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abound

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plentiful

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amorphous

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shapeless

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austere

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monkish

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belie

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mask

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capricious

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unpredictable

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cerebral

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intellectual

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congenial

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friendly

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conspicuous

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noticeable

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cursory

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hasty

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daunting

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intimidating

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deify

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glorify

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didactic

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patronize

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disseminate

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spread

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feasible

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doable

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flout

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defy

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homogeneous

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unified

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humdrum

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boring

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insipid

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bland

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loquacious

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talkative

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misanthropic

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antisocial

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misnomer

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mismatch

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negligent

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careless

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obsequious

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obedient

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placate

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calm

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proclivity

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tendency

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puerile

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immature

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quixotic

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idealistic

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spendthrift

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prodigal

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taciturn

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quiet

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wary

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cautious

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adulterate

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spoil

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advocate

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support

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aggrandize

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increase power, wealth, influence

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alacrity

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eagerness

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ambivalent

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uncertain

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ameliorate

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improve

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amenable

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easily persuaded

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anachronistic

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time period

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audacious

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bold

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avaricious

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greedy

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banal

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ordinary

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benign

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kind

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brazen

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bold

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calumny

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slander

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candid

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blunt

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castigate

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rebuke

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caustic

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scarcastic

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construe

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interpret

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contrite

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remorseful

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convoluted

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complex

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covet

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desire

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craven

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cowardly

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decorum

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propriety/properness

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deft

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skilled

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demur

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object

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derivative

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unoriginal

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desiccate

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dry

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diatribe

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accusation, tirade

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incredulous

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doubtful

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ingenuous

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naive

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abate

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lessen, subside

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abjure

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reject

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anomalous

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abnormal

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antipathy

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hostility

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arcane

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mysterious

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arduous

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taxing

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artless

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natural & simple

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ascetic

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austere

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assauage

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alleviate

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betray

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expose

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bucolic

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rural

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burgeon

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flourish

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cacophonous

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loud

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canonize

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declare a saint

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censure

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condemn

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chicanery

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trickery

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coalesce

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unite

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cogent

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logical, convincing

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compelling

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captivating

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contend

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assert

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copious

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abundant

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cosmopolitan

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urbane

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deference

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respect

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desultory

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lacking purpose

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diffident

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shy

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dilatory

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slow

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equivocate

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ambiguous to conceal the truth

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polarize

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divide

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prodigal

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spendthrift

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verbose

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wordy

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abstain

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refrain

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approbation

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approval

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cherish

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adore

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corroborate

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confirm

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disparate

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contrasting

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emulate

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imitate

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enervate

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exhaust

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ephemeral

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short-lived

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fervid

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passionate

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garrulous

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talkative

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incendiary

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provocative

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inimical

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harmful

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intimate

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close

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invigorate

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revitalize

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mitigate

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alleviate

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obsolete

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outmoded

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opaque

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nontransparent

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paradigmatic

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ideal, standard

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pedantic

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precise, scrupulous

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placid

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peaceful

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polemical

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critical, hostile

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precipitate

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provoke, cause

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profundity

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wisdom

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prophetic

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predictive

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prudent

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wise, far-sighted

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punctilious

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recondite

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uncertain

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scrupulous

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meticulous

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tranquil

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calm

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vacillate

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wavering

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aloof

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distant

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clangor

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loud banging

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conventional

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normal

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debunk

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expose

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diminutive

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minuscule

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discernible

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perceptible

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enigmatic

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mysterious

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estranged

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alienated

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extravagent

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spendthrift

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fanciful

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unrealistic

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frivolous

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not serious

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heterogeneous

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diverse

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imperious

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arrogant

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impertinent

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rude

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invasive

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intruding

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irresolute

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uncertain

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laudable

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praiseworthy

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lax

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careless

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marginalize

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treat as insignificant

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panache

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flamboyant

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plodding

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trudging

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prosaic

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commonplace

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remedial

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cure

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restive

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restless

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sporadic

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irregular

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stigmatize

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condemn

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undermine

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weaken

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utterly

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completely

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weary

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tired

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zealous

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enthusiastic

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admonish

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rebuke

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aesthetic

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beauty

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affectation

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facade

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alleviate

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reduce

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analogous

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comparable

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bolster

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boost

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chauvinistic

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connoisseur

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dogged

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dupe

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empirical

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engender

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entitled

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pertinacious

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determined

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presumptuous

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probity

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proliferate

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specious

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misleading

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spurious

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subjective

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174
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tortuous

