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Repudiate
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To cast off or disown; to refuse to acknowledge
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Preclude
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To make impossible
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Obliterate
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To wipe out, remove all traces
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Tantamount
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Equivalent in effect or meaning
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Vanquish
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Overpower an enemy completely
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Succumb
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To give way to superior force
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Nullify
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To make invalid or worthless
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Negate
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To destroy validity of something
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Apathy
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Lack of interest or caring
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Indifference
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Lack of interest, feeling, or opinion
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Defendant
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Someone who has been accused of committing a crime
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Philanthropist
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One who gives to worthy causes
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Miser
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One who saves greedily
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Resourceful
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Able to find solutions
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Pious
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Having reverence for a god
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Sanction
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To give permission; A coercive measure designed to make a person comply
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Thesis
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Unproved theory, long research paper
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Vulnerable
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Capable of being hurt
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Synopsis
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Plot Summary
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Mitigate
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To make less severe
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Temper
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To moderate, to make less extreme
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Speculation
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The act of thinking about or pondering something
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Strive
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To try hard, make a major effort
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Zeal
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Enthusiasm and intensity
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Subordinate
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Placed in a lower order or rank
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Versatile
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Capable of doing many things well
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Debunk
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To expose the falseness of something or someone
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Implausible
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Not possible, not imaginable
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Plagiarist
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A person who presents someone else's work as his or her own
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Soporific
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Causing sleep
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Inaudible
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To quiet to be heard
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Infer
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To conclude by reasoning
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Infallible
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Unable to be proven wrong
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Spendthrift
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One who spends wastefully
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Prodigal
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Wasteful
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Marred
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Impair perfection
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Detrimental
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Causing damage or harm
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Ominous
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Signaling something bad is going to happen
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Unnerving
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To make nervous, upsetting
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Premonition
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The feeling that something is going to happen
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Vacillation
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Wavering; going back and forth
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Indecision
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Inability to decide
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Pastiche
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Piece of work combining several different sources or styles
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Stylized
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In a particular style, often an unrealistic one
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Lampoon
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Sharp satire
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Levity
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Lightness; Lacking seriousness
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Heir
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A person who inherits another's belongings
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Predecessor
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A person who precedes another in an office or position
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Usurp
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Seize power by force
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Tactful
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Make the appropriate moves
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Inquisitive
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Curious
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Monarch
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Ruler
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Reign
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To rule
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Sentinel
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Watchman, Guard
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Tract
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A piece of land
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Repeal
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To take back a law or other decision
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Misanthropic
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One who hates human kind
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Conventional
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Traditional, mundane
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Fundamental
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Basic, essential
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Systematic
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Regular
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Unethical
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Having bad moral principles
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Virtue
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Moral Excellence
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Integrity
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Honesty, moral uprightness
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Synchronize
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To cause to occur at the same time
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Vitality
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Energy, life
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Phenomena
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Occurrences, facts or observable circumstances
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Omniscient
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Having complete knowledge
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Unwitting
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Unaware
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Esoteric
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Known by a select few
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Obscure
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Not known; Difficult to understand
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Ingenuity
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Cleverness, originality
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Monotonous
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Boring; Unvarying in tone or content
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Morose
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Gloomy; Ill-tempered
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Magnate
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A person of great influence in a particular field
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Strident
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Grating, harsh
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Penchant
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A strong taste or liking
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Truant
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Someone who cuts school or neglects his or her duties
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Elusive
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Cleverly avoiding or escaping
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Truncate
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Shorten by cutting off
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Terminate
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Bring to an end
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Innocuous
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Causing or intending little or no harm
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Slander
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Untruthful spoken attack on someone's reputation
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Swindle
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To cheat out of money or property
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Replete
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Full or gorged, sated
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Surfeit
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Overindulge, excess
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Exploit
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To take advantage of; To use selfishly for one's own ends
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Subtle
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Hardly noticeable
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Recluse
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One who lives in seclusion
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Stoic
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Not affected by feeling or passion
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Parochial
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Narrow-minded
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Provincial
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Narrow-minded
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Tumultuous
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Characterized by a noisy uproar
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Sect
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Subgroup of a religion or faction
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Stanza
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Part of a poem
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Opaque
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Not transparent, difficult to understand
