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Minatory

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Menacing threatening

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Sanguinary

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Bloodthirsty

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Baleful

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Menacing or threatening

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Truckle

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To act subserviently

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Convivial

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Friendly lively and enjoyable

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Convivial

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Friendly, lively and enjoyable

Cheerful and friendly

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Inveigle

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Persuade someone to do something by means of flattery or deception

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Inimitable

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So good or unusual as to be impossible to copy; unique

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Ineffable

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Too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words

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Myrmidon

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a person who executes without question or scruple a master’s commands.

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Facile

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Superficial, so simple it’s stupid

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Desuetude

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A state of disuse

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Chary

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Cautious, wary, timid

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Staid

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Restrained, prim, settled

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Apotheosis

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Elevation to the status of a god; perfect example or embodiment

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Doyenne

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A woman holding a senior position in a certain field

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Consigliere

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An advisor

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Repute

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The opinion generally held of someone or something

Be generally said or believe to do something or to have particular characteristics

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Prestidigitation

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magic tricks performed as entertainment.

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Thaumaturgy

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The working of miracles

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Insuperable

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Something that is impossible to achieve

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Turncoat

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One who is a traitor to his country

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Adjuvant

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Serving to aid or contribute

Assisting in the prevention, amelioration or cure of disease

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Garland

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Decorative wreath or cord

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Parlous

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Full of danger; precarious

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Contiguous

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Sharing a common border; touching

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Murine

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Relating to or affecting mice

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Duchy

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Special domain

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Inviolate

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Sacred and must be safeguarded from injustice

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Sangfroid

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Composure or coolness, sometimes excessively so

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Vainglorious

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Having or showing too much pride in your abilities or achievements

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Arcadian

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Rustic, peaceful and simple; pastoral

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Trundle

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Move slowly or heavily

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Eremitic

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A hermit or recluse, especially under a religious vow

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Tarry

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Stay longer than intended; delay leaving a place

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Appose

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Place in close proximity with

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Bedizened

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Dressed up or decorated gaudily

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Hinterland

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A region remote from urban areas

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Abet

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To encourage or assist to do something wrong in particular, to commit a crime

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At loggerheads

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In dispute with

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Effete

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Depleted of vitality or effectiveness

Over refined effeminate

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Callow

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Lacking adult maturity

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Apollonian

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Clear, harmonious and restrained

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Titular

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Existing in name only

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Agog

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Eager, astir

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Seemliness

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Appropriateness of conduct or behavior

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Concatenation

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A series of links united, a chain, a succession

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Akimbo

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Hands on the hips and elbows turned out

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Abrogate

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To abolish, do away with, especially by authority

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Addlepated

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Befuddled, confused

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Adroit

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Dexterous; deft or skillful