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abashed
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embarrased
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seven dwarfs: Bashful
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abstruse
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difficult to understand
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acerbic
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bitter, sharp, biting
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lemons
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acquiesce
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to agree (without much complaint)
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Captain Barbosa
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admonish
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to reprimand, "tell off"
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finger wagging
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affable
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approachable
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ameliorate
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to make better
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assiduous
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diligent, hard working
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assuage
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to make less severe, to relieve
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audacious
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bold
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auspicious
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favorable
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banal
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bland, dull
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boring banana
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bemused
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confused
{what does bemused mean?} |
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capricious
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whimsical
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caustic
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cryptic
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complacent
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okay with where you are
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culpable
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guilty
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OJ
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deprecate
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to belittle
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despondent
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dejected
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"Broken Hallelujah"
(Shrek) |
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diatribe
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rant, bitter denunciation
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digress
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to stray (from the subject)
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"This ain't a scene, it’s a god damn arms race
I'm not a shoulder to cry on, but I digress" "This Ain't a Scene" Fall Out Boy |
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dogmatic
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authoritative, arrogantly aggressive
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The Catholic Church's dogma
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fastidious
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meticulous attention to detail
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OCD-ness anyone?
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fervor
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intensity of emotion
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Ms. Johnson in the morning?
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fickle
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whimsical with emotions; capricious
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Woman, so fickle a being!
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frenetic
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wildly excited
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this was our first word. Ms. Johnson: "frenetic, like I am right now". and we were all: "wow... she's... wow"
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hackneyed
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overused
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFbJQBIOLQA
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hedonistic
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devoted to the pleasure of lifestyle
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Siddhartha?
America? "Mommy! I wanna iPod!" |
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incessant
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never ending
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3.14159...
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incorrigible
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habit that can't be cured
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pen clicking
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indolence
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habitual laziness
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like your parents accuse you of being
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lament
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to express grief, mourn
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*cry*
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lugubrious
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mournful, gloomy, to a grand degree
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emo
*sigh* ... *sigh* ... I'm going to go blog about how much my life sucks on LJ |
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magnanimous
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extremely charitable
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"...and his heart grew three sizes that day"
Dr. Seuss |
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malaise
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a general sense of unease
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"I have a bad feeling about this."
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mitigate
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to moderate
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"Woah woah woah. We can work this out. Both of you! Calm down now."
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obsequious
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suck up
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"My, Ms. Johnson. You look especially lovely today."
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ominous
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menacing, threatening
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omen
dun dun DUN |
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ostentatious
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pretentious, showy
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"Look at what MY man bought me!"
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pensive
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thoughtful, reflective, a slight hint of sadness
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The penseive from Harry Potter, that Dumbledore stored his memories in? Remember that?
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pious
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devoted (to religion)
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Pope John the Pious
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pontificate
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to speak as though you are the highest authority who can not go wrong
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The Pope is also called the pontiff.
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pragmatic
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practical
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profound
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deep
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"Dude. That was DEEP."
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prudent
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wise, has good sense
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pugnacious
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looking for a fight
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That pug on your street, barking at everything that passes by
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revere
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regard with awe
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sage
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wise
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scrupulous
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pain-staking, principled
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solemn
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very serious, somber
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specious
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false, but sounds true
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stagnate
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to be still, cease flow
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stoic
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putting on a face of apathy
(you don't know if they're passive or not, but they want people to think they are) |
whatever
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supercilious
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haughty disdain
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"I am sooo much better than everyone else"
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sycophant
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fawning parasite
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a Yes-man
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taciturn
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not talkative
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temper
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to calm down
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"Temper! Temper!"
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tenacity
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stubbornness
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tenuous
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long, thin, slender
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by a hair's width
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terse
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brief
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transcend
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rise above
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vexed
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angered
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Hulk Smash!
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acumen
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sharp, keen
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pencil point (and who uses it)
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poignant
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the point of intense emotion
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the POINT on those hat-like plot maps
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intrinsic
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natural
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trees! forest! woodland creatures!
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blasphemy
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profanity, impious, spitting in the face of God
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A: "I really don't like Monty Python"
B: "BLASHPEMER!" |
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furtive
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stealthy, shifty
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ninja skills
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innocuous
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harmless
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noxious gas! psych.
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insipid
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lacking flavor or zest
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fortuitous
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happening by chance
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didactic
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intended to instruct
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"and the moral of the story is..."
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indigent
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experiencing want or need
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Darfur
Tsunami victims Katrina victims the poor, wide-eyed children on "you can make a difference" commercials |
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incognito
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in disguise
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masks
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epiphany
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a sudden understanding
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light bulb moment
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galvanize
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to stir up
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listless
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lacking energy
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yawn
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pernicious
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evil, wicked
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bwahahahaha
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perfunctory
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done routinely and without care
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running on autopilot
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veracity
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truthful
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quandry
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puzzling
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dig for it
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panacea
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cure all
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silver bullet
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circumlocution
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talking in circles
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beating around the bush
circum = around |
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blithe
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carefree
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skipping through a meadow
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nefarious
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evil
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mwahahaha
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tenable
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defendable
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"You can argue that"
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temerity
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disregarding danger
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"It can't hurt me"
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stupefy
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to dull the senses; to amaze
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Harry Potter cried, "Stupify!"
Professor Snape went rigid and fell to the floor. [not an actual quote] |
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abscond
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to leave quickly and hide yourself
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ninja skills
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affinity
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a liking to
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austere
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strict
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The Austere Academy
by Lemony Snicket |
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obstinate
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stubborn, difficult to manage/control
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ie, a punk
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ephemeral
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lasting for a very short amount of time
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a mayfly has a lifespan of 24 hours
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esoteric
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only select few people know about it
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remiss
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lax in attending to duty, negligence
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cogent
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believable
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"I am convinced"
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juxtaposition
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placing two different things next to each other for effect
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7-foot Peter the Great and 5-foot Napoleon Bonaparte
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nebulous
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hazy, cloudy
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conundrum
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a puzzle
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brain teasers
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dubious
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something worth doubting
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provincial
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lacking urban refinement
only knows about things from their region |
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laudable
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praise worthy
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spurious
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fake, not authentic
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quixotic
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extravagantly romantic, impractical
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onerous
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burdensome
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ardent
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passionate
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predilection
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partiality (affinity, but more thought out)
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volition
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decision by will
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gesticulate
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to gesture (with hands) wildly
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harbinger
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a warning
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indignant
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considering events unjust
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superfluous
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unnecessary
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