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1
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abhorrence

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hatred

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abstemious

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spare in eating and drinking

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abstruse

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difficult to understand

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acquiesce

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to agree without question

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acrimony

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bitterness; spite

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aggrandize

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to make something seem bigger

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aggregate

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to collect

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aggregation

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a collection

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ascendancy

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control; influence

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ascetic

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denying of worldly pleasures

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aspersion

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slander; a damaging remark

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assiduous

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diligent

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austerity

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sternness; refraining from worldly pleasures

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banal

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repeated too often; predictable

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basal

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of primary importance

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belie

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contradict

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bereavement

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sadness over death

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bucolic

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relating to something pastoral

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beurocracy

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administration characterized by excessive routine and petty officials

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beurocratization

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dividing into bureaus

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candor

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honesty

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carping

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finding fault needlessly

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catharsis

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strong emotional release

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censorious

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criticizing

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charlatan

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fraud

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chicanery

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trickery

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circumlocution

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an indirect expression

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colloquial

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relating to conversation

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conciliatory

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wiling to compromise

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consummate

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showing a high degree of skill and flair; complete or perfect

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contingency

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an alternate plan

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convivial

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jovial nature

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33
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curtail

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reduce; limit

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decorous

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dignified; proper

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deplore

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to show disapproval

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36
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depose

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to remove from office

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deprecate

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express disapproval of

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dessicate

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to dry

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diaphanous

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semi-transparent

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diatribe

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a violent verbal attack

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dictum

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decree

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42
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dimunition

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reducing in size

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discerning

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mentally sharp

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44
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discordant

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conflicting (e.g. sounds)

45
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disquiet

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to cause unrest/uneasyness

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doctrinaire

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(adj) seeking to impose a doctrine in all circumstances without regard to practical considerations; (n) a person who seeks to impose a doctrine without regard to practical considerations

47
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dowager

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an elderly, dignified woman; widow of royalty

48
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edify

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to teach virtues, morals, etc

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innocuous

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harmless

50
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jingoism

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fanatical patriotism

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laconic

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concise

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laggard

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sluggish

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lampoon

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to mock

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laud

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praise

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levity

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lightheartedness; not seriousp

56
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listless

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unenergetic

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lugubrious

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gloomy; mournful

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machination

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a calculated pattern of thinking or scheming

59
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milieu

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surroundings; location; setting

60
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nascent

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beginning to exist; recently born

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nefarious

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evil

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opulence

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excessive wealth

63
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palpable

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able to be felt by the senses

64
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parsimony

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frugality; cheapness

65
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pensive

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thoughtful; hesitant

66
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perfidy

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treachery; a breach of faith

67
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pernicious

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destructive

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preeminance

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high status; greatness

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profligacy

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extravagance

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effusive

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unrestrained; enthusiastic

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elegy

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a sad poem or song

72
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emend

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to correct or edit

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equanimity

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mentally calm, cool, and collected

74
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erudite

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scholarly

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facetious

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treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant

76
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fastidious

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picky; difficult to please

77
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halcyon

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glory days; consummate period

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histrionic

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(adj) overly theatrical or melodramatic in character or style; (n) exaggerated dramatic behavior designed to attract attention

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iconoclast

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one who attacks traditional or common beliefs

80
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ignominy

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humiliation; disgrace

81
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impetuous

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hotheaded; hasty; arbitrary

82
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improvident

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not careful; neglectful

83
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inane

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absurd

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indict

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to charge with a crime

85
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indigence

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poverty

86
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purveyor

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provider; supplier

87
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quagmire

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swampy land

88
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querulous

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whiny

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quiescent

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dormant; sleeping

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raiment

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clothing; to clothe

91
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rancor

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hatred

92
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reticent

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reserved; shy

93
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scanty

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small or insufficient in quantity or amount; a dearth

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sedulous

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diligent

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strident

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loud and shrill

96
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succinct

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brief

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sundry

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an assortment; a haphazard collection

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surfeit

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(n) excess; (v) cause (someone) to desire no more of something as a result of having consumed or done it to excess

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syncophant

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a “suck-up”

100
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syncopate

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to displace the beats or accents in (music or a rhythm) so that strong beats become weak and vice versa; to shorten (a word) by dropping sounds or letters in the middle, as in symbology for symbolology

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terse

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abruptly short or concise

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torpor

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lethargy

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treacly

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cloying: overly sweet

104
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trepidation

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fear; apprehension

105
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trite

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commonplace, clichéd

106
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unequivocal

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having only one meaning; clear

107
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vagary

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an unexpected and inexplicable change in a situation or in someone’s behavior

108
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vitriolic

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filled with bitter criticism or malice

109
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whimsical

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capricious; decided by impulse or chance

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