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feign

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make believe with the intent to deceive

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façade

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a false, superficial, or artificial appearance or effect; the front of a building

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brusque

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abrupt and curt in manner or speech; discourteously blunt

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dour

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silently ill-humored; gloomy; marked by sternness or harshness

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wary

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on guard; watchful; characterized by caution

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entice

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to tempt; to intict; to urge or lead astray by exciting hope or desire

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abate

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to reduce in amount, degress, or intesity; lessen

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pervasive

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having the quality or tendency to become widespread or permeate

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adhere

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to stick fast by or as if by suction or glue; to remain devoted to or be in support o f something

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versatile

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having many skills; competend in many areas and able to turn with ease from one thing to another; having great diversity of variety

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coherent

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marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts; sticking together

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wane

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to decrease gradually in size, amount, intensity, or degress; decline

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augment

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to make (something already developed or well under way) greater, as in size, extent, or quantity

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extricate

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to release from an entanglement or difficult; disengage

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conjecture

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inference or judgement based on inconclusive or incomplete evidence; guesswork

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languid

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lacking energy or vitality; weak; listless; showing little or no spirit or animation

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oblique

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neither perpendicular nor parallel; not straightforward; opposite of acute

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vehement

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zealous; ardent; impassioned; strongly emotional; intense or passionate

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acute

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sharp or severe in effect; intense

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exorbitant

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exceeding the customary or appropriate limits in intensity, amount, or size

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inane

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lacking significance, meaning, or point

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indignation

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anger aroused by something unjust, unworthy, or mean

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renounce

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to give up or put aside voluntarily; disown

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vilify

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to speak ill of; defame; slander

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martial

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of, relating to, or suited for war or a warrior

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anomaly

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a deviation from the common rule, type, arrangment, or form; odd, peculiar, or strange condition, situation, quality etc.

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dogmatic

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characterized by or given the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts; asserting opinions in an arrogant manner; opinionated

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impetuous

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characterized by sudden and forceful energy or emotion; impulsive and passionate; hasty

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nemesis

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one that inflicts retribution or vengeance; enemy

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perquisite

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an incidental payment, benefit, priviledge, or advantage over and above regular income, salary, or wages (perq/perks)

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perforate

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to make a hole through; especially to make a line of holes in to facilitate seperation

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tantalize

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to tease or torment (a person etc.) by making him want something he cannot have and by keeping it just beyond his reach;tempt

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culminate

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to come to completion; end

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chronic

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continuing a long time or recurring frequently

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dubious

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of doubtful quality of propriety; questionable; doubtful; marked by or occasioning doubt

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livid

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very angry

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proximity

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the state, quality, sense, or fact of being near or next to; nearness

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subtle

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not obvious; delicate, elusive; difficult to understand or perceive; obscure

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exasperate

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to irritated or provoke to a high degree; annoy extremely

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barrage

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an overwhelming quantity or explosion, as of words, blows, or criticisms