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Provocative

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angering, inflammatory

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Puerile

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juvenile, infantile, childish

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Pugnacious

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bellicose, combative, aggressive

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Punctilious

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fastidious, meticulous

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Pungent

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bitter, acrid, acrimonious

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Quagmire

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stalemate, checkmate, impasse

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Quandary

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predicament, conundrum, enigma

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Querulous

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Complaining in a petulant manner, “she became querulous and demanding”

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Quixotic

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impractical, unrealistic

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raconteur

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storyteller, teller of tails

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Rambunctious

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boisterous, rowdy

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Rancorous

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resentful, spiteful, vengeful

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Rapacious

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predatory, ravenous, voracious

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Rarified

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lofty, elevated, exalted

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Raucous

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strident, shrill, piercing, harsh

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Recalcitrant

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disobedient, defiant

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Recant

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retract, abrogate, abjure

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Reciprocate

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respond in kind, return the favor

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Reclamation

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restoration, regeneration

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Recluse

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hermit, loner

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Redoubtable

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formidable, awesome, powerful

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Perspicuous

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lucid, clear, pellucid

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Pertinacious

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stubborn, obstreperous

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Peruse

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scrutinize, examine carefully

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Philistine

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hostile or indifferent to culture and the arts

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Picayune

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trivial, of minor importance

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Pertinent

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germane, relevant, to the point

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Petulant

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easily angered, ill-humored

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Pinion

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fetter, shackle, handcuff

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Pique

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irritate, annoy

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Plebeian

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proletarian, common, insignificant

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Poignant

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profound, compelling

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Potentate

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magnate, tycoon, celebrity

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Precept

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canon, rubric, guideline

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Precocious

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gifted or talented beyond one’s years

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Prescience

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clairvoyance, preternatural, foreknowledge

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Probity

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honesty, integrity

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Profligate

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degenerate, corrupt, libertine

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Profundity

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scholarly, intellectual, abstruse

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Propitious

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fortuitous, serendipitous

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Prosaic

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ordinary, not original

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Protean

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varied, eclectic

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Piquant

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pungent, sharp

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Platitude

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cliche, hackneyed

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Precipitate

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hasten, trigger, accelerate

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Prevaricate

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lie, falsify, distort

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Pariah

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outcast, exile

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Parochial

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narrow-focused, provincial, unsophisticated

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Parsimonious

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stingy, miserly, penurious

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Pastoral

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serene, tranquil, halcyon, placid

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Pathos

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pity, sympathetic response

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Patronizing

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condescending, scornful, disdainful, arrogant

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Paucity

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scarcity, dearth

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Pedagogue

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educator, pedant, strict instructor

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Pellucid

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translucent, diaphanous, crystal clear

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Penchant

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inclination, proclivity, predilection, tendency

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Pendulous

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hanging, swinging, swaying

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Penitent

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remorseful, regretful

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Percipient

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insightful, perspicacious, astute

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Perfidious

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pernicious, virulent, treacherous

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Perfunctory

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cursory, superficial, shallow

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Permute

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alter, change, mutate

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Perquisite

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profit, gain, benefit

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Personify

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embody, incarnate

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Perspicacious

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insightful, discerning, astute

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Parity

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equality

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Patrician

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aristocrat, nobleman

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Omnifarious

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multifold, of all shapes

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Omnipotence

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all-powerful

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Omniscient

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all-knowing, wise, sagacious

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Onus

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burden, millstone, encumbrance

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Opacity

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vague, abstruse, erudite

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Opine

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consider, surmise, conjecture

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Opprobrious

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dishonorable, disgraceful

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Opulent

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wealthy, rich, profuse

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Oracle

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wise man, sage, prophet

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Orthodox

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conventional, conformist

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Ostentatious

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showy, pompous

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Ossify

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become hardened, inflexible, intransigent, stubborn

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Ostracize

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exclude, banish, exile

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Overweening

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excess, overdone

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Pacific

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peaceful, tranquil

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Palliate

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mollify, mitigate, extenuate, assuage

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Pallid

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pale, feeble

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Panacea

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magic solution, cure-all

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Panache

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flamboyance, ostentation, elegance

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Panegyrize

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praise, eulogize, laud, tout

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Paradigm

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example, archetype, prototype

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Nihilist

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anarchist, extremist, skeptic

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Nocuous

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harmful, noisome, perfidious

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Noisome

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disgusting, repugnant, sickening

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Maverick

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independent, nonconformist

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Nonpareil

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peerless, without equal, unrivaled

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Nostalgia

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longing for, yearning, musing, reminiscence

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Obdurate

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stubborn, obstinate

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Obeisance

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homage, adoration, reverence, veneration

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Obfuscate

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obscurity, murkiness, confusion

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Obloquy

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disrepute, discredit, ignominy

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Obsequious

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submissive, docile

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Obstinate

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obdurate, stubborn

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Obtrusive

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prominent, obvious, bold, conspicuous

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Odious

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loathsome, detestable, heinous, ignominious

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Nomenclature

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terminology, classification

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mettle

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fortitude, tenacity, determination

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