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AFFABLE
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courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to
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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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AMORPHOUS
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shapeless, without definite form; of no particular type or character; without orginization, unity, or cohesion
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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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CONTRABAND
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illegal traffic, smuggled goods; illegal, prohibited.
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ERUDITE
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scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic
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GOSSAMER
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thin, light, delicate, insubstantial; a very thin, light cloth
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INFER
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to find out be reasoning; to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought; to hint, suggest, imply
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INSCRUTABLE
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incapable of being understood; impossible to see through physically
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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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IRREVOCABLE
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incapable or being changed or called back
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PROPENSITY
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a natural inclination or predilection toward
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QUERULOUS
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peevish, complaining, fretful
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REMONSTRATE
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to argue or pleade with someone agaisnt something, protest against, object to
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REPUDIATE
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to disown, reject, or deny the validity of
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RESILIENTE\
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able to return to an original shape or form; able to recover quickly
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REVERBERATE
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to re-echo, resound; to reflect or be reflected repeatedly
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SCURRILOUS
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coarsely abusive, vulgar or low(especially in language); foul-mouthed
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SEDULOUS
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persistant, showing undustry and determination
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SLEAZY
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then or flimsy in texture; cheap; shoddy or inferior in quality or character; ethically low, mean, or disreputable
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