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Day 4 Flashcards

1
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intelligentsia

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members of the educated elite [used derogatorily]

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interdict

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prohibit or forbid

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interminable

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endless

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internecine

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mutually destructive

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intimate

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hint

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intractable

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unruly or stubborn

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intransigence

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stubbornness

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inured

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accustomed or hardened

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invective

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abuse

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inveigh

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denounce

utter censure or invective

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inveigle

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lead astray

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12
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inveterate

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deep-rooted or habitual

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invidious

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designed to create ill will or envy

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inviolable

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secure from corruption, attack, or violation

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invulnerable

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incapable of injury

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irretrievable

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impossible to recover or regain; ireparable

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17
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jaundiced

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prejudiced

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18
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laconic

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brief and to the point

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19
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jocular

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said or done in jest

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20
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juncture

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crisis or tunring point

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21
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ken

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range of knowledge

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22
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knotty

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intricate or difficult

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23
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lachrymose

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producing tears

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24
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lackadaisical

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lacking purpose or zest

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25
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laggard

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slow or sluggish

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26
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lambaste

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beat

thrash verbally or physically

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lampoon

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ridicule

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28
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languid

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weary or sluggish

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29
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larceny

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theft

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30
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largess

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generous gift

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31
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lassitude

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languor or weariness

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32
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levity

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lack of seriousness or steadiness

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33
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limn

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draw, outline, describe

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34
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lionize

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treat as a celebrity

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35
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liquidate

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to settle accounts or clear up

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36
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lucre

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money

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37
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lugubrious

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mournful

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38
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Machiavellian

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crafty or double-dealing

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39
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magnanimity

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generosity

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40
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magniloquent

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boastful or pompous

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41
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maladroit

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clumsy or bungling

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42
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malfeasance

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wrongdoing

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43
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malingerer

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one who feigns illness to escape duty

44
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martinet

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strict disciplinarian

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matrix

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point of origin

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maudlin

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effusively sentimental

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maverick

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rebel or nonconformist

48
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mealymouthed

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indirect in speech or hypocritical

49
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megalomania

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mania for doing grandiose things

50
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mendacious

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habitually dishonest

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mercurial

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capricious, fickle, changing

52
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mete

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measure or distribute

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meteoric

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swift or momentarily brilliant

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milieu

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environment, means of expression

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militate

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to work against

56
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minatory

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menacing or threatening

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misanthrope

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one who hates mankind

58
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modicum

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limited quantity

59
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monolithic

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solidly uniform

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moratorium

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legal delay of payment

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mores

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conventions, moral standards, customs

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mote

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small speck

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mulct

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defraud a person of something

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multifarious

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varied or greatly diversified

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munificient

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very generous

66
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nadir

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lowest point

67
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nascent

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incipient, coming into being

68
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nologism

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new or newly coined word or phrase

69
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neophyte

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recent convert or beginner

70
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nettle

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annoy or vex

71
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nihilist

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one who considers traditional beliefs to be groundless and existence meaningless

72
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noisome

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foul-smelling or unwholesome

73
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nondescript

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undistinctive or ordinary

74
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nonplus

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bring to a halt by confusion

75
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obdurate

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obfuscate

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confuse or muddle

77
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oblique

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indirect or slanting

78
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obsequious

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slavishly attentive

79
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obsteperous

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boisterous

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obviate

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to make unnecessary or get rid of

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odium

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detestation or hatefulness

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officious

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meddlesome, excessively pushy in offering services

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onerous

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burdensome

84
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opprobrium

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infamy or vilification

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oracular

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prophetic, uttered as if with divine authority

mysterious or ambiguous

86
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ostensible

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apparent, professed, pretended

87
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overweening

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presumptuous or arrogant

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palatial

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magnificent

89
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palliate

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to ease pain

90
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paltry

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insignificant or petty

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panache

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flair or flamboyance

92
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panegyric

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formal praaise

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paragon

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model of percetion

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parity

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equality, close resemblance

95
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parochial

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narrow in outlook; provincial

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paroxysm

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fit or attack of pain, laughter, rage

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parsimony

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stinginess

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partisan

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one-sided, prejudiced

99
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pastiche

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imitation of another’s style in musical composition or in writing

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paucity

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peccadillo

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slight offense

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pecuniary

A

pertaining to money

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pedestrian

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ordinary, unimaginative

104
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pejorative

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negative in connotation

105
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itinerant

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moving from place to place

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