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to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide
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abscond
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deviating from the norm
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aberrant
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eager and enthusiastic willingness
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alacrity
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deviation from the normal order, form, or ruel; abnormality
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anomaly
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an expression of approval or praise
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approbation
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strenuous, taxing; requiring significant effort
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arduous
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to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify
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assuage
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daring and fearless; recklessly bold
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audacious
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without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic
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austere
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practicing strict self denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline; austere in appearance
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ascetic
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taken as a given; possessing self evident truth
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axiomatic
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following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards
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canonical
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inclined to change ones mind impulsively; erratic, unpredictable
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capricious
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to criticize severely; to officially rebuke
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censure
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trickery or subterfuge
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chicanery
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an informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert
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connoisseur
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complex or complicated
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convoluted
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to undeceive; to set right
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disabuse
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conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound
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discordant
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fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
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disparate
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extreme boldness; presumptuouness
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effrontery
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well-spoken, expressive, articulate
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eloquent
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to weaken; to reduce in vitality
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enervate
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dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy
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ennui
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to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent
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equivocate
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very learned; scholarly
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erudite
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exonerate; to clear of blame
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exculpate
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urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention
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exigent
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improvised; done without preparation
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extemporaneous
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intentional obstruction, esp. using pro-longed speechmaking to delay legislative action
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filibuster
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to loudly attack or denounce
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fulminate
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artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication
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ingenuous
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accustomed to accepting something undesirable
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inured
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easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts
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irascible
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to praise highly
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laud
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clear; easily understood
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lucid
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the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, especialy in forgiving
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magnanimity
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associated with war and the armed forces
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martial
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of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary
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mundane
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coming into being; in early developmental stages
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nascent
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vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form
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nebulous
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a new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses
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neologism
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harmful, injurious
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noxious
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lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression
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obtuse
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to anticipate and make unnecessary
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obviate
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troubling; burdensome
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onerous
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a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving
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paean
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a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, especially in literature and art
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parody
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recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly
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perennial
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intentional breach of faith; treachery
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perfidy
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cursory; done without care or interest
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perfunctory
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acutely perceptive; having keen discernment
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perspicacious
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to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner
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prattle
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acting with excessive haste or impulse
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precipitate (adj)
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to cause or happen before anticipated or required
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precipitate (verb)
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a disposition in favor of something; preference
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predilection
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foreknowledge or events; knowing of events prior to their occurring
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prescience
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to deliberately avoid the trut; to mislead
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prevaricate
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misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy
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qualms
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to retract, especially a previously held belief
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recant
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to disprove; to successfully argue against
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refute
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to forcibly assign, especially to a lower place or position
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relegate
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quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings
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reticent
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concerned and attentive; eager
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solicitous
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characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul
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sordid
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occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances
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sporadic
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to waste by spending or using irresponsibly
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squander
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not moving, active, or in motion; at rest
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static
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to stun, baffle, or amaze
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stupefy
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to block; to thwart
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stymie
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the combination of parts to make a whole
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synthesis
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a force that causes rotation
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torque
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winding, twisting; excessively complicated
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tortuous
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fierce and cruel; eager to fight
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truculent
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truthfulness, honesty
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veracity
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extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic
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virulent
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having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous
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voracious
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to move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion
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waver
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to lessen in intensity or degree
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abate
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an expression of praise
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accolade
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excessive praise; intense adoration
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adulation
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dealing with, appreciative of, or responsive to art or the beautiful
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aesthetic
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to make better or more tolerable
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ameliorate
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greed, especially for wealth
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avarice
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a universally recognized principle
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axiom
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to grow rapidly or flourish
