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Aberration

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Abnormality, a state or condition markedly different from the norm

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Amicable

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Chracterized by friendship and good will, friendly

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Canny

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Showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others, smart and shrewd

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Compassion

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A deep awareness of and sympathy for another’s suffering, sympathy

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Digression

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A turning aside (of your course or attention or concern), detour, going off point

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Disdain

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Lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike, contempt (avsky)

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Enervating

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Causing debiliation, weakening and draining

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Fraught

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Filled with or attended with (feeling)

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Impetuous

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Impulsive, do something before you think

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Intuitive

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Spontaneously derived from or prompted by a natural tendency, instinctive

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Ostentatious

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Extravagant l, pretentious, showy, intended to attract notice or impress others

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Procrastinate

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Postpone doing what one should be doing, put iff

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Prudent

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Careful and sensible, wise ex. It was a prudent decision to bring the umbrella

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Reverence

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Profound respect for something or someone, deep respect for something or someone

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Substantiate

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Establish or strengthenas with new evidence or facts, validate, back up your statements

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Substantiate

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Establish or strengthenas with new evidence or facts, validate, back up your statements

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Vindicate

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Prove correct