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Abasement

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the act of humbling, or bringing low, a state of depression, degredation, or humiliation

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abstruse

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difficult to understand

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acculturation

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the modification of the culture of a group or individuals as a result of contact with a different culture, or the process by which the culture of a particular society is instilled in a human

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acrimony

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bitter, sharp animosity, especially as exhibited in speech or behavior

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adroit

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quick and skilfull in body or mind, deft.

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affectless

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having or showing no emotion, unfeeling

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albatross

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a source of worry or distress, an obstacle to success, similar to burden.

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anathema

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a formal ban, curse or excommunication, a vehement denunciation, or one that is cursed or damned.

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anomie

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social instability resulting from a breakdown of standards and values, also personal unrest, alienation and uncertanty that comes from a lack of purpose or ideals

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antedated

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(n) a date assigned to an event earlier than the actual date of the event.
(v) to date as of a time prior to that of execution.

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antediluvian

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of or relationg to the period before the biblical flood.

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ape (v.)`

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to copy closely but often clumsily and ineptly

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aphorism

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a concise statement of a principle.

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apocrypha

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writings or statemtens of dubious authenticity.

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apologia

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a defense especially of ones opinions positions or actions

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appellations

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an identifying name or title: designation

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approbation

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Commendation, praise

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aquiline

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curving like an eagles beak,
of, relating to, or resembling an eagle

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arcadian

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(n) a person who lives a simple quiet life.
(a) idyllically pastoral

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asperity

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roughness of manner or of temper; harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger, also roughness of a surface.

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autodidact

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a self taught person

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avaricious

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greedy of gain, excessively acquisitive especially in seeking to hoard riches.

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aver

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to declare positively, to verify or prove to be true in pleading a cause.

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baroque

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characterized by grotesqueness, extravagance, complexity or flamboyance.

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belletristic

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a writer of belles lettres

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bellicose

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favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars

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besotted

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blindly or utterly infatuated.

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blandishments

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something that tends to coax or cajole : allurement

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bon-mots

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a clever remark : witticism

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boorish

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resembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person

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boosterish

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marked by or showing extremely or excessively enthusiastic support for something

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brusque

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markedly short and abrupt

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bucoloic

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of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen : PASTORAL

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calumnies

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a misrepresentation intended to harm another’s reputation

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castigate

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to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism

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chary

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discreetly cautious

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coltish

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not subjected to discipline: Frisky/Playful

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comestible

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Edible

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concomitant

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accompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way

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consanguineous

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of the same blood or origin

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contravening

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to go or act contrary to : VIOLATE
to oppose in argument : CONTRADICT

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conversant

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having knowledge or experience

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convivial

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relating to, occupied with, or fond of feasting, drinking, and good company

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covey

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COMPANY, GROUP

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crouchback

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Hunchback

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decamped

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to depart suddenly : ABSCOND

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defeasible

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capable of being annulled or made void

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delimit

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to fix or define the limits of

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desultory

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marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose
disappointing in progress, performance, or quality: Aimless

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dialectic

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discussion and reasoning by dialogue as a method of intellectual investigation

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didactic

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designed or intended to teach

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dilettante

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a person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge : DABBLER

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doyenne

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a woman who is the senior member of a body or group similar to doyen

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dramaturgy

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the art or technique of dramatic composition and theatrical representation

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ebullient

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cheerful, bubbly

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effacement

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the act or process of effacing or eliminating something

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effete

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no longer fertile, having lost character, vitality, or strength

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enervate

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To weaken or destroy strenght or vitality

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equable

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marked by lack of variation or change : UNIFORM

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equanimity

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evenness of mind especially under stress

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ersatz

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being a usually artificial and inferior substitute or imitation

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erudite

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having or showing knowledge that is gained by studying

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euphony

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pleasing or sweet sound

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evanescent

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tending to vanish like vapor, ephemeral

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evinced

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to constitute outward evidence of, to prove beyond a doubt

