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gullible

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easily fooled

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serene

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calm, peaceful

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subtle

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very slight, gradual

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erratic

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not consistent

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precarious

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dangerous

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cunning

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tricky; clever

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congenital

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existing at birth

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verifiable

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able to be proven

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malleable

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able to be shaped

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contentious

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troublesome; argumentative

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bland

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lacking taste

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deploy

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spread over a large area

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renunciation

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a declaration of pushing away

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vigor

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great life and energy

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anguish

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severe emotional pain

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apocryphal

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of doubtful origin

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recant

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to take back

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tranquil

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calm

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premonition

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a warning beforehand

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evocation

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a calling forth

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exacerbate

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to make worse

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tacit

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unspoken, silent

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tacitern

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using few words

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blithe

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cheerful

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innate

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existing at birth; natural

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circumscribe

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resitrict; limit

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despotic

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dictatorial

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fecund

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fertile; productive

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obsolete

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outdated

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mundane

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boring, tedious

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lampoon

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(verb) to imitate in a satirical way

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zealous

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extremely devoted to a cause

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imperious

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very proud or arrogant

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tableaus

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a picture of a scene; setting

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capricious

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changing your mind a lot, whimsical

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philanthropy

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the act of doing good for others

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innocuous

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not harmful or hurtful

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bohemian

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a wild, crazy, not conventional person

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indelible

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cannot be erased or wiped out

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fastidious

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giving careful attention to detail

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impudent

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disrespectful, overly bold

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benefactor

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someone who does good things

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malefactor

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someone who does evil things

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benevolent

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kind/loving

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malevolent

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bad/evil

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malice

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spite, hatred

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benediction

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a blessing

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malediction

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a curse

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malignant

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cancerous, harmful

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prevaricate

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to tell a lie

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listless

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lacking energy

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censure

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to criticize formally

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reclusive

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staying by oneself, not sociable

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wily

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tricky; cunning

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amicable

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friendly

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scintillating

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sparkling

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transcend

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to go beyond

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lucid

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very clear

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suppleness

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flexibility

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reticent

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using few words

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terse

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using few words

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stoic

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not showing emotion, impassive

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verbose

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using more words than necessary

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self-effacing

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overly humble and critical of oneself

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succinct

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brief and to the point

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trite

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unimportant, trivial

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malignant

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bad

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raconteur

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great storyteller

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paltry

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not enough; meager

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methodical

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organized; systematic

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fluid

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flowing along, ongoing, changeable

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static

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staying the same, stationary

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torpor

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sluggishness, lack of energy

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residual

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left over

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wane

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to grow dimmer; decrease

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corroborate

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to confirm

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mundane

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ordinary, monotonous, boring

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esoteric

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understood only by a few

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mitigate

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to make less sever

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repudiate

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to reject

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synchronous

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occurring at the same time

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indomitable

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not capable of being defeated

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intractable

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disobedient, hard to manage

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exorbitant

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too high

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ambivalent

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having conflicting feelings

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thwart

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to impede, prevent from happening

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