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Portentous

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Ominous, overly solemn

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Pretentious

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Attempting to impress be affecting more than is actually possessed

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Exalt

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To honor

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Denunciation

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To condemn openly

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Exculpate

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Not guilty, defend from blame

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Enigmatic

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Mysterious

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Dubious

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Doubtful

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Punctilious

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Precise

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Eschew

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To avoid; shunned

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Enervate

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Reduced energy

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Galvanize

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To reinforce, protect, shock someone into action

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Deleterious

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Harmful effect

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Consign

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To hand over, give up

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Undermine

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To damage

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Promulgate

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To announce

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Epitomize

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A perfect example

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Aping

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Imitating

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Feign

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Fake

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Imbued

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Invested with

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Inculcate

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Instill by persistent instruction

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Elucidate

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To clarify

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Subvert

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Undermine something

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Extol

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To praise

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Regale

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To entertain

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Disparate

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Many different kinds, diverse

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Dilettante

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Effectively

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Fastidiously

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Great attention to detail, high standards

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Apologist

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Someone who defends through reasoned argument

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Demagogues

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Use emotion to persuade

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Abecedarians

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Beginners

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Stymied

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Halted, stopped

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Assuage

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To relieve

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Deride

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To mock

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Umbrage

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To take offense to

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Vindication

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Clearing someone from blame

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Vindictive

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Strong desire for revenge

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Incendiary

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Inflammatory

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Lugubrious

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Depressive

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Ersatz

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To substitute

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Probity

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Integrity

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Reticence

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Hesitation

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Vacillation

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Indecision

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Prevaricate

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To avoid the truth

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Equivocate

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To avoid the truth

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Repudiate

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To refuse to accept

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Ubiquitous

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Turning up everywhere

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Regnant

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Prevalent, widespread

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Myopic

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Narrow minded

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Onerous

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Oppressive, burdensome

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Implacable

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Unstoppable, refusing to be pacified

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Fugacious

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Tending to disappear

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Eccentric

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Unconventional, slightly strange

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Aberrant

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Departing from an accepted standard

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Intrepid

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Fearless

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Volatile

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Liable to change rapidly and unpredictably

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Hyperbole

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Exaggeration

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Tact

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Good manners

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Enigma

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Puzzle, mystery

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Inimitable

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Unique

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Callow

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New and inexperienced

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Surreptitious

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Keeping a secret that is not approved

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Exhortation

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Speech intended to persuade

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Palliation

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Apology, excuse

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Intimation

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Suggestion

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Reduction

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Revision, edit

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Banal

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Lacking originality

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Hackneyed

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Very familiar

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Subservient

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Inferior

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Explicate

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Explain

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Propitiate

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Win or regain the favor of by doing something pleasing

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Bemoan

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Mourn

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Quitoxic

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Unpractically idealistic

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Solipsistic

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Self involved

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Tumultuous

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Disorderly or turbulent

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Bourgeois

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Commonplace, middle class

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Profundity

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Depth of intensity

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Victual

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Food or provisions

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Levity

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Lighthearted

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Mawkish

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Overly sentimental

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Scintillating

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Lively or brilliantly clever

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Taciturn

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Uncommunicative

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Hedonistic

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Pleasure seeking

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Auspicious

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Conducive to success; favorable

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Propitious

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Good chance of success; favorable

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Perilous

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Dangerous

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Loquacious

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Excessively talkative

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Oracular

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Portentous or prophetic

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Divination

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For telling future events

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Prevailing

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Widespread, popular

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Sanguine

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Hopeful

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Apocryphal

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Questions authenticity

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Tepid

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Marked by lack of enthusiasm, lacking force

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Emaciated

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Made thin by starvation

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Prodigious

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Great in size

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Insolence

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Disrespect

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Taciturnity

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Reluctance to speak

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Flippant

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Lacking appropriate respect or seriousness

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Aplomb

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Self assurance

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Derision

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Harsh criticism

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Furtive

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Secret

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Felicitous

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Appropriately and pleasingly expressed

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Poignant

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Causes strong feelings

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Stentorian

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Powerful of sound

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Vociferous

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Loudly and vehemently expressive

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Garrulous

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Apprehension

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Trepidation

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Imperturbation

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Iteration

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Repetition

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Confounding

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Confusing or defearinf

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Exploit

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To make unethical use of

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Incorrigible

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Bad beyond correction or reform

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Implicating

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Florid

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Flushed with rosy color

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Indelible

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Neoteric

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Idiosyncratic

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Particular

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Truculent

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Bad tempered

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Acerbic

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Unpleasant or sharp

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Caustic

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Abrasive or harsh

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Unctuous

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Excessively oily or slippery

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Unequivocal

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Clear without exception

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Diffident

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Shy and reserved

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Omnipotent

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All powerful, overconfident

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Insular

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Narrow minded

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Indolence

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Practice of avoiding activity

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Solicitude

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Care or concern for someone or something

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Didacticism

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Practice of being teacherly in a patronizing way

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Irreconcilable

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So different that they can not be made compatible

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Quandary

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Dilemma or predicament

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Festoon

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Ornaments chain of flowers or ribbons

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Pervasive

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Widespread

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Imprudent

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Lacking good sense

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Incessant

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Continuing without pause or interruption

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Malfeasance

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Wrongdoing

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Collusion

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Secret agreement of conspiracy

