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ostentatious

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overly fancy

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convoluted

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complicated

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capricious *

A

on a whim

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bombastic

A

to be forceful/ in your face

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loquacious

A

talking too much

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dispassionate

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not passionate

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decorous

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polite/manners

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mitigated *

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to lesson/ make easier

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jingoism

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extreme patriotism

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ossified

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to become hardened

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venerable *

A

esteemed or looked up to

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equivocate *

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being ambiguos

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13
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denunciations

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to condemn

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unprecedented

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never occurred before

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haugthy

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to look down on

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supercilious *

A

to look down on

17
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pugnacious

A

inclination to fight

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belligerence *

A

to fight

19
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brevity

A

briefness or consciousness in speech or writing

20
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concise

A

using few words in speaking or writing

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laconic

A

using few words in speech

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Jingoism

A

extreme patriotism

23
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Lugubrious

A

gloomy; sad; melancholy

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Ossified

A

turn into bone or boney tissue

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Prescience

A

keen insight into the future

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Venerable

A

esteemed institution

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Capricious

A

on a whim

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Bombastic

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forceful ; pretentious (someone who talks at you)

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Decorous

A

in keeping with good taste

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Indigence

A

originating from

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Tenacious

A

to stick with things

32
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Supercilious

A

thinking you’re superior

33
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Pugnacious

A

quick to argue

34
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Judicious

A

fair/ equal

35
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Egalitarian

A

treating equally