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collude

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To act together secretly to achieve a fraudulent, illegal, or deceitful purpose; conspire.

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laconic

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using few words

She was a laconic poet who built her reputation on using words as sparingly as possible.

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munificent

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  1. Very liberal in giving; generous.

2. Showing great generosity: a munificent gift.

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avarice

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Immoderate desire for wealth; cupidity.

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mendacity

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  1. The condition of being mendacious; untruthfulness.

2. A lie; a falsehood.

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prevarication

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To stray from or evade the truth; equivocate.

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incipient

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Beginning to exist or appear:

ex. an incipient personnel problem.

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dulcet

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a. Pleasing to the ear; melodious.

b. Having a soothing, agreeable quality.

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ingenuous

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showing innocence or childlike simplicity

She was so ingenuous that her friends feared that her innocence and trustfulness would be exploited when she visited the big city.

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perspicuous

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Clearly expressed or presented; easy to understand: perspicuous prose.

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profligate

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  1. shamelessly immoral or debauched
  2. wildly extravagant or wasteful
    n
    a profligate person
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prodigal

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lavish, wasteful.

The prodigal son quickly wasted all of his inheritance on a lavish lifestyle devoted to pleasure.

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parsimonious

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Excessively sparing or frugal.

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irascible

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easily made angry

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perfidious

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willing to betray one’s trust

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demagogue

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A political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular desires and prejudices rather than by using rational argument.

(in ancient Greece and Rome) A leader or orator who espoused the cause of the common people.
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pellucid

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/pəˈlo͞osid/
Adjective

Translucently clear.
Lucid in style or meaning; easily understood.
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stalwart

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Adjective
Loyal, reliable, and hardworking: “he remained a stalwart supporter of the cause”.

Noun
A loyal, reliable, and hardworking supporter or participant in an organization or team: “the stalwarts of the Ladies’ Auxiliary”.

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depredation

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Noun
An act of attacking or plundering.

Synonyms
pillage - rapine - robbery - ravage - despoilment - havoc

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irresolute

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Adjective
Showing or feeling hesitancy; uncertain.

Synonyms
indecisive - hesitant - undecided - undetermined

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resplendent

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Adjective
Attractive and impressive through being richly colorful or sumptuous.

Synonyms
shining - bright - brilliant - refulgent - luminous

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belie

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a : to give a false impression of
b : to present an appearance not in agreement with

2
a : to show (something) to be false or wrong

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dilatory

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Adjective

Slow to act.
Intended to cause delay: "dilatory tactics".

Synonyms
slow - tardy - sluggish

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indolence

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: inclination to laziness : sloth

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travail

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a : work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil
b : a physical or mental exertion or piece of work : task, effort

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cynosure

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: one that serves to direct or guide
3
: a center of attraction or attention

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prolix

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: unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long

2
: marked by or using an excess of words

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extirpate

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to tear up by the roots or

to destroy completely

29
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anodyne

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inoffensive

Not likely to provoke dissent or offense; uncontentious or inoffensive, often deliberately so: “anodyne New Age music”

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recondite

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little known, obscure, abstruse

: not understood or known by many people

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augury

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a declaration that something will happen in the future

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anachronism

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a person or a thing that is chronologically out of place;

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equivocal

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Open to more than one interpretation; ambiguous.

Uncertain or questionable in nature.

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reprisal

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: the regaining of something (as by recapture)
4
: something (as a sum of money) given or paid in restitution —usually used in plural

35
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approbation

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a : an act of approving formally or officially

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vituperate

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Verb
Blame or insult (someone) in strong or violent language.
Synonyms
revile - abuse - scold - inveigh - curse

37
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cogitation

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a : the act of cogitating : meditation

b : the capacity to think or reflect

38
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to buffet

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: a blow especially with the hand
2
: something that strikes with telling force

39
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precipitous

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Adjective
Dangerously high or steep.
(of a change for the worse) Sudden and dramatic.
Synonyms
steep - abrupt - sheer - bluff - headlong - precipitate

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liminal

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: of or relating to a sensory threshold

2
: barely perceptible

41
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incendiary

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: a person who excites factions, quarrels, or sedition : agitator

42
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ersatz

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substitute or imitation, usually inferior

43
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diffident

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hesitant in acting or speaking through lack of self-confidence

44
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alacrity

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: promptness in response : cheerful readiness <accepted the invitation with alacrity

45
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Fulminate

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To attack loudly or denounce

She was fulminating about the dangers of smoking

46
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Ingenuous

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artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication

47
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Paean

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song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving

48
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Perfidy

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intentional breach of faith; treachery

49
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perspicacious

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acutely perceptive; having keep discernment

50
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Virulent

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extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic

51
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Chary

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wary; cautious; sparing

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Acumen

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keen, accurate judgement or insight

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Halcyon

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calm and peaceful

54
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Iconoclast

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one who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions

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Implacable

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not capable of being appeased or significantly changed

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Inchoate

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in an initial stage; not fully formed

57
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infelicitous

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unfortunate; inappropriate

58
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pedantic

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overly concerned with the trivial details of learning or education; show-offish about one’s knowledge

59
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penury

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poverty; destitution

60
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spurious

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lacking authenticity or validity; false, counterfeit

61
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descry

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Catch sight of.

62
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mawkish

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Sentimental in a feeble or sickly way: “a mawkish poem”.

Having a faint sickly flavor: “the mawkish smell of warm beer”.

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obloquy

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disgrace or public censure

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pernicious

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destructive

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