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Impetuous
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Impulsive
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Bemuse
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Bewilder
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Vendetta
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Vengeance
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Ardor
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Passion
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Ominous
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threatening
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Derisive
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Mocking
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Supersede
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To replace in power
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Unctuous
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Excessively smooth
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Venerate
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To regard or treat with reverence
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Animus
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Strong dislike
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Expeditious
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Quick
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Endemic
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Native
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Disdain
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Scorn
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Diminution
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Reduction
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Discomfit
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To confuse and deject
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Metonymy
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A figure of speech that consists of the use of the name of one object concept for that of another to which it is related
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Byzantine
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Relating to the Byzantine Empire
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Totemic
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Of or relating to a totem
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Diatribe
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A bitter attack
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Panegyric
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Eulogy
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Allegory
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A representation of an abstract meaning in material forms
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Subvert
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To overthrow
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Debase
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To lower in rank
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Prevarication
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The act of lying
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Alacrity
Cheerful readiness
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Credence
Belief as to the truth of something
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Duplicitous
To be deceitful
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Incorrigible
Bad Beyond correction or reform
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Idyllic
Charmingly simple or rustic
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Fatuous
Silly
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Pretentious
Characterize by Assumption of dignity or importance
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Reiterate
To say or do again or repeatedly
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Trepidation
Fear
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Chasten
To inflict suffering upon for purposes of moral Improvement
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Obdurate
Unmoved by persuasion
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Sanguine
Cheerfully optimistic
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Oblivious
Unaware
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Ingratiate
To establish in the favor of someone
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Colloquial
Informal
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Appellation
A name or title
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Indigent
Lacking food
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Gentry
Wellborn and well-bred people
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Vivacious
Lively
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Congenial
Agreeable
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Innate
Existing in one from birth