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burgeon
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rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants
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bucolic
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harsh, jarring, discordant sound; dissonance
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cacophony
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an established set of principles or code of laws, often religious in nature
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cannon
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severe criticism or punishment
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castigation
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a substance that accelerates the rate of a chemical reaction without itself changing; a person or thing that causes change
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catalyst
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burning or stinging; causing corrosion
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caustic
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wary; cautious; sparing
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chary
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appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing
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cogent
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teh willingness to comply with the wishes of others
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complaisance
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argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement
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contentious
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regretful; penitent; seeking forgiveness
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contrite
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deserving blame
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culpable
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smallness of quantity or number; scarcity; a lack
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dearth
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to question or oppose
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demur
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intended to teach or instruct
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didactic
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cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions
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discretion
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free of bias or self-interest; impartial
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disinterested
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expressing a rigid opinion based on unproved or improvable principles
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dogmatic
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the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings
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ebullience
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composed of elements drawn from various sources
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eclectic
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a mournful poem, especially one lamenting the dead
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elegy
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soothing, especially to the skin; making less harsh; mollifying; an agent that softens or smoothes the skin
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emollient
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based on observation or experiment
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empirical
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mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand
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enigmatic
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brief; fleeting
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ephemeral
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intended for or understood by a small, specific group
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esoteric
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a speech honoring the dead
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eulogy
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to remove blame
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exonerate
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playful; humorous
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facetious
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an invalid or incorrect notion; a mistaken belief
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fallacy
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marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious
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furtive
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sociale; outgoing; enjoying the company of other people
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gregarious
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to deliver a pompous speech or triade; a long, pompous speech
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harangue
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violating accepted dogma or convention
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heretical
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an exaggerated statement, often used as a figure of speech
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hyperbole
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lacking funds; without money
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impecunious
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beginning to come into being or to become apparent
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incipient
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unmoving; lethargic; sluggish
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inert
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harmless; causing no damage
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innocuous
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refusing to compromise
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intransigent
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to obtain by deception or flattery
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inveigle
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sad; sullen; melancholy
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morose
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evoking intense aversion or dislike
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odious
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impenetrable by light; not reflecting light
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opaque
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the act or state of swinging back and forth witha steady, uninterrupted rhythm
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oscillation
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penny-pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous
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penurious
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extremely harmful; potentially causing death
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pernicious
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to examine with care
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peruse
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extremely reverent or devout; showing strong religious devotion
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pious
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one that precedes and indicates or announces another
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percursor
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to dress up; to primp; to groom oneself with elaborate care
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preen
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abundant in size, force, or extent; extraordinary
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prodigious
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producing large volumes or amount; productive
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prolific
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to rot; to decary and give off a foul odor
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putrefy
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to drink deeply
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quaff
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stillness; motionlessness; quality of being at rest
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quiescence
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awe-inspiring; worthy of honor
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redoubtable
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authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance; to give permission or authority to
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sanction
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a literary work that ridicules or criticizes a human vice through humor or derision
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satire
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sordid; wretched and dirty as from neglect
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squalid
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indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; steadfast
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stoic
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to take the place of; to supersede
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supplant
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lethargic; sluggish; dormant
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torpid
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existing everywhere at the same time; constantly encountered; widespread
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ubiquitous
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sophisticated; refined; elegant
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urbane
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to defame; to characterize harshly
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vilify
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thick; sticky
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viscous
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ken, accurate judgement or insight
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acumen
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to reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients
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adulterate
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to combine several elements into a whole
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amalgamate
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outdated; associated with an earlier, perhaps more primitive, time
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archaic
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to state as a fact; to declare or assert
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aver
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to provide suport or reinforcement
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bolster
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pompous; grandiloquent
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bombastic
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a harsh denunciation
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diatribe
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to disguise or conceal; to mislead
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dissemble
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departing from norms or conventions
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eccentric
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characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region, or people
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endemic
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tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing
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evanescent
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to make worse or more severe
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exacerbate
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greatly emotional or zealous
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fervent
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happening by accident or chance
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fortuitous
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relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject matter
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germane
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pompous speech or expression
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grandiloquence
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rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage
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hackneyed
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calma and peaceful
