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Ineluctable

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unable to be resisted or avoided

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Invidious

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likely to arouse or incur resentment or anger in others

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Plangent

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loud, reverberant, melancholy sound

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Nugatory

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of no value or importance

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Contentious

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controversial

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Denouement

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final part in a play/movie

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Prerogative

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a right or privilege exclusive to a certain class

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pragmatic

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dealing with things sensibly and realisitcally

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transient

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lasting only for a short time

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stolidity

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apathy

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commensurate

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corresponding in size or degree

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sidereal

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with respect to the distant stars

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etiolated

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pale, like a dying plant

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Antediluvian

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ridiculously old-fashioned

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pusillanimous

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timid; showing a lack of courage

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jejune

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naive, simplistic, juvenile

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belied

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disguise or contradict

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demarcate

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separate or distinguish from

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antedates

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precede in time, come before something

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apocryphal

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of doubtful authenticity

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superannuation

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a regular payment into an employee’s fund (for pension)

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senescence

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the condition or process of deterioration with age

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acrimonious

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angry, bitter

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decorous

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polite and restrained

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turgid

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swollen and congested

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timorous

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showing or suffering from nervousness, fear, or lack of confidence

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inveterate

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longstanding and unlikely to change

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repatriate

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to send someone back to their country

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extradite

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to hand over an accused back to the foreign country where the crime was committed

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interdict

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an authoritative prohibition

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expurgate

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remove material thought to be objectionable or unsuitable from an account or text

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indigence

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state of extreme poverty

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opulence

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great wealth or luxuriousness

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pernicious

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having a harmful effect, but in a subtle way

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deleterious

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causing harm or damage

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probity

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honesty, integrity

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precocious

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the state of having certain abilities at an earlier age than usual

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parsimony

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extreme unwillingness to spend money or use resources

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ignoble

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not honorable in character/purpose

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antipathy

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an intense feeling of dislike

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prepossessing

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attractive or appealing in appearance

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pedestrian

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ordinary

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odium

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general disgust towards someone as a result of their actions

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maladroit

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ineffective or clumsy

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sanguine

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optimistic/positive

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choleric

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bad-tempered/irritable

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physiognomy

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a person’s facial features or expressions

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polemical

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strictly critical/controversial in writing or speech

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concomitant

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naturally accompanying or associated

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abjure

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to renounce or reject solemnly

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adumbrate

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to foreshadow vaguely

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anathema

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a solemn or religious curse

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anodyne

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soothing

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apogee

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farthest or highest point; culmination

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apostate

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one who abandons long-held religious or political conventions

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apotheosis

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deification; a model of excellence

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asperity

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severity; roughness

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asseverate

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to assert or aver

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assiduous

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diligent, hard-working

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augury

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omen, portent

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bellicose

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warlike, belligerent

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calumniate

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to slander, to make a false accusation

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captious

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disposed to point out trivial faults

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cavil

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to find fault without good reason

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celerity

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speed, alacrity

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chimera

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an illusion

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contumacious

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rebellious; insubordinate

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denouement

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an outcome or solution; the unraveling of a plot

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descry

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to catch sight of

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70
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desuetude

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disuse

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desultory

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random; aimless

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diaphanous

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transparent

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diffident

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reserved, shy; lacking in self-confidence

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dirge

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a song of grief

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encomium

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glowing and enthusiastic praise

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panegyric

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a praising speech or text

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eschew

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to shun or avoid

78
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excoriate

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to denounce scathingly

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execrate

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to curse, to feel loathing for

80
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exegesis

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critical examination

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expiate

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to atone or make amends for

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extirpate

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to destroy, to cut out

83
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fatuous

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silly, inanely foolish

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fractious

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quarrelsome, rebellious

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gainsay

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to deny, to contradict

86
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heterodox

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unorthodox

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imbroglio

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difficult or embarrassing situation

88
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indefatigable

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tireless; not easily exhaustible

89
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ineluctable

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certain, inevitable

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inimitable

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one of a kind

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insouciant

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unconcerned, carefree

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inveterate

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deep rooted, ingrained, habitual

93
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jejune

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vapid, uninteresting; childish

