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SAT vocab Flashcards

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enigma

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puzzle

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ascetic

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lack of luxury

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reticent

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restrained; uncommunicative

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autonomy

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independence

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innocuous

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not harmful

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banal

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ordinary

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ameliorate

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to improve

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atrophy

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to waste away from lack of use

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servile

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overly submissive

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extol

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to praise

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augment

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to increase

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disparity

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inequality

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indolence

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laziness

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prodigal

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wasteful

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capricious

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whimsical

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prosaic

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commonplace/dull

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complacent

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smug/self-satisfied

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dubious

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doubtful

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ephemeral

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fleeting

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insipid

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bland/boring

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expedite

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to quicken

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taciturn

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quiet

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expedient

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convenient

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fastidious

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finicky

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parsimony

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stinginess

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desecrate

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to show disrespect

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euphonious

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pleasant sounding

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cacophonous

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harsh sounding

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guile

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deceitfulness

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static

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not moving

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bastion

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a fort

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benign

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kind

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credulous

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gullible

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virulent

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harmful

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acuity

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sharpness of mind

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philistine

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one who lacks culture

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scrupulous

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conscientious

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adulation

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adoration

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languid

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slow and listless

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protracted

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lengthy

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deference

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show of respect

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paucity

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scarcity

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conciliate

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to soothe anger

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contrite

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sorry

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diffident

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lacking confidence

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dissent

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disagreement

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elucidate

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to explain

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surreptitious

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secret

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abjure

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abandon forever

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abrogate

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to do away with

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acumen

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mental perception

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adumbrate

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hint at

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alacrity

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eagerness

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anathema

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solemn curse

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antipathy

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aversion

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approbation

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praise

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arrogate

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claim without justification

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assiduous

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diligent

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boon

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blessing

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brusque

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abruptly rude

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burnish

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polish

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buttress

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a support for something

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cajole

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manipulate with flattery

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calumny

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slander

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clemency

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merciful/mildness/kind

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cogent

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reasonable and convincing

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concomitant

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accompanying

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conflagration

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military battle/fire

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credulity

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readiness of belief

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cupidity

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greed

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cursory

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casual

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deleterious

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poisonous

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demure

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modest

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discursive

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digress

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dissemble

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make a false show of

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ebullient

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showing excitement

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effrontery

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brazen boldness

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egregious

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notorious

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enervate

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weaken strength

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eschew

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avoid

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evanescent

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fleeting

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evince

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overcome

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exculpate

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pardon

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execrable

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intolerable

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expiate

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make amends/pardon

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expunge

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cancel

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extant

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still in existence

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fallacious

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deceptive

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fatuous

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foolish or silly

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feral

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wild

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fetid

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stink

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florid

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reddish, extremely ornamented

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fractious

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disobedient

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garrulous

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small talking too much

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gregarious

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sociable

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hackneyed

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repeated too often

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hapless

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luckless

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harangue

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noisy speech

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hegemony

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dominance

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imperious

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urgent

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impervious

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incapable of distress

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impinge

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infringe

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inchoate

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recently begun/elementary

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indefatigable

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tireless

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inexorable

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unyielding

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ingenuous

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naive

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inimical

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unfriendly

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insidious

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spreading harmfully in a subtle manner

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inure

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apply in use

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invective

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abusive language to blame

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inveterate

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habitual

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juxtaposition

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side-by-side

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laconic

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brief

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languid

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weak

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largess

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generous gift

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latent

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dormant

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legerdemain

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skill in deceitful cleverness

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licentious

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amoral

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limpid

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transparent, calm

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maelstrom

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whirlpool

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malediction

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curse

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maudlin

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over-emotional

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mawkish

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insincerely emotional

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mendacious

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lying

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mercurial

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whimsical

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modicum

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any small thing

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multifarious

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various

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nadir

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lowest point

129
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nascent

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coming into existence

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neophyte

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recent convert to a belief

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obdurate

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will not be persuaded away from wrongdoing

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obfuscate

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confuse

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oblique

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slanted

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obsequious

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getting favor from people through flattery

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obstreperous

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noisily aggressive

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officious

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excessive eagerness in giving unwanted advice/services

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ostensible

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proper

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palliate

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moderate intensity

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pallid

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abnormally pale

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panacea

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a cure-all

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pariah

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social outcast

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pejorative

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belittling

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pellucid

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limpid, easy to understand

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perfidious

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disloyal

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perfunctory

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acting with indifference

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pernicious

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deadly

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pertinacious

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obstinate

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pithy

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brief and forceful

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platitude

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lack of originality

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precocious

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advance in development

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proclivity

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inclination

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promulgate

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proclaim by doctrine or law

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propitious

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advantageous

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proscribe

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outlaw

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protean

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versatile

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prurient

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having lustful desires/desires

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puerile

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immature

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pulchritude

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moral beauty

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punctilious

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accordance with details

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querulous

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expressing grief/complaints

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quixotic

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idealistic

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rancor

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hatred

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recalcitrant

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stubborn

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replete

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abundantly supplied

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repudiate

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disown

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restive

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impatient under command

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ribald

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humorously vulgar

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sagacity

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shrewdness

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salient

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prominent

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sanguine

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cheerful

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scurrilous

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obscene

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serendipity

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good fortune

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solicitous

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worried

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somnolent

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half asleep

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spurious

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false, illogical

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staid

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sober

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stolid

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dull

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surfeit

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feed someone to excess

179
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surmise

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guess

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sycophant

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winning favor by flattery

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tacit

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understood without speaking

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temerity

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boldness

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torpid

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lost motion, numb

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tractable

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governable

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transient

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temporary

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transmute

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transform

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trenchant

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vigorous, forceful

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truculent

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aggressively hostile

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turgid

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swollen

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turpitude

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depravity

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ubiquitous

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omnipresent

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unctuous

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oily, exaggerated (insincere earnestness)

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upbraid

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severely scold

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vacillate

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sway one side to other

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vapid

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dull

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variegated

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colorful

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veracity

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truthfulness

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verdant

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green

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vicarious

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living secondhand

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vicissitude

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change in fortune

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vilify

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degrade

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viscous

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sticky

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vitriolic

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sarcastic, bitter

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winsome

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agreeable, charming

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wistful

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yearning

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zenith

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summit

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zephyr

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breeze, soft and light fabrics

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