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Abject

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Without pride or dignity (very bad/severe)

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Acquiescence

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To comply/submit tacitly or passively

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Adversary

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Antagonistic/relating to an enemy

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Aesthetic

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Relating to aesthetics/beauty

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Aftermath

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A period after an event

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Allay

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To subdue/calm

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Allegation

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An assertion of misconduct

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Aloof

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Removed/distant

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Ambiguity

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Uncertainty

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Ambivalent

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Having simultaneous attitudes that contradict each other

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Antiquated

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Discredited by reason of age

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Apprehension

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Suspicion or fear of future consequences

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Ardor

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An intense, restless feeling/energy

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Audacity

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Boldness/“having the nerve to”

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Aura

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A distinctive atmosphere or energy

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Austere

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A stern, cold appearance/manner

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Autonomy

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Right to self-govern

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Avant-garde

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An experimental concept (art)

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Bedeviled

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Possessed/troubled/confused

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Bemused

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Bewildered/confused

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Benevolent

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Disposed to doing good

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Bereft

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Deprived/robbed of

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Callousness

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Hardened (emotional/physical)

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Candor

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Undeserved honesty/sincerity, fairness

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Capricious

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Impulsive/unpredictable

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Clamorous

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Noisy/emotional

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Complicit

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Helping to commit a wrong/crime

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Conjecture

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Inference based on minimal evidence/guesswork

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Consecrate

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Dedicated to a sacred purpose

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Contemptuous

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Manifesting disapproval

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Conventional

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Formed by contract/based in convention

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Cynical

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Distrustful of human motives

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Dearth

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Serious absence or lack of

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Demise

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Death

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Despondent

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Feeling extreme discouragement/dejection

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Devoid

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Being without a usual attribute

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Didactic

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Designed to teach

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Digression

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Leaving a main subject when expressing thought

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Discursiveness

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Rambling

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Disparate

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Markedly distinct

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Dispassionate

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Not influenced by strong feelings

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Dissipation

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Separating apart/spreading thin

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Elegiac

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Consisting of elegiac couplets

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Enigma

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Hard to understand/explain

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Ephemeral

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Lasting for a short time

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Epiphany

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Revelation/manifestation of the divine

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Equivocation

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Deliberate evasiveness in wording

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Erudite

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Having knowledge gained by studying

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Evanescent

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Vanishing/vaporous

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Exhortation

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Language used to incite/encourage

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Exposition

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Setting forth of a meaning/purpose

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Facetious

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Humorous/inappropriate jests

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Fervor

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Intensity of feeling

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Fictitious

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Imaginary/fabricated

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Foreboding

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Ominous/prediction of oncoming evil

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Frivolous

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Of little importance

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Gaffe

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Noticeable mistake/social blunder

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Gaunt

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Thin/angular

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Gregarious

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Social/social leaders

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Idyllic

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Pleasing in natural simplicity

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Impish

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Mischievous

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Incongruous

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Not corresponding; inconsistent

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Incredulous

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Skeptical/unwilling to accept truth

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Indecipherable

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Incapable of being deciphered

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Indifference

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State of apathy

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Indignant

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Filled with anger of something unjust

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Inducement

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A motive that leads to action

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Inexorable

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Not to be persuaded

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Infatuated

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Marked with extravagant love

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Insidious

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Subtle, having a gradual but cumulative effect

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Invective

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Insulting language

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Irrepressible

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Impossible to repress/control

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Jilted

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Rejected unfeelingly

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Lustrous

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Reflecting light evenly

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Malevolent

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Showing vicious ill/hatred

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Mercurial

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Possessing an unpredictable mood

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Monotony

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Tedious sameness

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Mundane

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Commonplace

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Mutual

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Shared in common

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Nonconformity

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Facilities/refusal to conform to

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Nostalgic

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Inspiring nostalgia

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Obliquely

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Indirect/devious/underhanded

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Oblivious

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Lacking awareness

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Obsolete

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No longer useful

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Obtuse

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Blunt (literal/figurative)

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Ominous

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Exhibiting an omen

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Omnipresence

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Presence everywhere, simultaneously

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Ostentatious

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Acting to attract attention

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Pendantic

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Unimaginative/narrowly learned

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Perceptible

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Capable of perception

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Phenomenon

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Observable event

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Pinnacle

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Highest point of development

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Plaintive

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Woeful

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Pragmatic

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Practical (as opposed to idealistic)

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Pretext

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Used to hide real intention or state of affairs

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Proclivity

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Inclination towards something

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Rapacious

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Excessebly grasping/ravenous

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Rapture

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Carrying away by emotion/passion

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Reciprocal

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Opposite

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Remiss

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Negligent of performance

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Reprove

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Scolding/correction with kindly intent

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Repudiation

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Refusal to accept

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Respite

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Period of delay

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Retribution

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Reward/recompense

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Sardonic

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Disdainfully humorous

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Scathing

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Harmful/causing injury

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Scrupulous

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Having moral integrity

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Sedate

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Keeping quiet/peaceful

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Self-effacing

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To make oneself modestly inconspicuous

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Serendipitous

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Finding value in things not sought for

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Somber

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Shaded/grave

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Spurn

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Rejected with contempt/scorn

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Staunch

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Steadfast loyalty

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Stoic

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Not affected by passion

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Supplant

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To take place of something by reason of superiority

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Terseness

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Using few words

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Thwart

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To oppose successfully

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Tumultuous

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Loud/excited

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Usurp

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To seize and hold power (by force)

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Vacillates

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Wavered in mind/will

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Vindictive

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Free from allegation/blame

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Vitality

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Lively/animated

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Whimsical

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Light fanciful

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Wry

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Bent/twisted

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