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Belied

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Contradicted

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Reviled

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Hated

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Wizened

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Withered

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Expurgating

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Censoring

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Edifying

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Morally instructing

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Neologism

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New terms

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Inchoate

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Undeveloped

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Obstinate

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Refusing

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Borne

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Tolerate

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Cosseted

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Pampered

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Exculpated

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Forgiven

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Dandled

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Pampered

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Deleterious

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Harmful

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Calamitous

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Catastrophic

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Contrived

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Created

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Provincially

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Regionally

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Parochially

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Locally

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Divisively

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Causing disagreement

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Pertinaciously

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Stubbornly

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Inedibly

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Strongly

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Delineated

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Represent

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Punitive

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Punishing

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Luminary

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Celebrity

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Altruistic

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Selfless

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Insular

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Narrow-minded

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Perfunctory

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Indifferent

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Implacable

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Stubborn

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Surfeited

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Over-satisfied

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Ambivalent

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Uncertain

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Superlative

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Highest quality

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Augur

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Predict

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Antecede

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Precede

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Engendered

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Generated

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Pedantic

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Excessively concerned with minor details

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Jovial

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Cheerful

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Derisive

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Expressing contempt

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Protean

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Changeable

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Sectarian

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Narrow-minded

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Prurient

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Sexually advancing

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Lewd

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Sexually offensive

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Providential

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Lucky

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Credulous

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Gullible/trusting

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Desiccated

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Dried up

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Expatriated

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Leaves one’s homeland

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Pretensions

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False claims

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Flippancy

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Inappropriate levity

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Impertinence

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Disrespect

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Contrition

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Remorse

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Trite

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Lacking originality

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Disabuse

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Persuade someone an idea is wrong

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Incongruous

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Incompatible

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Quixotic

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Foolishly idealistic

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Salubrious

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Healthy

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Endemic

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Native to an area

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Opprobrious

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Scorn or criticism

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Invective

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Abusive speech

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Incipient

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Early

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Transient

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Fleeting

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Acrimony

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Bitter feelings

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Duress

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Violence or threats

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Ebullience

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Quality of being cheerful and full of energy

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Ignoble

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Not honorable in character or purpose

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Nonplussed

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Perplexed

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Dolorous

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Expressing great sorrow

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Platitude

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Cliche

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Histrionic

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Melodramatic

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Conciliatory

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Placating

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Extemporaneous

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Without preparation

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Hapless

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Unlucky or unfortunate

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Aboriginal

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Indigenous

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Adroit

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Very skillful

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Quotidian

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Ordinary

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Understated

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Unpretentious

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Bungling

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Floundering or awkward

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Soporific

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Causing drowsiness

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Anodyne

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Alleviating pain

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Vertiginous

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Giddy or dizzying

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Assiduous

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Industrious or diligent

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Elucidated

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Explained or clarified

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Risible

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Laughable

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Pusillanimous

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Cowardly

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Disparage

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Criticize

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Eschewed

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Avoided

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Penchant

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Liking or inclination

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Gaffes

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Errors

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Calumny

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Slander

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Conflation

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Act of grouping things together

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Licentious

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Promiscuous or unprincipled in sexual manner

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Apocryphal

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Doubtful authenticity but still widely circulated

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Ignominious

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Causing public disgrace or shame

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Abstruse

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Difficult to understand

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Arcane

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Mysterious it secret

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Congenial

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Pleasant because of qualities similar to one’s own

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Reticent

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Not readily revealing one’s thoughts or feelings

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Brusque

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Abrupt or offhand in speech

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Scurrilous

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Making claims to damage someone’s reputation

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Panned

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Criticized

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Toothsome

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Palatable or desirable

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Imprudent

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Unwise

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Prosaic

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Ordinary or commonplace especially in speech or writing

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Extirpate

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Root out or destroy completely

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Punctilious

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Meticulous

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Tyro

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Amateur, beginner, or novice

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Mawkish

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Falsely sentimental

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Profligates

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People lacking morals

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Avuncular

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Acting like an uncle

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Sojourn

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Short stay

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Fidelity

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Faithfulness

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Chimerical

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Fanciful or impossible

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Garish

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Tasteless or gaudy

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Rococo

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Highly ornamented

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Winsome

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Charming or appealing

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Cagey

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Cautious or noncommittal

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Pulchritude

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Very beautiful

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Spate

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Multitude or great number

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Dearth

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Lack or few

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Metonym

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Word used as another term for something it relates to

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Ascetic

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Abstaining from indulgence

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Ersatz

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Inferior substitute for something

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Piquant

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Provocative or striking

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Earnest

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Serious or sincere

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Querulous

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Whining or complaining

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Recreant

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Cowardly or unfaithful

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Obstreperous

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Boisterous and defiant

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Clement

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Mild

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Approbation

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Praise

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Saccharine

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Sweet

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Obfuscate

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Bewilder

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Portents

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Forewarnings

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Auguries

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Omens

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Remonstrate

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To make a forcefully reproachful protest

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Attrition

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A diminishing or loss

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Carousing

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Drink excessively

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Diurnal

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Active during the day

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Aberration

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Something that departs from what is normal

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Peregrination

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Journey

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Cavalcade

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Ceremonial progression

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Mendacious

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Dishonest

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Surreptitiously

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Secretly

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Vindication

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Justification

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Lugubrious

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Depressive

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Propensity

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Inclination

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Foible

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Quirk

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Pellucid

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Easy to understand

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Strident

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Loud and harsh

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Truculent

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Eager or quick to fight or argue

