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abate
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decrease, reduce
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abeyance
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temporary suspension
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abjure
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reject, abandon
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abortive
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interrupted while incomplete
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abrogate
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to put an end to
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abscond
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depart secretly
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acquiesce
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to agree; comply quietly
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acumen
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sharpness of insight
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acute
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admonish
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to caution or reprimand
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adroit
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skillful, accomplished
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adverse
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unlucky, harmful
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affinity
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fondness, liking
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affront
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personal offense, insult
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alacrity
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eagerness; speed
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aligned
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committed to one side
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amalgamate
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to mix, combine
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anachronistic
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outdated
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antediluvian
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prehistoric, ancient
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anterior
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preceding, previous
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antipathy
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dislike
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apathy
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lack of feeling or emotion
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apocryphal
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fake, fictional
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apotheosis
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glorification
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approbation
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praise; approval
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arbitrate
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mediate, negotiate
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arcane
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secret
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arrogate
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to demand
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ascetic
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austere, self-denying
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monk
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aspersion
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false rumor
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assent
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to express agreement
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(opp.)-dissent
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astringent
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harsh, severe
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astute
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having good judgement
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augury
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prophecy
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autonomous
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independent
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aver
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to declare to be true, affirm
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aversion
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intense dislike
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baleful
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harmful
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bemuse
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to confuse
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benighted
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unenlightened
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bevy
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group
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bilk
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to cheat
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blandish
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to coax with flattery
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blight
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to destroy
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brigand
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bandit, outlaw
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burgeon
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to sprout or flourish
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cajole
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to flatter, coax
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calumny
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false accusation, slander
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canonize
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to declare a person a saint
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boon
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blessing
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capitulate
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surrender
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castigate
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to punish
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catharsis
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purification, cleansing
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cavalier
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carefree, happy
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censorious
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severely critical
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chagrin
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shame
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chary
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cautious, shy
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chicanery
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deception
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choleric
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easily angered
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choler-red
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clairvoyant
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psychic
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clandestine
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secretive
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clemency
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merciful leniency
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cloister
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to confine, seclude
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cognate
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similar, akin
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collateral
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accompanying
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conglomerate
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collected group of varied things
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congruity
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harmony, agreement
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consign
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to commit, entrust
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consonant
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consistent with
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constituent
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part; citizen
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contentious
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belligerent
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contrite
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deeply sorrowful
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corroborate
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to confirm, verify
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cosset
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to pamper
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covert
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hidden, secret
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credulous
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gullible
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culpable
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guilty
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cursory
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hastily done, superficial
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dearth
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lack
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deciduous
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temporary
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decorous
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proper, tasteful
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deluge
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to submerge, overwhelm
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demur
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to object
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denigrate
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to slur someone's rep
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depravity
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sinfulness
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deprecate
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to belittle
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destitute
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very poor
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desultory
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at random
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diffidence
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shyness
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dilatory
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slow, tending to delay
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discern
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to perceive someting obscure
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disparate
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dissimilar
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dissemble
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to pretend, disguise
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dissonant
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harsh and unpleasant sounding
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dogmatic
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opinionated
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duplicity
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deception
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ebb
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fade away
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edify
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to instruct morally
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egress
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exit
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engender
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to produce, cause
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enmity
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hostility
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ennui
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boredom
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entail
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to involve as a necessary result
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equivocal
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ambiguous, open to more than one interpretation
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erudite
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learned, scholarly
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errant
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straying
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exigent
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urgent
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expiate
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to atone for
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flaccid
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limp, weak
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foible
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flaw
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forbearance
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patience
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forsake
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to abandon
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fractious
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rebellious
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garrulous
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very talkative
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hallowed
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holy; treated as sacred
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hedonism
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pursuit of pleasure as goal
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illustrious
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famous
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impervious
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impossible to affect
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implacable
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incapable of being pleased
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placeo
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impugn
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to call into question
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inculcate
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to teach
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inculpate
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to blame
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ingenuous
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straightforward
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ingress
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entrance
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innocuous
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harmless
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intimation
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clue, suggestion
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intractable
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not easily managed
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inundate
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overwhelm
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inure
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to harden; accustom
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irascible
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easily angered
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ira
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lachrymose
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tearful
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laconic
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using few words
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latent
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potential
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lassitude
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lethargy
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licentious
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immoral
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lithe
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graceful
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lugubrious
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sorrowful
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masochist
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one who enjoys pain or humiliation
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maudlin
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overly sentimental
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mendacious
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dishonest
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meretricious
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gaudy, falsely attractive
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niggardly
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stingy
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obfuscate
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to confuse
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obsequious
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overly submissive; brownnosing
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obviate
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to make unecessary
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occlude
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to shut, block
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onerous
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burdensome
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opprobrious
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disgraceful
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palliate
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to make less serious
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paradigm
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ideal example
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pedagogue
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teacher
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pedant
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boring academic
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pejorative
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having bad connotations
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pestilence
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epidemic, plague
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petulance
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rudeness
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phlegmatic
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calm in temperament; sluggish
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