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Narcissism

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Excessive fascination with oneself

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Nefarious

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Extremely wicked

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Negate

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To cancel out; to nullify

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Neophyte

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Beginner

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Nepotism

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Favoritism on the basis of family relationship

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Obdurate

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Stubborn

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Obfuscate

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To darken or conceal

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Obsequious

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Servile; ready to serve

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Obviate

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To make unnecessary

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Odious

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Hateful

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Officious

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Aggressively authoritative in offering help or advice, especially when dealing with trivial matters

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Onus

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Burden

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Opprobrium

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Infamy that results from shameful behavior

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Oscillate

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To waver or switch between different positions or beliefs

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Ostentation

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A display of vanity; showiness

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Painstaking

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Characterized by being very careful and diligent

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Palpable

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Readily seen, heard, or perceived

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Panache

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A grand or flamboyant manner or style

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Parable

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A short story designed to teach a lesson

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Paragon

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Model of perfection

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Parsimonious

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Sparing in spending of money; stingy

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Partisan

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One-sided; committed to one party

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Pathos

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Having a quality that rouses emotion or sympathy

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Paucity

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Scarcity, insufficiency

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Pejorative

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Having a disparaging or derogatory effect

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Penchant

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Strong Inclination

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Penurious

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Excessively sparing in the use of money; extremely stingy

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Perennial

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Something long-lasting

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Perfidy

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Treachery, betrayal

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Permeable

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Penetrable; porous

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Pernicious

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Tending to kill or hurt

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Pervasive

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Spread throughout

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Phlegmatic

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Slow moving; not easily roused to feeling or emotion

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Pious

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Religious

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Placate

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To soothe; to bring from a hostile state to a calm one

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Placid

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Peaceful

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Platitude

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Trite or commonplace statement

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Plethora

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Excess; abundance

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Plumb

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To make vertical; to reach the deepest point

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Polarize

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To divide into sharply opposing factions

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Pompous

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Ostentatiously lofty or arrogant

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Ponder

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To consider something thoroughly and thoughtfully

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Ponderous

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Massive, awkward, unwieldy

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Pontificate

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Express an opinion in an annoying fashion

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Porous

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Full of holes; spongy, absorbent

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Portend

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Foretell

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Poseur

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A person who attempts to impress others by assuming a manner other than his true one

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Pragmatic

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Practical

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Precarious

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Hazardous, perilous

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Percipitate

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To hasten the occurrence of

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Precocious

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Mature beyond one’s age, typically in respect to mental abilities, talents or skills

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Preeminent

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A step above others; distinguished, renowned

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Prescience

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Knowledge of events before they happen

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Presentiment

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A feeling or impression that something is about to happen

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Prevaricate

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To use ambiguous language for the purpose of deceiving

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Proclivity

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Natural inclination

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Prodigal

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Wasteful or lavish

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Prodigious

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Immense

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Prodigy

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A person, usually a child, having extraordinary talent

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Profound

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Deep, significant

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Prognosticate

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To predict something in the future

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Proliferate

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To grow rapidly

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Propensity

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Natural Inclination

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Prophetic

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Ability to predict the future

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Propitious

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Presenting favorable conditions

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Prosaic

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Commnplace or dull

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Protean

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Changeable in shape or form

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Prudence

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Cautious wisdom

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Puerile

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Chidish

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Pugnacious

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Quarrelsome or combative

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Pungent

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Stinging; sharp in taste or smell

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Pusillanimous

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Cowardly; fainthearted

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