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Abstemious

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sparing; temperate

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Allure

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to influence , sway , or entice with some tempting appeal

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Aperture

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A hole or an opening

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Articulate

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To speak distinctly, expressing oneself clearly

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Atone

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to make amends

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Benevolence

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Kindness, generosity , charity

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Bequeath

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To hand down , to give or leave in a will

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Bestial

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Brutality lacking reason, having the attributes of a savage

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Cajole

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to persuade with deliberate flattery, coax, wheedle

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Chaste

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morally pure

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Cherubic

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innocent appearing wholesome

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Chronic

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marked by long duration, by frequent recurrence over a long period of time

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Converge

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to move together

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Coquette

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A woman who flirts with men without sincere affection

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Credulous

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believing on slight evidence, gullible

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Decorousness

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proper behavior

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Defile

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to make dirty, desecrate, pollute

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Defunct

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no longer existing, dead

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Demur

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irresolution , indecision, uncertainty, to hesitate, delay, object

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Elated

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very happy about something, having elevated spirits

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Emaciated

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very thin usually as a result of starvation, wasting away

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Estrange

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to alienate, separate

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Evocative

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Calling forth calling to mind

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Ferocity

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savagery

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Fertile

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capable of reproducing

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Furtive

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secret in an underhanded way, stealthy

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Fuse

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to mix o join usually melting

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Germinal

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Being in the earliest stage of development

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Heretical

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Contrary to church doctrine or accepted beliefs or standards

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Hideous

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very ugly, offensive, shocking

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Hypothesize

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Reaching a conclusion based on an assumption , something that is not proven

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Ignoble

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of lowly origin, without honor

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Impudent

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disrespectful, characterized by improper bold behavior

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Incongruity

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not confiding , disagreeing , not compatible

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Indefatigable

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Tireless, incapable of being fatigued

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Ingratiate

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To make an effort to gain good favor with someone

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Interminable

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having o seeming to have no end, wearisomely protracted

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Latent

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not visible, dormant

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Lecher

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one who indulges excessively in sexual activity, lasciviousness

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Luscious

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very pleasant to the taste

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Malicious

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motivated by hate or deliberate intent to harm

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Melancholy

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Depression of spirits

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Mosaic

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making a picture of design by using various small piece of multicolored material

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Oblique

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slanting ,indirect, evasive, devious , misleading

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Odious

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Deserving hate or contempt

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Orthodox

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Conforming to established standards, conventional

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Paradoxical

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Something that appeared false or contradictory but is actually correct

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Patronizing

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having a condescending attitude

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Perpetuate

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to prolong the existence of something

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Pneumatic

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pertaining to air or gas

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Prodigious

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extraordinary in bulk, quantity, or degree, great in size, enormous

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Profundity

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profound knowledge, intellectual depth

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Propriety

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correct conduct

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Recapitulation

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summary

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Reproach

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to blame for something , a disgrace

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Resonant

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echoing , continuing to sound

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Revere

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to honor, to regard with respect

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Rigor

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Strictness, severity

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Rudiment

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an essential element or skill , also the early stages of development

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Scrupulous

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very principled , very careful and conscientious, punctilious

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Sententious

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given to excessive moralizing

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Soliloquy

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talking to oneself, a dramatic monologue allowing a character to reveal thoughts

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Stoic

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A stoical person, not showing passion or feeling , indifference , impassive

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Superb

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of very high quality

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Superfluous

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beyond what is needed or required, an overflow

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Surreptitious

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secret, clandestine , stealthy

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Synthetic

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artificial

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Teeming

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filled to overflowing , present in a large amount

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Transcended

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surpassed, exceeded

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Utopian

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Having the characteristics of an ideally perfect place

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Vivacious

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full of life, very animated

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Warranted

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Justified

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