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Categorically

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So clear it’s impossible to be confused

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Rapturous

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Blissfully happy

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Discomfit

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To make uncomfortable or upset

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Otherworldly

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Existing outside of nature; supernatural; alien

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Humdrum

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Dull, tedious, and boring

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Spartan

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Simple, sparingly

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Seemly

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Appropriate

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Eponym

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Person or thing for whom something names after

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Meek

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A person that is willing to go along with whatever other people want to do or won’t speak up.

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Plucky

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Courageous and determined

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Pastoral

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Relating to the country side

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Sartorial

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Related to fashion or clothes

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Inchoate

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Only partly in existence; just beginning to form

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14
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Recapitulate

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Summarize

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15
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Insular

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Having a narrow view of the world
Narrowly restricted in scope

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Cosmopolitan

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Familar with different cultures and parts of the world

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Inimical

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Hostile, harmful, antagonistic, opposed to something

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Truculent

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Defiantly aggressive

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Cavil

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v. Small or petty objections

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Doting

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Adj. foolishly or extravagantly loving and fond

21
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Gloat

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V. Dwell on with satisfaction

22
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Carping

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Petty and unjustified criticism

23
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Grovel

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Show submission or fear. Like begging for a good grade

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Resplendent

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Adj. Glamorous or splendor

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Cumbrous

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Difficult to handle because of its size or weight

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Capricious

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Chance or impulse rather the necessity or reason

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Ponderously

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Slow and laborious because of weight

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Ramshackle

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In poor or broken down position

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Dilapidated

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Falling down or in complete disrepair

30
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Versimillitude

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Appearance of truth, believable

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Subvert

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Overturning or flipping the usual way of doing things

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Remiss

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Neglect in one’s duties

33
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Perennial

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adj. Permanent, constant, or repeated

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Penurious

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Broke, excessively unwilling to spend

35
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Lachrymose

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Showing sorrow

36
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Urbanity

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Polished courtesy, elegance in manner

37
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Temerity

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Unafraid of danger or punishment

38
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Modicum

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Small amount

39
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Wherewithal

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The necessary means especially financial means

40
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Reprisal

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Retaliatory action against an enemy

41
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Renascence

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A second or new birth

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Proffer

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Polite offer, to accept or reject

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Dispatch

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Dispose of rapidly without delay and efficiency

44
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Insolence

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Trait of being rude

45
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Repute

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Highly respected

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Torrid

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Characterized as intense emotions

47
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Brash

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Harsh, loud, and a little rude

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