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Flagrant
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Outrageously bad or notorious
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Heinous
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Outrageously wicked
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Lament
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Expression of sadness or mourning
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Broach
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To introduce a subject into conversation
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Acrimonious
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Bitter or angry; i.e.: A heated debate
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Misanthropy
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Someone who hates mankind
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Irrational
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Not making any sense
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Noxious
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Harmful
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Unyielding
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Stubborn; Holding onto a position and refsuing to let go; Not allowing anyone else to go ahead
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Intransigent
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Refusing to come to an agreement on anything
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Adamant
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Having an unbreakable will; Refusing to move from a particular position or resolve
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Obstinate
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Determined to have your own way, no matter what anyone else says; Completely unwilling to cooperate
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Obdurate
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Stubborn; Hardened and unrepenting
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Intractable
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Disobedient; Refusing to cooperate
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Inexorabble
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Unable to be moved or altered
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Antipathy
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A feeling against something
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Contemptuous
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To hold something in contempt; Something hateful
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Aversion
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To avoid something
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Disdain
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To believe something to be foolish and a waste of time; To hold in contempt
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Abhor
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Hate
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Despise
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Hate
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Animosity
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Hatred
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Repugnance
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A feeling of disgust or antipathy
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Odious
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Hateful
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Revulsion
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Disgusted
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Anathema
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A curse
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Lucid
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To be clear
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Censure
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To condemn one's actions; Disapproval
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Vigor
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Health and strength
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Reconcile
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To bring two things, usually people, together after a quarrel
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Strident
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Loud and harsh sounding
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Zealot
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Intense enthusiasm
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Illuminate
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Full of light; Lit up
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Parochial
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Small in outlook; Narrow-minded
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Destitute
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Hitting rock bottom
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Indigent
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One who has nothing
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Insolvent
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Unable to pay debts
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Impecunious
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Not having any money
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Penury
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When one is dead broke
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Impoverished
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The state of being poor
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Ornate
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Heavily decorated
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Conciliatory
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One who placates; Bringing people together; Winning someone over
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Contrite
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Really sorry; Wanting to change your ways entirely
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Supercilious
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Snobbish; Haughty
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Ingenuous
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Open; Candid; Holding nothing back
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Impudent
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Nervy; Smart-alecky; Disrespectful
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Capitulate
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Give in; Surrender
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Rebuff
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Blunt refusal
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Obscure
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Not easily understood
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Enigma
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Puzzle; Mystery
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Abstruse
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Hard to understand
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Recondite
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Ideas beyond our grasp; Too deep for the normal person to understand
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Impentetrable
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Unfathomable; Can't be understood
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Incomprehensible
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Can't be understood
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Infallible
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Incapable of failing
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Alacrity
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Speed; Enathusiasm; Eagerness
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Boor
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A rude person
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Clemency
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Leniency; Merciful
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Circumspect
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Looking at all aspects before making a decision; Looking around
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Obtuse
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Not sharp; Not smart
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Diminution
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The process of diminishing
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Quandry
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A dilemma
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Mundane
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Ordinary
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Prosaic
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Ordinary
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Pedestrian
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Ordinary
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Harbinger
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A sign of something to come
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Magnanimous
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Generous; Good
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Ascetic
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One who leads an extremely simple life
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Germane
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Relevant; Applying to the subject at hand
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Ignominious
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Shameful
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Amenable
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Responsive; Obedient
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Synopsis
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Quick run-down of events
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Assess
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To place a value on something
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Objective
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Emotionally detached; Having uncontamintaed reason; Little room for opinion
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Dispassionate
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Leaving your feelings out; Calm
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Unbiased
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Having no opinion on the subject one way or the other
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Indifferent
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Having no care; Having no partiality on the subject
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Impartial
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Judging something on the basis of the facts alone; Being fair
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Disinterested
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Unbiased; Impartial; Not being influenced from a liking or an opinion
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Compliant
