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tinnitus

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ringing, buzzing

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Vagary

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unpredictable action

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Extemporaneous

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not prepared in advance

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Hapless

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unfortunate

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dilatory

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delaying

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deference

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regard an opinion over your own

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saturnine

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disinclined to talk, slow, gloomy

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desultory

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lacking in a purpose

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stolid

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unemotional

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whimsical

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fanciful

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pedantic

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someone who shows off their learning

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obviate

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prevent

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reclamated

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reformation

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paltry

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worthless

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fecundity

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fertility

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appelation

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nickname

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aphorism

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pithy remark

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calorific

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producing heat

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flouted

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disregarded

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spurned

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reject with disdain

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contrived

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devised, planned

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zealous

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passion, energy, enthusiasm

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expound

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explain

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conjure

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image, make up

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somnolent

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sleepy

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sagacious

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wise

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inured

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accustomed (to something bad)

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neologism

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new terms

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imperitnent

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rude, not showing proper respect

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cossetted

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pampered

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dandled

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pampered, baby

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indelible

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permanent

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belie

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contradict

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wizened

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shrivel, wrinkle with old age

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expurging

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censoring

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edifying

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moraly instructing

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borne

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carried, put up with

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parochial

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provincial, local, narrow

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pertinacious

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holding firm

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indolent

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lazy

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insolent

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rude

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indigent

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poor

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abase

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degrade

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venerate

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hold in high regard

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expatiate

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speak about at length

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specious

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plausible, but wrong

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myopic

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stubborn, near sighted

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truculent

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cruel

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abberant

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diverging from accepted standards

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esurient

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hungry, greedy

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latent

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hidden from view

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inscrutability

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unable to understand

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elucidation

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clarification

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metonymy

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substituting for a name

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abjure

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reject

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ascetic

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purposefully abstain, self restraint

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ineluctible

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unavoidable

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intractible

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stubborn, hard to control

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cant

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hypocrticical, insincere

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plaintive

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sad

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arresting

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attracting attention

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condign

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fitting, deserved

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meet

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suitable, proper

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clement

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merciful

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piquant

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spicy, provocative

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descry

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discover

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contravene

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contradict

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mawkish

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sentimental, sweet

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blithe

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cheerful

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tremulous

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fearful

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tortuous

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twisted

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sate

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satisfy

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surfeit

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overindulge, glutton

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whet

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sharpen, stimulate

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harbinger

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announcer of upcoming thing

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herald

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official messenger

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syncophants

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flatterers

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puerile

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immature, juvenile

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guileless

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straightforward

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bungling

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clumsy

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exhort

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strongly urge

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temporal

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lasting a short time

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propitious

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favorable

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fulsome

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insincere

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droll

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curious and dryly amusing

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venal

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greedy, open to bribes

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insipid

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boring

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torpid

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lazy

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vitriolic

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cruel, hurtful, corrosive

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ascertain

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determine

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lugubrious

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sorrowful

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sinuous

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wandering

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stultify

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weaken, hinder

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recompense

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compensate

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chagrin

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distress, embarrassment, humiliation

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meliorate

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improve

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cretaceous

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chalky, rock like

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diaphanous

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delicate, translucent

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ingenuous

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innocent, unsuspecting

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ubiquitious

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constantly present

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chicanery

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deception

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cabal

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secret group, faction

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plucky

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courageous

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ribald

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sexual, rude, irreverent

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promulgate

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make known

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foment

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incite

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obloquy

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public criticism

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irresolute

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unpredictable

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contumacious

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rebellious, disobedient to authority

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seditious

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rebellious, disobedient to authority

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trepidation

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fear of anticipation

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abetted

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strengthened

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lowed

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moo

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forestalled

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prevent, obstruct, restricted, slowed

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celerity

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speed

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seduously

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diligently

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assidious

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persevering

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inimical

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hostile

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flint

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hard, unyeilding

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nepotism

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favoring family members

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munificent

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generous, bountiful

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perfidious

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disloyal, faithless

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fastidious

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detail oriented

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superannuate

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given a pension

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farce

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ludacris, bafoonery

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imperturable

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cant be disturbed

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ablution

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abstemiuous

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not self indulgent with food

