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278 Cards in this Set
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Scad
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a heap/pile
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Dearth
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insufficient amount
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Parsimonious
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stinginess
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Censure
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harsh criticism
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Transience
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temporary
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Irk
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irritate
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Apotheosis
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model of perfection
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Enervate
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weaken
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Abrogate
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cancel or repeal
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Industry
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diligence or perseverence
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Sage
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having profound wisdom
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Cogent
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powerfully persuasive
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Ungainly
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lack of grace/awkward
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Quixotic
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not practical
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Disparity
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inequality
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Restiveness
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jittery
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Hallow
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make holy
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Gregarious
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sociable
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Penurious
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poor
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Pusillanimous
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coward
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Aster
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flowering plants
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Astrologer
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studies celestial bodies
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Entomologist
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studies insects
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Catacomb
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underground burial tunnel
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Didactic
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teach or instruct
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Hackneyed
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repeated too often
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Shoal
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shallow water
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Celerity
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swiftness or speed
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Ascetic
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self discipline and abstinence
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Hedonistic
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devoted to pleasure
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Incursion
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intrusion into anothers territory
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Aver
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affirm something is true with confidence
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Facetious
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special effort to be humorous
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Lugubrious
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special effort to appear mournful
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Pundits
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expert or authority on given topic
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Parquetry
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mosaic woodwork commonly used in floors
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Audacious
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extremely bold or daring
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Laconic
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using few words; concise
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Volubility
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talkative, continual flow of words
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Blandishment
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coax by flattery in order to persuade
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Anomalous
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inconsistent with common order
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Disposition
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their nature or state of mind regarding something
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Seminal
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having possibilities of future development
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Enigmatic
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pertaining to enigma; mysterious/puzzling
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Vinter
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wine seller
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Cord
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specific amount of wood
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Feral
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wild, not easily domesticated
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Cursory
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done hastily; with no attention to detail
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Extol
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to praise, laud, eulogize
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Pallid
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pale
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Germane
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closely related or relevant
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Dour
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sullen or gloomy
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Deign
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to act as if you are elite over others
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Acrimonious
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caustic or bitter in nature, speech or behavior
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Sententious
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concise and full of meaning
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Desultory
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half-hearted or inconsistent
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Efficacy
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ability to produce desired effect
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Perdition
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hell; damnation; absolute ruin
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Coterie
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clique; group of people who associate closely
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Retinue
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attendants accompanying a high ranking individual
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Raconteur
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skilled storyteller
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Ruminate
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reflect for a great amount of time
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Brood
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worry for a long time
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Panegyric
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speech or article in praise of something
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Paen
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song of praise
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Dirge
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song of mourning
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Cleric
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member of the clergy
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Rectory
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where the clergy resides
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Potentate
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monarch
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Mendicant
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beggar
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Refectory
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dining hall in an institution
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Votary
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person bound by religious views, ie. monk or nun
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Circumlocution
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to talk around a subject
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Peregrination
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traveling; or taking a journey
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Extraneous
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irrelevant
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Reticence
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quiet or reserved
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Proclivity
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inclination or tendency
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Aversion
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disinclination towards something
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Acclivity
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upward slope or rise
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Rancor
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bitter hate
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Stultify
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appear foolish or incompetent
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Promulgate
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publicly promote or advocate
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Castigate
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denounce or punish
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Mercurial
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erratic, changeable, flightly
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Propitiate
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appease; to make peace with
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Perfidy
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betrayal
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Mollify
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allay or calm
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Pussiant
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mighty, powerful, potent
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Evanescent
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short lived
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Antithetical
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contrasting or opposing
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Paucity
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scarcity
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Penury
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great poverty
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Destitution
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lack of friends, money, prospects
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Largess
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generous giving
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Martyrdom
