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Qualms

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Uneasy feeling or pang of conscience as to conduct
A sudden feeling of apprehensive uneasiness
Sudden sensation or onset of faintness/illness

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Sadistic

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Taking enjoyment in being cruel

Showing extreme cruelty

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Exhibitionist

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A person who behaves in ways intended to attract attention or display his or her powers, personality, etc.

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Unscrupulous

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Not scrupulous

Unrestrained by scruples;conscienceless; unprincipled

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Pacifist

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Person who believes in pacifism

Opposed to war or violence of any kind

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Tiff

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Slight/petty quarrel

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Lavish

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Occurring in profusion/in large amounts

Prodigal

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Conscientious

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Controlled by or done according to conscience
Scrupulous
- meticulous, careful, painstaking, particular

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Incognito

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Having ones identity concealed

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Putrid

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Foul;rotten

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Immaterial

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Unimportant;irrelevant

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Sterling

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Thoroughly excellent

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Rile

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To irritate or vex

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Nonchalant

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Casual, coolly unconcerned; indifferent or unexcited

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Rake

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A dissolute or profligate person

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Bourgeois

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Characteristic or belonging to the middle class
Characterized by materialistic pursuits or concerns
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Blase

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Indifferent to or bored with life

Unimpressed

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Sacrilegious

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Violating that which is held sacred

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Boisterous

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Rough snd noisy; unrestrained

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Pedagogical

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Of or pertaining to teaching

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Harrowing

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Disturbing;grievous

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Reciprocal

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Given, performed, felt in return

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Affected

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Assumed artificially; unnatural

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Ostracize

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To exclude by general consent from society, friendship, conversation, privileges, etc.

To banish a person from his or her native coungry

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