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Ambivalent

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undecided; having ‘mixed’ feelings

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Apathy

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lack of energy or interest

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Autonomy

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self-government

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Benevolent

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kindly

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Blanched

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turned pale

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Bolster

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give support to

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Bucolic

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concerned with the countryside and farming

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Callous

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cruel and unfeeling

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Cantankerous

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bad tempered

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Capricious

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changeable; fickle

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Chicanery

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trickery; attempt to deceive

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Churlish

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ill-mannered

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Cohesive

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forming a whole; ‘sticking’ together

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Concur

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agree

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Cryptic

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hidden; obscure

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Decimation

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extensive destruction

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Deft

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skillful

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Delinquency

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wrong-doing

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Depravity

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moral corruption

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Desolate

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lonely; devoid of life; feeling very sad and hopeless

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Devoid of

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empty of

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Didactic

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intending to teach or give instructions

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Disingenuous

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crafty

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Dispassionate

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unbiased

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Disposition

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tendency; personality

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Dissent

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disagreement

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Effusive

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overly expressive of emotions; ‘gushing’

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Endorse

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support

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Enigma

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puzzle

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Enumerate

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count out; list

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Ephemeral

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short-lived

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Erroneous

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wrong

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Erudition

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great knowledge or learning

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Esoteric

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obscure

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Fabrication

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something made up; untrue

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Facetious

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cheeky; not to be taken seriously

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Factions

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sides in a dispute; groups with common interests

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Flotsam

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floating rubbish

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Fostered

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encouraged

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Hackneyed

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stale and over-used

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Harbored

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held [as in ‘harbored and idea’]

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Hodgepodge

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strange mixture

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Hypothetical

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not proven; based on guesswork

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Impetuous

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impulsive

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Implacable

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cannot be appeased; relentless

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Impugned

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challenged; attacked in words

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Incorrigible

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cannot be corrected (of behavior)

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Indigenous

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native to a particular place

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Ineffable

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cannot be expressed in words

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Irascible

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easily angered

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Ironic

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unexpected

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Lament

A

express regret

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Languid

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having no energy or interest

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Lassitude

A

lack of energy

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Lugubrious

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mournful; very sad

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Mercurial

A

rapidly changing

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Misnomer

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wrong name for something

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Mollified

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calmed; pacified

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Multifaceted

A

having many aspects

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Mundane

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dull; ordinary

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Nostalgic

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longing for the past

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Obtrusive

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easily seen; ‘sticking out’

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Omnipotent

A

all powerful

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Pedagogy

A

science of teaching

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Phlegmatic

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calm

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Plausible

A

believable

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Precursor

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fore-runner; earlier version

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Preeminence

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fame; top position

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Pretentious

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putting on an act

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Prognosis

A

outlook

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Prolific

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producing a lot

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Provocative

A

provoking

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Raiment

A

clothes; garments

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Reciprocate

A

pay back

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Reconcile

A

bring disputing sides together again

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Remiss

A

wrong

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Remonstrance

A

criticism

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Resilient

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able to spring back; strong

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Retrenchment

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reducing staff or forces; conserving resources

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Robust

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firm and strong

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Skeptical

A

doubtful

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Skewed

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distorted; bent

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Stringent

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strict

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Subtle

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not obvious

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Succinct

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clear, short and well-expressed

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Sundry

A

miscellaneous

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Sustenance

A

support; food

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Tenable

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can be held (of an opinion, for example)

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Tenuous

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shaky; not firm

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Torrid

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hot and steamy

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Undermine

A

attempt to overthrow; weaken

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Underscore

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emphasize

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Unequivocal

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clear; cannot be misunderstood

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Vector

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carrier (of disease, for example)

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Verbose

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wordy

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Whimsical

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fickle; changeable

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Wistful

A

full of sadness and longing

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