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Laconic

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Brief; to the point; using few words (concise)

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Insipid

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lacking taste/flavor

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Pragmatic

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practical matters

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Arduous

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difficult to accomplish

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ProliFgate

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recklessly extravagant or wasteful in use of resources

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Ameliorate

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become better

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Obsequious

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Obedient/attentive

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Capricious

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impulsive, unpredictable, can change their mind quickly

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Fortuitous

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happening by accident/chance

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Orthodox

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conforming to traditional beliefs

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Alacrity

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lively readiness!

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Pellucid

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translucently clear

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Corroborate

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confirm/ give support to

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Magnanimous

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very generous

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Scrupulous

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extremely thorough/careful

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Prolific

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producing/ creating abundantly; fecund

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Dogmatic

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opinionated expresses beliefs as FACTS

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Placate

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make someone less angry/hostile

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Mercurial

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unpredictable changes of mood or mind

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Exacerbate

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make worse

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Redundant

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an excess, unnecessary or not useful

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Hackneyed

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unoriginal

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Prudent

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WISE ; acting by showing care and thought

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Belie

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disguise or contradict

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Esoteric

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mysterious

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Cacophony

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harsh mixture of sounds

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Impetuous

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done quickly without thought or care

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Idiosyncrasy

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behavior/way of thought exclusive to individual

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Extant

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in existence; surviving

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Obscure

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unclear/difficult to understand; uncertain

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Didactic

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educational; intended to teach

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Pithy

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brief to the point

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Copious

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abundant in quantity

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Ostentation

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show off type, excessive showiness;

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Pretentious

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act like they are very important/knowledgeable

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Adulterate

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to make poorer quality by adding another substance; generally for profit

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Vociferous

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loud (used to describe protesters)

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Taciturn

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reserve; saying little

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Obdurate

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stubbornly refusing to change opinion

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Garrulous

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Excessively talkative

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Misanthrope

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person who hates others

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Lionize

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give a lot of attention; treat as celebrity

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Imminent

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about to happen

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Frivolous

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SILLY; TRIVIAL

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Non trivial

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SIGNIFICANT

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Benign

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gentle; kindly

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Dissonance

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disagreement; lack of harmony

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Inculpate

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accuse or blame

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Docile

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compliant/submissive

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Sporadic

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scattered; irregular

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Prevaricate

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deceive; deviate from the truth

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Chicanery

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deception; trickery

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Gainsay

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deny or contradict a fact/statement

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Eulogy

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praise generally through speech or writing

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Belligerent

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hostile and aggressive

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Dispassionate

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unfeeling; not influenced by strong emotion

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Providential

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lucky; occurring at a favorable time; oppurtune

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Diffidence

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hesitancy; lack of confidence

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Fractious

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irritable and quarrelsome

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Malign

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HURTFUL, injurious

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Disparate

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essentially different in every way;

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Plausible

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seems reasonable or probable

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Sanguine

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optimistic or positive

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Venerate

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regard with great respect

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Trite

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overused; lacking originality

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Succinct

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brief/clearly to the point

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Ingenious

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clever, original

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Meticulous

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very careful and pecise

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Erudite

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well-educate; scholarly

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Bolster

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support or strengthen

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Anachronism

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error in time placement

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Trivial

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of little value or importance

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Advocate

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person supporting an idea

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Conspicuous

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obvious; easily seen

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Innocuous

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harmless and inoffensive

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Audacious

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reckless and daring

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Tumultuous

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confused; disorderly

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Reticent

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RESERVED silent; not speak freely (reluctant)

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Fervid

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intensely enthusiastic

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Enervate

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weaken; wear out

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Prodigal

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wastefully extravagant

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Auspicious

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favorable

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Soporific

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induce drowsiness or sleep

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Engender

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cause; produce

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Loquacious

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talkative

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Equivocate

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avoid giving clear direct answer to a question

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Inimical

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tending to obstruct or harm

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Superfluous

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extra; unnecessary

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Fastidious

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very careful and attentive

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Recalcitrant

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disobedient; uncontrollable

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Ephemeral

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momentary; short lived; evanscent

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Pusillanimous

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lacking courage; fearful

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Vacillate

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indecisive

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Ambivalent

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mixed, conflicting feelings

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Enigma

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difficult to interpret; mysterious; a puzzle

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Euphoric

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intense excitement/happiness

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Pedant

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person who overemphasizes shows off learning

