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<p>Adroit</p>

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<p>skilful / skillful (Maladroit = clumsy)</p>

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<p>Agnostic</p>

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<p>unsure of the existence of god</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Ameliorating</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>making better</p>

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<p>Arboreal</p>

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<p>living in trees</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Ascertain</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>find out; make sure</p>

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<p>Barrage</p>

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<p>bombardment; stream (of abuse etc.)</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Belabor</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>over-emphasizing</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Brevity</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>briefness</p>

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<p>Cacophony</p>

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<p>noise; din</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Censured</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>blamed</p>

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<p>Circumvent</p>

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<p>avoid</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Coerced</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>forced</p>

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<p>Condoning</p>

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<p>tolerating</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Congenial</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>friendly; sociable; suitable</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Demagogues</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>mob leaders; agitators</p>

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<p>Disparaged</p>

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<p>criticized</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Docile</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>tame; subservient</p>

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<p>Eclectic</p>

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<p>taking things from different sources</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Elitist</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>favoring top group; snob</p>

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<p>Elusive</p>

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<p>difficult to pin down</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Empiric</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>found by experiment/practice</p>

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<p>Endorsed</p>

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<p>supported</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Envisioning</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>imagining, predicting</p>

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<p>Extolled</p>

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<p>praised</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Foster</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>support; encourage</p>

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<p>Furtiveness</p>

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<p>secretiveness</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Gluttonous</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>greedy</p>

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<p>Indictment</p>

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<p>charge; legal accusation</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Indigenous</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>native to a locality</p>

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<p>Irreproachable</p>

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<p>cannot be criticized. (Reproach = criticize)</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Knack</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>trick; skill</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Libelous</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>open to prosecution for libel (Libel = written slander)</p>

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<p>Naiveté</p>

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<p>innocence; lack of worldliness</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Nihilism</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>belief in nothing; anarchy</p>

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<p>Paucity</p>

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<p>shortage</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Penchant</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>tendency; leaning toward</p>

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<p>Perquisites</p>

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<p>‘perks’</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Phobic</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>fearful</p>

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<p>Pilfer</p>

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<p>steal</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Pliant</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>flexible</p>

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<p>Predilection</p>

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<p>liking for; penchant</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Presumption</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>assuming too much</p>

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<p>Profundity</p>

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<p>depth (of ideas)</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Quixotic</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>idealistic; impractical</p>

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<p>Reclusive</p>

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<p>avoiding other people; solitary</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Rehash</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>revamp hurriedly/carelessly</p>

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<p>Repertoire</p>

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<p>range; set of skills</p>

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<p>Repertory</p>

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<p>story; stock; repertoire</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Reprehensible</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>very bad</p>

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<p>Sarcasm</p>

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<p>sneering, bitter remarks; ironic or taunting</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Supple</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>flexible; pliant; lithe</p>

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<p>Temperamental</p>

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<p>volatile; changeable</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Transitory</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>shot-lived</p>

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<p>Tribulations</p>

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<p>troubles</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Unwitting</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>not deliberate</p>

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<p>Venality</p>

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<p>corruption</p>

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<p>Vulnerable</p>

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<p>open to attack; susceptible</p>

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