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Staunch

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Firm, steadfast

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Restive

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Resisting authority, difficult to control

Restless, fidgety

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Depose

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To remove from power or office

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Static

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Having no motion or change

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Aberration

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State different from normal

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Abstain

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To refrain from doing something

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Boisterous

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Noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline; rowdy

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Brazen

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Contemptuous boldness

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Clairvoyant

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Oracle

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Demagogue

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Political leader who says whatever people want to hear

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Empathy

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Understanding another’s feelings

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Fraught

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Distress

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Inconsequential

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Lacking worth or importance

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Precocious

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Early maturity

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Surreptitious

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Quiet caution, stealthily

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Reverent

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Showing deep respect

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Somber

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Grave; solemn

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Bereft

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Lacking something

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Denigrate

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To critizebynfairly

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Juxtapose

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To place close together for contrasting effect