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Censorious

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Severaly criticize

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Certitude

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Certainty

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Buttress

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Support

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Censure

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Blame criticize

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Conjecture

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Surmise

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Aloof

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Apart,reserved

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Tenacity

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Firmness, persistently

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Impecunious

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Without money

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12
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Conviction

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Strongly held belief

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Languish

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Lost

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15
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Cliche

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Strong as an ox

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16
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Degradation

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Humiliation

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17
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Corrugated

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Wrinkled, rigid

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18
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Confound

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Confuse

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19
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Flagrant

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Conspicuously wicked

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Impede

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Hinder, block

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21
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Illusory

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Not real

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22
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Cajole

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Deceive by flattery

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23
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Invert

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Turn upside

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Elicit

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Draw out by discussion

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Gratuitous

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Given freely

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Gregarious

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Sociable

27
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Detrimental

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Harmful , damaging

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Intrepid

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Fearless

29
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Enhance

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Advance,improve

30
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Diligence

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Persistent hard work

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Enigma

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Puzzle

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Charlaton

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Quack, pretender to knowledge

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Digression

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Wandering away from the subject

35
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Seaiccate

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Dry up

37
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Satirical

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Mocking

38
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Devious

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Going astray , erratic

39
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Dehydrate

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Remove water from

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Sycophants

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Servile flatterer

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Unkempt

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Uncared for appearance

44
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Replete

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Filled to capacity

45
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Scrutinize

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Examine closely

46
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Devise

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Think up , invent

47
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Submissive

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Yielding, timid

48
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Gravity

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Seriousness

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Spurious

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False, counterfeit

50
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Saturate

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Soak

51
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Tentative

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Provisional, experimental

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Scrupulous

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Extremely through

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Diffuse

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Wordy, rumbling

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Elated

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Overjoyed

55
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Spurn

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Reject , scorn

56
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Diminution

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Lessening, reduction in size

57
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Elegy

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Poem or song expressing lamentation

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Candor

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Frankness

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