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halcyon
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devotion to pleasurable pursuits, especially to the pleasures of the senses
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hedonism
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the consistent dominance of one state or ideology over others
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hegemony
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one who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions
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iconoclast
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given to intense or excessive devotion to something
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idolatrous
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revealing no emotion
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impassive
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marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness
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imperturbable
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not capable of being appeased or significantly changed
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implacable
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immunity from punishment or penalty
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impunity
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in an initial stage; not fully formed
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inchoate
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unfortunate; inappropriate
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infelicitous
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without taste or flavor; lacking in spirit; bland
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insipid
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extremely talkative
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loquacious
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characterized by brightness and emission of light
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luminous
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having or showing often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred
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malevolent
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capable of being shaped or formed; tractable; pliable
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malleable
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the condition of being untruthful; dishonesty
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mendacity
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characterized by extreme care and precision; attentive to detail
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meticulous
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one who hates all other humans
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misanthrope
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to make or become less severe or intense; to moderate
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mitigate
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unyielding; hardhearted; intractable
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obdurate
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exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
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obsequious
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to obstruct or block
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occlude
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disgrace; contempt; scorn
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opprobrium
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the profession or principles of teaching, or instructing
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pedagogy
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overly concerned with the trivial details of leaning or education; show-offish about one's knowledge
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pedantic
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poverty; destitution
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penury
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having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout
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pervasive
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to yearn intensely; to languish; to lose vigor
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pine
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to illegally use or reproduce
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pirate
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the essential or central part
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pith
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precise and brief
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pithy
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to appease; to calm by making concession
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placate
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a superficial remark, especially one offered as meaningful
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platitude
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to plunge or drop straight down
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plummet
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controversial; argumentative
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polemical
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recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
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prodigal
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given or coming forth abundantly; extravagant
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profuse
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to grow or increase swiftly and abundantly
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proliferate
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questions; inquiries; doubts in the mind; reservations
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queries
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prone to complaining or grumbling; peevish
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querulous
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characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment
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rancorous
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obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage
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recalcitrant
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to refuse to have anything to do with; to disown
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repudiate
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to invalidate; to repeal; to retract
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rescind
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marked by, feeling, or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect
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reverent
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the art or study of effective use of language for communication and persuasion
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rhetoric
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promoting health or well-being
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salubrious
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able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance
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solvent
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seeming true, but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive; plausible but false
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specious
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lacing authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit
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spurious
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a court order requiring appearance and/or testimony
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subpoena
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brief; concise
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succinct
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exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
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superfluous
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an overabundant supply; excess; to feed or supply to excess
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surfeit
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the quality of adherence or persistence to something valued; persistent determination
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tenacity
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having little substance or strength; flimsy; weak
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tenuous
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a long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation
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tirade
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fleeting; passing quickly; brief
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transient
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fervent; ardent; impassioned, devoted to a cause
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zealous
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having a sour or bitter taste or character; sharp; biting
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acerbic
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to increase in intensity, power, influence, or prestige
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aggrandize
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a medieval science aimed at the trasmutation of metals, especially base metals into gold
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alchemy
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agreeable; responsive to suggestion
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amenable
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something or someone out of place in terms of historical or chronological context
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anachronism
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having a tightening effect on living tissue; harsh; severe; something with a tightening effect on tissue
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astringent
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sharing a border; touching; adjacent
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contiguous
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a generally agreed-upon practice or attitude
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convention
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tending to believe too readily; gullible
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credulous
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an attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness
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cynicism
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polite or appropriate conduct or behavior
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decorum
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scorn, ridicule, contemptuous treatment
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derision
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to dry out or dehydrate; to make dry or dull
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desiccate
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one with an amateurish or superficial intrest in the arts or a branch of knowledge
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dilettante
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to slight or belittle
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disparage
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to disclose something secret
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divulge
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to flatter or praise excessively
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fawn
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to show contempt for, as in a rule or convention
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flout
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pointlessly talkative; talking to much
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garrulous
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marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; lacking in depth; superficial
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glib
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overbearing presumption or pride; arrogance
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hubris
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about to happen; impending
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imminent
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not capable of change
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immutable
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hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement
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impetuous
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having no interest or concern; showing no bias or prejudice
