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contrived

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showing effects of planning or manipulation

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conceivable

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capable of being imagined

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scrutinize

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look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail

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furtive

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marked by quiet and caution and secrecy

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falter

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move hesitatingly, as if about to give way

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predicament

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an unpleasant or difficult situation

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nebulous

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lacking definite form or limits

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formidable

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inspiring fear or dread

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primal

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having existed from the beginning

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plausible

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apparently reasonable, valid, or truthful

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specious

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plausible but false

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deride

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treat or speak of with contempt

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vindictiveness

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a hateful desire for revenge

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sinister

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wicked, evil, or dishonorable

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odious

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extremely repulsive or unpleasant

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flinch

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draw back, as with fear or pain

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dissemble

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hide under a false appearance

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contempt

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lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike

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inscrutable

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difficult or impossible to understand

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equivocal

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open to two or more interpretations

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futile

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producing no result or effect

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apprehensive

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in fear or dread of possible evil or harm

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demeanor

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the way a person behaves toward other people

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gambol

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light-hearted recreational activity for amusement

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compromising

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vulnerable to danger especially of discredit or suspicion

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annihilation

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total destruction

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endure

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continue to exist

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repudiate

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cast off

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palimpsest

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a manuscript on which more than one text has been written

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multifarious

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having many aspects

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