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1
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Malefic

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Malign

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Copulate

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connected; joined.

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Sully

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to soil, stain, or tarnish

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Caper

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to leap or skip about in a sprightly manner; prance; frisk; gambol.

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Apotheosis

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ideal example; epitome

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Arcane

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known or understood by very few; mysterious; secret; obscure; esoteric: She knew a lot about Sanskrit grammar and other arcane matters.

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Inordinate

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not within proper or reasonable limits; immoderate; excessive: He drank an inordinate amount of wine.

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Petulant

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moved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation, especially over some trifling annoyance: a petulant toss of the head.

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Pestilent

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producing or tending to produce infectious or contagious, often epidemic, disease; pestilential.

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Stasis

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the state of equilibrium or inactivity caused by opposing equal forces.

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Coalesce

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to grow together or into one body: The two lakes coalesced into one.

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Sloes

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To swing around

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Genial

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Cordial

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Affront

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Personally offensive

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Fetid

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Rancid

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Acquiescence

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Acceptance

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Verdant

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Blooming; flourishing

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Baleful

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Calamitous

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Tepid

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Lukewarm

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Bellicose

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Belligerent

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Jingoism

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the spirit, policy, or practice of jingoes; bellicose chauvinism

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chauvinism

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biased devotion to any group, attitude

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Accede

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Accept

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Ire

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Anger

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Acerbic

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Acidic

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Doyen

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Senior member

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Assuage

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Alleviate

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Sisyphean

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endless and unavailing, as labor or a task.

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Imbue

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Saturate

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Caprice

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Sudden change of behavior

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Ambivalent

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Conflicting feelings

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Inevitable

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Ineluctable

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Sated

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To satisfy fully

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Polyglot

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Speaks multiple languages

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Churlish

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Rude, ill-mannered

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Hack

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Someone who writes hackneyed novels

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Pejorative

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Belittling

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Bodacious

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Outstanding; audacious

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39
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Semblance

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outward aspect or appearance

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40
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Dissembler

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false or misleading appearance

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41
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Aplomb

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Assurance

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42
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Whit

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very tiny bit

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43
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Maverick

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innovative idea person

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Panegyrist

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someone who praises highly

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45
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Notwithstanding

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despite

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46
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Exaltation

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adoration

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47
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Coy

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Shy

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48
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Pauper

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Poor

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49
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Miser

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dislikes spending

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50
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Parsimonious

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dislikes spending

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51
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Curmudgeon

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grumpy

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Unseemly

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not appropriate

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Brusque

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Rude

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Steadfast

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loyal

55
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Perfunctory

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blah / not thorough

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Edifice

A

building

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Eyesore

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Ugly

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dissimilitude

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Unlikeness

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Diffident

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restrained or reserved in manner

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Piquant

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agreeably pungent or sharp in taste or flavor

61
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Glum

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Dejected

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Nostrum

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Ineffective medication

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Vindicate

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to afford justification for; justify: Subsequent events vindicated his policy.

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Vendetta

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Feud

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Immutable

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Unchangeable

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Morass

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Mess; bog

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Colossus

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Giant thing

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Albeit

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Although

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Sycophantic

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Obsequious

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Peripheral

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Minor; outside; beside the point

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Indulgent

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Favorable

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Confounded

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Confused

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Logorrhea

A

Outpouring of words

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Wherewithal

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Money; means

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Onerous

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Burdensome

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Carousing

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To party; engage in merriment or revelry

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Merriment

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Revelry; reveling; boisterous festivit

78
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Debonair

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courteous, gracious, and having a sophisticated charm

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Docile

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Easily managed

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Sullen

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Showing irritable or gloomy temperament

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Impervious

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Impenetrable

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Triumvirate

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Set of 3

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Inimitable

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incapable of being imitated or copied

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Inimical

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Unfavorable

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Loquacious

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Talkative

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Taciturn

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Withdrawn

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Formidable

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Respectworthy

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Spartan

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Austere

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Martial

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Related to war

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Salutary

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Beneficial; helpful; healthy

91
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Protean

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Versatile

92
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Tacit

A

understood without being openly expressed; implied: tacit approval.
silent; saying nothing: a tacit partner.
unvoiced or unspoken: a tacit prayer.

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Contentious

A

causing, involving, or characterized by argument or controversy

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Apoplectic

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Sudden loss of body function

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Truculent

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fierce; cruel; savagely brutal.

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Pomp

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Ostentatious display

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Deft

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Skillful

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Deft

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Skillful

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Evocative

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Tending to evoke

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inauspicious

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Unfavorable

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Prevarication

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Equivocation

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Belies

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Falsely represents

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Foil

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Opposite

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Staid

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Dull; boring

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Probity

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Honesty

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Graft

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Venality; corruption

107
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Retiring

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Reserved

108
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Diminution

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Reduce size

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Stultified

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Limited in growth; hampered

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Assuaged

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Placated

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Spurned

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Rejected; snubbed

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Galvanized

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Motivated

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Ponderously

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Moving with great difficulty

114
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Cumbrously

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Clumsiness; unwieldiness

115
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Brio

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Liveliness; vigorous

116
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Forthright

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Honest

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Brash

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Rude

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Untenable

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Incapable of being defended

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Unimpeachable

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Cannot be criticized

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Feckless

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Lazy

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Apogee

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Zenith

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Celerity

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Swiftness

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Semblance

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To resemble

124
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Nadir

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Bottom; trough

125
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Unwittingly

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Inadvertently

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Intransigent

A

Unyielding

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