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Abate |
To reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish, to deduct or subtract; to put an end to. |
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Adulation |
Excessive devotion to someone; servile flattery. |
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Anathema |
A person or thing detested or loathed; a curse; execration. |
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Astute |
Of keen penetration or discernment; sagacious; clever; cunning; ingenious; shrewd. |
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Avarice |
Insatiable greed for riches; inordinate, miserly desire to gain and hord wealth. |
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Culpable |
Deserving blame or censure; blameworthy. |
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Dilatory |
Slow to act; intended to cause delay. |
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Egregious |
extraordinary in some bad way |
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Equivocate |
To us we ambiguous or unclear expressions; usually to avoids commitment or in order to mislead; prevaricate or hedge. |
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Evanescent |
Vanishing; fading away; fleeting; tending to become imperceptible; scarcely perceptible. |
