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Panegyric

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A public speech or published text in praise of someone or something

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Elegiac

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Having a mournful quality

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boorish

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rough and bad mannered; coarse

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halcyon

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period of time in the past that was idyllically happy/peaceful

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piquant

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sharp/appetizing flavor

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pusillanimous

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timid

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injudicious

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unwise

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unbedizened

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to dress/decorate gaudily

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ingenuous

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innocent/unsuspecting

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disingenuous

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not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something than one really does.

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accretion

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the process of growth or increase, typically by the gradual accumulation of additional layers or matter.

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adumbration

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to

foreshadow vaguely : intimate.

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cogency

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the quality of being clear, logical, and convincing; lucidity.

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prescience

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the fact of knowing something before it takes place; foreknowledge.

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limning

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depict or describe in painting or words.

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asseverating

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to affirm or declare positively or earnestly

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abnegation

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denial; especially : self-denial

denial; especially : self-denial

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splenetic

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archaic : given to melancholy

2: marked by bad temper, malevolence, or spite

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iniquitous

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very unfair or evil

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diaphanous

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insubstantial, vague, see-through

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dilatory

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slow; : causing a delay

: tending to be late : slow to do something

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fatuous

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foolish or silly or stupid

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indolent

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not liking to work or be active

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cogitation

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the action of thinking deeply about something; contemplation.