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Cavort

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To romp or prance around exuberantly

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Articulate

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To pronounce distinctly; to express well in words; to connect by a joint

Expressed clearly and forcefully; able to employ language clearly and forcefully; jointed

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Credence

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Belief, mental acceptance

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Decry

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To condemn, express strong disapproval; to officially depreciate

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Dissemble

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To disguise or conceal, deliberately give a false impression

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Distraught

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Very much agitated or upset as a result of emotion or mental conflict

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Eulogy

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A formal of commendation; high praise

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Evince

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To display clearly, to make evident, to provoke

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Exhume

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To remove from a grave

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Feckless

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Lacking in spirit and strength, ineffective, weak , irresponsible, unreliable

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Murky

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Dark and gloomy, obscure, lacking in clarity and precision

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Nefarious

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Wicked, depraved, devoid of moral standards

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Piquant

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Stimulating to the taste or mind, spicy, pungent, appealingly, provocative

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Primordial

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Developed or created at the very beginning, going back to the most ancient times or earliest stage, fundamental, basic

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Propinquity

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Nearness in place or time; kinship

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Unwonted

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Not usual or expected, not in character

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Utopian

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Founded upon or involving a visionary view of an ideal world

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Verbiage

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Language that is too wordy or inflated in proportion to the sense or content

Diction, jargon

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Verdant

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Green in tint or color; immature in experience or judgment

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Viscous

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Having a gelatinous or gluey quality, lacking in easy movement or fluidity