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prolific
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To render something unclear, obscure, or confused; to use obscure or impenetrable language
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belied
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falsified, proved false
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topical
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Of or pertaining to a place or locality; local
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invocation
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to call on, invoke
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levity
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lightness, frivolity
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solemnity
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of great dignity and importance, grand, imposing
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abhor
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To regard with horror, extreme repugnance or disgust; to hate utterly, loathe, abominate
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explicator
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explainer
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orator
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A person who delivers a speech or oration; a public speaker, esp. one distinguished for eloquence and rhetorical skill; a person proficient in public speaking.
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obfuscator
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someone who obscures or makes things unclear
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extemporaneously
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Not premeditated or studied, off-hand, extempore; esp. of discourse, prayer, etc. Rarely of a person: Speaking extempore; also, inclined to promptness of action.
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indubitable
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can't be doubted
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draconian
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Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Draco, archon at Athens in 621 B.C., or the severe code of laws said to have been established by him; rigorous, harsh, severe, cruel.
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anarchistic
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One who admits of no ruling power; an advocate or promoter of anarchy; one who upsets settled order
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pragmatism
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One who admits of no ruling power; an advocate or promoter of anarchy; one who upsets settled order
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dogmatic
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Pertaining to the setting forth or laying down of opinion
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censures
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To form or give a ‘censure’ or opinion of; to estimate, judge of, pass judgement on, criticize, judge.
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Belligerence
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Quality of being war-like
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Magnanimity
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Generosity
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Gutted
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filled esp. with food
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Lachrymose
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tearful
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Inimical
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harmful, tending to obstruct
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Fanaticism
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fanatic outlook or behavior
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Indolent
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lazy
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Salient
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Prominent
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Titular
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having a title, mostly in name
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Bilious
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sickly or ill-humored
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Potable
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fit to drink
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Fulsome
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abundant (often in connection to insincerity)
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Insensate
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unconscious or lacking awareness
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Beatific
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showing joy and calmness
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Gauche
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Lacking social polish
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Abscond
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to flee and hide oneself
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Penchant
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having a definite liking
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Confluence
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gathering or flowing together
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Phalanx
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close knit group of people
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hegemony
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dominance of one nation over another
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Tutelage
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Guardianship or instruction
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Condole
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to feel or express sympathy
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Paean
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joyful praise
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Eschew
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to forgo or avoid
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Cessation
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stopping or ceasing
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Demagogue
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popular leader who appeals to the emotions of people
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Recidivism
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return to bad habits
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Spartan
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simple or frugal
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Variegated
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characterized by variety esp in color
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Specious
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refers to something false
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Inchoate
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early, imperfect stage of development
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Intransigent
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extreme, uncompromising
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Macabre
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gruesome, reminiscent of death
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Saturnine
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Bitter or sardonic in manner
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Opprobrious
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scornful/abusive or disgraceful/shameful
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Truculently
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bitterly or violently opposed
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Circuitous
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in a roundabout manner
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Temporal
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limited by time
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Caucus
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Specialized group of people within a larger group
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Aerie
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nest in a high place
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Milieu
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environment or setting
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Rostrum
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raised platform for public speaking
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Interregnum
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interruption of the usual function of government
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Yen
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desire
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Calumny
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slander or false statements
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Onus
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burden or blame
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Kismet
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fate or fortune
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Platitude
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A cliche statement
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Sybarite
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A person devoted to pleasure
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π
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(-1, 0)
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Importunate
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urgent or persistent in requesting
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Epochal
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significant or momentous
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Burnish
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to rub smooth or shiny
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Histrionics
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exaggerated emotional behavior
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Aplomb
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self confidence or assurance
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Duplicity
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deception
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Aver
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to declare or affirm
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Sinecure
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a job that does not require effort to maintain
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Replete
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abundantly supplied
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Squalid
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dirty or wretched
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Winsome
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charming in a childish way
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Mawkish
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sickeningly sentimental
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Gamely
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bravely
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Imperious
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arrogantly overbearing
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Incarnadine
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flesh or blood
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Virulent
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hostile, harmful or poisonous
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Indelible
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unable to be erased or removed
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Extol
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to praise highly
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Castigate
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to punish or scold harshly
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Perfidious
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treacherous
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Root: a, an
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without, not
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Root: alter
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other
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Root: aud
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sound
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Root: bene
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good
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Root: ced
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yield, go
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Root: cide
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killing
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cred
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believe
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culp
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guilt
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dys
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ill, bad
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as, y
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State, act
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the belief in
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ite
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one connected with
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mag
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larg
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mon
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warn
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mono
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one, single
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ob
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against
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pan
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all
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path
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feel, express
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proto
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fist
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se
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away from
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Deride
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Expressing contempt
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Bastion
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a projecting part of a fortification
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Besieged
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pressed with requests, importunate
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Citadel
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stronghold
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Irascible
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easily angered
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despotic
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tyrannical
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Peremptory
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demanding immediate obedience
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Execrated
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to feel loathing for
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Nascent
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newly formed and reaching full potential
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Aberrant
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different from the standard
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