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prolix

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long winded, verbose

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puissance

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power, strength

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remonstrate

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protest, object

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salacious

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lustful, lascivisous

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salutary

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wholesome, casuing im provement

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saturnine

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gloomy, dark, sullen

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sententious

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aphoristic or moralistic, moralize excessively

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tendentious

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biased

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vitiate

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to corrupt

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voluble

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fluent, verbal, easy use of language

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hubris

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arrogance

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tenuousness

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very weak

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proffer

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to offer or propose

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particulate

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of, relating to

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complicit

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involved with others in illegal activity

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sanctimony

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fake holiness

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reviled

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criticize in abusive manner

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regale

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entertain or amuse

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mercenary

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motivated by money, hired for foreign army

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choleric

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easily angered

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genial

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friendly, cheerful

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histrionic

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dramatic

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hermitage

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house, building far away from others

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imbroglio

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extremely complicated, confused situation