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indifferent
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damaging; harmful; injurious
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inimical
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not easily managed or directed; stubborn; obstinate
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intractable
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steadfast and courageous
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intrepid
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using few words; terse
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laconic
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an independent individual who does not go along with a group or party
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maverick
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characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood
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mercurial
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to calm or soothe; to reduce in emotional intensity
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mollify
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a recent convert; a beginner; novice
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neophyte
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to deliberately obscure; to make confusing
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obfuscate
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stubborn; hard headed; uncompromising
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obstinate
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characterized by or given to pretentious display; showy
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ostentatious
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to permeate throughout
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pervade
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calm; sluggish; unemotional
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phlegmatic
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an overabundance; a surplus
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plethora
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practical rather than idealistic
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pragmatic
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overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy); taking liberties
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presumptuous
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pure; uncorrupted; clean
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pristine
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adherence to highest principles; complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness
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probity
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a natural predisposition or inclination
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proclivity
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excessively wasteful; recklessly extravagant
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profligate
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a natural inclination or tendency; penchant
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propensity
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dull; lacking in spirit or imagination
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prosaic
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characterized by a strong, sharp smell or taste
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pungent
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foolishly impractical; marked by lofty romantic ideals
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quixotic
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occurring or recurring daily; commonplace
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quotidian
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to make or become thin, less dense; to refine
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rarefy
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hidden; concealed; difficult to understand; obscure
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recondite
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radiant; shiny; brilliant
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refulgent
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to fail to honor a commitment; to go back on a promise
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renege
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diligent; persistent; hard-working
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sedulous
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a piece of broken pottery or glass
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shard
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casing drowsiness; tending to induce sleep
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soporific
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thin; not dense; arranged at widely spaced intervals
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sparse
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one who spends money wastefully
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spendthrift
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not obvious; elusive; difficult to discern
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subtle
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implied; not explicitly stated
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tacit
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brief and concise in wording
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terse
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to publically praise or promote
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tout
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sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating
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trenchant
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genuine; not false or hypocritical
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unfeigned
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indefensible; not viable; uninhabitable
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untenable
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to waver indecisively between one couse of action or opinion and another
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vacillate
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multicolored; characterized by a variety of patches of different color
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variegated
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annoyance; irritation
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vexation
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alertly watchful
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vigilant
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to use harsh condemnatory language; to abuse or censure severely or abusively; to berate
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vituperate
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readily changing to a vapor; changeable; fickle; explosive
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volatile
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to commingle; to debase by mixing with something inferior
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alloy (verb)
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to take for on's own use; to confiscate
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appropriate (verb)
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to suspend; to engage; holding one's attention
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arrest (verb)
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majestic, venerable
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august
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leaning, inclination, proclivity, tendency
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bent (noun)
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to bring up; to announce; to begin to talk about
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broach
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to tolerate; to endure; to countenance
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brook
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major
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cardinal
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a blindly devoted patriot
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chauvinist
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to change as if by dyeing, i.e, to distort, gloss, or affect
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color
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pompous, self-important
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consequential
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to diminish the intensity or check the vibration of a sound
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damp
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a tool used for shaping
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die
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to test or try; to attempt; to experiment
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essay (verb)
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to demand, to call for; to require; to take
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exact (verb)
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to cause to fall by striking
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fell (verb)
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inhumanly cruel
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fell (adj)
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to sag or droop; to become spiritless; to decline
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flag (verb)
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sarcastic, impertinent
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flip (adj)
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to wade across the shallow part of a river or stream
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ford
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to complain or grumble
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grouse
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brace or guide; to steady or reinforce
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guy (noun)
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to imply, suggest, or insinuate
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intimate (verb)
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to tilt or lean to one side
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list (verb)
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to move heavily and clumsily
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lumber (verb)
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fitting, proper
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meet
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to exploit; to squeeze every last ounce of
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milk
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to pronounce or speak affectedly; to euphemize to speak too carefully. to take tiny steps to tiptoe
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mince
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exacting, fastidious, extremely precise
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nice (adj)
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to be established, accepted, or customary
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obtain
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hidden, concealed, beyond comprehension
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occult
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commonplace, trite, unremarkable, quotidian
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pedestrian
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multicolored, usually in blotches
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pied
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to lose vigor (as through grief); to yearn
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pine
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moldable, pliable, not rigid
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plastic
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courage, spunk, fortitude
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pluck
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to pry, to press or force with a lever; something taken by force, spoils
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prize (verb)
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to complain about bitterly
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rail
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torn (past tense of rund_; an opening or tear caused by such
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tent (verb)
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to lose courage; to turn frightened
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quail (verb)
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to limit
