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Abscond Part of Speech

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Verb

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Aberrant Part of Speech

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Alacrity Part of Speech

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Noun

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Anomaly Part of Speech

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Noun

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Approbation Part of Speech

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Noun

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Arduous Part of Speech

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Assuage Part of Speech

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Audacious Part of Speech

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Austere Part of Speech

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Axiomatic Part of Speech

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Adj

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Canonical Part of Speech

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Adj

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Capricious Part of Speech

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Adj

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Abscond

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To depart clandestinely

To steal off and hide

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Aberrant

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Deviating from the norm

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Alacrity

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Eager and enthusiastic willingness

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Anomaly

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Deviation from the normal order, form, or rule

Abnormality

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Approbation

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An expression of approval or praise

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Arduous

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Strenuous
Taxing
Requiring significant effort

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Assuage

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To ease or lessen

To appease or pacify

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Audacious

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Daring and fearless

Recklessly bold

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Austere

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Without adornment
Bare
Severely simple
Ascetic

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Axiomatic

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Taken as a given

Possessing self-evident truth

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Canonical

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Following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards

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Capricious

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Inclined to change one’s mind impulsively, erratic, and unpredictable

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Censure Part of Speech

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Verb

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Chicanery Part of Speech

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Noun

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Connoisseur Part of Speech

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Noun

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Convoluted Part of Speech

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Adj

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Disabuse Part of Speech

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Discordant Part of Speech

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Adj

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Disparate Part of Speech

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Adj

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Effrontery Part of Speech

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Eloquent Part of Speech

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Enervate Part of Speech

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Ennui Part of Speech

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Equivocate Part of Speech

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Erudite Part of Speech

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Exculpate Part of Speech

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Exigent Part of Speech

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Extemporaneous Part of Speech

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Adj

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Filibuster Part of Speech

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Noun

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Fulminate Part of Speech

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Verb

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Ingenuous Part of Speech

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Adj

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Inured Part of Speech

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Adj

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Irascible Part of Speech

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Adj

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Laud Part of Speech

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Lucid Part of Speech

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Magnanimity Part of Speech

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Noun

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Martial Part of Speech

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Adj

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Mundane Part of Speech

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Adj

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Censure

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To criticize severely

To officially rebuke

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Chicanery

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Trickery or subterfuge

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Connoisseur

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An informed and astute judge in matters of taste

Expert

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Convoluted

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Complex or complicated

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Disabuse

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To undeceive

To set right

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Discordant

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Conflicting

Dissonant or harsh in sound

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Disparate

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Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar

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Effrontery

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Extreme boldness

Presumptuousness

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Eloquent

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Well-spoken
Expressive
Articulate

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Enervate

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To weaken

To reduce vitality

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Ennui

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Dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy

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Equivocate

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To use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent

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Erudite

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Very learned

Scholarly

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Exculpate

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Exonerate

To clear of blame

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Exigent

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Urgent
Pressing
Requiring immediate action or attention

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Extemporaneous

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Improvised

Done without preparation

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Filibuster

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Intentional obstruction

Using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action

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Fulminate

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To loudly attack or denounce

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Ingenuous

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Artless
Frank and candid
Lacking in sophistication

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Inured

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Accustomed to accepting something undesirable

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Irascible

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Easily angered

Prone to temperamental outbursts

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Laud

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To praise highly

73
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Lucid

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Clear

Easily understood

74
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Magnanimity

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The quality of being generously noble in mind and heart especially in forgiving

75
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Martial

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Associated with war and the armed forces

76
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Mundane

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Of the world

Typical of or concerned with the ordinary

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Nascent Part of Speech

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Adj

78
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Nebulous Part of Speech

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Adj

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Neologism Part of Speech

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Noun

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Noxious Part of Speech

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Adj

81
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Obtuse Part of Speech

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Adj

82
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Obviate Part of Speech

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Verb

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Onerous Part of Speech

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Adj

84
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Paean Part of Speech

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Noun

85
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Parody Part of Speech

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Noun

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Perennial Part of Speech

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Adj

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Perfidy Part of Speech

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Noun

88
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Perfunctory Part of Speech

