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Sanguine

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Optimistic

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Ignominy

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Public shame or disgrace

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Precocious

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Early development of a child

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Idiosyncrasy

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A behavior or thought peculiar to one individual

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Retain

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Keep; continue to have

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Sagacious

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Showing good judgement

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winnow

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to find or identify the desirable part

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collude

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to come together secretly for a harmful purpose; to conspire

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swindle

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use deception to deprive someone of money or possessions

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incite

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encourage or stir up; urge or persuade to do something violent or unlawful

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vicarious

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experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another person

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heedless

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showing a reckless lack of care or attention

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innocuous

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not harmful or offensive

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adversarial

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opposed to

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inauspicious

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not conducive to success; unpromising

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conducive

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making a certain situation or outcome likely or possible

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sagacious

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keen mental discernment and good judgment; shrewd

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heretical

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holding an opinion at odds with what is generally accepted