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Aberrant

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(adj) deviating from the norm (noun form: aberration)

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(adj) deviating from the norm

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Aberrant (noun form: aberration)

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Abscond

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**verb **to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide

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Alacrity

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(noun) eager and enthusiastic willingness

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**(verb) **to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide

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Abscond

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(noun) eager and enthusiastic willingness

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Alacrity

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Anomaly

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(noun) deviation from the normal order, form, or, rule; abnormality (adj form: anomalous)

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Approbation

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(noun) an expression of approval or praise

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(noun) deviation from the normal order, form, or, rule; abnormality

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Anomaly (adj form: anomalous)

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(noun) an expression of approval or praise

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Approbation

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Arduous

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(adj) strenuous, taxing; requiring significant effort

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(adj) strenuous, taxing; requiring significant effort

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Arduous

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Assuage

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

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Audacious

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(adj) daring and fearless; recklessly bold (noun form: audacity)

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

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Assuage

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(adj) daring and fearless; recklessly bold

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Audacious (noun form: audacity)

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Austere

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(adj) without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic (noun form: austerity)

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(adj) without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic

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Austere (noun form: austerity)

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

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Axiomatic (noun form: axiom)

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Axiomatic

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(adj) taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth (noun form: axiom)

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Canonical

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(adj) following or in agreement with accepted traditional standards (noun form: cannon)

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(adj) following or in agreement with accepted traditional standards

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Canonical (noun form: cannon)

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

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Capricious

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Capricious

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

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Censure

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(verb) to criticize severely; to officially rebuke

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(verb) to criticize severely; to officially rebuke

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Censure

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Chicanery

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(noun) trickery or subterfuge

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(noun) trickery or subterfuge

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Chicanery

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

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Connoisseur

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Connoisseur

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

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(adj) complex or complicated

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Convoluted

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Convoluted

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(adj) complex or complicated

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(verb) to undeceive; to set right

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Disabuse

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Disabuse

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(verb) to undeceive; to set right

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Discordant

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(adj) conflicting dissonant of harsh in sound

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Disparate

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(adj) fundamentally distinct of dissimilar

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(adj) conflicting dissonant of harsh in sound

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Discordant

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(adj) fundamentally distinct of dissimilar

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Disparate

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Effrontery

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(noun) extreme boldness; presumptuousness

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Eloquent

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(adj) well-spoken, expressive, articulate (noun form: eloquence)

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Enervate

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(verb) to weaken; to reduce in vitality

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(noun) extreme boldness; presumptuousness

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Effrontery

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(adj) well-spoken, expressive, articulate

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Eloquent (noun form: eloquence)

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(noun) dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy

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Ennui

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Ennui

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(noun) dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy

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Equivocate

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(verb) to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent (adj form: equivocal)

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(verb) to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent

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Equivocate (adj form: equivocal)

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(adj) very learned; scholarly

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Erudite (noun form: erudition)

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Erudite

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(adj) very learned; scholarly (noun form: erudition)

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(verb) exonerate; to clear of blame

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Exculpate

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Exculpate

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(verb) exonerate; to clear of blame

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Exigent

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(adj) urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention

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(adj) urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention

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Exigent

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Extemporaneous

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(adj) improvised; done without preparation

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(adj) improvised; done without preparation

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Extemporaneous

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(noun) intentional obstruction, especially using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action

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Filibuster

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Filibuster

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(noun) intentional obstruction, especially using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action

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Fulminate

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(verb) to loudly attack or denounce

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(verb) to loudly attack or denounce

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Fulminate

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(adj) artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication

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Ingenuous

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Ingenuous

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(adj) artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication

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Inrascible

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(adj) easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts

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(adj) easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts

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Inrascible

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Inured

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(adj) accustomed to accepting something undesirable

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(adj) accustomed to accepting something undesirable

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Inured

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(verb) to praise highly

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Laud (adj form: laudatory)

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Laud

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(verb) to praise highly (adj form: laudatory)

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(adj) clear; easily understood

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Lucid

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Lucid

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(adj) clear; easily understood

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Magnanimity

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(noun) the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, especially in forgiving (adj form: magnanimous)

