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Presumption

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Probably true

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Temerity

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Excessive Boldness

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Blase

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Unimpressed with something

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Slapstick

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Comedy based on clumsiness

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Blasphemy

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Offence of speaking against God

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Genesis

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Beginning of something

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Florid

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Excessively decorated

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Desultory

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Lacking a plan

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Dexterous

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Skillful

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Condescending

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Showing an attitude of patronising superiority

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Sagacious

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Wise or skillful

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Virtuosic

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Displaying great skill

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Perspicacious

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Having a good understanding of things

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Discernable

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Being able to distinguish between things

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Discursive

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Digressing from subject to subject

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