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Equivocate

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To use ambiguous language to conceal truth or avoid committing one’s self

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Vacillate

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To waver between opinions; indecisive

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Engender

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Cause or give rise to

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Ephemeral

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Lasting a short period of time

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Laconic

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Using few words

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Belies

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To contradict

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Raillery

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Good natured mockery

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Myopic

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Short sighted

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Vacous

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Empty or vain

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Def: To use ambiguous language to conceal truth or avoid committing one’s self

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Equivocate

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Def: To waver between opinions; Indecisive

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Vacillate

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Def: Cause or give rise to

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Engender

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Def: lasting a short period of time

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Ephemeral

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Def: Using few words

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Laconic

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Def: To contradict

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Belies

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Def: Good natured mockery

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Raillery

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Def: Short sighted

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Myopic

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Def: Empty or vain

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Vacous

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Prescient

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Far sighted

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Nascent

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Newly born

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Jejurely

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Childishly

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Paen

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Homeage (praise)

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Ignoming

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To disgrace

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Ribald

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Vulgar

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Captious

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Easily displeased

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Incipient

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At an early age

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Impecunious

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Impoverished

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Dissembling

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To speak or act hypocritically

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Def: Far sighted

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Prescient

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Def: Newly born

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Nascent

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Def: Childishly

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Jejurely

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Def: Homeage (praise)

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Paen

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Def: To disgrace

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Ignoming

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Def: Vulgar

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Ribald

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Def: Easily Displeased

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Captious

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Def: At an early age

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Incipient

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Def: Impoverished

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Impecunious

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Def: To speak or act hypocritically

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Dissembling

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Lascivious

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Vulgar

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Indigent

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Impoverished

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Hoary

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Grey or white with age

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Cogent

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Convincing and well reasoned

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Credulous

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Too trusting; Gullible

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Decorum

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Appropriateness of behavior or conduct

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Deference

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Respect; Courtesy

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Desultory

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Jumping from one thing to another

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Diatribe

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An abusive, condemnatory speech

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Diffident

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Lacking self confidence

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Def: Vulgar

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Lascivious

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Def: Impoverished

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Indifent

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Def: Grey or white with old age

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Hoary

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Def: Convincing and well reasoned

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Cogent

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Def: Too trusting; Gullible

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Credulous

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Def: Appropriateness of behavior or conduct

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Decorum

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Def: Respect; Courtesy

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Deference

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Def: Jumping from one thing to another

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Desultory

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Def: An abusive, condemnatory speech

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Diatribe

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Def: Lacking self-confidence

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Diffident

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Dirge

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Funeral hymn or mournful speech

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Disabuse

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To set right; Free from error

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Dissemble

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To present a false appearance

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Enervate

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To reduce in strength

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Estimable

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Admirable

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Exigent

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Urgent

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Foment

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To arouse or incite

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Inchoate

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Disorganized; Not fully formed

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Insipid

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Lacking interest

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Inundate

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To overwhelm; Cover with water

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Irascible

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Easily angered

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Def: Funeral hymn or mournful speech

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Dirge

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Def: To set right; Free from error

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Disabuse

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Def: To present a false appearance

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Dissmble

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Def: To reduce in strength

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Enervate

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Def: Admirable

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Estimable

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Def: Urgent

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Exigent

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Def: To arouse or incite

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Foment

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Def: Disorganized; Not fully formed

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Inchoate

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Def: Lacking interest

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Insipid

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Def: To overwhelm; cover with water

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Inundate

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Def: Easily angered

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Irascible

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Malinger

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To evade responsibility by pretending to be ill

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Obdurate

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Hardened in feeling; Resistant to persuasion

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Obsequious

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Overly submissive and eager to please

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Perfidious

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Willing to betray one’s trust

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Perfunctory

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Done in a routine way; Indifferent

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Precipitate

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to throw violently or bring about abruptly

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Prevaricate

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To lie or deviate from the truth

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Propitiate

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To concilate; Appease

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Quiescent

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Motionless

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Repudiate

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Reject the validity of

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Reticent

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Silent; Reserved

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Sublime

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Lofty or grand

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Tacit

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Done without words

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Taciturn

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Silent; Not talkative

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Def: Silent; Not talkative

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Taciturn

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Def: Done without words

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Tacit

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Def: Lofty or grand

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Sublime

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Def: Silent; Reserved

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Reticent

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Def: Reject the validity of

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Repudiate

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Def: motionless

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Quiescent

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Def: To concilate; Appease

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Propitiate

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Def: To lie or deviate from the truth

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Prevaricate

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Def: To throw violently or bring about abruptly

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Precipitate

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Def: Done in a routine way; Indifferent

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Perfunctory

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Def: Willing to betray one’s trust

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Perfidious

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Def: Overly submissive and eager to please

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Obsequious

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Def: Hardened in feeling; Resistant to persuasion

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Obdurate

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Def: To evade personal responsibility by pretending to be ill

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Malinger

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Artless

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Open or honest

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Def: open or honest

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Artless

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Prosaic

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Uncreative, uninteresting, bland

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Vapid

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Uncreative, uninteresting, bland

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Prohibitive

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Unaffordable

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Def: unaffordable

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Prohibitive

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Inexorable

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Relentless; inescapable

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Def: relentless; inescapable

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Inexorable

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Machination

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Intrigue

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Sanguine

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Reddish or confident, optimistic

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Def: Optimistic or confident

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Sanguine

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Coruscate

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Gleam or radiate

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Piquant

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Provocative, striking

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Def: provocative, striking

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Piquant

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Recreant

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Cowardly, unfaithful

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Def: cowardly, unfaithful

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Recreant

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Fastidiously

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Meticulously

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Dilatorily

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Causing delay

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Cache

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To store away

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Def: to store away

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Cache

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Def: causing delay

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Dilatorilt

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Def: meticulously, very carefully

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Fadtidiously

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Audacious

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Bold, daring

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Obstreperous

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Boisterous and defiant, as a personality trait

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Cogitation

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Thoughtful consideration

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Def: thoughtful consideration

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Cogitation

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Def: bold and daring

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Audacious

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Def: boisterous and defiant, as personality trait

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Obstreperous

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Implacable

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Vengeful

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Reprisal

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Vengeance

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Def: vengeance

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Repris

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Def: vengeful

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Implacable

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Saccharine

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Sweet

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Punctilious

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Finicky

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Fidelity

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Accuracy in details

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Deft

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Skillful, dexterous

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Attrition

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A diminishing or loss

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Diminution

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A decrease

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