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lubricious

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lewd, greasy

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mendicant

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a beggar

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meretricious

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cheap, showy

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minatory

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menancing, threatening

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nadir

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low point

99
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nonplussed

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baffled, at a loss

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obstreperous

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noisily and stubbornly defiant

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ossified

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tending to become more rigid; conventional and reactionary with age

102
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palliate

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to make less severe or seem less serious

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parsimonious

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cheap, miserly

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pellucid

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transparent, easy to understand

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peroration

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the concluding part of a speech; flowery, rhetorical speech

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plangent

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pounding, thundering, resounding

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prolix

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long-winded, verbose

108
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propitate

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to appease

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puerile

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childish, immature

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puissance

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power, strength

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pusillanimous

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cowardly, craven

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remonstrate

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to protest, to object

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sagacious

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perceptive, wise; having sound judgment

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salacious

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lustful, lascivious

115
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salutary

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remedial, wholesome, causing improvement

116
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sanguine

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cheerful, confident

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saturnine

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gloomy, dark, sullen

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sententious

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aphoristic or moralistic

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stentorian

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extremely loud and powerful

120
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stygian

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gloomy, dark

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tendentious

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biased

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timorous

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timid, fearful

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tyro

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novice

124
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vitiate

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to corrupt, to spoil

125
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voluble

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fluent, verbal, having easy use of spoken language

126
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forestall

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to prevent or obstruct by taking action ahead of time

127
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unstinting

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given/giving without restraint

128
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gauche

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socially awkward; lacking ease or grace

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prosaic

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commonplace; lacking poetic beauty

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propriety

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the state/quality of conforming to conventionally accepted standards of behavior or morals

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doughty

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brave and persistent

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retrench

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to reduce costs or spending in response to economic difficulty

133
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perfidy

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untrustworthiness; deceitfulness

134
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sophistry

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the use of seemingly true arguments, especially with the intention of deceiving

135
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expiate

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atone for (guilt or sin)

136
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sedulous

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showing dedication and diligence

137
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coruscating

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flashing; sparkling OR severely critical

138
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countenance

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a person’s face or facial expression

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preternatural

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beyond normal or natural

140
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teleological

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relating to the purpose and design of the matieral world

141
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edifying

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providing moral or intellectual instruction

142
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cadge

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ask for or obtain

143
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allay

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put at rest; alleviate

144
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monocoque

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constructed in one piece

145
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pavonine

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of or like a peacock; colorful

146
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parietal

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denoting the wall of a body OR college-related

147
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promulgated

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promote or make widely known

148
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repudiate

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refuse to accept or be associated with

149
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tepid

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lukewarm; showing little enthusiasm

150
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equanimity

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mental calmness, evenness of temper

151
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ardent

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enthusiastic; passionate

152
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precipitous

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dangerously high or steep

153
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dour

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stern, gloomy, severe in manner or appearance

154
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effusive

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expressing gratitude, pleasure, or approval in an unrestrained manner

155
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thewy

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muscular; sinewy

156
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superfluous

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unnecessary

157
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pnuematic

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full of air (literally)

158
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flocculent

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covered in wool

159
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atrophied

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wasted away; shriveled due to disuse

160
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vituperative

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bitter and abusive

161
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capitulate

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to surrender

162
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dissent

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to disagree

163
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adroit

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clever or skillful, especially using the hands

164
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venal

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susceptible to bribery

165
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insolvent

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unable to pay debts

166
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exscind

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to cut out

167
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obloquy

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strong public criticism or verbal abuse

168
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evince

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to show; reveal the prescence of

169
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recreant

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cowardly

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redolent

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strongly reminiscent of

171
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recondite

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obscure; hard to understand

172
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arcane

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understood by few; mysterious

173
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limpid

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easily understood; completely clear

174
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droll

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unusual in a way that provokes dry amusement

175
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rarefied

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thin (like air); distant from the lives and concerns of ordinary people

176
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verisimilitude

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the appearance of being true or real

177
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august

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respected and impressive

178
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specious

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plausible, but actually wrong

179
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noisome

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having an extremely offensive smell

180
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atavistic

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characterized by a reversion to something ancient

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mephitic

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foul-smelling

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