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Day Two Flashcards

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Skeptic

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A doubter

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Charlatan

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A fake; a fraud;a cheat

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Rhetorician

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An eloquent writer/ speaker

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Hedonist

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Seeker of pleasure

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Ascetic

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A person who leads a life of self denial

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Raconteur

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A person who excels in telling anecdotes

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Iconoclast

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Someone who attacks cherished ideas and institutions

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Dilettante

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An amateur or dabbler

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Partisan

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A person with biased beliefs

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Mentor

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A teacher; a guide; an advisor

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Demagogue

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A speaker who appeals to emotions l, fears or prejudices

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Automaton

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A person who acts in a mechanical fashion; a mindless follower

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Recluse

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A person who leads a secluded, solitary life

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Bungler

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A clumsy or inept person

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Clairvoyant

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A person who uses intuition to see into the future; a seer

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Prognosticator

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A person who makes predictions based upon data

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Pundit

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A professional commentator

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Zealot

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A very enthusiastic person

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Neophyte

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A beginner

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Novice

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A beginner

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Greenhorn

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A beginner

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Benefactor

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A person who gives gifts

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Beneficiary

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A person who receives gifts

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Dissembler

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A liar; deceiver

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Prevaricator

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A liar; deceiver

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Prodigy

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A Young genius

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Oracle

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A person who is a source of wise counsel and prophetic advice

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Misanthrope

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A person who hates humankind

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Innovator

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A person who introduced something new

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Sycophant

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A person who behaves in a servile manner; a toady

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Stoic

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A person who is impassive and emotionless

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Reprobate

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A morally unprincipled person

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Renegade

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A disloyal person

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Draconian

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Very strict laws and rules

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Laconic

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Very concise; brief

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Terse

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Very concise; brief

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Succinct

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Very concise; brief

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Spartan

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Plain; simple

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Austere

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Plain; simple

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Halcyon

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Idyllically calm and tranquil

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Sophistry

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A deliberately misleading argument

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Chimerical

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A fantastic scheme; unchecked imagination

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Ostracise

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To deliberately exclude from a group

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Impecunious

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Poor; penniless; not affluent

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Nefarious

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Extremely wicked; vile

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Jovial

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Good humoured; cheerful

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Jocular

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Good humoured; cheerful

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Dirge

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A funeral hymn; mournful music

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Maudlin

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Excessively sentimental

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Quixotic

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Foolishly impractical

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Pandemonium

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A wild uproar; tumult

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Martinet

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A strict disciplinarian

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Fiasco

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A complete failure

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Debacle

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A complete failure

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Bowdlerize

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To remove or delete objectionable parts of a book

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Galvinize

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To electrify; stir into action

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Picayune

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Something of small value; petty; trifling

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Gerrymander

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To divide a district so as to give one side an advantage

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Maverick

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An independent person

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Juggernaut

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An irresistible force

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Serendipity

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An accidental but fortunate discovery

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Zenith

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The highest point

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Apex

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The highest point

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Nadir

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The lowest point

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Expunge

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Delete; remove

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Excise

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Delete; remove

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Expurgate

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Delete; remove

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eccentric

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An odd, unconventional person

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Extricate

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To get out of a difficult situation

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Exemplary

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Outstanding

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Enumerate

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To list; to tick off

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Elusive

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Out of reach; difficult to catch

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Exorbitant

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Unreasonably expensive

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Repudiate

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To take back; disavow

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Recant

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To take back; disavow

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Renounce

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To take back; disavow

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Redundant

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Doing or saying something again and again

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Relinquish

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To give something back

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Resilient

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To bounce back

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Reaffirm

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To assert again

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Reticent

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To hold back ones thoughts and feelings

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Rebuff

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To repel or drive back; to reject

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Renovate

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To make new again

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Rejuvenate

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To make young again

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Resurgent

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To rise again; surge back

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Deleterious

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Harmful; injurious

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Decry

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To express strong disapproval

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Despondent

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Feeling downcast; dejected

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Forlorn

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Feeling downcast; dejected

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Denounce

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To speak against

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Demise

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The final ending of something; the downfall

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Debunk

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To put down by exposing false claims

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Deride

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To put down with contemptuous jeering

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Devoid

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Completely lacking in something

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Impeccable

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Faultless; perfect

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Implacable

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Not capable of being appeased

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Inexorable

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Lacking organisation or logic

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Insurmountable

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Not capable of being overcome

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Irreverent

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Lacking proper respect; disrespectful

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Circumspect

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Cautious; careful

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Circuitous

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Circular and therefore indirect

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Circumvent

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To avoid by artful manoeuvring

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Circumscribe

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To narrowly restrict; to limit action; to draw a line around

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Magnanimous

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Generous and forgiving

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erroneous

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Filled with errors; wrong

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Momentous

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Of great importance

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Mellifluous

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Smooth and sweet flowing

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Ominous

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Threatening and menacing

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Actimonious

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Great bitterness

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Copious

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Abundant; a great amount

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Abstemious

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Moderate in eating and drinking

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Malodorous

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Foul smelling

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Tedious

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Boring and tiresome

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