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Impoverished

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Reduce into poverty, poor, no sense of richness

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Gnarled

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Rough & Twisted, especially with age

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Iridescent

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Colors that change from different angles

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Aberration

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Departure, unwelcome

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Abhor

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Regard with disgust

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Acquiesce

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Accept reluctantly buy with no protest

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Alacrity

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Brisk & cheerful readiness

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Amiable

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Displaying in a friendly manner

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Appease

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Satisfy someone

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Arcane

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Understood by few; mysterious or secret

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Avarice

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Extreme greed for wealth

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Brazen

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Bold but without shame

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Brusque

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Sudden in a speech or manner; rude

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Cajole

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Persuade someone to do something gently

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Callous

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Heartless, cruel to others

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Candour

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Quality of being honest

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Chide

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Scold

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Circumspect

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Unwilling to take risks

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Clandestine

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Kept secret

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Coerce

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Persuade by using force or threats

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Coherent

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(Of an argument, theory, or policy) logical and consistent

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Complacency

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A feeling of smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one’s achievements.

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Confidant

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A person with whom one shares a secret or private matter

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Connive

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To plot, scheme

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Cumulative

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Increasing, building upon itself

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Cynical

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Believing the worst of others

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Debase

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To lower the quality or esteem of something

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Decry

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To criticize openly

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Deferential

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Showing respect for another’s authority

30
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Demure

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Quiet, modest, reserved

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Deride

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To laugh mockingly

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Despot

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One who has total power and rules brutally

33
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Diligent

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Showing care in doing one’s work

34
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Elated

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Overjoyed

35
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Eloquent

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Expressive, articulate, moving

36
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Embezzle

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To steal money by falsifying records

37
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Empathy

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Sensitive to someone’s feelings as if their own

38
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Enmity

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Ill will, hatred, hostility

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