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Credulity

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Tendency to be too ready to believe something is real or true

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Magnanimous

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Generous or forgiving, particular towards a rival or less powerful person

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Milieu

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A person’s social environment

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Conviction

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Firmly held belief or opinion

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Erudition

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To teach; educate

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meretriciousness

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Alluring by show of flashy or vulgar attractions - based on deception or insincerity; vulgar

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Astuteness

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Being able ot understand a situation and see how to get an advantage from it

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Hedonism

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Pursuit of self pleasure; sensual self-indulgence

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Ephemeral

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Lasting for a short time; transient

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Microcosm

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Community, place or situation regarded as encapsulating in miniature the characteristics of something much larger

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absolution

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Formal release of guilty, obligation or punishmnet

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Innocuous

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Neither hurtful, harmful or injurious;

Harmless

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Patronage

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A condescending manner or attitude in granting favours, in dealing with people

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Invective

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Highly critical

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Rancour

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Bitterness

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Appropriation

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Act of making something one’s own, usually without permission

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Despotism

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System of government where ruler has unlimited power

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Cardinal

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Serious or grave/ main

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Virtue

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Moral excellence

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parochialism

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a limited or narrow outlook, especially focused on a local area; narrow-mindedness.

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Truculent

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quick to argue or fight, aggressively defensive

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Moral

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Concerned with principles of right and wrong behaviour

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Virility

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Quality of having strength, energy, strong sex drive

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Glib

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Fluid but insincere or shallow; flippant

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Compassion

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Showing pity and concern for sufferings or misfortunes of others

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Apathy

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Lack of interest, enthusiasm or concern

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Generosity

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Showing readiness to give

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Altruistic

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Showing disinterested and selfless concern for well-being of others; unselfish

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Acrimoniously

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Bitter or critical

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Impudent

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Not showing due respect to another person; impertinent

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Indignant

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Anger at what is perceived as unfair treatment

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Emphatic

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Expressing something forcibly and clearly

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Apprehensive

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Anxious or fearful something bad will happen

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Disconcerting

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To make to feel unsettled

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Despond

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To become disheartened or discouraged

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Piety

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Quality of being religious or reverent

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Reverent

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Feeling or showing deep and solemn respect

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Capacious

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Having lots of space inside; broad

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Pragmatic

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Dealing with things in a sensible and realistic way based on practical rather than theoretical consideraitons

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Vulgar

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Lacking sophistication or good taste

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Mirth

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Emotion that produces laughter

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Trite

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Lacking originality or freshness; ordinary

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Circumspection

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Quality of being unwilling to take risks, wary, prudence

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Therapeutic

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Relating to healing of disease

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Transience

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Temporary

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Equivocality

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Ambiguity (equivocal) - capable of double interpretation

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Antagonistic

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Showing or feeling active opposition or hostility towards someone or something.

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Maudlin

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tearfully or weakly emotional; foolishly sentimental

self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental.

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Derisive

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Expressing contempt or ridicule; mocking

No one wants to deal with Jim because he is so derisive towards his coworkers

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Largesse

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Liberality in bestowing gifts

Generosity

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Slavish

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Abjectly submissive; characteristic of servant

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Abject

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completely without pride or dignity; self-abasing.

the state of being extremely unhappy, poor, unsuccessful,

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Imperiously

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Manner showing arrogant superiority

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Rapture

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State of being carried away by overwhelming emotion

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Conspicious

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Clearly visible

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Impervious

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unable to be affected by.

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Behemonth

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Someone who is abnormally large or powerful

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Obstinate

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Tenacious unwillingness to yield

Stubborn

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Tenacious

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tending to keep a firm hold of something; clinging or adhering closely.

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Staid

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sedate, respectable, and unadventurous.

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Leery

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Openly distrustful and unwilling to confide

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Languid

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Lacking spirit, energy, liveliness

After a stressful day of work, I am going to enjoy a languid walk through the park

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Fraught

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Filled

This ill-planned and hazardous enterprise was fraught with the elements of inevitable failure.

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Fetter

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Effusion

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Overflow of emotion (not held back)

Flow of liquids into body

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Wanton

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Lewd or immoral person

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Tenable

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based on sound reasoning or evidence

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Enigmatical

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Not clear to the understanding

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Arduous

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Difficult to accomplish

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Shrewd

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having or showing sharp powers of judgement; astute; intelligent

71
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Absolution

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Act of being formally forgiven

72
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Archetypal

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very typical of a certain kind of person or thing.

