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Paucity

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Scarcity, lack

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Futile

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Useless

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Cacophony

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Harsh sound

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Aquiesce

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To accept without opposition; comply quietly

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Phalanx

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Massed group of people, animals, things

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Magnanimous

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Generous, noble in spirit

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Expunge

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To erase, eliminate completely

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Arcane

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Secret, obscure, known only to a few

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Curmudgeon

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Cranky person

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Yen

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A strong desire; a craving

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Zealot

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Someone passionately devoted to a cause

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Poignant

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Emotionally moving

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Tableaux

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Vivid descriptions, striking scenes

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Pungent

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Strong or sharp in smell or taste

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Egress

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The exit

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Surreptitiously

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Secretly

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Anachronistic

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Chronologically out of place

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Ebullient

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Exhilarated, full of enthusiasm and high spirits

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Reticent

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Not speaking freely; reserved

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Ambiguous

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Unclear, subject to multiple interpretations

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Ingress

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Entrance

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Prevaricate

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To lie

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Inept

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Clumsy, awkward

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Plethora

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Excess, overabundance

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Nonchalantly

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With an air of easy unconcern, indifferently

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Exude

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To give off, ooze

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Eclectic

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Composed of elements drawn from various sources

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Rococo

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Very highly ornamented

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Assent

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To agree, say yes

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Viscous

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thick, syrupy, sticky

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Feign

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To fake

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Thwart

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To block or prevent from happening; frustrate

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Opulence

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Wealth (often in a showy manner)

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Conflagration

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A big destructive fire

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Intrepid

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Fearless

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Avarice

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Greed

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Assuage

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To make less severe, ease, relieve

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Capricious

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Impulsive, whimsical, without much thought

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Quell

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To crush, subdue

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Audacious

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Bold, daring, fearless

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Cygnet

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Young swan

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Adulation

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High praise

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Occlude

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To shut, block

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Deleterious

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Harmful, destructive, detrimental

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Malevolent

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Ill-willed; causing evil or harm to others

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Enigma

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A mystery; something inexplicable

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Ilk

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Type or kind

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Empathy

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Identification with another’s feelings

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Subsequent

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Following in time or order

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Sagacious

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Wise, insightful, perceptive

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Garrulous

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Very talkative

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Dubious

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Questionable, unsettled in opinion, doubtful

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Ambivalence

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Attitude of uncertainty; conflicting emotions

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Allude

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To make indirect reference; to refer

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Propiniquity

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Nearness

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Lachrymose

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Teaarful

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Abscond

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To depart secretly

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Insinuate

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To subtly and indirectly suggest, hint

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Superfluous

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Exceeding what is sufficient or necesary