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Abhor

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To hate, detest

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Acquiesce

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To agree without protesting.

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Alacrity

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Eagerness, speed

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Amiable

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Friendly

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Appease

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To calm, satisfy

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Arcane

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Obscure, secre, known only by a few.

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Avarice

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Excessive greed.

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Brazen

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Excessively bold, brash, clear and obvious.

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Brusque

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Short, abrupt, dismissive.

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Cajole

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To urge, coax.

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Callous

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Harsh, cold, unfeeling.

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Candor

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Honesty, frankness.

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Chide

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To voice disapproval.

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Circumspect

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Cautious.

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Clandestine

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Secret.

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Coerce

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To make somebody to do something by force or threat.

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Coherent

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Logically consistent, intelligible.

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Complacency

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Self-satisfied ignorance of danger¿.

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Confidant

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A person entrusted with secrets.

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Connive

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To plot, scheme. Conspire.

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Cumulative

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Increasing, building upon itself.

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Debase

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To lower the quality or steem of something. Degrade.

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Decry

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To criticize openly.

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Deferential

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Showing respect to another’s authority.

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Demure

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Quiet, modest, reserved.

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Deride

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To laugh mockingly, scorn.

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Despot

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One who has total power and rules brutally.

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Diligent

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Showing care in doing one’s work.

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Elated

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Overjoyed, thrilled.

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Eloquent

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Expressive, articulate, moving.

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Embezzle

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To steal money bu falsifying records.

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Empathy

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Sensitivity to another’s feelings.

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Enmity

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Ill will, hatred, hostility.

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Extol

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To praise, revere.

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Fabricate

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To make up, invent.

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Feral

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Wild, savage.

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Flabbergasted

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Astounded.

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Forsake

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To give up, renounce.

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Fractious

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Troublesome, irritable.

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Furtive

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Secretive, sly.

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Gluttony

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Overindulgence in food or drink.

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Gratuitous

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Uncalled for, unwarranted.

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Haughty

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Disdainfully proud.

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Hypocrisy

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Pretending to believe what one does not.

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Impeccable

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Exemplary, flawless.

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Impertinent

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Incapable of being appased or mitigated.

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Impudent

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Casually rude, insolent, impertinent.

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Incisive

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Clear, sharp, direct.

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Indolent

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Lazy.

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Inept

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Not suitable or capable, unqualified.

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Infamy

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Notoriety, extreme ill repute.

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Inhibit

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To prevent, restrain, stop.

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Innate

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Inborn, native, inherent.

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Insatiable

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Incapable of being satisfied.

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Insular

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Separated and narrow minded.

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Intrepid

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Brave in the face of danger.

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Inveterate

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Stubbornly established by habbit.

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Aberration

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Something that differs from the norm.

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Jubilant

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Extremely joyful, happy.

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Knell

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The solemn sound of a bell, often indicating a death.

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Lithe

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Graceful, flexible, supple.

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Lurid

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Ghastly, sensational.

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Maverick

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An independent, nonconformist person.

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Maxim

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A common saying expressing a principle of conduct.

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Meticulous

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Extremely careful with details.

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Modicum

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A small amount of something.

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Morose

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Gloomy or sullen.

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Myriad

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Consisting of a very great number.

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Nadir

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The lowest point of something.

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Nominal

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Trifling, insignificant.

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Novice

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A beginner, someone without training, tone, expression.

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Nuance

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A slight variation in meaning, tone, expression.

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Oblivious

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Lacking of consciousness or awareness of something.

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Obsequious

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Excessively compliant or submissive.

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Obtuse

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Lacking quickness o sensibility or intelect.

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Panacea

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A remedy for all ills or difficulties.

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Parody

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A sarirical imitation.

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Penchant

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A tendency, partiality, preference.

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Perusal

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A careful examination, review.

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Plethora

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An abundance, excess.

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Predilection

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A preference or inclination for something.

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Quaint

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Charmingly old-fashined.

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Rash

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Hasty, uncautious.

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Refurbish

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To restore, clean up.

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Repudiate

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To reject, refuse to accept.

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Rife

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Abundant.

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Salient

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Significant, conspicious.

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Serendipity

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Luck, finfimg goof things without looking for them.

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Staid

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Sedate, serious, self-restrained.

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Superfluous

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Exceedimg what is necessary.

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Sycophant

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One who flatters for self-gain.

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Taciturn

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Not inclined to talk.

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Truculent

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Ready to fight, cruel.

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Umbrage

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Resentment, offence.

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Venerable

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Deserving of respect because of age or achievement.

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Vex

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To comfuse or annoy.

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Veciferous

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Loud, boisterous.

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Wanton

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Undisciplined, lewd, lustful.

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Zenith

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The highest point, culminating point.

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Granularity

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Condition of being granular. The scale or level or detail oresent in a set of data or phenomenom.

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Granularity

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Condition of being granular. The scale or level or detail oresent in a set of data or phenomenom.

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Staggering

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Astonisbing, astounding, stupefying. (Asombroso).

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