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190 Cards in this Set
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burgeon
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grow forth, send out buds
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boorish
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crude, offensive, rude
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pungency
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sharpness; stinging quality
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castigate
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to chastise, correct by punishing
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recreancy
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cowardice, a cowardly giving up
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torpor
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lethargy, sluggishness, dormancy
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multifarious
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varied, motley, greatly diversified
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quiescent
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at rest, dormant, torpid
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laconic
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brief, to the point, terse
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discomfit
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to defeat, put down
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tenacity
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firmness, persistency, adhesiveness, tending to hang on
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hirsute
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hairy, shaggy
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imprecation
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an invocation of evil; a curse
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welter
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turmoil; a bewildering jumble
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audacious
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daring; bold
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lachrymose
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causing tears, tearful
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apostate
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one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions
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turbid
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muddy, having the sediment stirred up
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venal
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corruptible, bribable, unprincipled
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squalid
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foul, filthy
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ossify
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to turn to bone; to settle rigidly into an idea or practice, become closed-minded
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insensible
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unconscious, unresponsive, unaffected
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disingenuous
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sophisticated, artful, trying to deceive, cunning
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epitome
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representative, a summary or abstract, a typical example
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saturnine
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gloomy, dark, sullen, morose
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erudite
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learned, scholarly
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diaphanous
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transparent, gauzy
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abeyance
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suspended action
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misogynist
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one who hates women/females
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misanthrope
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one who hates mankind
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auspicious
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favorable, successful, prosperous
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auspice
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protection or support, patronage
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refractory
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stubborn, unmanageable, intractable
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apprehension
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misgiving, dread. Also a stopping or arrest. Also an understandingprosaic
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credulous
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gullible, too willing to believe
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verisimilitude
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appearing true or real
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edacious
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voracious, devouring
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punctilious
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precise, paying attention to trivialities, especially in regard to etiquette
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urbane
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elegant, refined in manners
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contentious
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quarrelsome, competitive, quick to fight, pugnacious
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boisterous
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loud, noisy, rough, lacking restraint
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guileless
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without deceit, honest
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implacable
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incapable of being placated, unpleasable
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render
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deliver, provide, represent
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hallow
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to make holy; consecrate
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baleful
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harmful, ominous, causing evil
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garner
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to gather and save; to store up
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dissemble
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present false appearance; deceive
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dilatory
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causing delay, procrastinating
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lugubrious
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mournful, excessively sad
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intractable
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unruly, refractory, stubborn
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fervid
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intense, zealous
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exscind
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to cut out, cut away
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nostrum
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a quack remedy, an untested cure
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quail
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lose courage, turn frightened
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wend
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to go, proceed
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imbroglio
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difficult or embarrassing situation
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salutary
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remedial, wholesome, causing improvement
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salacious
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obscene
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personable
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pleasing in appearance, attractive
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expostulate
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argue earnestly to dissuade, correct, or protest
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sublime
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lofty, noble
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aver
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affirm, assert, prove, justify
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upbraid
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reprove, reproach
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pellucid
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transparent, easy to understand
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craven
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cowardly
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lassitude
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weariness, tiredness
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effete
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infertile, worn out, weak
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supine
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lying on the back. Also slow to act, passive.
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pith
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heart of the matter, basic trait. Also force, strength, or vigor
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contumacious
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insubordinate, rebellious
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obstreperous
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noisy, loud
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arrant
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in every way, being completely such.
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feckless
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lacking purpose or vitality; ineffective; careless
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remonstrate
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to protest, object
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impute
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to attribute to a cause or source, ascribe
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inveigh
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to attack verbally, denounce, deprecate
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anachronism
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something out of place for its time
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pragmatic
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practical, favoring utility.
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precepts
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rules establishing standards of conduct
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veritable
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unquestionable, true.
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decorum
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propriety, properness.
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arabesque
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a complex, ornate design. Also a dance position.
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penchant
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strong inclination, a liking.
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garrulity
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talkativeness. Adjective is garrulous
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equivocate
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lie, mislead, conceal the truth.
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seminal
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like a seed; constituting a source, originative.
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striated
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striped, grooved, or banded. Having stripes.
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assay
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an analysis, examination, test. To put to a test
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consequential
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pompous, self important. Also having consequence, important. Also following as a result, or being an effect of some cause.
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paucity
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scarcity, a lacking of
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malinger
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to fake illness or injury, in order to shirk a duty.
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assiduous
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diligent, hard-working, sedulous.
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enervate
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weaken, deprive of strength, attenuate.
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precarious
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uncertain, risky, dangerous.
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attenuate
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make thin. weaken, enervate.
