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Repudiate

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Refuse to accept

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Discombobulated

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Disconcerted and confused

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Inconsequential

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Insignificant

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Inconclusive

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Proves nothing

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Travesty

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Misrepresentation

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Penchant

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a strong or habitual liking for something or tendency to do something.

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Affinity

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a natural liking for and understanding of someone or something

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Copious

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Large amounts

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Exactitude

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Accuracy

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Impetus

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Rise

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Expedite

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Make process fast

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Subserve

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help to further or promote.

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Facilitate

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make (an action or process) easy or easier.

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Visceral

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Deep gutted

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Ensconced

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Settled

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Ventured

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Had the audacity to

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Bereft
He left me bereft in this city

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Deprived of

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Notorious

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Infamous

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Proponent

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Advocate

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Ennui

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Boredom

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Uninhibited

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expressing one’s feelings or thoughts unselfconsciously and without restraint.

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Downplay

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Less imp than is

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Corroborate

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Verify

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Squashed

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Crushed

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Squander

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Waste

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Vanquished

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Conquered

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Disinclination

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Reluctance

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Exemplifies

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be a typical example of, symbolise

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Hankering

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Strong urge

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Peculiar

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different to what is normal or expected; strange

Particular

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Hitherto

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Previously

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Nominal

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Very small

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Cajole

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Persuade

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Relent

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Change one’s mind

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Desist

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Refrain abstain

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Hitch

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Problem

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Unwarranted

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Unjustified

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Jesting

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Joking

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Amassed

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Gathered

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Delve

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Investigate

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Veracity

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Truthfulness

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Marginally

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Slightly

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Invidious

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Unfair awkward

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Persecute

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Hounded

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Lecherous

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Lustful having excessive sexual desires

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Bellicose

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Willing to fight

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Boisterous

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Noisy, energetic and cheerful

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Adroit

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Skilled

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Contrite

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Sorry

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Galvanize

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Impel

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Semblance
“There was a semblance of her mother in her features.”

“He maintained a semblance of composure even though he was nervous.”

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Appearance

Resemblance

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Brawny

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Muscular

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Nimble

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Flexible

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Affronted

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Insulted

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Ensue

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Result

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Undercurrents

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Undertone

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Absurd

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Preposterous

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Bizzare

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Strange

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Effusive

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showing or expressing gratitude, pleasure, or approval in an unrestrained or heartfelt manner.

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Robust

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Fit

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Exacted

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Demanded imposed

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Multiplicity

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A lot of

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Hirsute

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Hairy

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Woefully
It goes woefully wrong

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Badly

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Rescind

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Revoke, cancel or repeal

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Deftly

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Cleverly

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Foreboding

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A feeling that something bad will happen

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Lissome

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Graceful

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Turmoil

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a state of great disturbance, confusion, or uncertainty

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Impervious

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Unaffected by

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Onerous

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Burdensome kasht

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Genial

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Friendly

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Perverse

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Absurd

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Diminutive

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Short

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Circuitous

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Long

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Unkempt

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Untidy

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Overt

Overt judgment

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Clear

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Tactile “he took her in his arms—he’s a very tactile person”

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given to touching other people, especially as an unselfconscious expression of sympathy or affection.

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Outmanoeuvre

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Outsmart

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Imminent

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About to happen

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Flair

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a natural ability to do something well

the quality of being interesting or having style

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Onus

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Responsibility

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Inducing

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Causing

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Exigencies

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Need

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Contingent

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Dependent

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Eludes

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Evades

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Covert

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Clandestine

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Blase
Your blase about your words

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Indifference

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Touted

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Advertised publicised

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Indubitably

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Unquestionably

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Mettle

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Resolve

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Insular

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Narrow minded

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Recondite

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Obscure abstruse

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Awry

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Off course

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Decadence

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Luxury

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