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abstruse
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hard to understand; recondite; esoteric
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affable
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pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to; friendly; cordial; warmly polite
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audacity
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boldness or daring, esp. with confident or arrogant disregard for personal safety, conventional thought, or other restrictions
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contrite
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caused by or showing sincere remorse
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credulous
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willing to believe or trust too readily, esp. without proper or adequate evidence; gullible
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depravity
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the state or an instance of moral corruption
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deprecate
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to express earnest disapproval of
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didactic
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intended for instruction; instructive
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dormant
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lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive, as in sleep; torpid
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enigmatic
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resembling an enigma; perplexing; mysterious
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erudite
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characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly
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exotic
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of foreign origin or character; not native; introduced from abroad, but not fully naturalized or acclimatized
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fuse
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to combine by melting together.......a cord, etc, filled/saturated with combustible matter, for igniting an explosive
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immutable
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not mutable; unchangeable; changeless
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incorrigible
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not corrigible; bad beyond correction or reform
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loathe
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to feel disgust or intense aversion for; abhor
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mitigate
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to lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, or pain; moderate.
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nullify
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to render or declare legally void or inoperative
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pacifistic
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pacifism- opposition to war or violence of any kind
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pretentious
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characterized by assumption of dignity or importance
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prologue
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a preliminary discourse; a preface or introductory part of a discourse, poem, or novel
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recant
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to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), esp. formally; retract
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servile
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slavishly submissive or obsequious
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trepidation
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tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation
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vilify
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to speak ill of; defame; slander
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