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Abstract

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(Used as a tone word) based on ideas, not on concrete facts or events

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Aesthetics

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An artistically beautiful of pleasing appearance; attractive; referring to the look of something

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Agitate

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To upset; disturb; to get all “lathered up”

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Aloof

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Distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote

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Altruistic

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Unselfish concern for the welfare of others; selfessness

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Ambivalence

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The coexistence of opposing attitudes or feelings, such as love and hate, toward a person, an object, or an idea

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Anecdote

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A short account of an interesting or humorous incident

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Apathy

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Lack of interest or concern; indifference

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Appetite

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To have a desire for (i.e. an appetite for knowledge)

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Appropriate

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Suitable for a particular person, condition, occasion, or place; fitting

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Articulate

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Characterized by the use of clear, expressive language

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Assiduous/Assiduity

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Persistent application or diligence; unflagging effort

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Atavism

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The reappearance of a characteristic in an organism after several generations of absence, usually caused by the chance recombination of genes

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Austere

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Severe or stern in disposition or appearance; somber and grave

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Breezy

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(An author’s tone) casual or carefree

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Carnivalesque

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Having characteristics resembling what you would find at a carnival

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Charismatic

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Possessing personal magnetism or charm

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Coagulate

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To cause transformation of a liquid into a semi-solid, or solid mass

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Concession

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Something, such as a point previously claimed in an argument, that is later conceded; someone who preserves and cares for something

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Curator

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The custodian of a collection; someone who preserves and cares for something

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Cursory

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Hasty; performed in a quick or superficial manner without attention to details

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Decry

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To condemn openly

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Deficit

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Inadequacy or insufficiency

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Defile

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To debase the pureness or excellence of; corrupt

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Defray

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To pay for part of the cost of something (ex. a school holding a fundraiser to defray the cost of new uniforms)

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Delinquent

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Being overdue in payment; not paid at the required or expected time

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Diminish

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To make smaller or less or cause to appear so

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Discrepancy

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Divergence or disagreement, as between facts or claims; difference

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Disillusionment

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The act of disenchanting

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Dispirited

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Having lost enthusiasm and hope; disheartened

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Doctor

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To falsify or change in such a way as to make favorable to oneself

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Dynamic

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Characterized by continuous change, activity, or progress

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Efficacious

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Producing a desire effect; effective

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Effusive

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Unrestrained or excessive in emotional expression; gushy; the opposite of reticent

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Elicit

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To bring or draw out (something latent); educe; to arrive at (a truth, for example) by logic

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Emulate

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To strive to equal or excel, especially through imitation

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Ennui

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Listlessness and dissatisfaction resulting from lack of interest; boredom

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Equivocal

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Uncertain; open to different interpretations; ambiguous

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Esoteric

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Intended for or understood by only a particular group

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Evocative

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Tending or having the power to draw forth or bring out something latent, hidden, or unexpressed

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Exasperate

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To make very angry or impatient; annoy greatly

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Exhaustive

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Treating all parts without omission; through

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Facile

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Done or achieved with little effort or difficulty; easy

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Fanaticism

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Excessive irrational zeal or devotion

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Fastidious

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Possessing or displaying careful, meticulous attention to detail

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Fidelity

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Faithfulness to obligations, duties, or observances

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Fixed

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Unchanging

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Flippant/Flippancy

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Marked by disrespectful levity or casualness; pert

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Foreshorten

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To reduce the length of; curtail or abridge

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Fortitude

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Strength of mind that allows one to endure pain or adversity with courage

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Furtive

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Characterized by stealth; surreptitious

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Galvanize

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To arouse to awareness or action; spur

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Gift

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A talent, aptitude, or inclination (i.e. the gift of gab)

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Herald

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(Verb) to proclaim; to declare something as important or good; (noun) a sign of things to come

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Hinder

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To obstruct or get in the way of something

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Histrionic

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Excessively dramatic or emotional; affected

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Hodgepodge

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A mixture of dissimilar ingredients; a jumble

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Idealistic

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Unrealistically aiming for perfection; having utopian ideas

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Immerse

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To engage wholly or deeply; absorb

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Impetinent

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Inappropriate, out of place; intrusive, presumptuous; behaving without proper respect and showing condescension; insolent

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Implicit

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With no qualifications or questions; implied or understood though not stated

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Impromptu

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Prompted by the occasion rather than being planned in advance

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Impugn

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To attack as false or questionable; challenge in argument

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Inchoate

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Just beginning to form; not completely developed or clear

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Incite

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To provoke or urge on

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Indolent

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Disinclined to exert oneself; habitually lazy

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Inert

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Unable to move or act

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Inevitable

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Impossible to avoid or prevent

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Ingrate

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An ungrateful person

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Inhibit

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To prevent an occurrence

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Intermediary

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Acting as a mediator or an agent between persons or things