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Eager to please; Something pliant is bendable, so if you are flexible you are willing to please
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Unprecendented
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Something that has never happened before
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Deter
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To prevent something from happening
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Futile
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Of no use
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Stringent
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Harsh; Severe; Strict
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Penchant
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A fondness (for something)
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Lax
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Not tight; Rigid; Relaxed
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Advocate
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To support something; To speak out for something; A hobby, but not something you are called to do
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Exuberant
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Wildly happy
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Blithe
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Carefree
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Ebullient
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Bubbling with enthusiasm
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Effervescent
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Bubbly and dynamic (in describing a person)
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Frolicsome
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Playful; Merry; Full of high sprits
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Vivacious
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Full of life; To give life (vivify)
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Jovial
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Playful; In a good mood
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Solicit
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To ask for something; (To sell; To try to convince one to do something)
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Aesthetic
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A sensitivity to art and beauty
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Subjugate
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Forced to do things based on the rule of others; Under the rule of the conquerors
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Antithesis
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Exact opposite
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Extricate
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To get yourself out of something (like a bad situation)
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Anachronism
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Something that is in the wrong time
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Omniscient
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One who knows everything; Because no one knows everything, the only possible omniscient figure is a God
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Provincial
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Narrow in outlook; A lack a sophistication; A bumpkin; One who knows only his little corner of the world
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Cliched
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Fallen out of fashion
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Trite
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Overused; Worn out; Stale
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Hackneyed
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Overused; Trite
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Banal
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Lifeless; Uninteresting; Ordinary
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Insipid
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Flat; Dull; Without flavor
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Instigate
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To start something; To incite; Usually it means to start something mischevious or evil
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Acquiesce
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To agree to something without great enthusiasm; To give in
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Reticent
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Habitually uncommuicative; Reserved
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Acrid
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Sharp or bitter taste or smell
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Arrogant
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Conceited; One who believes he is better than everyone else
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Fallacious
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Erroneous; Incorrect
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Dichotomy
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A division into two parts (If Joe wants to go out with Jill, but also thinks she is highly arrogant, his feelings are dichotomous)
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Myopic
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Short-sighted; Not able to see what is coming up ahead
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Gregarious
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Friendly; Outgoing
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Genial
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Pleasant; Easy to be around
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Congenial
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Genial with others; Friednly with each other (A congenial group is one that enjoys each other's company)
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Convivial
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Lively and fun; A fun and lively spirit that wears off an others (Joe was a convivial man as he was always the life of the party)
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Amiable
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Sweet; Friendly; Good-natured
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Amity
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Friendship; Goodwill
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Comity
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Courteous behavior; Politeness; Usually between two groups, people, nations, etc. (Behavior between two parties)
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Bovine
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Like a cow; Big; Slow; Dull
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Serpentine
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Like a snake; Sly; Treacherous
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Aquiline
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Like an eagle; An aquiline nose is hooked like a beak of an eagle
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Ursine
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Like a bear; Big; Hairy
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Canine
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Like a dog; Canine teeth are sharp and pointy
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Feline
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Like a cat; Crafty; Stealthy; Graceful
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Equine
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Like a horse; An equestrian stride of something runners strive for
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Elephantine
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Like an elephant; Huge; Clumsily huge
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Leonine
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Like a lion; Lazy; Not liking to be bothered
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Ovine
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Like a sheep; Those who will line up and follow anyone who shows the slightest sense of leadership are said to be ovine
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Porcine
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Like a hog; Hugely fat; Eats greedily; Exceptionally sloppy
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Raze
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To destroy; To demolish
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Predecessor
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Someone who came before
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Pious
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Very religious; Devout; (Can be used in a negative way to describe one who is overly religious or falsely devout)
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Vehement
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A strong feeling or passion
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Vacuous
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Empty; Used to describe an idea or a person without substance; An airhead is vacuous
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Onerous
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Burdensome; It's something many try to avoid if possible
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Repudiate
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To cut all connections with something; To cast something off publicly; To retract (In order to win the election, Joe had to repudiate his earlier statement that women should stay in the kitchen)
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Wry
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To twist or bend; If you make a wry face, you twist your features; Something gone awry has bended out of place, or has gone wrong; Wry humor is such that allows normal statements to contain hidden humorous meanings (Mr. Tobolowsky has wry (or dry) humor)
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Salient
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Somethat that protrudes; Sticks out
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Immutable
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Unchangeable
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Facilitate
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To make something easier (A travel agent facilitates vacation planning)
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Atrophy
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Withering away, especially of human tissue, muscles, or bones; When someone loses the use of their legs the leg muscles atrophy
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Static
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Standing still
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Stupefy
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To put into a daze or stupor; To amaze
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Vitality
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Life force; Necesaary for life; Loaded with energy, life, and health
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Acumen
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Mental sharpness
