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Repute

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To consider, believe

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Evoke

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To call up memories or feelings; to draw forth

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Spontaneous

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Coming resulting from a natural impulse or tendency

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Stringent

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Rigorously binding or exacting; strict

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Temperament

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The combination of mental and emotional traits of a person; nature

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Tyrannical

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Unjustly cruel or severe

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Insolent

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Insulting in manner or speech

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Tact

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Skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations

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Constituent

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Serving to make up a thing; components

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Arbitrary

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Unreasonable or unsupported

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Unprecedented

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Never before known or appreciated

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Urgent

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Requiring immediate action or attention; insistent in urging;

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Rebellion

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Armed resistance to a government or ruler; defiance of any authority

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Oblivious

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On mindful or unaware; forgetful

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Volatile

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Evaporating rapidly; tending or threatening to erupt in violence, explosive

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Acquire

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To get possession of

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Charisma

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A personal magnetism that enables an individual to attract or influence people

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Adverse

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Unfavorable; opposing one’s interest or desires

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Disposition

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Mental outlook; characteristic attitude

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Afflict

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Distress with mental or bodily pain

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Allege

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To assert without proof

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Sufficient

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Adequate for the purpose of; enough

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Impractical

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Not practical or useful; in capable of dealing sensibly with practical matters

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Consensus

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Solidarity of opinion; general agreement or harmony

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Personage

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A person of distinction or importance

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Anticipate

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To realize beforehand; foresee

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Precursor

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A person or thing that proceeds, as in a job or method; forerunner

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Demagogue

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A political leader who gains power by arousing peoples emotions and prejudices

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Assess

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To judge the value or character of

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Authentic

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Not false or copied; real

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Benefactor

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A kindly helper; a person who makes a endowment characterized by Goodwill; desiring to help others

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Bewilder

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To confuse or puzzle completely

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Captivate

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To attract intensely; enchant

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Congenial

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Agreeable or suitable in nature

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Conviction

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Is from belief; the act of convincing or state of being convinced

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Deference

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Respectfully yielding of the opinion or will of another

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Pretension

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To claim to something; an unwarranted her false claim

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Detract

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To take away a part as from value or reputation; to Divert

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Alter

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To make different, as in size or style

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Dilettantes

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A person who takes up in art activity or subject for amusement especially in a superficial way; Dabbler

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Amass

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To collect

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Equanimity

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Composure especially under strain

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Motive

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Something that causes a person to act

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Exotic

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Foreign, not native; strikingly unusual or strange as in appearance

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Benevolent

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Marked by or disposed to doing good

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Crude

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In a raw or unrefined state; lacking culture and refinement; vulgar

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Forebode

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To predict, Warn

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Predilection

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A partiality; preference

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Indignation

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Strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, biased

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Intuition

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Direct perception of truth and fact, independent of any reasoning process; 18 are quick insight

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Knack

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A special skill or talent; a clever way of doing something

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Longevity

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Long life; length of life

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Context

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The parts before and after a statement that can influence its meaning

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Misconceive

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To interpret wrongly; misunderstand

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Moderate

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Not extreme, excessive, intense; average in quantity extents or amount

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Pacifism

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Opposition to war or violence as a method of settling disputes

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Faulty

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Having faults; imperfect

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Ambition

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An earnest desire for achievement, distinction, wealth, power

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Prudent

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Wisely careful, showing good judgment

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