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Trenchant

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Penetrating, energetic, sharp, keen

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Pellucid

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Transparent, clear, understandable

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Libertine

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Free in thought and action, set free from legal servitude, Jewish freedom, loose in views on religion and morality

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Prevaricate

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Deviate, swerve the truth

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Bristle

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Rise or stand in anger and defiance

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Obliquely

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Indirectly; sideways

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Arch

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Deliberately teasing

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Misanthropic

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Hating/disliking mankind

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Specious

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Not having a good base

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Canonical

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Basis for truth; rules; related to church and cardinal rule

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Approbations

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Praising

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Conjecture

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Guess

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Subsist

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Barely survive

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Contrived

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Unnatural, forced

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Capricious

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Constantly changing in a disorderly way

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Vexation

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State of being annoyed, frustrated, or worried

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Laconic

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Few words, quiet

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Munificent

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Larger or more generous

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Irresolute

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Uncertain

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Taciturn

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Shy

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Fastidious

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Concerned with details

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Baseness

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Lack of moral principles

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Avarice

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Extreme greed

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Salubrious

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Healthy/health giving; pleasant

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Pernicious

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Harmful in a subtle way

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Calumnious

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False and defamatory

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Inveighing

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Persuade someone to do something by flattery or deception

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Timorous

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Nervousness

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Diffident

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Modest or shy because of lack of self confidence

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Florid

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Complicated; red flush

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Innocuous

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Harmless; not offensive

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Evanescent

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Fading. Passing out of sight

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Recrudescence

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Reoccurrence

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Inimical

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Tending to harm or destruct

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Tantamount

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Equivalent in seriousness

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Germane to

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Relevant to

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Callow

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Unsophisticated

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Venality

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Capable of being bribed

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Probity

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Adherence to the highest principles

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Moralizing

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Make moral reflections

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Didactic

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Learning

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Risible

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Provoke laughter

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Sycophant

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Self seeking flattery

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Obsequious

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A fawning attentiveness

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Maundering

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Grumble, wander idly, speak disconnectedly

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Wagging

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Mischievous. Evil

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Yore

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Historically

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Meretricious

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Superficial. Relating to prostitution.

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Exuberant

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Cheer

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Jingoism

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Fanatical patriotism

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Restiveness

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Anxious, nervous

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Cupidity

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Greed for money

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Pastoral

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Related to the countryside

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Conspicuous

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Without an attempt to conceal; completely obvious

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Clemency

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Leniency and compassion shown toward offenders

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Fulsome

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Excess

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Spuriously

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Plausible but false

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Austere

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Practicing self senile. Unadorned in style or appearance. Harsh in manner of temperament

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Sordid

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Ignoble actions and motives; arousing moral distaste and contempt; foul and run down and repulsive

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Capricious

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Given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior

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Aboveboard

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Open and honest

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Untenable

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Incapable of being defended or justified

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Reticent

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Not revealing one’s thoughts or feelings readily

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Muse

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Inspiration; deep thought

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Genteel

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Marked by refinement in taste or manners

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Fecklessness

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Lazy and irresponsible

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Semblance

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An outward token or appearance that is deliberately misleading

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Celerity

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Speed, rapidity

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Meted out

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Harsh punishment

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Myopic

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Lacking foresight or imagination

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Temerity

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Fearless daring

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Belie

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Fail to give a true notion

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Magnanimity

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Generous

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Ponderously

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Weighed down; moving slowly

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Précis

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Summary

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Paeans

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Songs of praise

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Perfidy

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An act of deliberate betrayal

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Parsimony

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Extreme reluctance to not spend money

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Treachery

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Disloyal. Betrayal of trust

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Precariousness

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Uncertainty

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Contrived

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Unnatural; artificially created

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Bewildered

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Perplexed; confused; mystified

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Nonplussed

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Unsure how to act or respond

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Prevarication

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Speak or act evasively; to lie

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Dithering

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Hesitate; be undecided

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Parsimony

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Extreme reluctance to spend money

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Subterfuge

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Something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity

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Sacerdotal

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Priestly

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Deferential

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Showing respect

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Poignant

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Evoking sadness or regret

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Aesthete

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Express sensitivity to art and nature

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Philistine

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Ignorant to art and cultural values

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Cupidity

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Greed for money

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Deleterious

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Harmful

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Noxious

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Harmful

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Bromide

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Short, unoriginal idea

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Platitude

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Moral statement used too often to be interesting

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Dictum

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Formal pronouncement from authority

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Aphorism

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Observation that is general truth. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

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