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Profound

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very great or intense; thoughtful

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Inchoate

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undeveloped; beginning

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Lethargic

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lazy, sluggish

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Deride

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make fun of; insult

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Anomaly

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deviation from the norm

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Apathy

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lack of interest or emotion

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Assuage

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to lessen/lighten

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laudable

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worthy of praise

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Mitigate

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to lessen/alleviate

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Esoteric

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known to select few; arcane

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Quixotic

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Impractical; unrealstic

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Ascerbic

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Sharp,sarcastic

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Impecunious

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Poor

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Presciently

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Looking into future

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Deft

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Quick and skillful in action

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Inveigle

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Flatter or charm (deceptively)

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Progeny

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offspring

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Facile

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Ignores complexities Of issue; superficial

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Concominant

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Accompanying; associated

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Sanguine

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Cheerful optomistic

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Peccadilloes

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Minor faults and sins

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Castigate

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Severe critisism

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Partisan

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Stronger supporter of a cause, or party

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Artifices

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Trick and decieve

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enigmatic

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Difficult to understand; mysterious

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Paean

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Something to do with praise

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Implicit

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Unspokenly implied

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Confounding

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Surprising OR confusing variable

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Abridge

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Shorten

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Galvanize

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Shock or excite

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Putative

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Generally thought to be; conjectural

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Erudite

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Scholarly

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Partiality

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favoritism

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IconoclasT

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Attacks beliefs of institution

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Austerity

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Sternness

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Venal

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Can be bought or bribed

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Repudiates

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Rejects; declines

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Recapitulate

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summarize

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pervasive

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widespreading throughout

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painstaking

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meticulous; very careful

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cunning

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showing inventiveness and skill

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vexation

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troubling/annoying someone

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ubiquitous

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present everywhere at once

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ebullient

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joyfully unrestrained

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solictous

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concern or interest in

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munificent

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generous; lavish

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mendacity

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tendency to lie; untruthful

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avarice

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greed

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imperturable

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not easily excited or upset

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alienable

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able to transfer to another owner

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impediment

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a barrier;

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pugnaciously

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aggressive manner

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resurgent

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rising again

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recrudescent

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come back to life after period of inactivity

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inimical

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hostile; unfriendly

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obviated

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avoided

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conspicuous

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standing out; clearly visible

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unprincipled

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acting without moral principles

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impasse/stalemate

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static nature of conflict

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duplicitous

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deceitful/concealed

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Intimate

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To SUBLTY something suggest something

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Impertinent

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Being disrespectful

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Calumny

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False statement to harm sometimes reputation

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Prevaricate

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Beating around the bush

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Harangue

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Long pompous speech

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Censure

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Express strong disapproval

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Equivocal

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Confusing or ambiguous

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Gregarious

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Social with others

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Upbraied

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To scold

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Qualify

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To make less severe (a statement)

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Disinterested

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unbiased and neutral

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Maintain

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To assert

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Chastise

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Harsh reprimand scolding

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Undermine

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Weaken

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Parsimonious

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Extremely frugal

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Acrimony

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Bitterness and Ill will

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Aberration

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Deviation from

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Veracious

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Truthful

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Involved

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Complicated or difficult

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Parochial

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Narrow minded

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Amenable

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Easily persuaded

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Ambiguous

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Open to more tHan one interpretation

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Germane

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Relevant or appropriate

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Banal

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Repeated too often ;overused

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Concede

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Acknowledge

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Preclude

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Keep from happening

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Eschew

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Stay clear of

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Culminate

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Reach the highest point

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Glut

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Excessive supply

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Impudent

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Improperly bold

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Predilection

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A strong liking

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Querulous

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Habitually complaining

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Eminent

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Standing above others in quality

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Circumvent

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Cleverly finding way out of duties

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Vilify

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Spread negative info out

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Elucidate

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Make clearler to understand

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Immutable

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Not able to be changed

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Subsume

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Contain or include

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Guileless

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Innocent

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Eclectic

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Composed from varity of styles

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Mollify

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To make someone less angry

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Panache

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Distinctive showy elegance

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Unequivocal

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Having only one meaning/interpreting on

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Delineate

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Describe in detail

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Quotidian

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Found in ordinary course of events

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Juxtapose

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Place side by side for contrast

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Travesty

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Absurd presentation of somethin

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Incongruous

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Lacking compatibility and harmony