175
Q

tractable

A

controllable

176
Q

transient

A

short-lived

177
Q

ubiquitous

A

omnipresent

178
Q

underscore

179
Q

venal

180
Q

venerate

181
Q

appease

182
Q

arbitrary

183
Q

archaic

184
Q

calmorous

185
Q

dearth

186
Q

explicable

A

understood

187
Q

hyperbole

A

exaggeration

188
Q

immutable

A

unchanging

189
Q

indefatigable

190
Q

indolent

191
Q

insular

A

narrow-minded

192
Q

intransigent

A

unwavering

193
Q

intrepid

194
Q

irreverent

A

disrespectful

195
Q

loathe

196
Q

malign

197
Q

malleable

A

easily influenced

198
Q

neophyte

199
Q

plastic

A

easily shaped

200
Q

platitude

201
Q

prescient

202
Q

pristine

203
Q

reproach

204
Q

robust

205
Q

salubrious

206
Q

sanction

207
Q

sedulous

208
Q

soporific

209
Q

stern

210
Q

tendentious

211
Q

accentuate

212
Q

conjectural

A

hypothetical

213
Q

convivial

214
Q

decadent

A

moral decline

215
Q

egregious

216
Q

evanescent

217
Q

flamboyant

218
Q

forestall

A

anticipate

219
Q

gainsay

220
Q

galvanize

221
Q

indiscriminate

A

nonselective

222
Q

innocuous

223
Q

momentary

224
Q

mundane

225
Q

nettlesome

226
Q

nullify

227
Q

obviate

A

prevent, remove

228
Q

omnipresent

229
Q

oust

230
Q

palpable

A

noticeable

231
Q

perfidy

A

dishonesty

232
Q

profuse

233
Q

pugnacious

234
Q

sagacious

235
Q

sanguine

A

optimisitc

236
Q

scant

A

inadequate

237
Q

skullduggery

238
Q

trivial

A

insignificant

239
Q

utilitarian

240
Q

vapid

241
Q

boorish

242
Q

brook

243
Q

circumspect

244
Q

comity

A

considerate

245
Q

commensurate

246
Q

cordial

247
Q

deleterious

248
Q

dichotomy

249
Q

edify

250
Q

elicit

251
Q

erudite

A

intellectual

252
Q

fecund

253
Q

feeble

254
Q

felicitous

255
Q

forbear

256
Q

haphazard

257
Q

hodgepodge

258
Q

impede

259
Q

impetuous

A

impulsive, violent

260
Q

irascible

A

short-tempered

261
Q

mercenary

262
Q

meticulous

263
Q

mordant

264
Q

outstrip

265
Q

precarious

266
Q

quirky

267
Q

repudiate

268
Q

tact

A

sensitivity, thoughtfulness

269
Q

trifling

270
Q

turbulent

271
Q

acumen

A

discernment

272
Q

antithesis

273
Q

ascribe

274
Q

befuddled

275
Q

eschew

276
Q

esoteric

277
Q

evasive

278
Q

exculpate

A

acquit, discharge

279
Q

expedite

A

accelerate

280
Q

fastidious

A

scrupulous

281
Q

feign

282
Q

furtive

283
Q

hamper

284
Q

indispensable

285
Q

lament

286
Q

myopic

A

unimaginative

287
Q

nonchalant

288
Q

partial

289
Q

pensive

A

thoughtful

290
Q

portend

A

foreshadow

291
Q

provincial

A

narrow-minded

292
Q

rudimentary

A

elementary

293
Q

salutary

A

beneficial

294
Q

sever

295
Q

slight

296
Q

somnolent

297
Q

stoic

A

emotionless

298
Q

supersede

299
Q

tout

300
Q

wane

301
Q

abhor

302
Q

boisterous

303
Q

chivalrous

304
Q

churlish

305
Q

clandestine

306
Q

complacent

307
Q

cumbersome

A

inefficient, bulky

308
Q

debilitating

309
Q

deliberate

A

intentional

310
Q

droll

311
Q

eccentric

A

unconventional

312
Q

fractious

A

uncontrollable

313
Q

limpid

314
Q

mawkish

A

sentimental

315
Q

obeisance

316
Q

ostentatious

A

flamboyant

317
Q

panacea

A

universal cure

318
Q

perfunctory

319
Q

perilous

320
Q

pervasive

A

widespread

321
Q

preclude

322
Q

predilection

A

preference

323
Q

rapacious

324
Q

relish

325
Q

satirical

326
Q

sham

327
Q

skirt

328
Q

sluggish

329
Q

spartan

A

very simple or strict

330
Q

truculent

A

defiant, aggressive

331
Q

acrimonious

332
Q

belligerent

333
Q

beneficent

334
Q

canny

A

good judgment

335
Q

cavalier

A

indifferent

336
Q

distressed

337
Q

dwindling

338
Q

eclipse

339
Q

encyclopedic

340
Q

exacerbate

341
Q

exasperated

342
Q

fungible

A

replaceable

343
Q

hackneyed

A

overused, unoriginal

344
Q

incongruous

A

out of place

345
Q

interchangeable

346
Q

laconic

347
Q

lucrative

A

profitable

348
Q

magisterial

A

domineering

349
Q

onerous

A

burdensome

350
Q

opprobirum

351
Q

parsimonious

352
Q

peripheral

353
Q

provocative

354
Q

renounce

355
Q

tempestuous

356
Q

tenable

A

justifiable

357
Q

transgression

358
Q

urbane

359
Q

verisimilitude

A

credibility

360
Q

vitiate

361
Q

affinity

A

simmilarity

362
Q

altruistic

363
Q

baroque

364
Q

byzantine

A

complicated

365
Q

compromise

366
Q

conciliatory

367
Q

countenance

368
Q

covert

369
Q

credible

A

trustworthy

370
Q

diffuse

371
Q

documentary

372
Q

exhaustive

373
Q

exhilarating

374
Q

extraneous

A

irrelevant

375
Q

fervor

376
Q

futile

377
Q

illusory

A

imaginative

378
Q

invidious

A

unjust, unpleasant

379
Q

lethargic

380
Q

metaphorical

A

figurative

381
Q

mimic

382
Q

numinous

383
Q

oscure

384
Q

overt

385
Q

pellucid

A

transparent

386
Q

perpetuate

387
Q

rational

388
Q

scathing

A

devastating

389
Q

subtle

390
Q

superficial