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Glib

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Easy and fluent in conversation or writing

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Subtle

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Not immediately obvious; hard to understand

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Scurry

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To move with light running steps

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Tenuous

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Weak;thin

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Rabble

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A noisy crowd; the lowest, coarsest class of people

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Glutton

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One who eats too much

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Frenetic

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Wildly excited or active

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Forthright

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Direct and without evasion; honest

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Nominal

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Appearing in name only; negligible or of low amount

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Savant

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A well-educated person; a scholar

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Coerce

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To force by threat or intimidation

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Prescient

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Knowing things before they occur

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Concise

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Brief and to the point

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Opaque

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Not letting in light; unintelligible

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Excise

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To remove by as if by cutting

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Dossier

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Group of documents

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Culminate

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To reach the highest point

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Allot

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To distribute; to assign as a portion

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Conundrum

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A riddle or a puzzle, esp. One without a solution

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Bevy

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A group, esp. Of birds

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Frowzy

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Having an uncared-for appearance

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Diminution

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A decrease or diminishing

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Aplomb

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Self-assurance; self-confidence; poise

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Cower

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To draw back out of fear

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Affable

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Friendly; easy to talk to