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Affinity

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Natural liking or sympathy for someone or something

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Abetted

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Encourage or assist someone to do something wrong

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Allegorical

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Contacting allegory, which is a story in which the characters and events are symbols that stand for ideas about human life

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Ameliorate

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To make better, such as a problem

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Anecdotal

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Resembling or contacting anecdotes, which are personal stories

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Antiquated

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Very old & no longer useful

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Buttress

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To support or steady an argument, person or object

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Cacophony

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A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds

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Chauvinistic

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A person displaying aggressive or exaggerated patriotism

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Chagrin

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Embarrassment at having failed or humiliated

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Clandestine

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One in a private place or way; done secretly

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Coiffed

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Style or arrange, typically in an elaborate way

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Corroborative

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Serving to give support to the truth

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Deride

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To laugh at in scorn or contempt

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Diminutive

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Small or tiny

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Dissident

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Disagreeing as in opinion or attitude

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Epochs

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Period of time in history or persons of life marked by notable events

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Fallacy

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A wrong belief; a false or mistaken idea

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Fallible

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Capable of making a mistake

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Furtive

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Attempting to avoid notice or attention

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Heedless

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Showing reckless lack of care or attention

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Impertinent

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Not showing respect; rude

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Incontrovertibly

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Demonstrably; in an obvious & probable manner

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Innocuous

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Not harmful or offensive

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Laggard

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Responding slow

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Largesse

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Generosity in bestowing money or gifts upon others

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Lascivious

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Feeling or revealing an overt and offensive sexual desire

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Litany

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A long list of complaints, problems

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