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Abeyance

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suspension

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Abreast

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parallel, updated

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Abstract

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(noun)

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Abstruse

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opaque

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Acknowledge

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appreciate

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Acolyte

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religious follower

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Acquisitive

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desirous

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Acumen

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quick grasp

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Admonish

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urgently advise

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Adroit

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skillful in body/mind

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Adverse

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harmful

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Affectation

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pretense

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Aggregate

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(noun)

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Allegorical

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symbolic meaning

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Allusive

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making indirect references

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Ambivalent

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emotionally ambiguous

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Animus

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animosity

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Antedate

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precede

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Anticipate

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predict (not hope)

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Apologist

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defender

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Appealing

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requesting, attractive

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Appreciate

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recognize value

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Apprise

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inform

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Appropriate

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(verb)

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Artful

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dishonestly ingenious

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Astringent

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stringent

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Auspicious

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good luck

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Aver

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(verb) assert

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Avert

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turn away

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Axiomatic

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self evident

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Baroque

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overly detailed

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Barrage

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concentrated outpouring

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Base

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(adj) immoral

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Bawdy

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sex comedy

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Beneficent

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charitable, beneficial

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Bereft

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mournfully lacking

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Blithe

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carefree

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Bombastic

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overhyped

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Bridle

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express anger

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Bromide

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platitude, dull person

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Brook

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(verb) tolerate

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Burnish

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improve

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Buttress

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support

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Byzantine

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complex (not old)

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Callow

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inexperienced

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Canny

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well thought

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Captious

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nitpicky

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Causal

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implying

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Chary

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wary

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Churlish

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rude

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Circumspect

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wary

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Cloying

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too much of a good thing

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Cogitate

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think

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Comity

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peaceful coexistence

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Commiserate

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share sorrow

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Conflagration

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fire

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Conjectural

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guessing with limited data

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Connoisseur

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discerning expert (not supporter)

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Contemporary

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same time period

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Contravene

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violate rule

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Contretemps

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disagreement

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Conundrum

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dilemma (not paradox)

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Convalescent

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recovering from illness

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Convival

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jovial

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Corporeal

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physical

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Countenance

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(verb) permit, (noun) look on face

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Curmudgeon

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difficult person

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Dawdle

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waste time

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Dearth

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lack of

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Debilitating

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weakening

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Deleterious

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damaging, detrimental

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Desultory

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unenthu

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Detract

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remove

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Dilettante

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jack of a trade

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Dirge

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sad song

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Dissemble

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feign

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Dissident

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conscientious objector

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Doctrinaire

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dogmatic

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Dogged

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resolute

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Dowdy

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obsolete

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Droll

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funny

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Ebullient

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cherry

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Edify

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uplift

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Effrontery

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audacity

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Engender

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stimulate

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Ennui

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boredom

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Entreat

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request

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Entrenched

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high inertia

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Equanimity

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level headedness

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Forgo

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do without

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Forego

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go before

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Evanescent

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transient

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Excoriate

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condemn

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Exhort

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persuade

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Exigent

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urgent

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Expatiate

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go into detail

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Expedient

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convenient

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Extenuating

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mitigative

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Facetious

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inappropriately funny

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Factious

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faction creating

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Fallacious

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based on fallacy

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Fallow

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barren

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Feckless

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cowardly

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Fecund

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fertile

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Felicitous

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apt

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Fledgling

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inexperienced

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Florid

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intricate, red

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Foment

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instigate

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Forbear

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refrain

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Foreseeable

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predictable

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Forestall

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preempt

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Fortitude

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resilience (fort+attitude)

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Fractious

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hard to control

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Frivolous

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unserious

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Gainsay

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refute

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Gauche

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awkward

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Gawky

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awkward

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Glib

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insincerely fluent

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Gratuitous

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unwarranted

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Hapless

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unlucky

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Harangued

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angry rant

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Heady

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stupefying

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Histrionic

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overly emotional

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Imbroglio

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complex messy situation (embroil)

