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Engender

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cause to exist

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Vitiate

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make impure

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Pacify

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calm someone down

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Dearth

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lack

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Indolence

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lazy

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marred

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damaged or bruised

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Indolent

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lazy

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Supercilious

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haughty; habitually lazy

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Squander

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to spend wastefully or extravagantly

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Ardent

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passionate

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Beset

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to trouble persistently; harass

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Countenance

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appearance- especially the expression of the face; face

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Cursory

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performed with haste and scant attention to detail

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Charisma

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magical attractiveness; rare personal quality

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Demagogue

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a leader who obtains power by means of impassioned appeals to the emotions an dprejudices of the populace; rabble-rousing leader

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Placate

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pacify

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Indigenous

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native

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Labyrinth

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maze

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Exacerbate

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make worse

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Incense

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make very angry

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Daunt

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make fearful; discourage

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Rudimentary

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basic

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Credulous

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eager to believe; gullible; disposed to believe too readily

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Lucid

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easy to understand; intelligible; easily understood

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Sacrosanct

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sacred

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Docile

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easily taught; teachable; read and willing to be taught

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Impartial

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fair (neutral); not partial or biased; unprejudiced; not on one’s side

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Precedent

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an act of instance that may be used as an example in dealing with subsequent similar instances; earlier example

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Figurative

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based on figures of speech; metaphorical

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Reiterate

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say again; repeat

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Prudent

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careful; provident; careful in regard to one’s own interest

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Negligence

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carelessness

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Innocuous

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harmless

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Lax

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Careless; not diligent

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Precipitate

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cause to happen abruptly

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Equivocate

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say confusing things

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Assiduous

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hard working; diligent

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Aptitute

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a talent

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Circumspect

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cautious

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Metamorphosis

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magical change in form

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Substantive

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real; actual

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Nepotism

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favoritism

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Solicitous

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eager and attentive

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Inclement

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bad, as in weather; stormy; unmerciful

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Obscure

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hard to understand; ambiguous or vague

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Jeopardy

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danger

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Nebulous

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vague; lacking definite form or limits

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Diverse

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varied

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Stratum

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layer

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Anarchy

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lawlessness

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Acrimonious

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harsh; bitter, sharp, ill-natured animosity, especially as it is exhibited in speech or behavior

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Abstruse

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hard to understand

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Elusive

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difficult to define or describe

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Taciturn

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naturally untalkative

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Ephemeral

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lasting for a very short time

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Quantitative

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having to do with quantity

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Relegate

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banish; to send to a place of exile

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Conciliatory

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making peace; reconcile

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Concurrent

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happening at the same time

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Complicity

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participation in wrongdoing

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Lampoon

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a broad satirical piece that uses ridicule to attack a person, a group, or an institution; satirize

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Reparation

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paying back

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Parochial

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narrow in point of views

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Monolithic

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massive and unyielding; something suggestive of a large block of stone, as in immovability, massiveness, or uniformity

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Patriarch

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male head of the family

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Sensory

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having to do with senses

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Qualitative

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having to do with quality

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Misanthropic

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hating mankind

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Felicity

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happiness

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Obsequious

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fawning; to show affection

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Equitable

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fair; just and impartial

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Expropriate

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take property officially

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Noxious

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harmful

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Chivalrous

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demonstrating the qualities idealized by knighthood, bravery, courtesy, honor, and gallantry toward women

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Apathy

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lack of interest or concern

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Cacophony

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harsh mixture of sounds

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Exalt

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to glorify, praise, or honor

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Poignant

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distressing to the mind or feeling; painfully emotional

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Predilection

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an attitude of mind that predisposes one to favor something

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Propensity

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a tendency

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Sloth

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laziness

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Existential

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having to do with existence

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Auspicious

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favorable

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Heterogeneous

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varied

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Fickle

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unpredictable

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Indiscreet

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lacking discretion (the ability to make responsible decisions)

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Constitute

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make up

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Ameliorate

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improve

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Consonate

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harmonious

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Concord

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harmony

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Deleterious

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harmful

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Peripatetic

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wandering

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Loquacious

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talkative

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Propitious

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auspicious; marked by favorable signs; presenting favorable circumstances

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Vestige

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last trace of something that once existed

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Notorious

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famous for something bad

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Polarize

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to break up into opposing factions or groupings

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Implement

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carry out; to put into practical effect

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Viable

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capable of living under favorable conditions

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Arbitrary

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random

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Endemic

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native

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Vacuous

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lacking intelligence

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Provincial

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narrow in outlook; limited in perspective

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Chasm

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gaping hole; an abyss

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Contrived

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labored

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Consecrate

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make sacred

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Paternal

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fatherly

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Inherent

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involved in the constitution or essential character of something

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Gesticulate

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make gestures while speaking as for emphasis

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Insatiable

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impossible to satisfy

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Blithe

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carefree

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Belittle

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make to seem little

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Coherent

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making sense

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Vitriolic

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bitterly scathing (to do harm with); caustic (causing to destroy)

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Apartheid

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racial oppression

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Corollary

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natural consequence; a result

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Parody

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satirical imitation; a literary or artistic work that imitates the style of an author or a work for comic effect

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Idyllic

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naturally peaceful

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Ponderous

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massive and clumsy; lacking grace or fluency

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Wanton

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malicious; unjust

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Secular

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having nothing to do with religion

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Recondite

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hard to understand

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Inveterate

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habitual

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Malleable

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easy to shape or being formed

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Martial

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warlike; relating to war

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Virtuoso

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masterful musician

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Copious

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abundant

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Patent

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obvious

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Conspicious

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obvious

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Amenable

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obedient

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Ambulatory

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able to move or walk around

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Forsake

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abandon

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Hindrance

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an obstruct or delay to progress

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Farcical

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absurd

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Elliptical

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obscure

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Prolific

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producing abundant works or results

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Assimilate

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absorb

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Celibacy

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abstinence from sexual intercourse, especially by reason of religious vows

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Palpable

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obvious

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Grandiose

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absurdly exaggerated

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Despot

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a ruler with absolute power

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Reverberate

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echo

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Rogue

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scoundrel or rascal

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Pathology

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science of diseases

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Frugal

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economical

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Autonomous

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independent

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Machination

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scheming evil activity

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