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Sapient
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Wise
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Sagacious
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Wise
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Profound
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Deep
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Conversant
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Familiar with a subject/topic; Experience with an issue
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Cognizant
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Aware of something
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Shrewd
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Crafty in one's dealings with others; One doesn't miss much
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Perspicacious
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Keenly perceptive; Shrewd
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Astute
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Mentally sharp
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Discernment
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Clear recognition
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Superfluous
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Unnecessary; Wasteful
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Sporadic
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Scattered
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Insiduous
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Scheming; Deceitful; Treacherous
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Covenant
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Solemn promise; An agreement taken very seriously (e.g. A marriage)
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Transient
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On the move; Not permanent
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Bane
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Ruin; Poison; Death
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Complacent
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Very satisfied with oneself
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Resignation
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Submitting; Giving up; Giving in
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Proverb
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An expression of some kind of obvious truth
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Adage
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A proverb
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Aphorism
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A short saying
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Platitude
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An overused saying (an overused aphorism)
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Maxim
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An important principle or rule to live by
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Bromide
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Something taken to settle one's stomach; An overused saying
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Saw
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A wise, old saying
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Exploit
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To make use of something
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Qualify
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To meet the requirements
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Tentative
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Provisional; Not final
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Usurp
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To take something by force
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Capricious
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One who is capricious is one who acts on a whum; One who does something because he wants to
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Bane
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Ruin; Poison; Death
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Complacent
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Very satisfied with oneself
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Resignation
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Submitting; Giving up; Giving in
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Proverb
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An expression of some kind of obvious truth
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Adage
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A proverb
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Aphorism
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A short saying
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Platitude
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An overused saying (an overused aphorism)
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Maxim
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An important principle or rule to live by
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Bromide
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Something taken to settle one's stomach; An overused saying
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Saw
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A wise, old saying
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Exploit
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To make use of something
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Qualify
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To meet the requirements
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Tentative
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Provisional; Not final
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Usurp
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To take something by force
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Capricious
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One who is capricious is one who acts on a whum; One who does something because he wants to
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Convention
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To bring members/people together
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Modest
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One who does not brag about his/her own accomplishments; Humble or quiet in appearance
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Temperament
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Natural disposition
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Guile
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Cunning or crafty conversation; Persuasion; Deception
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Artifice
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Artificial; Not real
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Duplicity
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To reproduce; To tell one person one story while telling another person a different story
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Innocuous
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Harmless
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Tenet
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A statement of belief or principle
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Engender
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To create; To originate; To bring something to life
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Peruse
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To look over carefully; To browse
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Credulous
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Gullible
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Meticulous
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Very detail-oriented
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Querulous
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One who likes to find the fault in others; A complainer
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Ominous
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Something that fortells of something bad
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Dejected
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Feeling down
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Despondent
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Lost hope
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Morose
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Inclinded to pout; Sitting around all day in a bad mood
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Doleful
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Grief or pain
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Doldrums
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Depressed; Bored; Waiting for better days
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Lugubrious
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One who always seems to have a sad temperament
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Melancholy
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Sad; Lost in thought
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Dispirited
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Feeling down
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Downcast
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Discouraged
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Redundant
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The same thing over and over
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Preclude
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To prevent; To make something impossible in advance
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Temperate
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Modest in actions
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Tacit
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(Understood, yet) unspoken
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Altruistic
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One who does good deeds for others for the simple sake of doing something good
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Auspices
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Reference to a special kind of guidance and support that ensures future successes
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Disconcerted
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Upset or embarassed
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Incisive
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Cutting; Cuts to the heart of the matter
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Anarchy
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Having no government at all; Chaos; Lawlessness
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Patriarchy
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Rule by the father; A tribal system in which the eldest (the father) is the head of the clan
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Despotism
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(A despot is an absolute ruler) Belief in having a single, all-powerful leader to rule the government
