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Extol

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To praise, revere

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Fallacious

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Incorrect, misleading

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Fastidious

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Meticulous, demanding, having high and often unobtainable standards

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Fatuous

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Silly, foolish

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Fecund

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Fruitful, fertile

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Feral

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Wild, savage

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Fetid

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Having a foul odor

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Florid

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Flowery, ornate

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Fractious

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Troublesome or irritable

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Garrulous

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Talkative, wordy

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Grandiloquence

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Lofty, pompous language

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Gregarious

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Drawn to the company of others, sociable

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Hackneyed

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Unoriginal, trite

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Hapless

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Unlucky

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Harangue

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A ranting speech

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Hegemony

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Domination over others

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Iconoclast

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One who attacks common beliefs or institutions

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Ignominious

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Humiliating, disgracing

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Impassive

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Stoic, not susceptible to suffering

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Extant

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Existing, not destroyed or lost