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Mendacious

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Given to lying

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Ingénue

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Naive, unsophisticated young woman

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Protean

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Changeable

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Sophomoric

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Juvenile; immature

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Venal

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Corrupt; can be bribed

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Peccadillo

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Minor weakness; trivial offense

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Soporific

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Inducing sleep

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Veneer

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Surface coating

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Clientele

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Customers

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Fly-by-night

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Unreliable; disreputable

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Inimical

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Hostile

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Pedant

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Person who insists on strict adherence to rules or narrow learning

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Artifice

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Deception; trickery

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Forensic

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Concerned with argument or debate (esp. for legal evidence)

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Provincial

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Unsophisticated; narrow-minded

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Venial

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Minor; unimportant

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Disseminating

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Circulating; broadcasting; spreading (information)

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Peerless

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Unequaled; unrivaled

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Ascetic

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Without luxuries; severely simple

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Diurnal

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Active in daytime

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Fortuitous

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Happening by hance

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Pejorative

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Derogatory

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Assiduous

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Thorough; diligent

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Cogent

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Lucid; well-argued

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Fractious

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Irritable; difficult to control

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Inscrutable

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Mysterious; impenetrable

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Mettle

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Courage; bravery; valor

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Pellucid

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Transparently clear

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Spurious

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False

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Milieu

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Environment

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Purloin

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Steal

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Vertigo

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Dizziness

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Dogmatic

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Having stubbornly held opinions

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Insipid

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Dull; boring; bland

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Mire

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Swamp; muddy ground

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Penury

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Poverty

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Pusillanimous

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Cowardly

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Staid

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Dull; sober; serious

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Vestigial

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Not developed

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Collate

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Arrange in order

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