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1
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ersatz

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fake

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mendacious

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lying

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nugatory

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without value

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clandestine

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hidden

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solipsism

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the theory that only self exists

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sophomoric

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juvenile

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quixotic

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idealistic or unrealistic

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ape

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mimic or copy

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ponderous

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awkward or dull

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cogent

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convincing

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hoi-polloi

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common people, the masses

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cabal

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secret political faction

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parochial

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ordinary, low class, unsophisticated

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facile

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overly simple

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urbane

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suave, sophisticated

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stolid

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unemotional

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foibles

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acknowledging flaws and mistakes

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peccadilloes

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small sin

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indemnify

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to free someone from responsibility from some wrongdoing, to protect from hurtst

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lionize

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to grant someone celebrity status

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acerbic

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sharp or sarcastic

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caustic

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sarcastic in a scathing or bitter way

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vicissitude

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an unhappy occurrence

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abreast

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to remain current

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akimbo

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hands on hips stance

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inimical

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harmful or hostile

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grandiloquent

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pretentious

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roundly

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emphatically

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panned

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reviewed negatively

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insouciance

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carelessness or difference

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presciently

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seeing into the future

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anachronistically

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out of time

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simpatico

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the idea of being of one mind

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inured

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hardened and desensitized

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maudlin

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expressing strong feelings

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amortized

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reducing a debt

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inveigle

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to flatter or charm someone into doing something

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presage

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to foreshadow

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consanguineous

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of the same blood or related

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coltish

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playful

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chary

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suspicious or slightly scared of

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sycophant

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lackey or flatterer

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efficacious

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effective

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imperious

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domineering

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ephemeral

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short-lived

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concomitant

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accompanying

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verdant

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green and lush or new and inexperienced

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banal

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unoriginal

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garrulous

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excessively talkative

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motley

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composed of diverse and often incongruous elements

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polemical

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strongly opinionated

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immutable

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unchangeable

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excoriation

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harsh criticism

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calumnies

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slander

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obloquies

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abusive language

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artifices

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trickery or deception

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parsimony

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stinginess

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tortuousness

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twisted or crooked

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dissipation

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wasteful living

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profligate

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wasteful

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probity

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integrity

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ascetic

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austere

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antediluvian

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outdated

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desultory

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lacking a plan

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guileless

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innocent

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brusque

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short

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pacific

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peaceful

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parlous

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dangerous

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providential

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opportune

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semiotic

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related to signs or symbols

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ergonomic

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related to design or efficiency

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sangfroid

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composure

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intrepidity

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bravery

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vainglorious

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boastful

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stopgap

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temporary fix

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modicum

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a small amount

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paragon

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exemplar

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mores

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customs or rules

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plaudits

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expressions of praise

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eschew

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to avoid or abstain

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terseness

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brevity

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expatiation

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to speak or write at length

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distension

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the act of swelling

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repertory

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a collection of information or examples

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tendentious

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opinionated

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protean

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able to change frequently

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arcadian

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a positive view or rural life

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parochial

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provincial

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hinterland

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an undesirable place

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spartan

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simple, austere

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tony

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posh, stylish

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licentious

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lewd or sexually unrestrained

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propriety

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proper behavior

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perspicacious

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perceptive

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insipid

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uninteresting

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effete

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weak or ineffectual

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caustic

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critical or sarcastic

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abstruse

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difficult to understand

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halycyon

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calm or joyful

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diffident

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shy or reserved

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illiberal

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narrow-minded

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heterodox

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unorthodox, not in accordance with established thought

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iconoclasm

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opposing established beliefs

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mitigation

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make less severe

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decamp

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to leave hurriedly

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vitreous

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made from glass

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discerning

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having good judgement, shrewd

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serendipitous

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due to good luck

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inchoate

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incipient, only partially in existence

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genteel

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polite

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explicate

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to explain

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interpolate

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to estimate an intermediate point in between two points

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heuristic

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an inciting and guiding discovery

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quotidian

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ordinary or everyday

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solvent

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profitable

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supplants

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replaces

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imbue

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to inspire or permeate with some characteristic or feeling

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fatuous

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silly and pointless

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anathema

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something that is cursed or loathed

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antipathy

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pure hatred

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patent

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obvious, evident

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counterpoint

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use of contrast in a work of art

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contrived

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not natural, planned

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waxed

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grown

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abated

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to get smaller

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simulacrum

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an image or representation of someone or something

