english vocab 2

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blanch

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to take the color out

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Auspicious

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favorable; promising

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courtesan

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a prostitute with courtly, wealthy or upper class clientele

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benign

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kind & gentle

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mollify

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to calm or smooth

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raffish

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marked by a flashy vulgarity or crudness

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attenuate

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reduce the force, effect, or value of something

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dubious

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doubtful

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implicit

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implied, though not plainly expressed

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apphrehensive

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anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will occur

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slander

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false charges and malicous oral statements about someone

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spurious

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not genuine

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astute

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shrew

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clandestine

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secretive

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smolder

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burn slowly with smoke but no flame

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methodical

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done according to a systematic or established form of procedure

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improvident

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thoughtless

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gaudy

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extravagantly bright or showy

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spasmodic

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done in brief irregular bursts

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auxiliary

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providing additional or supplemental support

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disingenuous

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not straightforward

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ruse

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a crafty trick

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stratagem

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a clever trick used to deceive

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surreptitiously

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done by secrective means

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endow

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provide with an asset

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lurid

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presented using very vivid details, especially giving explicit details of crime or sexual exploits

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feign

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pretend to be impacted by something

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ambivalent

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uncertain

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dissonant

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lacking harmony

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baying

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to bark or howl loudly

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capricious

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impulsive and unpredictable

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stolid

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calm, dependable

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coquettish

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flirtatious

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affectation

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behavior, speech, or writing that is artificial and designed to impress

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whimsical

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playfully quaint

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inconsquential

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unimportant

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blithely

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a cheerful indifference that others might seem as calloused

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tenuous

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having little substance

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trivial

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of little importance

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assiduous

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hard working

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demureness

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trait of behaving with reserve and decorum

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diligent

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marked by painstaking effort

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dogged

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stubbornly persevering

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intrepid

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courageous

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pinoined

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tie or hold the arms or legs of someone

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maverick

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one who is independent and resists adherence to a group

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obdurate

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stubborn; inflexible

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gallantry

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an act of marked courtesy

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proliferate

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to grow or increase rapidly

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contrapuntal

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two voices are intertwined offering different perspectives but similar meanings

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diffidently

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hesistant in speaking or acting due to low self confidence

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earnest

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resulting from showing intense conviction

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vitality

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energy

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assimilation

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to absorb

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consensus

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general agreement

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samanas

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a group of traveling ascetics that believe that self deprivation and denial is the path to self actualization

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derived

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copied or adapted from a source

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incumbent

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obligatory

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placate

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to make someone less angry or hostile

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malleable

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easily shaped or formed

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subdue

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to restrain

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myopic

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shortsighted

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epitomize

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to embody the essential characteristics of a trait

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innate

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possesssed from birth

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inveterate

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deep-rooted

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conundrum

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a confusing and difficult problem or question

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foster

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to promote the development of something

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auditory imagery

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representing a sound

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olfactory imagery

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relating to a sound

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gustatory imagery

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imagery representing a taste

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tactile imagery

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imagery representing the touch/feel of something (cold, hot, etc)

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transient

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temporary, short-lived

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transitory

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not permanent

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affable

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easy going

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amenable

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responsible

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sojourn

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a temporary stay

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envelop

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to wrap up, cover

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camaraderie

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good will between friends

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facetious

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playfully humorous

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impinge

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interfere with

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lament

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mourn

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truncated

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shorten; cut off

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melancholy

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sadness; depression

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aquisitiveness

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excessive interest in acquiring material things

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aesthetic

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having to do with the appreciation of beauty

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dilettante

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a superficial understanding of a field of knowledge

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servility

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fitting a slave

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tranquil

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calm

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virtuoso

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a tremendously skilled artist

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decorous

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proper

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equanimity

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the quality of being calm

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modest

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quiet or humble in manner or appearance

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propriety

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appropriateness of behavior

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prudent

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exercising good judgement

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serene

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calm

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staid

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serious

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malfeasance

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wrongdoing

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prosaic

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dull

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stoic

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impassive

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condemn

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denounce

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disparage

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to speak of negatively

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pejorative

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describing words or phrases that belittle someone

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vilify

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to make vicious statements about someone

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brusque

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rudely abrupt

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caustic

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bitingly sarcastic

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fractious

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unruly

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incorrigible

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unable to be reformed

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ingrate

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an ungrateful person

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insolent

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insulting in speech

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brittle

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easily broken

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deleterious

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having a harmful effect

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enmity

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mutual hatred

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heinous

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hatefully evil