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inept

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lacking in fitness or aptitude; unfit; foolish

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brazen

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bold; shameless

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diligence

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a - persevering application : assiduity
b - obsolete : speed, haste
c - the attention and care legally expected or required of a person (as a party to a contract)

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conscious

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perceiving, apprehending, or noticing with a degree of controlled thought or observation

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naught

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nothing

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wastrel

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vagabond (one who travels from place to place); expends resources foolishly

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delegate

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representative

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munificent

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giving; lavish

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occult

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relating to practices connected with supernatural phenomena

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broach

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pointed or tapered tool

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dubious

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giving rise to uncertainty

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receptive

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open and responsive to ideas

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jocund

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marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness

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inquisitive

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given to examination or investigation

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iniquitous

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a wicked act; sin ; vicious

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remonstrate

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urge reasons in oppositions

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proxy

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authority or power to act for another

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regale

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to give pleasure or amusement to

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recuse

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to disqualify (oneself) as judge in a particular case; broadly : to remove (oneself) from participation to avoid a conflict of interest

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exhaustive

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testing all possibilities

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affable

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ease; friendliness

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deliberate

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discuss issues and decisions carefully

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germanely

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obsolete; relevant

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sieve

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reduction (filtering) of fine particles

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assay

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examination of the characteristics

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amorous

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moved by love and sexual love

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rout

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crowd of people; disturbance

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console

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alleviate grief; cabinet; closet

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invigorate

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to give life and energy to

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antagonist

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one that contents with or opposes another; opponent

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liaison

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one that establishes and maintains communication for mutual understanding and cooperation

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assert

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to state or declare positively and often forcefully or aggressively

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detach

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to separate especially from a larger mass and usually without violence or damage

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incompetent

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inadequate or unsuitable for a particular purpose

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distress

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a state of danger or desperate need

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uncommunicative

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reserved

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petty

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having little or no importance or significance

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allegory

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symbolic representation

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caricature

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exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics