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Abscond

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To Steal (verb)

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Aberrant

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Deviating from the norm (adj)

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Alacrity

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Eager and enthusiastic willingness (noun)

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Anomaly

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Deviating from the normal order (noun)

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Approbation

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Expression of approval or praise (noun)

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Arduous

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Strenuous, taxing, requiring significant effort (adj)

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Assuage

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To ease or lessen; to appease or pacify (verb)

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Austere

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Without adornment; bare; severely simple ascetic (adj) (noun = austerity)

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Axiomatic

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Taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth (adj)

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Canonical

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Following or in agreement with accepted tradition standards (adj)

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Capricious

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Inclined to change one’s mind impulsively; erratic, unpredictable (adj)

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Censure

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To criticize severely; officially rebuke (verb)

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Chicanery

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Trickery or subterfuge (noun)

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Connoisseur

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Informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert (noun)

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Convoluted

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Complex or complicated (adj)

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Disabuse

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To undeceive, to set right (verb)

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Discordant

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Conflicting, dissonant or harsh in sound (adj)

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Disparate

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Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar (adj)

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Effrontery

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Extreme boldness; presumptuousness (noun)

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Eloquent

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Well spoken, expressive, articulate (noun)

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Enervate

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Weaken, to reduce in vitality (verb)

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Ennui

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Dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy (noun)

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Equivocate

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To use ambiguous language with deceptive intent (verb)

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Erudite

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Scholarly, very learned (adj)

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Exculpate

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Exonerate, to clear of blame (verb)

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Exigent

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Urgent, pressing requiring immediate attention (adj)

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Extemporaneous

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Improvised, done without preparation (adj)

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Filibuster

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Long speech making to delay legislative action (noun)

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Fulminate

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To loudly attack or denounce (verb)

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Ingenuous

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Artless, frank and candid; lacking in sophistication (adj)

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Inured

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Accustomed to accepting something undesirable (adj)

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Irascible

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Easily angered, prone to temperamental outbursts (adj)

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Laud

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To praise highly (verb)

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Lucid

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Clear; easily understood (adj)

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Magnanimity

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The quality of being generously noble in mind and heart; especially forgiving (noun)

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Martial

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Associated with war and armed forces (adj)

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Nascent

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Coming into being, in early developmental stages (adj)

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Neologism

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A new word, expression or usage (noun)

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Noxious

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Harmful, injurious (adj)

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Obtuse

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Lacking sharpness of intellect, not clear or precise through expression (adj)

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Obviate

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To anticipate and make unnecessary (verb)

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Paean

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A song or hymn of praise or thanksgiving (noun)

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Perennial

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Recurrent throughout the year or many years happening repeatedly

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Perfidy

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Intentional breach of faith; treachery (noun) (adj = perfidious)

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Perfunctory

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Cursory; done without care or interest (adj)

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Perspicacious

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Acutely perceptive having keen discernment (adj) (noun = perspicacity)

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Precipitate

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Acting with excessive haste or impulse (verb)

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Predilection

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A disposition in favor of something

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Prescience

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Foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring (noun) (adj = prescient)

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Prevaricate

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To deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead (verb)

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Relegate

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Forcibly assign, especially to to a lower place or position (verb)

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Reticent

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Quiet, reserved, reluctant to express thoughts or feelings (adj)

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Solicitous

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Concerned and attentive; eager (adj)

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Sordid

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Characterized by filth, grime or squalor; foul (adj)

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Stymie

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To block; to thwart (verb)

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Tortuous

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Winding, twisting, excessively complicated (adj)

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Truculent

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Fierce and cruel; eager to fight (adj)

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Veracity

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Truthfulness, honesty (noun)

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Voracious

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Having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous (adj)

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