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Infallible

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Incapable of error

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Inextricable

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Unable to be separated

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Infelicity

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Inappropriate act or remark

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Infinitesimal

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Extremely small

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Inflammatory

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Tending to excite emotions

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Infusion

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Something added or introduced

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Ingenious

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Showing cleverness or creativity

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Ingenue

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Inexperienced or artless girl

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Ingenuous

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Showing simplicity and lack of sophistication

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Ingratiate

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To do things to try and make someone like other people

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Inherent

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Existing in or belonging to something as an essential or unborn part of its nature

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Inimical

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Harmful or limiting

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Inimitable

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Impossible to imitate

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Injurious

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Harmful

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Innate

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Inborn

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Innocuous

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Completely harmless

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Inoculate

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Vaccinate

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Inordinate

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Excessive

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Inscrutable

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Mysterious

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Insightful

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Showing very good understanding of people and situations

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Insipid

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Dull

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Insolvent

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Bankrupt

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Insouciance

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Relaxed and happy way of acting without worry or guilt

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Inspire

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Cause feelings of exaltation

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Insular

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Isolated from outside influences

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Insuperable

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Not able to be conquered or overcome

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Insurgency

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Uprising or rebellion

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Integrity

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Honesty

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Intercede

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Intervene

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Interim

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Interval of time between two events

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Interlocutor

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Anyone who participates in a conversation

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Interloper

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Intruder

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Interminable

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Seemingly endless

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Intermittent

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Not happening regularly or continuous

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Interstitial

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Between the cells of a structure

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Intractable

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Not easily controlled

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Intransigent

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Refusing to alter an idea or a position in response to other’s wishes

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Intrepid

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Extremely brave

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Intrinsic

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Extremely important part

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Intuitive

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Instinctive

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Inundate

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Overwhelm

Flood

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Invariably

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Always

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Invasive

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Intrusive

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Inveterate

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Persisting in a habit, action, feeling

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Inviolable

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Unable to be broken

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Invoke

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Appeal to an authority for support

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Iota

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Extremely small amount

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Irascible

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Easily angered

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Irreproachable

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Not deserving blame

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Irrevocable

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Impossible to take back

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Itinerant

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Traveling from place to place

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Jetsam

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Debris

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Jocular

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Amusing

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Judicious

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Showing good judgment and sense

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Juxtapose

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Bring together to compare and contrast

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Kitsch

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Art and literature made for popular appeal

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Kudos

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Fame resulting from an act or achievement

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Lackadaisical

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Lacking enthusiasm and effort

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Laconic

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Using a minimum of words

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Lament

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Mourn or regret

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Languid

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Lacking spirit of liveliness

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Languor

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Lack of strength or energy

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Lassitude

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Lack or mental or physical energy

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Laudation

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Being praised

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Lax

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Not strict

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Layman/layperson

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Someone who is not trained in or doesn’t have a detailed knowledge of a particular subject

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Legion

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Large group

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Levity

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Lack of seriousness

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Levy

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Tax

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Liability

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Area of weakness

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Libertine

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Person who acts without restraint; esp. In sexual behavior

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Listless

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Feeling or showing no energy

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Litany

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Long list of unpleasant things

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Litigate

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Contest in a court of law

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Litigious

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Tending to argue, disagree

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Lobby

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Persuade government that a particular thing should or shouldn’t happen

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Lofty

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Showing a belief that one is superior to other people

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Loquacious

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Talkative

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Ludicrous

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Worthy of mockery

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Lugubrious

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Sad in a serious way

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Lurid

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Involving a lot of violence, sex, or shocking detail

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Lustrous

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Glossy, shining, splendid

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Machination

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Secret and complicated plans

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Magnanimous

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Very kind and generous towards an enemy

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Maladroit

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Not skillful

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Malcontent

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Discontented

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Malfeasance

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illegal act, esp. by a public official

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Malign

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Say false and unpleasant things about someone

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Mandate

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Give official permission

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Manifest

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Become visible or obvious

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Martinet

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Someone who demands rule always be obeyed, even when it is unreasonable

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Maudlin

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Foolishly sentimental because of drinking alcohol

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Maven

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Person with specialized knowledge

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Maverick

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Person who thinks and behaves independently

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Melee

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Noisy confusing fight

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Mellifluous

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Flowing and sweet

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Mendacious

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Untruthful

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Mendicant

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Living on charity

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Mercenary

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Interested only in money

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