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affable
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courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to
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agreeable, sociable
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aggrandize
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to increase in greatness, power, or wealth; to build up or intensify; to make appear greater
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intensify; grand
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amorphous
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shapeless, without definite form; of no particular type or character; without organization, unity or cohesion
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morph - shape
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aura
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that which surrounds (as an atmosphere); a distinctive air or personal quality
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atmosphere, air
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contraband
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illegal traffic, smuggled good; illegal, prohibited
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contra - against
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erudite
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scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic
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educated
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gossamer
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thin, light, delicate, insubstantial; a very thing, light cloth
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gauze, ghostly
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infer
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to find out by reasoning; to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought; to hint, suggest, imply
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imply
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inscrutable
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incapable of being understood; impossible to see through physically
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incapable;
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insular
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relating to, characteristic of, or situated on an island; narrow or isolated in outlook or experience
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isolated, insulation
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irrevocable
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incapable of being changed or called back
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irreversible;
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propensity
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a natural inclination or predilection toward
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prone
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querulous
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peevish, complaining, fretful
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quarrelsome
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remonstrate
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to argue or plead with someone against something, protest against, object to
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demonstrate
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repudiate
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to disown, reject, or deny the validity of
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reject
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resilient
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able to return to an original shape or form; able to recover quickly
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springy, elastic
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reverberate
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to re-echo, resound, to reflect or be reflected repeatedly
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resound, re-echo
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scurrilous
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coarsely abusive, vulgar or low (especially in language), foul-mouthed
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obscene
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sedulous
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persistent, showing industry and determination
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persistent, assiduous, schedule
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sleazy
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thin or flimsy in texture; cheap; shoddy or inferior in quality or character; ethically low, mean, or disreputable
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cheesy
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