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Impute

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To charge or attribute, especially with fault or misconduct, lay the responsibility or blame upon, ascribe, assign

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Provident

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Thrifty, economical

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Astute

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Shrewd, clever, perceptive, discerning, acute, keenly aware

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Neophyte

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A beginner, novice, amateur, tyro

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Enigma

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A mystery, puzzle, riddle, perplexing problem

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Credence

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Belief, acceptance, especially belief in a published report or acceptance of another’s opinion or testimony

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Venerate

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To respect deeply, revere, regard with awe and adoration

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Garrulous

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Talkative, especially in a rambling, annoying, pointless or long-winded way

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Trenchant

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Keen, penetrating, vigorously effective, sharp and to the point

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Autonomous

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Independent, self-governing, not under control of something or someone else

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Panacea

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A cure-all, universal antidote

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Ephemeral

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Short-lived, passing, fleeting, lasting for a short time

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Onerous

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Burdensome, troublesome, oppressive, hard to bear, difficult to accomplish or endure

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Laity

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Nonprofessionals, laypeople collectively, all the people outside of a given profession or specialized field

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Pungent

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Sharp, penetrating, biting, acrid, caustic

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Prosaic

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Dull, ordinary, uninteresting, unimaginative

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Charlatan

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A fake, quack, imposter, fraud, humbug

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Perfunctory

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Mechanical, routine, listless, done merely as a duty, performed in an indifferent, halfhearted, superficial, and often careless way, without interest or enthusiasm

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Morass

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Literally - a swamp, marsh, bog

Foguratively - smth that traps, confines or confuses

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Sophistry

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Deceptive reasoning, subtle and misleading argument

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Prolific

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Fruitful, fertile, productive

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Mundane

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Of the world, worldly, earthly

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Myriad

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Countless, innumerable, infinite, consisting of a great or indefinite number

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Dissident

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Disagreeing, disaffected, dissenting, nonconformist

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Laudable

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Praiseworthy, commendable, worthy of approval or admiration

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Inimitable

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Unable to be imitated, copied or reproduced

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Jaded

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Worn out, tired, fatigued, weary, exhausted

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Myopic

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Short-sighted, not able to see the long-range picture

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Demonstrable

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Capable of being demonstrated, able to be proved

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Callow

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Immature, inexperienced, unsophisticated, green, naive

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Acquiesce

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To agree without protest, accept without agreement or resistance, give in quietly

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Pontificate

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To speak in a pompous and overbearing way, make pretentious or categorical statements

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Deleterious

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Harmful, destructive, injurious, detrimental

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Ambivalent

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Uncertain, indecisive, having conflicting feelings or desires

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Pensive

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Thoughtful, absorbed in thought, especially in a deep, dreamy or melancholy way

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Impromptu

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Made up or done on the spur of the moment, uttered or performed without preparation

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Conjencture

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To guess, especially to make and educated guess

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Surreptitious

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Stealthy, characterized by secrecy and caution

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Exemplary

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Worthy of imitation, praiseworthy, commendable

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Impeccable

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Perfect, faultless, flawless

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Attest

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To affirm to be true, genuine or correct

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Copious

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Abundant, plentiful, large in amount or number

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Fallacious

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False, misleading, deceptive, invalid, based on a fallacy

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Stoic

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Showing no feelings, unemotional, unaffected by pleasure or pain

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Recrimination

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A countercharge or counteraccusation

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Affinity

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Close resemblance or relationships, a strong likeness, similarity, or connection

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Volatile

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Changeable, unstable, inconstant, likely to change or shift rapidly and unpredictably

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Squalid

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Dirty and run-down as a result of poverty and neglect, foul or filthy from lack of care, miserable

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Expedite

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To speed up, hasten, facilitate, accelerate to the progress of

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Abject

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Degraded, brought low in condition or status

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