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precipitate

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cause smething negative to happen suddenly, prematurely

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inpecunious

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mordant

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irascible

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hostile, argumentative, easily angered

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stultified

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prevented, hindered

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jocund

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cheerful, lighthearter, joking

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fleetly

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fast, nimble

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fitfully

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unpredictably

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atrophy

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brood

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think deeply about something that makes you unhappy

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ruminate

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think deeply

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trenchant

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vigorous, incisive

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sententious

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self righteous, pithy, concise, wise

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errant

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wandering, incorrect

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cannonical

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accepting doctrine

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sacrosanct

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involable, too important to interfere

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apocryphal

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doubtful, inauthentic

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ruddy

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aside

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statement heard by the audience but not other actors

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soliloquoy

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speaking one thoughts aloud

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recreant

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abandoning allegiances

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insurrection

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rebellion, uprising

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chimerical

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fancilful, something out of reach

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artless

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open, honest

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affected

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artificial, deceptive

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garish

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tasteless, gawdy

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rococo

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highly ornamented

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winsome

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charming, appealing

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homeliness

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common, unattractive

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comeliness

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beauty, pleasant to look at

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paucity

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lack, poor

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bravado

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exagerated courage, to intimidate

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bravura

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piece requiring great talent

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rapacious

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very greedy

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acrimonious

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biting, angry, bitter

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pernicious

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credulous

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innocent, gullible

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penurious

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very poor, or mean, parsimonious

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parsimonious

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unwilling to spend money

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strident

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harsh, loud sounding, shrill

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jocular

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hackneyed

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boring, overused

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limpid

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perspicatious

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smart, erudite

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churlish

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rude, hostile

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respite

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dour

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severe, stern, gloomy

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libidous

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carousal, lustful, following libido

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ersatz

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sentescence

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growing old, deteriorating

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obfuscate

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emendation

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improvement, correcting a text

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doughty

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brave, persistent, resolute

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beguiling

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charming, often in a deceptive way

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odious

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unpleasant, repulsive, offensive

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jujunely

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childishly

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attenuate

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extort

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take by force

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ignominuous

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deserving shame, discraceful

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obsequious

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obedient, servile, fawning

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paean

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praise, homage

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avaricious

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surly

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bad tempered, irritable

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taciturn

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scourge

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epidemic, plague

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espouse

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pusillanimous

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cowardly, timid

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allay

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indemified

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compensate/secure against loss

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diluvial

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behest

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strongly urge

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captious

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easily displeased, easily finding faults

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dissolute

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morally corrupt

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profligate

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recklessly extravagent, wasteful, deviant

