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Assuage

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Make milder, relieve; soothe, pacify, or calm.

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Cogent

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Very convincing, logical.

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Doleful

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Expressing sorrow; mournful.

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Ignominy

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Deep personal humiliation and disgrace.

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Mendacious

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Lying, habitually dishonest.

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Onerous

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Burdensome, oppressive, hard to endure.

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Reticent

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Not talking much; private

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Surmise

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Guess, infer, opine.

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Vituperate

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Verbally abuse, rebuke or criticize harshly.

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Wary

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Watchful, motivated by caution, on guard against danger.

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