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affinity

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(n) a natural liking for something / resemblance

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altruistic

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(adj) self-less

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baroque

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(adj) highly ornate and extravagant in style

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byzantine

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(adj) excessively complicated / characterize by deviousness

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compromise

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(v) agree / hard by accepting standards that are lower than desirable

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conciliatory

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(adj) intended or likely to placate or pacify

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countenance

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(n) facial expression / support or approval

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covert

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(v) not openly acknowledged or displayed / secretive / clandestine

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credible

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(adj) able to believe / trustworthy

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diffuse

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(v) spread out / verbose / lacking clarity or conciseness

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documentary

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(adj) based on official documents, comprehensive

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exhaustive

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(adj) including all elements, comprehensive

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exhilarating

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(adj) making one feel very happy / thrilling

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extraneous

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(adj) irrelevant to the situation

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fervor

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(n) intense and passionate feeling

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futile

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(adj) fruitless, pointless

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illusory

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(adj) based on illusions

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invidious

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(adj) unpleasant / illusion

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lethargic

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(adj) sluggish, lazy

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metaphorical

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(adj) figurative

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mimic

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(v) imitate

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numinuous

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(adj) having strong religious or spiritual quality

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obsure

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(adj) not discovered or not known about / abstruse

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overt

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(v) done or show openly

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pellucid

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(adj) clear and easy to understand

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perpetuate

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(v) make (something) continue indefinitely

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rational

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(adj) based on or accordance with logic and reasoning

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scathing

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(adj) scornful / harm

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subtle

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(adj) delicately complex / making use of clever and indirect methods to achieve something

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superficial

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(adj) appear to be true but actually not / cursory / not throughout

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acquiesce

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(v) accept something reluctantly without protest

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adroit

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(adj) clever or skillful

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amend

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(v) improve by minor change

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animus

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(n) hostility or ill feeling / motivation to do something

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apologist

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(n) someone who offers an argument in defense of something controversial / defender

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astringent

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(adj) sharp or severe in style or manner

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collaborate

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(v) work together in a project

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competent

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(adj) efficient and capable

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correlate

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(v) correspond, connect

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deride

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(v) ridicule

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dictate

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(v) an order or principle that must be obeyed

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discreet

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(adj) careful in order to keep confidential

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divorced

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(adj) separated from something typically with an undesirable effect

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elitist

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(adj) demonstrating a superior attitude associated with an elite

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exacting

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(adj) demanding
(v) inflict (revenge) on someone

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flummoxed

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(adj) bewildered or perplexed

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fruitful

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(adj) fertile, productive

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inborn

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(adj) natural to a person or animal

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polymath

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(n) a person of wide knowledge or understanding

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reticent

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(adj) not revealing one’s nature / laconic

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stringent

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(adj) strict, precise and exacting

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subservient

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(adj) prepared to obey others unquestioningly

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surreptitious

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(adj) keep secret, especially because it is not approved of

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tantalizing

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(adj) torment or teasing with the sight or promise of something unobtainable

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tantamount

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(adj) equivalent in seriousness to / virtually the same as

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torpor

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(n) state of physical or mental inactivity / lethargic

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trenchant

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(adj) vigorous or incisive in expression or style

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umbrage

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(n) offense or annoyance

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versatile

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(adj) adaptable to many functions or activities

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wayward

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(adj) difficult to control or predict because of willful or perverse behavior

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