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Abet
Abetment
Abettor

A

to actively encourage or aid

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Affable
Affability
affably

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being at ease and pleasant especially in conversation

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Approbation

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approval or praise

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Beneficent

beneficently

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doing or producing good; especially: performing acts of kindness or chairity

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cajole

Cajolery

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to coax or persuade especially by flattery or false promises

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Clangor

Clangorous

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a loud clanging noise

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Debonair
Debonairly
Debonairness

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(of a man) confident, stylish, charming

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Dilatory
dilatorily
dilatoriness

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  • tending or intended to cause delay

- tending to be late

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Egregious
Egregiously
Egregiousness

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very noticeable

or glaringly bad

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equitable
eqitableness
equitably

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being fair or just

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fetter

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  • a chain for the feet

- something that restricts

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Gauntlet

Gauntleted

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  • a protective glove worn with a suit of armor

- a protective glove used in industry

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Heinous
Heinously
Heinousness

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Shockingly evil

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immutable
immutability
immutably

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impossible to change

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inconsequential

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not important

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lassitude

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  • a condition of weariness

- A state of dreamy idleness

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Megalomania
megalomaniac
megalomaniacal
megalomaniacally

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  • a mania for great or grandiose performance

- a delusional mental disorder that is marked by feelings of omnipotence and grandeur

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Obdurate

obdurately

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  • Stubbornly continuing to do wrong

- hard to convince or persuade

19
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Paragon

A

a model of excellence or perfection

20
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Politic

A

wise, especially in dealing with others or in carrying out a policy

21
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recondite

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  • hidden from sight

- difficult to understand

22
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salient

saliently

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  • sticking outward

- outstanding

23
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sear

searing

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  • to cause withering or drying
  • to burn, scorch, mark, or injure with or as if with sudden heat
  • to cook the surface of quickly with intense heat
24
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Soporific

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  • causing or tending to cause sleep
  • tending to dull awareness or alertness
  • of, relating to, or marked by sleepiness or lethargy
25
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Thwart

Thwarter

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  • to stand in the way of: hinder by opposing

- to defeat the hopes, desires, or plans of

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