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1
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Abscond

A

to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide

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2
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Adversity

A

hardship or difficulty; opposition

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3
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Aggravate

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to worsen or intensify

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Arduous

A

strenuous; taxing; requiring significant effort

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5
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Belie

A

to give a false impression of; to misrepresent

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Bombast

A

self-important or pompous writing or speech

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Cacophony

A

harsh, jarring; discordant sound, dissonance

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Castigation

A

severe criticism or punishment

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Censure

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to criticize severely; to officially rebuke

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10
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Chicanery

A

trickery or subterfuge

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11
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Coercive

A

serving or intended to compel by force or authority

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Condemn

A

to blame or denounce

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13
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Conspire

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to secretly work together with the intent to commit a wrong or illegal ac

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14
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Covert

A

hidden; clandestine

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15
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Cower

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to shrink in fear; to cringe

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16
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Craven

A

contemptibly fainthearted; lacking any courage

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17
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Denigrate

A

to blacken; to belittle; to sully; to defame; to disparage

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Denounce

A

to publicly condemn or criticize

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19
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Derision

A

scorn; ridicule; contemptuous treatment

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20
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Diatribe

A

a harsh denunciation

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21
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Discomfit

A

to defeat; to put down

22
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Disingenuous

A

insincere; lacking in honesty or frankness

23
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Dissemble

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to disguise or conceal; to mislead

24
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Exacerbate

A

to make worse or more severe; to increase in violence

25
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Fraud

A

deliberate deceit with the goal of gaining an unlawful advantage

26
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Furtive

A

marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious

27
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Garrulous

A

pointlessly talkative; talking too much

28
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Harangue

A

to deliver a pompous speech or tirade

29
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Impudent

A

saucy; impertinent; bold and disrespectful

30
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Inopportune

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ill-timed; unsuitable; inappropriate

31
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Irascible

A

easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts

32
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Malevolent

A

having or showing often vicious ill-will, spite, or hatred

33
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Martial

A

associated with war and the armed forces

34
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Misanthrope

A

one that hates all other humans

35
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Morose

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sad; sullen; melancholy

36
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Obdurate

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unyielding; hardhearted; intractable

37
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Obsequious

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exhibiting a fawning attentiveness

38
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Obstinate

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stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising

39
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Onerous

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troubling; burdensome

40
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Opprobrium

A

disgrace, contempt, scorn

41
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Pendantic

A

the parading of learning; excessive attention to minutiae and formal rules

42
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Perjury

A

the purposeful giving of false or misleading testimony while under oath

43
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Provoke

A

to incite anger, resentment, or exasperation

44
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Recalcitrant

A

obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage

45
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Secrete

A

to ensconce; conceal, or stow

46
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Specious

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seemingly true; but actually being fallaciously misleadingly attractive

47
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Spurious

A

lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit

48
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Squander

A

to waste by spending or using irresponsibly

49
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Tirade

A

a long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation

50
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Vexation

A

annoyance or irritation

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