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Diminutive

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very small

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Trivial

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trifling; unimportant; insignificant

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Minutiae

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minor everyday details

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Exhort

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to encourage; to urge; to give a pep talk; to implore

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Antipathy

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strong dislike; ill will; the state of detesting someone; enmity; rancor

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Digress

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to depart from a subject; to wander to ramble

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Tenacious

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characterized by holding fast; showing great determination in holding on to something that is valued

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Indulgent

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characterized by excessive generosity; overly tolerant

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Polarize

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to create disunity or dissension; to break up into opposing factions or groups; to be divisive

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Nebulous

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vague; cloudy; misty; lacking a fully-developed form

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Analogy / Analogous

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a smiliarity or likenessbetween things - events, ideas, actions, trends, - that are otherwise unrelated / comparable or similar in certain respects

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Ephemeral, Fleeting, Evanescent

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very brief; lasting for a short time; transient

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Perennial

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returning year after year; enduring

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Capricious, Mercurial, Fickle

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very changeable; characterized by crude behavior and deplorable manners; unrefined

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Indignant

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characterized by outrage at something that is perceived as unjust

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Innuendo

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a veiled refrence; an insinuation

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Thwart. Stymie

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to stop; to frustrate; to prevent

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Adroit, Deft, Adept

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to have or show great skill; dexterous; nimble

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Admonish

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to earnestly caution; to warn another to avoid a course of action

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Incontrovertible

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impossible to deny or disprove; demonstrably true

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Voracious, Ravenous, Rapacious

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a huge appetite that cannot be satisfied; insatiable

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Callous

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emotionally hardened; insensitive; unfeeling

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Intrepid, Undaunted

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courageous; resolute; fearless

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Nonchalant

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having an air of casual indifference; cooly unconcerned; unflappable

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Convoluted

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winding, twisting, and therefore difficult to understand; intricate

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Itinerant

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migrating from place to place; not sedentary

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Poignant

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moving; touching; heartrending

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Impetus

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a stimulus or encouragement that results in increased activity

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Bucolic, Rustic, Pastoral

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characteristic of charming, unspoiled countryside and the simple, rural life

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Equanimity

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calmness; composure; even-tempered; poise

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Panache, Verve, Flamboyance, Élan

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great vigor and energy; dash, especially in artisitic performance and composition

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Provocative

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provoking discussionl stimulating controversy; arousing a reaction

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Placid, Serene

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calm or quiet; undisturbed by tumult or disorder

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Fortuitous

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of accidental but fortunate occurence; having unexpected good fortune

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Dispel

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to drive away; scatter; as to dispel a misconception

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Amalgam

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a mixture; a blend; a combination of different elements

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Viable, Feasible

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capable of being accomplished; possible

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Anguish

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agonizing physical or mental pain; torment

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Intemperate

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lacking restraint; excessive

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Temperate

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excersising moderation and restraint

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Superficial

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shallow; lacking in depth; concerned with surface appearences

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Laud, Extol, Tout, Acclaim

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to praise; to applaud

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Dismissive

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showing overt intentional indifference or disregard; rejecting

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Disparage

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to speak of in a slighting or disrespectful way; to belittle

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Pompous

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filled with excessive self-importance; pretentious; ostentatious; boastful

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Cryptic

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having hidden or ambigous meaning; mysterious

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Subtle

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difficult to detect; faint; mysterious; likely to elude perception

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Disparity

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an inequality; a gap; an imbalance

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Curtail

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to cut short or reduce

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Innocuos

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harmless; not likely to give offense or to arouse strong feelings of hostility; not inimical

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Diatribe, Triade, Harangue

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a bitter abusive denunciation; a thunderous verbal attack; a rant

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Notorious

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widely but unfavorably unknown

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gress

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to step

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Regress

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to step back

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Transgress

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to step across the line that divides right from wrong

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Egress

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to step out, to exit (or as a noun, an exit)

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Agressive

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tending to attack, encroach, or step on others

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Culminated

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reached completion

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Dogged

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having or showing tenacity and grim persistence

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ten

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to hold

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Tenet

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an opinion, idea, or principal held true by a person or organization

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Tenable

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capable of being held, defended, and logically supported

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Bemoaning

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to express grief over

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Sanguine

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cheerful, hopeful, optimistic

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Melancholy

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gloomy, depressed, despondent, pensive

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Choleric

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angry, irritable, irascible

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Phlegmatic

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self-possessed, impertubable, calm, apathetic, sluggish

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Mercurial

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volatile, changeable, fickle

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Culminated

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concluded

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Retribution

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punishment, vengeance

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Vigilant

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watchful, alert

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mon

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to warn, remind

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Admonition

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a warning or reproof, a reminder

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Premonition

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a warning in advance, presentiment (hint) of something evil, foreboding

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Monument

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a sepulchre, memorial, edifice to commemorate something or someone notable, something that reminds (literally)

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Concede

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admit

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Culpability

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blameworthiness

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Ascribed

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attributed

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Omnipotence

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infinite power

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Demure

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modest

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plac

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to quiet, to soothe, pacify, please

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Implacable

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unappeasible, inexorable

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Placate

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a appease or calm someone’s anger

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Placid

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calm, quiet

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Complacent

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self-satisfied, smug

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Complaisant

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disposed to please, affable, gracious

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Breach

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break

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Immured

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walled up

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Inimical

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harmful

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super, supra

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over, above, greater in quality

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Supercilious

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overbearing, proud, haughty

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Superficial

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on the surface, shallow

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Superlative

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the best, in the highest degree

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Supersede

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to take the place of, to supplant

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Beguiled

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enticed, captivated

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Conviction

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firm belief

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Concurs

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agrees

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Voluptous

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very sensual

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mitt, miss

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to send

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Remit

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to send back, pay money, diminish in intensity

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Omit

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to send by, pass by, neglect, leave out

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Remiss

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negligent, lax, careless

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Remittance

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a payment sent to pay a bill

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Missive

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a note sent by messenger

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Emissary

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a messenger sent on a mission

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Galled

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irked

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Integral

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essential

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Denigrate

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malign

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Foil

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contrast (literary)

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Apprehensive

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wary

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Affluent

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having a great deal of money, wealth

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Deplorbale

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very bad

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Irate

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angry, incensed

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Underscored

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emphasized

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