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Impute

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to attribute an action to particular person or group

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Incompatible

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opposed in nature, not able to live or work together

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Inconsequential

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unimportant, trivial

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Inevitable

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certain, unavoidable

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Integrity

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decency, honesty, wholeness

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Intrepid

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fearless, adventurous

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Intuitive

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instinctive, untaught

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Jubilation

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joy, celebration, exultation

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Lobbyist

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person who seeks to influence political events

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Longevity

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long life

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Mundane

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ordinary, commonplace

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Nonchalant

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calm, casual, seeming unexcited

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Novice

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beginner, apprentice

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Opulent

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wealthy

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Orator

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lecturer, speaker

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Ostentatious

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showy, displaying wealth

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Parched

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dried up, shriveled

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Perfidious

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faithless, disloyal, untrustworthy

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Precocious

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unusually advanced or talented at an early age

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Pretentious

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pretending to be important, intelligent, or cultured

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Procrastinate

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to unneccessarily delay, postpone, put off

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Prosaic

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relating to prose, dull, commonplace

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Prosperity

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wealth or success

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Provocative

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tending to provoke a response e.g., anger or disagreement

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Prudent

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careful, cautious

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Querulous

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complaining, irritable

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Rancorous

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bitter, hateful

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Reclusive

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preferring to live in isolation

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Reconciliation

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the act of agreement after a quarrel, the resolution of a dispute

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Renovation

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repair, making something new again

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Resilient

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quick to recover, bounce back

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Restrained

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controlled, repressed, restricted

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Reverence

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worship, profound respect

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Sagacity

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wisdom

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Scrutinize

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to observe carefully

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Spontaneity

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impulsive action, unplanned events

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Spurious

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lacking authenticity, fake

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Submissive

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tending to meekness, to submit to the will of others

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Substantiate

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to verify, confirm, provide supporting evidence

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Subtle

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hard to detect or describe, perceptive

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Superficial

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shallow, lacking in depth

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Superfluous

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extra, more than enough, redundant

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Suppress

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to end an activity, e.g., to prevent the dissemination of information

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Surreptitious

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secret, stealthy

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Tactful

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considerate, skillful in acting to avoid offense to others

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Tenacious

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determined, keeping a firm grip on

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Transient

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temporary, short-lived, fleeting, ephemeral

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Venerable

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respected because of age

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Vindicate

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to clear from blame or suspicion

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Wary

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careful, cautious