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dilettantes

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amateurs

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hackneyed

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trite or unoriginal

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besmirch

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to attack the honor of something

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deftness

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skilled or clever

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maladroitness

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ineffective or clumsy

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sophistry

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the use of fallacious arguments

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sinecure

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a position that requires little work but provides financial benefit

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volubility

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talkativeness

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asceticism

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a lifestyle of extreme self-denial

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impudent

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impertinent or disrespectful

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assuage

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to make something less painful or severe

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salubrious

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healthful

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comestible

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edible

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cultivars

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cultivated plants

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equanimity

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calmness

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steward

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stay put and conserve what you have

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husband

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stay put and conserve what you have

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capricious

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temperamental and likely to change quickly

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fickle

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temperamental and likely to change quickly

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paean

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generally a song or speech of praise

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polemic

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a long angry speech

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panacea

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a cure-all

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flagging

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tired

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enervated

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tired

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lissome

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slim and graceful

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dearth

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scarcity

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didactic

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speech that is intended to instruct

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self-righteous

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conscientious

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having an excessive interest in sexual matters

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fecund

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fertile

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prolix

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tedious lengthy

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stealthy

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triage

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priroritize

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fawning or in an excessively deferential manner

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fawning or in an excessively deferential manner

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requite

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reciprocate

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individualistic

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uncouth

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showing off in a vulgar way

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intended to promote a particular viewpoint

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clever deception

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mirthful

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full of joy

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venal

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capable of being bought or bribed

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blithe

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cheerfully indifferent or unhappy

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foul-smelling

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laughable

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labile

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unstable or moody

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ignominious

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disgraced

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boorish

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ill-mannered

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besotted

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infatuated

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taciturnity

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untalkative

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anodyne

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inoffensive, something that soothes

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venerability

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deserving veneration

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fastidious

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particularly concerned about detail or cleanliness

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acculturation

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embracing the culture of a new home

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investiture

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the act or formal ceremony of conferring rank on a person

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specious

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false

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spurious

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false

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stolid

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unemotional

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delineated

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spelled out or specified

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proscribe

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outlaw

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transmute

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to change in form

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callow

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unsophisticated

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plodding

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slow-moving and unexciting

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inchoate

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simple-minded or still developing

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messianic

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fervent or passionate

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contrite

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remorseful or apologetic

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penitential

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remorseful or apologetic

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phlegmatic

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not excitable, calm

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unflappable

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not easily upset or perturbed

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irascible

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easily angered

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apocryphal

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untrue

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saccharine

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excessively sweet

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euphony

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pleasant sound

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stridency

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dissonance

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equivocate

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to be vague in order to conceal the truth

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appellation

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nickname

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sobriquet

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nickname

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misnomer

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a false nickname

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lubricious

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relating to dishonesty

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affable

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friendly

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unaffected

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genuine and sincere

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abjured

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to give up something

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forwent

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to give up something

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renege

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to break a promise

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censure

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to disapprove of, reprimand

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moribund

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dying

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dissolute

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lacking in morals

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debased

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lacking in morals

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vestigial

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remnant of something

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tacit

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implied

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evanescent

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short-lived

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incorrigible

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unable to be corrected

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pathologize

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to view something as medically or psychologically unhealthy

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opprobrium

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strong criticism or protest

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fulmination

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strong criticism or protest

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inter

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to place in a grace or tomb

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manumit

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the act of freeing a slave

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incipient

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initial stage

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nascent

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just coming into existence

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fettered

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chained or restrained

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artless

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without effort or pretentiousness

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ingenuous

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without effort or pretentiousness

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walloped

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to strike someone

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compounding

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exacerbating

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laconic

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not very talkative

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deferential

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respectful

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demagogic

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refers to verbiage intended to arouse strong negative opinion

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hirsute

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hairy

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monologic

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related to the form of a monologue

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importunate

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persistent

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belletristic

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pompous and ostentatious

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pith

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the essence of something

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monastic

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relating to monks

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hermetic

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airtight

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immolate

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to burn as a sacrifice

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implacability

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unable to be pleased

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germane

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pertinent

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mimetic

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copying

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rue

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remorse

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mordant

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sharp and discerning

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trenchant

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sharp and discerning

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assiduous

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diligent

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sedulous

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diligent

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jurisprudent

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skilled at the principles of law

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venerable

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respected

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epicurean

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related to fine food and wine

