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Potentate(n)

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One who has power and position to rule over others; monarch

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Orthodox(adj)

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Adhering to the traditional and established, especially in religion

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Castigate(v)

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To scold, rebuke it harshly criticize

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Censure(v)

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To issue official blame

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Denounce(v)

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To condemn openly

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Reclusive(adj)

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Seeking of preferring seclusion or isolation

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Relinquish (v)

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To retire; give up or abandon

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Renounce(v)

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To give up ( a title for example) especially by formal announcement

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Vituperative (adj)

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Marked by harshly abusive condemnation

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Conciliatory

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Appeasing; soothing; showing willingness to reconcile

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Credible (adj)

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Capable of being believed; plausable

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Exonerate (v)

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To free from blame

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Incontrovertible (adj)

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Indisputable; not open to question

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Indict

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To officially charge with wrong doing or a crime

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Litigious (adj)

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Prone to engage in lawsuits

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Partisan (adj)

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Devoted to or biased in support of a party, group, or cause

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Parity (n)

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Equality, as in amount, status or value

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Rectitude (n)

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Moral uprightness; righteousness

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Remiss

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Lax in attending to duty; negligent

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Repudiate

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To reject the validity or authority of

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Sanctimonious (adj)

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Feigning piety or righteousness

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Scrupulos (adj)

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Principled, having a strong sense of right and wrong conscientious and exacting

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Solicitous

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Concerned

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Sophistry

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Plausible but misleading of fallacious argument

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Substantiate (v)

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To support with proof or evidence

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Veracity (n)

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Adhering to the truthfulness

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Vindicate

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To free from blame

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Cajole (v)

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To urge with repeated appeals, teasing, of flattery

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Chicanery (n)

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Obsequious (adj)

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Fawning of servile

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Sycophant (n)

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Insincere, obsequious flatter

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Altruism (n)

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An unselfish concern for the welfare of others

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Eminent(adj)

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Distinguished; prominent

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Empathy (n)

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Identification with an understanding of another’s situation, feelings, and motives

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Magnanimous (adj)

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Courageously or generously noble in mind and heart

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Laudatory (adj)

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Full of praise

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Philanthropic (adj)

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Mutually take is give; respond in kind

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Reciprocate (v)

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Eradicate (v)

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To get rid is as if by the rots; abolish

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Expurgate (v)

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To remove; objectionable consent before publication or release

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Extirpate (v)

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To destroy

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Quell (v)

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To put down; to forcibly suppress

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Raze (v)

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To level o the ground; demolish

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Squelch (v)

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To crush as is by crumbling; squash

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Supplant (v)

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To usurp the place of especially through intrigue or underhanded tactics

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Stymie (v)

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Abase (v)

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To lower in rank, prestige, or esteem

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Deride (v)

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To mock contentiously

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Derogatory (adj)

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Insulted or intended to insult

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Disparage (v)

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To speak negatively; to belittle

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Effrontery (n)

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Brazen boldness; presumptuousness

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Ignominy (n)

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Great personal dishonor or humiliation; disgraceful conduct

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Impugn (v)

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To attack ad false or questionable

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Mar (v)

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To damage, especially in a disfiguring way

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Pejorative (adj)

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Disparing; belittling; insulting

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Vex (adj)

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To annoy or bother; to perplex

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Vindictive (adj)

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Disposed to seek revenge; revengeful; spiteful

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Bombastic (adj.)

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Given pompous speech or writing

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Ebullience (n)

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Intense enthusiasm

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Exorbitant (adj)

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Exceeding all bounds, as of custom of fairness

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Exuberant (adj)

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Full of unrestrained enthusiasm or hoy

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Embellish (v)

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To ornament it decorate; to exaggerate

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Flagrant (adj)

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Extremely it deliberately shocking or noticeable

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Gratuitous (adj)

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Given freely; unearned; unnecessary

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Sonorous (adj)

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Producing a deep or full sound

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