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Adj

89
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Perspicacious Part of Speech

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Adj

90
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Prattle Part of Speech

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Verb

91
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Precipitate Part of Speech

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Adj

Verb

92
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Predilection Part of Speech

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Noun

93
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Prescience Part of Speech

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Noun

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Prevaricate Part of Speech

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Verb

95
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Qualms Part of Speech

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Noun

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Recant Part of Speech

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Verb

97
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Refute Part of Speech

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Verb

98
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Relegate Part of Speech

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Verb

99
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Reticent Part of Speech

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Adj

100
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Solicitous Part of Speech

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Adj

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Sordid Part of Speech

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Adj

102
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Nascent

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Coming into being

Early developmental stages

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Nebulous

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Vague
Cloudy
Lacking clearly defined form

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Neologism

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A new world, expression, or usage

The creation of use of new words or senses

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Noxious

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Harmful

Injurious

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Obtuse

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Lacking sharpness of intellect

Not clear or precise in thought or expression

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Obviate

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To anticipate and make unnecessary

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Onerous

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Troubling

Burdensome

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Paean

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A song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving

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Parody

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A humous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect especially in literature and art

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Perennial

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Recurrent through the year or many years

Happening repeatedly

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Perfidy

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Intentional breach of faith

Treachery

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Perfunctory

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Cursory

Done without care or interest

114
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Perspicacious

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Acutely perceptive

Having keen discernment

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Prattle

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To babble meaninglessly

To talk in an empty and idle manner

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Precipitate (Adj)

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Acting with excessive haste or impulse

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Precipitate (Verb)

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To cause or happen before anticipated or required

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Predilection

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A disposition in favor of something

Preference

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Prescience

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Foreknowledge of events

Knowing of events prior to their occurring

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Prevaricate

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To deliberately avoid the truth

To mislead

121
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Qualms

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Misgivings
Reservations
Causes for hesitancy

122
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Recant

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To retract especially a previously held belief

123
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Refute

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To disprove

To successfully argue against

124
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Relegate

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To forcibly assign especially to a lower place or position

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Reticent

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Quiet
Reserved
Reluctant to express thoughts and feelings

126
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Solicitous

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Concerned and attentive

Eager

127
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Sordid

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Characterized by filth, grime, or squalor

Foul

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Sporadic Part of Speech

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Adj

129
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Squander Part of Speech

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Verb

130
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Static Part of Speech

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Adj

131
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Stupefy Part of Speech

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Verb

132
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Stymie Part of Speech

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Verb

133
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Synthesis Part of Speech

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Noun

134
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Torque Part of Speech

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Noun

135
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Tortuous Part of Speech

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Adj

136
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Truculent Part of Speech

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Adj

137
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Veracity Part of Speech

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Noun

138
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Virulent Part of Speech

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Adj

139
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Voracious Part of Speech

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Adj

140
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Waver Part of Speech

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Verb

141
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Sporadic

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Occurring only occasionally or in scattered instances

142
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Squander

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To waste by spending or using irresponsibly

143
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Static

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Not moving, active, or in motion

At rest

144
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Stupefy

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To stun, baffle, or amaze

145
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Stymie

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To block

To thwart

146
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Synthesis

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The combination of parts to make a whole

147
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Torque

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A force that causes rotation

148
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Tortuous

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Winding, twisting

Excessively complicated

149
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Truculent

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Fierce and cruel

Eager to fight

150
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Veracity

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Truthfulness, honesty

151
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Virulent

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Extremely harmful or poisonous

Bitterly hostile or antagonistic

152
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Voracious

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Having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit

Ravenous

153
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Waver

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To move to and fro
To sway
To be unsettled in opinion

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