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obfuscate

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to obscure or darken; to bewilder or perplex

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elucidate

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to make clear, explain, or clarify

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inveigh

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Protest vehemently

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extempore

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spoken, or composed with little or no preparation or forethought

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eulogize

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to praise highly in speech or writing

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ecumenical

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general; universal; interreligious

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insouciant

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unconcerned or carefree

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pleonastic

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the use of more words than required to express and idea

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nugatory

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of little or no importance; trifling

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palatable

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acceptable or agreeable

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nefarious

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extremly wicked and infamous for it

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runic

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written in ruins

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inscrutable

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difficult to understand or interpret mysterious

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epaulet

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shoulder ornament, typically work on military uniforms

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cognoscenti

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people well informed about a subject

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fungible

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easily changeable

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sordid

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morally degraded, base, or vile

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gauntlets

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open challenges

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animadversions

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strong criticism

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condign

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appropriate, deserved

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flagitious

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marked by vice

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antediluvian

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extremely ancient

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costiveness

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constipation

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bathos

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anticlimax

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maleficent

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malicious, intending or producing harm or evil

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georgic

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agricultural or related to rural life

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natty

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sharp or stylish

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sartorial

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relating to clothes or style

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casuistic

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practicing clever but unsound reasoning

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temerity

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excessive confidence; audacity

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impugned

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disputed; called into question

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narrativized

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presented in a story

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waggish

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humorous; mischevious

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incorrigible

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inveterate, irredeemable

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antediluvian

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extremely ancient, era before the flood

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platitude

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trite saying

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bathos

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anticlimax; banality; triteness

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insularity

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the narrow point of view resulting from life in a closed, isolated community.

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stringency

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tightness or strictness

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emend

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edit, redact, change

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toothsome

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delicious

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impuissant

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powerless

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atavistic

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manifesting or reverting to ancestral characteristics

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protract

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promote, prolong

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warrant

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justification

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epigram

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witticism, quip

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succinct

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short and to the point

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traduce

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telling malicious lies about…

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catharsis

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release of pent-up feelings and repressed emotions

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limn

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to outline, deliente

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adroit

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skillful or skilled, adept

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inveterate

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habitual

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hubristic

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arrogrant

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intuit

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understand or solve by instinct

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bombast

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bragging

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peremptory

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urgent or commanding; not able to be debated, decisive; dogmatic

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atavistic

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manifesting or reverting to ancestral characteristics; return of a trait or behavior after a period of absence

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espouses

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to adhere to or advocate; to marry

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reneges

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to fail to carry out a promise or commitment; to go back on one’s word

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impetus

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an impelling force; impulse; stimulus

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opacity

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the quality or state of being opaqe; dullness of mind; obscurity

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churlish

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bad disposition, surly

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blatancy

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obvious and obtrusive

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commingling

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a breach of trust

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enigmatic

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puzzling

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adduce

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to cite reasons or examples as evidence or proof

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maligning

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to make evil, harmful, and often untrue statements about someone.

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axiomatic

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self-evident

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patois

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a regional dialect; nonstandard speech

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imbibe

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to drink

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colloquy

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a formal conversation; a written dialogue

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callow

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immature

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inane

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lacking sense or substance; unintelligent (inane questions or remarks)

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chimerical

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highly improbably or illusory

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epicurean

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devoted to pleasure, luxury living

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gustatory

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sense of taste

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nimbus

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halo; splendid aura

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ratiocinate

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logical, methodical

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glean

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to gather,; to collect bit by bit

80
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imprecations

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a curse

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salvos

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discharge of firearms

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consummate

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conclude, fulfil

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bromide

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commonplace remark; a tiresome bore

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bloviation

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discourse at length in a pompous way

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corollaries

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deduction; a result or natural consequence

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indemnify

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insure; make compensation

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limn

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to outline, deliente

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interpolate

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to make additions; or to falsify with additions

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obtundity

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dull, to deaden

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crepuscular

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like twilight, dim

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avuncular

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like an uncle, benevolent

92
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ineluctable

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inevitable

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incontrovertible

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unquestionable

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interminable

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endless

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cerebration

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to think, to reason

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mien

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manner, bearing, or appearance

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adroit

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skillful or skilled, adept

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fascistic

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reactionary or dictatorial person

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opulence

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wealth; affluence

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recriminations

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a countercharge

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epitome

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brief summary; a perfect example of a class or type (epitome of kindness)

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recidivism

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habitual relapse into crime

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hubristic

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arrogance

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odious

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deserving hatred or dislike

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timbre

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combinations of sounds that distinguish it from other sounds

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undulating

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wavelike motion; to increase or decrease in pitch or volume

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rube

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an unsophisticated country person

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malefactor

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wrongdoer

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foibles

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a minor weakness or failing of character

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bugaboo

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object of obsessive fear or irritation; a difficult or persistent problem

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occlusive

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become closed, obstruct

112
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compunction

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a feeling of remorse, guilt, or regret

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malfeasance

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wrongdoing, especially in a public office

114
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disportment

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an amusement

115
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wheedling

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to obtain through the use of flattery or guile

116
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freewheeling

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headless to consequences

117
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frisson

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a moment of intense excitement; a shudder

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covetousness

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an envious eagerness to possess something

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virtuoso

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A person highly skilled in the arts, or a very learned person

120
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doggerel

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nonsense, drivel; comic verse

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repartee

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a swift, witty reply

122
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Inerrant

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Without error

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Tenebrous

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Dark and gloomy, difficult to understand, obscure

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Pertinacious

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Holding tenaciously or stubbornly to a purpose, opinion, or course of action.

Extremely persistent or unyielding

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Supercilious

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Feeling it showing haughty disdain; arrogant

126
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Deigned

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To condescend to give or grant; to do something that someone considers beneath their dignity.

127
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Jejune

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Not interesting, dull

Lacking maturity; childish

128
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Turbid

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Muddled; muddy; heavy and dense

129
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Rhapsodize

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Talk with extravagant enthusiasm

130
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Madcap

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Behaving impulsively or wild

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Revelries

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Boisterous merrymaking

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Dionysian

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The Greek god; orgiastic ecstatic undisciplined nature

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Saturnine

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Gloomy, sluggish, taciturn

134
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Saturnalian

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Unrestrained in revelry, orgiastic

135
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Plutonian

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Resembling the lower world, infernal

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Summary

Justice, rejection, decision

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Performed speedily and without ceremony

137
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skullduggery

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(adj) unfair or dishonest practices carried out in a secretive way in order to trick other people

138
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impalpable

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(adj) difficult to understand (in the context of ideas)

139
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algorithmic

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a step-by-step method for the solution of a problem

140
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gauge

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(v) to measure

141
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gesticulate

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(v) to gesture, often while speaking

142
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sophistry

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deceptive reasoning

143
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mephitic

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(adj) foul or offensive smelling

144
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depredate

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(v) to plunder

145
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descry

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(v) to catch sight of (something difficult to discern); to detect

146
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constitute

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(v) to found; to enact; to establish according to law

147
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heterodox

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(adj) contrary to accepted or approved beliefs

148
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somniferous

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(adj) inducing sleep

149
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hypnagogic

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(adj) inducing sleep

150
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bathetic

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(adj) characterized by a sudden, often ludicrous, switch from elevated to the everyday or banal

151
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vitiated

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(adj) impaired in quality

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derogated

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(adj) detracted from

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