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capricious

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inclined to change one’s mind impulsively; erratic, unpredictable

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filibuster

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intentional obstruction, esp. using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action

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relegate

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to forcibly assign, esp. to a lower place or position

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bucolic

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rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants

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contentious

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argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement

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dearth

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smallness of quantity or number; scarcity; a lack

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morose

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sad; sullen; melancholy

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incipient

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beginning to come into being or to become apparent

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penurious

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penny pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous

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peruse

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to examine with great care

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prolific

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producing large volumes or amounts; productive

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vilify

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to defame; to characterize harshly

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dissemble

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to disguise or conceal; to mislead

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hegemony

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the consistent dominance of one state or ideology over others

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impunity

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immunity from punishment or penalty

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pedantic

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overly concerned with the trivial details of learning or education; showing offish about one’s knowledge

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pith

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the essential or central part

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querulous

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prone to complaining or grumbling; peevish

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reverent

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marked by, feeling, or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect

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surfeit

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an overabundant supply; excess; to feed to supply to excess

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tenacity

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the quality of adherence or persistence to something valued; persistent determination

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tenuous

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having little substance or strength; flimsy; weak

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astringent

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having a tightening effect on living tissue; harsh; severe; something with a tightening effect on tissue

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convention

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a generally agreed upon practice or attitude

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derision
scorn, ridicule, contemptuous treatment
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maverick
an independent individual who does not go along with a group or party
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neophyte
a recent convert; a beginner; novice
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quixotic
foolishly impractical; marked by lofty romantic ideals
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recondite
hidden; concealed; difficult to understand; obscure
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renege
to fail to honor a commitment; to go back on a promise
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sedulous
diligent; persistent; hard working
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tout
to publicly praise or promote
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august
majestic, venerable
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brook
to tolerate; to endure; to countenance
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damp
to diminish the intensity or check the vibration of a sound
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die
a tool used for shaping
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ford
to wade across the shallow part of a river or stream
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grouse
to complain or grumble
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intimate
to imply, suggest, or insinuate
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list
to tilt or lean to one side
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meet
fitting, proper
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nice
exacting, fastidious, extremely precise
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pluck
courage, spunk, fortitude
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qualify
to limit
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prize
to pry, to press or force with a lever, something taken by force, spoils
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rent
torn; an opening or tear caused by such
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sap
to enervate or weaken the vitality of
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singular
exceptional, unusual, odd
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stand
a group of trees
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strut
the supporting structural cross part of a wing
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table
to remove from consideration
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waffle
to equivocate; to change one's position
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anathema
a solemn or ecclesiastical (religious) curse; accurese or thoroughly loathed person or thing
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apotheosis
a model of excellence or perfection
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asseverate
to aver, allege, or assert
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assiduous
diligent, hard working, sedulous
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captious
disposed to point out trivial faults; calculated to confuse or entrap in argument
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cavil
to find fault without good reason
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celerity
speed, alacrity
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contumacious
insubordinate, rebellious
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descry
to discriminate or discern
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desuetude
disuse
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diaphanous
transparent, gauzy
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exegesis
critical examination, explication
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imbroglio
difficult or embarrassing situation
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lubricious
lewd, wanton, greasy, slippery
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meretricious
cheap, gaudy, tawdry, flashy, showy; attracting by false show
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minatory
menacing, threatening
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ossified
tending to become more rigid, conventional, sterile, and reactionary with age; literally, turned into bone
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pellucid
transparent, easy to understand, limpid
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peroration
the concluding part of a speech; flowery, rhetorical speech
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pusillanimous
cowardly, craven
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saturnine
gloomy, dark, sullen, morose
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sententious
aphoristic or moralistic; epigrammatic; tending to moralize excessively
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sycophant
toady, servile, self seeking flatterer; parasite
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tendentious
biased; showing marked tendencies
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apprise
inform or tell someone
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intemperance
excessive or immoderate indulgence in alcoholic beverages; excessive indulgence of appetite or passion; lack of moderation or due restraint, as in action or speech.
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deference
humble submission and respect
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temper
Improve the hardness and elasticity of (steel or other metal) by reheating and then cooling it.
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distention
the state of being stretched beyond normal dimensions
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miser
A person who hoards wealth and spends as little money as possible
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commensurate
Corresponding in size or degree; in proportion.
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stint
Supply an ungenerous or inadequate amount of (something)
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goad
Provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate some action or reaction
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auspicious
conductive to success
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dubious
hesitating or doubting; suspect
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pundit
An expert in a particular subject or field who is frequently called on to give opinions about it to the public.

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