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1
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Equivocate

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To hedge

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Superfluous

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Unnecessary

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Bilateral

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Two-sided

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Unilateral

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One-sided

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Circumspect

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Cautious

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Commensurately

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Of like measure

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7
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Malevolence

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Evil intent

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Neophyte

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Beginner

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Misanthropist

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People-hater

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Bellicose

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Warlike

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Anthropomorphic

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Man-shaped

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Captious

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Fault-finding

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Neologism

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New word

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Incredulous

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Not believing

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15
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Malediction

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A curse

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Omniscient

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All-knowing

17
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Monomania

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Obsession with one thing

18
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Specious

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False

19
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Excoriate

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Verbally flog

20
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Prototype

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First model

21
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Xenophobia

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Fear of foreigners

22
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Benediction

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Blessing

23
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Amorphous

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Shapeless

24
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Preponderance

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Bulk

25
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Magnanimous

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Great-minded