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Invulnerable

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Immune to attack, damage, pain.

Not open to denial or disproof.

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Deft

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Skillful, clever, dexterous

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Inscrutable

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Impossible to investigate, analyze, understand, penetrate, see through.
(Figuratively & literally/physically)

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Venal

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Easily bribed or corrupted

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Impudent

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Impertinent, rude

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Nettle

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To annoy or provoke

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Exposition

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Explanation

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Objurgate

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To berate or scold harshly

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Prescient

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Having foresight, seeing events coming before they occur

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Nascent

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Newly in existence

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Happenstance

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A chance happening or event

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Beholden

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Indebted, obligated

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Disinterested

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Unbiased, indifferent

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Omniscience

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Infinite knowledge, awareness, understanding

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Partisanship

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Membership, loyalty, or support of a group or cause

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Pan

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To criticize harshly

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Interminable

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Unending, limitless, annoyingly persisting

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Galvanize

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To stimulate into activity

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Beguile

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To mislead, trick. 
To pass (time) pleasantly
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Prickly

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Full of difficulties.

Bad tempered, irritable.

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Solicitous

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Anxious or concerned.
Eager (to do something).
Careful or particular.

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Phlegmatic

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Hard to excite.

Not showing emotion.

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Portentous

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Momentous.

Ominously significant or indicative.

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Banal

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Overused, trite, trivial

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Posturing

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To adopt an attitude or official stance on an issue

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Expatiate

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To discuss or write about at great length.

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Boon

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A blessing to be grateful for.

A favor being sought.

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Forestall

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To deal with ahead of time, to prevent.

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Apologist

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A person offering a defense by argument.

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Natty

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Neat and dapper

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Epigram

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Witty statement.

Short, satirical, witty poem.

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Expostulation

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Earnest protest, reasoning

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Hummock

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Small hill

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Perspicacious

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Discerning, insightful

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Sinecure

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Job that requires little work or responsibility

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Labile

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Likely to change

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Obloquy

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Harsh criticism, blame.

Disgrace after public denunciation.

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Belie

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Contradict, refute.
Misrepresent.
Act inappropriately.

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Cupidity

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Excessive desire, greed

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Gallimaufry

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A confused mess

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Cynosure

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Attracts attention.

Giving direction, guidance.

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Apprise

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To inform, give notice

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Insidious

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Deceitful, sneaky.

Seemingly harmless but actually with grave effect.

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Foil

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Noun: opposite.
Verb: prevent (someone’s) success.

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Staid

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Boring, dull

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Garrulous

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Full of small- talk, trivial conversation

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Forlorn

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Showing hopelessness

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Bumbling

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Lacking physical skill

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Derision

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Ridicule, mockery, contempt

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Philistine

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Treats arts with contempt/ mockingly

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Prevaricate

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To deviate/avoid the truth.

To be intentionally vague.

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Pastoral

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Relating to rural life

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Intimation

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Suggestion/ vague understanding

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Impasse

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dilemma

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Purport

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meaning/connotation

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Imperilment

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danger

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Craven

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cowardly, recreant

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Reprobate

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shameless/corrupt

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Covetous

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greedy

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Lambast

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verbally abuse/ attack

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Incisive

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perceptive

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Veritable

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genuine, true

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Ineffable

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indescribable

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Consummate

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ultimate, best

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Cavalier

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arrogant

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Imperious

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bossy/arrogant

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Magisterial

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superior or authoritative

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Stringent

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strict

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Retiring

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quiet, shy

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Salutary

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helpful

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Prurient

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perverted

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Salubrious

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wholesome, respectable

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Macabre

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gruesome

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Recalcitrant

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stubborn

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Meager

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inadequate

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Despondent

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sad

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Lugubrious

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excessively sad/mournful

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Abject

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hopeless, downtrodden

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Disconsolate

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sad

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Lachrymose

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tearful

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Subservient

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submissive

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Obsequious

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submissive

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Jocundity

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joyfulness

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Steadfast

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committed

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Perverse

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uncooperative

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Pundit

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expert

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Stalwart

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strong, sturdy

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Insouciant

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nonchalant, carefree

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Lackadaisical

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lazy, laid-back

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*Feckless

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lazy, irresponsible, incompetent

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Indolence

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laziness

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Middling

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adequate

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Dearth

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lack

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Acquittal

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exonerate

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Incongruous

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out of place

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Parochial

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narrow-minded

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Insular

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isolated, narrow-minded

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Caginess

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caution, evasiveness

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Amalgamate

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merge

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Puerile

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immature

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Ersatz

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synthetic, artificial

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Garish

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excessive ornamentation, gaudy

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Robustious

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boisterous

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Resplendent

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excellent

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Elucidation

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explanation

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Intelligible

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understandable, clear

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Obfuscation

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confusion

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Imbroglio

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confusion/ predicament

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Bemuse

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to confuse

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Malapropism

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absurd misuse of words

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Resurgence

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renewal

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Prodigious

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great in size

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Tepid

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lacking enthusiasm

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Flippant

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lacking respect or seriousness

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*Sententious

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Self-righteous, moralizing others pompously.

Containing many pithy aphorisms.

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*Undermine

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To destroy, attack, or weaken something by underhand means/ by eroding the foundation.

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*Propitiate

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To appease, placate.

To make favorably inclined.

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*Tendentious

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Having a certain bias or tendency, especially a controversial bias.

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*Limpid

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Clear, calm

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*Betray

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To reveal, often a secret one would prefer to conceal.

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*Punctilious

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Meticulous

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*Desultory

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Aimless, haphazard, wandering

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*Pecuniary

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Relating to money

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*Inculcate

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To teach through repetition

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*Ascetic

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Self denying

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*Lugubrious

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Excessively sad/mournful

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*Machination

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Scheming, plotting

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*Sedition

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Arousing resistance/rebellion

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Ostentatious

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pretentious, show-offy

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Grandiloquence

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pretentious, flowery speech

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Aplomb

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self-assurance

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Furtive

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secret

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Stentorian

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loud

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Sonorous

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loud, resounding

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Felicitous

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expressed appropriately & pleasingly