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Contention

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Competition or dispute

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Innuendo

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Indirect information

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Innocuous

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Over

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Venerated

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Greatly respected or admired

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Candid

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Honest and direct

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Reprobate

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Morally unprincipled

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Bromide

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Commonplace or boring person

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Avaricious

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Markedly greedy

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Mirthful

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High spirited

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Macabre

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About death, ghastly, gruesome

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Vapid

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Flat, bland

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Whimsical

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Playfully quaint or fanciful

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Tumid

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Swollen (part of the body)

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Stolid

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Unemotional or impassive

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Adulation

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Castigation

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Punishment

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Inured

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Made accustomed to something undesirable

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Abhorred

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Utterly detested

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Rebuffed

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Rejected or criticized bluntly

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Censure

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To criticize strongly or express severe disapproval

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Obsequious

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Excessively obedient

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Trifling

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Diachronic

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Occurring across time

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Frivolous

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Insignificant

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Contentious

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Inclined to argue

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Aggrandize

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To increase the power or status of

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Lionize

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Give a lot of public attention and approval to someone

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Subsidize

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Support financially

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Confluence

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Coming together

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Intractable

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Stubborn or not easily controlled

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Inconsequential

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Unimportant

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Begrudged

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Done unwillingly

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Deliberate

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Carefully considered

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Gesticulate

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To gesture, often while speaking

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Indemnify

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To protect against loss or damage

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Waver

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To sway between two options

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Specious

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Falsely appearing true or plausible

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Mephitic

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Foul or offensive smelling

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Noisome

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Disgustingly offense, often in odor

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Sanguinity

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Cheerful optimism

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Credulity

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Tendency to be too ready to believe something is true

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Pallid

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Abnormal or unhealthy paleness

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Dilapidated

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Decayed or run down

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Triteness

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Made boring by overuse

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Didactic

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Designed to teach or instruct

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Artless

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Free from deceit, cunning, or craftiness

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Pulchritude

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Physical beauty

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Astute

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Shrewdness or keen perception

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Solecism

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Ungrammatical combination of words

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Kith

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Family, friend, or neighbor in a community

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Hetarodox

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Contrary to accepted or approved belief

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Pedantic

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Excessively concerned with minor details or rules. Displaying academic learning

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Somniferous

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Inducing sleep

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Hypnagogic

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Inducing sleep

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Impuissant

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Powerless, weak, feeble

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Unflappable

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Easily excited

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Imperturbable

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Calm and collected

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Inscrutable

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Difficult to understand

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Verbose

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Using a lot of words

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Consummate

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To fulfill or make perfect

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Supplant

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To take the place of

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Specious

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Falsely appearing to be true

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Dank

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Unpleasantly moist or wet

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Abasing

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Apprising

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Laudable

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Worthy of praise

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Reprehensible

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Deserving of harsh criticism

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Coddle

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Treat in an indulgent way

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Excoriate

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To criticize

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Aggrandize

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To enhance beyond what is justified

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Impugn

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To challenge

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Lionize

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To treat as one with great importance

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Ostracize

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To cast out

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Bedlam

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Full of noise, confusion, lacking any order

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Abetting

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Encouraging or assisting someone to do something wrong

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Coveting

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Yearning to possess something

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Despoiling

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Stealing or plundering

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Bedaubing

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Smearing or daubing with a sticky substance

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Staid

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Sedate, respectable, unadventurous, boring

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Grave

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Serious or solemn

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Despute

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Cruel or oppressive in one’s power

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Waggish

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Humorous in a playful way

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Acquiesce

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To give in or go along with

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Ornate

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Extravagant

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Eviscerated

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Violently destroyed

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Ascetic

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Someone who renounces material comforts and lived a life of austere self discipline

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Impudent

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Offensive boldness

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Despoil

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To treat a place or thing with violent disrespect

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Propound

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To offer or set forth with consideration

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Hallow

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Venerate

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Jocular

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Cunning

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Ingenious or resourceful

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Refractory

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Resistant to control

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Disconsolate

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Forlorn

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Recapitulate

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Summarize and restate main points

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Polarize

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Cause divide into two sharply contrasting groups or sets of opinion

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Vexation

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Feeling of being annoyed, puzzled or frustrated

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Munificent

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A gift or money larger or more generous that is usual or necessary

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Irresolute

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Uncertain, hesitant

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Laconic

A

Uses very few words

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Mendacity

A

Untruthful, lying

241
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Avarice

A

Extreme greed

242
Q

Doctrinaire

A

Someone who seeks to impose in all circumstances without regard to practical considerations

243
Q

Eclectic

A

A diverse range of ideas, style or taste

244
Q

Cynical

A

Distrustful of human sincerity

245
Q

Judicious

A

Done with good judgment

246
Q

Indefatigable

A

Persisting tirelessly

247
Q

Jettison

A

To throw away or get rid of something that is not wanted

248
Q

Distill

A

To extract the essential meaning or most important aspects of

249
Q

Blight

A

Having a severe detrimental effect on

250
Q

Apposite

A

In relation to something

251
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Germane

A

Relevant to a subject under consideration

252
Q

Irascible

A

A tendency to be easily angered

253
Q

Pugnacious

A

Eager or quick to argue or fight

254
Q

Fitful

A

Occurring intermittently, not regular

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