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Prodigious

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Large

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Ludology

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The study of gaming

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Cybernetics

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The study of communication

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Jejune

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Naive, simplistic

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Pusillanimous

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Shy, fearful

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Belie

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Contradict

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Herpetologist

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Someone who studies amphibians and reptiles

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Ichthyologist

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Someone who studies fish

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Ornithologist

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Someone who studies birds

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Senescence

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The process of growing old

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Hector

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Bully

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Inveigle

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Coax, lure

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Erroneous

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Wrong

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Chary

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Cautious

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Tremulous

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Scared, nervous (having tremors)

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Forebear

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Ancestor

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Sycophantic

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Obsequiousness to gain an advantage

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Peccadilloes

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Minor flaws

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Verdant

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Unexperienced

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Dulcet

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Sweet, soothing

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Obloquy

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Public criticism/abuse

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Calumny

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Slanderous statement

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Artificies

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Subtle trickery/deception

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Denigrate

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Criticize unfairly, belittle

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Putative

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Commonly accepted or supposed

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Conjecture

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An opinion formed without complete information, guessed

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Abstruse

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Difficult to understand

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Equivocal

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Doubtful

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Sedulous

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Hardworking

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Saturnine

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Gloomy

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Rancorous

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Bitter, resentful

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Pejorative

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Deragatory remark

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Panache

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Charm

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Synoptic

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Shortened

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Arcane

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Secret

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Assidious

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Hardworking

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Resigned

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Giving in, giving up

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Soporific

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Sleep-inducing

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Preclude

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Prevent

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Edifying

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Teaching

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Mendicate

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To beg

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Cadge

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To beg

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Monocoque

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Shelled design used to support weight

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Promulgate

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To make known

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Blithe

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Casual, calm

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Ebullient

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Enthusiastic

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Obsequious

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Overly obedient

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Quixotic

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Idealistic, dreamy

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Belletristic

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Classical

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Bellicose

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Combative

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Garrulous

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Talkative

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Lassitude

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Laziness

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Castigate

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Criticize severely

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Fatuous

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Stupid

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Enervate

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Weaken or tire out

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Aggrieve

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Worry, upset

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Hermeneutic

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Explanatory

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Entreaty

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Plea

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Collusive

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Deceitful

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Unpropitious

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Unfavorable

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Requisite

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Necessity

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Improvident

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Careless

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Torpor

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Laziness

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Dialectic

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Logical, rational

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Imputation

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Accusation

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Incensed

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Very angry

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Inchoate

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Underdeveloped, budding

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Transmogrify

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Convert

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Apocryphal

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Fake, inaccurate

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Enervated

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Lacking energy

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Flagging

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Declining in strength

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Fecund

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Lush, fertile

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Undemonstrative

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Aloof, distanced

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Finesse

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Charm

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Flout

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Mock

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Lurid

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Gruesome

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Fractious

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Unruly, difficult, irritable

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Tendentious

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Biased

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Panacea

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Cure-all, solution

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Irresolute

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Stubborn, unmoving

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Sanguine

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Optimistic

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Unexpurgated

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Unedited

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Laud

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Praise

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Obstinate

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Stubborn

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Provincial

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Local, narrow-minded

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Loquacious

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Talkative

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Diffident

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Shy

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Appropriate

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Assign, designate

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Adulator

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Idolizing

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Sanctimonious

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False righteousness

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Commision

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To be hired/paid

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Antithetical

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Contradictory

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Boon

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Something helpful

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Derisive

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Criticizing

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Perfidy

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Deception

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Coruscating

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Shining

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Countenance

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Facial expression

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Pavonine

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Colorful

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Anodyne

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Painkiller

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Inured

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Hardened

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Phlegmatic

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Calm

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Mercurial

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Changeable, unpredictable

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Gainsay

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Contradictory

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Vacuous

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Empty, unintelligent

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Abjure

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Give up

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Ideologues

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A person who is uncompromising in their beliefs

