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preempt

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take the place of

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coalesce

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fuse

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cardinal

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most important

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elicit

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call forth

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vitriol

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abusive language

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estimable

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deserving respect

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artlessness

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innocence

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elude

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fail to be grasped

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emulate

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imitate

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juggernaut

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unstoppable force

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presumptuous

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overly forward

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languish

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become weak

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preemptive

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done first

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cornucopia

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abundant supply

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copious

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abundant

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discrete

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seperate

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dispassioned

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objective

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unforthcoming

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not cooperative

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improvident

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not careful

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betray

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reveal

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unequivocal

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having a clear meaning

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contemptuous

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scornful

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creditable

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good but not great

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base

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without principles

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heyday

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pinnacle

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compound

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make more intense

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effervescent

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bubbly

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banality

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cliche

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spartan

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unconcerned with comfort

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imbibe

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absorb ideas

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docile

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easily managed

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pith

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most essential part

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miser

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one who is cheap

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row

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angry dispute

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equivocate

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speak vaguely

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obtuse

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slow to learn

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muted

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softened

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disingenuous

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pretending to be honest

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corroborate

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confirm

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opaque

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tough to understand

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benign

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harmless

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whimsical

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driven by impulse

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perennial

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everlasting

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chauvinist

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elitist

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accolade

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high praise

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duplicity

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deceit

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recapitulation

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summary

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conducive

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helpful

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despot

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tyrant

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puerile

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childish

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desecrate

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ruin something holy

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expunge

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erase

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tyro

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beginner

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ossify

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harden

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obstinate

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stubborn

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evanescent

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short lived

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loath

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reluctant

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pariah

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outcast

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corollary

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consequence

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lachrymose

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weepy

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gambit

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scheme

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diatribe

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bitter verbal attack

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artifice

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trickery

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conciliate

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make peace with

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admonish

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warn

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pertinent

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relevant

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inchoate

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not fully formed

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solicitous

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anxious to please

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epigram

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witty saying

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consecrate

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make holy

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illustrious

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famous

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erudite

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scholarly

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hubris

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excessive pride

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truculence

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tendency to fight

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malinger

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avoid work

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celerity

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quickness

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moment

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importance

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grandiloquent

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pompous

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clemency

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mercy

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adjudicate

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judge

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endemic

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native

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malapropism

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confusing similar words

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schadenfreude

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joy in other’s suffering

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eponym

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derived from a name

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abrogate

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overturn a law

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maladroit

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clumsy

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moot

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irrelevant

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desiccated

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lacking vitality

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ignoble

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dishonorable

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implacable

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unable to be harmed

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promulgate

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officially make known

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quitty

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witty remark

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circumscribe

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restrict within limits

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factitious

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artificial

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zeitgeist

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spirit of the times

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