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Apathetic is:

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Lack of feeling or care entirely.

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Accusatory is:

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Pointing or blaming; accusing

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Awe is:

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Stricken with wonder and amazement

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Bitter is:

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Showing hostility as a result of pain or suffering

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Cynical is:

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To question the goodness of an individual

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Condescending is:

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A feeling of superiority amongst others

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Contemplative is:

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Always or often in thought, reflecting on an issue.

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Critical is:

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To be harsh, crude, or overly judgmental

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Choleric is:

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Easily tempered, angered by a lot.

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Contemptuous is:

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Showing or feeling something is worthless

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Caustic is:

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Stinging sarcasm

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Conventional is:

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Lacking spontaneity

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Disdainful is:

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Scornful and belittling

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Didactic is:

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Erudite and smart

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Derisive is:

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Ridiculing and mocking

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Earnest is:

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Intense and sincere state of mind

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Erudite is:

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Learned, polished, and scholarly

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Fanciful is:

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Using imagination and whimsy

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Forthright is:

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Without hesitation, to be frank

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Aloof

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Lazy, nonresponsive

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Dissident

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Differing in opinion

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Effusive

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To show great emotion and enthusiasm

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Effervescent

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Bubbly, happy, light hearted and lively

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Vulgar

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Crude, crass, rude, disgusting

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Patronizing

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To be condescending or to talk with a superior heir

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Contentious

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Inclined to quarrel over small matters

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Diffident

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Lacking confidence

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Disingenuous

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Lacking in candor or being too frank

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Incensed

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To inflame with anger or indignation

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Gauche

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Lacking social experience or grace

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Disdainful

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With condescension

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Effervescent

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Bubbly and full of vigor

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Iconoclastic

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Characterized by an attack on beliefs

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Disconcerting

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Feeling unsettling, to unnerve

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Furtive

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To avoid notice or attention

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Facetious

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Treating serious issues with humour and joviality.

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Duplicitous

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Deceitful

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Elegiac

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Having a mournful quality

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Empathetic

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To be relatable and emotional

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Insipid

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Without distinctive qualities, vapid

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Austere

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Rigorously self disciplined, strict

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Pertinacious

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Stubborn or resolute

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Contemptuous

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Showing disdain or disrespect

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Desultory

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Lacking in consistency, or random

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Hubristic

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Excessive pride or self confidence

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Bellicose

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Eager to fight, with moxie

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Churlish

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difficult to work with, or stubborn

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Contumacious

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stubbornly perverse or rebellious; willfully and obstinately disobedient.

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Droll

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Oddly amusing

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Capricious

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subject to, led by, or indicative of a sudden, odd notion or unpredictable change; erratic:

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Dogmatic

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asserting opinions in a doctrinaire or arrogant manner; opinionated

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Contrarian

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a person who takes an opposing view, especially one who rejects the majority opinion, as in economic matters.

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Credulous

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willing to believe or trust too readily, especially without proper or adequate evidence; gullible.

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Beguilling

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To trick or mislead

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Vehement

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characterized by rancor or anger; violent: with great passion

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Candid

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frank, outspoke, open, sincere

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Deferential

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respectful submission or yielding to the judgment, opinion, will, etc., of another.

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Ambivalent

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Unable to pick one or another.

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Ebullient

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overflowing with fervor, enthusiasm, or excitement; high-spirited:

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Evasive

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Tending to seek to evade, characterized by evanescence and elusive acts

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Exigent

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Urgent, requiring immediate aid

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Benign

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Having a kind disposition, gracious

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Fanatical

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motivated or characterized by an extreme, uncritical enthusiasm or zeal, as in religion or politics.

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Flippant

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Frivolously disrespectful, shallow, lacking seriousness

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Fervent

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having or showing great warmth or intensity of spirit, feeling, enthusiasm, etc.; ardent:

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Frivolous

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characterized as a lack of seriousness

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Garrulous

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excessively talking, rambling, about unimportant matters

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Importunate

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urgent or persistent in solicitation, sometimes annoyingly so.

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Incisive

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penetrating, biting, cutting, trenchant

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Acrimonious

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caustic, stinging, bitter in nature.

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Jejune

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without interest or significance. juvenile.

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Inflammatory

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tending to cause anger or hostility.

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Laissez-faire

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the theory or system of government that upholds the autonomous character of the economic order, believing that government should intervene as little as possible in the direction of economic affairs.

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Laudatory

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containing or expressing praise

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Kowtowing

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to act in an obsequious manner (chinese custom)

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Contrite

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caused by or showing sincere remorse.

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Censorious

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severely critical, fault-finding.

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Enigmatic

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resembling an enigma. Perplexing, mesmerizing, confusing

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Mordant

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sharply caustic, stinging, biting

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Omnipotent

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almighty in power, God

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Reticent

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disposed to be silent, reserved

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Smug

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Confident in one’s ability to a haughty degree

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Conciliatory

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Overcome with distrust or hostility

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Nihilistic

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embracing anarchy or destruction

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Pedantic

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Ostentatious in one’s learning, concerned with minute details

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Solicitous

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Anxious or concerned

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Fawning

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To seek notice or favor be servile demeanor

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Insouciant

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Free from concern or worry

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Pompous

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Lofty display of superiority

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Turgid

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inflated, overblown, pompous, bombastic

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Unctuous

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characterized by excessive piousness or moralistic fervor, especially in an affected manner; excessively smooth, suave, or smug.

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Boorish

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Unmannered, crude, or insensitive

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Pious

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Pertaining highly to religion

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Colloquial

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Familiar or slang diction

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Scornful

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derisive, contemptuous

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Volatile

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Liable to change

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Prudent

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showing care for the future

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Incendiary

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Designed to cause fires

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Fastidious

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Pertaining to detail

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Fecund

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Able to produce growth

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Hedonistic

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Pleasurable, self indulgent

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Gratuitious

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Free of charge, given for no reason

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Hindrance

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A burden set on someone

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Imbroglio

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A confusing situation

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Impeccable

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Flawless

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Onerous

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Extremely difficult, requiring strenuous effort

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Opulent

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Rich, luxurious

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Palatable

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Pleasing to taste

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Predilection

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A certain preference or liking of something

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Reprehensible

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Requiring condemnation or censure

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Sedulous

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showing diligence

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Soporific

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Inducing sleep

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