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replete

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completely filled with

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steeped

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to be completely soaked in something

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abound

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existing in great numbers

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accost

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to approach and speak to

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adroit

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skilled

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furtive

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secret, stealthy

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laconic

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expressing much in few words

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reticent

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silent

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pretext

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an excuse

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inadvertent

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heedless, not attentive

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incipient

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just beginning to exist

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incongruous

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inappropriate

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stipulate

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to specify a condition

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repudiate

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to reject, decline

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brash

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impudent (not showing due respect)

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castigate

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to correct by punishing

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dregs

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most worthless part

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promulgate

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to make known officially

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scurrilous

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coarse, obscenely abusive

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acrimonious

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caustic, stinging, or bitter in nature, speech, behavior, etc.

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admonish

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to caution, advise, or counsel against something

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construe

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to give the meaning or intention of; explain; interpret

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duplicity

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deceitfulness in speech or conduct, as by speaking or acting in two different ways concerning the same matter

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duress

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compulsion by threat or force

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elicit

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to draw or bring out or forth

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flagrant

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shockingly noticeable or evident; obvious; glaring

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impunity

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exemption from punishment

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inane

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lacking sense, significance, or ideas; silly

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inexorable

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unyielding, unalterable

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paucity

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smallness of quantity; scarcity

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pernicious

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causing insidious harm or ruin

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rampant

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in full sway, prevailing or unchecked

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egregious

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extraordinary in some bad way

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