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Forlorn

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By showing hopelessness

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Contrive

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Pull off plan

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Supplant

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Take place of

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Intransigent

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Unwilling to change ones beliefs

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Denigrate

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Charge falsely with malicious intent

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Petulant

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Easily annoyed

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Construe vs misconstrue

A

Interpret in particular way

213
Q

Expound

A

In depth

214
Q

Espouse

A

To adopt an idea

215
Q

Implacable

A

Incapable of making less angry

216
Q

Exonerate

A

Prouncouned not guilty

217
Q

Tortuous

A

Not straightforward

218
Q

Burgeon

A

Grow and flourish

219
Q

Exalt

A

Praise or glorify

220
Q

Provincial

A

Characteristic of a limited perspective; not fashionable

221
Q

Indifferent

A

Seeming not to care

222
Q

Admonitory

A

Serving to warn

223
Q

Exacting

A

Requiring or demanding accuracy

224
Q

Underscore

A

Give extra weight to, important

225
Q

Ignoble

A

Dishonorable

226
Q

Implausible

A

Describing something not believable

227
Q

Pedestrian

A

Lacking imagination

228
Q

Hegemony

A

Dominance over an area

229
Q

Myriad

A

Large amount

230
Q

Sycophant

A

Tries to pelase someone for personal advantage kiss ass

231
Q

Prolific

A

Intellectually productive

232
Q

Tempered

A

Moderate in effect

233
Q

Unadorned

A

Simple

234
Q

Arbitrary

A

Based on random

235
Q

Poignant

A

Emotionally touching

236
Q

Insolent

A

Rude arrogant

237
Q

Intrepid

A

Fearless

238
Q

Ravenous

A

Extremely hungry

239
Q

Pernicious

A

Extremely harmful

240
Q

Sanction

A

Give authority and permission to

241
Q

Reverent

A

Profound respect

242
Q

Prejorative

A

Expressing disapproval

243
Q

Truncate

A

Reduce length of something

244
Q

Stringent

A

Demanding strict attention to rules

245
Q

Furative

A

Quiet and cautious

246
Q

Craven

A

Pathetically cowardly

247
Q

Askance

A

Look of approval and disapproval

248
Q

Dilatory

A

Wasting time

249
Q

Maladroit

A

Clumsy

250
Q

Nuance

A

A subtle difference or meaning in attitude

251
Q

Polemic

A

Strong verbal written attack

252
Q

Imprudent

A

Not wise

253
Q

Mundane

A

Repetive and boring

254
Q

Maverick

A

Someone who shows independence in thought

255
Q

Pacific

A

Peaceful

256
Q

Canny vs uncanny

A

Canny - sharp

Uncanny - strange

257
Q

Sangfroid

A

Composure

258
Q

Assent

A

agreement

259
Q

Dilettantes

A

opposite of professionals

260
Q

Artisan

A

skilled craft ppl

261
Q

acumen

A

skill of making good judgements

262
Q

Eminence

A

great importance

263
Q

Wag

A

joker

264
Q

simpatico

A

being of one mind

265
Q

coalesced

A

come together

266
Q

Deplorable

A

surprisingly bad

267
Q

Unkempt

A

cluttered

268
Q

Heralded

A

highly publicized

269
Q

Callous

A

Uncaring

270
Q

Heursitic

A

discovering something for themselves

271
Q

Trepidation

A

sense of fear

272
Q

rhetoric

A

persuasive way of speaking

273
Q

Analyze an issue/claim

“agree OR disagree - choose ONE position”

A

Paragraph 1: Restate the prompt, and state position of either agree disagree.
-Provide foreground of what will be discussed
Paragraph 2: Examples of your position & why
Paragraph 3: Another example of your position and why
Paragraph 4: “HOWEVER” a possible counter to your position, BUT bring back to your position
Paragraph 5: Conclusion copy and paste intro

274
Q

Analyze an argument

“evidence that will STRENGTHEN or WEAKEN the argument hypothesis”

A

Paragraph 1: Restate prompt and state “IF WE LOOK AT EVIDENCE THAT MIGHT STRENGTHEN/WEAKEN THIS ARGUMENT…”
Paragraph 2: Piece of evidence #1
Paragraph 3: Piece of evidence #2
Paragraph 4: counter position “If we are looking for evidence that can weaken/strengthen….”
Paragraph 5: conclusion copy

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