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Abysmal

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Extremely or hopelessly bad or severe.

Abyss= immeasurably deep

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Diffident

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Restrained or reserved in manner

Lacking confidence in ones own ability, worth, etc.

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Adumbrate

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To outline or sketch; to produce a faint image or resemblance.

To foreshadow

To overshadow

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Improvident

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Lacking foresight; incautious; unwary

Not provident, or not mindful and providing for the future

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Lithesome

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Pliant; limber; flexible; supple

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Piquant

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Pleasantly tart in taste

Stimulating, interesting, or attractive

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Acclaim

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To applaud or welcome with shouts of praise

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Vehement

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Strongly emotional; intense or passionate

Rancorous

Zealous; marked by great energy

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Bigot

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A person who is intolerant of any different creed, belief or opinion

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Cajole

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Coax; to be persuaded by flattery or promise

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Flout

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To treat with disdain, scorn or contempt; mock; scoff at; insult

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Subdue

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To overpower by superior force

To repress

To reduce the intensity

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Penchant

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A strong inclination or liking for something

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Obfuscate

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To confuse, bewilder or stupefy

To obscure or make unclear

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Peremptory

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Leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal

Dictatorial

Assertive in speech

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Naught

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Nothing

Lost; ruined

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Rake

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A dissolute or profligate person

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Maverick

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Unorthodox, unconventional, nonconformist

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Occult

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Relating to magic, astrology, or the powers of the supernatural

Secret, hidden from view

Beyond the ordinary

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Licentious

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Sexually unrestrained; lascivious

Immoral

Going beyond customary bounds or limits

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Munificent

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Extremely generous

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Broached

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To tap or pierce

To suggest something for the first time

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Credulous

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Willing to trust or believe too readily especially without adequate evidence

Gullible

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Lugubrious

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Mournful, dismal, or gloomy especially in an exaggerated manner

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Jocund

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Cheerful; merry; blithe; glad

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Mendicant

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A person who lives by begging

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Uncouth

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Unusual or strange; awkward; clumsy

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Epithet

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A characterizing word or phrase used specifically for something

Mans best friend = dog

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Satiate

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To satisfy ones own desires to the point of boredom

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Ineffable

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Not capable of being described in words

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Sagacity

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Acuteness or mental judgment and discernment

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Chimerical

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Unreal; fanciful; imaginary

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Coruscating

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To emit flashes or light; gleam

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Augur

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To predict or conjecture as if from a sign or omen

To argue; an excessively talkative person

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Iniquitous

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Wicked; sinful; unjust

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Remonstrate

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To plead in protest

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Regale

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To entertain lavishly

To feast

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Recuse

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To withdraw from a position of judging

To reject or challenge as disqualified to act due to bias of interest

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Foment

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To foster

To instigate

To medicate or apply ointment

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Wastrel

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A wasteful person; spendthrift

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Germane

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Relevant; pertinent; closely related

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Assay

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To examine or analyze

To try or test

To judge the quality of; assess

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Routed

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An overwhelming defeat attended by disorderly flight

A tumultuous crowd of people

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Caricature

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A picture or description ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or details of a person or thing

A distorted image

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Personification

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The attribution of human characteristics to a nonhuman thing

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Cantankerous

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Disagreeable to deal with; contentious; peevish

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Abrogate

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To abolish by official means

To put an end to

To put aside

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Rescind

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To nullify; invalidate; revoke; abrogate; annul; repeal

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Uncouth

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Awkward, clumsy, or unmannerly

strange or ungraceful

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Titanic

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Being extremely large

Possessing or requiring colossal strength

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Autocratic

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tyrannical; despotic; absolute; domineering

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Ire

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intense anger; wrath

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Loathe

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To feel strong hatred or disgust

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Wanton

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Done, shown, used, etc. maliciously or unjustifiably

Without regard for what is right

lascivious

uncalled-for; deliberate and without motive or provocation

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Loath

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unwilling; reluctant; disinclined; averse

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Antipodal

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Diametrically opposite

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Benighted

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Intellectually or morally ignorant; unenlightened

Overtaken by darkness or night

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Amenable

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open to influence, persuasion, or advice;
agreeable; submissive; tractable

Easily pursuaded

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Comely

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Pleasing in appearance; attractive; fair

