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Set 2 Flashcards

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Neophyte

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A beginner, someone new to an activity or field

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Dissemble

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Lie or deceive

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Misanthrope

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Someone who hates it dislike humankind

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Sycophant

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A self-seeking, servile flatterer

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Reprobate

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Morally corrupt or lacking / a person who is

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Draconian

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Characterized by strict laws, rules, and punishments

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Laconic

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Expressing much in a few words, succinct, concise

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Idyllic

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Charmingly simple

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Halcyon

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Peaceful, carefree, golden, idyllic

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Sophistry

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A superficially plausible but fallacious argument designed to deceive

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Chimerical

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Highly unrealistic, wildly fanciful, a product of unchecked imagination

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Jocular

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Inclined to jesting, habitually jolly

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Lugubrious

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Mournful, especially exaggeratedly

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Maudlin

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Excessively tearful, sentimental, or emotional

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Choleric, Irascible

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Very irritable or easily provoked to anger

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Phlegmatic

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Not easily excited, composed, apathetic, sluggish

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Martinet

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A strict disciplinarian, someone who demands absolute adherence to forms and rules

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Propriety

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State of being proper or suitable, appropriateness

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Anthology

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A collection of selected writings with either the same author, literary firm, time period, or subject

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Galvanize

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Electrify, stir to action

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Bolster

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Support, uphold

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Maverick

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An independent person, a nonconformist

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Incongruous

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Inconsistent, out of place, not harmonious / Inappropriate or unbecoming

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Sequester

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Separate or isolate

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Preclude

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Prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible

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Paramount

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Supreme

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Recondite

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Esoteric, obscure, or difficult subject matter

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Lackadaisical

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Without interest, vigor, or determination; lethargic

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Indolent

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Lazy

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Incipient

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At an initial stage, just beginning to appear or exist

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Elide

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Omit

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Excise, Expurgate

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Remove

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Extricate

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To free out of a difficult situation or entanglement

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Repudiate

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Reject

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Disavow

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Disclaim any connection with or responsibility for

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Macabre

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Gruesome and horrifying, relating to death

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Morose

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Having a gloomy or sullen disposition

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Deleterious

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Harmful

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Bereft

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Devoid, lacking

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Inexorable

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Unchangeable / Unstoppable / Relentless

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Incontinent

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Unable to be controlled or restrained

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Antipathy

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Aversion or dislike

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Magnanimous

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Generous and forgiving

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Erroneous

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Filled with errors, mistaken

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Mellifluous

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(sound) Sweet or smoothly flowing like honey

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Acrimonious

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(speech) Sharp, bitter, or stinging

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Visceral

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Instinctive and emotional rather than rational and intellectual, related to base or crude emotions

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Abstemious

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(eating or drinking) Sparing

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Wry

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Disdainfully ironic or amusing / Twisted, crooked

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Retrospective

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Looking back and contemplating the past, directed at the past

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Acerbic

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Harsh, bitter, sharp

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Tenable

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Capable of being held, maintained, or defended

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Whimsical

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Playful or fanciful, on whim, given to odd or fanciful notions

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Prosaic

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Dull, commonplace, unimaginative

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Pejorative

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Having a disparaging, derogatory, or belittling effect

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Vitriolic

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Very caustic and scathing

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Obdurate

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Stubborn, unyielding to any persuasion or influences

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Refractory

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Hard to manage or control / Resisting treatment

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Inscrutable

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Mysterious, unable to be investigated

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Indulgent

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Being excessively lenient and permissive, giving into demands generously

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Glib

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Marked by ease, smoothness, and fluency, but often insincerely or superficially

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Vacuous, Inane

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Empty; lacking sense or intelligence

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Presage

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(n/v) Harbinger, omen

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Burgeon

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Grow quickly, flourish

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Complaisant

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Agreeable, inclined to please or oblige

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Fawn

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Behave in a servile, obsequious manner to gain notice or favor

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Intransigent

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Unyielding, uncompromising

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Redolent

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Fragrant / Evocative, suggestive

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Quibble

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(n/v) Using ambiguous, misleading, or irrelevant arguments

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Chicanery

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Deliberate deception through trickery, using quibble or sophistry to trick

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Spurious

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Not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source

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Magisterial

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Authoritative, resembling a magistrate, domineering

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Pliable, Plastic

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Able to be molded or changed

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Chagrin

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A feeling of distress or irritation arising from disappointment, humiliation, or failure

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Obstreperous

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Unruly, clamorous, resistant to control

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Idyllic

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Charmingly simple and carefree

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Ungainly

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Not graceful, awkward, clumsy

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Dilatory

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Tending to delay or procrastinate, tardy

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Vituperative

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Characterized by harsh verbal abuse or criticism

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Perfidious

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Treacherous, traitorous, disloyal

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Indomitable

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Unable to be subdued

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Flippant

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Lacking seriousness or respect by treating something serious with humor

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Excoriate

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Denounce or berate severely

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Cerebral

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Intellectual and rational rather than instinctive and emotional

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Nonplussed

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Utterly perplexed

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Euphony

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Pleasing, harmonious sounds

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Idiosyncrasy

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A trait, habit, or mannerism that is peculiar to an individual

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Captious

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Apt to find faults or criticize / Designed to confuse, entangle, or entrap in an argument

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Impetuous

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Impulsive, characterized by a sudden or rash action or emotion / Forceful and violent movement or action

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Marginal, Peipheral

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Of lesser importance, not central

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Obfuscate

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To deliberately confuse or make obscure

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Flummox

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To bewilder, perplex, or utterly confound

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Spate

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A sudden outpouring, a large amount

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Histrionic

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Overly dramatic

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Overwrought

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Excessively agitated or excited

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Eschew

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To shun, avoid, or stay clear of

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Restitution

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Reparation or restoration, compensation

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Disquieting

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Causing anxiety or unease, disturbing

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Perspicacious

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Perceptive, discerning

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Arcane

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Esoteric, obscure, mysterious

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Underwrite

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Assume financial responsibility for

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Cosmopolitan

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Worldly, a citizen of the world

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Provincial, Parochial, insular

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Limited or narrow in perspective, in scope or outlook

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Compunction, Contrition

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Remorse

105
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Forbearance

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Refraining from something, patient endurance, self-control / Refraining from enforcing a right

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Elegiac

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Expressing sorrow or lamentation; resembling an elegy

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