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Satirized

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Mock; ridicule

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Unpalatable

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Unappetizing; disagreeable

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Impugned

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Challenge; question; dispute

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Concur

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Agree; coincide

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Truculent

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Fierce; cruel; savagely brutal

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Ignominy

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Public shame or disgrace

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Utilitarian

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Designed to be useful or practical rather than attractive

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Untenable

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Indefensible; unsustainable; unjustifiable

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Superfluous

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Unnecessary especially through being more than enough; unneeded

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Taciturn

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Reserved or uncommunicative

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Tantamount

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Equal to; as good as

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Obdurate

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Stubborn; obstinate; intransigent

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Fatuity

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Absurdity

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Subtlety

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Delicacy; nuance

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Archaic

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Very old fashioned

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Irreverent

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Disrespectful; scornful

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Adulation

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Excessive admiration or praise

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Solace

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Comfort; consolation; support

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Repugnant

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Revolting; disgusting

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Innocuous

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Not harmful or offensive

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Reprehensible

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Deplorable; disgraceful; despicable

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Auspicious

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Conducive to success; favorable

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Absolve

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Set or declare someone free from guilt, blame, or responsibility

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Enervate

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Exhaust; weaken; devitalize

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Venerable

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Respected; revered

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Pedant

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A persons who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning

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Neophyte

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Beginner; novice

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Vociferous

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Vehement; clamorous; boisterous

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Prescience

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Foresight; foreknowledge

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Premeditated

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Think out or plan beforehand

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Insolvent

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Unable to pay debts owed; bankrupt

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Apprehend

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Arrest someone for a crime; understand; perceive

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Sketchy

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Cursory; perfunctory; not through or detailed

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Dilapidated

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In a state of disrepair or ruin; ramshackle

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Penitence

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Regret; remorse

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Transitory

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Short- lived

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