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Inexorable

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Relentless

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Inert

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Inactive

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Ingrate

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Ungrateful person

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Inherent

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Established by nature or habit

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Inimical

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Unfriendly, hostile

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Innocuous

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Harmless

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Insinuate

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Hint, imply

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Insightful

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Perceptive

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Insolvent

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Bankrupt

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Instigate

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Urge, start

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Insularity

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Narrow-mindedness

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Insuperable

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Unbeatable

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Intermittent

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Periodic

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Intractable

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Unruly, stubborn

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Intransigence

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Stubbornness

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Intrepid

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Fearless

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Introspective

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Looking within oneself

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Intuition

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Power of knowing without reasoning

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Irreproachable

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Blameless

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Irresolute

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Weak

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Irreverence

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Lack of proper respect

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Jargon

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Gibberish

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Judicious

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Sound in judgment

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Laconic

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Brief and to the point

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Lassitude

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Languor, weariness

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Levity

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Lack of seriousness

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Lofty

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Very high

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Lucid

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Clear

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Lurid

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Graphic, gruesome

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Magnamious

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Generous

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Magnate

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Person of prominence or influence

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Maladroit

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Clumsy

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Mundane

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Worldly as opposed to spiritual

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Mutability

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Ability to change in its form

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Obdurate

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Stubborn

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Objective

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Not influenced by emotions

Goal

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Obsequious

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Servile, fawning

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Obsessive

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Thinking about something constantly

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Officious

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Meddlesome

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Opportunist

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Individual who sacrifices principles for expediency by taking advantage of circumstances

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Pacifist

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One opposed to force

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Paradigm

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Model, example

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Paragon

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Model of perfection

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Parochial

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Narrow minded

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Parry

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Deflect

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Parsimony

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Stinginess, excessive frugality

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Partial

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Incomplete

Biased

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Passive

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Not active

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Paucity

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Scarcity

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Pedantic

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Bookish

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Penchant

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Strong inclination

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Peripheral

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Marginal, outer

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Perjury

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False testimony while under oath

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Pernicious

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Very destructive

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Perpetuate

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Make something last

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Pervasive

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Spread throughout every part

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Petulant

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Touchy, peevish

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Phenomena

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Observable facts

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Pitfall

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Concealed trap

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Pithy

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Concise

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Platitude

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Commonplace statement

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Poignancy

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Deeply emotional

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Polemical

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Aggressive in verbal attack

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Pomposity

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Self-important behavior

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Potent

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Powerful

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Pragmatic

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Practical

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Precipitate

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Rash

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Precipitous

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Steep

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Precocious

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Advanced in development

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Predilection

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Preference

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Preeminent

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Outstanding

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Prestige

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Impression produced by achievements

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Pretentious

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Pompous

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Prevalent

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Widespread

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Problematic

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Doubtful

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Prodigal

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Wasteful

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Prodigious

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Marvelous

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Profligate

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Wasteful

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Profound

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Deep, not superficial

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Proliferation

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Rapid growth

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Prolific

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Abundantly fruitful

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Propitious

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Favorable

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Propriety

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Correct conduct

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Prosaic

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Dull and unimaginative

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Protract

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Prolong

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Provisional

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Tentative

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Purse

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Pucker

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Qualified

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Limited, restricted

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Quandary

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Dilemma

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Quell

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Put down

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Querulous

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Fretful, whining

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Rancor

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Bitterness

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Raucous

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Harsh and shrill

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Recalcitrant

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Stubborn

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Receptive

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Quick or willing to receive ideas

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Rectify

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Set right, correct

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Renegade

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Traitor

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Reprove

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Censure, rebuke

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Repudiate

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Disown

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Repulsion

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Act of driving back

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Reserve

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Self control

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Resolve

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Determination

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Respite

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Interval of relief

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Reticent

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Reserved, not talking a lot

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Retiring

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Modest, shy

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Rhetorical

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Insincere in language

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Sagacious

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Perceptive, shrewd

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Sectarian

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Narrow-minded

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Sedentary

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Requiring sitting

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Sequester

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Isolate

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Singular

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Unique

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Slacken

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Slow up

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Solicit

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Request earnestly

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Spendthrift

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Someone who wastes money

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Spurious

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False, counterfeit

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Spurn

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Reject

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Squander

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Waste

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Stoic

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Unmoved by joy or grief

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Strident

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Loud and harsh

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Subdued

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Quieter

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Subside

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Settle down

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Substantiate

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Verify

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Subtlety

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Perceptiveness

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Supercilious

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Arrogant

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Supersede

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Replace

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Supplant

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Replace

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Surmount

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Overcome

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Surreptitious

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Secret

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Susceptible

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Easily influenced

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Taciturn

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Not talking a lot

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Temper

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Tone down or restrain

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Tenacity

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Firmness, persistence

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Terse

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Concise, abrupt

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Torpor

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Lethargy

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Tractable

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Docile, easily managed

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Transcendent

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Surpassing, exceeding

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Transient

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Lasting only a short time

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Trepidation

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Fear

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Trite

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Commonplace

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Unobtrusive

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Not blatant

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Venerate

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Revere

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Veracity

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Truthfulness

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Virulent

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Poisonous

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Voluble

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Fluent, talkative

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Whimsical

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Fanciful

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Willful

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Intentional

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Zealot

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Fanatic

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