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aesthetic
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pertaining to a sense of the beautiful or to the science of aesthetics
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aloof
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at a distance, esp. in feeling or interest; apart
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archaic
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marked by the characteristics of an earlier period; antiquated
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assuage
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to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate
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belie
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to show to be false; contradict
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contentious
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tending to argument or strife; quarrelsome
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daunt
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to overcome with fear; intimidate
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debilitate
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to make weak or feeble; enfeeble
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discord
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lack of concord or harmony between persons or things
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dissemination
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to scatter or spread widely, as though sowing seed; promulgate extensively; broadcast; disperse
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dogmatic
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of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a dogma or dogmas; doctrinal
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duplicity
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deceitfulness in speech or conduct; speaking or acting in two different ways concerning the same matter with intent to deceive; double-dealing
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egocentric
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having or regarding the self or the individual as the center of all things
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euphemism
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the substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt
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gluttonous
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tending to eat and drink excessively; voracious
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mundane
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of or pertaining to this world or earth as contrasted with heaven; worldly; earthly
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ominous
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portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious
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petulance
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petulant- irritable, impatient, or sullen in a peevish or capricious way
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pompous
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characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance
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precocious
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unusually advanced or mature in development, esp. mental development
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slothful
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sluggardly; indolent; lazy
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trivia
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matters or things that are very unimportant, inconsequential, or nonessential; trifles; trivialities
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virulent
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actively poisonous; intensely noxious
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volatile
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evaporating rapidly; passing off readily in the form of vapor
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verbose
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characterized by the use of many or too many words; wordy
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