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sanguine

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adj; confident & hopeful

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contentious

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adj (kontenshios) ; likely to cause argument

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denouement

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n(daynuma); final part/ourtcome

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antediluvian

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adj; old-fashioned

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pusillanimous

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adj coward

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jejune

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adj juvenile; too simple

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insurgency

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adj rebellion/ uprising

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disencumber

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trans v. disburden

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belie

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v. give false idea

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demarcate

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v. show limit, distiguish

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apocryphal

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adj oubtful authenticity

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heresy

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n. opinion differing from what is accepted

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superannuation

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n. payment into a fund by employee

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senescence

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n. aging

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intractable

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adj. hard to control or deal with

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nascent

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adj. just born and having sings of future potential

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predilection

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n. preference for something, bias in favour of something

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capricious

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adj. unpredictable

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poised

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adj. graceful/ elegant bearing. composed/self-assured manner

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decorous

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adj. polite and restrained

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eminent

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adj. famous & respected in a sphere

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execrable

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adj extremely bad

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prolific

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adj. producing a lot

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expediency

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n. convenient, though maybe immoral

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prodigious

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adj. remarkable great in size

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acute

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adj. sharp, shrill

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stolidity

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n. calm & dependable, showing little emotion or animation

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transient

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adj. impermanent

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sidereal

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adj. with respect to the distant stars

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etiolated

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adj. feeble, pale due to lack of light

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circumscribe

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v. restrict smth within limits

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intransigence

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n. unwilling to change point of view, agree about something

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prerogative

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n. right/privilege exclusive to a person/class

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ineluctable

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adj. inescapable

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invidious

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adj. likely to cause resentment/anger in others

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plangent

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adj. loud and resonant, with a mournful sound

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nugatory

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adj. no value/importance

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hegemony

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n. leadership/dominance of one group over another

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cogent

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adj. a clear, logival, convincing argument

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inveterate

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adj. long-established and unlikely to change

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cowed

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v. cause someone to submit to wishes by intimidation

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turgid

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j. congested, (language, style) tediously pompous

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reptant

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adj move with crawling action

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interdict

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n. authoritative prohibition

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expurgate

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v. remove something thought of as objectionable/unsuitable

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indigence

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n. state of extreme poverty

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penury

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n. extreme poverty

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depravity

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n. moral corruption

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magnanimous

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adj. generous or forgiving

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precocity

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n. precocious

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parsimony

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n. extreme unwillingness to use money/resources

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ignobility

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n. not honourable in purpose/ character of humble origin

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probity

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n, having strong moral principles