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Anomaly

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Deviation from what is normal

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Assuage

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To make something unpleasant less severe

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Enigma

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Puzzle, Mystery

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Equivocal

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Using a double meaning in order to mislead

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Erudite

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Bookish, learned, scholarly

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Fervid

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Intensely emotional; feverish

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Lucid

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Clear and easily understood

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Opaque

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Impossible to see through; Preventing the passage of light

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Placate

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To soothe or pacify

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Precipitate

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To throw violently

Act hastily without deliberation

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Prodigal

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Lavish, wasteful

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Zeal

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Passion, excitement

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Abstain

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to choose not to do something

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Adulterate

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to make impure

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Apathy

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Lack of interest or emotion

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Audacious

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Fearless and daring

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Capricious

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Changing one's mind quickly and often

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Corroborate

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To provide supporting evidence

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Desiccate

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To dry out thoroughly

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Engender

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To produce, cause, bring about

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Ephemeral

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Lasting a short time

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Gullible

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Easily deceived

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Homogenous

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Of a similar kind

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Laconic

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Using few words

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Laudable

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Worthy of praise

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Loquacious

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Talkative

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Mitigate

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To soften; to lessen

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Pedant

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Someone who shows off learning

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Pragmatic

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Practical as opposed to idealistic

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Propriety

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Correct behaviour; Obedience to rules and customs

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Vacillate

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To sway physically

To be indecisive

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Volatile

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Easily aroused or changeable; lively or explosive

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Advocate

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To speak in favour of

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Antipathy

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Extreme dislike

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Bolster

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To support

To prop up

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Cacophony

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Harsh, jarring noise

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Deride

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To speak of or treat with contempt; to mock

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Dissonance

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A harsh and disagreeable combination, often of sounds

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Enervate

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to reduce in strength

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Eulogy

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Speech in praise of someone

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Garrulous

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Tending to talk a lot

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Ingenuous

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Showing innocence or childlike simplicity

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lethargic

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Acting in an indifferent or slow, sluggish manner.

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malleable

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Capable of being shaped

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misanthrope

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A person who dislikes others

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obdurate

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Hardened in feeling; Resistent to persuation.

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ostentation

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Excessive showiness

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paradox

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A contradiction or dilemma

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philanthropic

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Charitable

Desiring or trying to promote goodness

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prevaricate

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To lie or deviate from the truth

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venerate

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To respect deeply

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waver

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To fluctuate between choices

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Abyss

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An extremely deep hole

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Aesthetic

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Concerning the appreciation of beauty

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Alleviate

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To make more bearable

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Amalgamate

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To combine; to mix together

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Ambiguous

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Doubtful or uncertain

Able to be interpreted several ways

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Ameliorate

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To make better; to improve

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Anachronism

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Something out of place in time

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Analogous

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Similar or alike in some way

Equivalent to

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Antagonize

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To annoy or provoke to anger

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Arbitrate

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To judge a dispute between two opposing parties

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Archaic

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Ancient, old-fashioned

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Articulate

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Able to speak clearly and expressively

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Candid

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Impartial and honest in speech

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Catalyst

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Something that brings about a change in something else

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Chaos

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Great disorder or confusion

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Chauvinist

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Someone prejudiced in favour of a group to which he/she belongs

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Condone

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To overlook, pardon, or disregard

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Convoluted

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Intricate and complicated

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Crescendo;

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Steadily increasing volume or force

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Dilate

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To make larger; to expand

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Discern

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To perceive; to recognize

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Dogma

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A firmly held opinion, often a religous belief.

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Dogmatic

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Dictatorial in one's opinions

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Dupe

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To deceive

A person who is easily deceived

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Eclectic

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Selecting from or made up from a variety of sources

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Efficacy

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Effectiveness

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Elegy

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A sorrowful poem or speech

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Eloquent

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Persuasive and moving, especially in speech

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Emulate

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To copy; To try to equal r excel

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Enumerate

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To count, list, or itemize

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Erratic

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Wandering and unpredictable

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Estimable

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Admirable

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Euphemism

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Use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one

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Exacerbate

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To make worse

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Exonerate

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To clear of blame

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Explicit

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Clearly stated or shown; forthright in expression

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Fanatical

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Acting excessively enthusiastic; Filled with extreme, unquestioned devotion

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Fawn

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To grovel

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Florid

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Excessively decorated or embellished

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Frugality

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A tendency to be thrifty or cheap

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Impervious

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Impossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected.

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Lament

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To express sorrow; to grieve

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Lavish

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To give unsparingly (v.)

Extremely generous or extravagant (adj.)

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Luminous

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Bright, brilliant, glowing

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Metaphor

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A figure of speech comparing two different things; a symbol

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Meticulous

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Extremely careful about details

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Monotony

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Lack of variation

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Naive

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Lacking sophistication or experience

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Obstinate

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Stubborn, unyeilding

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Onerous

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Troublesome and Oppressive; Burdensome

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Permeate

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To penetrate

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Plethora

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Excess

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Pristine

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Fresh and clean; Uncorrupted

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Proliferate

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To increase in number quickly

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Prudence

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Wisdom, caution, or restraint

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Pungent

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Sharp and irritating to the senses

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Rhetoric

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Effective writing or speaking

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Satiate

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To satisfy fully or overindulge

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Sublime

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Lofty or grand

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Tacit

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Done without using words

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Tirade

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Long, harsh speech or verbal attack

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Transitory

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Temporary, lasting a brief time

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Veracity

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Filled with truth and accuracy

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Verbose

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Wordy

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Vex

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To annoy

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Whimsical

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Acting in a fanciful of capricious manner; unpredictable