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Venal

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Unethical

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Laconic

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Short, to the point

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Salubrious

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Healthy

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Tantamount

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The same

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Tarry

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Dawdle

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Variegated

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Diversified

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Canonization

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Honor

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Effete

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Exhausted, spent

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Ignominious

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Humiliating

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Malign

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Insult

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Lascivious

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Indecent, vulgar

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Officious

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Pushy, rude

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Recaptulate

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Go over something again

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Acumen

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Good judgement

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Fastidious

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Careful, meticulous

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Nonplussed

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Confused

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Chaff

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Waste

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Chagrin

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Displeasure

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Redoubtable

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Dreadful

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Grandiloquent

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Animated

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Immolate

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Sacrifice

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Opprobrium

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Disgrace

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Heterodox

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Dissenting

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Nugatory

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Worthless

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Coda

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Afterword, summation

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Demagogic

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Causing trouble

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Fetter

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Chain, hold

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Hermetic

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Airtight

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Licentious

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Immoral

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Maudlin

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Over-emotional

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Maxim

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Saying

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Ostentatious

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Flashy, showy

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Scintillating

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Brilliant, dazzling

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Vindicate

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Prove one’s innocence

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Virulence

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Resentment

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Brook

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Endure, tolerate

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Ephemera

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Guest

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Burgeon

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Prosper

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Cogent

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Effective

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Demur

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Disagree

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Impecunious

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Poor, penniless

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Lissome

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Agile and thin

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Listless

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Without energy

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Parlous

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Dangerous

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Timorous

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Afraid

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Parochial

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Narrow-minded

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Vitreous

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Glassy

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Vituperation

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Verbal attack

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Seditious

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Rebellious

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Mendacious

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Dishonest

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Equivocate

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Avoid an issue

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Sectarian

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Narrow-minded

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Parsimony

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Greed

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Anathema

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Something hard

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Dessicate

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Dry out

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Ersatz

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Artificial

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Impious

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Not religious

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Implacability

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Stubborness

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Complicit

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Accomplice in a crime or wrong activity

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Lubricious

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Vulgar, indecent

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Desultory

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Aimless, chaotic

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Erstwhile

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Former

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Eschew

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Avoid

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Fulmination

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Angry outburst

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Importunate

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Unproductive

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Impudent

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Bold, shameless

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Voluble

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Talkative

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Concomitant

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Accompanying

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Diatribe

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Long, angry speech

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Restitution

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Repayment

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Antediluvian

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Ancient

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Antipathy

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Disgust

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Antiquated

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No longer used

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Tractable

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Manageable

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Consanguneous

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Related

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Disapprobation

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Disapproval

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Incipient

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Developing

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Paucity

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Lack, scarcity

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Tout

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Brag

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Aphorism

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Proverb, moral

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Consecration

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Purification

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Dilettante

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Amateur

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Evanescent

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Brief, disappearing

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Pedantic

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One who makes a show of knowledge

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Simulacrum

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Copy

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Transgress

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Sin

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Apologia

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Justification

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Incumbent

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Necessary

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Disclaim

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Deny

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Profligate

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Wasteful

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Prescience

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Foresight

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Obdurate

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Stubborn

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Aplomb

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Self-confidence

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Glib

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Fluent in an insincere manner

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Limpid

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Readily understood

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Teratoid

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Deformed

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Scruples

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Morals, doubts

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Unscrupulous

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Having no morals

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Urbane

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Refined

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Doughty

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Bold

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Morphic

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Shape/form related

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Aniconic

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No physical representation

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Tyro

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Novice

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Neophyte

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Novice

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Thewy

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Muscularly strong

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Sinewy

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Lean and muscular

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Ossified

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Hardened into bone

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Rarefied

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Refined, thin

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August

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Respected, impressive

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Specious

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Deceptive, seemingly plausible but false

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Noisome

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Gross

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Mephitic

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Smelly

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Acumen

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Good judgement

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Disquietude

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Uneasiness, anxiety

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Magnanimity

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Generosity

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Notwithstanding

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Nevertheless, in spite of

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Cogency

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Clarity

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Pugnacious

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Combative

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Irascible

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Irritable

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