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254 Cards in this Set
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sanctimonious
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feigning piety or righteousness
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esoteric
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understood by only a small group
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diffidence
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timidity, shyness
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arcane
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known only by a few
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censure
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to issue official blame
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potentate
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monarch
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perspicacious
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shrewd, clear-sighted
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conjecture
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inference, guesswork
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circumscribe
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to draw a circle around, restrict
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rhetoric
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art of using language persuasively
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pedantic
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concerned with book learning and rules
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inscrutable
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difficult to understand
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ingenuous
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lacking in cunning or guile, unworldly
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circumspect
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careful, discreet
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staid
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serious
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abstruse
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difficult to understand
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acumen
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accuracy, keenness
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precocious
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exhibiting early aptittude
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vituperative
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marked by harshly abusive condemnation
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prosaic
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unimaginative, dull
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adroit
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dexterous, deft
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portent
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omen
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vicarious
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as if one were taking part in another's experience
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scrupulous
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principled
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proliferate
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to grow or increase rapidly
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alacrity
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cheerful readiness
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redouble
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to make twice as great
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vapid
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lacking liveliness, dull
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intransigence
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refusal to compromise
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sophistry
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a plausible but fallacious argument
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prodigious
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enormous
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impetuous
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impulsive and passionate
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paucity
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scarcity
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variegated
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varicolored, muticolored
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verdant
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green with vegetation
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chicanery
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trickery
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obsequious
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fawning and servile
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pernicious
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irrevocably harmful, deadly
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felicitous
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admirably suited
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bombastic
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given to pompous speech or writing
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solicitous
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concerned
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extirpate
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to destroy
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maverick
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one who is independent
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scintillating
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brilliant
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palliative
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relieving symptoms without effecting a cure
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specious
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having the ring of truth but actually being false
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abase
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to lower in rank or prestige
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expurgate
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to remove objectionable content
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effrontery
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presumptuousness
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incontrovertible
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indisputable
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strident
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loud, harsh
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redolent
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aromatic, suggestive
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multifarious
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diverse, various
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ameliorate
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to improve
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rancorous
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marked by bitter ill will
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mendacious
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untruthful
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rectitude
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moral uprightness
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contentious
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quarrelsome
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impetus
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impulse, stimulus
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belie
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to misrepresent
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sangune
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optimistic
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dirge
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funeral hymn or lament
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byzantine
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complicated or devious
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quiescent
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quiet, at rest
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dilatory
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habitually late
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mercenary
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motivated solely by a desire for money
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synergy
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combined action or operation
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cacophony
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discordant, unpleasant noise
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multiplicity
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variety, great number
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conciliatory
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appeasing, soothing
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supplant
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to usurp the place of
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concord
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agreement
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dogmatic
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attached to insufficiently proven beliefs
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tenuous
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having little substance or strength
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repudiate
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to reject the validity of
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impugn
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to attack as false or questionable
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duplicitous
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deliberately deceptive
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sonorous
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producing a deep or full sound
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prescience
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foreknowledge
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ignominy
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humiliation, disgraceful conduct
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quandary
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a state of uncertainty or perplexity
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plausible
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seemingly valid or acceptable; credible
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insipid
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uninteresting; unchallenging
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jurisprudence
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the philosophy or science of law
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futile
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having no useful purpose; pointless
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fluid
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easily flowing
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dictatorial
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domineering; oppressively overbearing
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discourse
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verbal expression or exchange; conversation
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objectivity
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treating facts without influence from personal feelings or prejudices
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clarity
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clearness in thought or expression
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cogent
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convincing, reasonable
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disdain
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contempt, scorn
to treat with contempt, to look down on |
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alliance
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a union of two or more groups
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integrity
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trustworthiness, completeness
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impede
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to slow the progress of
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pundit
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an authority who expresses his/her opinions
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assertion
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a declaration or statement
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listless
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lacking energy
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imperious
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arrogantly domineering or overbearing
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didactic
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intended to instruct
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torpor
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laziness, inactivity, dullness
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arbiter
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a judge who decides a disputed issue
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obscure
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relatively unknown
to conceal or make distinct |
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exculpate
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to free from guilt or blame
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lucid
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easily understood, clear
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vindicated
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freed from blame
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indolent
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lazy
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condescending
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treating people as weak or inferior
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biased
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prejudiced
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despotic
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exercising absolute power, tyrannical
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rhetoric
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the art of using language effectively and persuasively
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disparity
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inequality in age, rank, or degree; difference
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convoluted
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intricate; complex
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cryptic
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difficult to comprehend
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dilatory
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habitually late
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alienated
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removed or disassociated from
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emphasize
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to give special attention to something; to stress
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incontrovertible
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indisputable, not open to question
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implication
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the act of suggesting or hinting
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impartial
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not in favor or one side or the other; unbiased
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suppressed
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subdued
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cohesive
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condition of sticking together
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penitent
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expressing remorse for one's misdeeds
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haughty
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arrogant, vainly proud
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coherent
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connected logically
