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furtive

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clandestine, surreptitious

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commiseration

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sympathy, compassion

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mollify

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to appease, pacify

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placate

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pacify, calm

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earnest

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serious

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swivel

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turn

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scalding

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very hot

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corrode

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destroy, damage, weaken

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hackneyed

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lacking significance, overused

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aloft

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high up, elevated

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paltry

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small, meager, worthless

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scabbard

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a sheath for a sword

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conspicuous

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easily seen

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abashed

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embarrased, ashamed

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disconcerted

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unsettled or confused

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cumbersome

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complicated, unwieldy

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flimsy

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insubstantial

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beseech

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beg, implore, entreat

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implore

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plead desperately, entreat

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pretentious

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ostentatious, trying to impress

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fastidious

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attentive to detail; scrupulous, punctillious

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table

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to postpone

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enervated

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drained of energy

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impart

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make known, bestow

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profuse

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plentiful, abundant, prolific

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manumit

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set free

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expound

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to present, explain

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oust

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drive out; expel

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baleful

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threatening harm; menacing

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satiate

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to satisfy; satisfied

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quench

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to satisfy; extinquish

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detract

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diminish the worth or value of

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rife

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common, widespread

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rife

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common, widespread

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chortle

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to laugh

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frantic

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distraught with fear or anxiety

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pastoral

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relating to shephards

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brusque

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rough and abrupt in manner or speech

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brusque

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abrupt in manner or speech

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rotund

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stout

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igominious

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deserving or causing public disgrace

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blatant

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done openly and unashamedly; overt

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verbose

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wordy, loquacious

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voluble

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talkative

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exhume

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dig out; expose

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crescent

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increasing or growing

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fulgent

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shining brightly

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perfidious

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deceitful and untrustworthy; treacherous

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demur

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express hesitation or objection to something

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sallow

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of an unhealthy yellow or pale brown color

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sallow

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of an unhealthy yellow or pale brown color

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revile

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criticize in an abusive manner; censure

53
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surfeit

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excess; surplus

54
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mercurial

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volatile, capricious, fickle

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convivial

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friendly, lively, and enjoyable

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genial

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friendly and cheerful

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cordial

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warm and friendly

58
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bombastic

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pompous

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grandiose

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excessively pretentious

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imposing

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grand and impressive in appearance

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disclose

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make known

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tacit

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understood or implied without being stated

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faction

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state if conflict

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sycophant

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somebody who flatters others for personal gain

65
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pernicious

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having a harmful effect

66
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obfuscate

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to deliberately make something unclear or difficult to understand

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lugubrious

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looking or sounding sad and dismal

68
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insipid

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lacking flavor or interest; dull

69
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nefarious

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wicked or criminal; villainous

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sanguine

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optimistic or positive

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lachrymose

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sad

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abstruse

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difficult to understand

73
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acerbic

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sharp or bitter in tone or taste

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blithe

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joyous; carefree, or cheerful

75
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brevity

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conciseness

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crass

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lacking sensitivity, refinement, or intelligence

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disparate

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essentially different in kind

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docile

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submissive

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effervescent

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enthusiastic

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equanimity

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mental calmness

81
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inexorable

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impossible to stop or prevent; inevitable

82
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intermittent

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occurring at irregular intervals

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intermittent

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occurring at irregular intervals

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