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credence

A

belief and acceptance of something as true

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collusive

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to be colluding

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exegetic

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explanatory or interpretive

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coup

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successful move

258
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rejoinder

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retort

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recrimination

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an accusation

260
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aphorism

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a short statement containing some general truth or wisdom

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acrimony

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harsh or full of malice

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intransigence

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partisanship

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fortuitous

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timely

264
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contrite

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remorseful or guilt-ridden

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synoptic

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relating to synopsis, forming a summary

266
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variegated

A

having a lot of variety

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promulgated

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disseminated

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aggrieve

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to make resentful

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vacillating

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indecisive

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myopic

A

nearsighted

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purblind

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partially blind or deficient in understanding

272
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mordant

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caustic or corrosive

273
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astigmatic

A

visual distortion

274
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screed

A

a long diatribe

275
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scanty

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small or insufficient

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histrionics

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theatrics

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dramaturgy

A

the practice of dramatic composition

278
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amorphous

A

inflexibly determined

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sardonic

A

mocking

280
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deleterious

A

causing harm

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salvo

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simultaneous release of bombs

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unpropitious

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harmful

283
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simony

A

attempting to purchase salvation with money

284
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ephemera

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printed matter not intended to be saved

285
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anomie

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lack of ethical standards

286
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noxious

A

harmful

287
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solicitous

A

expressing concern

288
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effacement

A

wiping out

289
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imputation

A

blaming

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gadfly

A

annoying critic

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surreptitious

A

secretive

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transmogrify

A

to change forms

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solecisms

A

grammatical errors

294
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hapless

A

unlucky

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pidgins

A

dialects

296
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pell-mell

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jumbled

297
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gainsay

A

to contradict

298
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pert

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attractive in a neat and stylish way

299
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scotch

A

to abruptly end

300
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obviate

A

prevent, eliminate

301
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stymie

A

to thwart

302
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epigram

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a short poem, a pointed statement

303
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aver

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to state as true

304
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adumbrate

A

to forshadow

305
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attenuate

A

to become thinner or weaker

306
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engender

A

to give rise to a feeling

307
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prodigal

A

spending money in a reckless way

308
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adulterate

A

render something poorer in quality by adding something else

309
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assuage

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to make an unpleasant feeling less intense

