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Misanthrope

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a person who dislikes others

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Mitigate

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to soften; to lessen

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Mollify

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to calm or make less severe

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Monotony

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lack of variation

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Nadir

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low point, perigee

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Na?ve

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lacking sophistication or experience

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Nascent

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coming into being; in early development stage

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Natty

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trimly neat & tidy; dapper

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Nebulous

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vague, cloudy, lacking clearly defined form

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Neologism

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new word, expression, or usage

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Neophyte

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a recent convert; a beginner; novice

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Nexus

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a connection, tie, or link; center or focus

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Nice

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exacting, extremely precise

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Noisome

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offensive, especially to one?s sense of smell; fetid

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Obdurate

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hardened in feeling; resistant to persuasion

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Obeisance

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gesture that expresses deference (bow, curtsy)

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Obfuscate

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to deliberately obscure, to make confusing

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Obsequious

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overly submissive and eager to please

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Obstinate

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stubborn, unyielding

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Obstreperous

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noisy, loudly stubborn

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Obtuse

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lacking sharpness of intellect

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Obviate

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to prevent; to make unnecessary

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Occlude

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to stop up; to prevent the passage of

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Onerous

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troublesome and oppressive

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Opaque

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impossible to see through; preventing the passage of light

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Opprobrium

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public disgrace

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Ostentation

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excessive showiness

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Paean

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a song or expression of praise & thanksgiving

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Palliate

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to make something appear less serious, gloss over, mitigate

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Panegyric

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formal expression of praise

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Paradigm

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something that serve as a model, example

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Paradox

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contradiction or dilemma

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Paragon

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model of excellence or perfection

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Pariah

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an outcast, a rejected person

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Parody

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humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect

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Pedant

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someone who show off learning

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Perfidious

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willing to betray one?s trust

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Perfunctory

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done in a routine way; indifferent

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Permeate

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to penetrate

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40
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Philanthropy

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charity; a desire or effort to promote goodness

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Placate

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to soothe or pacify

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Plastic

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able to be molded, altered, or bent

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43
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Plethora

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excess

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Pragmatic

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practical as opposed to idealistic

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Precipitate

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to throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation

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46
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Prevaricate

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to lie or deviate from the truth

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Pristine

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fresh and clean; uncorrupted

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Prodigal

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lavish, wasteful

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49
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Proliferate

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to increase in number quickly

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Propitiate

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to conciliate; to appease

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Propriety

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correct behavior; obedience to rules and customs

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Prudence

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wisdom, caution, or restraint

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Pungent

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sharp and irritating to the senses

54
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Quaff

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to drink deeply

55
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Quail

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to shrink back in fear, lose courage

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Qualify

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to limit

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Qualms

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misgivings, reservations, causes for hesitancy

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Queries

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questions, inquires, reservations

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Querulous

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prone to complaining or grumbling, quarrelsome

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Quiescent

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motionless

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Quotidian

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occurring or recurring daily

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Rail

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to complain about bitterly

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Ramify

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to be divided, to branch out

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Rancorous

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characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment

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Rapacious

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voracious, greedy, plundering, subsisting on prey

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Rarefy

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to make thinner or sparser

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Rebus

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riddle

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Recalcitrant

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obstinately defiant of authority or guidance, difficult to manage

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Recant

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to retract previously held belief

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Recapitulate

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to summarize, to repeat concisely

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Repudiate

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to reject the validity of

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Reticent

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silent, reserved

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Rhetoric

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effective writing and speaking

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Sagacious

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having sound judgment, perspective, wise

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Salacious

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appealing to or causing sexual desire

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Salient

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prominent, protruding, conspicuous, highly relevant

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Salubrious

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promoting health or well-being

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Salutary

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remedial, wholesome, causing improvement

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Sanctimony

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self-righteousness, pretended piety

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Sanguine

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cheerful, confident, optimistic

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Sap

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to weaken the vitality of

82
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Satiate

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to satisfy fully or overindulge

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Soporific

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causing sleep or lethargy

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Specious

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deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious

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Stigma

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a mark of shame or discredit

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Stolid

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unemotional; lacking sensitivity

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Sublime

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lofty or grand

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Table

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to remove from consideration

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Tacit

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done without using words

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Taciturn

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silent, not talkative

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Talisman

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something believed to have magic power or bestowed good luck

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Tamp

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to plug, to drive in or down by a series of blows

93
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Tautology

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repetition, a redundancy, a circular argument

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Tawdry

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cheap, gaudy, showy, tacky, indecent

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Tenacity

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stubborn; persistent to something

96
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Tender

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to offer formally

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Tirade

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long, harsh speech or verbal attack

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Torpor

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long, harsh speech or verbal attack

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Transitory

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temporary, lasting a brief time

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Ubiquitous

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existing everywhere at same time; widespread

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Umbrage

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offense, resentment

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Undulate

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to move in wavelike fashion, fluctuate

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Unfeigned

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genuine, not false or hypocritical

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Untenable

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indefensible, not viable, uninhabitable

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Untoward

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troublesome, unruly, unseemly, adverse

106
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Upbraid

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to scold, reprimand, chastise, blame

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Urbane

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sophisticated, refined, elegant

108
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Usury

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charging an exorbitant or illegal rate of interest

109
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Vacillate

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to sway physically, to be indecisive

110
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Variegated

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multicolored, characterized by a variety of patches of different color

111
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Vaunt

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to brag or boast

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Venal

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capable or being bought or bribed

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Venerate

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to revere, respect

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Veracity

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filled with truth and accuracy

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Verbose

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wordy

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Verisimilitude

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appearing true or unreal

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Veritable

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authentic, real, genuine

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Vex

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to annoy

119
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Volatile

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easily aroused or changeable; lively or explosive

120
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Waft

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light breeze, a puff

121
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Waver

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to fluctuate between choices

122
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Welter

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to writher, to toss about, to be in turmoil

123
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Wend

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to go, proceed, walk

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Whet

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to sharpen or stimulate

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Whimsical

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acting in a fanciful or capricious manner; unpredictable

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Zeal

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passion, excitement

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