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malign

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evil

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munificent

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generous

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mendacious

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lying

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nugatory

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of little consequence

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ersatz

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artificial substitute

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clandestine

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marked by secrecy

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solipsism

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theory that one can only know one’s self (only one exists)

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sophomoric

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  1. Conceited and overconfident but poorly informed

2. Lacking taste or maturity

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quixotic

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  1. Foolishly impractical (esp. in the pursuit of ideals)

2. Unpredictable

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undue

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  1. Not due

2. Excessive

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gamut

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an entire range

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disclaim

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deny, disavow

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ponderous

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of great weight, clumsy, dull

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cogent

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convincing, logical

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purport

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to claim or intend

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predilection

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an established preference for something

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cabal

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group secretly united in a plot

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literati

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the educated class

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hoi polloi

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the general masses

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incendiary

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  1. Designed to start fires

2. Intending to excite or inflame

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parochial

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  1. Relating to church

2. Restricted or confined

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dulcet

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sweet, pleasing

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facile

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  1. Easily accomplished

2. Shallow

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urbane

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polite, polished

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erudite

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showing great knowledge

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bane

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harm, ruin

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noxious

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  1. Harmful

2. Disagreeable, obnoxious

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amenable

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  1. Answerable, liable to be brought to account

2. Readily yielding/cooperating

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pragmatic

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practical

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stolid

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unemotional, calm

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equivocal

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undecided, uncertain

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officious

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  1. Meddlesome

2. Unofficial

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supersede

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to take the place of (figuratively)

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outstrip

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to go faster/farther than

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paean

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a work that praises its subject

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plaudit

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  1. Round of applause

2. Approval

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faculty

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  1. Ability
  2. Members of a profession
  3. Power/authority
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foible

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minor flaw

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mores

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customs/attitudes of a group

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peccadillo

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slight offense

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effect

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to cause, to bring about

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heretofore

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up to this time

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castigate

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criticize, punish

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deify

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  1. To make a god of

2. To glorify

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antedate

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  1. To precede in time

2. To assign a date that is earlier than the actual date

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expatriate

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  1. Exile, banish

2. Person living in a foreign land

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lascivious

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lewd

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epoch

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a period of time

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posit

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  1. To assume or set

2. To propose as an explanation

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prescient

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foreknowledge of events

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preternatural

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existing outside of nature

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pith

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  1. The core / essential part

2. To kill an animal by severing the spinal cord

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venerate

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to honor

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indemnify

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  1. To secure against hurt, loss, or damage

2. To compensate for hurt, loss, or damage

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quotidian

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ordinary, occurring every day

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acerbic

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sharp, biting

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doyen/doyenne

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experienced and knowledgeable senior in a group

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caustic

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  1. Corrosive

2. Sarcastic

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vicissitude

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  1. Mutability, the quality of being changeable

2. An unfortunate turn in fortune

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akimbo

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  1. Standing hands on hips

2. Set at a bent angle

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obtuse

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stupid, difficult to understand

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askance

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  1. With disproval or distrust

2. With a side-glance

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demarcate

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distinguish

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improvident

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lacking foresight

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taciturn

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not one to talk

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dissolute

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lacking restraint (esp. in indulgence)

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inimical

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hostile, unfriendly

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pallid

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dull, wan

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impecunious

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penniless

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enigmatic

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mysterious

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emblematic

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representative, symbolic

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grandiloquent

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pompous, lofty

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cajole

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to persuade with flattery or false promise

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guise

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external appearance, pretext

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laud

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praise

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pan

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to criticize severely

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insouciance

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nonchalance

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profundity

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profound

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insensible

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  1. Lacking life or spirit
  2. Unaware
  3. Meaningless
  4. Imperceptible
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catharsis

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release through expression

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coda

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conclusion

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homily

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  1. Short sermon

2. Inspirational catchphrase

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shrewd

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  1. Clever

2. Severe, sharp

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simpatico

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agreeable, likeable, likeminded

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inure

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  1. To become accustomed to

2. To become of an advantage

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effusive

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excessive emotion or enthusiasm

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maudlin

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  1. Drunk enough to be emotionally silly

2. Effusively sentimental

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syncopate

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to shorten

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amortize

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to pay off gradually

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convolute

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twist, coil

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inveigle

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win over by wiles

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hector

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to bully

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defer

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  1. To delay
  2. To delegate
  3. To submit to another’s wishes
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presage

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to foreshadow, predict

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deft

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skill

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consanguineous

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descended from the same ancestor

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beguile

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hoodwink

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chary

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cautious of

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sycophant

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servile self-seeking flatterer

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fecund

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  1. Fertile, fruitful

2. Intellectually productive

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efficacious

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effective

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imperious

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  1. Domineering

2. Urgent

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forebear

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ancestor

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progeny

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  1. Descendants

2. Outcome, product

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harbinger

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  1. Something that foreshadows

2. One who initiates a change or beginning

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herald

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  1. Messenger

2. Announce, foreshadow

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equitable

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dealing fairly

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concomitant

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accompanying

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obsequious

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fawning

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vestigial

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remaining as the last small part of something that existed before

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sanguine

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  1. Optimistic

2. Relating to blood

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high-handed

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showing no regard for others

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banal

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lacking originality

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sagacious

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discerning, keen

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verdant

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  1. Green

2. Inexperienced

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precocious

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exceptionally early in development/maturity

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garrulous

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wordy, annoyingly talkative

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solicitude

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state of concern or anxiety

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facetious

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flippant, jesting (often inappropriately)

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ingenuous

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innocence, childlike simplicity

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refute

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  1. To prove wrong

2. To deny the accuracy of

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circumscribe

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to constrict

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ameliorate

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to make better

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polemical

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controversial

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excoriate

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  1. To wear off the skin

2. To censure scathingly

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censure

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condemn, reprimand

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calumny

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slander

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obloquy

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  1. Abusive language

2. Bad repute

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artifice

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clever (trick)

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dogmatic

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expressing opinions very strongly as though fact

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pedant

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one who makes a show of knowledge

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parsimony

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stingy

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pulchritude

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beauty

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supersede

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to displace, to cause to be set aside

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minutiae

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minute detail

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approbation

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praise

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tortuous

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  1. Marked by twists and turns

2. Devious, indirect

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circuitous

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  1. Circular or winding course

2. Not being forthright or direct

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indolence

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laziness

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probity

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upright

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dissipation

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  1. Dispersion, diffusion

2. Act of self-indulgence

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profligate

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wildly extravagant, immoral

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antediluvian

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primitive, outdated

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inundate

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overwhelm, flood

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capricious (caprice)

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impulsive

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guileless

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innocent

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desultory

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  1. Lack of a plan or purpose
  2. Not connected to the main topic
  3. Disappointing
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berserk

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crazed

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pacific

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conciliatory, soothing

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metastasize

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to spread

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