Proper; seemly; becoming

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Scourges

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A cause of affliction or calamity

To punish or criticize severely

A person who inflicts punishment

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Prudent

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Wise or judicious in practical affairs; sagacious; discreet or circumspect; sober

careful in providing for the future; provident

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Encumbrance

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something burdensome, useless, or superfluous; hindrance

A dependent person, especially a child

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Accede

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To give consent, approval, or adherence; agree; assent

To assume an office or title

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Kibitz

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to offer advice or criticism as a kibitzer; meddle

Kibitzer= a giver on uninvited or unwanted advice

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Quibble

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to beat around the bush to evade a point and issue; to make trivial objections; to prevaricate

petty or carping criticism; a minor objection

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Equitable

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Just and right; fair; reasonable

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Delude

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To mislead the mind or judgment; deceive

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Prurient

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Having lustful thoughts, desires, etc.

Causing lasciviousness or lust

Having a restless desire or longing

Erotic

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Sacrosanct

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Extremely sacred or inviolable

Not to entered or trespassed upon

Above or beyond criticism, change, or interference

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Pedestrian

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Lacking in vitality, imagination, etc.; commonplace; dull

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Stagnation

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A failure to develop, progress, move forward, advance; feeling sluggish and dull

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Coy

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shy; modest

Showing reluctance to share one’s opinion

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Supercilious

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Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression; arrogant

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Acquiesce

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To assent tacitly; submit or comply silently or without protest; agree

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Tacit

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Understood without being openly expressed; implied

Silent

Unspoken

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Demure

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Characterized by shyness and modesty; reserved

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Elucidation

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To make clear; cast light on

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Malapropism

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An act or habit or misusing words ridiculously, especially by the confusion of words that are similar in sound

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Tepid

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Lukewarm

Characterized by a lack of force or enthusiasm

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Kismet

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Fate; destiny

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Imbroglio

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A misunderstanding or disagreement

A complicated situation

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Bemuse

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To bewilder or confuse

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Excoriate

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To denounce or berate severely; flay verbally

To strip off the skin from

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Aplomb

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Imperturbable poise or assurance

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Taciturn

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Inclined to silence; reserved in speech

Silent in expression and manner; stern

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Insolence

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Contemptuously rude or impertinent behavior or speech

Insolent = boldly rude or disrespectful; insulting

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Stentorian

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Very loud or powerful in sound

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Expository

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Serving to expound, set forth, or explain

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Poignant

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Keenly distressing to the feelings

Affecting or moving the emotions

Pungent to the smell

To the point; piercing

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Imbibe

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to consume by drinking

To absorb or soak up

To take or receive into the mind, as knowledge, ideas, etc.

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Dispassion

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the state or quality of being unemotional or emotionally uninvolved

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Trepidation

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Tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation

Trembling or quivering movement

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Apprehension

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Anticipation of adversity or misfortune; anxiety; dread; worry

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Diaphanous

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Very sheer and light; almost completely transparent

Delicately hazy

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Scintillation

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Sparkling

A spark or flash

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Quittance

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Recompense; requital

Discharge from a debt or obligation

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Petulant

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Showing sudden, impatient irritation

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Trifle

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A matter of trivial importance

To deal lightly or without due respect

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Disquietude

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Uneasiness

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Surreptitious

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Obtained, done, made,etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized; clandestine

Acting in a stealthy way

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Subreption

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The concealment of facts to obtain benefits

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Circuitous

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Roundabout; not direct

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Impinge

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To make an impression; have an impact

To encroach; infringe

To strike; collide

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Abnegating

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To refuse or deny oneself; reject; renounce

To relinquish; give up

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Excogitate

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To think out; devise; invent

To study intently and carefully in order to grasp or comprehend fully

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Intemperate

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Immoderate in indulgence of appetite or passion

Unrestrained

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Abstemious

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Sparing; temperate

Characterized by abstinence

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Vacillation

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A state of indecision or irresolution

Fluctuation

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Unctuous

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Characterized by excessive piousness or moralistic fervor

Excessively smooth, suave, or smug

Slippery or greasy

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Sonorous

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Loud, deep, or resonant in sound

Grandiloquent; high-flown

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Abstruse

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Hard to understand; recondite; esoteric

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