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Fervid

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  1. Intensely enthusiastic or passionate, especially to an excessive degree Synonyms: ardent
  2. Very hot. Synonyms: anything meaning very hot.
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Placid

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not easily upset or excited.

calm and peaceful, with little movement or activity(especially of a place or a stretch of water

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Euphemism

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A mild or indirect word or phrase substituted for something harsh. “I slept with him”

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Endemic

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(or a of a disease, condition or characteristic) regularly found among particular people or in a certain area.

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Dessicate

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to dry out completely

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Idiosyncrasy

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A trait that is peculiar to the individual.

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Vim

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vigor, energy, enthusiasm

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Kindle

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  1. to light or start a fire

2. to arouse or inspire

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Antipathy

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a deep seated distaste for. Hate

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Ossify

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  1. to turn into bone or boney tissue

2. cease developing; be inflexible or rigid in habits.

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Potentate

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a person with great power, monarch, ruler

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Solecism

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  1. A grammatical mistake. error or mistake.

2. a breach of good manners, incorrect behavior

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Attenuate

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to reduce in force, value, or effect

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Abstemious

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not self-indulgent, especially when eating and drinking.

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Castigate

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reprimand (someone) severely, punishment

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Paradox

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a self-contradictory statement that at first seems true

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Intrepid

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characterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance

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Fortitude

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courage in pain and adversity

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Trepidation

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feeling of fear or agitation

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Inert

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lacking the power to move, very slow to move or act, deficient in active properties

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Implacable

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not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated

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Placate

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make someone less angry or hostile

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Sully

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to make dirty or unclean

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Mar

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impair the appearance of; disfigure

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Flout

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To show content or scron. Openly disagree with a rule.

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Multifarious

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Many different and varied things.

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Lumber

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To move clumsily and heavily.

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Demur

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raise doubts or objections or show reluctance

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Debutante

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one making a debut, especially a young woman making her formal entrance into society

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Propitiate

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to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of, appease

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Toady

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A person who is only nice to get something from it. Especially to someone important.

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Sycophant

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a servile self-seeking flatterer

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Obsequious

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obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree.

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Servile

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Having or willing to serve others in a excessive manner.

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Bombastic

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High sounding with little meaning.

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Impermeable

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Not allowing liquid to pass through. Or a person who doesn’t show signs of pain.

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Sardonic

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grimly mocking or cycnical

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Monastic

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Related to monks or nuns or who have taken a religious vows. How they live

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Pervade

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(especially of a smell) spread through and be perceived in every part of.

(of an influence, feeling, or quality) be present and apparent throughout.

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Dyspeptic

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of or having indigestion or consequent irritability or depression.

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Assuage

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make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense.

satisfy (an appetite or desire)

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Vernal

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pertaining to spring, youthful, fresh

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ephemeral

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lasting for a very short time

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Recondite

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(of a subject or knowledge) little known; abstruse.

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Quiescent

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in a state or period of inactivity or dormancy

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