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Aberrant

Adj

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Deviating from the norm

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Abscond

Verb

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To depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide

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Alacrity

Noun

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Eager and enthusiastic willingness

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Anomaly

Noun

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Deviation from the normal order, form or rule

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Approbation

Noun

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An expression of approval or praise

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Arduous

Adj

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Strenuous

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Assuage

Verb

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To ease or lesson: pacify

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Audacious

Adj

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Daring and fearless; recklessly bold

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Austere

Adj

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Without adornment; bare

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Axiomatic

Adj

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Taken as given

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Canonical

Adj

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In agreement with accepted traditional standards

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Capricious

Adj

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Inclined to change ones mind impulsively

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Censure

Verb

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To criticize severely

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Chicanery

Noun

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Trickery

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Connoisseur

Noun

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Expert

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Convoluted

Adj

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Complex or complicated

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Disabuse

Verb

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To set right

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Discordant

Adj

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Conflicting; harsh in sound

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Disparate

Adj

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Distinct or dissimilar

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Effrontery

Noun

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Extreme boldness

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Eloquent

Adj

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Well spoken; articulate

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Enervate

Verb

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To weaken

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Ennui

Noun

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Dissatisfaction an restlessness resulting from boredom

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Equivocate

Verb

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To use ambiguous la gauge with a deceptive intent

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Erudite

Adj

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Scholarly

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Exculpate

Verb

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To clear of blame

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Exigent

Adj

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Urgent

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Extemporaneous

Adj

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Improvised

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Filibuster

Noun

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Intentional obstruction

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Fulminate

Verb

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To loudly attack or denounce

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Ingenuous

Adj

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Artless; lacking sophistication

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Inured

Adj

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Accustomed to accepting something undesirable

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Irascible

Adj

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Easily angered

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Laud

Verb

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To praise highly

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Lucid

Adj

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Clear; easily understood

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Magnanimity

Noun

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The quality of bein generously noble in mind and heart

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Martial

Adj

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Associated with war

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Mundane

Adj

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Ordinary; typical

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Nascent

Adj

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Coming into being

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Nebulous

Adj

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Vague; lacking clearly defined form

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Neologism

Noun

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The creation of new words or senses

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Noxious

adj

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Harmful

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Obtuse

Adj

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Lacking sharpness of intellect

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Obviate

Adj

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To anticipate and make unnecessary

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Onerous

Adj

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Troubling; burdensome

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Paean

Noun

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A song of praise and thanksgiving

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Parody

Noun

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A humorous imitation intended for ridicule

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Perennial

Adj

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Happening repeatedly

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Perfidy

Noun

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Intentional breach of faith

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Perfunctory

Adj

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Done without care or interest

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Perspicacious

Adj

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Acutely perceptive

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Prattle

Verb

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To babble meaninglessly

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Precipitate

Adj

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Acting with excessive haste or impulse

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Precipitate

Verb

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To cause or happen before anticipated

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Predilection

Noun

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Preference

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Prescience

Noun

A

Foreknowledge of events

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Prevaricate

Verb

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To deliberately avoid the truth

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Qualms

Noun

A

Causes for hesitancy

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Recant

Verb

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To retract a previously held belief

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Refute

Verb

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To disprove

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Relegate

Verb

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To for civility assign esp. To a lower position or place

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Reticent

Adj

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Quiet; reserved

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Solicitous

Adj

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Concerned and attentive

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Sordid

Adj

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Characterized by filth, and grime

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Sporadic

Adj

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Occurring only occasionally

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Squander

Verb

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To waste by spending or using irresponsibly

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Static

Adj

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Not moving; at rest

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Stupefy

Verb

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To stun, baffle or amaze

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Stymie

Verb

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To block; thwart

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Synthesis

Noun

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The combination of parts to make a whole

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Torque

Noun

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A force that causes rotation

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Tortuous

Adj

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Winding, twisting; excessively complicated

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Truculent

Adj

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Fierce, cruel; eager to fight

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Veracity

Noun

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Honesty

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Virulent

adj

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Extremely harmful or poisonous

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Voracious

Adj

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Having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit

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Waver

Verb

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To away; to be unsettled in opinion