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Symmetry
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Balance proportionately
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Aesthetic
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Pertaining to beauty
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Supremacy
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The state of being supreme, or having the most power
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Paradox
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Something that seems to contradict itself
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Mobility
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Ability to move or be moved
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Renounce
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To give up, put aside
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Abstemious
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Sparing of food or water
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Void
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To invalidate
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Patent
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Obvious, readily visible
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Tacit
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Implied, not stated outright
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Satiate
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Satisfy fully
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Yearning
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Deep longing
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Unanimity
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Complete agreement
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Theoretical
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Not proven true, existing only as an idea
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Indomitable
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Unable to be subdued or overcome
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Purgation
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The process of getting rid of impurities
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Antidote
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Remedy for a poison
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Stimulus
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Something that causes a reaction
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Provoke
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Arouse, anger, bring to action
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Extraneous
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Not pertinent or relevant
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Irrelevant
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Not necessary or important to the matter at hand
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Succinct
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Concise, brief
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Verbosity
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The use of too many words
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Jargon
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Words used by people in a particular field of work
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Comprehensive
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Complete
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Slothful
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Lazy
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Sluggish
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Lacking energy
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Superficial
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Near the top, slight; Shallow
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Uniform
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Identical, alike
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Divergent
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Moving in different directions from a common point
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Taint
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To affect with something harmful; contaminate
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Innate
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Existing since birth; Natural
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Rebuttal
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Responding to criticism or a challenge
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Hoard
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To accumulate or stash away
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Superfluous
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Unnecessary
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Novice
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A person who is new at something
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Sullen
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Sad, sulky
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Methodical
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Systematic
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Vigor
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Energy, vitality
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Unprecedented
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Without parallel
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Mundane
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Commonplace or ordinary
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Conformity
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The act of becoming similar or identical to
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Novel
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Original, new and different
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Trite
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Overused, lacking freshness
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Rectify
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To fix or correct
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Exacerbate
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To make worse
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Sanctuary
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A safe place or room for worship
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Utility
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Usefulness
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Prevailing
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Generally accepted, having superior power
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Torpid
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Without energy, sluggish
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Vociferous
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Loud
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Tirade
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A long, harsh, often abusive speech
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Precarious
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Unstable, insecure
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Skeptical
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Showing doubt and disbelief
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Indelible
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Incapable of being erased
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Vivid
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Sharp, intense; Making an impression on the senses
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Witty
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Clever or amusing
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Urbane
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Highly sophisticated
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Unheralded
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Unnoticed or unappreciated
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Traitor
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One who betrays his or her own country
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Mosaic
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A picture made of small pieces of stone or glass
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Unbiased
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Without prejudice
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Objective
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Not affected by personal feelings
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Taciturn
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Being of few words
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Reticent
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Shy, untalkative, reluctant to speak
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Quibble
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Minor objection
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Abhor
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To loathe or detest
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Revere
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Regard with awe
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Tenet
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Idea or belief
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Theologian
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One who studies religion
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Residual
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Describing the part left over
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Cynicism
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The belief that all human action is motivated by selfishness
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Incorrigible
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Not capable of being reformed
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Sobriety
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Quiet or serious
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Resolute
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Highly determined
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Ubiquitous
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Being everywhere at the same time
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Ambiguous
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Unclear; Having more than one meaning
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Rivalry
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An ongoing competition
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Vengeful
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Wanting or seeking revenge
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Meticulous
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Very careful, attentive to details
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Obsessive
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Overly preoccupied
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Stupefy
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To make less alert
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Verifiable
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Able to be proven true
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Arrogance
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Overconfident
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Ghastly
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Shockingly frightful
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Obsolete
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Outdated
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Redundant
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Characterized by unnecessary repetition of words or ideas
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Unseemly
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Unbecoming
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Unsound
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Note solid; Not well founded; Not healthy
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Testimony
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Statement in support of something
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Presumptuous
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Bold to the point of rudeness
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Impudence
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Bold disrespect or rudeness
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Reconcile
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To settle a problem
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Deliberate
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Intentional, well thought out
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Regulate
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To control or direct by some particular method
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Pioneer
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Leader in a field; To lead the way in a field
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Meager
