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cacophonous

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unpleasant; harsh-sounding

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cant

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insincere talk; language of a particular group

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capricious

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changing without good reasons

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castigation

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punishment; criticism

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catalyst

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something causing change

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chicanery

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trickery; fraud

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coagulate

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thicken

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commensurate

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proportional

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compendium

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brief, comprehensive summary

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complaisant

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overly polite

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conciliatory

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overcoming distrust

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concomitant

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existing concurrently

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confound

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perplex; mix up

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contentious

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causing argument

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conundrum

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riddle; puzzle without solution

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convoluted

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twisted; complicated

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cosmology

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study of the universe

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craven

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cowardly

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credence

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acceptance of something as true