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abhor
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to regard with extreme repugnance or aversion; detest utterly; loathe; abominate
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accolade
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any award, honor, or laudatory notice
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ascetic
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a person who dedicates his or her life to a pursuit of contemplative ideals and practices extreme self-denial or self-mortification for religious reasons
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bequeath
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to dispose of (personal property, esp. money) by last will
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charlatan
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a person who pretends or claims to have more knowledge or skill than he or she possesses; quack
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conflagration
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a destructive fire, usually an extensive one
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dearth
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an inadequate supply; scarcity; lack
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diffidence
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lacking self-confidence; timid; shy
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effervescent
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effervescing; bubbling
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ethereal
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light, airy, or tenuous
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expunge
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to strike or blot out; erase; obliterate
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guile
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insidious cunning in attaining a goal; crafty or artful deception; duplicity
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implausible
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not plausible; not having the appearance of truth or credibility
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incongruous
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out of keeping or place; inappropriate; unbecoming
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insularity
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of or pertaining to an island or islands
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morose
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gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood
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placate
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to appease or pacify, esp. by concessions or conciliatory gestures
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poignant
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keenly distressing to the feelings
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provincial
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belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local
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reiterate
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to say or do again or repeatedly; repeat, often excessively
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spontaneous
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coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned
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synthesis
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the combining of the constituent elements of separate material or abstract entities into a single or unified entity
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toxic
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of, pertaining to, affected with, or caused by a toxin or poison
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vigilant
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keenly watchful to detect danger; wary
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voluble
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characterized by a ready and continuous flow of words; fluent; glib; talkative
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