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Ominous

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Threatening

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Tremulous

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Quivering

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Repudiate

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To reject, decline

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Cessation

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A stopping

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Bristle

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Stiffen with fear or anger

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Euphemism

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A less offensive term

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Mundane

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Worldly

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Incongruous

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Inappropriate

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Condolence

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Pity

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Stipulate

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To specify a condition

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Alacrity

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Lively action

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Disdain

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Contempt

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Belligerent

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Warlike

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Intimidate

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To overawe

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Feinting

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False attack

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Pugnacious

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Quarrelsome

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Promulgate

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To make known officially

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Brash

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Impudent

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Scoff

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To sneer at

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Belittle

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To make seem less important

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Tangible

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Having actual form

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Laceration

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Jagged wound

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Castigate

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To correct by punishing

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Sordid

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Dirty

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Octogenarian

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Person in eighties

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Solace

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Easing of grief

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Aspirant

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Candidate for high position

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Dregs

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Most worthless part

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Frenzy

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Wild fit

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Scurrilous

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Coarse

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Rampant

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Going unchecked

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Inane

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Foolish

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Ethics

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Code of principles

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Concur

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Agree

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Clandestine

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Secret

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Flagrant

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Outrageous, glaringly bad

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Admonish

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To warn

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Duress

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Force

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Culprit

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Guilty person

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Inexorable

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Inflexible

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Egregious

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Remarkably bad

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Distraught

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Mentally confused

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Duplicity

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Trickery

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Acrimonious

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Bitter

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Paucity

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Scarcity

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Elicit

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To draw forth

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Pernicious

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Harmful

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Tolerate

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To put up with

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Construe

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Make a deduction

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Impunity

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Freedom from punishment