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aberrant

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adj. Eccentric/Dissimilar. Departing from the right, normal, or usual course. Deviating from the ordinary.

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anachronism

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n. Eccentric/Dissimilar: an error in chronology in which a person, object, is assigned a date or period other than the correct one.

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anomalous

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adj. Eccentric/Dissimilar: deviating from or inconsistent with the common order, form or rule. irregular.

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discrete

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adj. Eccentric/Dissimilar: apart or detached from other; separate; distinct

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eclectic

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adj. Eccentric/Dissimilar: selecting or choosing from various source. Not following any one system.

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esoteric

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adj. Eccentric/Dissimilar: understand by a few.

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iconoclast

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n. eccentric/dissimilar: a person who attacks cherished belief. a breaker or destroyer of images, especially those set up for religious veneration.

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abash

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v. Embarrass: to destroy the self-confidence, pose, make ashamed

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chagrin

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n. Embarrass: a feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation

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compunction

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n. Embarrass: a feeling of uneasiness or anxiety of the conscience caused by regret for doing wrong or causing pain.

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contrition

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n. Embarrass: regret - sincere penitence or remorse

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diffidence

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n. Embarrass: lacking confidence in one’s own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy

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expiate

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v. Embarrass: to atone for; make amends or reparation for. redeem

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foible

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n. Embarrass: a minor weakness or failing of character

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gaucherie

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n. Embarrass: lack of social grace, sensitivity

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rue

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v. Embarrass: to feel sorrow over; repent of; regret bitterly

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Equitable

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adj. Equal: fairness, just and right

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equity

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n. Equal

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tantamount

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adj. Equal: equivalent, as in value

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apocryphal

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adj. Falsehood: of doubtful authorship. False, spurious

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canard

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n. Falsehood: a false or baseless, usually derogatory story, report or rumor

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chicanery

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n. Falsehood: trickery or deception

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dissemble

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v. Falsehood: to give a false or misleading appearance to

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duplicity

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n. falsehood: deceitfulness in speech or conduct, as by speaking or acting in two different ways to different people concerning the same manner.

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equivocate

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v. Falsehood: to use ambiguous or unclear expression.

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erroneous

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adj. Falsehood: containing error; mistaken

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ersatz

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adj. Falsehood: serving as substitute; synthetic; artificial

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fallacious

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adj. falsehood

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feigned

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adj. falsehood: pretended: sham: assumed; fictitious; disguised

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guile

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n. Falsehood. insidious cunning in attaining a goal.

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mendacious/mendacity

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adj,n. untruthfulness; tendency to lie

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perfidy

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n. falsehood: deliberate breach of faith or trust; faithlessness

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prevaricate

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v. falsehood: to speak falsely or misleadingly

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specious

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adj. Falsehood: apparently good or right though lacking real merit

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spurious

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adj. Falsehood: not genuine, authentic or true. not from the claimed. pretended

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conjugal

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adj. Family: pertaining to the relation of husband and wife

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consanguine

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adj. Family: having the same ancestry or descent related by blood.

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distaff

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n. Family: mother’s side

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endogamous

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n. Family: marriage within a specific tribe

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filial

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adj. Family: noting or having the relation of a child to a parent

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fratricide

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n. a person who kills his or her brother

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progenitor

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n. family: a biologically related ancestor

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scion

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n. family: a descendant

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ardor/ardent

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n/adj, favoring/not impartial: great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion. intense devotion, eagerness or enthusiasm, zeal

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doctrinaire

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n. favoring/not impartial: a person who tries to apply some doctrine or theory without sufficient regard for practical consideration. an impractical theorist

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fervid

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adj. favoring/not impartial: heated or vehement in spirit, enthusiasm.

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partisan

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n. an adherent or supporter of a person or group.

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tendentious

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adj. favoring/not impoartial: having or showing a definite tendency, bias, or purpose

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zealot

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n. favoring: fanatic.

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absolve

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v. Forgive: to free from guilt or blame or their consequences.

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acquit

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v. Forgive: to relieve from a charge of fault or crime.

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exculpate

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v. Forgive: to clear from a charge of guilt or fault

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exonerate

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v. Forgive: to clear, as of an accusation.

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expiate

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v. Forgive: to atone for; make amends or reparation for

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palliate

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v. Forgive: to relieve or lesson without curing, mitigate; alleviate

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redress

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v. Forgive: relief from wrong or inury, to set right, remedy or repair

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vindicate

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v. Forgive: to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion.

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