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Lacking in amount or quality, poor
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Paucity
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Small amount or number
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Prominent
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Standing out, important
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Persecution
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Tormenting a person because of his or her beliefs
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Condemn
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To express strong disapproval for
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Blueprint
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A detailed outline or plan for a building
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Dupe
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One who is easily deceived
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Gullible
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Easily deceived
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Conflagration
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A widespread fire
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Erratic
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Unpredictably eccentric
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Plateau
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A condition of neither growth nor decline
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Transcendent
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Going beyond known limits
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Serene
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Calm, peaceful
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Diversity
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The state of having different elements
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Mediocrity
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Ordinariness, lack of distinction
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Mundane
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Ordinary or commonplace
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Wry
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Dryly humorous
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Undermine
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To injure or destroy underhandedly
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Wily
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Artful, cunning, deceitful, sly
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Lamentation
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An expression of sorrow or deep regret
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Vestige
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A trace or remainder
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Anomaly
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Something different or irregular
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Benevolent
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Wishing or doing good
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Adulation
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Extreme admiration
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Antiseptic
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Fighting infection; Extremely clean
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Arbitrary
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Based on random or merely personal preference
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Camaraderie
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The spirit of friendship
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Composure
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Calm, self-assured
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Validate
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Officially approve or confirm
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Acrimonious
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Biting, caustic, harsh
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Bereft
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Lacking or deprived of something
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Cognizant
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Aware, mind-ful
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Virtuoso
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Someone extremely skilled
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Venerate
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To admire or honor
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Capricious
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Unpredictable, willing, whimsical
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Auspicious
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Promising good fortune, propitious
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Concise
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Brief and simple, succinct
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Abbreviate
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To make briefer, to shorten
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Ambivalent
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To be uncertain
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Audacious
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Daring, adventurous, bold
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Ascetic
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Practicing strict self-discipline for moral or spiritual reasons
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Circumlocution
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Speaking in circles, avoiding the point
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Abridge
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To shorten, to reduce
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Alacrity
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Promptness, speed
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Circumvent
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To get around
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Amicable
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Friendly, peaceable
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Collaborate
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To work together
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Affected
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False, artificial
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Cloying
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Overly sweet or sentimental
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Alleviate
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To make more bearable
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Astute
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Observant, intelligent and shrewd
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Caustic
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Burning, corrosive
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Whimsical
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Based on a capricious, carefree, or sudden impulse or idea; Playful
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Condolence
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Pity for someone else's sorrow or loss; Sympathy
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Adversity
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Misfortune
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Arable
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Able to be cultivated for growing crops
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Bourgeois
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Middle-class
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Competent
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Capable
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Abstain
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Refrain from, to hold back
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Anachronistic
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Out of the proper time
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Belated
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Delayed past the proper time
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Volatile
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Quickly changing; fleeting, transitory; Prone to violence
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Vindicate
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To confirm, justify, or defend
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Vicarious
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Experienced through someone else's actions by way of the imagination
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Delegate
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To give authority or responsibility
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Criterion
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A standard of measurement or judgement
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Consummate
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To complete, finish, or perfect
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Derivative
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Unoriginal, taken from a particular source
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Consolation
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Relief or comfort in sorrow or suffering
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Demure
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Shy or modest
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Decry
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To criticize or condemn
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Discern
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To notice, detect, or observe
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Discomfit
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To frustrate, thwart, or embarrass
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Curtail
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To shorten
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Diligent
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To work hard and steadily
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Destitute
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Very poor
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Contemporary
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Modern, current
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Digress
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To wander from the main path or the main topic
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Diffident
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Hesitant, shy, reserved
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Convoluted
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Twisting, complicated, or intricate
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Treacherous
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Untrustworthy; Dangerous or unreliable
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Obtrusive
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Overly prominent
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Utilitarian
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Purely of practical benefit
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Unparalleled
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With no equal; Unique
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Unyielding
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Firm, resolute, obdurate
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Mutable
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Likely to change
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Translucent
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Letting some light pass through
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Strenuous
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Requiring energy and strength
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Secrete
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To emit or hide
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Terrestrial
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Of the earth
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Timorous
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Fearful, timid
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Substantiated
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Verified or supported by evidence
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Transient
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Passing quickly
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Scrupulous
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Acting with extreme care; Painstaking
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Solace
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To comfort or console
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Tedium
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Boredom
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Temperance