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nettlesome

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grovel

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humble, awe struck

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interdiction

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prohibit by authority

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saccharine

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excessively sweet

209
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supercilious

A

acting superior to others

210
Q

maladroit

A

awkward, clumsy, unskillful

211
Q

piddling

212
Q

impecunious

A

impoverished

213
Q

dissembling

A

conceal true motives

214
Q

staid

A

calm, sedated, prim to the point of being boring

215
Q

demured

A

raise an objection

216
Q

acceded

217
Q

inveighed

A

speak or write about with hostility

218
Q

spry

A

active, lively, nimble

219
Q

hoary

A

gray with age

220
Q

unctuous

A

excessively smug, oily

221
Q

effugent

222
Q

equanimity

223
Q

vociferously

A

forceful, intense, clamorously

224
Q

caustic

A

sarcastic, biting

225
Q

conjecture

A

unproven opinion

226
Q

sobrequiet

227
Q

machinate

A

scheme, plot

228
Q

polemocal

A

controversial, argumentative

229
Q

sophism

A

masking falsehood

230
Q

pugnacious

A

stubborn, determined

231
Q

valediction

A

speech about someones worth, as a farewell

232
Q

breviloquent

233
Q

celerity

A

briekness, swiftness

234
Q

cautery

A

burning, scarring

235
Q

rapture

A

extreme joy

236
Q

incertitude

A

uncertainty

237
Q

galvanizing

A

exciting, stimulating

238
Q

buoyancy

A

quick to recover

239
Q

insouciant

A

light hearted

240
Q

vilipend

A

regard as worthless

241
Q

predillection

A

strong attraction

242
Q

acquiesce

A

passive acceptance

243
Q

asinine

A

silly, stupid, foolish

244
Q

shrewd

A

having sharp powers of judgement

245
Q

froward

A

stubborn, not easily controlled or dealt with

246
Q

earthy

247
Q

gadfly

A

irritating person

248
Q

sybarite

A

person devoted to luxury

249
Q

wanton

A

those who live in luxury or sexually unrestrained

250
Q

execrable

A

bad, unpleasant

251
Q

ebullient

A

high spirited

252
Q

opine

A

hold or state one’s opinion

253
Q

palaver

A

prolonged idle discussion

254
Q

Turbid

A

cloudy, opaque, thick, obscure

255
Q

Sentry

A

Soldier stationed to keep guard

256
Q

foreboding

A

fearful apprehention

257
Q

resolute

A

admirably determined, unwavering

258
Q

repair

A

to go to (with company)

259
Q

Nihilism

A

belief that life is meaningless, rejecting moral principles

260
Q

sentient

A

able to perceive, feel things

261
Q

avuncular

A

uncle like

262
Q

tawny

A

orange brown

263
Q

chairoscuro

A

light and dark in painting and shadow

264
Q

Jettison

A

to throw or drop, abandon, discard

265
Q

defamatory

A

damaging someone’s good reputation

266
Q

Injudicious

A

showing poor judgement, unwise

267
Q

recrudesce

268
Q

solicitous

A

showing interest or concern

269
Q

laconic

A

using few words

270
Q

prevaricate

A

speak or act evasively

271
Q

baseness

A

lack of moral principles

272
Q

precarious

273
Q

Pejorative

A

expressing disapproval

274
Q

aplomb

A

self confidence, assurance

275
Q

deft

A

neatfully skillful and quick

276
Q

entreaty

A

earnest, humble request

277
Q

liminal

A

relating to a transition

278
Q

terroir

A

the environment a wine is made in

279
Q

welter

A

move in unpredictable fashion, general disorder

280
Q

ascot

A

type of neck tie

281
Q

spectral

A

ghost like

282
Q

feckless

A

lacking initiative or strength of character

283
Q

cagey

A

cautious, suspicious

284
Q

warren

A

a labryinthine area

285
Q

resplendent

A

attractive, colorful, expensive looking

286
Q

dimorphic

A

occuring in two separate forms

287
Q

waif

A

homeless, neglected person or child

288
Q

kismet

A

destiny, fate

289
Q

fussbudget

A

someone who is fussy, and needlesly points out faults

290
Q

commodious

A

expansive, capacious

291
Q

churl

A

boor, impolite, meanspirited person

292
Q

clod

A

stupid person

293
Q

wastrel

A

wasteful good for nothing person

294
Q

quiescient

295
Q

prodigious

A

phenomenal, exceptional, remarkable in size or degree

296
Q

effect

297
Q

bastion

A

a fortified place, place upholding principles

298
Q

semblance

A

appearance, often false

299
Q

husbanded

A

conserve, take care of

300
Q

analeptic

A

restorative drug

301
Q

barrister

A

lawyer, advocate

302
Q

impunity

A

exemption from punishment, or freedom from the injurious consequences of an action.

303
Q

pecuniary

A

related to money

304
Q

invective

A

abusive, insulting speech

305
Q

diatribe

A

forceful, bitter attack

306
Q

calcitrix

307
Q

plodding

A

slow moving, unexciting

308
Q

blandishing

309
Q

panegyric

A

full of praise

310
Q

oblique

A

indirect, roundabout

311
Q

tumid

312
Q

prosaic

A

commonplace

313
Q

inadvertent

A

not deliberate

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