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laudable

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Worthy of high praise

His noble ideas and polite behaviour are laudable

NOT believable

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Abet

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encourage or assist (someone) to do something wrong, in particular to commit a crime.

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Venerate

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regard with great respect; revere.

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Ardour

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great enthusiasm or passion.

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Incessant

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continuing without pause or interruption.

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Adroit

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clever or skilful.

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Disingenuous

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not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something than one really does.

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Mysticism

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vague or ill-defined religious or spiritual belief, especially as associated with a belief in the occult.

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Inexorable

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impossible to stop or prevent.

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Banality

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the fact or condition of being banal; unoriginality.

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Blasé

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unimpressed with or indifferent to something because one has experienced or seen it so often before.

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Nonchalant

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feeling or appearing casually calm and relaxed; not displaying anxiety, interest, or enthusiasm.

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Egregious

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outstandingly bad; shocking.

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Oligarchy

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a small group of people having control of a country or organization.

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Pejorative

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word or phrase expressing contempt or disapproval; negative connotation

degrading

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Diffidence

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modesty or shyness resulting from a lack of self-confidence.

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Contumacious

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stubbornly or wilfully disobedient to authority.

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Vicissitude

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a change of circumstances or fortune, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant.

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Dauntless

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showing fearlessness and determination.

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Abnegation

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the action of renouncing or rejecting something; self-denial; unselfishness

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Amity

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friendly relations; peace, harmony

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Abject

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  1. (of something bad) experienced or present to the maximum degree.
    “his letter plunged her into abject misery”
  2. (of a person or their behaviour) completely without pride or dignity; self-abasing.
    “an abject apology”

wretched, miserable, hopeless, pathetic, pitiful

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Callousness

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insensitive and cruel disregard for others.

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tacit

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understood or implied without being stated.

“your silence may be taken to mean tacit agreement”

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Ascription

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the attribution of something to a cause.

98
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Sanctity

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  1. ultimate importance and inviolability.

2. the state or quality of being holy, sacred, or saintly.

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Putative

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generally considered or reputed to be.

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Spurious

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not being what it purports to be; false or fake.

“separating authentic and spurious claims”

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Sanguine

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optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation.

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Admonitory

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Frank

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open, sincere, or undisguised.

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Factious

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relating or inclined to dissension (disagreement that leads to discord); divided; split

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Sardonic

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Grimly mocking or cynical

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Vexed

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annoyed, frustrated, or worried.

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Allusive

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Suggestion (rather than explicit mention)

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Wry

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Using or expressing dry, mocking humour

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Pestilence

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Infectious disease

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banality

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Unoriginal, ordinary, mundane

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Tawdry

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Showy but of cheap, poor quality - Sordid

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Terse

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Unsparing

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Brutal, nothing wouldn’t say to destroy

114
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Affectation

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Pretentious and designed to impress, façade

e.g. crocodile tears

115
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Cynicism

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Inclination to believe people are motivated by self-interest; scepticism

Cynic: someone who has negative opinions about other people, believes people are selfish and only believe in helping selves

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Prig

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Self-righteously moralistic person who behaves as if they are superior to others; prude

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Mawkish

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Sentimental in an exaggerated or false way

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Maladroit

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Clumsy, inefficient, inept

119
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Befit

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Appropriate for, suit, fitting

120
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Extol

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Praise enthusiastically

121
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Pastiche

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Artistic work that imitates that of another work, artist or period

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Suffuse

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Gradually spread through or over

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Redolent

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Strong reminiscent or suggestive of

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Inveigle

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Persuade to do something by means of deception or flattery, coax, cajole, persuade

125
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Sully

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Damage purity or integrity of; taint

126
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Seamy

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Sordid and disreputable

127
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Parsimonious

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Unwilling to spend money or use resources; stingy

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Fuddle

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State of confusion or intoxication

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Impolitic

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Failing to possess or display prudence; unwise

130
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Captious

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Tending to find fault or raise petty objections

131
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Bruit

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Spread widely (rumour)

132
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Sordid

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Involving immoral or dishonourable actions and motives

Dirty or squalid

133
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Beget

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Philantropy

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The desire to promote the welfare of others, expressed especially by the generous donation of money to good causes.

A philanthropist is a person who donates time, money, experience, skills or talent to help create a better world.

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Replete

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Filled or well-supplied

136
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Adduce

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Cite as evidence

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Expedite

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To make accomplishment of action quicker

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