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visceral

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deep feeling, not intellect

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facetious

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lacking serious intent

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stringent

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severe, forcible

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unkempt

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disheveled

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resplendent

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splendid, shining brightly

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eschew

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abstain from

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infuse

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to inspire

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pervasive

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spread throughout

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inadvertent

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unintentional

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auspicious

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promising success

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exorbitant

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highly excessive

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transpire

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occur, take place

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mollifying

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soften temper, pacify

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capricious

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subject to

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serendipitous

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lucky, beneficial

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monetary

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relating to money

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allocated

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assign

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salient

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most noticeable or important

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paramount

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supreme, most important

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unnerving

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lose courage or confidence

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assuage

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reduce pain

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redolent

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having a pleasant odor

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tenable

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capable of being held

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cogently

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convincingly, to the point

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nimble

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quick

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perforated

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pierced with holes

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peripatetic

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traveling a lot

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exorbitant

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price unreasonably high

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specious

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superficially plausible, but actually wrong

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subvert

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undermine the power and authority of

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imperious

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assuming power or authority without justification

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jurisprudence

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theory or philosophy of law

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euphonious

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melodious, pleasant sounding

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profusion

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lavish spending, abundance

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raconteur

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person skilled in telling stories

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upbraiding

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censure, severely reproving

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elliptically

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without sufficient logical connection

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abrogated

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abolish, repeal

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imperious

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overbearing, urgent

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tonic

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feeling of vigor

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parsimony

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stinginess

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bastion

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fort

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kitsch

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por in taste

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platitude

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flat, dull, trite remark

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saccharine

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sugary

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retrenched

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cut or remove

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furtive

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attempt to avoid notice bc of guilt

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compunction

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feeling guilt

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lassitude

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mental/physical weariness