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Impugn

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To dispute the truth

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Impregnable

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Unable to be destroyed

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Inauspicious

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Unpromising, unlucky

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Incipient

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Initial, beginning, or developing

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Incisive

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Analytical thinking

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Incorrigible

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Uncorrectable behavior

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Indecorous

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Lacking morals or respect; indecent

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Indefatigable

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Tirelessly

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Innocuous

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Not harmful

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Inscrutable

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Impossible to understand; enigmatic

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Insipid

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Bland; lacking excitement

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Intonate

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To utter with a particular tone

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Intractable

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Hard to control or deal with

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Intrinsic

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Belonging naturally; essential

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Inveigh

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To speak or write about with great hostility

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Inveterate

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Long established and unlikely to change

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Irascible

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Tendency to be easily angered

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Jettison

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To throw or drop from an aircraft

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Juncture

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A particular point in time; where things join

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Juxtapose

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To place two different things together to emphasize contrast

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Laconic

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Using very few words

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Lampoon

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To criticize using irony or sarcasm

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Largess

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Generosity with gifts or money

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Lassitude

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Physical or mental lack of energy

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Lethargy

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Lack of energy or enthusiasm

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Lithe

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Thin, graceful, flexible, slender, nimble

Louis Tomlinson

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Lurid

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So vivid/explicit in detail that is it unpleasant or harsh

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Malevolent

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Showing desire to do harm to others

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Maudlin

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Self-pityiningly or tearfully sentimental, often through drunkeness

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Meander

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To follow a winding course

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