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ineluctable

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inescapable, incapable of being evaded

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exigencies

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a case or situation that demands prompt attention. emergency

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pernicious

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causing insidious harm, hurtful

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insiduous

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proceeding in a gradual way, but with harmful effects.

intended to trap or beguile.

operating or proceeding in an inconspicuous or seemingly harmless way.

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locution

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a particular form of expression, a word or phrase, or an idiom, especially as used by a particular person

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atavism

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reversion to an earlier type, a throwback

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platitude

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flat, dull, or trite remark esp as uttered if it were fresh and profound.

the quality or state of being flat, dull, or trite

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trite

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(of a remark, opinion, or idea) overused and consequently of little import; lacking originality or freshness.

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bastion

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fortified place. anything seen as preserving or protecting something.

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putative

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commonly regarded as, reputed, supposed

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truckle

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to submit or yield, obsequiously or tamely

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obsequious

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obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree

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miscreant

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depraved, villainous

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ignominy

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disgrace, dishonor, public contempt.

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cadre

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keep group of officers and enlisted personnel that train other officers.

a framework, outline, or scheme

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stultify

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to make to appear foolish.

cause to lose enthusiasm and initiative, especially as a result of a tedious or restrictive routine.

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abnegate

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to refuse or deny oneself, reject, or renounce

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supplicate

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pray humbly

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puerile

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pertaining to childhood

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recalcitrant

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resisting authority or control; not obedient, or compliant, hard to deal with manage

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sinecure

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office or position requiring little or no work, esp one resulting in profitable returns

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benifice

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land held by feudal tenant for services rendered the owner

endowed church office providing a living for a vicar, rector, etc

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obstreprerous

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noisy, clamorous, resisting control

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paen

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song of praise, joy

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aegis

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protection, support

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piquant

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agreeably stimulating, interesting, attractive,

sharp or stinging, esp to feeling

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meretricious

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alluring by show of flashy or vulgarity. tawdry

based on pretense or deception. insincere.

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promulgate

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to make known by declaration, publish, or proclaim formally.

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anathema

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hated thing. curse.

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expedient

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means to an end.

tending to promote some proposed or desired object fit or suitable for the intended purpose

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beguile

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deceive someone in a cunning way, or enchant someone and make them become attracted to you.

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hermeneutical

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interpretive or method of interpretation, often in regards to the bible

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fleer

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to grin or laugh coarsely or mockingly

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intrepid

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fearless, dauntless

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castigating

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to criticize or reprimand severely. to punish

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redound

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to have a good or bad effect or result

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hegemony

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leadership or predominant influence exercise by one nation over others, as in a confederation.

leadership, dominance.

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nascent

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beginning to exist, develop

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perfunctory

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perform merely as routine, duty

lacking enthusiasm

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paucity

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lack of quantity, scarcity

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inexorable

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unyielding, unable to be prevented. syn: relentless, inevitable.

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sagacious

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keen & farsighted judgement

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multifarious

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many parts or elements

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manque

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short of or frustrated in the fulfillment of one’s aspirations or talents

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eschew

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avoid because you don’t think it is good or right

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temerity

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fool hardy, reckless

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improvident

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not proved for the future

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effrontery

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brazenness

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impudent

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offensive boldness

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perspicacous

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having keen insight or understanding. adj shrewd

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sapient

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possessing, or being able to possess knowledge

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incongrous

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incompatible with, not harmonious

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fatuous

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foolish, silly

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fantod

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a state or attack of uneasiness or unreasonableness.

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adscititoius

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derived from external sources, not integral. forming an addition or supplement.

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veracious

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honest, truthful

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verisimilitude

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quality of appearing to be true or reals

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verisimilar

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appearing to be true or real

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ersatz

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artificial, synthetic, serving as a substitute

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specious

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pleasing to the eye but deceptive

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hegemony

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dominion, authority, influence by one country over others socially, culturally, economically

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aberration

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departure from normal

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aeshtete

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person who recognizes beauty in art, music, etc

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palliate

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alleviate or extenuate

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ameliorate

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make better

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equivical

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allowing for many different meaning

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tantatmount

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equivalent

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capricious

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given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior.

