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Clandestine

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Done in secret, private, in concealment

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Absond

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To depart clandestinely (secretly); to steal off and hide

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Aberrant (adj)

Aberration (noun)

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Deviating from the norm

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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; abnormality

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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, taxing; requiring significant effort

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Assuage (verb)

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To ease or lessen; to appease or 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; severely simple; ascetic ( self denial, abstains from normal pleasures)

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Axiomatic (adj)

Axiom (noun)

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Taken as given; possessing self evident truth

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Canonical (adj)

Canon (noun)

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Following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards

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Capricious (adj)

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

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Censure (verb)

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To criticize severely; to officially rebuke

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Rebuke (verb)

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Stern disapproval

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Chicanery (noun)

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Trickery or subterfuge (trick to evade rule, hide something)

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Connoisseur (noun)

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An informed and state judge in matters of taste; expert

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Convoluted (noun)

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Complex or complicated

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Disabuse (verb)

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To undeceive; to set right

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Discordant (adj)

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Conflicting; dissonant or harsh I’m sound

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Disparate (adj)

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Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar

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Effrontery (noun)

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Extreme boldness; presumptuousness

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Eloquent (adj)

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Well spoken, expressive, articulate

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Enervate (verb)

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To weaken, to reduce in vitality

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Ennui (noun)

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Dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy

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Equivocate (verb)

Equivocal (adj)

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To use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent

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Erudite (noun)

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Very learned, scholarly

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Exculpate (verb)

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To exonerate; clear of blame

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Exigent (adj)

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Urgent, pressing; requiring immediate attention or action

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Extemporaneous (adj)

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Improvised; done without preparation

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Filibuster (noun)

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Intentional obstruction, esp. using prolonged speech making to delay legislative action

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Fulminate (verb)

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To loudly attack or denounce (inform against)

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Ingenuous (adj)

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Artless, frank and candid, lacking in 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; prone to temperamental outbursts

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Laud (verb)

Laudatory (adj)

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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)

Magnanimous (adj)

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The quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, esp. in forgiving

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Martial (adj)

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Associated with war and the armed forces

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Mundane (adj)

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Of the world; typical, ordinary

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Nascent (adj)

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Coming into being; in early developmental stages

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Nebulous (adj)

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Vague, cloudy;?lacking clearly defined forms

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Neologism (noun)

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A new word, expression or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses

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Noxious (adj)

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Harmful, injurious

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Obtuse (adj)

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Lacking in sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression

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Obviate (verb)

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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 or hymn of praise and thanksgiving

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Parody ( noun)

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A humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect esp. In literature and art

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Perennial ( adj)

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Recurrent through the year or many years happening repeatedly

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Perfidy (noun)

Perfidious (adj)

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Intentional breach of faith; treachery

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Perfunctory (adj)

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Done without care or interest; cursory (hasty and therefore not thoroughly detailed)

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Perspicacious (adj)

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Acutely perceptive; having keen discernment (ability to judge well)

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Prattle (verb)

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To babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner

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Precipitate ( verb)

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To cause or happen before anticipated or required

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Predilection ( noun)

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A disposition in favor or something; preference

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Prescience (noun)

Prescient (adj)

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Foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring

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Prevaricate ( verb)

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To deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead

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Qualms ( noun)

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Misgivings; reservations; cause for hesitancy

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Recant ( verb)

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To retract; esp. A previously held belief

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Refute (verb)

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To retract, esp a previously held belief

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Relegate ( verb)

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To forcibly assign, esp to a lower place or position

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Reticent (adj)

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Quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings

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Solicitous (adj)

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Concerned and attentive; eager

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Sordid (adj)

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Characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul

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Sporadic (adj)

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Occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances

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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, active, or in motion; 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; to thwart

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Synthesis (noun)

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The combination of parts to make 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 and cruel; eager to fight

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Veracity (noun)

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Truthfulness, honesty

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Virulent (adj)

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Extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic

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Voracious (adj)

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Having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous

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Waver (verb)

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

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