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Recruit

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New member

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Oppurtunist

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Take adv of an opportunity without thinking of consequences

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Imbeciles

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Idiotic

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Deserter

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Abandoning position

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Incessant

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Continual

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Tenuous

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Lacks strength

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Volatile

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Unpredictable

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Paltry

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Not worth considering

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Staunch

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Loyalty

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Inimitable

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Matchless

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Clandestine

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Secrecy

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Convivial

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Feast, good company

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Steadfast

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Not a subject to change

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Fortuitous

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Lucky chance

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Frank

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Clarity and sincere

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Sensational

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Emotional reaction

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Obfuscation

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Making something confusing

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Certitude

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Absolutely certain

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Capitulated

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Surrender

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Solitary

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Independent

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Lucrative

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Profitable

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Acquisitive

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Value money

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Aesthetic

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Notion of beauty

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Diverting

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Fun

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Duplicitous

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Dishonest

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Panache

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Flair

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Ambivalence

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Contradictory

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Extravagant

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Excessive luxury

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Irascible

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Quick temper

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Subordinate

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Submit to someone

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Magisterial

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Authorative

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Licentious

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No regard for rule

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Nihilistic

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Reject authority

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Propitiatory

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Regain someone favor

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Rapture

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Carried away with

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Maudlin

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Sentimental

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Pedantic

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Narrow condensed

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Enigmatic

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Mystery

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Eclectic

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Variety of sources

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Redolent

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Evoke of something

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Waft

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Float

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Ebb

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Decline

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Reminiscing

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Recall past

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Dislodge

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Remove

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Veer

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Change direction

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Dismissive

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Show indifference

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Seep

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Flow slowly

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Wane

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Decline

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Concede

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Give up

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Vacillate

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Change direction continuously

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Artifice

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False insincere behavior

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Facade

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False appearance

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Jovial

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Cheerful joky

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Conceit

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High opinion of ones worth

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Erudition

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Extensive scholarly

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Sedate

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Serious

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Tempers

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Soften by something

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Analogous

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Similar

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Trepidation

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Apprehension fear

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Commensurate

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Equal to

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Gregarious

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Enjoy others company

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Superseded

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Replace by

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Inquisitive

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Curiousity

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Intrusive

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Uninvited

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Inflation

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Expand abnormally

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Circuitous

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Indirect

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Discursive

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Moving from subjects to subject

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Liberality

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Broad minded

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Doctrinaire

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Inflexible

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Intransigence

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Refuse to compromise

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Decried

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Attacking

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Adulation

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Extreme admiration

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Fraternity

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Fellowship

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Incendiary

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Inflaming

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Facetious

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Hocking a serious issue treating it with humor

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Scrupulous

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Honest

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Impromptu

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Unplanned

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Disparate

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Different

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Morose

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Gloomy heavy thoughts

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Ossified

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Sticking to an opinion

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Onerous

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Troublesome

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Contorted

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Deformed

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Inscrutable

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Mysterious

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Obscure

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Mysterious

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Dissemble

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Pretend

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Preclude

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Eliminate all possibilities

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Exacerbated

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Made more bitter

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Illuminated

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Clarified

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Eclipsed

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Surpassed

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Disconsolate

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Cheerless

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Vivid

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Full of life bright

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Formulaic

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Follow the rules

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Contrived

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Artificial

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Anecdotal

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Observation

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Rigorous

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Scrupulously accurate

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Impersonate

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Not using facts

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Analogously

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Similar

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Unsubstantiated

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Unsupported by proof

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Dilatory

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Cause delay

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Charlatan

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Low that someone has a skill but they don’t

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Harried

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Overwhelmed

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Perplexed

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Confused

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Skeptics

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Doubt

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Conjecture

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Statement based on incomplete evidence

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Substantial

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Verify using proof

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Improvident

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Not caring about future

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Prescient

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Give advance thought to

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Infallible

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Incapable of failing

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Reticent

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Uncommunicative

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Sedulously

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Carefully preserved

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Halcyon

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Happy

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Notorious

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Famous for bad quality

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Somnolent

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Induce feel sleepy

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Capricious

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Unpredictable

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Expedient

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Concerns for own than for principles

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Ecstatic

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Happy emotions

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Pensive

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Dreamily thoughtful in a sad way

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Ubiquitous

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Widespread

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Incongruity

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Not harmonious

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Trivial

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Little worth

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Servile

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Not resist give in

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Consummate

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Skilled

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Susceptible

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Open to persuasion

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Vitriolic

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Extremely harsh

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Dogmatic

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Opinionated

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Doctrinaire

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Dogmatic person

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Simulate

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Mimic something pretend

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Dissemination

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Widespread

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Threshold

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point of beginning

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Forgeries

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Signature

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Conspicuously

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Attract attention

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Lofty

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Arrogant

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Abstract

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General

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Lauds

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Praises

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Veiled

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Hidden

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Divulges

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Reveal

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Rebunk

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Sharply criticized

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Galvanized

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Shock or excite into taking action

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Evade

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Avoid

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Deception

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Use trickery

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Orthodoxy

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Generally accepted doctrine

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Philanthropy

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Promote human welfare

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Versatile

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Able to do many things

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Balefule

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Threat harm

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Cathartic

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Mental relif through open expression

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Notion

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Idea

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Sumptuous

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Costly

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Frugal

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Thrifty

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Propensity

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Tendency likelihood

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Compound

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Increase

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Contentious

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Contradictory

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Soporific

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Sleep inducing boring

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Pronounced

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Obvious

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Compliant

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Accept will of others

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Slothful

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Lazy

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Conscientious

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Responsible

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Recalcitrant

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Refuse to obey authority

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Lament

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Regret

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Negation

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Rejection

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Repudiated

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Denial of something or someone

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Impudent

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No respect for other person

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Exploit

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Make productive

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Bequeath

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Pass on or leave on someone else

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Finesse

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Handle something with skillful maneuver

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Divulge

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Announce a private matter to world make it known

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Corroborate

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Support with evidence

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Renunciation

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Giving up

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Imbued

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Inspired

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Rescind

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Remove

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Consort

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Unite

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Compliant

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Submissive

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Quash

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Reject

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Bereavement

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Sad by meaningful loss

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Baharu

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Unpredictable behavior

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Abhorrent

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Disgust for something

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Elation

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Tremendous happy

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Contingency

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Incident that can show up

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Assail

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Attack through writing

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Lugubrious

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Mournful

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Dirge

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Song of grief

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Tedious

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Boring

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Inchoate

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Early stage

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Ballad

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Song of a romantic nature

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Eulogy

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Praising a dead person

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Supplementary

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Added in

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Pivotal

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Significant

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Salient

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Important

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Solemn

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Formal

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Supplanted

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Replace

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Excavation

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Removal

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Serendipitous

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Unexpected and fortunately

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Salvage

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Save

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Floundering

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Struggling

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Obsolete

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No longer in use

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Proliferation

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Increase rapidly

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Abridge

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Shorten

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Imitating

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Copying

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Gaffe

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Blunder causing embarrassment

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Query

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Question

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Gibe

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Insulting remarks

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Trye

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Romantic meeting

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Anthropomorphism

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Saying that animals feel human feelings

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