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Imperturbation

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calmness

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Ochlocracy

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mob rule

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Scintillation

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sparkly

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Quittance

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discharge from debt

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Censure

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official reprimand

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Irascible

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easily angered

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Innocuous

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harmless

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Eclipse

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to exceed

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Commensurate

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about the same

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Elucidate

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explain

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Petulant

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cranky

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Disquietude

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anxiety

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Toil

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difficult work

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Destitution

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poverty

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Intemperate

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excessive

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Consummate

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ideal

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Affable

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sociable

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Probity

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integrity

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Unctuous

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oily or sleazy

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Impinge

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impose

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Abnegate

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renounce

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Excogitate

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consider thoughtfully

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Quotidian

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commonplace

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*Prosaic

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common, dull

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Insipid

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bland, dull

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Recondite

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obscure, esoteric

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Abstruse

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obscure

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Iconoclast

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nonconformist

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Protracted

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drawn out

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Pellucid

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clear

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Licentious

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immoral

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Prolific

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fruitful

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Fecundity

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fruitful

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Chicanery

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deception

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Stratagem

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trick

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Complacency

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simple satisfaction

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Conflation

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mixing cultures

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Poise

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confidence

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Calumny

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slander

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Ebullient

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cheerful

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Diffidence

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timidity

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Approbation

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approval

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Trepidation

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apprehension

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Timorous

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fearful

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Catalyst

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means

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*Paucity

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lack

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Surfeit

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surplus

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Apex

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peak

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Indemnify

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assure

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Liquidate

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pay a debt, eliminate

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Underwrite

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guarantee

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Cipher

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code/ nothing

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Memorandum

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message

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Contrite

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remorseful

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Contrition

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remorse, apology

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Delude

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deceive

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Gull

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cheat

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Implicate

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involve

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Chary

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cautious

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Entrenched

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deep rooted

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Pervasive

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omnipresent

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Hermetic

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enclosed

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Sardonic

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verbally abusive

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Rarefied

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obscure

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Nebulous

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vague

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Oblique

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implicit, indirect

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Collude

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conspire, scheme

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Machinate

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conspire, plot

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Prattle

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chatter

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Arrant

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extreme

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Ancillary

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supplementary

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Untenable

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unsound, unsustainable

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Usury

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exploitation

209
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Mendacity

A

dishonesty

210
Q

Coda

A

conclusion

211
Q

Opprobrium

A

disgrace

212
Q

Deference

A

respect, admiration

213
Q

Complaisant

A

eager to please, agreeable

214
Q

Gentrify

A

start over

215
Q

Prodigal

A

wasteful

216
Q

Droll

A

amusing

217
Q

Genteel

A

well-mannered

218
Q

Enigma

A

mystery, puzzle

219
Q

Candor

A

honesty, straightforwardness

220
Q

Deportment

A

demeanor, carriage

221
Q

Dogma

A

beliefs

222
Q

Vehemence

A

intensity, forcefulness

223
Q

Debonair

A

suave, sophisticated

224
Q

Embroiled

A

in a fight/ predicament

225
Q

Imbroglio

A

in a fight/ predicament

226
Q

Idiosyncrasy

A

peculiarity, quirk

227
Q

Anachronistic

A

Out of place in time

228
Q

To foreground

A

To emphasize

229
Q

Caprice

A

Sudden, unpredictable change.

A tendency to change one’s mind without motive.

230
Q

Capricious

A

Erratic, tending to make unpredictable changes.

231
Q

Demur

A

Objection.

To object.

232
Q

Sartorial

A

Relating to clothing

233
Q

Frivolous

A

Carefree, not serious

234
Q

Panache

A

a grand or flamboyant manner

235
Q

Quixotic

A

Visionary, Impractical, Unpredictable, Chivalrous.

236
Q

Brandish

A

To flaunt or wave around

237
Q

Flout

A

To treat with disdain

238
Q

Thoroughgoing

A

Done thoroughly.

239
Q

Innocuous

A

Harmless

240
Q

Remedial

A

Correcting or fixing something

241
Q

Lurid

A

Gruesome, glaringly vivid

242
Q

Deferential

A

Respectful

243
Q

*Probity

A

Honesty

244
Q

Profligate

A

Shamelessly immoral, extravagant

245
Q

Fractious

A

Unruly, irritable

246
Q

Immutable

A

Unchangeable

247
Q

Pedantic

A

Showing off knowledge.

Overly concerned with details/rules.

248
Q

Torpid/ Torpor

A

Lacking energy

249
Q

Reprise

A

Repeat

250
Q

*Sardonic

A

Cynical, mocking

251
Q

Subterfuge

A

Evade a consequence

252
Q

Axiom

A

Self-evident truth, universally accepted rule

253
Q

Erudite

A

Knowledgeable, wise

254
Q

Vicissitude

A

Change

255
Q

Glib

A

Unconstrained

256
Q

Gratuitous

A

Done without reason/ justification

257
Q

Intractable

A

Not easily controlled

258
Q

Virulent

A

Harmful, malicious

259
Q

Confound

A

Confuse

260
Q

Recapitulate

A

Summarize and repeat main points

261
Q

Repudiate

A

Reject

262
Q

Facetious

A

Joking

263
Q

Patent

A

Obvious

264
Q

Arcane

A

obscure, esoteric

265
Q

Laudable

A

praiseworthy

266
Q

Painstaking

A

careful and diligent

267
Q

Munificent

A

very generous

268
Q

Fastidious

A

extremely particular, meticulous, hard to please

269
Q

Baseness

A

immorality

270
Q

Doctrinaire

A

impractical theorist

271
Q

Eclectic

A

selecting from different sources

272
Q

Normative

A

pertaining to a norm/standard

273
Q

Pedestrian

A

commonplace, dull

274
Q

Jettison

A

throw away

275
Q

Distill

A

purify, refine

276
Q

Modish

A

stylish

277
Q

Pernicious

A

harmful

278
Q

Injudicious

A

unwise, imprudent

279
Q

Florid

A

flowery, showy

280
Q

Inveigling

A

to persuade, flatter someone into doing something

281
Q

Recrudescence

A

revival

282
Q

Transitory

A

temporary

283
Q

Precarious

A

uncertain, unstable, risky

284
Q

Forgo

A

give up

285
Q

Shirk

A

evade

286
Q

Politic

A

shrewd, tactful

287
Q

Capitulate

A

surrender under agreed conditions

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