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Effusive

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showing excessive emotion; overflowing

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Extrapolate

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to infer or estimate by extending or projecting known information

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Insinuate

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to imply or communicate stealthily

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Lucid

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easily understood; clear

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Ascertain

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to find out, as through investigation or experimentation

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Circumspect

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careful; prudent; discreet

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Pedantic

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excessively concerned with book learning and formal rules

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Perspicacious

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shrewd; clear-sighted

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Precocious

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exhibiting unusually early intellectual aptitude or maturity

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Prospectus

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formal proposal

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Callous

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emotionally hardened; unfeeling

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Disaffected

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having lost faith or loyalty; discontent

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Enigma

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a puzzle, mystery, or riddle

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Inscrutable

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difficult to fathom or understand; impenetrable

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Staid

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unemotional; serious

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Arcane

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known or understood by only a few

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Assimilate

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to absorb or become absorbed; to make or become similar

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Esoteric

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intended for or understood by only a small group

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Insular

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isolated; narrow or provincial

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Orthodox

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adhering to the traditional and established, especially

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Castigate

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to scold, rebuke, or harshly criticize

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Censure

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to issue official blame

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Relinquish

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to retire from; give up or abandon

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Vituperative

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marked by harshly abusive condemnation

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Circumscribe

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to draw a circle around; to restrict

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Contiguous

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sharing an edge or boundary; touching

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Conciliatory

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appeasing; soothing; showing willingness to reconcile

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Exonerate

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to free from blame

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Indict

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to officially charge with wrongdoing or a crime

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Litigious

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prone to engage in lawsuits

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Parity

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equality, as in amount, status, or value

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Rectitude

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moral uprightness; righteousness

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Remiss

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lax (not strict; careless and slow) in attending to duty; negligent

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Repudiate

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to reject as having no authority or validity

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Veracity

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adherence to the truth; truthfulness

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Cajole

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to urge with repeated appeals, teasing, or flattery

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Chicanery

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trickery

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Obsequious

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fawning and servile

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Sycophant

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insincere, obsequious flatterer

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Extol

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to praise highly

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Eminent

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distinguished; prominent

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Laudatory

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full of praise

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Philanthropic

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humanitarian; benevolent; relating to monetary generosity

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Reciprocate

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to mutually take or give; to respond in kind

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Defunct

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no longer existing or functioning

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Quell

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to put down forcibly; suppress

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Raze

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to level to the ground; demolish

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Squelch

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to crush as if by trampling; squash

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Stymie

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to thwart or stump

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Derogatory

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insulting or intended to insult

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Effrontery

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brazen boldness; presumptuousness

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Ignominy

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great personal dishonor humiliation; disgraceful conduct

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Mar

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to damage, especially in a disfiguring way

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Pejorative

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disparaging, belittling, insulting

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Vex

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to annoy or bother; to perplex

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Vindictive

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disposed to seek revenge; revengeful; spiteful

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Ebullience

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intense enthusiasm

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Exuberant

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full of unrestrained enthusiasm or joy

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Embellish

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to ornament or decorate; to exaggerate

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Flagrant

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extremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable

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Gratuitous

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given freely; unearned; unnecessary

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Lavish

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extravagant

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Lugubrious

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mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree

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Opulent

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displaying great wealth

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Ornate

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elaborately decorated

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Ubiquitous

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being or seeming to be everywhere at the same time; omnipresent

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Vicarious

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felt or undergone as if one were taking part in the experience or feelings of another

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Amalgam

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a combination of diverse elements; a mixture

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Inundate

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to overwhelm as if with a flood; to swamp

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Multifarious

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diverse; various

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Multiplicity

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state of being various or manifold; a great number

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Cathartic

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relaxing after an emotional outburst

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Curative

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able to heal or cure

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Complement

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something that completes, goes with, or brings to perfection

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Felicitous

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admirably suited; apt

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Duplicitous

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deliberately deceptive

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Mendacious

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lying; untruthful

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Specious

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having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually false