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qualify
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to enervate or weaken the vitality of
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sap (verb)
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a fool or nitwit
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sap (noun)
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contemptible, despicable
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scurvy
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exceptional, unusual, odd
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singular
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a group of trees
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stand (noun)
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to saturate or completely soak
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steep
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the supporting structural cross-part of a wing
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strut
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to remove as a (parliamentary motion) from consideration
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table (verb)
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to proffer or offer
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tender (verb)
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to equivocate to change on'es posotion
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waffle
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wit, joker
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wag (noun)
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to renounce or reject solemnly; to recant; to avoid
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abjure
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to foreshadow vaguely or intimate; to suggest or outline sketchily; to obscure or overshadow
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adumbrate
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a solemn or ecclesiastical (religious) curse; accursed or thoroughly loathed person or thing
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anathema
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soothing; something that assuages or allays pain or comforts
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anodyne
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farthest or highest point; culmination; zenith
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apogee
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one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions
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apostate
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deification; glorification to godliness; an exalted example a model of excellence or perfection
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apotheosis
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severity, rigor; roughness, harshness; acrimony irritability
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asperity
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to aver, allege, or assert
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asseverate
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diligent, hard working, sedulous
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assiduous
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omen, portent
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augury
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belligerent, pugnacious, warlike
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bellicose
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to slander, to make a false accusation
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calumniate
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disposed to point out trivial faults; calculated to confuse or entrap in argument
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captious
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to find fault without good reason
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cavil (verb)
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speed, alacrity
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celerity
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an illusion; originally an imaginary fire-breathing she-monster
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chimera
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insubordinate, rebellious
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contumacious
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rout, fiasco, complete failure
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debacle
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an outcome or solution; the unraveling of a plot
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denouement
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to discriminate or discern
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descry
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disuse
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desuetude
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random; aimless; marked by a lack of plan or purpose
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desultory
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transparent, gauzy
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diaphanous
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reserved, shy, unassuming; lacking in self-confidence
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diffident
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a song of grief or lamentation
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dirge
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glowing an enthusiastic praise; panegyric, tribut, eulogy
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encomium
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to shun or avoid
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eschew
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to censure scathingly, to upbraid
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excoriate
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to denounce, to feel loathing for, to curse, to declare to be evil
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execrate
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critical examination, explication
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exegesis
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to atone or make amends for
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expiate
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to destroy, to exterminate, to cut out, to exscind
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extirpate
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silly, inanely foolish
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fatuous
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quarrelsome, rebellious, unruly, refractory, irritable
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fractious
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to deny, to dispute, to contradict, to oppose
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gainsay
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unorthodox, heretical, iconoclastic
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heterodox
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difficult or embarrassing situation
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imbroglio
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not easily exhaustible; tireless, dogged
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indefatigable
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certain, inevitable
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ineluctable
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one of a kind, peerless
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inimitable
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unconcerned, carefree, heedless
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insouciant
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deep rooted, ingrained, habitual
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inveterate
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vapid, uninteresting, nugatory; childish, immature, puerile
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jejune
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lewd, wanton, greasy, slippery
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lubricious
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a beggar, supplicant
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mendicant
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cheap, gaudy, tawdry, flashy, showy; attracting by false show
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meretricious
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menacing, threatening (reminds you of a minotaur, a threatening creature indeed)
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minatory
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low point, perigee
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nadir (noun)
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baffled, bewildered, at a loss for what to do or think
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nonplussed
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noisily and stubbornly defiant, aggressively boisterous
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obstreperous
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tending to become more rigid, conventional, sterile, and reactionary with age; literally, tuned to bone
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ossified
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to make something seem less serious, to gloss over, to make less severe or intense
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palliate
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formal praise, eulogy, encomium
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panegyric
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cheap, miserly
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parsimonious
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transparent, easy to understand, limpid
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pellucid
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teh concluding part of a speech; flowery, rhetorical speech
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peroration
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pounding, thundering, resounding
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plangent
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long-winded, verbose
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prolix
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to appease; to conciliate
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propitiate
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childish, immature, jejune, nugatory
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puerile
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power, strengt
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puissance
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cowardly, craven
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pusillanimous
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to protest, to object
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remonstrate
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having sound judgment; perceptive, wise; like a sage
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sagacious
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lustful, lascivious, bawdy
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salacous
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remedial, wholesome, causing improvement
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salutary
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cheerful, confident, optimistic
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sanguine
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gloomy, dark, sullen, morose
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saturnine
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aphoristic or moralistic; epigrammatic; tending to moralize excessively
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sententious
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extremely loud and powerful
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stentorian
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gloomy, dark
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stygian
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toady, servile, self-seeking flatterer; parasite
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sycophant
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biased; showing marked tendencies
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tendentious
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novice, greenhorn, rank amateur
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tyro
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to corrupt, to debase, to spoil, to make ineffective
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vitiate
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fluent, verbal, having easy use of spoken language
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voluble
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