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someone dying or suffering for their beliefs
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Perfidy
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betrayal
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Mollify
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allay or calm
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Pussiant
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mighty, powerful, potent
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Evanescent
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short lived
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Antithetical
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contrasting or opposing
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Paucity
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scarcity
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Penury
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great poverty
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Destitution
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lack of friends, money, prospects
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Largess
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generous giving
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Martyrdom
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dying or suffering for a cause
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Misogyny
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hatred of women
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Resplendent
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brilliantly colored
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Torrid
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very hot
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Hidebound
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stubborn or narrow-minded
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Chary
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very shy or weary
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Attenuate
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weaken
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Abject
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miserable or pitiful
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Exalted
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elevated to a high or important position
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Acrid
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bitter or harsh
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Surly
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rude or unfriendly
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Vapid
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lost liveliness
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Affectation
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exaggerated behavior
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Artlessness
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openly straight forward or frank
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Effrontery
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shameless or bold
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Imprecation
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to curse; slanderous accusation
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Impugn
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challenge as being false or wrong
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Turgid
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1. swollen
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Pithy
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writing to the point
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Factious
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quarrelsome
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Furtive
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stealthy
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Arduous
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difficult
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Conventions
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normal patterns
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Trite
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overused
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Numismatist
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coin collector
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Austerity
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self-denial, refraining from worldly pleasures
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Stoich
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no emotion
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Pedant
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follows formal rules to a tee
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Toady
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suck-up
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Despot
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tyrant
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Ruffle
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to bother someone
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Equanimity
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composure
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Sublimate
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purify
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Avarice
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greed
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Martinet
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strict
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Curmudgeon
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senile old person
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Plutocrat
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powerful from wealth
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Ostentatious
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showy/flashy
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Collusion
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secret agreement
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Arboreal
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relating to trees
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Carnal
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desires of flesh
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Imperiousness
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overbearing
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Perspicacity
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smart
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Circumscribed
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to limit or confine
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Belie
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represent falsely
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Corroborate
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affirm to be the truth
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Inured
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become use to
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Sequester
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to isolate
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Placate
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to calm
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Mercurial
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erratic
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Inveterate
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long standing, habitual
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Piquancy
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strong pleasing taste or smell
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Taciturnity
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extremely talkative
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Tractable
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easily managed
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Dichotomous
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to be divided
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Nebulous
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to be vague or cloudy
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Preponderance
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have a greater amount than someone else (usually evidence)
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Indigent
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poor
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Contrivance
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act of devising something
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Panacea
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hypothetical remedy for all ills
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Bellicose
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wanting to fight
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Asperity
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hard to endure; rigorousness
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Anathematize
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to curse
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Estrange
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alienate; remove from comfortable environment
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Provident
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frugal
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Prodigal
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extravagant to the point of being wasteful
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Skein
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coils of yarn
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Obdurate
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stubborn, lacking flexibility
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Adamant
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unshakable in opposition
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Capitulate
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yield or surrender
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Herpetologist
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person who studies reptiles
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Ichthyologist
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person who studies fish
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Chagrin
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to dissapoint
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Disingenuous
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false impression of naivete
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Sycophant
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a suck-up or toady
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Charlatan
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a con-artist
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Reprobate
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to reject as invalid; or a person without morals
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Libertine
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a person without morals (especially sexually)
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Seer
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a prophesier or person that can see future
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Approbation
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official approval
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Spurious
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false; not authentic
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Tantamount
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equivalent
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Excoriated
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condemned
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Elated
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in high spirits
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Lamented
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mourned or grieved
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Reticent/Reticence
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silent natured
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Irascibility
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feeling resentful and angry
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Loquacious
