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Gregarious

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Sociable

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Grandiloquent

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Pompous, bombastic

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Grouse

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To complain

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Guileless

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Free of cunning or deceit, artless

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Guise

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Outward appearance, false appearance, pretense

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Gustatory

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Affecting the sense of taste

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Halcyon

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Calm and peaceful, happy, golden, posperous

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Hallowed

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Holy, sacred

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Harangue

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Pompous speech; tirade

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Gainsay

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To deny, dispute, oppose

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Gambol

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To frolic, leap playfully

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Garrulous

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Very talkative, wordy

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Gauche

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Coarse and uncouth; clumsy

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Geniality

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Cheerfulness, kindliness, sociability

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Gerrymander

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To divide an area into voting districts in a way that it favours a political party

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Glib

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Fluent in an insincere way; offhand

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Goad

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To prod; urge on

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Gossamer

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Light and delicate; sheer, like cobwebs

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Gouge

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To tear out, scoop out, overcharge

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Fracas

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A loud quarrel, brawl

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Fresco

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A painting done on plaster

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Frieze

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Ornamental band on a wall

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Froward

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Stubbornly contrary, obstinately disobedient

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Fulminate

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To attack loudly, denounce

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Fulsome

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So excessive as to be disgusting

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Florid

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Ruddy, reddish, flowery

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Flourish

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An embellishment it ornamentation

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Sophistry

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Reasoning that is subtle and seemingly true but actually incorrect

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Foment

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To incite, arouse

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Forbearance

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Patience

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Forestall

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To prevent, delay

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Formidable

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Menacing, threatening

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Forswear

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Renounce, repudiate

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Founder

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Sink, fall, collapse

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Fetid

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Having bad smell

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Fetter

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To bind, confine

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Fiat

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Arbitrary order, authorization

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Filibuster

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Use of obstructive tactics to block passage of law

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