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Apathy towards

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Lack of feeling/interest

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Zeal

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Strong interest

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Antagonistic

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Dislike or conflict

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Sojourning

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Staying temporarily

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Confiscatory

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Seizing property

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Congruent

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In agreement

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Consummate (Adj)

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Perfect

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Apprehension

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Capture/Understanding/Fear

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Dogma

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Idea to be true

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Tenet

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Idea to be true

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Fancy (Noun)

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Whim

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Polity

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Government

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Spurious

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Illegitimate

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Fallacious

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False

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Terse

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Using few words

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Succinct

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Brief

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Bellicose

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Looking for a fight

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Blithe

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Cheerful

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Renounce

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To put aside

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Extol

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To praise highly

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Eulogise

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To praise highly

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Deprecate

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Disapprove

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Discountenance

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Disapprove

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Apogee

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Climax

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Impasse

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Situation of no progress

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Impugn

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To dispute the truth (of)…

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Acrimony

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Bitterness

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Cacophony

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Combination of harsh sounds

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Sinecure

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Position requiring little work, but benefit to holder

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Paltry

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Small

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Abhorrent

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Repugnant

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Truculent

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Eager to fight

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Desultory

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Lacking a plan/purpose

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34
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Parsimonious

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Stingy

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35
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Circumvent

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Find a way around

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Sacrosanct

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Sacred

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Injudicious

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Unwise

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38
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Embryonic

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Early (stage of development)

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Refute

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Discredit

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Pestilential

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Relating to infectious disease

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Subterranean

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Existing under the surface of

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42
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Enmity

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Animosity

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43
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Approbation

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Praise

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44
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Largess(e)

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Generosity

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45
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Repudiate

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Reject

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Miscreant

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Someone who has done something wrong

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Interloper

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Intruder

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Duress

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Forcing (someone to do something)

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Ebullience

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Being happy or cheerful

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50
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Inscrutable

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Impossible to understand or interpret

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51
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Mercenary

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Money making at all costs

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52
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Draconian

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Excessively harsh

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53
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Insipid

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Tasteless

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54
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Prolocutor

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Spokesperson

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55
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Benevolent

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Well meaning

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56
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Despot

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Tyrant

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Phlegmatic

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Calm

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Conciliatory

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Calm

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Cantankerous

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Argumentative

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Ephemeral

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Fleeting

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Facetious

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Using humour inappropriately

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Cognoscenti

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Experts

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Neophyte

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Novice

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Detractor

A

Someone who criticises

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Malcontents

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Troublemakers

66
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Canonical

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Recognised

67
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Antithetical

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Opposite

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Candor

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Frankness

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Impetuous

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Impulsive

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Inchoate

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Beginning to develop

71
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Sedentary

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Inactive

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Incipient

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Beginning to develop

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Stalwart

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Loyal OR Sturdy

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Stout

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Sturdy

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Irrefragable

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Impossible to refute

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Fecund

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Fertile

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Transient

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Fleeting

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Paean

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Expression of praise

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Panegyric

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Expression of praise

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Diatribe

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A critical and aggressive speech

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Harangue

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A critical and aggressive speech

82
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Exculpated

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To have blame removed

83
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Exonerated

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To have one’s innocence proven

84
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Lionised

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Celebrated

85
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Intractable

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Stubborn

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Obstinate

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Stubborn

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Enervated

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Weakened

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Diffident

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Shy

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Guileless

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Honest and innocent

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Artless

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Honest and innocent

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Duplicitous

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Deceptive

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Mendacious

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Deceptive

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Hapless

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Unlucky

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Listless

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Lacking energy

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Unintelligible

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Unclear

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Esoteric

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Understood by certain people

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Histrionic

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Melodramatic

98
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Assuage

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Relieve

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Augment

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Increase

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Ignominious

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Humiliating

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Obscure

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Unknown

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Apocryphal

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Fictitious

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Inimical

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Harmful

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Abstruse

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Difficult to understand

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Discern

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Recognise/Find out

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Mellifluous

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Pleasant sound

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Laconic

A

Using few words

108
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Euphonic

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Pleasant sound

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Strident

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Harsh sounding

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Soporific

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Make you sleepy

111
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Deleterious

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Damaging

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Salubrious

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Healthy

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Lampoon

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Ridicule

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Gregarious

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Sociable

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Obsequious

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Excessively attentive

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Reticent

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Introverted

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Scurrilous

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Offensive

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Vagaries

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Sudden/unexpected changes

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Picayune

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Trivial

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Perfunctory

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Casual

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Supercilious

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Arrogant

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Prolix

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Tediously lengthy

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Pacify

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Calm (verb)

124
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Restive

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Hyperactive

125
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Noisome

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Smelly/Foul

126
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Abrogate

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Repeal

127
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Intransigent

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Uncompromising

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Toothsome

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Desirable

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Scanty

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Minimal

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Lucid

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Expressed clearly

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Prosaic

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Unimaginative

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Extirpate

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Destroy

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Recondite

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Difficult to understand

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Gaudiness (Gaudy)

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Lacking taste - naff

135
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Bedlam

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State of uproar

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Punctilious

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Meticulous

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Vociferous

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Loud and opinionated

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Waggish

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Playful, mischievous

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Arresting

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Eye catching

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Vituperate

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Insult or blame

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Hardiness

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Robustness

142
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Eschew

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Avoid

143
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Quotidian

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Boring

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Latent

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Hidden/Undeveloped

145
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Dilapidation

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Process of falling into state of disrepair

146
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Depilation

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Hair removal

147
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Inundated

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Overwhelmed

148
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Obviate

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Remove

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Indignant

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Aggrieved

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