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nebulous

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vague

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nefarious

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evil

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neologism

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new word or phrase

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nihilism

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believe there is no value in the universe

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nominal

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insignificant

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noxious

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harmful

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obfuscate

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to darken, to confuse, to make muddy

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oblique

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indirect

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obsequious

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subservient, sucking up to

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officious

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annoyingly assertive; annoyingly eager to help

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onerous

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burdensome, oppressive

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opaque

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impossible to see through

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ostensible

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apparent on the surface

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palliate

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to alleviate

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paltry

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insignificant

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panacea

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something that cures everything

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paradigm

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a model or example

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parochial

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narrow and confined in point of view

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patent

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obvious

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pathology

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the science of disease

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patrician

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aristocrat

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patronize

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to treat as inferior gently

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paucity

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scarcity

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peccadillo

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minor offense

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pedantic

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boringly scholarly

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pedestrian

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boring, (lives)

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pejorative

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negative

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penchant

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a strong liking for something

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penitent

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sorry; contrite

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pensive

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thoughtful and sad

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peremptory

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dictatorial

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perennial

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continual

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perfidy

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untrustworthiness

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perfunctory

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careless, unenthusiastic

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peripatetic

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traveling continually

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perjury

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lying under oath

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pernicious

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deadly

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perquisite

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perk

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pertinent

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relevant

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perturb

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to disturb

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peruse

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to read carefully

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pervade

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to spread throughout

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petulant

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cranky, ill-tempered

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philanthropy

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love of mankind

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philistine

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hostile and ignorant to culture and art

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pious

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devout; hypocritical

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placate

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to pacify

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plaintive

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expressing sadness or sorrow

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platitude

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cliche

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plebeian

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low-class

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plethora

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an excess

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poignant

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strong and sharp emotionally or intellectually

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polemic

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strong written attack

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ponderous

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massive, large

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portent

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an omen

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postulate

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accepted truth

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pragmatic

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practical

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precept

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a rule to live by

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precipitate

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to cause to happen abruptly

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precipitous

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steep

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preclude

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to prevent something from happening

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precursor

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forerunner

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predilection

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natural preference

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preeminent

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better than anyone else

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preempt

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to seize something by prior right, to prevent something from happening

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remise

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an assumption

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prepossess

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to preoccupy

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prerogative

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a right or privilege

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prodigal

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wastefully extravagant

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prodigious

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extraordinarily enormous

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prodigy

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talented child

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profess

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false declared

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proficient

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thoroughly competent

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profligate

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extravagantly wasteful

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profuse

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flowing, a lot

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proliferate

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to spread or grow rapidly

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prolific

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productive

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ramification

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consequence branching out

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rancor

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bitter resentment

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rapacious

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greedy, avaricious

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rebuke

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to criticize sharply

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rebut

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to counter

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recalcitrant

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defiant, disobedient

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recant

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to take something back, especially heretical views

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reciprocal

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mutual

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reclusive

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withdrawn from society

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recondite

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hard to understand

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recrimination

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a bitter counteraccusation

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redolent

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smell, reminiscent

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redundant

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unnecessarily repetitive

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relegate

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to send away, to demote

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remonstrate

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to object

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renounce

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to resign

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repercussion

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consequence

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replete

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completely filled

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reprehensible

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worthy of severe blame or censure

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reprisal

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a military action taken in revenge

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reproach

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to scold

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reprove

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to criticize mildly

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repudiate

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to reject

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requisite

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necessary

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resolute

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determined

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respite

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rest

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reticent

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untalkative

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rhetoric

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formal speaking

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rogue

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a playfully mischievous person

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rudimentary

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basic

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ruminate

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to ponder

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rustic

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rural

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saccharine

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sweet

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sacrilege

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not sacred

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scintillate

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to sparkle

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scrupulous

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careful

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sedition

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treason

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sequester

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to isolate; to isolate oneself

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serendipity

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happy accident

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servile

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submissive

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sinister

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ominously evil

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slander

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to falsely defame

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sloth

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laziness

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sobriety

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sober, seriousness

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solicitous

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concerned; eager and anxious to do something

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solvent

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not broke

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soporific

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sleep inducing

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sordid

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vile, filthy

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spawn

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to produce a large number

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specious

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deceptively attractive but wrong

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spurious

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false

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squalor

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filth

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stagnation

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motionlessness

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staunch

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steadfastly committed (staunch supporter)

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stigmatize

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to brand with disgrace

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stipulate

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to demand and specify a requirement(stipulate certain conditions in their marriage)

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stoic

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enduring pain without showing, tough

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stratum

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a level

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stricture

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restriction

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stringent

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strict

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stymie

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to get in the way of

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subjugate

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to dominate

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strife

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conflict

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substantive

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firm reality so having important (substantive evidence)

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subversive

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insurgent

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succinct

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brief and to the point

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supercilious

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haughty; patronizing

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superficial

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on te surface

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superfluous

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extra, unnecessary

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surfeit

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excess

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surreptitious

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sneaky

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surrogate

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substitute

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sycophant

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one who sucks up to others

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tacit

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implied

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taciturn

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untalkative

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tangential

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not very related or relevant

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tangible

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palpable

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tantamount

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equivalent to

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tautological

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redundant; circular

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temerity

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excessive boldness, audacity

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temperate

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moderate, self restraint

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tenable

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defensible

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tenacious

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persistent

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tenet

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a shared belief

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tentative

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uncertain; hesitant

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tenuous

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films; extremely thin

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terse

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succinct

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theology

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the study of God

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tirade

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a prolonged, bitter speech

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torpor

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sluggishness

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touchstone

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a test of quality

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tout

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to praise highly

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transcend

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to go beyond or above

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transgress

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to violate or to go across the boundary, to break a law

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transient

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not staying for a long time

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trepidation

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fear, apprehension

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turpitude

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wickedness

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ubiquitous

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being everywhere at the same time

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unconscionable

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unscrupulous, not right or reasonable

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unctuous

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oily

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unremitting

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relentless

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unwitting

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unintentional

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urbane

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refined

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usurp

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to seize wrongfully

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utilitarian

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stressing utility

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utopia

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perfect society

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machination

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evil activity

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magnanimous

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forgiving, unresenful, generous

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magnate

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businessman

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malaise

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a feeling of depression

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malfeasance

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an illegal act

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malignant

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causing harm

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malinger

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to pretend to be sick to avoid to do work

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malleable

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easily shaped

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mandate

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a command

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manifest

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evident

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manifesto

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a public declaration

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marshal

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to arrange in order

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martial

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warlike

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maudlin

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tearfully sentimental

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maverick

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a rebel

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maxim

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a fundamental principle

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mediate

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to help settle differences

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mellifluous

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sweetly flowing

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mendacious

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lying

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mendicant

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beggar

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mercenary

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hired soldier

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mercurial

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emotionally and mental unpredictable

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metamorphosis

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a magical change in form

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microcosm

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the world in miniature

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milieu

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surrounding

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minuscule

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very tiny

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mitigate

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to moderate the effect of something

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mollify

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to soften; to sooth

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monolithic

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massive, solid, uniform

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moribund

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dying

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morose

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gloomy

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mortify

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humiliate

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mundane

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ordinary

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munificent

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generous

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myopia

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lack of foresight

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myriad

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a huge number

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obdurate

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stubborn

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