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importune

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to ask someone in a persistent way

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domineer

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to assert oneself over another in an arrogant way

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overblown

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excessively inflated, pretentious

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ingrate

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an ungrateful person

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carouse

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to act in a noisy, obnoxious way

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quaff

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to drink heartily

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largesse

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a generous gift given to others

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witless

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foolish, unwise

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choleric

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bad tempered, irritable

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pithy

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a concise, forceful expression

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appurtenance

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an accessory, or item, associated with a particular style of living

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delude

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to deceive, fool

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conformable

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to be submissive

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forswear

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to agree to give up, or do without, something

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dally

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to act, move slowly

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wrangle

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a dispute or argument, to have a long dispute

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prate

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to talk foolishly, or tediously, about something

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beguile

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to charm someone in a deceptive way

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awry

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away from the appropiate, planned, or expected course

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coy

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to be shy or modest

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rudiment

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the first principles of a subject, the basics