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Aberrant
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Deviating from what is normal
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Abeyance
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Temporary suppression or suspension
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Abscond
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To depart secretly
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Abstemious
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Moderate in appetite
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Admonish
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To caution or reprimand
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Aesthetic
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relating to beauty or art
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Aggregate
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amounting to a whole; total
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Alacrity
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Cheerful willingness; eagerness; speed
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Amalgamate
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to combine into a unified whole
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Ambiguous
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unclear or doubtful in meaning
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Ambivalence
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the state of having conflicting emotional attitudes
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Ameliorate
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to improve
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Anachronism
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something out of the proper time
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Analogous
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comparable
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Anomalous
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irregular; deviating from the norm
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Antipathy
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dislike; hostility
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Apprise
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to inform
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Approbation
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praise, approval
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Appropriate
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to take possession for one's own use; confiscate
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Artless
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guileless; natural
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Ascetic
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one who practices self-denial
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Assiduous
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diligent; hard-working
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Assuage
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to make less severe
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Attenuate
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to weaken
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Audacious
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bold, daring
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Austere
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stern; unadorned
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Autonomous
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self-governing; independent
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Aver
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to affirm; declare to be true
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Banal
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commonplace; trite
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Belie
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to contradict; misrepresent; give a false impression
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Beneficent
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kindly; doing good
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Bombastic
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pompous; using inflated language
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Boorish
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rude; insensitive
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Burgeon
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to flourish
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Burnish
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to polish
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Buttress
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to reinforce; support
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Cacophonous
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unpleasant or harsh-sounding
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Capricious
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fickle
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Castigation
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punishment; chastisement; criticism
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Catalyst
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something causing change
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Causality
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relationship between cause and effect; a causal quality
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Chicanery
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trickery; fraud
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Coagulate
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thicken; congeal
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Coda
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concluding part of a literary or musical composition; something that summarizes or concludes
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Commensurate
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proportional
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Compendium
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brief, comprehensive summary
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Complaisant
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overly polite; willing to please; obliging
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Conciliatory
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overcoming distrust or hostility
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Confound
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to baffle; perplex; mix up
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Connoisseur
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a person possessing expert knowledge or training; a person of informed and discriminating taste
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Contention
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assertion
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Contentious
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quarrelsome; causing quarrels
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Conundrum
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riddle; puzzle with no solution
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Conventional
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customary; commonplace
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Convoluted
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twisted; complicated
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Craven
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cowardly
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Decorum
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proper behavior
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Deference
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respect; regard for another's wishes
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Delineate
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to represent or depict
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Denigrate
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to slur someone's reputation
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Derivative
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something derived; unoriginal
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Desiccate
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to dry completely
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Desultory
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random; disconnected; rambling
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Diatribe
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bitter verbal attack
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Dichotomy
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division into two usually contradictory parts
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Diffidence
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shyness; lack of confidence
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Diffuse
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to spread out
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Digression
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act of straying away from a main point
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Dirge
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funeral hymn
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Disabuse
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to free from misconception
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Discerning
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perceptive; exhibiting keen insight and good judgment
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Discordant
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not in tune
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Discredit
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to dishonor; disgrace; cause to be doubted
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Discrepancy
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difference between
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Discrete
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constituting a separate thing; distinct
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Disingenuous
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not candid; crafty
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Disinterested
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unprejudiced; objective
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Disjointed
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lacking order or coherence; dislocated
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Dismiss
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put away from consideration; reject
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Disparage
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to belittle
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Disparate
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dissimilar
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Dissemble
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to pretend; to disguise one's motives
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Disseminate
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to spread; scatter; disperse
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Dissolution
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disintegration; debauchery
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Dissonance
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discord; lack of harmony
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Distend
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to expand; swell out
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Distill
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extract the essential elements
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Doctrinaire
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relating to a person who cannot compromise about points of a theory or doctrine; dogmatic;...