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(noun) the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, especially in forgiving

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Magnanimity (adj form: magnanimous)

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(verb) to weaken; to reduce in vitality

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Enervate

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(adj) associated with war and the armed forces

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Martial

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Martial

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(adj) associated with war and the armed forces

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(adj) of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary

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Mundane

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Mundane

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(adj) of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary

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Nascent

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(adj) coming in to being; in early developmental stages

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(adj) coming in to being; in early developmental stages

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Nascent

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Nebulous

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(adj) vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form

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(adj) vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form

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Nebulous

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Noxious

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(adj) harmful, injurious

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(adj) harmful, injurious

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Noxious

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(adj) lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression

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Obtuse

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Obtuse

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(adj) lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression

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(verb) to anticipate and make unnecessary

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Obviate

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Obviate

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(verb) to anticipate and make unnecessary

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Onerous

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(adj) troubling; burdensome

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(adj) troubling; burdensome

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Onerous

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Paean

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(noun) a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving

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(noun) a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving

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Paean

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(noun) a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, especially in literature and art

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Parody

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Parody

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(noun) a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, especially in literature and art

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Perennial

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(adj) recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly

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(adj) recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly

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Perennial

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Perfidy

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(noun) intentional breach of faith; treachery (adj form: perfidious)

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(noun) intentional breach of faith; treachery

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Perfidy (adj form: perfidious)

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Perfunctory

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(adj) cursory; done with out care or interest

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(adj) cursory; done with out care or interest

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Perfunctory

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Perspicacious

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(adj) acutely perceptive; having keen discernment (noun form: perspicacity)

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(adj) acutely perceptive; having keen discernment

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Perspicacious (noun form: perspicacity)

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Prattle

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(verb) to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner

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Precipitate

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(adj) acting with excessive haste or impulse
(verb) to cause or happen before anticipated or required

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(verb) to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner

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Prattle

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(adj) acting with excessive haste or impulse
(verb) to cause or happen before anticipated or required

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Precipitate

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Qualms

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(noun) misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy

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(noun) misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy

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Qualms

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(verb) to retract, especially a previously held belief

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Recant

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Recant

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(verb) to retract, especially a previously held belief

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Refute

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(verb) to disprove; to successfully argue against

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(verb) to disprove; to successfully argue against

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Refute

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Relegate

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(verb) to forcibly assign, especially to lower place or position

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(verb) to forcibly assign, especially to lower place or position

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Relegate

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(adj) quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings

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Reticent

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Reticent

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(adj) quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings

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Solicitious

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(adj) concerned and attentive; eager

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(adj) concerned and attentive; eager

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Solicitious

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Sordid

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

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

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Sordid

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Sporadic

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(adj) occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances

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(adj) occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances

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Sporadic

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Squander

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(verb) to waste by spending or using irresponsibly

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(verb) to waste by spending or using irresponsibly

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Squander

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Static

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(adj) not moving, active, or in motion; at rest

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(adj) not moving, active, or in motion; at rest

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Static

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Stupefy

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(verb) to stun, baffle, or amaze

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(verb) to stun, baffle, or amaze

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Stupefy

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(verb) to block; to thwart

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Stymie

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Stymie

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(verb) to block; to thwart

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Synthesis

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(noun) the combination of parts to make a whole (verb form: synthesize)

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(noun) the combination of parts to make a whole

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Synthesis (verb form: synthesize)

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Torque

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(noun) a force that causes rotation

131
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(noun) a force that causes rotation

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Torque

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(adj) winding, twisting; excessively complicated

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Tortuous

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Tortuous

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(adj) winding, twisting; excessively complicated

134
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(adj) fierce and cruel; eager to fight

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Truculent

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Truculent

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(adj) fierce and cruel; eager to fight

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Veracity

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(noun) truthfulness, honesty

137
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(noun) truthfulness, honesty

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Veracity

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Virulent

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(adj) extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic

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(adj) extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic

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Virulent

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Voracious

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

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

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Voracious

143
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Waver

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(verb) to move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion

144
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(verb) to move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion

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Waver

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