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aggrandize

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to increase the power, status, or wealth of

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lionize

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give a lot of public attention and approval to someone,” cannot be applied to an inanimate object

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bonhomie

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affability or likeability

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browbeating

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bully

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demagoguery

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gaining power by arousing passions or appealing to the prejudices of the people

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idolatry

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extreme admiration or reverence

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torpor

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lethargy

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sophistry

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deceptive reasoning

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vocal

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loud or noisy

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jubilant

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very happy

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restive

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uneasy, unsettled, restless

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uneasy

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anxious

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dispirited

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lack of energy or enthusiam

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flabbergasted

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stunned or shocked

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defamed

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damaged the good reputation of someone

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denigrated

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criticize unfairly

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depredated

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plundered

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derided

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ridiculed

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officious

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assertive of authority in an annoyingly domineering way

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dictatorial

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domineering

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indifferent

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showing no care or concern

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heterodex

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contrary to accepted or approved beliefs

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pedantic

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excessively, narrowly focused on book learning, boring

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somniferous

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inducing sleep

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hypnagogic

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inducing sleep

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bathetic

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sudden switch from elevated to the everyday

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impuissant

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powerless, weak, feeble

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inattentive

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not paying attention

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unflappable

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not easily excited, calm

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imperturbable

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calm and collected

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inscrutable

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difficult to understand

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aggrandize

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make great

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vitiate

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impaired in quality

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eviscerated

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to disembowel/remove something of central significance

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ameliorate

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make better/improve

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derogated

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detracted from

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vacillated

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wavered

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quietus

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a period of retirement

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sinecure

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job or position that requires little or no work

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interregnum

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pause or interruption

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potlatch

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wild party

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rota

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period of work done in rotation with others

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indolence

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practice of avoiding activity

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solicitude

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care or concern for someone or something

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didacticism

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practice of being teacherly, in a patronizing way

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supplemental

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reinforcing or completing

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in accord

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consistent

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irreconcilable

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two things so different they cannot be made compatible

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esoteric

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understood only by those who have special knowledge

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multifarious

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made up of many different parts

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prosaic

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factual or straightforward

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significant indignation

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a public outcry

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malfeasance

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wrongdoing, misconduct

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collusion

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secret agreement or conspiracy

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contention

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competition of dispute

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anomaly

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an unusual occurrence

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substantiation

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proof with evidence

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58
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innuendo

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indirect information

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innocuous

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harmless

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overt

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obvious or in plain view

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convoluted

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complicated

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creed

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set of principles or beliefs

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geniality

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kind and good-natured disposition

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antagonism

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hostility, ill will, opposition

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enmity

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extreme ill will that exists between enemies

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cordial

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friendly or affectionate

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dearth

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scarcity or lack

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enigma

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puzzling or a person that is hard to understand

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gentry

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people of good birth or high social status

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reprobate

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one who is morally unprincipled

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rogue

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unprincipled or dishonest person

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bromide

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commonplace or boring person

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intractable

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stubborn

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inerrant

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without error

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fickle

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contradictory

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tenebrous

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obscure or difficult to understand

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pertinacious

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firmly held

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ineffable

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incapable of being expressed

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avaricious

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markedly greedy

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mirthful

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high-spirited

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macabre

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about death, ghastly, gruesome

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vapid

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flat, bland

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whimsical

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given to fanciful notions

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aggravated

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made more serious or severe

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begrudged

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reluctantly envious of

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delineated

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described or portraying precisely

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indemnified

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compensated for harm or loss

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proscribed

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erudite

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very knolwedgable

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impecunious

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having no money

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prolix

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person who speaks or writes great, unnecessary length

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sedulous

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persistent, tireless

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penurious

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poor, stiny

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diffident

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pervasiveness

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spread widely

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mote

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a speck - like a mote of dust

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adulation

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equivoation

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act of making ambiguous

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castigation

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punishment

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narcissistic

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inordinately obsessed or fascinated with oneself, vain

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saturnine

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gloomy, sluggish, sullen

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plutonian

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pertaining to or resembling the lower world, infernal

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hermetic

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sealed airtight, isolated to outside influence

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dismissed

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stopped considering

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inured

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used to someone undesirable

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abhorred

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utterly detested

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considered

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thought carefully about

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substantiated

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to support with proof or evidence

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rebuffed

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rejected or criticized bluntly

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affable

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friendly, good-natured, or easy to talk to

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inveterate

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fatuous

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complacently foolish

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halcyon

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prosperous, calm, peaceful

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scotched

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impartiality

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fairness, justness

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gallantry

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dashing courage, heroic, bravery

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asperity

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harshness of manner, severity

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forestalled

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hindered or prevented in advance

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coddled

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treated with excessive care, pampered

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neglected

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revel

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delight in

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eschew

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peruse

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misanthropic

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showing hatred toward human kind

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hedonistic

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devoted to the pursuit of pleasure

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nefarious

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wicked or villainous

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feckless

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incompetent or lazy

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nugatory

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trifling or ineffective

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exacting

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inscrutable

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mysterious, hard to understand

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purified

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uncontaminated, untainted

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sanitized

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made clean

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squalid

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foul or dirty

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transient

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briefly passing through

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sullied

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dirty or soiled

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scoth

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to put an end to, stamp out

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foil

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to prevent the success of

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venerable

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commanding respect

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uncannt

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unsettlingly mysterious

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runic

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mysterious, secret meaning

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profane

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truculent

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reticent

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reserved, restrained

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recalcitrant

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resisting authority or control

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begrudging means

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resentful, envious

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conciliatory

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attempt to appease or win over, make peace

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bellicose

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aggressively hostile

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crucial

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decisive or critical

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general

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widespread

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ubiquitous

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present everywhere

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iconoclastic

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attack cherished beliefs or institutions

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portent

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sign or warning

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benchmark

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standard or point of reference against which things may be measured

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eulogistically

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in a praising way

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extempore

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on the spur of the moment, without preparation, without notes

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reticently

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quietly, reservedly or unwillingly

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protracted

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prolonged or drawn out

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attenuated

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made thin, slender, small

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abridged

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shortened, condensed

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painstakingly

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deceptively

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through trickery

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malicious

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with evil or bad intent

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mundane

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benevolent

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sham

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counterfeit or fake

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sensational

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designed to produce a strong reaction

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partisan

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expressing one point of view

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discerning

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showing good judgement or perceptiveness

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blunt

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abrupt, direct, insensitive

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dubious

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warranting uncertainty or doubt, undecided

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deleterious

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harmful or damaging

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unobtrusive

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not blatant, inconspicuous

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winsome

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sweet, innocently charming

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loquacious

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excessively talkative or wodry

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exiguous

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small, scanty, inadequate

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wayward

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turning away from what’s proper to follow your own impulses

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garrulous

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talkative or excessively chatty

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voracious

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hungry, large appetite

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levity

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lightness of manner, point of being inappropriate

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cordiality

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warmth and friendliness

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bonhommie

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good natured, pleasant friendliness, affability

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magnanimity

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generous and forgiving

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constancy

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steadfast, loyal, constant

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fealty

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allegiance, faithfulness, loyal

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myopic

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nearsighted

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purblind

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partially blind or deficient in understanding

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