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Virulent

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Adj. 1.(of disease or poison) having extremely severe or harmful effects.
2. Bitterly hostile.
Synonym: venomous, vindictive, rancorous, scathing, acrimonious

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Innocuous

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Adj. not offensive or harmful. 
Ex. It was an innocuous question. It was an innocuous comment.
Innocuously adv. 
Innocuousness n.
Synonym: harmless, banal, insipid
Antonym: offensive.
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Correlation

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n. A mutual relationship or connection between two or more things.

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Imperil

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Vb. put at risk of being harmed, injured, or destroyed.

Synonym, endanger, jeopardize, expose to danger, hazard.

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Impassive

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Adj. not showing emotion or feeling.

Synonym, deadpan, unreadable, inscrutable.

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Innate

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Adj, inborn, natural.

Synonym, instinctive, intuitive, intrinsic.

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Banal

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Adj, so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring.

Synonym, hackneyed, platitudinous, clichéd, vapid

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Vapid

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Adj, offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging

Synonym, insipid, feeble, dull

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Insipid

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Adj, lacking flavor

Synonym, tasteless, pedestrian, stale, drab

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Drab

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Adj, lacking brightness or interes, drearily dull

Synonym, lackluster

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Divergent

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Adj, tending to be different or develop in different directions.
Synonym: dissimilar, disparate, contrastive

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Concession

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N. 1. A thing that is granted, especially to demands, a thing conceded.
Synonym, compromise, allowance

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Conjecture

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N. An opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information.
Synonym, surmise, speculation, presumption, assumption.

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Surmise

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Vb, suppose something is true without evidence supporting or confirming it.
Synonym, deduce speculate, theorize
N. A supposition that something may be true, even. Though there is no evidence.

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Paradigm

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N. A typical example or pattern of something, a model

Synonym, exemplar, example, template, prototype, archetype.

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Hunch

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Vb, raise (one’s shoulders) and bend the top of one’s body forward.
Synonym, hump, bend bow
N. A feeling or guess based on intuition rather than known facts.
Synonym, premonition, presentiment

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Lucid

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Adj expressed clearly, easy to understand,

Synonym, intelligible, comprehensible, cogent, coherent, articulate

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Petty

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Adj, of little importance,

Synonym, trivial,pettifogging, negligible

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Esoteric

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Adj, intended to be understood only by a mall group of people with specialized knowledge or interest.

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Germane

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Adj, relevant to a subject under consideration

Synonym, relevant, pertinent, applicable, apposite

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Solicitous

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Adj, characterized by or showing interest or concern

Synonym, concerned, considerate

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Stoic

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N. A person who goes through hardship without showing his of her feelings or complaining

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Lackadaisical

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Adj, lacking enthusiasm and determination, careless, lazy

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Obstinacy

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N. Quality of being obstinate

Synonym, intransigence, obduracy, implacability

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Precocious

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Adj, of a child who developed certain abilities at an earlier age than usual.

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Insularity

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N, ignorance of or lack in cultures, ideas, or peoples outside of one’s own experience

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Insinuate

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Vb, suggest or hint(something bad) in an indirect and unpleasant way.
Synonym, imply, suggest, hint, intimate, indicate

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Inaugural

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Adj,making the beginning of an institution, activity, or period of office.
Ex, an inaugural speech made by an incoming American president

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Savvy

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N, shrewdness or practical knowledge, especially in politics or business.

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Prerogative

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N, a right or privilege to a particular individual or class.

Synonym, right, privilege, advantage

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Taboo

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N. A social, religious custom prohibiting a discussion of a certain practice or association of particular person.
Synonym, prohibition, proscription.

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Hoof

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N, a horny part of the foot of an ungulate animal, especially for a horse.

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Seethe

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Vb, (of liquid) bubble up as the result of being boiled

Be filled with intense but expressed anger, synonym, boil, simmer, rage, rant, smolder

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Dissent

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Vb, hold or express opinions that are at variance(difference divergence) with those previously commonly expressed.
Synonym, disagreement, dispute

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Pervasive

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Adj, (especially for an unwanted, I welcomed influence or physical effect) spreading widely throughout an area or a group of people.
Synonym, prevalent, ubiquitous, omnipresent, universal.

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Rive

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Vb, split tear apart violently.

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Discrepancy

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N, a lack of similarity or compatibility between two or more.
Synonym, divergence, variance, deviation, disparity

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Nebulous

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Adj, unclear, vague, or Ill-defined

Synonym, vague, ambiguous, muddled, imprecise

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Chasten

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Vb, (of a rep roof or misfortune) have a constraining or moderating effect on.
Synonym, subdue, humble, abase,

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Itinerant

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Adj, traveling form place to place

Synonym, peripatetic, wandering, roving, saddlebag

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Subdue

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Vb, overcome, quieter, bring under control(a feeling or a person)
Synonym, vanquish, subjugate, suppress, defeat

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Arboreal

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Adj, living in the trees.

