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enervating

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exhausted

{energy wasting}

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shirk

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Evade

{sherif is evaded in GTA}

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protean

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everchanging

{protein and DNA keeps changing}

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derelict

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abandoned /deserted

{deleted}

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inveterate

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deep-seated/ congenital / ingrained / habitual

{virtues in veterants are deep seated in their character}

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lachrymose

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sad/mournful/tearful

{do not lack remorse}

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supercilious

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arrogant/ contemptuous

{super sully asshole}

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altruism

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one who keeps others before oneself

{all true ; u before me}

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gainsay

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to contradict / oppose / criticize

{against say}

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remiss

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careless

{re missed the class}

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sanctimonious

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making a show of morally superior to other people

{sanctty sold for money}

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abjure

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reject/refuse

{one with abs can refuse the jury’s decision}

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adjure

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request

{one who wants his product’s add to be there must request/take permission from the jury}

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insidious

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gradual or subtle but very harmful effects

{Insidious movie m Ghost slowly kills its host}

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mendacious

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deceitful/lying

{mending for vicious ulteriors}

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homily

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lecture/scolding/lesson

{do silly things at home and get a lecture from mom}

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homely

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unattractive

{at home, girls dont do make up hence look homely}

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diffident

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shy/reticent/inhibited

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baleful

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menacing/threatening

{Joker in Christian Bale’s Batman was baleful}

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unruly

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hard to manage

{un - rulable}

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truculent

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hostile/ cruel

{truck cruel to ant}

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rapacity

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excessive greed

{wrap a city -> Govind}

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pedigree

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ancestral line/lineage

{pedia - tree}

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caveat

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warning / caution / admonition

{cave-eat}

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redolent

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pleasant

{red rose odor}

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rectitude

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righteousness / good virtues

{correct attitude}

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puerile

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childish

{children play with purile}

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munificent

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very generous

{muni declares facade to cents}

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ebullient

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energetic/ exuberant

{Red Bull}

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parsimony

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miser

{dude, atleast spend some money}

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slake

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quench/satiate/satisfy

{lake}

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32
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cupidity

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gree for money

{cupid arrowed a wallet for Govind}

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33
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preamble

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preface/ preliminaries/ introduction

{pre + ambush}

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penchant

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strong liking

{pen chant}

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35
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curmudgeon

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old grumpy irritable man

{curse + mud + dungeon}

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obsequious

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too much obedience/ submissive

{obsessed}

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ubiquitous

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found everywhere/ prevalent / omnipresent/ pervasive

{everywhere ‘u’ in the word}

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melange

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mixture

{melon + orange}

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medley

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mixture

{medlibs}

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40
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transient

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lasting for short time

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salutary

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good / prolific / advantageou

{goof things deserve to be saluted}

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42
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abated

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to reduce

{~rebate}

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43
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dogma

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commandments / a principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true
{am God}

44
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prose

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not poetic/common/ lacking innovation / unimaginative

45
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erratic

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occurring in irregular intervals / spasmodic / inconsistent

46
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immutable

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cannot be changed / fixed

{not - mutable}

47
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vociferous

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noisy / loud / outspoken / frank

{voice + ferrous]

48
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voracious

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insatiable / always hungry

{bora bhar k rice for us}

49
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veracious

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honest

{very sach}

50
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glibness

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smooth-talking/ slick

{Ghalib}

51
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candor

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outspoken / frank / straightforward

{candid}

52
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extant

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existing/surviving

53
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enrage

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infuriate / provoke

54
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endanger

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put something at risk /

55
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entrenched

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make something firmly established

{making robust trenches at war-front}

56
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ennoble

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to honour someone / to nobelise

{make someone nobble}

57
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confer

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discuss

{confirm}

58
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precarious

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uncertain

{pe - curious}

59
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spurious

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fake

{puke -> bullshit}

60
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unwitting

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unintentionally/ unknowingly

{wit = knowledge}

61
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*inadvertent

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unintentionally/unknowingly

62
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quell

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to stop/ to quiet /put an end to

{quench}

63
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quixotic

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unrealistic/idealistic

{quick + exotic}

64
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abnegation

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to renounce / to reject / refuse

{negation}

65
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recondite

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arcane / obscure / difficult to understand / cryptic / enigmatic / perplexing
{re conduct the class }

66
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desiccate

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remove the complete moisture

{desi cake}

67
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lionize

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treat as a celebrity / give lot of attention

{lion (Alex) in Madagascar movie was a celebrity}

68
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pedantic

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excessively concerned with minor details and rules / over scrupulous/precise
{pandits}

69
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extirpate

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eradicate or destroy completely

{ek ek se strip kar ke ate}

70
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winsome

71
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revered

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honored

{making of reverent}

72
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precocious

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someone who attained matured thinking or skills early / someone forward or smart for their age
{pre-cautious}

73
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pugnacious

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eager to fight or argue

{punga taking obnoxious}

74
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innate

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congenital/inherent

75
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stupefy

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benumb / drug / sedate / confuse someone / tranquillize

{Hermoine cast stupefy spell in H.P.}

76
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repudiate

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refuse to accept/ reject

{refuse}

77
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erudite

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scholarly

{edu}

78
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pervasive

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found everywhere / prevalent / omnipresent

{perva -> festivals in all parts of India}

79
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congenital

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from birth

{genetics}

80
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dicey

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uncertain /unpredictable

{dice -> unpredictable -> P(event) = 1/6}

81
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contrite

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feeling and expressing sorrow or regret

{co + trite -> wll regret}

82
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chummy

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friendly / close / affectionate

{chummy (kiss)}

83
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cursory

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lack imagination/perfunctory/offhanded/mechanical

{cursor has a very bad resolution, someone who made it must have done uninterestingly}

84
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perfunctory

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casually / uninterested / offhanded / superficially

{fir puncture ho gai}

85
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desultory

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cursory / perfunctory

{de-result}

86
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hackneyed

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banal/trite /overused

87
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hoary

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hackneyed / banal / trite

{boaring}

88
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prosaic

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lacking imagination/ humdrum /non-innovative

{prose}

89
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disingenuous

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dishonest

{dis-ingenuity}

90
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prevaricate

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acting in an evasive manner/lying/ round-about the truth

{re-fabricate}

91
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conspicuous

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clearly visible

{can + see the + picture}

92
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taciturn

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inhibited/shy/reticent

93
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formidable

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forbidding/ horrifying / intimidating

94
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glabrous

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smooth and hairless

95
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procrastinate

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to delay / to postpone

96
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diminutive

97
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ineffable

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inexpressable

{in F able}

98
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ecstatic

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extremely enthusiastic /jubilant/delighted/blissful

{static electricity}

99
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transcend

100
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predilection

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inclination/bias/fondness

101
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plight

A

the bad or unfortunate situation

102
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irascible

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easily irritable/quick-tempered

{old curmudgeon Parsi says rascal}

103
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stultify

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*to render something worthless

104
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conscientious

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diligent / careful/ sedulous / assidous

105
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specious

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superficially plausible, but actually wrong/misleading / false / deceptive

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