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excoriation

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to wear off the skin of : ABRADE

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exculpate

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to clear from alleged fault or guilt

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exegetic

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EXPLANATORY, expository

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expatiation

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to move about freely or at will : WANDER

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explicate

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to give a detailed explanation of

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extemporaneous

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composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : IMPROMPTU

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extirpate

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to destroy completely : WIPE OUT

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facile

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easily accomplished or attained: SHALLOW, SIMPLISTIC

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fatuous

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complacently or inanely foolish : SILLY

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fecund

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fertile

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flagrant

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conspicuously offensive

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fulminate

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To issue a thunderous verbal attack or denunciation

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gadfly

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a person who stimulates or annoys other people especially by persistent criticism

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garrulous

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given to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity : pointlessly or annoyingly talkative

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gauche

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lacking social experience or grace, tactless

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genteel

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having an aristocratic quality or flavor : STYLISH

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germane

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being at once relevant and appropriate : FITTING

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grandiloquent

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a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language

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hadron

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any of the subatomic particles (such as protons and neutrons) that are made up of quarks and are subject to the strong force

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hector

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to bully

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hermeneutic

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Explanatory

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heuristic

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involving or serving as an aid to learning, discovery, or problem-solving by experimental and especially trial-and-error methods

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hirsute

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covered with coarse stiff hairs

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histrionic

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deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : THEATRICAL

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iconoclast

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a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions

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idiosyncratic

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a peculiarity of constitution or temperament : an individualizing characteristic or quality

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ignominious

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HUMILIATING, DEGRADING

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impecunious

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having very little or no money usually habitually : PENNILESS

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importunate

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troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand

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inchoate

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being only partly in existence or operation : INCIPIENT

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incipient

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beginning to come into being or to become apparent

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indolence

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inclination to laziness : SLOTH

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inimical

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being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence

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insouciance

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lighthearted unconcern : NONCHALANCE

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intransigent

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characterized by refusal to compromise or to abandon an often extreme position or attitude : UNCOMPROMISING

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inveigle

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to win over by wiles : ENTICE

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investiture

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the act of establishing in office or ratifying

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irascible

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marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger

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jingoistic

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extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy

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labile

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: readily or continually undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown : UNSTABLE

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laconic

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: using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious

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languid

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drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : WEAK

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lascivious

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filled with or showing sexual desire : LEWD, LUSTFUL

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lassitude

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a condition of weariness or debility : FATIGUE

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leitmotifs

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: a dominant recurring theme

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lissome

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: easily flexed

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literati

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: the educated class

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lubricious

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: marked by wantonness : LECHEROUS

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magnanimity

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: the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity

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maladroitness

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lacking adroitness : INEPT

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manumit

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: to release from slavery

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maudlin

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: drunk enough to be emotionally silly

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melange

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: a mixture often of incongruous elements

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mellifluous

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: having a smooth rich flow

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mendacious

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: given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth

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messianic

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: marked by idealism and an aggressive crusading spirit

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mimetic

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: relating to, characterized by, or exhibiting mimicry

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modishness

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: FASHIONABLE, STYLISH

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mollifies

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to soothe in temper or disposition : APPEASE

: to reduce the rigidity of : SOFTEN
: to reduce in intensity : ASSUAGE, TEMPER

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monological

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: of, relating to, or characteristic of a monologue

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mordant

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: biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style : INCISIVE

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moribund

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: being in the state of dying : approaching death

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munificent

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: very liberal in giving or bestowing (see BESTOW sense 4) : LAVISH

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nadir

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: the lowest point

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nugatory

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: of little or no consequence : TRIFLING, INCONSEQUENTIAL

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obloquies

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: a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language

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obsequious

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: marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness

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obviate

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: to anticipate and prevent (something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary

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opprobrium

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: something that brings disgrace

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pacific

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: tending to lessen conflict : CONCILIATORY

