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acute

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present/experienced to a severe/intense degree

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adroit

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clever/skillful in using hand/minds

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adulatory

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excessively praising/admiring

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burrow

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making holes

make through inquiry; investigate

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bombastic

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overblown; theatrical

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braggart

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person who boasts about achievements/possession

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cursory

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hasty and therefore not thorough/detailed

=perfunctory

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canny

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having/showing shrewdness and good judgment, esp in money or business matters

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combing

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search carefully and systematically

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concoct

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make by combining various ingredients

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feign

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pretend to be affected

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fleeting

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lasting for a very short time

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facing

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layer of material covering part of a garment and providing contrast, decoration, strength

outer layer covering the surface of a wall

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hortatory

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tending/aiming to exhort (strongly encourage/urge)

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heterodox

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not conforming with accepted/orthodox standards/beliefs

= iconoclastic, unorthodox

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herald

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official messenger bringing news

person/thing viewed as a sign that something is about to happen

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harbinger

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person/thing that announces/signals the approach of another

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hidebound

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unwilling/unable to change because of tradition/convention

=conservative

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hedonism

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pursuit of pleasure

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implement

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put (decision, plan, agreement) into effect

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incendiary

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designed to cause fires; tending to stir up conflict

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imperative

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vital importance; crucial

give an authoritative command; peremptory

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impetus

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the force/energy with which a body moves

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lepid

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amusing/pleasant

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lucrative

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producing a great deal of profit

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long-winded

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continuing at length and in tedious way

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layperson

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person without professional/specialized knowledge in a particular subject

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marginalized

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treated as insignificant/peripheral

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noxious

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harmful, poisonous, very unpleasant

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premonition

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strong feeling that something is about to happen

=sixth-sense; inkling; predictive/purpose to warn

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predicament

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difficult, unpleasant, embarrassing situation = plight

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rapt

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completely fascinated by what one is seeing/moving

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rhapsody

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effusively enthusiastic/ecstatic expression of feeling

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ramification

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consequence of an action/event esp. when complex/unwelcome

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succumb

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fail to resist pressure, temptation, some other negative force

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scuffle

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short confused fight

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stringent

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(of regulations, requirements, conditions) strict, precise, exacting

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sacrosanct

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regarded as too important/valuable to be inferred with

= sacred

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testimony

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formal written/spoken statement, esp one given in a court of law

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temperate

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moderation

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vivify

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breathe life into

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adversary

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one’s opponent in a contest

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futile

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pointless; incapable of producing any useful result; fruitless; vain

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inclusive

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including//covering/containing