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Aesthetic
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relating or pertaining to a sense of beauty or art
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Though the scarlet letter resembles something of an __ nature, the story behind the symbol aren't....at all
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aloof
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apart indifferent
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archaic
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antiquated, old, out of use
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assuage
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to ease, to mitigate, to make less painful or burdensome, to calm
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belie
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to contradict, to give a false impression
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contentious
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quarrelsome, stirring controversy
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daunt
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to intimidate, to dismay
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debilitate
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to weaken, to enfeeble
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discord
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lack of agreement, tension, strife
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dissemination
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the act of spreading widely: scattering
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dogmatic
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strongly opinionated in an unwarranted manner
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duplicity
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double dealing, hypocrisy
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egocentric
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self-centered, selfish
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euphemism
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substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is offensive
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gluttonous
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greedy for food and drink
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mundane
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ordinary,commonplace
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ominous
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threatening
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petulance
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unreasonable touchiness or irritability
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pompous
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exaggerated, show of dignity or self-importance
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precocious
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exceptionally early in development
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slothful
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lazy, indolent
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trivia
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insignificant matters
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verbose
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wordy, very talkative
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virulent
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extremely poisonous;hateful
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volatile
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quickly changeable, easily vaporized
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