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banal

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not original, common, boring

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benevolent

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generous

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bog

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marsh, swamp

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buoyant

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  1. cheerful 2. floating 3. very active (in an economic

context)

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buttress

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support

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byzantine

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excessively complex

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belabor

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to go over repeatedly or to an absurd extent

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belie

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to contradict

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beget

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to give birth to

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caricature

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a portrait or description that is purposely distorted or exaggerated, often to prove some point about its subject

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celibacy

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abstinence from sex

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belleaguer

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to surround

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beset

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to harass

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candor

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truthfulness

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chasm

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a deep, gaping hole

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awry

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off course, away from appropriate

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bemused

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confused

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capitulate

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to surrender

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avow

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to claim

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capricious

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unpredictable

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burgeon

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to expand

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autonomous

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acting independently

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axiom

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wildly accepted

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auspicious

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favourable

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bane

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poison

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benefactor

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one who provides help, especially in the form of a gift or donation

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belligerent

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quarrelsome

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charlatan

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fraud

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chagrin

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humiliation

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bovine

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cow related

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brevity

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briefness

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chastise

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to discipline

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blatant

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unpleasantly or offensively noisy

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cerebral

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brainy

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caustic

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like acid

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bastion

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stronghold

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bucolic

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countrylike

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blithe

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cheerful

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blasphemy

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irreverence, a lack of respect for people or things that are generally taken seriously

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blight

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a disease in plants

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castigate

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to criticise severely

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bequest

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something left to someone in a will

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belittle

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to make to seem little

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cadence

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rhythm

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censure

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to condemn severely for doing some thing bad

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bereaved

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deprived or left desolate, especially through death

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compendium

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summary

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convivial

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festive

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congenial

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agreeably suitable

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condescend

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to patronize

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clemency

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mercy

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contrite

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admitting guilt

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condone

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to overlook

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copious

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abundant

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chronic

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constant

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congenital

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describing a trait or condition acquired between conception and birth

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chimera

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an illusion

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compelling

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forceful

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circumscribe

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to restrict

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comprise

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consist of

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circuitous

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roundabout

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commensurate

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equal

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complicity

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participation in wrong doing

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conciliatory

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making peace

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coerce

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to force someone to do or not to do sth

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contentious

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argumentative

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connoisseur

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an expert, particularly in matters of art or taste

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conducive

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promoting

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concurrent

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happening at the same time

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colloquial

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conversational

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circumlocution

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an indirect expression

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construe

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to interpret

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concord

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harmony

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contingent

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dependent

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coherent

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holding together

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conjure

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to summon or bring into being as if by magic

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cognizant

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aware

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consummate

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perfect

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corollary

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something that follows

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complement

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to complete or fill up

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choleric

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hot tempered

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circumspect

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cautious

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consecrate

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to make or declare sacred

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consonant

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harmonious

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corroborate

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to confirm

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consensus

A

unanimity or general agreement

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