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Condescending

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Having or showing a feeling of patronizing superiority

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Haughty

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Arrogantly superior and disdainful

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Jovial

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Happy, friendly

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Surly

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Bad-tempered and unfriendly

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Miser

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Person who boards wealth and spends as little money as possible

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Lithe

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Thin, supple, and graceful

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Lurid

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Very vivid in color, especially so as to create an unpleasantly harsh or unnatural effect

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Platitude

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A statement that expresses an idea that is not new

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Trite

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Not interesting or effective because of being used too often

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Lucidity

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Free from obscurity and easy to understand

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Emancipated

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Free from legal, social, or political restrictions

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Missive

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A letter, especially a long or official one

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Magnanimous

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Very generous or forgiving, especially to one less powerful

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Assuage

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Make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense

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Mitigate

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Make less severe, serious, or painful

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Repudiate

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Refuse to accept or be associated with

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Judicious

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Having, showing, or done with good judgment or sense

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Unfettered

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Release from restraint or inhibition

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Imprudent

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Not showing care for the consequences of an action

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Circumspect

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Wary and unwilling to take risks

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Trifling

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Unimportant or trivial

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Drawl

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Speak in a slow, lazy way with prolonged vowel sounds

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Invidious

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(of an action or situation) likely to arouse or incur resentment or anger in others

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Evanescent

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Soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence; quickly fading or disappearing

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Panegyric

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A public speech or published text in praise of someone or something

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Polemic

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A strong verbal or written attack on someone or something

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Impartial

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Treating all rivals or disputants equally; fair and just

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Verbose

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Using or expressed in more words than are needed

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Depraved

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Morally corrupt; wicked

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Propriety

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The state or quality of conforming to conventionally accepted standards of behavior or morals

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Wantonness

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Disposition to willfully inflict pain and suffering on others

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Effulgence

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Radiant splendor

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Hedonism

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The pursuit of pleasure; sensual self-indulgence

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Antiquity

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The ancient past, especially the period before the Middle Ages

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Soothsayer

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A person supposed to be able to foresee the future

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Prognostication

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The action of foretelling or prophesying future events

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