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Vindictive (adj)

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Revengeful; desire to hurt; spiteful; resentful

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Treacly (adj)

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Overly sweet or sentimental; cloying

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Temporize (v)

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To act evasively in order to gain time, avoid argument, or avoid a decision. Delay, stall, procrastinate.

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Infelicity (n)

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Inappropriate or unpleasing; unfortunate; unhappiness

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Vacuity (n)

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Emptiness; total lack of ideas; idleness; mindlessness

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Dalliance (n)

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Frivolous spending of time; dawdling; playful flirtation

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Sedulous (adj)

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Diligent; assiduous; carefully maintained

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Consecrated (v)

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To declare or set apart as sacred; to make venerable

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Opprobrium (n)

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Disgrace arising from exceedingly shameful conduct; ignominy; cause of shame; obloquy; infamy

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Fettered (v)

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To chain; a restraint

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Sanctimonious (adj)

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Feigning piety or righteousness.

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Tacit (adj)

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Not spoken; implied or inferred from actions; understood without being openly expressed

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Miscreant (n)

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An evildoer; a villain; an infidel; a heretic; reprobate

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Reprobate (n/adj/v)

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A morally unprincipled person; shameless; to disapprove of; condemn

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