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Advocate

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One who acts in support or defense of a person or cause.

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Aesthetic

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Pertaining to what is considered beautiful or tasteful.

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Anachronism

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Some one or thing out of its correct chronological or historical order.

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Anecdote

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A short account of an interesting or humorous, often biographical, incident.

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Apprehensive

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Uneasy, anxious, or fearful about the future; quick to understand or learn.

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Arrogance

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An offensive display or self-importance or superiority; overbearing pride; haughtiness.

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Boorish

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Resembling or characteristic of a boot; crude, coarse, and clumsy in behavior; churlish, oafish, insensitive.

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Brevity

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The quality of being brief in time or duration; concise expression.

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Cathartic

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Delivering catharsis; emotionally purging.

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Censure

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To express disapproval in a strong or vehement fashion; to criticize, blame, or reprimand.

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Cite

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To quote as an authority or example; to mention in support or confirmation.

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Commendable

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Worthy of great praise or approval.

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Conciliatory

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Attempting to regain goodwill through pleasantness; overcoming hostility; willing to make concessions; accommodating, appeasing.

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Consensus

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General agreement of the group; majority.

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Consummate

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Complete or perfect in every respect; supremely skilled.

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Cursory

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Performed hastily and without attention to detail; superficial.

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Defiant

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Boldly resisting authority or an opposing force; challenging.

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Depict

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To represent or characterize in words, pictures, or sculpture.

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Deride

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To laugh at in scorn or treat with contempt; to ridicule.

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Disparage

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To speak of with disrespect; to belittle or depreciate.

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Disparity

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Lack of equality or similarity; difference.

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Eclectic

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Selecting, employing, or comprising individual elements from a wide variety of sources.

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Elaborate

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Planned or executed with great care and attention; painstaking.

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Eloquent

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Characterized by clear, powerful, and persuasive speech.

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Elucidate

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To make lucid or clear; to explain.

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Embody

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To represent in bodily, material, or tangible form.

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Equitable

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Characterized by fairness and impartiality; just or reasonable.

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Erratic

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Having no fixed or regular course; wandering; lacking consistency, or regularity; eccentric.

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Ethical

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Being in accordance with the rules or standards for right conduct or practice; adhering to moral principles.

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Exemplary

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Worthy of imitation; estimable; praiseworthy.

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Felicitous

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Well-suited for the occasion, appropriate; marked by good fortune.

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Florid

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Reddish or rosy; excessively ornate or flowery.

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Foster

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To promote the growth or development or; cultivate; nurture.

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Adept

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Very skilled, able, or proficient.

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Holistic

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Emphasizing the importance of the whole and the interdependence of parts, as opposed to separation into parts.

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Idiosyncrasy

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A habit, mannerism, or characteristic that is peculiar to an individual.

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Ineffable

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Defying expression or description; inexpressible.

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Intemperate

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Given to or characterized by excessive indulgence; not moderate or restrained.

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Irreverent

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Showing lack of due respect; impertinent; satirical.

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Lament

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To feel or express grief or regret; to mourn for.

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Laudatory

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Containing or expressing praise.

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Lucid

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Clear; rational; sane; easily understood.

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Magnanimous

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Generous in forgiving; unselfish; free of resentment or vindictiveness.

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Mock

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To ridicule; to intimidate or mimic; to defy.

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Mundane

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Common or ordinary; pertaining to the world, secular.

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Naïve

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Unaffected; unaffected; unsophisticated; having an unaffected style.

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Nefarious

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Wicked; infamous; villainous.

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Nostalgia

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A longing for a former place or time; something that displays nostalgia.

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Novel

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New; different.

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Obstinate

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Stubborn; inflexible; not easy to overcome.

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Partisan

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Devoted to or biased in support of a party, group , or cause.

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Pessimistic

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Gloomy; having a negative outlook; expecting the worst.

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Pragmatic

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Practical; dealing with actual facts or occurrences.

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Prosaic

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Commonplace; dull; lacking imagination.

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Quell

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To suppress; to put an end to; to pacify.

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Refute

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To prove to be false; to prove a person to be in error; to deny.

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Rhetorical

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Used for style or effect only; having to do with rhetoric; bombastic.

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Sanguine

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Optimistic, hopeful or confident; reddish; bloody.

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Solicitous

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Anxious or concerned; careful; eager.

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Somber

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Dark; dimly lit; gloomy or depressing.

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Speculate

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To think or reflect; to conjecture; to engage in risky business practice in the expectation of a quick or large profit.

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Superfluous

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More than sufficient; extra; unnecessary or needless.

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Tenacious

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Persistent or stubborn; holding fast; holding together; sticky or adhesive.

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Venerate

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To regard or treat with reverence.

65
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Vindicate

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To clear of accusation or suspicion; to defend, maintain, or avenge.

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Zealous

A

Filled with or motivated by zeal; enthusiastic.

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