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Sanguine

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Adj, optimistic, or positive, especially in an apparent bad or difficult situation.
Synonym, bullish, buoyant, cheery

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Magnanimous

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Adj, very generous or forgiving, especially toward someone less powerful than oneself.
Synonym, generous, benevolent, philanthrope

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Discerning

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Adj, having or showing good judgement,

Synonym, judicious, astute, perspicacious

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gauche

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Adj, lacking ease or grace, socially awkward, unsophisticated.
Gawky, ungainly, maladroit, inept

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Sublime

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Adj. of such excellence, grandeur, or Beaty as to inspire great admiration or awe.
Exalted, elevated, majestic, splendid

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Servile

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Adj, having excess willingness to serve or please others.

Obsequious, deferential, fawning, ingratiating, unctuous.

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Anchor

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N, a person or thing that provides support.

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Whisker

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胡须

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ejaculation

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N, the action of ejecting semen from the body.

Synonym, emission, ejection,discharge

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Quiver

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Vb, tremble or shake with a slight rapid motion.

Synonym, quaver, shudder, quake

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Quintessential

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Adj. representing the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class
Typical,  archetypal, prototype
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Graft

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N, insert or fix something permanently to something else, typically in a way considered inappropriate.

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Ignoble

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Adj, not honorable in character or purpose; humble origin or social status.

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Bungler

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N, a person who habitually bungles things; an amateur.

Clumsy awkward

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Ruffian

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N, a violent person, especially one involved in crime.

Thug, hoodlum, lout, hooligan.

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Stickler

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N, a person who insists on one certain quality or type of behavior.

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Daredevil

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N, a reckless person who enjoys doing dangerous things, who is willing to take risks
Adventurer

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Naysayer

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N, a person who denies and opposes to something.

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Panoramic

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Adj, (of a view or picture) with a wide view surrounding the observe, sweeping
Extensive, scenic

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Precipitous

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Adj, dangerously high or steep.

Steep, sheer

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Retrograde

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Adj, directed or moving backward

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Circumscribed

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Verb, restrict within limits

Confine, restrain

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Serpentine

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Vb, move or lie in a winding path or line

Adj, of or like a serpent or a snake

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Inundate

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Vb, overwhelm (someone) with things or people to be dealt with
Overwhelm, overrun, besiege

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Rejuvenate

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Vb, make someone feel younger or fresher or more lively

Revive, revitalize.

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Supplant

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Vb, supersede and replace

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Mainstay

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N, a stay that extends from main top to the foot of the foremast of a sailing ship
A thing which something else is based on; cornerstone

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Antithesis

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N, a person or a thing that is the direct opposite or something else.
Reverse, contrary, obverse

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Query

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N, a question, inquiry

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Give

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N, an insulting or mocking remark, a taunt.

Sneer, jeer, barb

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Gaffe

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N, an unintentional act or remark, causing embarrassment to its originator; a blunder.

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Tryst

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N, a private romantic, rendezvous(a meeting at an agreed time and place) between lovers

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Tribute

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N, an act, statement, or gift that is intended to show gratitude, respect, or admiration.
Accolade, praise, commendation, salute

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Decry

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Vb, publicly denounce,

Censure, pillory, lambaste, revile

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Disseminate

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Vb, spread or disperse(something especially information) widely
Promulgate, propagate, disperse

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Demagogue

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N, a political leader who seeks support to popular desire and prejudices rather than by using rational argument.
Agitator

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Maverick

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N, an unorthodox or independent-minded person

Nonconformist, eccentric

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Partisan

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N, strong supporter of one party, cause or person

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Troupe

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N, a group of dancers, actors or other entertainers who tour to different venues(a place where something happens).

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Proliferation

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N, rapid increase in numbers

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Multiplicity

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A large number, a large variety

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Diminutive

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Adj, extremely usually small

Small. Petite, elfin, miniature

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Fiscal

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Adj, of or relating to government, especially taxes

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Bombast

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N, high souring language with little meaning to impress people

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Inchoate

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Adj, just began, so not fully formed or developed, rudimentary.
Immature, embryonic, incipient

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Lullaby

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N, a quiet gentle song sung to send a child to sleep

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Pep

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Energy and high spirits, liveliness

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Dirge

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N, a lament for dead, especially one for I g part of a funeral rite

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Facetious

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Adj, flippant, treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor.

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Ballad

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N, folk song

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Sprightly

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Adj, especially of an old person, lively, full of energy

Spry, vigorous

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Jingle

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N, a short slogan used to be easily remembered especially used as advertising.

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Unrelenting

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Adj, not yielding in strength, determination, or severity

Implacable, unyielding

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Deferential

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Adj, respectful

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Sanctimonious

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Adj, making a show of being morally superior to other people.
Self righteous, churchy, smug

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Chicanery

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N, the use of trickery to achieve a politica, financial, or legal purpose.
Duplicity, deceit, deception

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Empower

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Vb, give someone the authority or power to do something.

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Jostle

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Vb, Push, elbow or bump against someone especially in an angry crowd

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