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Dogmatic
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stating opinions without proof
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Dupe
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to deceive; to trick
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Ebullient
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exhilarated; enthusiastic
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Eclectic
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selecting from various sources
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Efficacy
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efficiency; effectiveness
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Effrontery
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shameless boldness; presumptuousness
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Elegy
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poem or song expressing lamentation
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Elicit
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to provoke; draw out
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Embellish
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to adorn; decorate; enhance; make more attractive by adding details
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Empirical
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derived from observation or experiment
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Emulate
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to imitate; copy
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Endemic
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inherent; belonging to an area
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Enervate
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to weaken
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Engender
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to cause; produce
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Ephemeral
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short-lived; fleeting
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Equanimity
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composure; calmness
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Equivocate
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to intentionally use vague language
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Erudite
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learned; scholarly
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Esoteric
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hard to understand; known only to a few
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Eulogy
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high praise, especially of a person who has recently died
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Euphemism
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use of agreeable or inoffensive language in place of unpleasant or offensive language
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exacerbate
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to aggravate; make worse
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exculpate
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to clear of blame; vindicate
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exigency
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crisis; urgent requirements
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extraneous
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not essential
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facetious
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humorous
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facilitate
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to make less difficult
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fallacious
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based on a false idea or fact; misleading
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fatuous
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foolishly self-satisfying
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fawning
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seeking favor by flattery
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felicitous
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suitably expressed; appropriate; well-chosen
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flag
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to droop; grow weak
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fledgling
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beginner; novice
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flout
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to treat scornfully
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foment
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to incite; arouse
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forestall
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to prevent; delay
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frugality
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thrift
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gainsay
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to deny; dispute; oppose
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garrulous
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very talkative; wordy
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goad
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to prod; urge on
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gouge
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to tear; scoop out; overcharge
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grandiloquent
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pompous; bombastic
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gregarious
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sociable
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guileless
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free of cunning or deceit; artless
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gullible
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easily deceived
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harangue
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long, pompous speech; tirade
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homogenous
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composed of identical parts; uniform in composition
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hyperbole
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purposeful exaggeration for effect
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iconoclastic
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attacking cherished traditions
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idolatry
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idol worship; blind or excessive devotion
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immutable
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unchangeable
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impair
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to damage; injure
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impassive
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showing no emotion
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impede
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to hinder; block
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impermeable
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impossible to penetrate
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imperturbable
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not easily disturbed
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impervious
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impossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected
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implacable
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inflexible; incapable of being pleased
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implicit
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implied; understood but not stated
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implode
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collapse inward violently
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inadvertently
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careless; unintentional
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inchoate
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imperfectly formed or fomulated
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incongruity
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state of not fitting
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inconsequential
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insignificant; unimportant
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incorporate
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introduce something into another thing already in existence; combine
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indeterminate
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uncertain; indefinite
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indigence
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poverty
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indolent
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habitually lazy; idol
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inert
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unable to move; sluggish
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ingenuous
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naive and trusting; lacking sophistication
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inherent
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fimrly established by nature or habit
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innocuous
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harmless
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insensible
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unconscious; unresponsive
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insinuate
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to suggest; say indirectly; imply
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insipid
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lacking in flavor; dull
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insularity
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narrow-mindedness; isolation
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intractable
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not easily managed
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intransigence
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stubbornness; refusal to compromise
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inundate
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to cover with water; overwhelm
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inured
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hardened; accustomed; used to
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invective
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verbal abuse
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irascible
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easily angered
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irresolute
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unsure of how to act; weak
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laconic
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using few words
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lassitude
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lethargy; sluggishness
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laud
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to praise
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lethargic
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inactive
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levee
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an embankment that prevents a river from overflowing
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levity
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light manner or attitude
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log
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record of a voyage; record of daily activities
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loquacious
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talkative
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lucid
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bright; clear; intelligible
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magnanimity
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generosity; nobility
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malingerer
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to feign illness to escape duty
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malleable
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capable of being shaped by pounding; impressionable
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maverick
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dissenter
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mendacious
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dishonest
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metamorphosis
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change; transformation
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meticulous
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very careful; fastidious
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misanthrope
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one who hates humanity
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mitigate
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to cause to become less harsh, severe, or painful; alleviate
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mollify
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to soothe
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morose
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ill-humored; sullen
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mundane
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worldly as opposed to spiritual; concerned with the ordinary
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negate
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to cancel out; nullify
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neophyte
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novice; beginner
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obdurate
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stubborn
