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furtive
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done in a secret or underhand manner
syn: stealthy, surreptitious, clandestine, sly, covert |
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hiatus
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gap or break in time; missing part
syn: breach, vacancy, respite, interruption, lapse |
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impunity
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freedom or exemption from penalty or punishment
syn: immunity |
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insipid
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without taste; uninteresting, dull; lifeless
syn: flat, vapid, vacuous, unsavory, monotonous lackluster |
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lugubrious
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mournful; dismal-looking; overly sad, to the point of being melodramatic
syn: funereal, doleful, melancholy, baleful, sorrowful, depressed, solemn, grievous, sad, dreary |
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nefarious
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grossly wicked
syn: heinous, flagitious, impious, iniquitous, detestable, criminal, abominable |
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orthodox
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conforming to an established tradition or doctrine
syn: conventional, traditional, conformist |
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precarious
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dependent on circumstances or chances that are outside one’s control ( a precarious situation); uncertain, risky, dangerous, insecure
syn: insecure, unsettled, perilous |
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refractory
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stubbornly refusing to comply with another’s wishes’; resisting ordinary methods of treatment
syn: obstinate, stubborn, obdurate, mulish, recalcitrant, contumacious, perverse, intractable, unruly, disobedient |
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sanguine
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blood-red in color; of a hopeful disposition
syn: ruddy, optimistic, ardent, confident, buoyant |
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