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1
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vilify

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defame

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evanescent

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vanishing

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germane

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relevant

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grandiloquence

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pompous

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hackneyed

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commonplace

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halcyon

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calm

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impassive

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no emotion

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impunity

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immunity from punishment

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infelicitous

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inappropriate, unfortunate

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mitigate

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make less severe

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opprobrium

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disgrace

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pith

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essential part

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platitude

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superficial remark

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querulous

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cranky, complainer

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recalcitrant

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defiant of authority

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reverent

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awe, respect

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solvent

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able to meet financial goals

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specious

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fallacious

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spurious

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counterfeit

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tenuous

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flimsy, weak

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insolent

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rude, disrespectful

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indolent

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lazy

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prolix

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verbose

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puerile

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childish, jejune

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puissance

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power, strength

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remonstrate

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protest, object

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salacious

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lustful

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saturnine

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gloomy, dark

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tendentious

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biased, showing tendencies

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timorous

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timid, fearful

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vitiate

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corrupt, make ineffective

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