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Redolent

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Smelling sweet and agreeable

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Succulent

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Juicy

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Haranguing

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A long, passionate lecture

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Intemperate

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Immoderate in indulgence of appetite or passion

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Halting

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Slow and hesitant, especially through lack of confidence

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Robust

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Strong, vigorous, healthy

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Facile

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Easily done, performed, used

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Imperious

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Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant

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Histrionic

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Overly theatrical or melodramatic

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Inscrutable

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Impossible to understand or interpret

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Solicitous

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Characterized by showing interest or concern

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Convivial

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Friendly, lively, enjoyable

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Sycophant

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One who uses flattery to get ahead (kiss-up)

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Connoisseurs

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An expert judge in matters of taste; specialist

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Toadies

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Sycophant; One who uses flattery to get ahead (kiss-up)

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Callous

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Insensitive and cruel disregard for others

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Membraneous

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Thin, pliable (easily bent), somewhat transparent

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Viscous

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Sticky; thin; adhesive

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Reprehensible

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Deserving condemnation; culpable; blameworthy

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Palliative

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Alleviating pain or relieving a problem without dealing with the underlying cause

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Depreciatory

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Intended to make a person or a thing seem of little importance/ value ; belittle

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Litigous

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Intended to litigate (take legal action) ; argumentative

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Compendious

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Presenting essential facts in a comprehensive but concise way

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Pliable

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Easily bent; flexible; easily influenced

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Profusely

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Excessively

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Perpetuate

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Make something continue indefinitely; conserve

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Dearth

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Scarcity or lack of something

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Somber

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Gloomy

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Demonstrative

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Tending to show feelings, especially of affection, openly; expressive

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Wistful

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Showing feelings of regretful longing; yearning

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Floridity

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Covered with flowers; excessively ornate; showy

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Opacity

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Lacking transparency; obscurity of meaning

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Magnanimous

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Very generous or forgiving

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Negligible

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Small or unimportant ; insignificant

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Esoteric

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Understood by a secret few; secret; private; confidential

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Vicarious

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Indirect; surrogate; substitute

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Obsequious

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Sycophant; One who uses flattery to get ahead (kiss-up)

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