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Burgeoning

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Improve prosper

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Equivocal

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Open to more than one interpretation / ambiguous

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Diligence

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Hard work, thoroughness

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Deft

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Quick and skillful

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Tacit

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Implied

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Carnal

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Sexual

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Apocryphal

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Made up, factious

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Espouse

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Adopt , embrace

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Consign

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Hand over

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Tetchy

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Bad tempered

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Deferential

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Respectful

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Impertinence

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Rudeness, insolence

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Acrimony

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Bitterness, ill feeling

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Extolled

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Praise highly

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Indigent

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Extreme poverty

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Culpable

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Guilty

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Exonerate

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To relieve of responsibility,absolve

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Deportment

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Behaviour

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Antecedent

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Predecessor

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Beguiling

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Deceptive

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Engender

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Give rise to

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Amenable

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Cooperative

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Inequitable

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Unfair

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Disparaging

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Deprecate , belitte

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Obsequious

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Showing compliance

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Sycophant

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Suck up

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Fawning

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Exagerated flattery

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Jubilant

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Overjoyed , joyful

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Extol

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Praise

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Saccharine

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Overly sweet

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Fetid

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Stinky

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Aloof

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Unsociable, distant

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Maladroit

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Awkward , clumsy

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Tenable

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Sustainable , defensible

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Bucolic

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Rural , rustic

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Slovenly

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Untidy

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Avaricious

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Greedy

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Eschew

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To avoid

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Perfunctory

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Routine , lacking interest or enthusiasm, Indifferent

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Precedence

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Priority, superiority

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Assuage

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Relieve

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Prodical

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Wasteful , spendthrift

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Fervid

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Fervent , ardent , intensely enthusiastic

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Placate

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Sooth , make less angry

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Desicate

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Dry , dehydrate

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Laudable

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Praise worthy

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Pedant

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Perfectionist , makes excessive display of knowledge

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Vacillate

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Fluctuate

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Capricious

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Unpredictable, erratic

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Loquacious

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Talkative , chatty

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Pragmatic

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Practical, sensible

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Volatile

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Turbulent , change rapidly and unpredictably

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Corroborate

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Confirm, verify

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Ephemeral

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Fleeting , brief , short

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Laconic

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Using few words

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Mitigate

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Lessen , weaken , reduce

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Propriety

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Decency , civility

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Cacophony

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Unpleasant mixture of sounds

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Enervate

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Exhaust, tire

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Ingenuous

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Naive

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Misanthrope

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Person who hates humankind

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Venerate

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Revere , exalt , respect

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Deride

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Mock

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Lethargic

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Lacking energy

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Obdurate

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Inflexible ,obstinate

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Bolster

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Reinforce , boost

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Dissonance

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Discord , lack of harmony or agreement

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Garrulous

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Excessively talkative

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Malleable

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Easily influenced

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Ostentation

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Showiness , excessive display of wealth

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Prevaricate

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Avoid directly telling the truth , fool , misrepresent

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Belicose

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Favoring or inclined to start quarrel or war

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Benign

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Innocent , harmless

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Banal

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Pointless

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Trite

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Pointless , unoriginal

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Languid

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Sluggish

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Lethargic

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Listless , sluggish

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Meandering

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Indirect

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Poignant

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Emotionally moving

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Chimerical

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Imaginary

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Pander

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Indulge , cater

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Tortuous

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Full of twists and turns

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Abrasive

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Irritating

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Diffidently

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Hesitantly due to lack of self confidence

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Audacious

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  • daring , interpid

- rude , disrespectful

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Abase

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Lessen or lower

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Accrue

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Grow

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Impute

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Represent , to assign or attribute somethign to someone

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Pervasive

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Prevalent , omnipresent , general widespread

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Irascible

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Anger, rage

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Vexatious

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Causing annoyance

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Enmity

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Hostility

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Forbearance

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Patience

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Galvanize

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Motivate, urge

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Lucrative

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Profitable

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Prudent

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Wise

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Resolute

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Determined

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Singular

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Exceptional, notable

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Hyberbole

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Exaggerated statements or claims

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Derisively

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Showing contemptuous or ridicule manner

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Inaugurate

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Begin, initiate

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Circumvent

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Dodge , evade

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Abnegate

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To renounce

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Enjoin

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Urge to do something

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Admonish

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Warn or criticize

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Quixotic

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Utopian, idealistic

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Vacuous

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Inane , empty , lack of intelligence

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Exhortation

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Encouragement, eminem emphatically urging someone to do something

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Promulgation

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Put a law into affect

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Judicious

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Having or showing with good judgment

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Attenuates

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Diminishes , weaken

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Propitiates

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Appease

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Bourgeois

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Commonplace

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Delineated

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To outline or describe

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Bromidic

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Ordinary

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Inimical

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Unfriendly

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Auspicious

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Conducive to success, favorable

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Loquacious

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Talk excessively

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Inane

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Very small

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Extoiled

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Praise highly

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Winsome

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Appealing

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Indolent

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Lazy

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Indigent

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Impoverished, poor

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Plebian

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Commoner

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Patricians

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Aristocrats

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Dogma

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Belief

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Credence

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Credibility

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Anecdotal

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Based on observations

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Parochial

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Trivial or only concerns a local area , close minded

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Approbatory

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Full of praise

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Tepid

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Mediocre

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Inquisitive

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Curious

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Jejune

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Childish , immature

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Austerity

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Sterness

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Belied

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Failed to give true notion or impression

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Pertinent

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Relevant to a particular matter

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Indicative of

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Representative of

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Vicariously

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Experienced in the imagination through the actions of another person

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Appraise

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Asses the value or quality of

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Dither

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Act indecisively

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Obstinancy

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Stubbornness

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Lassitude

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Weariness

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Aberration

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Departure from the normal

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Impugnated

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Challenged

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