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Intricate

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Having many complexly arranged elements; elaborate

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Intuition

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The act or faculty of knowing or sensing without the use of rational processes; immediate cognition

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Irascible

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Prone to outbursts of temper; easily angered

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Irrelevant

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Unrelated to the matter at hand

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Jovial

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Marked by joyous humor and positive spirit

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Lassitude

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A state or feeling of weariness, diminished energy, or listlessness

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Laud

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To give praise to; glorify

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Loaded

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Charged with emotional or associative significance that hinders rational or unprejudiced consideration of the terms involved in a discourse

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Loquacious

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Very talkative

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Magnanimous

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Generous in forgiving; unselfish

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Magnitude

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Greatness in size or extend

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Maladroit

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Marked by a lack of skillfullness; inept

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Malevolence

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Malicious behavior

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Manifold

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Varied and many

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Meld

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To cause to merge

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Mercurial

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Quick and changeable in temperament; volatile

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Milieu

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A person’s social environment or surroundings

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Minutiae

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A small or trivial detail

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Multifarious

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Having many varied parts or aspects

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Nemesis

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An enemy; a person who is a source of great suffering and distress; a rival

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Nuance

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A subtle or slight degree of difference

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Obstruct

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To impede, retard, or interfere with; hinder

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Obtrusive

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Tending to push self-assertively forward; brash

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Officious

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Marked by excessive eagerness in offering unwanted services or advice to others

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Jubilant

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Expressing joy

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Ostracize

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To exclude from a group; to shun

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Overstate

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To state in exaggerated terms

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Palliative

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Relieving or soothing the symptoms of a disease or disorder without effecting a cure

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Panache

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Energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas; flamboyant, full of verve, someone who walks with a swagger and shows flamboyant confidence and spirit

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Patrician

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A person of refined upbringing, manners, and tastes

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Ornate

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Elaborately heavily, and often excessively ornamented

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Peregrination

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Movement; to journey or travel from place to place

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Pernicious

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Harmful; deadly

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Persistent

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Refusing to give up or let go; persevering obstinately

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Petrify

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To stun or paralyze with terror; daze

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Placate

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To allay the anger of, especially by making concessions; appease

108
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Portend

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To indicate by prediction; forecast; warning of omens or bad signs

109
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Pragmatism/Pragmatic

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A practical, matter-of-fact way of approaching or assessing situations or of solving problems

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Punctilious

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Very attentive to details; meticulous

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Punctual

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Acting or arriving exactly at the time appointed; prompt

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Rational

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Consistent with or based on reason; logical

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Recluse

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A person who withdraws from the world to live in seclusion and often in solitude

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Renege

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To fail to carry out a promise or commitment

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Reserved

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Slow to reveal emotions or opinions; cool

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Resilient

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Marked by the ability to recover readily, as from misfortune

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Reticent/Reticence

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Reserved; shy; withdrawn; retiring

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Salutary

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Beneficial; promoting health

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Sanctuary

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A place of refuge or asylum; a safe haven

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Sanguine

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Cheerfully confident; optimistic

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Simply

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Merely

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Skeptical

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Marked by or given to doubt; questioning

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Slovenly

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Untidy and messy, as in dress or appearance; the opposite of being fastidious

124
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Sneered

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Mocked; scorned

125
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Solid

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Substantial (e.g. the attorney presented solid evidence)

126
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Somnolence

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A state of drowsiness; sleepiness

127
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Sonorous

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Having or producing a full, deep, or rich sound

128
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Soporific

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Inducing or tending to induce sleep

129
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Sound

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Structurally safe; strong; often used to describe buildings that are of good quality and condition

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Staple

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An essential component; a key commodity (e.g. maize was a staple for early colonists)

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Stymie

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Obstruct; hinder

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Subtle

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So slight as to be difficult to detect or analyze; elusive

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Tectonic

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Relating to, causing, or resulting from structural deformation of the earth’s crust

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Temper

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To modify the addition of a moderating element; moderate; counterbalance

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Tepid

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Moderately warm; lukewarm

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Thrive

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To make steady progress; prosper

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Tough

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Competitive; hard

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Tricky

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Difficult

139
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Truism

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A self-evident truth; a statement that is obviously true and says nothing new or interesting; a common statement

140
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Ubiquitous

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Pervasive; being everywhere at the same time; omnipresent

141
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Unorthodox

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Unconventional; breaking with tradition; not orthodox

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Untenable

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Indefensible; incapable of being defended or justified

143
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Unwitting

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Not knowing; unaware

144
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Unyielding

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Not giving way to pressure or persuasion; obdurate

145
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Urbane

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Polite, refined, and often elegant in manner

146
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Verve

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Energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas, especially in artistic performance or composition; flamboyant

147
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Vexed

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Annoyed; bothered

148
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Visionary

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Forward thinking

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