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obsequious
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overly submissive
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obviate
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to make unnecessary; to anticipate and prevent
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occlude
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to shut; block
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officious
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too helpful; meddlesome
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onerous
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burdensome
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opprobrium
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disgrace; contempt
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oscillate
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to move back and forth
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ostentatious
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showy; trying to attract attention; pretentious
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paragon
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model of excellence or perfection
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partisan
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one-sided; committed to a party, group, or cause; prejudiced
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pathological
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departing from normal condition
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paucity
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scarcity
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pedantic
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showing off learning
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penchant
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inclination
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penury
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extreme poverty
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perennial
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present through the years; persistent
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perfidious
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faithless, disloyal, untrusting
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perfunctory
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superficial; not thorough; performed really as a duty
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permeable
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penetrable
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pervasive
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spread throughout every part
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phlegmatic
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calm in temperament; sluggish
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piety
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devoutness
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placate
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to lessen another's anger; to pacify
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plasticity
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condition of being able to be shaped or formed; pliability
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platitude
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stale, overused expression
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plethora
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excess; overabundance
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plummet
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to fall; plunge
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pragmatic
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practical
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precarious
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uncertain
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precipitate
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to cause to happen; throw down from a height
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precursor
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forerunner; predecessor
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presumptuous
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rude; improperly bold
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prevaricate
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to quibble; evade the truth
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pristine
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untouched; uncorrupted
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probity
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honesty; high-mindedness
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problematic
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posing a problem; doubtful; unsettled
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prodigal
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wasteful; extravagant; lavish
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proliferate
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to increase rapidly
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propensity
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inclination; tendency
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propitiate
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to win over; appease
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propriety
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correct conduct; fitness
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proscribe
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to condemn; forbid; outlaw
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pungent
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strong or sharp in smell or taste; penetrating; caustic; to the point
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qualified
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limited; restricted
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quibble
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to argue over insignificant and irrelevant details
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quiescent
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inactive; still
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rarefied
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refined
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recalcitrant
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resisting authority or control
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recant
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to retract a statement or opinion
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recondite
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abstruse; profound
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refractory
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stubborn; unmanageable; resisting ordinary methods of treatment
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refute
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to contradict; disprove
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relegate
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to consign to an inferior position
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reproach
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to find fault with; blame
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reprobate
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morally unprincipled person
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repudiate
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to reject as having no authority
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rescind
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to cancel
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resolution
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determination; resolve
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reticent
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not speaking freely; reserved; reluctant
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reverent
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expressing deep respect; worshipful
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sage
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wise
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salubrious
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healthful
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sanction
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to approve; ratify; permit
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satiate
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to satisfy
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saturate
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to soak thoroughly; imbue throughout
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secrete
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produce and release substance into organism
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shard
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a piece of broken glass or pottery
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skeptic
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one who doubts
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solicitous
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concerned; attentive; eager
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soporific
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sleep producing
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specious
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seeming to be logical and sound, but not really so
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spectrum
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band of colors produced when sunlight passes through a prism; a broad range of related ideas...
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sporadic
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irregular
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stigma
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mark of disgrace or inferiority
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stint
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to be sparing
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stipulate
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to specify an essential condition
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stolid
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having or showing little emotion
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striated
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marked with thin, narrow grooves or channels
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strut
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to swagger; display to impress others
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subpoena
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notice ordering somebody to appear in court
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substantiate
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to support with proof or evidence
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supersede
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to replace; especially to displace as inferior or antiquated
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supposition
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the act of assuming to be true or real
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tacit
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silently understood; implied
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tangential
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peripheral; digressing
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tenuous
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weak; insubstantial
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tirade
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long, violent speech; verbal assault
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torpor
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lethargy; dormancy; sluggishness
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tortuous
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having many twists and turns; highly complex
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tractable
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obedient; yielding
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transgression
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act of trespassing or violating a rule or law
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truculence
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aggressiveness; ferocity
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vacillate
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to waver; oscillate
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venerate
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to adore; honor; respect
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veracious
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truthful; accurate
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verbose
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wordy
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viable
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practicable; capable of developing
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viscous
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thick, syrupy, and sticky
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vituperative
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using or containing harsh, abusive censure
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volatile
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tending to vary frequently; fickle
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warranted
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justified
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wary
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careful; cautious
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welter
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to wallow or roll; toss about; be in turmoil
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whimsical
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fanciful; unpredictable
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zealot
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one who is fanatically devoted to a cause
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