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Obdurate

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Adj unyielding, hardhearted, inflexible

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Obeisance

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N gesture that expresses deference, such as a bow or curtsy

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Obfuscate

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V to deliberately obscure, to make confusing

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Obsequious

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Adj exhibiting a fawning attentiveness; subservient

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Obstinate

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Adj stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising

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Obstreperous

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Adj noisy, loudly stubborn, boisterious

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Obtain

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V to be established, accepted, or customary, prevail

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Obtuse

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Adj lacking sharpness of intellect, not clear or precise in thought or expression

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Obviate

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V to anticipate and make unnecessary

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Occlude

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V to obstruct or block

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Occult

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Adj hidden, concealed, beyond comprehension

V to hide

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Odious

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Adj hateful; arousing strong feelings of dislike

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Officious

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Adj meddlesome, pushy in offering one’s services where they are unwanted

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Onerous

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Adj troubling, burdensome

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Opaque

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Adj Impermeable by light; dense in mind

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Opprobrium

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N disgrace, contempt, scorn

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Oscillation

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N the act or state of swinging back and forth with a steady, Uninterrupted rhythm

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Ossified

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Adj changed into bone; made rigidly conventional and unreceptive to change

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Ostensible

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Adj seeming, appearing as such, professed

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Ostentatious

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Adj characterized by or given to pretentiousness

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Overweening

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Adj presumptuously arrogant, overbearing, immoderate