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Abhor

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To hate very very much; to detest

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Abject

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Hopelessness, extremely sad and servile; defeated; utterly bummed out

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Abnegate

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To deny oneself things; to reject; to renounce

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Abortive

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Unsuccessful

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Belabor

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To go over repeatedly or to an absurd extent

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Beleaguered

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To surround; to besiege; to harass

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Belie

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To give a false impression of; to contradict

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Belittle

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To make to seem little; to put someone down

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Candor

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Truthfulness; sincere honesty

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Capitulate

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To surrender; to give up; to give in

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Capricious

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Unpredictability; likely to change at any moment

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Castigate

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To criticize severely; to chastise

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Debilitate

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To weaken; to cripple

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Decadent

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Decaying-especially in morals

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Decimate

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To kill or destroy a large part of

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Decorous

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Proper; in good taste; orderly

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Efface

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To erase; to rub away the features of; self-efficacy(modest)

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Effusion

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A pouring forth

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Egalitarian

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Believing in the social and economical equality of all people

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Egregious

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Extremely bad; flangrant

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Farcical

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Absurd; ludicrous

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Fastidious

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Meticulous; demanding; finicky

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Fatalist

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Someone who believes that future events are determined and humans are powerless

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Fatuous

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Foolish; silly; idiotic

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Grandiloquent

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Pompous; using big fancy words to sound impressive

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Grandiose

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Absurdly exaggerated

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Gratuitous

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Given freely; unjustified; unprovoked; uncalled for

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Gregarious

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Sociable; enjoying the company of others

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Hegemony

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Leadership-especially of one nation over another

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Heresy

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Any belief that is strongly opposed to established beliefs

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Hermetic

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Impervious to external influence; airtight

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Hiatus

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Break or interruption-usually from work

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Ignominy

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Deep disgrace

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Illicit

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Illegal; not permitted

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Imminent

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Just about to happen

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Immutable

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Unchangeable

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Languish

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To become weak, listless, depressed

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Largess

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Generous giving of gifts; generosity; philanthropy

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Latent

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Present but not visible; potential

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Laud

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To praise; to applaud; to extol; to celebrate

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Malfeasance

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An illegal act-especially by a public official

42
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Malfinger

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To pretend to be sick to avoid work

43
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Malleable

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Easy to bend/shape

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Mandate

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Command/authorization to do something; will of voters express from an election

45
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Nihilism

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Belief that there are no values or morals

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Nominal

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Insignificant; in name only

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Noxious

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Harmful; offensive

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Nuance

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Subtle difference or distinction

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Obscure

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Unknown; dark; hard to understand

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Obsequious

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Fawning; sucking up to; subservient

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Obtuse

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Insensitive; blockheaded

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Officious

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Annoyingly eager to help or advise

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Paltry

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Insignificant; worthless

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Panacea

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Something that cures everything

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Paradigm

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A model/example

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Parochial

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Narrow or confines point of view; provincial

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Rebut

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To contradict; to argue in opposition; to prove to be false; refute

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Recalcitrant

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Stubbornly defiant of authority/control; disobedient

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Recant

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To publicly take back/deny; openly confess error

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Reciprocal

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Mutual/share/interchangeable; return in kind

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Salient

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Conspicuous; sticking out; leaping

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Salutary

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Healthful; remedial; curative

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Sanctimonious

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Pretending to be devout; affecting religious feeling

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Sanguine

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Cheerful; optimistic; hopeful

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Tantamount

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Equivalent to

66
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Tautological

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Redundant; circular

67
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Temerity

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Boldness; recklessness; audacity

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Temperate

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Mild; moderate; restrained

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Unwitting

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Not aware; ignorant; unintentional

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Urbane

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Poised; sophisticated; refined

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Usurp

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To seize wrongfully

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Utilitarian

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Pragmatic; stressing usefulness/utility above other qualities

73
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Venerate

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To revere; to treat something holy-especially because of great age

74
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Veracity

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Truthfulness

75
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Verbose

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Using too many words; circumlocutory

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Verisimilitude

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Looking like the real thing; similarity to reality; appearance of truth

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