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assiduous
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hard-working
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positive characteristics
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compelling
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forceful; urgently demanding attention
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positive characteristics
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diligent
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marked by painstaking effort; hard-working
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positive characteristics
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dogged
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stubbornly preserving
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positive characteristics
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endure
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to put up with; to survive a hardship
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positive characteristics
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intrepid
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courageous; fearless
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positive characteristics
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maverick
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one who is independant and resists adherence to a group
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positive characteristics
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obdurate
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stubborn; inflexible
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positive characteristics
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obstinate
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stubbornly adhering to an opinion or a course of action
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positive characteristics
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proliferate
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to grow or increase rapidly
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positive characteristics
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tenacity
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persistence
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positive characteristics
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vitality
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energy; power to survive
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positive characteristics
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assimilation
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to absorb; to make similar
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direction
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consensus
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general agreement
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direction
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context
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curcumstances of a situation; environment
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direction
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derived
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copied or adapted from a source
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direction
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incumbent
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imposed as a duty; obligatory
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direction
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inevitable
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certain to happen, unavoidable
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direction
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malleable
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easily shaped or formed; easily influenced
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direction
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subdue
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to restrain; to hold back
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direction
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acquired
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developed or learned; not naturally occuring
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knowledge
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conception
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the ability to form or understand an idea
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knowledge
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conviction
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a fixed or strong belief
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knowledge
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dogmatic
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stubbornly adhering to insufficiently proved beliefs
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knowledge
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enlightening
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informative; contributing to one's awareness
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knowledge
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impression
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a feeling or understanding resulting from an experience
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knowledge
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intuition
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the power of knowing things without thinking; sharp insight
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knowledge
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misconception
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an incorrect understanding or interpretation
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knowledge
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perception
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awareness; insight
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knowledge
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profound
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having great depth or seriousness
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knowledge
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inherent
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inborn; built-in
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traits
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innate
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possessed at birth; inborn
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traits
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inveterate
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long established; deep-rooted; habitual
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traits
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omnipotent
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all-powerful
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traits
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proximity
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closeness
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traits
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elusive
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difficult to capture, as in something actually fleeting
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movement
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emigrate
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to leave one country or region and settle into another
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movement
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transient
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passing away with time; passing from one place to another
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movement
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transitory
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short-lived or temporary
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movement
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affable
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easy-going; friendly
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friendliness
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amenable
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responsive; agreeable
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friendliness
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camraderie
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goodwill between friends
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friendliness
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cordial
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friendly; sincere
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friendliness
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facetious
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playfully humorous
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friendliness
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impinge
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hinder; interfere with
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negative feelings
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lament
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express grief for; mourn
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negative feelings
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melancholy
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sadness; depression
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negative feelings
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sanction
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an economic or military measure put in place to punish another country
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negative feelings
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truncated
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shortened; cut off
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negative feelings
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aesthetic
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having to do with the appreciation of beauty
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art
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anthology
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a collection of literary pieces
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art
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contemporary
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current, modern; from the same time
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art
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dilettante
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one with an amateurish or superficial understanding of a field of knowledge
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art
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eclectic
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made up of a variety of sources or styles
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art
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excerpt
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a selected part of a passage or scene
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art
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genre
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describing a catagory of artistic endeavor
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art
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medley
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an assortment or a mixture, especially of musical pieces
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art
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mural
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a large painting applied directly to a wall or ceiling surface
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art
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narrative
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adjecive - characterized by the telling of a story
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art
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parody
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an artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effort
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art
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realism
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artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy
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art
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virtuoso
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a tremendously skilled artist
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art
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decorous
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proper; marked by good taste
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temperament
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equanimity
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the quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure
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temperament
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modest
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quiet or humble in manner or appearence
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temperament
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propriety
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appropriateness of behavior
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temperament
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prudent
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exercising good judgement or common sense
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temperament
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serene
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calm
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temperament
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staid
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unemotional; serious
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temperament
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stoic
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indifferernt to pleasure or pain; impassive
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temperament
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condemn
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to express stron disaproval of; denounce
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negative statements
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discredit
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to cause to be doubted
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negative statements
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disparage
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to speak of in a slighting way or negatively; to belittle
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negative statements
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pejorative
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describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone
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negative statements
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plagiarism
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the act of passing off the ideas or writing of another as one's own
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negative statements
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vilify
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to make vicious statements about
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negative statements
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brittle
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easily brocken when subjected to pressure
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more negative characteristics
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brusque
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rudely abrupt
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more negative characteristics
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caustic
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bitingly sarcastic or witty
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more negative characteristics
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feral
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savage; untamed
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more negative characteristics
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fractious
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quarrelsome; unruly
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more negative characteristics
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incorrigible
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unable to be reformed
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more negative characteristics
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ingrate
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an ungrateful person
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more negative characteristics
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insolent
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insulting in mannor or speech
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more negative characteristics
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notorious
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known widely and unually infavorably; infamous
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more negative characteristics
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pugnacious
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combative; belligerent
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more negative characteristics
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reprehensible
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worthy of blame
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more negative characteristics
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deleterous
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having a harmful effect
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evil
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enmity
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mutual hatred or ill will
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evil
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heinous
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hatefullt evil; abominable
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evil
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malfeasance
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misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official
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evil
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malice
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extreme ill will or spite
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evil
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putrid
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rotten
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evil
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rancorous
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hateful; marked by deep seated ill will
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evil
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toxic
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poisonous
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evil
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archaic
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characteristic of an earlier period; old fashoned
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age
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hackneyed
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worn-out though overuse; trite
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age
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medieval
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referring to the Middle Ages, old fashoned
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age
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obsolete
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no longer in use; old fashoned
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age
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