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aplomb
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poise, assurance
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callow
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immature, provincial
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drivel
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wasted words or time
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to exhort
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use strongly
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ingratiate
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to suck up
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interloper
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intruder
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intrinsic
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essential, inherent
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lassitude
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lack of energy
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permeate
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to spread throughout
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stringent
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strict, severe, rigorous.
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abominate
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to hate
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to ascribe to
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to attribute to, say it is the source.
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expiate
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make ammends, atone.
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fement:fermentation
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state of agitation
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inadvertent
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unintentional, accidental.
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proclivity
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a natural talent or tending.
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tenuous
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weak; weak hold.
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vitriolic
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comment attacks
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nominal
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in name only
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seditious
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speech that ensights rebellion or revolt.
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assuage
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to make milder, ease.
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hiatus
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a break or intteruption (in time).
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innuendo
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An indirect or subtle, usually derogatory implication in expression
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decadence
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the act or process of falling into an inferior condition or state; deterioration; decay.
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jaded-satiated
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dulled or satiated by overindulgence
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Lurid
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gruesome; horrible; revolting.
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provincial
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1.of or pertaining to the provinces
2.having or showing the manners, viewpoints, etc., considered characteristic of unsophisticated inhabitants of a province; rustic; narrow or illiberal; parochial |
