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Inducement

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Something that persuades

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Vaunted

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Excessive praise and boasting

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Moribund

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Death

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Posturing

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Behaviour that is intended to impress or mislead

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Munificience

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Extreme generosity

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Temerity

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Lack of caution, self confident

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Austere

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Simple, severe & strict in manner and attitude

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Celeritous

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Swift

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Indelible

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Making marks that cannot be removed

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Fecklessness

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Idleness

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Curmudgeonly

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Grouchiness

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Avuncular

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Pleasantness

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Inured

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Ignores or gets desensitized to

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Meted

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Dispense or allot justice, a punishment or harsh treatment

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Perspicacious

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Having a ready understanding or insight into something

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Rapiers

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A thin light sharp pointed sword for thrust. (Fencing sword)

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Pillory

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Attack or ridicule someone publicly , Harshly criticized

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Derring-do

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Boldness or bold action

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Balked

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Hesitate or be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking

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Holding forth

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talking lengthily, assertively or tediously about a subject

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Esoteric

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Intended for or likely to be understood by a small group of people

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Adulation

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Excessive admiration or praise

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Self-aggrandizing

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Promoting oneself as powerful and important

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Libertine

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One who leads an immoral life

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Rabble

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An disorderly crowd

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Decrepit

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Worn out or ruined because of age and neglect

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Wherewithal

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money or other means needed for a particular purpose

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Aloofness

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Standing apart

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Semblance

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The outward appearance or apparent form or something.

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Prerogative

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A right or previlage exclusive to a particular individual or class

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Solicitude

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Care or concern for someone or something

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Counterminings

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To frustrate by countermeasures

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Redress

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Remedy or set right

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Untenable

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Indefensible

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Dysphoric

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Unhappy, dissatisfied

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Ebullient

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Cheerful and full of energy

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Despondent

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Loss of hope and courage

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Benightedness

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ignorant or unenlightened

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Wayward

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Following harmful impulses

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Veritable

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Unquestionable

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Wily

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Cunning & clever in a tricky way

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Uncanny

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remarkable in an erie way

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Undiscerning

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Not good at noticing stuff

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Artless

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Guileless, without deceit

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Contextualizing

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Place or study in context

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Prosody

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The pattern of rhythm and sound in poetry

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Arrant

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Complete, Utter

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Lickspittle

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Sycophant

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Demurely

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In a quiet well behaved way

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Self-effacingly

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Not claiming attention; retiring and modest