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Immure

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imprison

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Impetuous

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impulsive

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Impudent

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disrespectful

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Inborn

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congenital

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Inchoate

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not fully formed

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Incongruous

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out of place

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Indefatigable

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energetic

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Indolent

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lazy

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Ineluctable

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inescapable

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Inimical

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damaging (~EnEmEcal)

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Inscrutable

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mysterious

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Intransigent

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stubborn

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Intrepid

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brave (no trepidation)

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Inveigle

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flatter

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Inveterate

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traditional

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Invidious

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leading to resentment

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Inviolate

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not violated

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Irascible

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easily irritated

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Irresolute

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without resolution

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Itinerant

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constantly travelling

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Jocund

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jovial

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Laconic

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taciturn

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Languid

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relaxed

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Largesse

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altruism

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Lassitude

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lack of energy

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Libertine

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iconoclast

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Limpid

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clear

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Lionize

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deify

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Lugubrious

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sad

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Magisterial

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authoritative

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Mawkish

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overly sentimental

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Mendacity

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dishonesty

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Mercurial

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capricious

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Modish

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currently fashionable

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Mordant

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caustic

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Munificent

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overly generous

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Nettlesome

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irritating

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Numinous

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divine

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Obdurate

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stubborn

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Obeisance

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reverence

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Obsequious

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submissive to authority

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Obstreperous

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unruly

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Obviate

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sidestep

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Odious

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repulsive

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Officious

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overbearing

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Opprobrium

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criticism

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Ossify

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harden

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Oust

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kick out

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Parsimonious

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frugal

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Peccadillo

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small flaw

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Pellucid

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lucid

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Penurious

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penniless

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Perfidy

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betrayal

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Perfunctory

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without enthusiasm

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Pernicious

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damaging

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Perspicacious

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keen

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Pertinacious

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stubborn

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Pertinent

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relevant

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Phillistine

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uneducated

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Phlegmatic

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placid

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Piquant

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(adjective for pique)

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Pithy

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concise

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Plaintive

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melancholic

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Pliant

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pliable

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Ponderous

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heavy/slow

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Precocious

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smart from early on

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Predilection

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preference

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Prevaricate

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dodge the truth

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Probity

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strong ethics

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Profligate

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wasteful

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Prolix

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protracted/verbose

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Propitiate

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make peace

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Propitious

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favorable

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Providential

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good timing

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Prurient

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lewd

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Pugnacious

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combative

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Punctilious

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meticulous

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Quiescent

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quiet

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Rapacious

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greedy

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Recondite

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obscure

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Recrudescent

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resurgent

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Redoubtable

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fear inducing

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Reprobate

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immoral

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Reticent

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secretive

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Retiring

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reclusive

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Rhapsody

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ecstasy

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Salubrious

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promoting health

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Salutary

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beneficial

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Scrupulous

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principled, meticulous

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Sedulous

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meticulous

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Sinecure

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easy rich job

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Sinuous

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winding (like a sine)

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Slovenly

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unkempt

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Soliloquy

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self monologue

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Sophistry

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logical fallacies

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Spartan

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austere

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Specious

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fallacious

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Spurious

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fake

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Stalwart

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loyal

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Stanch

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lessen

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Stint

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(verb)

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Supple

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nimble

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Supplicate

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beg

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Surfeit

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surplus

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Surreptitious

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stealthy

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Temerity

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audacity

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Tendentious

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expressing a view

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Timorous

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lacking courage

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Torpor

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inactivity

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Tortuous

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convoluted

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Trenchant

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vigorous

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Truculent

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defiant

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Turbid

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opaque

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Turgid

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bloated

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Turpitude

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wickedness

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Unalloyed

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pure

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Upbraid

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scold

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Vacuous

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dumb

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Vapid

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uninteresting

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Venal

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corrupt

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Verisimilitude

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appearance of truth

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Veritable

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being truly

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Verve

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energy

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Virulent

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hostile

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Vitiate

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degrade

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Voluble

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rambling

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Wayward

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uncontrollable

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Wheedle

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flatter

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