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Advocate

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One who acts in support or defense of a person or cause

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Aesthetic

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Pertaining to what is considered beautiful and tasteful

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Anachronism

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Some one or thing out of its correct chronological or historical order

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Anecdote

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A short account of an interesting or humorous, often biographical incident

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Apprehensive

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Uneasy, anxious, or fearful about the future; quick to understand or learn

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Arrogance

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An offensive display of self-importance or superiority; overbearing pride; haughtiness

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Boorish

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Resembling or characteristic of a boor; crude, coarse, and clumsy in behavior; churlish, oafish, insensitive

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Brevity

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The quality of being brief in time or duration; concise expression

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Cathartic

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Emotionally purging

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Censure

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To express disapproval in a strong or vehement fashion; to criticize, blame or reprimand

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Cite

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To quote as an authority or example; to mention in support or confirmation

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Commendable

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Worthy of great praise or approval

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Conciliatory

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Attempting to regain goodwill through pleasantness; overcoming hostility; willing to make concessions; accommodating; appeasing

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Consummate

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complete or perfect in every aspect

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Cursory

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Performed hastily and without attention to detail; superficial

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Defiant

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Boldly resisting authority or an opposing force; challenging

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Depict

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To represent or characterize in words, pictures, or sculpture

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Deride

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To laugh at in scorn or treat with contempt; to ridicule

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Disparage

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To speak of with disrespect; to belittle or depreciate

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Disparity

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Lack of equality or similarity; difference

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Eclectic

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Selecting, employing, or comprising individual elements from a wide variety of sources

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Eloquent

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Characterized by clear, powerful, and persuasive speech

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Elucidate

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To make lucid or clear; to explain

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Equitable

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Characterized by fairness and impartiality; just or reasonable

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Erratic

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Lacking consistency

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Ethical

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Being in accordance with the rules or standards for right conduct or practice; adhering to moral principle

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Exemplary

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Worthy of imitation; estimable; praiseworthy

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Felicitous

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Well-suited for the occasion, appropriate; marked by good fortune

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Florid

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Reddish or rosy; excessively ornate or flowery

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Foster

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To promote the growth or development of; cultivate; nurture

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Holistic

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Emphasizing the importance of the whole and the interdependence of parts, as opposed to separation into parts

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Idiosyncrasy

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A quirk

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Ineffable

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Inexpressible

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Intemperate

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Given to or characterized by excessive indulgence; not moderate or restrained

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Irreverent

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Showing lack of due respect; satirical

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Lament

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To feel or express grief or regret; to mourn for

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Laudatory

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Containing or expressing praise

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Lucid

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Clear; rational; sane; easily understood

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Magnanimous

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Generous in forgiving; unselfish

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Mundane

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Common or ordinary; pertaining to the world; secular

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Nefarious

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Infamous; villainous

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Novel

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New; different

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Partisan

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Devoted to or biased in support of a party, group or cause

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Pragmatic

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Practical; dealing with actual facts of occurrences

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Prosaic

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Commonplace; dull; lacing in imagination

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Quell

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To suppress; to put an end to; to pacify

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Refute

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To prove to be false; to prove a person to be in error; to deny

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Rhetorical

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Used for style of effect only; having to do with rhetoric: bombastic

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Sanguine

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Optimistic; hopeful or confident; reddish; bloody

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Solicitous

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Anxious or concerned; careful; eager

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Somber

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Dark; dimly lit; gloomy or depressing

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Speculate

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To think or reflect; to conjecture; to engage in a risky business practice in the expectation of a quick or large profit

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Tenacious

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Persistent or stubborn; holding fast; holding together; sticky or adhesive

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Venerate

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To regard or treat with reverence

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Vindicate

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To clear of accusation or suspicion; to defend, maintain, or avenge

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Zealous

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Enthusiastic

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Adept

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Very skilled able or proficient

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