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antediluvian

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extremely old, before the biblical flood

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abattoir

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slaughterhouse

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eloquent

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speaking in a fluent, powerful, appropriate way

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insolent

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bold in a rude way

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august

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revered, majestic

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protagonist

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main character

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demur

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show reluctance, object, esp for moral reasons

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pedant

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a person who makes excessive or inappropriate shows of learning.

a person who overemphasizes rules or minor details

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laconic

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using few words, expressing much on few words

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precipitate

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bring about prematurely.

hasten the occurrence of

fling or hurl

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prodigal

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wastefully extravagent

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dessicate

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dry out

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adulterate

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to debase or make impure by adding inferior elements

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engender

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to produce, cause to give or rise, beget

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loquacious

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tendency to talk much or freely. chatter, babbler

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corroborate

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to make certain, confirm

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ephemeral

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short lived, transitionary

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mitigate

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to make less severe

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propriety

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rightness of manners. conformity

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calumny

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false or injurious statement designed to injure someone else.

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vicissitude

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a change or variation occurring in the course of something

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salubrious

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favorable to or promoting health

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opprobious

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outrageously disrespectful

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opprobrioum

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disgrace or reproach incurred by conduct

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descry

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discover by looking carefully

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anchorite

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person who lives far from society esp for religious reasons.

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fiat

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dictative or authoritative order

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spurious

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lacking validity, false

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innocuous

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harmless

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quondon

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former, sometime

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mercurial

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changing moods

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excoritate

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berate severely

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brook

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suffer or tolerate

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contenance

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facial expresssion

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epicure

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person with discriminating tastes, esp regarding food or wine

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succor

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comfort, provide relief

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commix

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mix together

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constringe

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cause to shrink

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paradoxical

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contradictory, or seemingly absurd

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feckless

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lacking initiative or strength of character; irresponsible.

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inimical

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unfavorable, harmful

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denoucement

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conclusion

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misanthrope

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hater of humans

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vitiate

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ruin, make corrupt or faulty

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depredate

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plunder

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efface

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wipe out, erase

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traduce

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speak maliciously & falsely off

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divagate

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wander of, digress

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perspicacious

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having penetrating mind, judgement

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dissembling

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misleading or acting hypocritically

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pervaricating

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lying, misleading

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predilection

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tendency

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quiescent

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meaning peaceful / calm

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arrant

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notoriously bad

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arrear

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something overdue to be paid

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wry

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deviating from proper

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declamation

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speech intended for recitation from memory in public

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declension

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change endings of nouns to express different genders

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sapid

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affecting sense of taste

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defalcate

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cut off, take away part of something

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defray

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make payment for

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deist

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one who believes in god but denies supernatural revelations

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scurrilous

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vulgar

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secant

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cutting esp into 2 parts

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parsimonious

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frugal

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penurious

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stingy

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laity

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large group

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maxim

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succinct formulation of a fundamental principle, an axim

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axiom

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a statement or proposition which is regarded as being established, accepted, or self-evidently true

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execrate

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to declare to be hateful, abhorrent

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perspicacity

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keeness of mental perception, discernment

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deride

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to mock, ridicule

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conflate

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to bring together, meld

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adjudicate

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hear, settle by judicial procedure

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convivial

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festive

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remonstrate

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plead in protest, objection, express disapproval

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reprove

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voice dissaproval

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admonish

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reprove firmly but earnestly

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gasconade

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extravagant boasting

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temerity

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excessive boldness, confidence, audacity

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prosy

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boring, unimaginative, unpoetic

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subsume

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to absorb something or someone else

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neophyte

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a person who is new to a subject, skill, or belief.

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