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Ingenious

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Original, Clever

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Insidious

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Sly, Treacherous

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Interloper

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Trespasser

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Juggernaut

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Huge Force Destroying Everything in Its Path

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Juxtaposition

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Side-by-side placement

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Knell

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Sound of a funeral bell, Omen of death or failure

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Limpid

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Clear, Transparent

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Machinations

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Plot or Scheme

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Maelstrom

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Whirlpool, Ageiated state of mind

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Magnanimous

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Generous, Noble in Spirit

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Matriculates

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To enroll as a member of a college or university

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Maudlin

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Overly Sentimental

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Meticulous

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Extremely Careful, Fastidious, Painstaking

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Mettle

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Courageousness, Eundrance

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Mirth

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Frivolity, Gaiety, Laughter

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Negligible

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Not worth Considering

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Notoriety

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Unfavorable Fame

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Noxious

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Harmful, Unwholesome

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Nuance

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Shade of meaning

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Nullify

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To make legally invalid ; cancel

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Obtuse

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Stupid, dull, unclear

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Omniscient

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Having Infinite Knowledge, all-seeing

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Opulence

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Wealth

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Perdition

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Complete utter loss; damntion

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Perfunctory

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Done in a routine way; indifferent

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Permeable

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Penetrable

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Pestilence

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Epidemic, Plague

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Petulance

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Rudeness, Peevishness

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Pilfer

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To steal

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Pithy

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Profound, Substantial, Brief, To the point

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Pittance

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Meager Amount or Wage

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Placate

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To soothe or pacify

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Predilection

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Preference, Liking

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Proclivity

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Tendency

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Puerile

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Childish, Immature

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Pugilism

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Boxing

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Pugnacious

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Quarrelsome, Eager and ready to fight

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Recant

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To retract a statement, Opinion

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Remediable

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Capable of being corrected, Fixable

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Reticent

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Not speaking freely; reserved

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Retiring

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Shy, Modest, Reserved

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Revelry

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Boisterous Festivity

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Ribald

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Humorous in a vulgar way

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Ruminating

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To contemplate, reflect upon

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Sentient

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Aware, Conscious, Able to perceive

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Seraphic

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Angelic, Pure, Sublime

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Simpered

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To smirk, Smile Foolishly

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Sinuous

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Winding; Intricate, complex

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Staid

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Self-Restrained to the point of dullness, serious

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Stoic

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Indifferent to or unaffected by emptions

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Subterfuge

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Trick or tactic used to avoid something

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Surreptituous

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Characterized by Secrecy

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Sycophants

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Self-Serving flatterers, Yes-man

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Tactic

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Silently understood

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Tangenital

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Digressing, Diverting

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Tomes

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Book, Usually large and academic

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Trepidation

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Fear and anxiety

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Trifling

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Slight worth

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Trite

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Shallow, Superficial

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Truncated

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To cut off, shorten by cutting

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Usurp

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To seize by force

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Utilitarian

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Efficient, Useful

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Vacillated

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To waver, Show Indecision

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Vacuous

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Empty, Void; Lacking intelligence

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Vapid

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Tasteless, Dull

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Vestige

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Trace, Remnant

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Virtuoso

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Someone with masterly skill ; expert

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Vitrolic

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Burning, Caustic; Sharp, bitter

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Whet

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To sharpen, Stimulate

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Whimsical

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Playful or Fanciful idea

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Wizened

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Withered Shriveled, Wrinkled

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Xenophobia

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Fear or Hatred of Foreigners or Strangers

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Zealot

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Someone Passionately devoted to a cause

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Abase

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To Humble; To Disgrace

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Abject

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Miserable, Pitiful

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Abstruse

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Difficult to Comprehend

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Aesthetic

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Pertaining to beauty or art

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Alacrity

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Cheerful Willingness, Eagerness; speed

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Amalgamated

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To mix, Combing

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Amortize

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To diminish by installment payments

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Anachronism

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Something chronologically inappropriate

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Ancillary

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Accessory; Helping

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Arduous

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Extremely Difficult, Laborious

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Assiduous

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Diligent, Persistent, Hard Working

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Assuage

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To make less severe, relieve

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August

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Dignified, Awe Inspiring, Venerable

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Baleful

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Harmful, With evil intentions

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Bastion

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Fortification, Stronghold

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Belabor

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To insist repeatedly or harp on

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Belie

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To misrepresent; Expose as false

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Blandish

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To coax with flattery, charm

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Belight

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To afflict, destroy

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Bourgeois

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Middle class

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Burgeoning

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To sprout or Flourish

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Buttress

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To reinforce or support

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Callow

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Immature, Lacking sophistication

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Capricious

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Impulsive

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Catholic

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Universal

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Choleric

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Easily Angered, short-tempered

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Circumscribed

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To encircle, set limits on, confine

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