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substantiated
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supported with proof or evidence; verified
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contemptuous
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feeling hatred, scornful
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servile
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submissive, like a servant
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patronizing
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treating in a condescending manner
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eloquence
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the ability to speak vividly or persuasively
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cantankerous
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ill-tempered
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entourage
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group of attendants or associates
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grandiose
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grand
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credible
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capable of being believed
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archaic
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antiquated, old
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vex
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to annoy
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concur
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to agree
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bolster
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to support or prop up
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indict
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to officially charge with wrong doing
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substantiate
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to support with proof or evidence
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copious
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plentiful
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callous
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unfeeling
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augment
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make greater, supplement
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eclectic
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made up of various sources or styles
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aural
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related to the ear or hearing
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amiable
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friendly, good-natured
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redundant
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needlessly repetitive
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derogatory
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insulting
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mar
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to damage
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vigilant
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alert, watchful
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exonerate
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to free from blame
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diligent
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hard-working
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juxtapose
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to place side by side
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debacle
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disastrous or ludicrous failure
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obstinate
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stubborn
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conspicuous
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easy to notice, obvious
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litigious
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prone to engage in lawsuits
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reciprocate
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to respond in kind
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superfluous
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extra, unnecessary
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disparage
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speak of negatively
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extraneous
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irrelevant, inessential
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curative
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able to heal or cure
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invocation
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to call upon a higher power for support or inspiration
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fastidious
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attentive to detail, difficult to place
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distend
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to expand from internal pressure
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expedient
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convenient, speedy
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deleterious
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having a harmful effect
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averse
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disinclined
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vindicate
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to free from blame
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convoluted
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complex
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profundity
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depth
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dearth
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lack
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austere
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without decoration, strict
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temporal
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relating to or limited by time
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lugubrious
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mournful, especially to an exaggerated degree
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remiss
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negligent
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ebullience
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intense enthusiasm
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temperate
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moderate
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vacillate
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to sway from one side to the other
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sycophant
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flatterer
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to flag
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to decline in strength
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onerous
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burdensome
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modicum
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small or token amount
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cajole
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to urge with teasing or flattery
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innocuous
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harmless
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insolent
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insulting
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deride
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to mock contemptuously
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amalgam
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mixture
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inundate
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to overwhelm, swamp
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gratuitous
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unnecessary
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exorbitant
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exceeding all bounds
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demure
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modest and reserved
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epitome
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representative of a type
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exuberant
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full of enthusiasm
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belligerent
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hostile or aggressive
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exacerbate
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to increase the severity of; aggravate
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placid
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calm
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aesthetic
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related to the appreciation of beauty
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benign
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kind and gentle
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meticulous
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careful and precise
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reclusive
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preferring isolation
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affable
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friendly
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docile
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submissive to instruction
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tenacity
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persistence
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vindictive
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revengeful
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tumultuous
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noisy, disorderly
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ephemeral
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lasting for only a brief time
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reticent
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reserved
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capricious
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impulsive and unpredictable
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enigma
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mystery
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disseminate
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to scatter wildly
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ambiguous
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open to more than one interpretation
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husbandry
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the application of scientific principles to agriculture, especially to animal breeding
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autonomy
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independence
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sporadic
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occurring at irregular intervals
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extrapolate
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to infer from known information
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candid
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completely honest
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whimsical
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characterized by whim, unpredictable
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pragmatic
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practical
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assimilate
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to make or become absorbed
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denounce
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to condemn openly
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insipid
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uninteresting; unchallenging
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incoherent
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lacking cohesion or connection
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anachronistic
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in the wrong time period
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castigate
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to scold
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prospectus
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proposal
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insular
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isolated
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equivocal
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ambiguous, often intended to confuse
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rudimentary
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basic
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complement
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something that completes
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renounce
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to give up, especially by formal announcement
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erudition
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extensive learning
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lucid
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clear
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laudatory
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full of praise
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orthodox
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adhering to the traditional and established
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debilitate
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weaken
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cosmopolitan
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worldly
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transient
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passing quickly
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brevity
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briefness
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idiosyncrasy
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characteristic peculiar to an individual or group
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contiguous
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sharing an edge or boundary
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gaffe
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clumsy social error
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tangential
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superficially connected
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banal
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drearily commonplace
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incongruous
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lacking in harmony; incompatible
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didactic
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instructive
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astute
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shrewd
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veracity
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truthfulness
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erratic
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inconsistent
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ascertain
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to find
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derivative
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something that comes from another source
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euphemism
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mild for vague substitute for harsh or offensive term
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insinuate
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to introduce or communicate stealthily
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dubious
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doubtful
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