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adjure

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urge earnestly

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abjure

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renounce solemnly

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demur

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hesitation

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demure

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shy or modest

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ingratiating

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intending to gain approval or favor

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brownnosing

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acting in an obsequious way to curry favor

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indigent

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suffering from complete poverty

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indigenous

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native

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indignant

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angry out of humiliation

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ingenious

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clever and inventive

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ingenuous

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innocent or naive

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ingenuity

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quality of being clever and original

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genuine

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authentic or sincere

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disingenuous

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corrupt; not sincere

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complaisant

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wanting to please

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complacent

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overly self-satisfied

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complement

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to complete

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aggravate//exacerbate

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to make something worse

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exasperate

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frustrate

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execrate//excoriate

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to criticize out of disgust

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exonerate

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to free from blame

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excruciate

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inflict pain

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magnanimous

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generous, lofty

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equanimity

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peaceful-minded

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pandemic

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occurring over a wide geographic area and affecting an exceptionally high proportion of the population

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panoramic

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sweeping 360 view

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panoply

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covering all

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pantheism

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believing in all spirits

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impassioned

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full of passion

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impassive

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no passion; apathy

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impasse

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dilemma

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impassable

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unable to pass

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dispassionate

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just; not pulled away by extreme emotions

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sedulous

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diligent

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seditious

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rebellious

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perdition

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complete ruin

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perfidy

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betrayal

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fastidious

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overly difficult to please

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arduous

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hard to accomplish

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ardor

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ardent interest

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perspicacious

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showing good judgement

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sagacious//discreet

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discerning

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perspicuous

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obviously sinning

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discrete

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separate

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peremptory

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arrogant self-assurance

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preemptive

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precautionary

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presumptuous

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recklessly bold

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precipitate

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rash

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precipitous

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steep

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resumption

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continue to begin again

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lucid

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clear

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lurid

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ghastly

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flout

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openly disregard; mock

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tout

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to praise exaggeratedly

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flaunt//vaunt

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show-off excessively

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inveigle

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entice by flattery

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inveigh

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complain or criticize bitterly

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invective

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highly critical language

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tortuous

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full of twists and turns; crafty

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intimation

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insinuation

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intimidation

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fearfulness

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pugnacious//truculent

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quick to argue or fight

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inimitable

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unparalleled; impossible to copy

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petulant

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tending to lose temper easily

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recidivist

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person who always goes back to bad habits

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querulous

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tending to complain

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punctilious

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attentively adhering to conventions

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acute

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intense or severe; shrewd

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ineffable

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incapable of being expressed in words

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egregious

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notably bad

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implore

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plead earnestly

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censor

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suppress under the pretense of being unacceptable???

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convalesce

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recover one’s health after a period of illness

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blighted

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impaired

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benighted

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unenlightened; ignorant

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reprehensible

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deserving blame

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arbiter

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person who settles the final words in a dispute

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anesthetic

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numbing agent

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euphemism

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mild way to say something offensive or unpleasant

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partisan

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devoted supporter

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patrician

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aristocrat

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partition

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something that separates

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latent

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present but not visible or active

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patent

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make known to the public

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decorous

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marked by propriety and good taste

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equable

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calm-minded

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equitable

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fair; equal

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quiescence

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inactivity

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quietude

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peaceful, undisturbed

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compunction

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anxiety arising from guilt

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importune

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beg persistently

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importunate

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troublesomely persistent

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inopportune

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inconvenient

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