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Humdrum

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Full and lacing excitement

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Impeccable

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Without fault of doubt

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Impede

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Be a hindrance or obstacle to

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Leery

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Openly distrustful and unwilling to confide

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Lucid

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Transparently clear; easily understandable

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Paradoxical

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Seemingly contradictory but nonetheless possibly true

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Perennial

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Lasting an indefinitely long time; eternal; everlasting

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Pertinent

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Having precise or logical relevance to the matter at hand

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Ploy

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A clever plan to turn a situation to one’s advantage

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Precarious

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Fraught with danger

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Precedent

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An example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time

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Quandary

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State of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options

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Rankle

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Gnaw into, make resentful or angry

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Relegate

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Assign to a lower position

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Spurn

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Reject with contempt

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Squander

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Spend thoughtlessly; waste time, money or an opportunity

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Steadfast

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Marked by firm determination or resolution not shakable

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Thwart

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Hinder or prevent (the efforts,plans, or desires) of

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Unprecedented

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Having never been done or known before; novel

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Vie

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Compete for something

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Candid

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Straightforward and honest

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Bleak

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Having a depressing or gloomy outlook

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Variance

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The quality of being different

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Miser

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A person who doesn’t like the spend money cause they are greedy

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Err

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To make an error

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Censor

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To examine and remove objectionable material

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Censor

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An official who censors material

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Mesmerize

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To spellbind or enthrall

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