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Abstruse

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Obscure, difficult to understand

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Abject

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Wretched, lacking pride

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Acclaim

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Applaud, announce with great approval

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Acrimonious

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Bitter in words or manner

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Acute

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Keen, quickly perceptive

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Adherent

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Supporter, follower

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Adroit

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Skillful, nimble

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Adverse

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Unfavorable, hostile

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Advocate

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Plead for

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Affable

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Easily approachable

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Aggressor

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Attacker

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Ambivalence

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Mixed feelings

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Ameliorate

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Improve

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Animosity

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Active hostility

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Antagonistic

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Hostile, opposed

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Apocryphal

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Untrue, made up

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Arbitrary

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Unreasonable

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Ardor

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Heat, passion, zeal

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Articulate

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Effective, distinct

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Ascendancy

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Controlling influence

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Astute

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Wise, shrewd

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Audacious

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Daring, bold

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austerity

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Sternness, severity

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Authoritarian

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Favoring or exercising total control

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Banal

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Commonplace

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Brevity

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Briefness

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Cacophonous

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Discordant, inharmonious

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Candor

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Frankness

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Capricious

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Fickle

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Categorical

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Without exceptions

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Casual

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Implying a cause and effect relationship

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Censorious

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Critical

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Censure

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Blame, criticize

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Civil

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Courteous and polite

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Clemency

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Lenient

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Coercion

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Use of force to get someone’s compliance

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Concede

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Admit

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Conclusive

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Convincing

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Condone

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Forgive

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Confront

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Face

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Conscientious

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Scrupulous, careful

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Consolidation

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Combination

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Contend

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Struggle

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Contentious

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Quarrelsome

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Converge

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Come together

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Credulity

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Gullible

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Cordial

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Gracious, heartfelt

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Conviction

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Strongly held belief

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Daunt

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Frighten

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Debilitate

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Weaken

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Defame

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Harm someone’s reputation

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Deference

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Courteous regard for another’s wish

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Degenerate

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Deteriorate

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Degrade

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Lower in rank or dignity

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Delineate

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Portray, depict, sketch

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Deplore

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Regret strongly

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Depravity

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Corruption

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Deprecate

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Protest against, express disapproval of

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Devious

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Not straightforward

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Didactic

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Teaching

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Diminution

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Reduction in size

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Discerning

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Mentally quick and observant

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Discordant

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Not harmonious, conflicting

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Disinclination

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Unwillingness

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Disdain

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View with scorn or contempt

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Disinterested

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Unprejudiced

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Dismiss

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Reject

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Disparage

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Belittle

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Disparate

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Different

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Dispassionate

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Calm

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Disputatious

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Argumentative

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Disseminate

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Distribute, spread, scatter

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Dissent

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Disagree

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Dissuade

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Advise against

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Divergent

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Differing

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Dutiful

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Respectful

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Eclectic

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Selective in choosing from a variety of sources

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Effervescent

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Bubbly and excited

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Elaboration

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Addition of details

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Elusive

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Baffling

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Enervate

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Weaken

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Enmity

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Hatred

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Enumerate

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List

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Ephemeral

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Short lived

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Episodic

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Loosely connected

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Equanimity

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Composure

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Equivocal

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Ambiguous

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Erratic

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Odd

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Erroneous

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Mistaken

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Esoteric

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Hard to understand

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Esteem

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Respect

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Ethereal

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Light, heavenly

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Euphonious

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Pleasing in sound

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Exacerbate

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Worsen

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Exacting

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Extremely demanding

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Exalt

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Raise in rank or dignity

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Exhaustive

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Thorough

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Expedient

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Practical

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Expedite

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Hasten

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Exploit

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Deed or action

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Extant

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Still in existence

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Extol

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Praise

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Extraneous

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Not essential

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Facile

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Easily accomplished

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Faciliate

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Make less difficult

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Fallacious

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False, misleading

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Fastidious

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Difficult to please

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Flagrant

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Blatant

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Flippant

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Lacking proper seriousness

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Foolhardy

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Rash, heedless

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Forestall

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Prevent by taking action in advance

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Forthright

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Outspoken

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Fortuitous

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Accidental

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Founder

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Fail

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Frivolous

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Unimportant

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Galvanize

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Stimulate by shock

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Germane

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Related to the case at hand

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Glib

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Fluent, facile, slick

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Gorge

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Small, steep-walled canyon

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Grandiose

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Pretentious

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Gratuitous

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Given freely

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Grievance

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Source of complaint

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Grudging

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Unwilling

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Guile

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Deceit

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Hackneyed

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Commonplace

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Hallowed

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Blessed

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Heresy

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Opinion contrary to popular belief

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Heterodox

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Unorthodox

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Heyday

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Time of greatest success

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Hone

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Sharpen

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Humane

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Kindness or consideration

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Husband

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Conserve

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Hyperbole

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Exaggeration

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Iconoclast

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One who attacks cherished tradition

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Idiosyncrasy

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Usually odd trait

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Ignominy

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Deep disgrace

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Illusory

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Not real

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Immutable

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Unchangeable

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Impecunious

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Without money

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Impel

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Drive or force onward

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Imperious

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Domineering, haughty

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Impervious

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Impenetrable

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Impetuous

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Violent, hasty

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Implicit

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Understood but not stated

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Inadvertently

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Unintentionally

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Incarcerate

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Imprison

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Incense

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Enrage

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Incentive

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Motive

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Incidental

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Minor

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Inconsequential

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Insignificant

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Incontrovertible

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Indisputable

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Indigent

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Poor

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Indiscriminate

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Choosing at random

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Indulge

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Treat leniently

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Inequity

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Unfairness

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