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Frugal
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adj, Penny Pinching: economical
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no hint sorry
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Genteel
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adj. refined polite aristocratic
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Gentle
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Hermetic
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adj impervious to external influence; airtight
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Herman the WOrm
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Idiosyncrasy
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n a pecularity; an eccentricity
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Bundu's Desk
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Itinerant
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adj. moving from place to place
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Itenerary
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Judicious
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adj. excersising sound judgement
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Judicial Branch
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Languish
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v. to become weak, listless or depressed
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Microcosm
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n. the world in minature
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Think micro-
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Panacea
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n. something that cures everything
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no hint
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Solicitous
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adj. eager and attentive
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no hint just remember
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Guile
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agj. Cunning SLy
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Swyper
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Hackneyed
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adj. Stale or Overused
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no hint
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Hiatus
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n. break or interruption; often from work
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hi hater. Haters usely interupt...
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Idyllic
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adj. charming in a rustic way; naturally peaceful
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think snowy cabin
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Ignominy
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n. deep disgrace
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Think about the word. Sounds kinda solomon.
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Imminent
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adj just about to happen
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emmet is always on his feet...
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Irascible
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adj easily angered or provoked; iritable
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Iratating... Think this
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Largess
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n. generous giving of gifts; generosity
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no hint
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Garrulous
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adj. Talkative; chatty
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Think the word
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Furtive
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adj. Secretive; sly
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think swipper again
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Impervious
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adj. not allowing anything to pass Through
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THINK TOMI.... ughh
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Inane
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adj. Silly senseless
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Think the group
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Incessant
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adj. unceasing
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Our incessant love yay
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Inexorable
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adj. relentless inevitable; unaviodable
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elsa or dillion
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Infamous
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adj. shamefully; wicked having an etremely bad reputation
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my email
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Latent
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adj. present but not visable
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Latex
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Manifest
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adj. visable; evident
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Palpable
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adj. capable of being tiouvhed, obvious, tangible
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palm
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Supercilious
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adj. haughty; patronizing
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bad teachers do this
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Impetuous
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adj. impulsive extremel impatient
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no hint
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Indolent
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adj. impulsive; extremely impatient
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indolent-impateint
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Innate
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adj. existing since; inborn; inherent
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Insipis
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adj. dull; bland; banal
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Laud
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v. to praise, to applaud,to extol,celebrate
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Levity
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n. lightness; frivotilty; unseriousness
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Malleable
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adj. easy to shape or bend
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Nefarious
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adj. evil; flagrantly wicked
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Prodigal
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adj. wastefully extravagant
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Gregarious
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adj. sociable, enjoying company of others
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Impugn
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v. to attack, especially to attack the truth or integrity of something
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Indigent
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adj, poor
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indignant
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adj. poor especially as a result of something unjust or unworthy
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Lucid
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adj. clear easy to understand
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Mercurial
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adj. emotionally unpredictable
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officious
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adj. annoyingly eager to help or advise
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Paltry
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adj. insignifact; worthless
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copious
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adj abundant; plentiful
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perennial
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adj. continual, happening again and again
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Reprehensible
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adj. worthy of sevre blame or censure
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Incipent
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adj. beginning; emerging
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Inept
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adj. clusmy; incompetent, gauch
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Integral
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adj. essential
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mollify
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v. to sooften, soothe, pacify
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myriad
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n. a huge number
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opulent
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adj. luxurious
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paradigm
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n. model or example
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patent
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adj. obvious
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plethora
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n. an excess
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rancor
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n. bitter, long-tasting
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Incorrigible
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agj. incapable of being reformed
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Intrinsic
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adj. part of the essentail nature of something; inherent
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Inundate
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v. to fllod, to cover completely with water; to overwhelm
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Mundane
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adj. ordinary pretty boring not heavenly and eternal
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opaque
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adj. impossible to see through; impossible to understand
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patronize
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v. treat as an inferior, to condscend to
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pensive
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adj. thoughtful and sad
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resolute
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adj. determined; firm; unwavering
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respite
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n. a period of rest or relief
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sequester
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v. to set or keep apart
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