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chatty or talkative
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Quiescence
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calm-quiet, at rest
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Catharsis
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purge/release emotional tensions
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Empathy
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mutual sharing of feelings
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Revile
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verbally attack
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Propitious
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favorable circumstances
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Clandestine
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conducted with hidden aims or feelings
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Aboveboard
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straightforward or honest
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Guile
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shrewdness and craftiness
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Alate
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having winglike extensions
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Objectivity
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express opinion without bias
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Ineluctable
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impossible to avoid
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Invective
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verbally attack
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Discourse
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formal conversation
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Sextant
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navigational instrument used to determine coordinates
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Refractory
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unresponsive, not easily manageable
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Latent
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inactive or dormant
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Austere
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very simple and plain
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Topical
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medication applied locally and directly
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ad hominem
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appealing to personal considerations rather than to fact or reason
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benevolent
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good hearted; doing good for others
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assail
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launch an attack on (verbally or physically)
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Pariah
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person rejected by society
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Exacerbate
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worsen or make more harsh
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Abstemious
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sparing in consumption (usually food or drink)
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Meek
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humble/modest in spirit or manner
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Mulish
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hardheaded or stubborn
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Pliancy
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quality of being flexible or pliant
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Contentious
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quarrelsome
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Amenable
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willing to comply
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Cloy
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excess of one pleasing flavor
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Surfeit
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the state of being overly full
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Pratfall
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humiliating mishap
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Gauche
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awkward, lacking in tact
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Hapless
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unlucky
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Prolixity
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using brief expressions
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Contemporaneous
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occurring within the same time frame
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Diatribe
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abusive criticism
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Gainsay
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to contradict
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Terse
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brief; concise and to the point
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Circuitous
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not direct or to the point; Of a long and winding route
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Fortuitous
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coincidental or accidental, but with fortunate consequences
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Epigraph
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A significant quote or phrase, usually placed at the front of the book
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Insipid
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bland/boring/dull
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Itinerant
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a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment; "itinerant traders"
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Turncoat
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a traitor; one who turns against a previous affiliation or allegiance; a defector, renegade or apostate
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Dispassionate
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indifferent, not caring about
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Fledgling
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young and inexperienced; "a fledgling enterprise"; "a fledgling skier"; "an unfledged lawyer"
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Incipient
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immature, beginner, early in development
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Anomalous
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deviating from the normal; aberrant or abnormal; equivocal
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Repudiate
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to be in denial; to disown
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Aloofness
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distance: indifference by personal withdrawal; "emotional distance"
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Obfuscate
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make obscure or unclear
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Livid
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Furiously angry; pale
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Insular
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pertaining to an island; separate or isolated from its surroundings; having an inward-looking outlook, or having little contact with external parties
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Backslider
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someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior (aka recidivist)
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Talisman
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amulet: a trinket or piece of jewelry usually hung about the neck and thought to be a magical protection against evil or disease
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Fruition
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the fulfillment of something worked for
the enjoyment derived from a possession |
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Lout
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a clumsy and stupid person
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Ingrate
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An ungrateful person; no gratitude
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Prig
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snob: a person regarded as arrogant and annoying
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Fauna
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Fauna is all of the animal life of any particular region or time. The corresponding term for plants is flora.
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Indolence
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habitual laziness
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Edify
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improve morally or intellectually by example
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Teeming
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abundantly filled
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Barren
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infertile person
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Grotto
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small cave with attractive features
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Doggerel
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crudely written poetry
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Potboiler
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poor quality novel, play, creative work done hastily in order to make quick money
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Querulous
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whiny, always complaining
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Decorum
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appropriate social behavior
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Cataclysmic
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severe destruction
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Erudite
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learned/scholarly
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Mendacious
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dishonest/lying
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Arable
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land that is suitable for growing crops
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Recompense
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compensation for loss or injury
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Ignobility
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lacking nobility
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Gibber
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unintelligible talking
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Toddle
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walk unsteadily
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Dawdle
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take ones time, proceed slowly
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Vacillate
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sway back and forth between opinions
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Uproarious
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loud uncontrollable laughter
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Enamored
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totally in love
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Disillusioned
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free from illusion
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Spate
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series or trend
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Tortuous
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not straight forward, convoluted
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Tawdry
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cheap/gawdy/showy
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