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cursory
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going rapidly over something; hasty
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computer mouse
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preclude
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to prevent the presence of
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prevent include
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abject
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utterly hopeless; wretched
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predilection
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preference; liking
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abjure
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to renounce an oath
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ab=without
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impetuous
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characterized by sudden rash action or emotion
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ablution
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act of cleansing
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like absolution
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importune
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to urge or press with excessive persistence
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deign
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to think fit or in accordance with one's dignity
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presentiment
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a feeling of anticipation over a future event
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abrogate
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to abolish by formal means
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impugn
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to challenge as false
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prevaricate
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to lie or deviate from the truth
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abstruse
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hard to understand; secret, hidden
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rejoinder
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to reply; retort
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inchoate
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not fully formed; disorganized
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derision
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an act of mockery
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deride
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irascible
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easily made angry
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irritable
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proclivity
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inclination; bias
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acrimonious
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caustic, stinging, or bitter in nature
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acrid
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incursion
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a hostile entrance into a place
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querulous
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full of complaints
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negative queries
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desultory
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jumping from one things to another
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proffer
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to offer
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just like it sounds
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epithet
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a word or phrase, used invectively as a term of abuse
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adjure
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to beg or command
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recumbent
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lying down; reclining
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admonish
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to counsel against something
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adventitious
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accidental
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refractory
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stubborn, rebellious
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indolence
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state of being lazy or slothful
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disabuse
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to set right
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dis-abuse
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aver
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to affirm, to declare to be true
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not to waver
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diffident
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lacking self-confidence
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promulgate
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to make known by open declaration
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coming out of the closet
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laconic
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using few words
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propitiate
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to conciliate; appease
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propecia for hair loss
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disport
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to divert or amuse oneself
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eugenics
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improvement of qualities of race by control of inherited characteristics
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true genes
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propound
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to set forth for consideration
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congressman propounds an amendment to a bill
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doctrine
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a particular principle advocate
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propriety
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correct behaviour, obedience to rules and customs
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the propriety in some cultures is to marry who you are betrothed to
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avocation
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something one does in addition to a principle occupation
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not your vocation
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proscribe
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to condemn as harmful or odious
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proselytize
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to convert or attempt to recruit
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door to door mormons goal
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magnate
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a powerful or influential person
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animus
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hostile feeling or attitude
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HP towards sirius' animagus
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protract
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to prolong, draw out
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remonstrate
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to say or plead in protest, objection or reproof
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insidious
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intended to trap or beguile
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dour
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sullen, gloomy
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benevolent
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desiring to do good to another
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puerile
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childish, immature
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puerile behaviour is rampant at OI
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maladroit
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clumsy, tactless
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apotheosis
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glorification; glorified ideal
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people often give religion apotheosis
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insolent
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boldly rude or disrespectful
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adolescents are insolent to authority
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pugilist
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a fighter or boxer
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pugilists punch
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replete
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abundantly supplied
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opposite of deplete
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approbation
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praise, consideration
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pugnacioius
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to quarrel or fight readily
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too much testosterone
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benign
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having a kindly disposition
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a nice tumor
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arrogate
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to claim unwarrantably or presumptuously
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arrogance
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intransigent
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uncompromising; refusing to be reconciled
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malapropism
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humorous misuse of a word
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assiduous
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diligent, persistent
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an assiduous person is an asset to a company
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invective
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of, relating to, or characterized by insult or abuse
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reprobate
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a depraved or wicked person
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pusillanimous
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lacking courage or resolution
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malevolent
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characterized by or expressing bad will
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malificent was malevolent
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epigram
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a witty or pointed saying tersely expressed
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reticent
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silent, reserved
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upstairs neighbors are anything but
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malfeasance
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misconduct or wrong-doing often committed by a public official
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expound
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to set forth in detail
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revile
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to criticize with harsh language
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malign
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to speak harmful untruths about, to slander
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circumspect
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watchful and discreet
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maxim
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an expression of general truth or principle
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mellifluous
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pleasing, musical
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cognate
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related by blood; having a common ancester
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minatory
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menacing, threatening
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sedition
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incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government
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complaisant
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inclined or disposed to please
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misanthrope
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a person who dislikes others
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foment
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to arouse or incite
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subjugate
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to conquer
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fortuitous
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happening by luck
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subterfuge
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an artifice or expedient used to evade a rule
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conscription
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draft
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nascent
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starting to develop
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think prenatal
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fractious
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irritable, peevish
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supplicate
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to make humble and earnest entreaty
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contravene
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to come into conflict with
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neologism
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a newly coined word, phrase or expression
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neophyte
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a recent convert
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grandiloquent
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pompous or inflated in language
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perfidious
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willing to betray one's trust
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obdurate
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hardened in feelings; resistant to persuasion
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guile
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deceit or trickery
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tenable
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capable of being held, maintained or defended
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peripatetic
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walking or traveling about; itinerant
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obfuscate
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to render indistinct or dim
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tendentious
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having a predisposition towards a point of view
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petulant
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showing sudden irritation, esp. over some annoyance
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conflagration
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a large destructive fire
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tractable
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easily managed or controlled
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philology
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the study of literary texts to establish their authenticity
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transcendent
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going beyond ordinary limits
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perspicacious
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having keen mental perception and understanding
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obviate
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to prevent; to make unnecessary
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transitory
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temporary; lasting a brief time
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pertinacious
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persistent, stubborn
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occlude
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to stop up; to prevent the passage of
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unconscionable
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unscrupulous
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precept
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a commandment given as a rule of action or conduct
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noisome
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offensive to the point of arousing disgust; foul
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onerous
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troublesome and oppressive
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dearth
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a scarce supply; a lack
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rapacious
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greedy; ravenous; taking by force
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verdure
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fresh rich vegetation
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divestiture
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the sale, liquidation or spinoff of a corporate division or subsidiary
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panegyric
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formal or elaborate praise at an assembly
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vociferous
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crying out noisily
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panoply
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a wide-ranging an impressive array or display
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gossamer
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something delicate, light or flimsy
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