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emphatic/emphatically

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Adj

assertive; expressing firmly / forcefully

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tremulously

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shakily or timidly, nervously

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errant

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Adj

guilty / delinquent OR

wandering / stray

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festoon

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Verb - to decorate / adorn

Noun - a garland

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apex

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Noun

The highest part of something; peak; pinnacle

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Wry

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Adj

  1. Mocking / sarcastic
  2. twisted in a expresion of digust, disappointment or annoyance
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Precarious

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Adj

  1. Uncertain ; riskly
  2. Not securely held in position; likely to collapse
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palliate

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V

To soothe / ease

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Peremptory

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Adj

  1. Insisting on immediate attention or obedience; commanding
  2. Not open to appeal ; final
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tiff

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(n.)

argument, disagreement

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privy

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Adj

Sharing in the knowledge of

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deftness/deft

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(n) skill/agility
(adj) skillful/agile, adept

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exile

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Verb

To banish; throw out

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laudable

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(adj) praiseworthy, commendable

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laden

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Adj

Loaded; weighed down

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Scrupulously

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Adv

Done in a manner with extreme attention to detail; carefully

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disingenuous

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Adj

insincere ; dishonest

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eloquence

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Noun

Speech that is graceful and persuasive

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wistful

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(adj) showing a feeling of longing; nostalgic

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derisive

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Adj

Mocking / expressing ridicule / contempt

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innumerable

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(adj.)

countless

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culpability

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(n) guilt, blame

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scourge

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Verb

To whip ; to beat

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contempt/contemptuously

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Noun

Disdain / disrespect / disregard

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intercession

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Noun

the action of intervention on behalf of another;

petition

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coy

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Adj

Making a pretense of shyness or modesty OR

reluctant to give details

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diffidently

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Adv

shyly because of a lack of self-confidence. Timidly

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enjoin

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Verb

demand or encourage

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obduracy

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Noun

Stubbornness

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oblique

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Adj

Indirect

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Squander

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Verb

  1. To waste in a reckless and foolish manner
  2. To allow an opportunity to be lost
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innocuous

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(adj) harmless

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sallow

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Adj

yellowish ; pale

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procure

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Verb

To get ; to obtain

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festooned

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curtly

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Adv

Bluntly; rudely; briefly

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nonchalant

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(adj.)

casual, laid back

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morosely

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Adv

Gloomily; depressingly

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incredulous/incredulity

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Adj.

Skeptical

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Aphorism

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Noun

A saying with a general truth; a maxim

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Sequester

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Verb

To isolate or hide away

To take legal possessions of assets until debt is paid

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vex

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Verb

To annoy ; irritate

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reciprocal

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(adj.)

given, felt, or done in return; mutual

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Adept

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Adj

Skillful ; talented

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pedagogical

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(adj.)

related to teaching, instructional

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florid

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(adj) red or flushed complexion
(adj) elaborate or fancy

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floundering

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Verb

To struggle; to stumble

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ruefully

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Adv

Sadly , regretfully

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myriad

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Noun - multitude

Adj - countless

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lamentable

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Adj

distressing ; sad

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transgression

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Noun

Wrongdoing ; sin

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suave

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(adj.)

charming; confident; refined

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rebuff

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V

reject; decline

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ambiguities

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Noun

Vagueness ; uncertainty

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plaintive

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(adj) sad, mournful

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Surreptitiously

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Adverb

Done in secret because it would likely be disapproved of

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sadistic

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(adj.)

getting pleasure from causing pain

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suffuse

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Verb

to spread throughout

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haughty

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Adj

Arrogant ; conceited

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tumult

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Noun

Commotion / disorder

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tactful

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(adj) showing a keen sense of what is appropriate/tasteful; showing discretion

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guffaw

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V

to laugh boisterously

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sidle

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(v) to creep or sneak

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louse

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(n.)

good for nothing person

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wayward

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Adj

Stubborn ; headstrong

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dismal

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Adj

Gloomy ; melancholy

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Unabashed

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Adj

Shameless ; bold

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loathsome

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Adj

hideous ; disgusting; deserving of hate

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obstinate

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(adj) stubborn, inflexible

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remnants

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Noun

what remains ; fragments

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exhibitionist

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(n.)

a person who behaves in ways intended to attract attention or show-off

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cower

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V

to crouch down in fear

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grievance

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Noun

Injustice ; complaint

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digression

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(n.)

movement away from the central or main point

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immaterial

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(adj.)

of little importance, insignificant

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furtive/furtively

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Adj.

Secretive

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bellicosely

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Adv

aggressively ; hostilely

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coax

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Verb

to persuade gradually or by flattery

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unscrupulous

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(adj.)

unaffected by principles of right and wrong, immoral

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qualms

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(n.)

worries, doubts

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palpable

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(adj) able to be touched, noticeable, unmistaken

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impervious

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Adj

Incapable of being affected by;

impenetrable

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inane

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(adj.)

foolish; pointless; asinine

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Docile

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Adj

Submissive / obedient

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fiend

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(n.)

a person who is extremely interested in or obsessed with something, an evil spirit

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valorous

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Adj

courageous; brave

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boisterous

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(adj.)

noisily, jolly, or rowdy

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compulsory

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(adj.)

required, mandatory, obligatory

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Evasive

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Adj

Tending to avoid or escape

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Loll

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Verb

To lounge

To hang loosely / droop

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rebuke

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Verb

To scold / reprimand

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phony

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(adj.)

fake, not genuine, not honest

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putrid

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(adj.)

rotten, sticking

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fickle

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Adj

Changeable

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gallant

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Adj

brave ; noble

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ostracize

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(v.)

to exclude, to make an outcast

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umbrage

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(n) offense, annoyance

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penury

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Noun

extreme poverty

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ruminate

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(v) to think deeply about something, to contemplate

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fray

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Noun

fight or brawl

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pacifist

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(n.)

peace-lover, someone opposed to violence

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awash

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(adj) flooded/covered witrh water
(adj) containing large numbers of something

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indignant/indignantly

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Adj

angry / offended

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Lithe

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Adj

Thin and graceful ; flexible

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pensive

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Adj

Deep in thought

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augment

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Verb

To increase ; to enlarge

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harrowing

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(adj.)

extremely disturbing or distressing

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sacrilegious

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(adj.)

in violation of anything sacred, showing distrespect toward something considered holy

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sullen

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(adj) bad-tempered, sulky, gloomy

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conscientious

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(adj.)

wishing to do what is right, careful and hardworking

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Volubility

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Noun

The quality of talking flently, readily or incenssantly

Talkativeness

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Contrite

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Adj

Repentant

Apologetic

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blase

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(adj.)

indifferent or bored, unimpressed