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Amenable

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Agreeable, friendly

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Acerbic

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Having a sour or butter taste or character

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Bolster

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Support

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Bombast

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Self important or pompous writing or apeech

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Bombastic

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Pompous, grandiloquent

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Credulous

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Gullible

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Diatribe

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A harsh denunciation, abusive words

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Fawn

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To flatter or praise excessively

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Fervent

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Greatly emotional or zealous

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Flout

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To demonstrate contempt for

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Fortuitous

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Happening by fortune accident or chance

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Germane

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Relative to the subject at hand , appropriate in subject matter

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Glib

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Superficial, lacking in depth, marked by ease or informality

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Halcyon

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Calm and peaceful

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Hubris

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Arrogant presumption or pride

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Idolatrous

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Given to intense or excessive devotion to something

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Imminent

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About to happen, impending

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Imperturbable

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Marked by extreme calm, steadiness

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Impetuous

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Hastily or rashly energetic, impulsive

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Implacable

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Not crabapple of being appeased

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Intrepid

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Steadfast and courageous

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Laconic

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Using a few words

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Maverick

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An independent individual who does not go along with the group or party

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Mendacity

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Dishonesty

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Mercurial

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Characterized by rapid or unpredictable change in

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Meticulous

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Characterized by extreme care and precision

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Mollify

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Reduce in emotional intensity

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Obdurate

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Unyielding, hardheaded

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Obfuscate

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To make confusing

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Obsequious

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Radharani

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Obstinate

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Stubborn, uncompromising

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Opprobrium

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Disgrace, contort, scorn

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Ostentatious

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Characterized by or given to pretentiousness

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Pedantic

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Excessive attention to minutiae formal rules

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Pervade

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To permeate through

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Pervasive

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High tendency to permeate through

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Phlegmatic

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Calm, sluggish, unemotional

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Pirate

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To illegally use or reproduce

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Polemical

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Controversial, argumentative

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Pragmatic

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Practical rather than idealistic

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Rancorous

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Characterized by bitter, long lasting resentment

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Rhetoric

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Art or study or effective use of language for communication an doer suasion

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Salubrious

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Promoting health

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Sedulous

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Diligent, persistent

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