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Aberrant

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Deviating from standard (normal), weird

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Abscond

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to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide

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Alacrity

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eager and enthusiastic willingness

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Anomaly

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Deviation from the normal order

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Approbation

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an expression of approval

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Arduous

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strenuous, require significant effort

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Assuage

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to ease or lessen, placate

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Audacious

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daring and fearless

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Austere

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severely simple, ascetic

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Axiomatic

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possessing of self-evident truth

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Canonical

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following or in agreement with accepted

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Capricious

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inclined to change one’s mind impulsively; erratic; unpredictable

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Censure

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to criticize severely, rebuke

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Chicanery

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Trickery

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Connoisseur

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expert

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Convoluted

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complex or complicated; twisted

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Disabuse

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to undeceive

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Discordant

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Conflicting, dissonant or harsh in sound

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Disparate

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dissimilar, unequal

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Effrontery

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extreme boldness

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Eloquent

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well-spoken; expressive

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Enervate

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to weaken, to reduce in vitality

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Ennui

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Dissatisfaction and restlessness from boredom or apathy

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Equivocate

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to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent

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Erudite

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very learned, scholarly

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Exculpate

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exonerate, free from blame

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Exigent

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urgent; emergency, required immediate actions

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Extemporaneous

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improvised, done with preparation

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Filibuster

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intentional obstruction especially using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative

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Fulminate

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to loudly attack or denounce

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Ingenuous

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artless, honest, frank and candid

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Inured

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accustomed to accepting something undesirable

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Irascible

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easily angered; irritable

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Laud

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to praise highly, adulate, Extol

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Lucid

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clear, easily understood

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Magnanimity

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the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, especially in forgiveness

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Martial

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associated with war and armed forces

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Mundane

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of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary; Lacking interest or excitement

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Nascent

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coming into being; in early developmental stages, incipient

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Nebulous

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vague, cloudy, lacking clearly defined form; hazy

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Neologism

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A creation or use of new word or expression

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Noxious

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harmful, injurious, pernicious

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Obtuse

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lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise

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Obviate

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to anticipate and make unnecessary

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Onerous

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troubling, burdensome

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Paean

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a song or hymn of praise and thanks giving

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Parody

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a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect

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Perennial

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Recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly

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Perfidy

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Intentional breach of faith; treachery (betrayal of trust)

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Perfunctory

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Cursory, done without care or interest

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Perspicacious

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acutely perceptive, having keen discernment

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Prattle

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to babble meaninglessly, to talk in an empty and idle manner; palaver (foolish or inconsequential talk)

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Precipitate

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(adjective) acting with excessive haste or impulse ; (verb) to cause or happen before anticipated or required

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Predilection

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a disposition in favor of something; preference; penchant; special liking

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Prescience

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foreknowledge of events

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Prevaricate

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to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead

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Qualms

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misgivings, reservations, doubts

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Recant

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to retract, especially a previously held belief

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Refute

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to disprove, to successfully argue against

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Relegate

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to forcibly assign, especially to lower place or position

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Reticent

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quiet, reserved

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Solicitous

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concerned and attentive

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Sordid

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Characterized by filth, grime; foul

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Sporadic

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occurring only occasionally or in scattered instances

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Squander

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to waste by spending or using irresponsibly

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Static

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not moving, stationary

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Stupefy

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to stun, baffle

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Stymie

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to block; thwart

69
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Synthesis

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the combination of parts to make whole

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Torque

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a force that cause rotation

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Tortuous

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winding, twisting, excessively complicated

72
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Truculent

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fierce and cruel; eager to fight

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Veracity

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truthfulness; honesty

74
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Virulent

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extremely harmful or poisonous

75
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Voracious

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Engaging in an activity with great eagerness or enthusiasm; ravenous

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Waver

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to move to and fro; to sway

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