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approbation

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expression of approval or praise

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enervate

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to weaken, reduce in vitality

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fulminate

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to loudly attack/denounce

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obviate

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to anticipate or make unnecessary

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perspicacious

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acutely perceptive

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prevaricate

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to mislead, deliberately avoid truth

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truculent

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fierce & cruel, eager to fight

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bucolic

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rustic & pastoral

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chary

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wary, cautious, sparing

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cogent

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appealing forcibly to the mind/reason; convincing

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demur

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to question/oppose, express reluctance

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didactic

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intended to teach/instruct

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ebullience

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quality of lively/enthusiastic expression of thoughts/feelings

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elegy

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mournful poem, especially lamenting the dead

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emollient

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soothing, especially to skin; mollifying

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impecunious

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lacking funds

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inveigle

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to obtain by deception/flattery

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penurious

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excessively thrifty/ungenerous

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quaff

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to drink deeply

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quiescence

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stillness, motionlessness, state of rest

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redoubtable

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awe-inspiring, worthy of honor

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torpid

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lethargic, sluggish, dormant

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ubiquitous

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widespread, easily encountered

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adulterate

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to reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients

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aver

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to state as fact, declare, assert

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bombastic

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pompous, grandiloquent

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dissemble

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to disguise, conceal, mislead

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endemic

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characteristic of a particular place or people

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hackneyed

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rendered trite with frequent use

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halcyon

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calm & peaceful

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inchoate

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in an initial stage, not fully formed

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obdurate

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unyielding, hardhearted, intractable

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occlude

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to obscure, block

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opprobrium

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disgrace, contempt, scorn

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penury

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poverty, destitution

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pith

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the essential or central part

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polemical

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controversial, argumentative

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prodigal

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recklessly wasteful, lavish, extravagant

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querulous

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prone to complaining/grumbling

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recalcitrant

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obstinately defiant of authority, hard to manage

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salubrious

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promoting health/well-being

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specious

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seemingly true but actually false, deceptively attractive

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spurious

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false, counterfeit

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surfeit

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overabundance/excess

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aggrandize

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to increase in intensity, power, influence

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garrulous

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pointlessly talkative

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inimical

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damaging, harmful, injurious

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laconic

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using few words, terse

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neophyte

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recent convert, novice, beginner

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obfuscate

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to deliberately obscure, make confusing

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phlegmatic

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calm, sluggish, unemotional

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probity

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adherence to highest principles; complete & confirmed integrity

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profligate

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excessively wasteful, recklessly extravagant

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prosaic

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dull; lacking in spirit or imagination

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quotidian

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commonplace, occurring/recurring daily

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rarefy

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to make/become thin, less dense; to refine

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recondite

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hidden, concealed, difficult to understand, obscure

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refulgent

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radiant, shiny, bright

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sedulous

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diligent, persistent, hard-working

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soporific

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causing drowsiness or inducing sleep

61
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spendthrift

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one who spends money wastefully

62
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tacit

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implied, not explicitly stated

63
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trenchant

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sharply perceptive, keen, penetrating

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variegated

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multicolored; characterized by a variety of patches of different color

65
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vituperate

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

66
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august

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majestic, venerable

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bent

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leaning, inclination, proclivity, tendency

68
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cardinal

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major, as in cardinal sin

69
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chauvinist

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blindly devoted patriot

70
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consequential

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pompous, self-important (primary definitions are: logically following; important)

71
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die

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a tool used for shaping, as in a tool-and-die shop

72
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essay

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to test/try/attempt/experiment

73
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fell (adj)

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inhumanly cruel

74
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flag (verb)

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to sag or droop, become spiritless, decline

75
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flip (adj)

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sarcastic, impertinent (as in flippant)

76
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guy (noun)

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a rope, cord, or cable attached to something as a brace or guide; to steady or reinforce using a guy (think “guide”). (verb form: guyed, guying)

77
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meet (adj)

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fitting, proper

78
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mince (verb)

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to pronounce or speak affectedly; to euphemize, to speak too carefully. also to take tiny steps, tiptoe

79
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nice (adj)

