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Alacrity

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Eager and enthusiastic willingness

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Aberrant

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Deviating from the norm

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Austere

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Without adornment , bare, severely simple, ascetic

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Discordant

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Conflicting, dissident or harsh in sound

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Disparate

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Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar

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Fervent

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Greatly emotional or zealous

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Idolatrous

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Given to intense or excessive deviation to something

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Intreactable

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Not easily managed or directed, stubborn, obstinate

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Intrepid

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Steadfast and courageous

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Obdurate

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Unyielding, hardhearted, intreactable

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Obstinate

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Stubborn, hardheaded, uncompromising

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Peruse

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To examine with great care

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Pristine

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Pure, uncorrupted, clean

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Probity

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Adherence to highest principles, uprightness

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Quotidian

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Occurring or recurring daily, commonplace

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Solicitous

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Concerned and attentive, eager

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Tenacity

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The quality of adherence or persistence to something valued

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Untenable

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Indefensible, not viable, uninhabitable

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Vacillate

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To waver indecisively between one course of action and another, waver

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Variegated

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Multicolored, characterized by a variety of patches of different color

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Vigilant

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Alertly watchful

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Waver

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To move to and fro, to sway, to be unsettled in opinion

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audicious

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daring and fearless; recklessly bold

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chary

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wary; catious; sparing

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contiguous

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sharing a border; touching; adjacent

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ephrmeral

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brief; fleeting

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evanscent

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tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing

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extemporaneous

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improvised; done without preperation

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fortitous

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happening by fortunate accident or change

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ingenuous

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artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication

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meticulous

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characterized by extre care and precision; attentive to detail

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oscillation

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the act of swinging back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm

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precipitate

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acting with excessive haste of impulse

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predilection

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a disposition in favor of something; preference

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presceince

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foreknowledge of events; knowing of event prior to their occurence

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proclivity

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a natural predisposition or inclination

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stoic

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indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; steadfast

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supplant

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to take the place of; supersede

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tenuous

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having liitel substance or strength; filmsy; weak

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transient

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fleeting; passing quickly; briefly

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Reverance

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Admire, awe, veneration

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Discern

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To notice, distinguish

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Intimate

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Suggest

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Pithy

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Brief

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acerbic

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having a sour or bitter taste or character

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astrigent

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having a tightent effect on living tissue; harsh; severe

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Bucolic

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rustic and pastoral; chracteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants

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dissemble

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to disguise or conceal; misleading

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divulge

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to disclose something secret

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ebullience

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the quality of liverly or enthusiastic thoughts and feelings

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gregarious

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sociable; outgoing; enjoying the company of other people

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impassive

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revealing no emotion

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implacable

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not capable of being appeased or significantly changed

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impunity

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immunity from punishment or penlty

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infelictious

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unfortunate; inappropriate

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insipid

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without taste of flavor; lacking in spirit; bland

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inveigle

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to pbtain by deception or flattery

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maverick

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an independent individual who does not go along with a group or party

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obseqious

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exhibiting a fawing attentiveness

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obtuse

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lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or percise in thought or expression

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obviate

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to anticipate and make unnecessary

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odious

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evoking intense aversion or dislike

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pernicious

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extermely harmful; potentially causing death

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pervasive

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haing the tendency to permeate or spread throughout

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pirate

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to illegally use or reproduce

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plummet

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to plunge or drop stright down

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percursor

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on that preceds and indicates or announces another

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pungent

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characterized by a strong, sharp smell or taste

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presumptous

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overstepping due bounds (as of prepriety or courtesy); taking liberties

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querulous

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prone to complaining or grumbling; quarrelsome

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recalcitrant

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obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage

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refulgent

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radient; shiny; brilliant

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relegate

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to forcibly assign to a lower place or position

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vexation

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annoyance; irritation

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repudiate

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to refuse to have anything to do with; disown

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reverent

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marked by, feeling or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect

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salubrious

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promoting health or well-being

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shard

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a piece of broken pottery or glass

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subpoena

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a courst order requiring appearance and/or testimony

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torque

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a force that causes rotation

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abscond

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to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide

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arduous

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strenuous, taxing, requiring significant effort

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demur

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to question or oppose

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enervate

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to weaken; to reduce in vitality

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ennui

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dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy

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furtive

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marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious

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inert

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unmoving

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morose

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sad; sullen;melancholy

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onerous

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troubling; burdonsome

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phlegmatic

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calm; sluggish; unemotional

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pine

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to yearn intensely; to languish; to lose vigor

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prevaricate

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to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead

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quixotic

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foolishly impractical; marked by lofty romantic ideals

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recondite

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hidden; concealed; difficult to understand

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renege

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to fail to honor a commitment; to go back on a promise

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sedulous

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diligent; persistent; hard-working

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soporific

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causing drowsiness; tending to induce sleep

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stupefy

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to stun, baffle, to amaze

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torpid

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lethargic; sluggish; dormant

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tortuous

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winding; twisting; excessively complicated

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trenchant

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sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating

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viscous

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thick; sticky

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