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Beleaguer

Verb

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To harass

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Abate

Verb

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To reduce in intensity or amount

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Conglomerate

Noun

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A mixture of many things

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Cynical

Adjective

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Given to fault finding, Sneering, and Sarcasm

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Demure

Adjective

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Serious, Reserved, Coy

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Eclectic

Adjective

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Coming from a variety of diverse sources

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Elegiac

Adjective

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Mournful, Expressing sorrow

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Emulate

Verb

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To try and equal or to be like (usually through imitation)

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Endow

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To provide with income or property; To supply with a talent or supply

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Giddy

Adjective

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Dizzy

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Hypocrite

Noun

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Once who is insincere or deceitful; One who says one thing but does another

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Immutable

Adjective

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Unchanging

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Imperious

Adjective

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Extremely overbearing

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Implacable

Adjective

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Incapable of being appeased

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Indolence

Adjective

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Laziness

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Insolence

Noun

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Insulting or contemptuous behavior

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Interminable

Adjective

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Having or seeming to have no end

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Jeopardize

Verb

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To expose to danger

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Lament

Verb

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To mourn or to express sorrow in a demonstrative manner

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Mutability

Noun

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The degree to which something is likely to change

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Obscure

Adjective

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Difficult to see; Vague

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Ominous

Adjective

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Threatening

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Paragon

Noun

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A model of excellence or perfection

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Peal

Noun

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A loud ringing ( usually of bells)

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Precarious

Adjective

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Dangerous; Risky