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Errant

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Wandering

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Fete

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To celebrate a person

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Sordid

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Involving ignoble action; arousing moral distaste; repulsive

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Conniving

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Taking part in an evil plot

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Chauvinist

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One who believes in the superiority of one’s group

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Sanguine

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Cheerful; optimistic

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Vicarious

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Felt as if one were taking part in the experience of another

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Balk

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To refuse to comply

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Genial

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Agreeable; conducive to comfort

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Staid

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Characterized by dignity and propriety

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Ferret

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To search for something persistently

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Clemency

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Leniency and compassion shown in the court

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Malodorous

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Having an unpleasant smell

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Presumptuous

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Excessively forward or bold; impertinent

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Piquant

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Possessing an agreeably pungent taste

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Peevish

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Easily irritated; petulant

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Vanquish

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To come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

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Amok

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In a frenzied or uncontrolled state

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Pine

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To yearn for

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Surly

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Inclined to anger or bad feelings

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Perquisite

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A right reserved for a particular person or group

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Humdrum

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Dull and lacking excitement

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Paucity

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A lack of something

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Behoove

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To be one’s duty or obligation

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Spurn

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Reject with contempt

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Sentimental

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Insincerely emotional

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Appreciable

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Large enough to be noticed

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Whimsical

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Determined by impulse; capricious

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Indignant

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Angry over perceived injustice

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Smattering

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Slight or superficial understanding; small amount

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Brusquely

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In a blunt, direct manner

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Vie

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To compete for something

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Malleable

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Capable of being shaped or bent; easily influenced

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Foolhardy

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Marked by defiant disregard for danger

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Eke

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To live off meager resources

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Fleece

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To deceive

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Scintillating

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Brilliant; lively

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Leery

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Openly distrustful

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Glib

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Speaking with ease but without sincerity

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Junta

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Aggressive takeover by a group

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Snub

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To refuse to acknowledge; to outrightly reject

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Creditable

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Deserving praise but not that amazing

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Virago

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Ill-tempered or violent woman

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Reprobate

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A person without morals

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Cerebral

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Involving intelligence, as opposed to emotions

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Wax

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To gradually increase in size or intensity

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Finagle

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Achieve something by trickery or devious means

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Affable

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Likeable; easy to talk to

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Facetious

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Cleverly amusing in tone

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Boorish

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Ill-mannered and coarse; contemptible in behavior or appearance

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Insolvent

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Bankrupt

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Raffish

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Carefree unconventionality or disreputableness

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Redress

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To make something right

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Enumerate

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To determine the number or amount of; to list out

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Start

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Sudden move in a particular direction

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Quip

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A witty saying or remark

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Obliging

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Showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others

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Peruse

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To read very carefully

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Cadaverous

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Emaciated; gaunt; thin

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Raft

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A large number

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Tawdry

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Tastelessly showy

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Serendipity

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An instance in which an accidental, fortunate discovery is made

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Perennial

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Lasting an indefinitely long time; eternal

64
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Voracious

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Extremely hungry; ravenous

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Exhort

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To strongly urge on; to encourage

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Compound

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To make more intense, stronger, more marked

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Veneer

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Thin superficial layer that hides underlying substance

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Begrudge

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To give reluctantly; to envy someone

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Unconscionable

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Unreasonable; unscrupulous; excessive

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Demure

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modest; shy

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Exasperate

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To irritate intensely

72
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Debase

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To reduce the quality or value of something

73
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Flush

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To be in abundance

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Moot

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Open to argument; undecidable in a meaningless way

75
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Demean

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To insult

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Extenuating

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Making less guilty or more forgivable

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Cardinal

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Of primary importance

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Stolid

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Not easily excited; revealing little emotion

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Incumbent

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Necessary as duty or responsibility

80
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Becoming

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Appropriate

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Fawn

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Try to gain favor by extreme flattery

82
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Flounder

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Behave awkwardly; have difficulties

83
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Smug

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Marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction

84
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Spendthrift

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One who spends money extravagantly

85
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Irascible

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Quickly aroused to anger

86
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Unseemly

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Not keeping up with acceptable societal standards

87
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Vacuous

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Devoid of intelligence, matter, or significance

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Sanctimonious

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Making a show of being pious; holier-than-thou

89
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Antedate

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To precede in time

90
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Snide

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Expressive of contempt; derogatory or mocking

91
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Credulity

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Tendency to believe easily; gullibility

92
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Boon

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Desirable state; something helpful; convivial

93
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Screed

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An abusive rant

94
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Contrite

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Remorseful

95
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Replete

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To be full of something

96
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Guffaw

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To laugh boisterously

97
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Goad

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To urge on with unpleasant comments

98
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Ascendancy

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When one person has power over another

99
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Tact

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Consideration in dealing with others

100
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Remiss

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To be negligent in one’s duty

101
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Thrifty

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Spending money wisely

102
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Err

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To make an error

103
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Evenhanded

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Without partiality

104
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Qualm

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Uneasiness about the fitness of an action

105
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Miscreant

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One who breaks the law

106
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Inarticulate

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Deprived of the use of speech or words

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Rankle

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To gnaw into; to make resentful or angry

108
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Macabre

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Gruesome; suggesting horror of death and decay

109
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Foible

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A behavioral attribute that is distinctive to an individual

110
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Presumption

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An assumption taken for granted; audacious behavior

111
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Beatific

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Blissfully happy

112
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Fledgling

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Young and inexperienced

113
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Genteel

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Marked by refinement in taste

114
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Irk

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To irritate or vex

115
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Embroiled

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Involved in argument or contention

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Besiege

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To harass, with questions or requests, and cause distress

117
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Cavalier

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Marked by haughty disregard of others

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Irresolute

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Uncertain how to act or proceed; nonplussed

119
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Profuse

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Plentiful

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Endemic

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Native; indigenous

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Checkered

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Marked by disreputable or unfortunate happenings

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Rakish

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Marked by carefree unconventionality; raffish

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Aboveboard

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Open and honest

124
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Credence

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Belief in something

125
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Inclement

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Unpleasant weather; person showing no mercy

126
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Moment

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Significant and important value

127
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Retiring

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To be shy

128
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Plodding

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Slow and laborious

129
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Quandary

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State of uncertainty

130
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Wanton

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Without check or limitation; lack of moral restraint

131
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Analogous

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Comparable in certain respects, but not fully

132
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Consummate

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Revealing supreme mastery; make perfect

133
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Grovel

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To show submission or fear

134
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Devolve

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To pass on; to grow worse

135
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Robust

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Sturdy in form and constitution

136
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Carping

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Persistently petty and unjustified criticism

137
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Placid

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Not easily irritated

138
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Lassitude

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Extreme tiredness, either mental or physical

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