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132 Cards in this Set
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cosseted
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to spoil
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disingenuous
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insincere
GEN (true/real) |
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mercurial
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changeable, volatile
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clairvoyant
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able to see the future, knowing what other people are thinking
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provident
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foresight
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providence
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care or foresight, usually exercised by God or nature to protect or provide for people
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reticent
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quiet, not using many words, not speaking
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fallible
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liable to be erroneous or false; not accurate
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pliant
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lithe, flexible
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avnucular
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of or relating to uncles
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timorous
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timid, fear, fearful
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rapturous
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bliss, joy, delight
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rapt
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deeply engrossed or absorbed
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rapture
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ecstatic joy or delight; joyful ecstasy
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nihilistic
nihilism |
total rejection of established laws and institutions.
anarchy, terrorism, or other revolutionary activity. extreme form of skepticism. total and absolute destructiveness, esp. toward the world at large and including oneself. no absolute truth. |
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intractable
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not easily controlled or directed; not docile or manageable; stubborn; obstinate
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phlegmatic
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absolutely calm, not easily excited to action or display of emotion; apathetic; sluggish.
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quixotic
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given to fantasy, day dreamer
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didactic
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instructive
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maudlin
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overly sentimental, treacly
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baroque
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ornate
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florid
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rosy, red (face complexion),
flowery, ornate |
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morose
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extremely sad
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facetious
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sarcastic
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obdurate
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hard, stubborn
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sanguine
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1. optimistic
2. rosy cheeked, red complexion |
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controvertible
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open to controversy, able to be changed
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vertiginous
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inducing vertigo, a dizzy sensation at great heights
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inconsolable
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not able to be comforted
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somnolent
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sleepy
SOMN (sleep) |
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fractious
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peevish, irritable
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skinflint
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a mean, niggardly person; miser, stingy, refuses to spend money even though they have money to spend
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diatribe
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lengthy, angry, critical speech,
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tactless
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without class, without etiquette, rude
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taciturn
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laconic, using few words
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tacit
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unspoken
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impetuous
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bold, forward
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prudent
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cautious
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aloof
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distant
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dictum
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spoken law
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concession
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giving up, compromising
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derivative
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imitated, copied
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jubilant
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celebratory, happy
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pugnacious
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prone to fight
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supercilious
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arrogant, snobbish
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belligerence
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carrying on war, warlike, wanting to fight
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indigence
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poverty
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perfidy
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disloyalty
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aspersion
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slander, negative criticism
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tenacity
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perseverance
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apparition
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ghostly appearance
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supposition
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a thought or an idea that is not supported by concrete evidence
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ambivalence
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uncertain
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ostentatious
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showy, flashy
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convoluted
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confused, difficult to understand
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capricious
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given to sudden change, spontaneous
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bombastic
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sounding elegant but no substance, overblown
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loquacious
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talkative
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decorous
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follows the rules of etiquette, good taste
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streamlined
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as efficient as possible
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mitigate
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to reduce in severity
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jingoism
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extreme loyalty, nationalism
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ossified
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to harden into bone, to become fixed and inflexible
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bureaucratization
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political party with rules and regulations
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venerable
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deserving respect, elderly
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erroneous
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mistaken or false
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modicum
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small bit
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surfeit
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surplus, excess
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penurious
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poor, miserly
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conciliatory
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friendly
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miffed
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angry, upset
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audacious
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bold
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efface
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erase, vanish
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self-effacing
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modest, not exist, downplaying oneself
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reverence
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respect
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salutary
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beneficial
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exacerbated
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to make worse, intensify
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perverse
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going against what is normal, evil
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salubrious
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health giving, beneficial
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paradigm
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model, ideal
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periphery
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outskirts
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inception
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beginning
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depravities
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perverse, wicked, corrupt
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austerity
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stern, harsh, severe
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attest
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bear witness, certify
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esoteric
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understood by only a select few
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impugned
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condemn as false or guilty
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raiment
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garments
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flotsam
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discarded objects
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cantankerous
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easily irritated
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disingenuous
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false, untruthful, not genuine
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decimation
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destroy a fraction of
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reconnaissance
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spying, investigating
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sustenance
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that which sustains creatures
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languid
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sleepy, slow
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resilient
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conquering the odds, overcome obstacles that people might not
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omnipotent
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all powerful, power
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contemptuous
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disdainful, hateful
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lax
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relaxed, not strict
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prognosis
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foretelling the future
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preeminence
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highest
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retrenchment
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act of cutting down or cutting off
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incorrigible
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not able to be corrected
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tenuous
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lacking in clarity
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ineffable
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incapable of being described
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intrinsic
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in and of itself, belonging to a thing by its very nature, natural
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ephemeral
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not long lasting, short lived
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bolster
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support
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multifaceted
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many different aspects
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misnomer
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misapplied name, error in naming
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curative
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cure
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precursor
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comes before and paves the way
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bucolic
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countryside, agriculture
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prolific
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highly productive
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lugubrious
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mournful
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sundry
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many and various
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chicanery
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trickery
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remonstrance
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condemnation, to object, disapprove
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lassitude
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lazy, indifference
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erudition
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deep, scholarly
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meddle
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get into other people's business
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temporize
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prolong
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vacuity
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absence of substance
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dalliance
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flirtation that doesn't lead to anything
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infelicity
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unhappy, misfortune
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pragmatism
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practical
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futility
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uselessness
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boorishness
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rude, insensitive
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sedulous
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hardworking
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fastidious
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picky, cleanliness
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vindictive
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vengeful
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petulant
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children, easily provoked to outbursts
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