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Hyperbole

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Exaggeration

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Lampoon

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Parody

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Euphony

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Pleasant sounding

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Subplot

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Secondary plot

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Caustic

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Stinging or bitter remark

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Crystallize

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Settle

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Osmosis

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Absorption

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Sedentary

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Settled

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Virulent

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Toxic, poisonous

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Empirical

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Practical experience, not theory, experimental

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Entomology

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Study of insects

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Gestate

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Conceive and develop in the mind

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Lucrative

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Profitable

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Avarice

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Excessive greed

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Glut

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Plethora

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Surfeit

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Surplus

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Destitute

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Impoverished

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Munificent

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Very generous

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Parsimonious

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Excessively cheap

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Remunerate

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Compensate

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Accord

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Formal agreement

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Triumvirate

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Group of three leaders

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Pretext

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Excuse

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Watershed

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Critical turning point

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Despot

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Autocrat, dictator

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Manifesto

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Public declaration of beliefs

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Enfranchise

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To receive the right to vote

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Egalitarian

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Belief in equality

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Demarcation

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To set or mark boundaries

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Inquisition

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Severe interrogation

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Contiguous

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Sharing an edge or boundary, touching

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Dessicate

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Dry, arid

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Pertinent

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Relevant and concise

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Complicity

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Conspiracy

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Exculpate

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Exonerate, free from blame

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Precedent

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Action that serves as an example

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Unprecedented

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Without a previous example

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Malfeasance

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Misconduct by a public official

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Arrest

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To bring to a stop

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Gravity

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Serious situation

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Precipitate

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Result or outcome of an action

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Relief

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Elevation of a land surfavr

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Check

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To restrain, contain

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Flag

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To become weak, to lose interest

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Discriminating

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Selective

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Eclipse

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Overshadow, surpass

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Coin

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To devise a new word or phrase

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Stock

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Stereotypical, formulaic

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Currency

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General acceptance or use

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Bent

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Strong tendency, inclination

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Court

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To attempt to gain the support of a person or group

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Negotiate

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Successfully travel around an obstacle

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Temper

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To soften, moderate

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Pedestrian

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Ordinary

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Cavalier

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Arrogant attitude

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Sanction

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Official approval/disapproval of an action

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Compromise

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To reduce quality or value

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Channel

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To direct along a route

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Lambaste

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Denounce, strongly criticize

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Quiescent

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Inactive, very quiet

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Lurid

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Sensational, shocking

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Pugnacious

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Aggressive

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Belligerent

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Truculent, eager to fight

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Propitiate

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Appease

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Elan

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Great enthusiasm

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Perfunctory

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Performed in a mechanical, spiritless manner

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Aplomb

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Assurance, confidence

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Opacity

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Dense, hard to understand

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Craven

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Cowardly

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Venal

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Corrupt

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Licentious

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Depraved, corrupt

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Debauched

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Immoral, corrupt, dissolute

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Extraneous

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Superfluous, unnecessary

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Duplicitous

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Deliberate deceptiveness

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Profligate

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Wasteful

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Epiphany

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Sudden realisation

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Insidious

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Sneaky, devious

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Inane

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Empty

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Vapid

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Vacuous, lacking purpose

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Harbinger

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Omen

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Presage

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Portent, omen

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Beleaguer

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Harass, beset with problems

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Burgeon

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To rapidly grow and expand

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Imperious

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Domineering and arrogant

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Petulant

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Moody, cranky

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Complaisant

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Agreeable, amiable

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Intransigent

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Intractable, stubborn

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Redolent

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Aromatic

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Chicanery

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Deception, subterfuge

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Conundrum

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Difficult problem, dilemma

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Slight

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Insult

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Capitulate

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Surrender

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Apocryphal

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Of questionable authenticity

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Magisterial

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Authoritative, dominant

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Pliable

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Malleable, plasticity

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Chagrin

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Displeasure

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Obstreperous

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Noisy, boisterous, disorderly

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Extemporize

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Improvise

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Myriad

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Numerous

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Ungainly

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Awkward, clumsy

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Dilatory

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Habitually late

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Vituperative

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Bitter criticism

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Discordant

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Disharmony

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Perfidious

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Treacherous, traitorous

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Proliferation

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To rapidly increase

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Indomitable

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Resolute, determined

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Moribund

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Approaching death

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Nuance

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Slight difference

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Flippant

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Treating serious matters lightly

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Facetious

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Flippant, treating serious matters lightly

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Credulous

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Gullible

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Florid

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Flowery, excessively ornate

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Excoriating

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Scathing, strong disapproval

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Interloper

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Inturder

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Cerebral

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Intellectual

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Visceral

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Instinctive, accustomed

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Nonplussed

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Puzzled, confounded

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Ignominious

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Disgraceful, shameful

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Idiosyncrasy

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A trait peculiar to an individual, quirk

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Censorious

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Captious, critical

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Consternation

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Dismay, distress

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Edify

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Didactic, instructive

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Effusive

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Unrestrained praise

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Prolific

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Productive

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Peripheral

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Marginal, of secondary importance

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Obfuscate

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Deliberately confuse

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Flummox

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To confuse, perplex

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Spate

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A large number or amount

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Ineffable

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A feeling that cannot be put into words

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Histrionic

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Overwrought, excessively dramatic

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Placate

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To soothe or calm

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Eschew

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To avoid

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Stopgap

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A temporary solution

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Flotsam

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Floating wreckage

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Restitution

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Compensating for a loss

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Sullen

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Surly, churlish, Ill-tempered, rude

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Execrable

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Odious, repugnant, repulsive

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Prescient

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Discerning, perspicacious, insightful

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Eclectic

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Diverse

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Vertiginous

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Dizziness

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Arcane

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Esoteric

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Supercilious

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Haughty and arrogant

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Cupidity

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Excessive greed

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Underwrite

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To assume financial responsibility for a project

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Discomfited

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To make uneasy

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Sinecure

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A job that provides income but requires little work

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Lugubrious

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Sad and mournful music

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Cosmopolitan

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Worldly, sophisticated

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Parochial

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Provincial, narrow-minded

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Provincial

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Limited, isolated from the mainstream

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Insular

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Isolated from the mainstream, unique

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Fecund

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Productive, fruitful

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Guile

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Treacherous cunning, deceit, slyness

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Sanguine

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Optimistic

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Scintillating

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Shining, brilliant

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Pristine

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Clean and pure

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Rampant

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Unrestrained

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Pernicious

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Destructive, injurious

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Oblivious

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Unaware

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Refractory

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Stubborn, disobedient

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Garrulous

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Loquacious, verbose, talkative

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Loquacious

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Talkative

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Convivial

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Fun-loving

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Brusque

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Curt, abrupt, surly

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Tepid

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Lukewarm, mild

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Solicitous

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Showing great care, attentive, worrier

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Disingenuous

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Not candid, insincere

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Venerate

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Revere, respect

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Contentious

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Quarrelsome

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Preclude

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To rule out, to make impossible

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Compunction

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Remorse

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Contrition

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Sincere and deep regret

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Axiom

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A statement universally accepted a strue; a maxim

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