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aberrant

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deviating from the norm

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ambiguous

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unclear; open to more than one potential meaning

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anachronistic

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belonging to another time;removed from natural chronological context

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anomalous

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abnormal;deviating from common or general type

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anomaly

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deviation from the normal order; form, or rule, abnormality

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archaic

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outdated; associated with an earlier; perhaps more primitive time

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ascetic

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one who practices rigid self-denial;esp as an act of religious devotion.

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banal

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lacking originality; commonplace

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brilliance

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extreme brightness; possessing luminosity or genius

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camouflage

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a means of disguising people or things to make them blend in with their surroundings

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commensurate

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matching;corresponding or proportionate in degree, size, or amount

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conspicuous

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easily visible;obvious

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derivative

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unoriginal; obtained from another source

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deviance

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state or quality of differing from the accepted norm; abnormality

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deviation

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departure or wandering away from the accepted standard

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discrete

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distinct;individual

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diffuse

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dispersed or scattered; not centralized

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digress

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to stray from the point; to go off on a tangent

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discondent

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conflicting dissonant or harsh in sound

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disinterest

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lack of bias or involvement; impartiality

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dispersed

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spread out or scattered

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distention

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the state or act of extending or being

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disinterested

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uninvolved; free from self interest

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eccentric

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departing from norms or conventions

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eclectic

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culled from many sources

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emulate

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to imitate with the goal of rivaling or surpassing

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enigmatic

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mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand

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esoteric

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intended for or understand by a small, specfic group

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flamboyant

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ostentatious or showy; flashy

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florid

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flowery;ruddy;ornate

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heretical

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unorthodox;iconoclastic; dissenting from established dogma

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hierarchy

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a system in which individuals or things are ranked in a particular order.

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homogeneous

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made up of elements that are similar in nature or kind;uniform

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iconoclastic

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attacking cherished beliefs; heretical; heterodox

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idiosyncrasy

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a quirk particular to a group or individual

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imperturbable

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marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness

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innocuous

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harmless;causing no damage

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marginal

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relating to or at an edge or boundary;minimal

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maverick

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an independent individual who does not go along with a group or party

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mitigate

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a make or become less severe or intense; to moderate

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monotonous

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dull and without variety;tedious

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mundane

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of the world;typical of or concerned with the ordinary

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ostracism

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the act of casting out or excluding an individual from a society or group; banishment

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perennial

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recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly

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recluse

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one who avoids social contact and lives in seclusion

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scarce

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rare and sufficient

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sporadic

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occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances

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superfluous

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exceeding what is sufficient or necessary

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symmetry

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the quality of begin evenly balanced; the possession of perfect correspondence between sides or parts

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tangential

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only touching briefly upon the topic at hand; irrelevant

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temper

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to moderate or soothe

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temperate

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moderate; marked by restraint and lack of extremes

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