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Truism

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Self-evident truth

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Curmudgeon

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Churlish, miserly individual

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Dupe

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Someone easily fooled

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Carnage

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Destruction of life

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Exotic

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Not native; Strange

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Waggish

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Mischievous; Humorous; Tricky

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Autocratic

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Having absolute, unchecked power; Dictatorial

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Pacifist

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One opposed to force; Anti militarist

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Amplify

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Broaden or clarify by expanding; Intensify; Make stronger

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Sinister

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Evil

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Chide

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Scold

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Exceptionable

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Objectionable

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Incipient

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Beginning; In an early stage

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Fastidious

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Difficult to please; Squeamish

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Bustle

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Move about energetically; Teem

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Hoax

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Trick; Practical joke

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Bereft

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Deprived of; Lacking; Desolate because of a loss

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Whimsical

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Capricious; Fanciful

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Abscond

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Depart secretly and hide

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Furlough

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Leave of absence; Vacation granted a soldier or civil servant

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Inept

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Lacking skill; Unsuited; Incompetent

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Mannered

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Affected; Not natural

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Arboretum

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Place where different tree varieties are exhibited

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Plumage

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Feathers of a bird

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Apocalyptic

A

Prophetic; Pertaining to revelations

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Misconception

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Mistaken idea

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Redolent

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Fragrant; Odorous; Suggestive of an odor

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Insurrection

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Rebellion; Uprising

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Obsessive

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Related to thinking about something constantly; Preoccupying

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Hover

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Hand about; Wait nearby

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Corporeal

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bodily; Material

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Espionage

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Spying

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Nostalgia

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Homesickness; Longing for the past

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Importunate

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Urging; Demanding

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Lope

A

Gallop slowly

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Incrustation

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Hard coating or crust

37
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Metallurgical

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Pertaining to the art of removing metals from ores

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Pertinent

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To the point; Relevant

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Abstemious

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Sparing in eating and drinking; Temperate

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Anonymity

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State of being nameless; Anonymousness

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Drudgery

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Menial work

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Whinny

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Neigh like a horse, esp. in a gentle tone

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Parsimony

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Stinginess; Excessive frugality

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Bombastic

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Pompous; Using inflated language

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Seedy

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Run-down; Decrepit; Disreputable

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