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Comity

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Courtesy; civility

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Luculent

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  1. Clear or lucid

2. Convincing; cogent

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Mussitate

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To talk indistinctly; to mutter

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Adumbrate

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To report or represent in outline; to foreshadow or symbolize

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Quibble

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To try to avoid by sophistication

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Tortuous

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Winding; highly intricate

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Maverick

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Rebel; nonconformist

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Deportment

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Demeanor, behavior, conduct

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Attune

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To bring into accord or harmony; to adjust

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Canny

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Having or showing shrewdness and good judgment

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Ribald

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Referring to sexual matters in an amusingly rude or irreverent way

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Bungle

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To mismanage; to misappropriate

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Comely

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Attractive; agreeable

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Lave

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To wash; to flow along or against

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Proboscis

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The trunk of an elephant

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Celerity

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Speed

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Pertinacious

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Holding firmly to an opinion or a course of action; stubborn

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Jaunty

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Cheerful and pleasant; lively; bold

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Peekish

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Ill-tempered or irritable; easily angered

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Inclement

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Stormy, severe, unkind, rough

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Besot

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To infatuate; to obsess

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Disinter

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To dig up

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Venial

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Minor, unimportant

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Orison

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A prayer

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Sordid
1. Involving ignoble actions and motives | 2. Dirty or squalid
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Charlatan
An imposter (one who feigns knowledge or ability)
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Abysmal
Bottomless extreme
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Preclude
To prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; to make impossible; to obviate
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Bellicose
War-like; aggressive
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Mannered
Stylized; pretentious
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Opprobrium
A state of shame or disgrace; scorn; contempt
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Brummagem
Showy but inferior and worthless
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Stigma
A mark of disgrace associated with a particular circumstance, quality, or person
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Somnambulist
A sleepwalker
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Expedient
Convenient; practical; simple, quick, easy
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Bombast
Arrogant, pompous language
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Ruddy
Having a healthy red color
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Amortize
To pay off a debt in installments
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Empirical
Relying on experiment
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Propitiate
To appease; to try to gain favor
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Absquatulate
To run away quickly; to leave in a hurry; to abscond
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Fuddle
To confuse or befuddle
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Strepitous
Boisterous; noisy
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Impinge
To collide with or strike; to encourage or infringe
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Supple
Flexible, movable, limber
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Jaded
Bruised; worn out; tarnished; fatigued
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Poultice
A soothing ointment
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Hortatory
Giving strong encouragement; encouraging
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Paradox
Something apparently contradictory in nature; a statement that looks false but is actually correct
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Lavish
On a grand scale; wasteful
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Repudiate
1. To reject as having no authority or binding force | 2. To cast off or disown
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Accrete
To grow together
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Pretense
1. Pretending or feigning; make-believing | 2. A false show of something
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Vicissitude
A change of circumstances or fortune, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant
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Concord
An agreement
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Rancor
Bitterness or resentfulness, especially when long-standing
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Rakish
Stylish, especially in a sporting, hip way; dashing
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Panjandrum
A person who believes that he is important; a pretentious official
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Condole
To express condolences; to express sympathy for
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Novelty
The quality of being new and out of the ordinary
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Disaffected
Rebellious; resentful of authority or laws

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