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palliate

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: to reduce the violence of

: to cover by excuses and apologies

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parlous

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: full of danger or risk

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parochial

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: of or relating to a parish as a unit of local government

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parsimony

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: the quality of being careful with money or resources : THRIFT

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patrician

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: a person of high birth : ARISTOCRAT

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paucity

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: smallness of number : FEWNESS

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peccadilloes

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: a slight offense

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perspicacious

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: of acute mental vision or discernment : KEEN

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philandering

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: to have casual or illicit sex with a person or with many people

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phlegmatic

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: having or showing a slow and stolid temperament

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piddling

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: TRIVIAL, PALTRY

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pidgins

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: a simplified speech used for communication between people with different languages

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pillory

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: a means for exposing one to public scorn or ridicule

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pithy

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: having substance and point : tersely cogent

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plaudits

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: enthusiastic approva

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polemic

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A controversial argument, especially one refuting or attacking a specific opinion or doctrine

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polymath

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: a person of encyclopedic learning

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presage

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something that foreshadows or portends a future event : OMEN

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preternatural

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: existing outside of nature

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prig

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: THIEF

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probity

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: adherence to the highest principles and ideals : UPRIGHTNESS

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profligate

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: wildly extravagant

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prolix

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: unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long

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propound

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: to offer for discussion or consideration

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proscribe

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: to condemn or forbid as harmful or unlawful : PROHIBIT

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protean

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: displaying great diversity or variety : VERSATILE

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prurient

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: marked by or arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire

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puckish

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: IMPISH, WHIMSICAL

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puerile

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: JUVENILE

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pulchritude

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: physical comeliness

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putative

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: commonly accepted or supposed
2
: assumed to exist or to have existed

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pynchon

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redoubtable

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: causing fear or alarm : FORMIDABLE
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: ILLUSTRIOUS, EMINENT

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redresses

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: to set right : REMEDY

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repertory

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: a place where something may be found : REPOSITORY

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sagacious

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: of keen and farsighted penetration and judgment : DISCERNING

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salubrious

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: favorable to or promoting health or well-being

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sangfroid

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: self-possession or imperturbability especially under strain

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sardonic

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: disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking

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sartorial

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: of or relating to a tailor or tailored clothes

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scanty

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: limited or less than sufficient in degree, quantity, or extent

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sedulous

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: involving or accomplished with careful perseverance

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semiotic

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: a general philosophical theory of signs and symbols that deals especially with their function in both artificially constructed and natural languages and comprises syntactics, semantics, and pragmatics

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simony

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: the buying or selling of a church office or ecclesiastical preferment

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sinecure

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: an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income

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sobriquets

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: a descriptive name or epithet : NICKNAME

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solecisms

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: something deviating from the proper, normal, or accepted order

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solipsistic

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: a theory holding that the self can know nothing but its own modifications and that the self is the only existent thing

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sophistry

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: subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation

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specious

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: having a false look of truth or genuineness : SOPHISTIC

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tendentious

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: marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : BIASED

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timorous

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: of a timid disposition : FEARFUL

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tony

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: marked by an aristocratic or high-toned manner or style

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torpid

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: sluggish in functioning or acting

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truculent

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: aggressively self-assertive : BELLIGERENT

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turpitude

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: inherent baseness : DEPRAVITY

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unpropitious

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: not likely to have or produce a good result : not favorable or advantageous : not propitious

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urbane

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: notably polite or polished in manner

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vainglorious

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: marked by vainglory : BOASTFUL

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venal

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: capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration : PURCHASABLE

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vicissitude

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: the quality or state of being changeable : MUTABILITY

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vituperations

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: sustained and bitter railing and condemnation : vituperative utterance

198
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vociferous

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: marked by or given to vehement insistent outcry

199
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voluble

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1
: easily rolling or turning : ROTATING
2
: characterized by ready or rapid speech : GLIB, FLUENT

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