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state of being reluctant or reserved

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reticence

Question 2

a feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation

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chagrin

Question 3

the quality or state of being unknown or unacknowledged

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anonymity

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causing sorrow or pity; deplorable; mournful; apologetic

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rueful

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discouraging through fear; seeming difficult to deal with in anticipation; intimidating

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daunting

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uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow

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ambivalent

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doctrines; principles; beliefs

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tenets

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something that lessons or softens pain or disease; mitigate

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palliative

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continuing without interruption; unending

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incessant

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pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to; cordial; friendly

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affable

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round in shape; plump; fat

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rotund

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to project or display; radiate; ooze out; to come out gradually in drops through pores or small openings

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exudes

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talking too much

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garrulous

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dealing or concerned with facts or actual occurrences; practical

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pragmatic

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the state of being completely forgotten or unknown

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oblivion

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degree to which something is appropriate; unusually intelligent; able to learn quickly and easily

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aptness

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characterized by having no useful result; uselessness; a trifle or frivolity

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futility

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cooly unconcerned; indifferent, or unexcited manner; casually

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nonchalantly

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requiring great exertion; laborious; very difficult

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arduous

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to call or bring into existence by or as if by magic (usually conjure up something)

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conjure

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show unease or fearfulness about something that might happen

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apprehensive

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showing or expressing disdain; scornful

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contemptuous

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caution with regard to practical matters

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prudence

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having the disorienting, hallucinatory quality of a dream; seeming unreal

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surreal

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great or wild foolishness; insanity

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lunacy

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hasty and superficial

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cursory

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to exemplify in concrete form; a tangible or visible form of an idea,quality, or feeling

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embodiment

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profitable

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lucrative

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enclosed in a protective covering

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encapsulated

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extremely steep

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precipitous

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made easier to endure; lessened

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alleviated

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extremely careful and precise; paying great attention to details

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meticulous

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sharp; bitter; pungent

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acrid

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shyly; reservedly; in an outwardly shy or modest way intended to be alluring

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coyly

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open; evident; not hidden

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overt

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not returned or reciprocated

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unrequited

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emotionally depressed; gloomy

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melancholic

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preventing something from occurring; to turn away or aside

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averting

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understanding of another’s situation, feelings or motives (usually because you have been through the same thing)

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empathy

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rude or bad-tempered; unfriendly or hostile

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surly

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an inclination to perform kind charitable acts; kindness

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benevolence

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in a random manner; without care

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haphazardly

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the action or fact of treating someone unfairly in order to benefit from their work

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exploitation

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a sudden perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something usually initiated by some simple occurrence or experience

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epiphany

Question 45

a chambered, many-seeded, globose fruit, having a tough, usually red rind

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pomegranate