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Approbation

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The expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval

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Assuage

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To make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench

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Hackneyed

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Used so often as to lack freshness or originality

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Hiatus

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A gap, opening, break

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Innuendo

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A hint, indirect suggestion, or reference

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Jaded

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Wearied, worn-out, dulled

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Lurid

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Causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow on color; terrible or passionate in intensity of lack of restraint

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Transcend

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To rise above or beyond, exceed

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Umbrage

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Shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment; a vague suspicion

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Unctous

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Excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty, oily, pliable

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Aplomb

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Poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity

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Bombastic

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Pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas

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Drivel

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Saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense; to let saliva flow from the mouth; to utter nonsense or childish twaddle; to waste or fritter away foolishly

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Epitome

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A summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality

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Exhort

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To urge strongly, advise earnestly

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Infringe

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To violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds

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Ingratiate

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To make onself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others

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Millennium

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A period of one thousand years; a period of great joy

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Precipitate

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To fall as moisture; to bring about suddenly; to hurl down from a great height; to give distinct form to; characterized by excessive haste; moisture; the product of an action or process

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Stringent

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Strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp pr bitter to the taste

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Acculturation

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The modification of the social patterns, traits, or structures of one group or society by contact with those of another; the resultant blend

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Commiserate

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To sympathize with, have pity or sorrow for, share a feeling of distress

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Enjoin

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To direct or order; to prescribe a course of action in an authoritative way

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Expedite

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To make easy, cause to progress faster

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Expiate

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To make amends, make up for, to avert

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Inadvertent

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Resulting from or marked by lack of attention; unintentional, accidental

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Nominal

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Existing in name only, not real; too small to be considered or taken seriously

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Noncommittal

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Not decisive or definite; unwilling to take a clear position

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Wheedle

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To use coaxing or flattery to gain some desired end

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Affable

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Courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to

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Aggrandize

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To increase in greatness, power or wealth; to build up or intensify; to make appear greater

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Amorphous

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Shapeless, without definite form; of no particular type or character; without organization, unity, or cohesion

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Archetype

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An original model on which something was patterned or replicated; the ideal example of a particular type of person or thing

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Aura

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That which surrounds; a distinctive air or personal quality

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Erudite

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Scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic

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Inscrutable

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Incapable of being understood; impossible to see through physically

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Querulous

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Peevish, complaining, fretful

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Remonstrate

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To argue with someone against something, protest against

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Scurrilous

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Coarsely abusive, vulgar or low, foul-mouthed

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Autonomy

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Self-government, politcol control

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Axiomatic

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Self-evident, expressing a universally accepted principle

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Caveat

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A warning or caution to prevent misunderstanding or discourage behavior

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Salutary

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Beneficial, helpful; healthful, wholesome

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Scathing

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Bitterly severe, withering; causing great harm

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Sepulchral

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Funereal, typical of the tomb; extremely gloomy or dismal

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Soporific

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Tending to cause sleep, relating to sleepiness or lethargy; something that induces sleep

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Transient

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Lasting only a short time, fleeting; one who stays only a short time

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Unweildy

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Not easily carried, handled, or managed because of size or complexity

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Vapid

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Dull, uninteresting, tiresome; lacking in sharpness, flavor, liveliness, or force

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Aspersions

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A damaging or derogatory statement; the act of slandering or defaming

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Castigate

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To punish severely; to criticize severely

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Ennui

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Weariness and dissatisfaction from lack of occupation or interest, boredom

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Fetter

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A chain or shackle placed on the feet; anything that confines or restrains; to chain or shackle; to render helpless or impotent

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Heinous

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Very wicked, offensive, hateful

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Megalomania

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A delusion marked by a feeling of power, wealth, talent, etc., far in excess of reality

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Sinecure

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A position requiring little or no work; an easy job

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Trangress

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To go beyond a limit or boundary; to sin, violate a law

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Transmute

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To change from one nature, substance, or form to another

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Vicarious

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Performed, suffered, or otherwise experienced by one person in place of another

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Disconcert

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To confuse; to disturb the composure of

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Inconsequential

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Trifling, unimportant

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Infraction

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A breaking of a law or obligation

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Mitigate

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To make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity

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Prate

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To talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion

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Punctillious

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Very careful and exact, attentive to fine points of etiquette

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Redoubtable

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Inspiring fear or awe; illustrious, eminent

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Reprove

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To find fault with, scold, rebuke

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Stalwart

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Strong and sturdy; brave; resolute; a brave, strong person; a strong supporter; one who takes an uncompromising position

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Vulnarable

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Open to attack; capable of being wounded or damaged; unprotected

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Bovine

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Resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive

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Consternation

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Dismay, confusion

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Corpulent

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Fat; having a large, bulky body

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Disavow

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To deny responsibility for or connection with

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Dissipate

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to cause to disappear; to scatter, dispel; to spend foolishly, squander; to be extravagant in puruit of pleasure

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Expurgate

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To remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse, purify

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Odium

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Hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct

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Perfidy

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Faithlessness, treachery

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Squeamish

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Inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset; excessively fastidious or refined

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Susceptible

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Open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance

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Anathema

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An object of intense dislike; a curse or strong denunciation

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Avarice

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A greedy desire, particularly for wealth

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Culpable

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Deserving blame, worthy of condemnation

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Dilatory

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Tending to delay or procrastinate; not prompt; intended to delay or postpone

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Equivocate

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To speak or act in a way that allows for more than one interpretation; to be deliberately vague or ambiguous

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Penury

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Extreme poverty; barrenness, insufficiency

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Resuscitate

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To revive, bring back to consciousness or existence

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Slovenly

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Untidy, dirty, careless

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Supposition

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Something that is assumed or taken for granted without conclusive evidence

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Torpid

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Inactive, sluggish, dull

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Accrue

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To grow or accumulate over time; to happen as a natural result

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Bedlam

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A state or scene of uproar and confusion

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Fortuitous

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Accidental, occurring by a happy chance

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Imperious

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Overbearing, arrogant; seeking to dominate; pressing, compelling

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Invective

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A strong denunciation or condemnation; abusive language; abusive; vituperative

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Motley

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Showing great variety; composed of different elements or many colors; a jester’s costume; a jester

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Procrastinate

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To delay; put off until later

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Provocative

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Tending to produce a strong feeling or response; arousing desire or appetite; irritating, annoying

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Recondite

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Exceeding ordinary knowledge and understanding

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Sedentary

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Characterized by or calling for continued sitting; remaining in one place

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Circuitous

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Roundabout, not direct

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