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Pretentious

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Pretending to be important

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Procrastinate

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Postpone unnecessarily

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Prosaic

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Common place

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Quell

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Put down forcefully

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Rancor

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Resentment

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Rebuke

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Criticize sharply

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Reclusive

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Preferring to be in isolation

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Refute

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Prove to be false

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Reverence

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Profound respect

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Rhetoric

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The study of using language

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Sanguine

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A reddish color

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Scrutinize

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To observe carefully

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Spurious

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False, lacking authenticity

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Staid

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Fixed or permanent

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Submissive

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To submit to the will of others

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Superfluous

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Being beyond what is needed/ extra

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Surreptitious

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Secretly

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Swagger

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To brag or boast

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Tenacious

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Determined

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Venerate

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To regard with respect

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Vindicated

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To clear of accusation

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Vindictive

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Revengeful

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Zealous

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Marked with enthusiasm

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Precocious

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Characterized by early development