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1
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placate

A

make less angry

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placating

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intended to make someone less angry or hostile.

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champion

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support the cause of

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4
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disconsolate

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without consolation;unhappy

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5
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preempted

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take action in order to prevent something

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elated

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ecstatically happy

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elate

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make someone ecstatically happy

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condemn

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express disapproval of/sentence someone to a punishment

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pacify

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make less angry (placate)

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10
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supercilious

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behaving as if you are better than others

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bombastic

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high-sounding but not actually (inflated)

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enervated

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drained of energy

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13
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inquisitive

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curious

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14
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morbidity

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suffering from a condition

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morbid

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disturbing

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16
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credule

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believing too easily(gullible)

17
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credulity

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=gulibility