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Matriarchy
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Most powerful woman in the family; A society dominated by women
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Soveriegnty
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Independence and freedom from external control
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Oligarchy
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When a society is ruled by a few priviliged people
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Monarchy
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A society governed by one ruler (a King or a Queen)
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Democracy
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A government fueled and dependent upon the people
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Suppress
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To try to get rid of something by stifling it
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Precarious
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Unsteady; Uncertain
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Amass
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To bring something together; To collect something
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Pensive
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Deep in thought
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Amorphous
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Very little shape or structure; Vague; Poorly formed
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Evasive
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Able to get away or avoid something/someone
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Vicarious
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The feeling that something is happening to you, although you are watching it or witnessing it as it is actually happening to someone else (to live vicariously through someone)
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Obliterate
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To do away with something completely
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Defiance
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To challenge the authority of something
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Willful
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Wanting one's own way
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Insubordinate
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Refusing to give in
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Unruly
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Loud and innappropriate
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Incorrigible
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One who won't/can't be changed
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Obstreperous
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Loud and difficult to control
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Contumacious
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Disobedient and insubordinate
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Recalcitrant
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Defiant
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Refractory
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One who refuses to yield to the wishes of others
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Benign
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Well-born; Kindly; Good-natured; (Not mean, not cancerous, not harmful)
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Subtle
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Not obvious
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Exhort
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Warning; Piece of heartfelt advice
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Rectify
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To correct
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Wallow
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Rolling around in something; To wallow in one's trouble is to dwell and immerse yourself in them
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Mawkish
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Nauseating (beit, women telling sob stories or actual stomach pain)
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Demure
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Modest; Reserved; Coy
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Spurn
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Cast aside; Reject
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Libel
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Print/Say something about a person that is not true
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Slander
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Sayuing something about someone in public that hurts their reputation
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Defame
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Loss of high regard; Attacking someone's character by making mean-spirited, sometimes false, statements
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Malign
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To say evil things about someone
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Aspersion
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To discredit someone in various ways
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Calumny
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Saying something about someone that is not true
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Vilify
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To say terrible things about someone
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Esoteric
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Understood only by a few (in the know)
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Condescend
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To come down to a lower level
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Elusive
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Hard to find or grasp
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Abstract
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Not concrete; Does not exist in the material world
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Cursory
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Casual; Hasty; Done in a hurry; Not done meticulously
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Accolade
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Honor; Award; Showing of respect
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Innate
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Born in you; Ability obtained in/before/at birth
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Exposition
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To set forth the facts of a case
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Veneer
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A false covering that hides an inferior surface underneath
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Spurious
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Counterfeit; Not the real thing
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Charlatan
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Quack; A fake anyhthing
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Facade
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Mask; Something that hides inside
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Faux
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False
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Feign
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Pretend
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Guise
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Pretending to be someone else
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Skeptical
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Not easily persuaded; Cynical
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Docile
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Sweet; Easy to deal with
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Facetious
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Not serious
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Synthesis
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Brings together several elements to make a new blend
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Antidote
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Remedy (usually for poison)
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Posthumous
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Something that happens after death
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Wary
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Cautious
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Presumptuous
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Taking something/a lot for granted
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Amoral
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Having no code at all; No worries regarding right or wrong
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Iniquity
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Sin
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Sordid
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Dirty; Filthy
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Wanton
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Unrestrained; Sexually promiscuous
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Debauchery
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A spree of very bad behavior
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Nefarious
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Wicked deeds/plans/actions
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Deviant
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Behavior against what is acceptable
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Licentious
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Morally unrestrained
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Depravity
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Corrupt
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Circumlocution
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Wordy; Constantly talking but not getting to the point
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Trepidation
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Fear
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Hiatus
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A gap in sequence
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Hyperbole
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A figure of speech that uses exaggeration
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Coerce
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Force someone to do something against his/her will
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Lampoon
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To make fun of something
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Acute
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Sharp
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Dogmatic
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Holding strong beliefs; Highly opinionated
