arbiter
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a judge who decides a disputed case
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use arbitrary concept to decide
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exculpate
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to free from guilt or blame
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ex-culpit a person
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incontrovertible
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indisputable; not open to question
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in-controversial
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integrity
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trustworthiness; completeness
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internet
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penitent
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expressing remorse for one's misdeeds
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repent-ing
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plausible
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seemingly valid or acceptable; credible
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contemptuous
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feeling hatred; scournful
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dictatorial
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domineering; oppressively overbearing
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disdain
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contempt; scorn; to treat or regard with contempt; to look down on
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imperious
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arrogantly domineering or overbearing
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imperial stormtroopers-arrogant b/c better
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convoluted
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intricate; complex
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"convict alluded to Plato's directions to Atlantis"
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obscure
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relatively unknown; to conceal or make indistinct
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quandary
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a state of uncertainty or perplexity
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dilatory
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habitually late
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delay
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insipid
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uninteresting; unchallenging
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not "sipping"-unable to soak up b/c boring
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supressed
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subdued; kept from being circulated
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florid
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describing flowery or elaborate speech
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opulent
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exhibiting a display of great wealth
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hist: China: opium
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ostentatious
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describing a showy or pretentious display
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of pretentious
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poignant
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profoundly moving; touching
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at movie, if "point ant", then really moving
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ebullience
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intense enthusiasm
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E. bola like in Hot Zone
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effusive
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emotionally unrestrained; gushy
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broken fuse
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egregious
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conspicuously bad or offensive
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e-Greg: warn-worst
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frenetic
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wildly excited or active
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fanatic
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gratuitous
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given freely; unearned; unwarranted
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gratuis
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auspicious
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favorable; promising
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PD; like could turn into more historic than this
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emollient
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softening and soothing; something that soothes and softens
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reclamation
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the act of making something useful again
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land after mining
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sanction
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to give official authorization or approval
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sacred; reforms
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dubious
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doubtful; of unlikely authenticity
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Dublin, Ohio- NOT in England
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hypocrisy
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the practice of pretending to be something that one is not
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spurious
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not genuine; false; counterfeit
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spury, not a spur
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clandestin
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secretive
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clan destiny; when forming as kids
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coup
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a brilliantly executed plan
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d'etat-of state
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disingenuous
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not straightforward; crafty
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not genius
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ruse
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a crafty trick
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Charlotte Russe
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stratagem
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a clever trick used to deceive or outwit
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surreptitious
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done by secretive means
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"above repetitive"-so can't overhear
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wily
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cunning
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ambivalent
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simultaneously feeling opposite feelings; uncertain
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arbitrary
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determined by impulse rather than reason
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my abstract painting
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capricious
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fickle; impulsive and unpredictable
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capris pronunciation
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equivocate
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to avoid making a definite statement; to use equivocal language intentionally
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equivocal
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tenuous
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having little substance or strength; shaky, unsure, weak
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tendons (connect muscle to bone)
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assiduous
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hard-working
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bosses: "assuage-you us"
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compelling
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forceful; urgently demanding attention
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dogged
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stubbornly perseveing
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dog GED
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intrepid
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courageous; fearless
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in-trepid situation, but do not act like it
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maverick
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one who is independent and resists adherence to a group
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Top Gun
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proliferate
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to grow or increase rapidly
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pro-+; fer-to do; to do much
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profligate
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recklessly wasteful; wildly extravagant
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tenacity
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persistence
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tenacious
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incumbent
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imposed as a duty; obligatory
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in a concubine
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conception
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the ability to form or understand an idea
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dogmatic
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stubbornly persevering to insufficietly proved beliefs
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enlightening
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informative; contributing to one's awareness
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inveterate
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long-established; deep-rooted; habitual
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veteran's day-war/solders always have/will be
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omnipotent
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all-powerful
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elusive
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difficult to capture
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eludes us
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transient
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passing away with time; passing from one place to another
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trans-yeta(time reference)
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facetious
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playfully humorous
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"forsees us"-somebody almost magical description
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impinge
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hinder; interfere with
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sanction
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an economic or military measure put in place to punish another country
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anthology
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a collection of literary pieces
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dilettante
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one with an amateurish or superficial understanding of a field of knowledge
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debutante knows little about the world of latin
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narravite
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characterized by the telling of a story; a story
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parody
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an artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect
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realism
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artistic expression that aims for visual accuracy
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renaissance art
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equanimity
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the quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure
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unanimity-bringing all minds into one
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propriety
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appropriateness of behavior
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proper seity
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staid
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unemotional; serious
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stoic
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indifferent to pleasure or pain; apathetical
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discredit
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to cause to be doubted
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not credit will cause doubt
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disparage
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to belittle; to speak of in a slighting way or negatively
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"dis parentage"
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pejorative
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desribing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone
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"par majority"-if anyone can do it, majority can
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brusque
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rudely abrupt (speech)
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boorish; "brawl sequestered you"
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feral
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savage; untamed
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prison is full of____________ peopel
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fractious
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quarrelsome; unruly
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tending to break into fractions and fight
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ingrate
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an ungrateful person
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in-gratious
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insolent
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insulting in manner or speech
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reprehensible
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worthy of blame
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item of reprimand; culpable
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deleterious
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having a harmful effect; infurious
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if delerious, then bad med
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malfeasance
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misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official
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ex// faineant
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putrid
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rotten
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smell
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rancorous
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hateful; marked by deep seated ill-will
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anchor-deep
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hackneyed
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worn-out through overuse; trite
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hacked with eyes too many times
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austere
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without decoration; strict
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Austen-no modern decoration
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ponderous
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extremely dull
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"pond of rust"
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prosaic
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unimaginative, dull
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prozac-depressed, no imagination
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ominous
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menacing; threatening
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omen of rust
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premonition
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a feeling about the future
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timorous
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timid; fearfull about the future
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Tim should be timourous but is not
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trepidation
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uncertainty; apprehension
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novel
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strikingly new or unusual
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nouvelle
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sonorous
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producing a deep, full sound
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pervasive
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dispersed throughout
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prodigious
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enormous
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the prodigy has a prodigious award collection
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replete
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abundantly supplied; filled to capacity
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laudatory
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giving praise
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paramount
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of chief concern or importance
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"over mound"
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theoretical
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lacking application or practical application
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pernicious
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evil; wicked; destructive; deadly
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