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prevarication

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when someone tells a lie, sneakily

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dissembler

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a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives

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mawkish

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sentimental in a feeble way

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perfunctory

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with minimum effort

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draconian

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excessively harsh

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prevaricate

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speak or act evasively

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legion

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in great number

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thoroughgoing

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absolute

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equivocation

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speak or act evasively

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glibness

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being talkative in a smooth, almost insincere way

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stridency

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making or having a harsh sound

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parsimony

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extreme unwillingness to spend money or use resources

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perfidy

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deceitfulness

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hamstrung

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crippled by having their hamstrings cut

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precis

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summary of a larger work

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pithy

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concise and forcefully expressive

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aphorism

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short sayings, usually of general truth

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ignominy

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public shame, disgrace

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tepid

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slightly warm

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heresy

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belief contrary to orthodox

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lionize

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give lots of public attention and approval to

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obsequious

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servile, obedient

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truculent

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eager to argue, defensive

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caustic

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sarcastic in scathing way

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resplendent

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attractive, impressive via colors/splendidness

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specious

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superficially plausible but wrong

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pastiche

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medley

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insolvent

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unable to pay debts

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recondite

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difficult to penetrate, incomprehensible

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prosaic

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lacking imagination, dull

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caviling

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raising frivolous objections

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ponderous

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weighed down

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hobnob

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drink together

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muckracking

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seeking to expose corruption

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polemic

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strong verbal or written attack

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apocryphal

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of questionable authenticity

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apprehended

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fully understood

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staid

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respectable, unadventurous

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garrulous

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excessively talkative

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eminent

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famous, respected in particular profession

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apogee

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highest point

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nadir

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lowest point

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precocity

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maturing early

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fastidious

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giving careful attention to detail

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trenchant

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full of vigor, cutting, incisive

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pugnacious

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disposed to fighting, quarrelsome

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imperil

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put at risk of being harmed

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gall

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to irritate

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disabuse

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to persuade someone that their belief is not valid

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debase

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reduce the quality/value of something

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banal

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repeated too often, overfamiliar

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ramshackle

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out of repair, loose, disjointed

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sycophantic

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using flattery to get what one wants, behaving obsequiously

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preeminent

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surpassing all others, best

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disapprobation

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strong disapproval

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braggadocio

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a boasting person

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cupidity

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greed for money

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revile

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hurl abusive language

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extol

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praise

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stultify

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cause one to lose enthusiasm or energy, likely due to routine

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perennial

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lasting indefinitely, continually recurring

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protracted

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prolonged

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lachrymose

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showing sorrow

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penurious

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poor

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sybarite

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someone who indulges in luxury

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germane

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relevant and appropriate

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largesse

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gift of money given

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untenable

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incapable of being defended

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repudiate

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refuse to accept or be associated with

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recapitulate

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summarize and restate main points of

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facetious

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flippant, treating serious issues casually

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patent (adj)

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obvious

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anoint

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ceremonially give divine office to (e.g. anoint a king), rub oil

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solicitous

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showing interest or concern

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munificent

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more generous than usual/necessary

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laconic

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using few words

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mendacity

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untruthfulness

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judicious

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showing good judgment

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doctrinaire

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seeking to impose doctrine regardless of practicality

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jettison

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abandon, discard

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modish

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conforming to what is fashionable, popular

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pernicious

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harmful, especially subtle/gradual

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salubrious

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health-giving, healthy

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remedial

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intended as remedy

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florid

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elaborately intricate, excessively complicated

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calumnious

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slanderous

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inveigle

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persuade using flattery or deception

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timorous

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timid

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innocuous

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not harmful nor offensive

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intractable

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hard to control

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recrudescent

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breaking out again, renewing

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inimical

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tending to obstruct or harm

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ostensible

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appearing to be true but not necessarily so

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openhanded

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giving generously

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consummate (adj)

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highly skilled

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denigrate

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criticize unfairly

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profliglate

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spending resources recklessly

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revelry

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lively, noisy celebration

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carousing

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drinking and enjoying yourself noisily and livelily

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jingoism

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extreme patriotism

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restiveness

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uneasily impatient, hard to control

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eschew

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deliberately avoid

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obdurate

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stubborn, unable to be moved

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impertinent

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disrespectful, rude

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munificent

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very generous

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sopoforic

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sleep inducing

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expansive

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open, communicative

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saturnine

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slow and gloomy

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antedate

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precede in time

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sclerotic

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hard, indurated, firm

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pilloried

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ridiculed in public, attacked

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propitious

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favorable, likely to win

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predilection

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strong liking

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behoove

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it is a duty of someone to do smth, e.g. it behooves him to train before the game

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is incumbent upon

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necessary as a duty to help, e.g. it is incumbent upon us to help

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punctilious

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showing great attention to detail, correctness

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myopic

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lacking foresight

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reticent

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disinclined to talk

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indelible

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unable to be forgotten or removed

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insouciance

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lacking concern, indifference

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pundit

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expert in field

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assiduity

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diligence

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inexonorable

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unstoppable

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sedulous

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done diligently and carefully

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artifice (n.)

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using cunning tricks to deceive

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spurious

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plausible but false

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inundate

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overwhelm, flood

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vitiate

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spoil, impair quality of

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redress

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remedy, make right

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belie

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disguise, contradict

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base (adj)

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without morals, ignoble

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hubris

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excessive pride

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mettlesome

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full of courage and spirit

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volubility

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talkativeness

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probity

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integrity, honesty, decency

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venality

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openness to bribery and corruption

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inchoate

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beginning to form, not fully formed

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supercilious

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haughty

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clemency

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leniency

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derelict

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not doing one’s duties

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inveterate

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habitual

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celerity

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speed

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feckless

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lazy, irresponsible

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bucolic

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relating to countryside

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intransigent

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refusing to change one’s views

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stolid

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showing little emotion

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anodyne

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soothing pain

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augury

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omen, object for foretelling the future

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histrionic

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overly theatrical

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temerity

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fearless daring

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torrid

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burning, parched from heat

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inclement

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unpleasant, stormy

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fecund

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abundantly producing, fertile

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pelucid

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clear, understandable

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pejorative

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derogatory, showing contempt

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tractable

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controllable, manageable

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enjoin

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urge someone to do smth

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dissimulation

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concealing of one’s thoughts

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nebulous

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vague, unclear

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taciturn

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uncommunicative, saying little

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apotheosis

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highest point

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vicissitudes

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irregularly changing state, revolution

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circumscribe

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to constrict

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studied

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deliberate, contrived, careful

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affectation

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artificial behavior meant to impress

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self-effacting

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not claiming attention, modest

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unstinting

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without restraint

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loath to

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unwilling

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intrepid

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fearless

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benighted

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unenlightened

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avail yourself to

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take advantage of

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