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Despotic

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Excercising absolute power

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Contemptuous

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Feeling hatred

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Dictatorial

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Opressively overbearing

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Disdain

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Contempt; to look down on

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Haughty

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Arrogant

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Imperious

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Arrogantly domineering or overbearing

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Patronizing

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Treating in a condescending manner

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Convoluted

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Complex

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Cryptic

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Difficult to comprehend

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Futile

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Pointless

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Impede

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To slow the progress of

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Obscure

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Relatively unknown

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Quandary

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A state of uncertainty or perplexity

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Indolent

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Lazy

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Insipid

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Uninteresting; unchallenging

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Listless

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Lacking energy

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Torpor

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Laziness : inactivity ; dullness

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Alienated

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Removed or disassociated from

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Alliance

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A union of two or more group

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Disparity

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Inequality in age , rank of degree ; difference

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Servile

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Submissive : like a servant

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Suppressed

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Subdued

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Embellish

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To decorate

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Florid

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Elaborate speech or describing flowerry

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Opulent

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Exhibiting a display of great wealth