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less active or intense

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abate

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up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations

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abdicate

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state or condition markedly different from the norm

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aberration

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from something, refrain from voting

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abstain

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state of misfortune or affliction

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adversity

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to or dealing with the subject of aesthetics

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aesthetic

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characterized by friendship and good will

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amicable

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chronologically misplaced

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anachronistic

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lacking sufficient water or rainful

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arid

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a shelter from danger or hardship

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asylum

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intending kindness or showing kindness

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benevolent

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partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation

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bias

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noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline

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boisterous

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unrestrained by convention or propriety

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brazen

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marked by rude or peremptory shortness

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brusque

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the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability

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camaraderie

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showing self-interest and shrewdneess in dealing with other people

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canny

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having a large capacity

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capacious

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surrender under agreed conditions

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capitulate

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someone who has the power of clairvoyance and can see into the future

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clairvoyant

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work together on a common enterprise of project

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collaborate

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a deep awareness of and sympathy for another’s suffering

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compassion

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a middle way between two extremes

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compromise

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used behavior or attitude characteristic of those who treat others with condescension

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condescending

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qualified by reservations

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conditional

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someone who conforms to established standards of conduct especially in religious matters

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conformist

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occurrence of two or more things coming together

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convergence

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harmful to living things

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deleterious

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political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejeducies

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demagogue

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a message that departs from the main subject

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digression

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quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness

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diligent

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to cause to be distrusted or disbelieved

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discredit

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a lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike

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disdain

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diverging from another or from a standard

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divergent

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the ability to understand and enter into another’s feelings

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empathy

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to strive to equal or match, especially by imitating

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emulate

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causing debilitation, making weak

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enervating

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ephemeral

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lasting a very short time

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tending to vanish like vapor

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evanescent

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worthy of imitation, good enough to serve as an example

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exemplary

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partially excusing or justifying

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extenuating

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elaborately or excessively ornamented

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florid

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good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence, patience

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forbearance

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internal strength, the strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage

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fortitude

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happening by luck having no cause or apparent cause

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fortuitous

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to promote the growth of

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foster

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marked by distress

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fraught

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careful with saving money, avoiding waste

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frugal

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played-out, repeated to often; overfamiliar through overuse

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hackneyed

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having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy

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haughty

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someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures

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hedonist

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a proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations

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hypothesis

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characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation

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impetuous

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attribute or give credit to

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impute

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lacking worth or importance

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inconsequential

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incapable of being avoided or prevented

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inevitable

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brave and persistent, invulnerable to fear or intimidation

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intrepid

58
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using intuition, spontaneously derived from or prompted by a natural tendency

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intuitive

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a feeling of extreme joy

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jubilation

60
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someone who is employed to persuade legislators to vote for legislation that factors the lobbyist’s employer

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lobbyist

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long life, duration of service

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longevity

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ordinary, not special, found in the ordanary course of events

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mundane

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marked by blithe unconcern

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nonchalant

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fancy an rich, rich in superior quality

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opulent

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a person who delivers a speech or oration

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orator

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flashy, attract noise and imress others

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ostentatious

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dried out by heat

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parched

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untrustwrothy, intending to betray

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perfidious

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concerned with pratical matters

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pragmatic

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characterized by exceptioanlly ealry development

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precocious

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malimg claim or creating an appearnace (undeserved) importance or distinction

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pretentious

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to postpone doing what one should be doing

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procracstinate

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dull and ordinary

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prosaic

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wealth, economic state of growth

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prosperity

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serving or tending to provoke, excite, disucssion or controversy

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provocative

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careful and sensible good judgement

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prudent

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habit of complaining

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querulous

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showing deep-seated resentment

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rancorous

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withdrawn form society , solitude

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reclusive

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reestablishment of cordial relations

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reconciliation

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act of improving by renwing and restoring

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renovation

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cool and formal in manner

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restrained

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feeling of profound respect for someone or something

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reverence

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mentla ablity to understand and discriminate between relations

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sagacity

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look at critically or searchingly

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scrutinize

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happening without apparent cause

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spontaneous

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plausible but false (looks real but not)

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spurious

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inclined or willignt o submit to order without inclination

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submissive

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establish or strengthen with new evidence or facts

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substantiate

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difficul to detect

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subtle

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not deep and doesnt cares emotionally

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superficial

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too mucb, no purpose

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superfluous

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quite concern and secrecy

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surreptitious

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having or showing a sense of what is fitting and considerate in dealign with others

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tactful

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holding on tightly , not giving up easily

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tenacious

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nit stabel, chanign often

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transient

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iimpressive by reason of age

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venerable

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to show to be right by providing justification or proof

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vindicate

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marked by keen caution and watchful prudence, careful and cautious

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wary

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unpleasont sound, noise

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cacaphony

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