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ingratiating

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adj. intended to gain approval or favor; sycophantic

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amenable

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adj. agreeable; responsive to suggestion

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astringent

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

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contiguous

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adj. sharing a border; touching; adjacent

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credulous

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adj. tending to believe too readily; gullible

n. credulity

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cynicism

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n. attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness

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decorum

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n. polite or appropriate conduct or behavior

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derision

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n. scorn, ridicule, contemptuous treatment

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desiccate

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v. to dehydrate; to make dry or dull

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disparage

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v. to slight or belittle

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fawn

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v. to flatter or praise excessively

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flout

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v. to show contempt for, as in a rule or convention

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garrulous

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adj. pointlessly talkative; talking too much

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glib

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adj. marked by ease or informality; nonchalant;

adj. lacking in depth; superficial

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immutable

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adj. not capable of change

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impetuous

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adj. hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement

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indifferent

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adj. having no interest or concern; showing no bias or prejudice

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inimical

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adj. damaging; harmful; injurious

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intrepid

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adj. steadfast and courageous

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laconic

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adj. using few words; terse

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maverick

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

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mercurial

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adj. characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood

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mollify

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v. to calm or soothe; to reduce in emotional intensity

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neophyte

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n. a recent convert; a beginner; novice

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obfuscate

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v. to deliberately obscure; to make confusing

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plethora

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n. an overabundance; a surplus

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pragmatic

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adj. practical rather than idealistic

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presumptuous

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adj. overstepping due bounds; taking liberties

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probity

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n. adherence to highest principles; complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness

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proclivity

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n. a natural predisposition or inclination

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propensity

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n. a natural inclination or tendency; penchant

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prosaic

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adj. dull; lacking in spirit or imagination

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pungent

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adj. characterized by strong, sharp smell or taste

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rarefy

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v. to make or become thin, less dense; to refine

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recondite

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adj. hidden, concealed; difficult to understand, obscure

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renege

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v. to fail to honor a commitment; to go back on a promise

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sedulous

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adj. diligent; persistent; hard-working

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spendthrift

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n. one who spends money wastefully

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tacit

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adj. implied; not explicitly stated

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terse

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adj. brief and concise in wording

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tout

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v. to publicly praise or promote

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trenchant

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adj. sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating

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unfeigned

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genuine; not false or hypocritical

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untenable

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adj. indefensible; not viable; uninhabitable

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variegated

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adj. multicolored; characterized by a variety of patches of different color

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vexation

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n. annoyance; irritation

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vituperate

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v. to use harsh condemnatory language; to abuse or censure severely or abusively; to berate

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volatile

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adj. readily changing to a vapor; changeable; fickle; explosive

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dilettante

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n. one with amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge; amateur; patron of the arts

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proffer

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v. to hold out (something) to someone for acceptance; offer

n. an offer or proposal

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dysphemism

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n. unpleasant or derogatory term used instead of a pleasant or neutral one

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euphemism

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n. a mild or indirect word used to replace one considered too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing

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falsify

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v. to alter so as to mislead; forge
v. to prove to be false
v. fail to fulfill; remove the justification for

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transmute

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v. to change in form, nature, or substance

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sardonic

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adj. grimly mocking or cynical

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laconic

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adj. using very few words

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gull

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v. to fool or deceive (someone)

n. a person who is fooled or deceived

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protract

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v. to prolong;

v. to draw to scale

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collude

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v. to conspire; come to a secret understanding for a harmful purpose

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prattle

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v. to talk at length in a foolish or inconsequential way

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truculent

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adj. eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant

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effrontery

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n. insolent or impertinent behaviour

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impertinent

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adj. not showing proper respect; rude;

adj. irrelevant

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guileless

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adj. devoid of guile; innocent and without deception

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protracted

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adj. lasting for a long time or longer than usual or expected

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virulent

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adj. (of a disease or poison) extremely severe or harmful in its effects; (of a pathogen) extremely infective;
adj. bitterly hostile

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discomfit

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v. to make someone feel uneasy or embarrassed

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mortify

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v. to cause someone to feel embarrassed, ashamed, or humiliated;
v. to subdue by self-denial or discipline;
v. (archaic; of flesh) to be affected by gangrene or necrosis

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oblique

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adj. indirect; slanting (i.e. neither parallel or perpendicular);
adj. (grammar) denoting any case other than the nominative or vocative

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antediluvian

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adj. pertaining to a time before the Flood; ridiculously old fashioned

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gentrify

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v. renovate and improve (esp. a house or district) so that it conforms to middle class taste; make more refined or dignified

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aplomb

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n. self-confidence or assurance (esp. in a demanding situation)

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superannuate

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trans. v. to retire (someone) with a pension

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jeremiad

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n. a long, mournful complaint or lamentation; a list of woes

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philippic

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n. a bitter attack or denunciation (esp. a verbal one)

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superannuation

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n. regular payment made by an employee into a pension fund; a pension paid to a retired person; the process of superannuating an employee

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superannuated

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adj. belonging to a superannuation plan;

adj. obsolete through age or new technological or intellectual developments

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reify

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v. to make (something abstract) more concrete or real

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quandary

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n. a state of perplexity or uncertainty over what to do in a difficult situation; a difficult situation; a practical dilemma

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strident

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adj. loud and harsh; grating;

adj. presenting a point of view in an excessively and unpleasantly forceful way

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vapid

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adj. lacking liveliness, briskness, or force; flat, dull;

adj offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging

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concerted

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adj. jointly arranged, planned or carried out; coordinated;
adj. strenuously carried out; done with great effort;
adj. (of music) arranged in several parts of equal importance

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perambulate

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v. to walk or travel through or around a place or area (esp. for pleasure in a leisurely way)

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transmogrify

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v. to transform (esp. in a surprising or magical manner)

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effervesce

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v. (of a liquid) to give off bubbles;

v. be vivacious and enthusiastic

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restive

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adj. (of a person) unable to keep still or silent and becoming increasingly difficult to control;
adj. (of a horse) refusing to advance, stubbornly standing still or moving backward or sideways

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supercilious

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adj. behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others

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slovenly

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adj. messy and dirty;

adj. careless; excessively casual

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wag

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n. a person who makes facetious jokes

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vituperative

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adj. bitter and abusive

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basal

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adj. forming or belonging to a bottom layer or base

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acquiescent

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v. to accept something reluctantly but without protest

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draconian

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adj. (of laws or their application) excessively harsh and severe

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superciliary

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adj. pertaining to the eyebrow or the region over the eye

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stilted

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adj. (of a manner of talking or writing) stiff and self-conscious or unnatural;
adj. standing on stilts

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