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Relegate

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To banish; to put to a lower position

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Iniquity

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Wickedness

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Apposite

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Suitable; apt; relevant

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Callow

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Being young or immature

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Disparate

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Unequal; dissimilar; different

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Accede

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To comply with; to consent to

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Heterodoxy

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A belief or set of beliefs that differ from orthodox views

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Opulent

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Luxurious; rich

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Variegated

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Multicolored

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Traversing

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Traveling across

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Coerced

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Forced

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Sentient

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Conscious; able to perceive

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Pageant

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Elaborate public display

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Nomenclature

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Set of names and rules for naming

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Nascent

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Emerging; coming into being

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Wry

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Sarcastic; momentarily twisted

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Licentious

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Sexually immoral; lacking in moral restraint

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Bulbous

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Swollen; rounded

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Florid

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Reddish; excessively ornamented

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Hortatory

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Strongly encouraging

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Opined

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Expressed opinion

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Zeal

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Enthusiasm

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Zealot

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Fanatic

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Forestall

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Prevent; ward off

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Gouge

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Cheat; extort

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Obstreperous

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Loudly defiant

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Obviate

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Make unnecessary

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Discern

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Perceive; distinguish

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Besotted

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Intoxicated; infatuated

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Contentious

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Quarrelsome

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Valance

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Short drapery hanging over the window frame

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Commodious

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Spacious and convenient; roomy

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Macerate

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To soften by steeping in liquid

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Decorous

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Showing decorum; propriety; good taste

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Ingenuity

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Inventiveness; cleverness

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Sublime

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Awe-inspiring; exalted

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Gingerly

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Carefully

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Venerated

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Deeply respected

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Neophyte

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Beginner

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Sentient

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Conscious; able to perceive

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Nascent

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Emerging

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Wry

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Sarcastic

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Licentious

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Sexually immoral

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Bulbous

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Swollen; rounded

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Florid

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Reddish; excessively ornamented

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Hortatory

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Strongly encouraging

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Forestall

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Prevent

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Obstreperous

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Loudly defiant

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Obviate

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Make unnecessary

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Iniquity

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Wickedness

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Apposite

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Suitable; apt; relevant

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Callow

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Being young or immature

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Disparate

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Unequal; dissimilar; different

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Accede

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To comply with, consent to

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Relegate

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To banish; to put to a lower position

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Discern

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Perceive, distinguish

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Goad

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Provoke, prod

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Petulant

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Irritable, rude

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Despondent

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Without hope

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Chagrin

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Emotional distress due to failure

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Vilified

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Maligned ; spoken very badly of

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Bombastic

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Pompous ; overblown

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Officious

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Intrusive, meddling

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Cogent

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Well reasoned, convincing

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Descry

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Catch sight of

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Quibbles

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Trivial complaints

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Contentious

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Quarrelsome

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Commodious

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Spacious and convenient

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Macerate

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To soften by steeping in liquid

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Decorous

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Showing decorum; propriety; good taste

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Stoke

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To feed fuel to; especially a fire

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Vaunted

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To boast

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Loquacious

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Talkative

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Ecomium

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Attribute, a formal expression of praise

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Resolute

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Determined, unhesitating

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Equanimity

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Even-temperedness; calmness

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Fatuous

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Foolish

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Torpor

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Listlessness; inactivity

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Ingenuity

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Inventiveness; cleverness

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Truculent

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Fierce, eager to fight or argue

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Ungainly

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Clumsy and in attractive

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Tumid

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Swollen, inflated

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Abstruse

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Hard to understand

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Recondite

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Abstruse

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Cant

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Insincere or hypocritical statements, of a particular group

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Skulk

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To move secretly, implies sinister intent

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Profusion

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Abundance

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Arcane

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Mysterious

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Antipathy

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Natural dislike

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Voluble

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Fluent, great flow of words, talkative

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Nettle

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To annoy or irritate

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Autocratic

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Excessively controlling

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Winsome

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Charming in a childlike way

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