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Profligacy

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reckless wastefulness

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Penchant

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a definite liking; a strong inclination

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Paradoxical

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to be seemingly contradictory but nonetheless true

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Monumental-

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impressively large

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Malicious

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deliberately harmful, spiteful

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Implausible

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difficult to leave

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Indices

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a plural of index, something that serves to guide, point out, or otherwise facilitate reference

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Innuendo

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an indirect or subtle, usually derogatory implication in expression; an insinuation

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Insouciance

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blithe lack of concern; nonchalance

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Fawn

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to seek favor or attention by flattery and obsequious behavior

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Hyperbole

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a figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect

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Idiosyncratic

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a structural or behavioral characteristic peculiar to an individual or a group. A physiological or temperamental peculiarity

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Harbinger

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one that indicates or foreshadows what is to come; a forerunner

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Emphatic

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forceful and definite in expression or action

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Edible

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something fit to be eaten; food

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Domineering

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to rule over or control arbitrarily or arrogantly; tyrannize

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Elephantine

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enormous in size or strength

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Droll

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amusingly odd whimsically comical

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Emote

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to express emotion, especially in an excessive or theatrical manner

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Bureaucratic

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devotion to the routine of administrative procedure

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Mercantile

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Conducted or acting on business principles; commercial.

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Declension

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The change of endings in nouns and adj. to express their different relations of gender.

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Deposition

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Testimony legally taken during interrogations and reduced to writing, to use as evidence in court.

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Divination

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The pretended forecast of future events or discovery of what is lost or hidden.

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Ebullient

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Showing enthusiasm or exhilaration of feeling.