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exacting, fastidious, extremely precise

80
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obtain (adj)

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to be established, accepted, or customary

81
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pied

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multicolored, usually in blotches

82
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scurvy (adj)

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contemptible, despicable

83
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wag (noun)

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wit, joker

84
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abjure

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to renounce or reject solemnly; to recant; to avoid

85
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adumbrate

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to foreshadow vaguely; to suggest or outline sketchily; to obscure or overshadow

86
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anathema

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a solemn or religious curse; accursed or thoroughly loathed person or thing

87
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anodyne

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soothing; something that eases pain

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apogee

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farthest or highest point; culmination; zenith

89
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apotheosis

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deification; exalted example

90
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asperity

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severity, rigor, harshness, irritability

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asseverate

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to aver, allege, or assert

92
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assiduous

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diligent, hard-working, sedulous

93
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augury

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omen, portent

94
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bellicose

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belligerent, pugnacious, warlike

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calumnate

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to slander, make a false accusation

96
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captious

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disposed to point out trivial faults; calculated to confuse or trap in argument

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cavil

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to find fault without good reason

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celerity

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speed, alacrity (think “accelerate”)

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chimera

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contumacious

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insubordinate, rebellious; (“contumely” means insult, scorn, aspersion)

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denouement

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an outcome or solution; the unraveling of a plot

102
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descry

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to discriminate or discern

103
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desuetude

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desultory

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random; aimless; marked by a lack of plan or purpose

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diaphanous

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transparent, gauzy

106
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encomium

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glowing and enthusiastic praise, panegyric, tribute, eulogy

107
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eschew

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to shun/avoid

108
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execrate

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to denounce, loathe, curse, declare to be evil

109
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exegesis

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critical examination, explication

110
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expiate

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to atone/make amends for

111
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extirpate

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to destroy, exterminate, cut out, exscind

112
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fatuous

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silly, inane, foolish

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fractious

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quarrelsome, rebellious, unruly

114
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gainsay

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to deny, dispute, contradict, oppose

115
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imbroglio

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difficult or embarrassing situation

116
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indefatigable

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not easily exhausted, tireless, dogged

117
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ineluctable

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certain, inevitable

118
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inimitable

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one of a kind, peerless

119
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insouciant

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unconcerned, carefree, heedless

120
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inveterate

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deeply rooted, ingrained, habitual

121
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jejune

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vapid, uninteresting, nugatory, childish, immature, puerile

122
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lubricious

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lewd, wanton, greasy, slippery

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mendicant

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a beggar, supplicant

124
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meretricious

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cheap, gaudy, tawdry, flashy, showy

125
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minatory

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menacing, threatening (think minotaur)

126
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nadir

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low point, perigree

127
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obstreperous

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noisily & stubbornly defiant, aggressively boisterous

128
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palliate

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to make something seem less serious, to gloss over, to make less severe or intense

129
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panegyric

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formal praise, eulogy, encomium (expressing elaborate praise)

130
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parsimonoius

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cheap, miserly

131
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pellucid

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transparent, easy to understand, limpid

132
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pecoration

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the concluding part of a speech; flowery, rhetorical speech

133
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plangent

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pounding, thundering, resounding

134
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prolix

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long-winded; verbose

135
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propitiate

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to appease, conciliate

136
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puerile

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childish, immature, jejune, nugatory

137
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puissance

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power, strength (puissant means powerful or strong)

138
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pusillanimous

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cowardly, craven

139
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remonstrate

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to protest, object

140
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salutary

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remedial, wholesome, causing improvement

141
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sanguine

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cheerful, confident, optimistic

142
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saturnine

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gloomy, dark, sullen, morose

143
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sententious

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aphoristic or moralistic, epigrammatic, tending to moralize excessively

144
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stentorian

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extremely loud & powerful

145
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stygian

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gloomy, dark

146
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tendentious

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biased; showing marked tendencies

147
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tyro

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novice, greenhorn, amateur

148
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vitiate

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to corrupt, debase, spoil, make ineffective

149
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voluble

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fluent, verbal, having easy use of spoken language

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