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propriety

A

conforming to conventional standards

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pedant

A

someone who is excessively concerned with minor details

312
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spurn

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reject scornfully

313
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extol

A

praise highly

314
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truculent

A

aggressive

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cognoscenti

A

experts

316
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neophyte

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novice

317
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irrefragable

A

impossible to dispute

318
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panegyric

A

an expression of praise

319
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elocution

A

the way one pronounces words

320
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harangue

A

a critical speech

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esoteric

A

understood only by the specially initiated

322
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soporific

A

to make sleepy

323
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reticent

A

shy

324
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picayune

A

trivial

325
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perfunctory

A

casual, involving minimal effort

326
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noisome

A

foul or smelly

327
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restive

A

hyperactive

328
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prosaic

A

style of prose

329
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recondite

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abstruse

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vituperated

A

blame someone using violent language

331
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chicanery

A

deceptive behavior

332
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circumspect

A

careful

333
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feckless

A

useless

334
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auguring

A

predicting

335
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flouts

A

disregards

336
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nebulous

A

cloudlike, hazy

337
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lackadaisal

A

without enthusiasm

338
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rectitude

A

moral correctness

339
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missive

A

letter

340
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compendium

A

collection of concise but detailed information

341
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apace

A

swiftly

342
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impetuous

A

done quickly

343
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precipitate

A

cause to happen suddenly

344
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abet

A

encourage or assist

345
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ancillary

A

providing necessary support

346
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espouse

A

to support

347
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mainstay

A

support

348
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stalwart

A

loyal, reliable

349
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bilious

A

bad-tempered

350
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dudgeon

A

deep resentment

351
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pettish

A

bad-tempered

352
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pique

A

feeling of irritation

353
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querulous

A

complaining

354
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umbrage

A

annoyance

355
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novitiate

A

beginner

356
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proselyte

A

person who converted from one opinion to another

357
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tyro

A

beginner

358
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acidulous

A

sour, cutting

359
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asperity

A

harshness of tone

360
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platitude

A

boring remark

361
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iniquity

A

immoral

362
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libertine

A

person who behaves without moral principles

363
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libidinous

A

lustful

364
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reprobate

A

unprincipled person

365
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ribald

A

referring to sexual manners in a coarse way

366
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turpitude

A

depravity

367
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factitious

A

artificially created

368
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impugn

A

dispute the truth

369
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inveigh

A

to speak or write with great hostility

370
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lambaste

A

to criticize harshly

371
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objurgate

A

to rebuke severely

372
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elegy

A

lament for the dead

373
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knell

A

the sound of a bell rung for death

374
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macabre

A

disturbing because of involvement with death

375
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wraith

A

ghostlike image

376
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temperate

A

showing self-restraint

377
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peremptory

A

insisting on obedience

378
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arcane

A

understood by few

379
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turbid

A

confused or obscured in meaning

380
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invidious

A

likely to arouse resentment

381
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odious

A

repulsive

382
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rebarbative

A

unattractive

383
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compunction

A

feeling of guilt

384
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expiate

A

atone for

385
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gaucherie

A

awkward

386
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canard

A

unfounded rumor

387
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perfidy

A

deceitfulness

388
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prevaricate

A

to speak or act in an evasive way

389
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distaff

A

concerning women

390
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scion

A

descendent

391
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jocular

A

fond of joking

392
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raillery

A

good-humored teasing

393
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riposte

A

quick clever reply

394
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simper

A

smile in a coy manner

395
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interstice

A

an intervening space

396
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respite

A

a short period of rest

397
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clement

A

mild, merciful

398
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largess

A

generosity of money

399
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unstinting

A

unsparing

400
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mercenary

A

someone primarily concerned with making money

401
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baleful

A

menacing

402
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dour

A

severe

403
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injurious

A

causing harm

404
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minatory

A

expressing a threat

405
