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inimitable

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(adjective) one of a kind; peerless

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iniquity

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(noun) gross injustice; wickedness

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innervate

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(verb) to supply with nerves; to embolden; to energize

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inscrutable

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(adjective) incapable of being discovered or understood

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insensible

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(adjective) unconscious; unresponsive: unaffected; numb

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insouciant

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(adjective) unconcerned; carefree; heedless

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insular

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(adjective) parochial; narrow-minded

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interdict

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(verb) to prohibit; to forbid; to ban; to halt

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inveigh

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(verb) to attack verbally; to denounce; to deprecate

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inveterate

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(adjective) deep-rooted; ingrained; habitual

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involute

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(adjective) intricate; complex; convoluted

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itinerate

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(adjective) to travel from place to place; to peregrinate

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jejune

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(adjective) vapid; uninteresting; immature; puerile

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jibe

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(verb) to agree; to be in accord

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jocose, jocular

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(adjective) humorous; gay; blithe

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labile

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(adjective) readily open to change; unstable

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lachrymose

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(adjective) causing tears; tearful

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lambaste

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(verb) to censure; to excoriate; to berate

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lassitude

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(adjective) listlessness; languor; weariness

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libertine

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(noun) someone unrestrained by morality or convention

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limn

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(verb) to draw; to outline in detail; to delineate; to describe

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limpid

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(adjective) transparent; serene; clear; untroubled; pellucid

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lubricious

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(adjective) lewd; wanton; greasy; slippery

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luculent

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(adjective) easily understood; lucid; clear

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macerate

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(verb) to waste away; to soften or wear away by excessive fasting or by excessive steeping

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maculate

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(adjective) marked with spots or blotches; besmirched; impure

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malinger

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(verb) to feign illness to avoid work; to avoid work

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maunder

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(verb) to digress; to meander; to stray from the topic or path

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mellifluous

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(adjective) sweetly flowing, usually used to describe use of words

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mendicant

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(noun) beggar; supplicant

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meretricious

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(adjective) cheap; gaudy; tawdry; flashy; showy

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metamorphose

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(verb) to transform; to change utterly

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mettle

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(noun) strength of spirit; courage; stamina

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mettlesome

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(adjective) courageous; high-spirited

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militate

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(verb) to have weight; to bear on; to argue (against)

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minatory

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(adjective) menacing: threatening

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misogynist

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(noun) one who hates women/females

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multifarious

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(adjective) varied; motley; greatly diversified

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nadir

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(noun) low point; perigee

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natty

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(adjective) trimly neat and tidy; smart

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nexus

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(noun) a connection, tie, or link

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noisome

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(adjective) offensive, especially to one’s sense of smell; fetid

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nonplused

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(adjective) baffled; in a quandary; at a loss for what to say or do

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nostrum

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(noun) panacea; cure-all; placebo; questionable remedy; palliative

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nugatory

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(adjective) trifling; inconsequential

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obloquy

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(noun) abusively detractive language; sharp criticism; vituperation; calumny

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obstreperous

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(adjective) noisy; loud

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officious

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(adjective) meddlesome; pushy in one’s services

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ossified

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(adjective) tending to become more rigid; conventional; sterile and reactionary with age;literally, turned into bone

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literally, turned into bone

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ostensible

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ostensible

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(adjective) seeming; appearing as such; professed

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overweening

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(adjective) presumptuously arrogant; supercilious; o(verb)earing

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palliate

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(verb) to make something appear less serious; to gloss over

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panegyric

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(noun) formal praise; eulogy; encomium

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paradigm

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(noun) a model, example, or pattern; exemplar

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pariah

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(noun) an outcast; a rejected and despised person

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parry

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(verb) to block; to evade or ward off. as a blow

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parsimonious

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(adjective) cheap; miserly

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partisan

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(adjective)/(noun)

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paucity

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(noun) scarcity; a lacking

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peccadillo

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(noun) a slight offense; literally, a minor sin

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