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Indefatigable

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Tireless

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Tepid

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Slightly warm; lukewarm

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Blandishing

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Cajoling

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Cicatrix

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The scar of a healed wound

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Wanton

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Deliberate or unprovoked

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Jejune

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Naive, simplistic, and superficial

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Parochial

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Narrow minded

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Vapid

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Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging

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Tumid

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Swollen or bombastic

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Heretical

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Dissenting or deviating

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Modish

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Fashionable

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Philistine

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Hostile or indifferent to other cultures or arts

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Panacea

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Solution

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Redress

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Remedy

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Ennui

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Boredom

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Forbearance

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Patience or restraint

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Enmity

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Hostility

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Extant

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Existing

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Amorphous

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Vague or unorganized

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Inculcate

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Instill

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Ineluctable

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Inevitable

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Inveighed

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Against or protest strongly against

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Maligning

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Slandering or defaming something

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Impugning

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Claiming that something isn’t true

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Amortizing

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Reducing the debt

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Macerating

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To soften by soaking

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Peripatetic

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Wandering from place to place

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Ineffable

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Indescribable

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Exorbitant

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Unreasonable or extravagant

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Maladroit

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Awkward or inept

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Compunction

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Guilt

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Sedulity

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Diligence

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Malignity

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Desire to do evil

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Vitriolic

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Cruel or caustic

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Categorical

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Unconditional

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Consign

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To hand over

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Tetchy

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Irritable or touchy

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Indolence

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Rude or disrespectful behavior

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Oviparous

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Egg-laying

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Untoward

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Improper

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Bijoux

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Trinkets

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Vestments

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Garments

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Verdigris

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Green

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Azure

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Deep blue

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Sanguine

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Dark red

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Suffuse

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To spread throughout something

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Amenable

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Cooperative

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Dudgeon

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Sullen mood

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Scion

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Descendent

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Tenable

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Possible

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Bucolic

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Relating to pleasant feelings of country life

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Pastoral

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Rural

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Compendious

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Comprehensive but concise

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Antediluvian

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Antiquated

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Otiosity

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Laziness or inactivity

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Puerility

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Childishness

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Recalcitrant

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Stubbornly uncooperative

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Ululate

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To howl

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Preponderance

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Prevalence

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Artifice

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Clever trick

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Despondency

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Despair

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Abrogate

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Formally reject

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Monolith

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Something having massive and uniform shape

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Ubiquitous

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Prevalent or turning up everywhere

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Regnant

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Prevalent and widespread

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Myopic

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Short-sighted or narrow minded

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Fugacious

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Fleeting or transitory

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Gourmets

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Food connoisseur

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Epicure

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Food connoisseur

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Pundits

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Analyst

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Extemporization

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Ad-lib or invent

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Resplendence

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Brilliance

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Woodenness

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Stiffness or awkwardness

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Blandishments

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Flattery

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Palaver

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Cajolery or flattery

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Obloquies

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Public criticisms

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Prolixity

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Verbosity

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Rectitude

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Righteousness

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Sycophancy

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Kiss ass-ness

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Convalescence

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Time spent recovering from an illness

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Vassal

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Servant or slave

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Patsy

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Victim of a scam

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Inaugurate

A

Begin, start, or commence

230
Q

Evanesce

A

To vanish like vapor

231
Q

Disaffirm

A

Contradict

232
Q

Galvanize

A

Inspire or rouse

233
Q

Admonish

A

Warn or criticize

234
Q

Enjoin

A

Direct or order

235
Q

Puerile

A

Juvenile or childish

236
Q

Vacuous

A

Inane or empty

237
Q

Catechize

A

Teach by questioning

238
Q

Inimitable

A

Unique

239
Q

Callow

A

New and inexperienced

240
Q

Exhortation

A

Speech meant to persuade

241
Q

Palliation

A

Apology or excuse

242
Q

Promulgation

A

Announcement

243
Q

Intimation

A

Suggestion

244
Q

Curt

A

Rude, discourteous, or churlish

245
Q

Churlish

A

Rude, discourteous, or curt

246
Q

Circumspect

A

Cautious

247
Q

Hackneyed

A

Overly familiar

248
Q

Languidly

A

Weakly or slowly

249
Q

Cursory

A

Rapid or hasty

250
Q

Antediluvian

A

Ancient or outdated

251
Q

Exorbitant

A

Excessive

252
Q

Provident

A

Having shown wise foresight

253
Q

Ancillary

A

Assisting or supporting

254
Q

Nebulous

A

Scattered or spread out

255
Q

Sophism

A

False argument

256
Q

Annal

A

Record of events

257
Q

Elucidation

A

Explanation or simplification

258
Q

Sanguinary

A

Bloody or bloodthirsty

259
Q

Coruscate

A

Gleam or radiate

260
Q

Ubiquitous

A

Ever-present

261
Q

Presage

A

Foreshadow

262
Q

Copse

A

Group of trees

263
Q

Perennial

A

Recurrent or constant

264
Q

Conveyable

A

Portable

265
Q

Malaise

A

Feeling ill of dissatisfaction

266
Q

August

A

Impressive and respected

267
Q

Unctuous

A

Insincere or groveling

268
Q

Elocution

A

Art or style of public speaking

269
Q

Surmises

A

Assumptions or conjectures

GRE Vocabulary (4 decks)

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