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Belabor

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Verb: to work excessively on; to overwork

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Banal

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Adj: hackneyed; trite; stale

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Devious

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Adj: tricky; sly; done or acting in a shifty way

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Histrionic

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Adj: melodramatic; theatrical; artificial; dramatic

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Ignominy

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Noun: shame and disgrace

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Distraught

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Adj: very much agitated or upset as a result of emotion or mental conflict; frantic; distracted

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Indigent

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Adj: needy; impoverished;poor; destitute

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Juggernaut

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Noun: a massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path.

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Mordant

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Adj: sharply or bitterly harsh; sardonic; scathing; acrimonious

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Garner

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Verb: to gather and store for future use; to accumulate; to collect

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Overweening

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Adj: conceited; arrogant; presumptuous

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Sumptuous

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Adj: rich; magnificent; lavish; opulent

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Coterie

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Noun: clique; set; close-knit group

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Allege

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Verb: to assert without proof; to claim; to contend

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Accost

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Verb: to confront in an aggressive way; to buttonhole

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Taciturn

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Adj: laconic; inclined to talk very little;uncommunicative

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Verbiage

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Noun: language that is too wordy; verbosity; prolixity

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Overt

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Adj: open; clear; obvious

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Exhume

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Verb: to dig up; to disinter; to remove from a grave

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Ephemeral

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Adj: short-lived; fleeting; transient; evanescent

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Exigency

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Noun: urgency; pressing need; emergency;requirement

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Pecuniary

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Adj: monetary; financial; of or related to money

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Atrophy

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Verb: to waste away; wither Noun: the wasting away of muscles

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Sophistry

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Noun: fallacy; unsound reasoning

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Effigy

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Noun: a crude image of a despised person; figurine; likeness

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Arrogate

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Verb: to claim or take without right, to usurp or commandeer

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Emulate

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Verb: to copy; to mimic; to match up

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Coherent

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Adj: comprehensible; connected; meaningful

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Undulate

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Verb: to move in a wave-like motion; to ripple; to rise and fall

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Disarray

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Noun: disorder; confusion Verb: to throw into disorder or confusion

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Suppliant

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Adj: asking humbly and earnestly; begging Noun: one who makes a petition; suitor

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Neophyte

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Noun: beginner; novice; rookie

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Piquant

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Adj: stimulating to the taste or mind; pungent; tangy;zestful

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Glean

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Verb: to collect; to gather bit by bit

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Flotsam

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Noun: floating wreckage; debris

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Felicitous

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Adj: appropriate; well-chosen; marked by good fortune

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Convivial

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Adj: festive; sociable; merry; fun-loving

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Inane

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Adj: silly; moronic; idiotic

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Agnostic

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Noun: one who believes that nothing can be known about God; a skeptic; a doubter; one without faith

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Misanthrope

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Noun: a person who hates or despises people

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Eschew

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Verb: to avoid; to abstain from; to shun

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Reconnaissance

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Noun: a survey made for military purposes; scouting expedition

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Maelstrom

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Noun: a whirlpool; vortex; chaos; turbulence

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Indictment

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Noun: a formal charge; a formal accusation

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Germane

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Adj: relevant; appropriate; fitting

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Effrontery

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Noun: shameless boldness; gall; nerve

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Pertinacious

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Adj: stubborn; very persistent; determined

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Pusillanimous

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Adj: craven; contemptibly cowardly; lily-livered

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Idiosyncrasy

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Noun: a peculiarity; eccentricity; quirk

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Exacerbate

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Verb: to make more violent, severe, or bitter; to intensify; to aggravate

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Moot

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Adj: debatable; open to discussion; questionable

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Perspicacity

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Noun: acumen;acuity; keenness in observing and understanding

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Eulogy

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Noun: a formal statement of commendation ;panegyric; encomium;tribute

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Echelon

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Noun: level; rank; a step-like formation or organization

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Tenable

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Adj: justifiable; defensible; capable of being defended

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Incarcerate

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Verb: to imprison; to jail; to confine

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Garish

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Adj: gaudy; flashy; tastelessly showy; tacky

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Allay

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Verb: to calm or pacify; to lessen; to reduce

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Unwonted

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Adj: not usual; uncommon; unexpected; atypical

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Incendiary

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Adj: deliberately setting or causing fires Noun: arsonist

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