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awry

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off course; twisted to one side

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autonomous

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acting independently

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astute

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shrewd; keen in judgment

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adverse

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unfavorable; antagonistic

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antiquity

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ancientness; ancient times

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aesthetic

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having to do with artistic beauty; artistic

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aperture

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an opening

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bilious

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ill-tempered; cranky

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bemoan

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to mourn about; to lament

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bauble

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a gaudy trinket; a small, inexpensive ornament

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benign

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gentle; not harmful; kind; mild

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bequest

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something left to someone in a will

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consolidate

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to combine or bring together; to solidify; to strengthen

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conspicuous

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easily seen; impossible to miss

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candor

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truthfulness; sincere honesty

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capricious

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unpredictable; likely to change at any moment

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cipher

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zero; a nobody; the solution to the code

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depose

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to remove from office or position of power

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deplete

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to decrease the supply of; to exhaust; to use up

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depredate

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to prey upon; to plunder; to ransack; to raid

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diatribe

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a bitter, abusive denunciation; A forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or something

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erudite

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scholarly; deeply learned

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esoteric

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hard to understand; understood by only a select few; peculiar

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euphemism

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a pleasant or inoffensive expression used in place of an unpleasant or offensive one

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flagrant
glaringly bad; notorious; scandalous; offensive
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figurative
based on figures of speech; expressing something in terms usually used for something else; metaphorical
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gregarious
sociable; enjoying the company of others
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hierarchy
an organization based on rank or degree; pecking order
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indolent
lazy
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indulgent
lenient; yielding to desire
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ineffable
incapable of being expressed or described
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inept
clumsy; incompetent, gauche
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interlude
an intervening episode; an intermission; a pause
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intermittent
occasional; repeatedly starting and stopping; recurrent
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intersperse
to place at intervals; to scatter among
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laud
to praise; to applaud; to extol; to celebrate
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maudlin
silly and overly sentimental; tearfully or weakly emotional
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maverick
a nonconformist; a rebel
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obscure
unknown; hard to understand; dark
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pivotal
crucial
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plethora
excess
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poignant
painfully emotional; extremely moving; sharp or astute
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perfidy
treachery
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rapture
ecstasy; bliss; unequaled joy
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ruminate
to contemplate; to ponder; to mull over
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ratify
to confirm; to approve something formally
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rhetoric
the art of formal speaking or writing; inflated discourse
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tacit
implied; not spoken
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tangible
touchable; palpable
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verbose
using too many words; not succinct
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off course; twisted to one side
awry
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acting independently
autonomous
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shrewd; keen in judgment
astute
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unfavorable; antagonistic
adverse
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ancientness; ancient times
antiquity
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having to do with artistic beauty; artistic
aesthetic
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an opening
aperture
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ill-tempered; cranky
bilious
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to mourn about; to lament
bemoan
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a gaudy trinket; a small, inexpensive ornament
bauble
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gentle; not harmful; kind; mild
benign
62
something left to someone in a will
bequest
63
to combine or bring together; to solidify; to strengthen
consolidate
64
easily seen; impossible to miss
conspicuous
65
truthfulness; sincere honesty
candor
66
unpredictable; likely to change at any moment
capricious
67
zero; a nobody; the solution to the code
cipher
68
to remove from office or position of power
depose
69
to decrease the supply of; to exhaust; to use up
deplete
70
to prey upon; to plunder; to ransack; to raid
depredate
71
a bitter, abusive denunciation; A forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or something
diatribe
72
scholarly; deeply learned
erudite
73
hard to understand; understood by only a select few; peculiar
esoteric
74
a pleasant or inoffensive expression used in place of an unpleasant or offensive one
euphemism
75
glaringly bad; notorious; scandalous; offensive
flagrant
76
based on figures of speech; expressing something in terms usually used for something else; metaphorical
figurative
77
sociable; enjoying the company of others
gregarious
78
an organization based on rank or degree; pecking order
hierarchy
79
lazy
indolent
80
lenient; yielding to desire
indulgent
81
incapable of being expressed or described
ineffable
82
clumsy; incompetent, gauche
inept
83
an intervening episode; an intermission; a pause
interlude
84
occasional; repeatedly starting and stopping; recurrent
intermittent
85
to place at intervals; to scatter among
intersperse
86
to praise; to applaud; to extol; to celebrate
laud
87
silly and overly sentimental; tearfully or weakly emotional
maudlin
88
a nonconformist; a rebel
maverick
89
unknown; hard to understand; dark
obscure
90
crucial
pivotal
91
excess
plethora
92
painfully emotional; extremely moving; sharp or astute
poignant
93
treachery
perfidy
94
ecstasy; bliss; unequaled joy
rapture
95
to contemplate; to ponder; to mull over
ruminate
96
to confirm; to approve something formally
ratify
97
the art of formal speaking or writing; inflated discourse
rhetoric
98
implied; not spoken
tacit
99
touchable; palpable
tangible
100
using too many words; not succinct
verbose

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