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perfidious

A

deceitful

406
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pernicious

A

having a harmful effect

407
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din

A

loud noise

408
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strident

A

loud or harsh

409
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odium

A

widespread hatred for a person

410
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rancor

A

resentfulness

411
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salutary

A

beneficial

412
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churlish

A

rude in a mean-spirited way

413
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misanthropic

A

disliking humankind

414
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credulous

A

gullible

415
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fulsome

A

complimentary or flattering in an excessive degree

416
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ostensible

A

stated to be true but might not be

417
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descry

A

catch sight of

418
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optimum

A

most conducive to a favorable outcome

419
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talisman

A

an object thought to have magical powers

420
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cavil

A

make petty objections

421
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enjoin

A

instruct someone to do something

422
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hector

A

to talk to someone in a bullying way

423
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martinet

A

a strict disciplinarian

424
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askance

A

with an attitude of disapproval

425
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periphrastic

A

indirect

426
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turgid

A

swollen, bombastic

427
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slake

A

quench one’s thirst

428
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sonorous

A

a sound that is deep and full

429
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esurient

A

hungry or greedy

430
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aggrandize

A

increase the power of

431
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encomium

A

speech that praises

432
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augur

A

portend a good or bad outcome

433
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fey

A

give an impression of vague unworldliness

434
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discomfit

A

make someone feel uneasy

435
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forfend

A

avert

436
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occlude

A

to stop

437
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lugubrious

A

looking sad

438
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threnody

A

a lament

439
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obdurate

A

stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion

440
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recalcitrant

A

having an uncooperative attitude

441
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refractory

A

stubbon

442
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renitent

A

unexpected and inappropriate

443
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anterior

A

earlier

444
Q

craven

A

cowardly

445
Q

recreant

A

cowardly

446
Q

itinerant

A

traveling from place to place

447
Q

discursive

A

digressing

448
Q

expatiate

A

speak at length

449
Q

peregrination

A

a long meandering journey

450
Q

stultify

A

cause to lose enthusiasm

451
Q

vitiate

A

spoil the quality of

452
Q

apothegm

A

a maxim

453
Q

bromide

A

unoriginal idea

454
Q

sententious

A

given to moralizing in a pompous manner

455
Q

abrogate

A

repeal

456
Q

accede

A

to yield to a demand

457
Q

antipodal

A

on the opposite side of the globe

458
Q

apostasy

A

a total desertion of one’s religion

459
Q

brevet

A

an honorary promotion

460
Q

certitude

A

freedom of doubt

461
Q

cloister

A

a courtyard bordered with covered walks

462
Q

countermand

A

to retract an order

463
Q

excrescence

A

an outgrowth

464
Q

credo

A

any formula or belief

465
Q

inculpate

A

to charge with fault

466
Q

indelible

A

impossible to erase

467
Q

dilatory

A

inclined to delay or procrastinate

468
Q

interdict

A

to forbid

469
Q

condign

A

well deserved

470
Q

ineffable

A

too great for description in words

471
Q

confluence

A

merging into one

472
Q

effluence

A

flowing out

473
Q

effulgent

A

shining forth

474
Q

refulgent

A

radiant, shining

475
Q

fusillade

A

continuous discharge of firearms

476
Q

adjure

A

to beg or command

477
Q

ablution

A

the act of cleaning

478
Q

livery

A

a uniform

479
Q

magnate

A

a powerful or influential person

480
Q

malapropism

A

humorous misuse of a word

481
Q

cognate

A

related by blood

482
Q

obfuscate

A

to render indistinct or dim

483
Q

panoply

A

an impressive array

484
Q

pertinacious

A

resolute

485
Q

complaisant

A

inclined to please

486
Q

disport

A

to divert or amuse oneself

487
Q

propound

A

to set forth for consideration

488
Q

perquisite

A

a gratuity

489
Q

deracinate

A

to uproot

490
Q

risible

A

causing laughter

491
Q

abrogate

A

to abolish by formal means

492
Q

exult

A

to show or feel triumphant joy

493
Q

sate

A

to fill

494
Q

apostasy

A

renunciation of an object of one’s previous loyalty

495
Q

tort

A

a wrongful act

496
Q

convalescent

A

healing

497
Q

adventitious

A

accidental

498
Q

abscond

A

to leave secretly

499
Q

chauvinist

A

someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which they belong

500
Q

deride

A

to speak of with contempt

501
Q

dirge

A

a funeral hymn

502
Q

disabuse

A

to set right

503
Q

estimable

A

admirable

504
Q

exigent

A

urgent

505
Q

foment

A

to arouse or incite

506
Q

malinger

A

to evade responsibility by pretending to be ill

507
Q

obdurate

A

hardened in feeling

508
Q

perfidious

A

willing to betray one’s trust

509
Q

prevaricate

A

to lie

510
Q

rarefy

A

to make thinner or sparser

511
Q

prodigious

A

impressively large

512
Q

commensurate

A

similar

513
Q

ineluctable

A

easy to get

514
Q

plangent

A

reverberating

515
Q

invidious

A

inspiring ill will

516
Q

decorous

A

polite and restrained

517
Q

cowed

A

pressure by intimidation

518
Q

inveterate

A

have a long-standing habit

519
Q

expurgate

A

to remove something questionable

520
Q

nepenthe

A

cure-all

521
Q

choleric

A

irritable

522
Q

physiognomy

A

referring to facial features

523
Q

ambivalent

A

having mixed feelings

524
Q

abseil

A

descend by rope

525
Q

echt

A

true, genuine

526
Q

discordant

A

conflicting

527
Q

effrontery

A

extreme boldness

528
Q

ennui

A

dissatisfaction resulting from boredom

529
Q

extemporaneous

A

improvised

530
Q

neologism

A

a new word

531
Q

perfidy

A

intentional breach of faith

532
Q

bucolic

A

rustic and pastoral

533
Q

ebullience

A

the quality of lively expression of thoughts

534
Q

heretical

A

violating accepted dogma

535
Q

quaff

A

to drink deeply

536
Q

quiescence

A

motionless

537
Q

redoubtable

A

are-inspiring

538
Q

idolatrous

A

given to intense devotion to something

539
Q

infelicitous

A

unfortunate, inappropriate

540
Q

repudiate

A

to disown

541
Q

sufeit

A

an overabundant supply

542
Q

glib

A

marked by ease of informality

543
Q

august

A

majestic

544
Q

brook

A

to tolerate

545
Q

grouse

A

to complain or grumble

546
Q

quail

A

to lose courage

547
Q

apotheosis

A

deification

548
Q

asseverate

A

to aver

549
Q

captious

A

disposed to point out trivial faults

550
Q

contumacious

A

insubordinate

551
Q

desuetude

A

disuse

552
Q

diaphanous

A

transparent

553
Q

imbroglio

A

difficult or embarrassing situation

554
Q

inimtable

A

one of a kind

555
Q

jejune

A

vapid

556
Q

mendicant

A

a beggar, supplicant

557
Q

meretricious

A

cheap, gaudy

558
Q

nonplussed

A

confused

559
Q

pellucid

A

transparent

560
Q

peroration

A

the concluding part of a speech

561
Q

propitiate

A

to appease

562
Q

puissance

A

power

563
Q

saturnine

A

gloomy

564
Q

stentorian

A

extremely loud and powerful

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