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adjective
given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior.
“a capricious and often brutal administration”
synonyms: fickle, inconstant, changeable, variable, mercurial, volatile, unpredictable, temperamental; More
antonyms: consistent

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Capricious

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feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment.
“he was indignant at being the object of suspicion”

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Indignant

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lacking a coherent sequence or connection.

“piecing together disjointed fragments of information”

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Disjointed

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absolutely necessary; extremely important.

“it is essential to keep up-to-date records”

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Essential

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an accusation in response to one from someone else.

“there are no tears, no recriminations”

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Recriminations

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intensify, increase, or further improve the quality, value, or extent of.
“his refusal does nothing to enhance his reputation”

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Enhanced

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a claim or assertion that someone has done something illegal or wrong, typically one made without proof.

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Allegations

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having the power to make laws.

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Legislative

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information received from other people that one cannot adequately substantiate; rumor.

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Hearsay

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confirmation: additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct; “fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory”

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Substantiation

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A fallacy is an argument that uses poor reasoning. An argument can be fallacious whether or not its conclusion is true. A fallacy can be either formal or informal.

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Fallacy

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betrayal of trust; deceptive action or nature.

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Treachery

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appease the anger or anxiety of (someone).

“nature reserves were set up around the power stations to mollify local conservationists”

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Mollified

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act in an obstructive manner in a legislature, esp. by speaking at inordinate length.
“several measures were killed by Republican filibustering”

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Filibustered

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verb
make known (private or sensitive information).
“I am too much of a gentleman to divulge her age”

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Divulge

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adjective
entirely lacking or free from.
“Lisa kept her voice devoid of emotion”

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Devoid

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strongly reminiscent or suggestive of (something).

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Redolent

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not having enough of a specified quality or ingredient.

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Deficient

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restore to life or consciousness.

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Revive

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care for and protect in an overindulgent way.

“all her life she’d been cosseted by her family”

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Cosseted

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adjective
(of a person, speech, or style of writing) using very few words.
“his laconic reply suggested a lack of interest in the topic”

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Laconic

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(of a person) subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind.

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Mercurial

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adjective

not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something than one really does.

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Disingenuous

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adjective

tending to cause corrosion.

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Corrosive

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not revealing one’s thoughts or feelings readily.

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Reticent

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showing great care and perseverance.

“she was assiduous in pointing out every feature”

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Assiduous

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adjective
capable of making mistakes or being erroneous.
“experts can be fallible”

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Fallible

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noun

a person who claims to have a supernatural ability to perceive events in the future or beyond normal sensory contact.

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Clairvoyant

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making or indicative of timely preparation for the future.

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Provident

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able to be trusted as being accurate or true; reliable.

“clear, authoritative information and advice”

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Authoritative

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(esp. of an argument, story, or sentence) extremely complex and difficult to follow.
“its convoluted narrative encompasses all manner of digressions”

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convoluted

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intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest.

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Esoteric

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becoming obsolete

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Obsolescent

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of or like a pedant.

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Pedantic

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remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree.

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Prodigious

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high-sounding but with little meaning; inflated.

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Bombastic

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bad-tempered, argumentative, and uncooperative.

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Cantankerous

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relating to the business of running an organization, or government

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Bureaucratic

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recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources.

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Profligate

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understood by few; mysterious or secrets

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Arcane

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not having enough of a specified quality or ingredient.

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Deficient

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