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Apathetic

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feeling or showing little emotion

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Erratic

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markedly inconsistent

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Impetuous

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suddenly and forcefully energetic or emotional; impulsive and passionate

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Impetus

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an impelling force or stimulus

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Sporadic

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occurring at irregular intervals; having no pattern or order in time

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Vacillate

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to sway from one side to the other; oscillate

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Flag

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to decline in vigor or strength; to tire; to droop

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Jaded

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worn out; wearied

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Subterfuge

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a deceptive stratagram or device

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Deceptive

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giving an appearance or impression different from the true one; misleading

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Surreptitious

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secretive; sneaky

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Modicum

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a small, moderate, or token amount

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Paucity

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smallness in number; sarcity

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Tenuous

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having little substance or strength; shaky

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Maverick

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one who is independent and resists adherence to a group

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Profliferate

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to grow or increase rapidly

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Tenacity

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persistence

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Vigilant

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on the alert; watchful

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Juxtapose

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to place side by side, especially for comparison or contrast

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Synergy

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combined action or operation

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Tangential

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merely touching or slightly connected; only superficially relevant

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Dirge

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a funeral hymn or lament

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Debacle

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disastrous or ludicrous defeat or failure; fiasco

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Tumultuous

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noisy and disorderly

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Archaic

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characteristic of an earlier time; antiquated; old

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Temporal

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of, relating to, or limited by time

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Portent

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indication of something important or calamitous about to occur; omen

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Prescience

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knowledge of actions or events before they occur; foreknowledge; foresight

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Insipid

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uninteresting; unchallenging; lacking taste or savor

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Prosaic

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unimaginative; dull

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Soporific

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inducting or tending to induce sleep

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Vapid

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lacking liveliness, animation, or interest; dull

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Expedient

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appropriate to a purpose; convenient; speedy

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Transient

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passing quickly, in time or space

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Distend

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to swell out or expand from internal pressure, as when overly full

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Grandiose

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great in slope or intent; grand

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Profundity

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great depth of intellect, feeling, or meaning

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Redouble

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to make twice as great; to double

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Scintillating

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brilliant

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Averse

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strongly disinclined

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Conspicuous

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easy to notice; obvious

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Diffidence

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timidity or shyness

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Docile

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submissive to instruction; willing to be taught

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Concord

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agreement

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Concur

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to agree

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Fastidious

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carefully attentive to detail; difficult to please

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Intransigence

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refusal to moderate a position or to compromise

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Meticulous

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extremely careful and precise

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Sanguine

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cheerfully confident; optimistic

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Belligerent

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eager to fight; hostile or aggressive

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Contentious

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quarrelsome

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Flippant

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disrespectfully humorous or casual

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Insolent

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insulting in manner or speech

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Nefarious

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flagrantly wicked; vicious

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Pernicious

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extremely or irrevocably harmful; deadly

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Rancorous

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marked by bitter, deep-seated ill-will

135
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Repugnant

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arousing disgust or aversion; offensive or repulsive

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Supercilious

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disdainful; haughty; arrogant

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Arboreal

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relating to or resembling a tree or trees

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Invocation

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a call (usually upon a higher power) for assistance, support, or inspiration

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Stratify

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to layer or separate into layers

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Variegated

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having streaks, marks, or patches of a different color or colors; varicolored

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Verdant

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green with vegetation

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Concur

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to agree

143
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Discredit

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to injure the credit or reputation of; defame

144
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Discern

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to recognize; distinguish

145
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Disinterested

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  1. unbiased by personal interest or advantage; not influenced by selfish motives
  2. not interested; indifferent.
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Dispassionate

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free from or unaffected by passion; devoid of personal feeling or bias; impartial; calm

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Speculate

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to engage in thought or reflection; meditate

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Subjective

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existing in the mind; belonging to the thinking subject rather than to the object of thought

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Solemn

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  1. grave, sober

2. serious, earnest

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Unabashed

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not embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed

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Perilous

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involving or full of grave risk or peril; hazardous; dangerous

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