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partisan
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one-sided, committed to a party, biased or prejudiced.
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complaisance
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tending to comply, obliging, willingness to please
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ostensible
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seeming, appearing as such, professed
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tractable
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easily influenced, obedient, docile
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qualify
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to limit
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phlegmatic
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calm, sluggish temperament; unemotional
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ignoble
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dishonorable, common, undignified
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inimitable
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defying imitation, unmatchable
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mince
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pronounce or speak affectedly, euphemize, speak too carefully. Also to take tiny steps, tiptoe
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obdurate
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stubborn, inflexible, adamant
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inveterate
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deep rooted, ingrained, habitual
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tyro
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novice, amateur
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forswear
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renounce, disallow, repudiate
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umbrage
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offense, resentment
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extirpate
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to destroy, exterminate, cut out, exscind
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lucubrate
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write in scholarly fashion
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irresolute
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unresolved, indecisive
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wag
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to be incessantly active, to waddle; also a mischievous person
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overweening
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presumptuously arrogant, overbearing, immoderate, being a jerk
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transient
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temporary, fleeting
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illusory
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deceptive; an illusion
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impair
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worsen, diminish in value
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cabal
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a scheme or plot, a group of plotters
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sycophant
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flatterer, parasite; a suck-up
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bellicose
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belligerent, pugnacious, warlike
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perfunctory
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superficial, listless, not thorough
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impetuous
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impulsive, forceful, with energy
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libertine
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immoral person
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luculent
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easily understood, lucid, clear
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nascent
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coming into existence, emerging
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polemical
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controversial, argued
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apprise
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give notice to, inform
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pusillanimous
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cowardly, craven
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reprobate
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person hardened in sin; one devoid of decency
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Quixotic
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extravagantly chivalrous, romantically idealistic, impractical
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equipoise
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equal distribution of weight; equilibrium
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impassive
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without feeling, not affected by pain
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harrow
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to distress, create stress or torment
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dross
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waste product, sludge; something worthless, common, or trivial
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prodigal
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wasteful, reckless with money
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intrepid
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fearless, brave, undaunted
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salient
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conspicuous, highly relevant, prominent
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demur
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to hesitate, raise objections
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morose
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gloomy, sullen
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piquant
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agreeably pungent, stimulating
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raffish
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low, vulgar, base, tawdry
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tawdry
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cheap, gaudy, showy, tacky
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loquacious
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talkative, garrulous
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desiccate
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to dry up, dehydrate
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nice
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precise, sensitive to subtleness
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volubility
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fluency, verbosity, easy use of spoken language
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abysmal
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extreme; low, like an abyss
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ardor
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warm interest, passion, enthusiasm, zeal
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insouciant
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unconcerned, carefree
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anomalous
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unexpected, not normal, odd
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mellifluous
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sweetly flowing; usually used to describe use of words (sweetly flowing words, as when the speech is characterized by high volubility.
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dulcet
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melodious, harmonious
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approbation
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approval
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taciturn
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untalkative, silent
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stolid
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showing no emotion; impassive
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raffish
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disreputable; tawdry
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pariah
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an outcast, a rejected and despised person
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pique
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resentment at being slighted
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provident
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frugal; looking to the future
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ascetic
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practicing self-denial, austere, stark
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daunt
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intimidate, make fearful
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delineate
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to portray, depict, sketch out
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indefatigability
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not easily exhaustible; tirelessness
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desuetude
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cessation of use; disuse
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denouement
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an outcome or solution; the unraveling of a plot
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conundrum
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a riddle, dilemma, enigma
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perfidious
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violating good faith, treacherous, dishonest
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sodden
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soaked, saturated
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quaff-drink large quantities
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fulminate
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berate, vituperate, to thunder out, to explode,
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dynamo
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a generator, something that produces electric current; an energetic person
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sophistry
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fallacious reasoning, faulty logic
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felicitous
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apt; suitably expressed, well chosen, apropos
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disabuse
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to undeceive, correct a false impression
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vituperate
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berate, rail against, attack verbally
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diffidence
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shyness
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apropos
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appropriate to the situation; apt
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strut
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a supporting bar
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gainsay
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deny
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resigned
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unresisting, submissive
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countenance
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(n) mien, face (v) approve of
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prevaricate
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stray from or avoid the truth; equivocate
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dogmatic
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positive, certain, arbitrary, without room for discussion
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antipathy
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aversion, dislike
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inveigle
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wheedle, led astray
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hapless
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unlucky, unfortunate
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adamant
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hard and inflexible; unyielding
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]pillory
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to punish, hold up to public scorn
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turgid
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excessively ornate; swollen or bloated
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