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Verbose
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Wordy
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Garrulous
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Chatty
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Loquacious
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Talking endlessly
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Dubious
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To be doubtful
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Sequester
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Seperated from society so to not hear the news
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Auspicious
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Full of good luck
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Consummate
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Brought to completion
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Malice
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Ill will
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Proverbial
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A common example
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Undermine
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Digging under the foundation of something
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Trivial
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Small and unimportant
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Beseech
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To inquire about earnestly; To request of something by begging your sincerity
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Importune
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Beg
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Cajole
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To coax one to give you something that you want
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Supplicate
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To make a humble request; Usually a request one makes to someone who stands higher above in rank
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Entreat
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To request by making an appeal
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Innovative
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New; To come up with a new idea or an invention
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Respite
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A temporary relief from something; A delay; If you are taking a hiatus from work you are looking for a respite
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Euphemism
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A word that is used in place of another word that could be seen as offensive; A word perceived as more politically correct (i.e.: restroom vs. toilet)
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Indulgent
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Yielding to something; Enjoying it; An indulgent person gives things that people would like to indulge in
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Decorum
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Having good taste
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Levity
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Giddiness; Frivolity
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Propagate
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Reproduction in plants and animals
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Reactionary
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A person whose ideas are based on being contrary to opposing ideas
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Heterogeneous
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All the elements of the group are different
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Diverse
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Different from each other
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Dauntless
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Not intimidated
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Audacity
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Nerve; Daring
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Mettle
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One's own character
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Doughty
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Able; Strong; Heroic
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Bravado
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The talking one does about how good he/che is (Usually this is all talk); Confidence
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Intrepid
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Fearless
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Motley
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An odd mixture of people or things that, if not for the particular situation, would not be grouped together
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Sundry
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Miscellanious types of things
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Variegated
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A veriety; Two or more of something
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Tedious
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Boring
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Extraneous
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Extra; Unnecessary
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Austere
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Plain; Devoid of ornament
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Hindrance
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An obstacle; Something that gets in the way
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Fastidious
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A neatnik; Meticulous
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Opaque
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Something that can't be seen through; Opaque person: Slow in understanding; Opaque idea: Hard to understand
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Utilitarian
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Something useful
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Exhaustive
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All used up
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Ambiguous
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Vague; Having more than one meaning
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Sober
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Serious; Reasoned; Sane; Having temperate habits
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Paradigm
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A plan or model for something
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Belie
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To represent falsely
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Cogent
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Convincing
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Paradox
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An apparent contradiction that, when examined further, cannot be resolved (i.e.: This sentence is a lie.); A visual paradox is an optical illusion
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Vivid
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Bright and intense
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Stymie
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The blocking of a path for/of something
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Articulate
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Being able to speak
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Elocution
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The art of public speaking
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Eloquent
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Beautiful speech
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Efface
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To make thin; Made as thin to be non-existent
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Subvert
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Undermine; To corrupt something on purpose
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Vapid
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Boring
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Decadent
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In a state of decay; Process of wasting away or rotting
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Arbitrary
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A whim; At random; Done without reason other than thats how the "arbitrator" wants it
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Partisan
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Someone who is partisan chooses one viewpoint over another; In history, those who have withstood an opposing army have been seen as patisans; Being involved in partisan politics is choosing one party over another
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Quarry
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A hole in the ground where rock has been excavated; Also the prey of a carniverous animal
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Clamor
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(As a noun) A loud uproar or a big noise made by a crowd; (Or, as a verb) The act of making a big noise
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Affectation
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A mannerism that is put on to impress people
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Pretentious
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Someone who pretends that he/she is something that they're not
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Ostentatious
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Showy; A display of wealth
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Flamboyant
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One who makes not concessions to anybody for taste or propriety; Over the top (i.e.: RuPaul for his/her complete and utter transexualness)
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Pompous
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Self-important; Those who expect others to treat them like kings
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Benevolent
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Goodwill; The will to do good
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Ambivalent
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Feeling two different ways; Holding two conflicting emotions at once
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Prodigious
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Huge; Wonderful; Amazing; A young person with a lot of talent is seen as a prodigy
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Augment
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To add on; To enlarge
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Redress
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To correct something; To remedy something
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Ephemeral