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Moderation
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Persevere
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To continue despite difficulties
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Perceptive
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Quick to notice, observant
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Penitent
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Feeling sorry for past crimes or sins
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Pundit
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One who gives opinions in an authoritative style
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Predominant
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Greatest in numbers or influence
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Potentate
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A powerful ruler
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Rationale
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The underlying reason or explanation
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Protagonist
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The main character
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Pariah
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Outcast
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Proximity
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Closeness or nearness
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Preamble
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An introductory statement
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Plastic
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Able to be molded or reshaped
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Dissipate
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To spread out or scatter
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Reciprocate
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To make a return for something
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Emollient
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Something that soothes or softens
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Discrepancy
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A difference or variance between one or more individuals
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Ephemeral
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Disappearing quickly
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Divulge
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To reveal
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Eclectic
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Drawn from many sources; Varied, Heterogeneous
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Empirical
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Based on experience or personal observation
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Resilient
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Capable of recovering from difficulty
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Encroach
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To trespass; To go beyond acceptable limits
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Divination
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The art of predicting the future
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Propriety
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Appropriateness
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Pathology
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The study of diseases
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Onerous
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Heavy, burdensome
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Peruse
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To study or examine
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Opulent
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Rich, Lavish
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Prolific
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Producing many offspring or creations
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Phlegmatic
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Sluggish, unemotional
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Proficient
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Skillful, adept
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Ostentatious
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Showy, presumptuous
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Perfunctory
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Unenthusiastic, routine, mechanical
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Querulous
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Complaining, whining
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Surreptitious
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Done in secret
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Diverge
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To move in different directions
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Remorse
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Sense of guilt over wrongdoing
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Servile
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Like a servant; Submissive
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Egoism
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Conceited
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Disparity
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A variance in quality or kind
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Engender
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To produce or to cause
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Sagacious
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Wise, discerning
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Sanctimonious
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False or excessive piety
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Divisive
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Causing disagreement or disunity
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Spurious
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False or fake
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Talisman
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An object said to hold special power
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Tentative
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Subject to change
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Suppress
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To put down or restrain
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Nondescript
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Without distinctive qualities; Drab
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Untenable
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Impossible to defend
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Induce
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To cause
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Invariable
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Unchanging, constant
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Mimicry
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Imitation or aping
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Hackneyed
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Made commonplace by overuse; trite; one who copies or imitates the work of others
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Feral
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Wild
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Impinge
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To encroach, affect, or touch
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Frivolity
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Levity; Lacking seriousness
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Iconoclast
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Someone who attacks traditional beliefs or institutions
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Euphoric
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A feeling of extreme happiness and well-being; Elation
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Impute
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To attribute
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Fallacy
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An error in fact or logic
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Indistinct
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Unclear, uncertain
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Exculpate
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To be free from blame or guilt
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Mercurial
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Changing quickly and unpredictably
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Extricate
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Free from difficult or complicated situation
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Intuitive
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Known directly, without apparent thought or effort
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Malediction
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Curse
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Insurgency
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Uprising or rebellion
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Irrational
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Unreasonable
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Fractious
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Troublesome or unruly
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Expiate
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To atone for
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Extenuate
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To make less serious
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Expedite
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To carry out promptly
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Guileless
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Innocent; Without cunning
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Florid
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Flowery, reddish, fancy
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Genial
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Friendly, gracious
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Incisive
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Expressed clearly and directly
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Inconsequential
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Of little importantance
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Gratuitous
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Given freely, without cause
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Impeccable
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Flawless
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Exuberant
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Wildly joyful and enthusiastic
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Insolence
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Bold and disrespectful
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Laudatory
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Giving praise
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Fraternize
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To associate with on friendly terms
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Interdeterminate
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To definitely known
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Inveterate
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Persistent, habitual
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Mollify
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To soothe or to calm; To appease
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Languid
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Without energy; Slow, sluggish
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Interlocutor
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Someone taking part in a dialog or conversation
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Intrepid
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Fearless and resolute
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Lithe
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Flexible and graceful
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Expropriate
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Seize ownership of
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Lucid
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Clear and understanding
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Malinger
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To pretend incapacity or illness to avoid duty or work
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Sequential
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Arranged in an order of series
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