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Fleeting; Short-lived
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Deference
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Yielding one's own desires/opinions to the desires/opinions of another; To defer to someone (You treat your father with deference because he is your elder (However, this does not necessarily mean respect, but it means respecting and yeielding to another's opinion))
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Magnate
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Someone who is very important, especially in a business sense; Someone who si very big in importance
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Frugal
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Not wasting things; Thrifty
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Parsimonious
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Beyond frugal; Stingy; Frugal to an extreme
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Miser
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One who is not only stingy, but selfish at the same time; One who refuses to both spend and share
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Penurious
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One who is so frightened by the thought of penury (poverty) that he/she refuses to spend unnecessarily
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Serendipity
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Finding something wonderful when you are looking for something else not related to what you found (or sometimes, it can be related to what you found)
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Coalesce
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Merging together into one substance (i.e.: Two halves of a broken bone coalesce by growing back together as one)
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Sullen
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Gloomy; Dismal; Sulky
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Perfunctory
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Without great interest or care
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Gesticulate
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Using your hands when you talk; Making energetic gestures in the air to further what you are talking about
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Elucidate
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To make something clear; To explain
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Nonchalant
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Not seeming to care; Indifferent
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Solitude
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Alone; Isolated from other people
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Relentless
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One who doesn't give up; One who doesn't quit
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Tenacious
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One who holds fast to something; Stubborn; Not letting up; Not letting go
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Pertinacious
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A more extreme version of tenacious; Holding onto something even harder; Being even more stubborn
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Persistent
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One who doesn't give up in the face of hardship or opposition
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Unremitting
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One who doesn't forgive; One who doesn't take back his/her own decisions/actions
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Revere
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To hold something in a very high respect/regard; To venerate
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Embellish
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To provide extra details for show/decoration; To overexaggerate
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Cardinal
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Of primary importance (i.e.: Cardinal virtues or cardinal sins)
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Pundit
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Self-appointed authority of something; Unofficial critics
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Laudable
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Praiseworthy
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Inherent
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To be apart of the nature of something; To have an innate characteristic
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Contemporary
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Happening right now
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Whimsical
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Spur of the moment without any particular rhyme or reason
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Tirade
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A long, usually angry, speech about something that is bothersome
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Harangue
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A tirade;
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Obloquy
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A speech against something
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Diatribe
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A bitter denunciation of something; Speaking out against something
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Fulminate
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Exploding like thunder and lightning in a rage against something
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Phillipic
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Any kind of speech that denounces something
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Uniform
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When things are all the same; A certain set of apparel
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Portent
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A sign that something big and usually something bad is going to happen
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Dissenting
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A disagreement with an explanation of why one disagrees
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Facile
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Easy
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Caustic
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Biting; Mean; Sarcastic
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Pastiche
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A collection, hodgepodge, a potpurri of dissimilair things
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Vagary
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Odd behaviors or ideas that don't really make sense
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Cacophony
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An irritating or harsh noise
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Chide
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To scold somebody, usually mildly
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Rebuke
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To scold for bad behavior
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Reprimand
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A formal rebuke; An official rebuke (i.e.: A soldier being reprimanded in the Army for a poor decision he made or an athlete being reprimanded for his actions by his team for his actions that may have been detrimental to the team)
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Admonish
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A scolding or a warning
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Reproach
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(As a verb) A blame put on someone for something; (As a noun)The actual words that one speaks when he/she reproaches [as a verb]
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Reprove
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The opposite of 'approve'; Failing to give your support
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Upbraid
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To scold someone severely
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Chastise
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To criticize severely or to punish, often using physical punishment
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Berate
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To scold someone soundly
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Castigate
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To rebuke someone in front of a crowd or in front of the press
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Objurgate
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To act as the jury by judging and pronouncing a sentence
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Lambaste
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A verbal thrashing
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Revile
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To vilify by using strong or abusive language
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Gravity
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Seriousness
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Dissemeniate
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To scatter; To distribute
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Proscribed
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Forbidden
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Assiduous
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One who works hard and diligently
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Tangible
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Something that can be touched
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Phenomenon
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An observable fact of nature or something that can be perceived by the senses; Something that is remarkable or stunning
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Superficial
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Limited to the surface; Shallow; Real only on the surface
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Validity
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Something that is strong; Accurate
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Productive
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To create; Producing
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Fertile
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Being able to reproduce; Applies to all kind of reproduction
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Fruitful
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To reproduce
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Prolific
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To be fertile; (Figurative) To be successful or very productive at one's field or line of work
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Fecundity
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Fertility
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