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truculent
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cruel
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Estimable
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admirable
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dispassionate
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calm
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Brazen
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shameless
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sedulous
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diligent
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Exodus
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Departure
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Sedulity
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diligence
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apathy
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indifference
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venerate
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INNOCUOUS
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harmless
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inter
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bury
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parity
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equal
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impeccable
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faultless
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placid
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peaceful; calm
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retiring
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modest; shy
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provisional
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tentative; temporary
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bonhomie
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good-natured geniality
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choleric
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easily angered
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Abut
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Adjoin, border
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Diaphanous
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delicate; insubstantial
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exhort
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to urge
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abjure
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to reject
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meager
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scanty; inadequate
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Falter
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hesitate; waver
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consummate
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to fulfill
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Spurious
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lacking authenticity
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doggerel
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poor verse
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insinuate
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hint; imply
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austere
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without adornment
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choler
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anger, irascibility
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maudlin
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effusively sentimental
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morose
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sullen, gloomy
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legerdemain
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sleight of hand
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arch/archi/archy
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chief, principal, ruler
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bolster
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support and strengthen
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burgeon
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grow and flourish
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Dolt
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Stupid person, dunce
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licentious
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lacking moral discipline
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maculate
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spotted or blotched
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sibling
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brother or sister
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scotch
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hinder, stamp out
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grandiloquence
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lofty, pompous language
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quagmire
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marsh, difficult situation
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guile
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deceit or trickery
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lucid
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intelligible, sound, clear
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convoluted
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complex or complicated
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inquisitive (adj)
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questioning; curious
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imperviousness
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haughty arrogant commanding
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covetous
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eagerly desirous, possessive
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torpid
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adj. lethargic, sluggish, dormant
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FLAGITIOUS
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infamous, scandalous; shamefully wicked (the gossip columnist persisted in their flagitious commentary on the baby daddy)
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aggrandize
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to make greater, exaggerate
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Grandiloquent
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puffed up with vanity
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RECIDIVISM
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habitual return to crime
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Vituperate
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to use harsh language
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ebullient
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exhilarated, full of enthusiasm
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terse
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concise; to the point
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n domineer
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rule over tyrannically
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inveterate
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firmly established, long-standing; habitual
SYN: entrenched, fixed
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untenable
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indefensible; not viable; uninhabitable
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ennui
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dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom
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upshot
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final act or result
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astringent
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harshly biting, stern, severe
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piquant
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engagingly stimulating or provocative
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rancorous
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characterized by bitter resentment
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imperiously
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arrogantly domineering or overbearing
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laudatory
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expressing or giving praise
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Bane
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something causing great stress/annoyance; something (usually poison) that causes death
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narrative
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related to telling a story
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Pedant (-ic -ry)
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uninspired, boring academic
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xenophobia
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fear or hatred of strangers
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proviso
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stipulation; condition in an agreement; provision
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Genre
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A type, class, or category
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sumptuous
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extravagantly splendid or costly; luxurious
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Pique
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fleeting feeling of hurt pride
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VERACITY
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filled with truth and accuracy
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somnambulist
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sleepwalker; V. somnambulate; N. somnambulism
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Muffler
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A device that absorbs noise.
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Incorrigible
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Impossible to change or reform
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aberrant
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deviating from what is normal
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pragmatic
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practical as opposed to idealistic
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incumbent
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person currently holding a position
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Nascent
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coming into existence emerging; beginning to grow or develop
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stockade
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enclosed area forming defensive wall
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obstreperous
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noisy and difficult to control
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mince
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pronounce or speak affectedly euphemize
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impudent
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brashly, shamelessly not displaying adequate respect
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Ignominious
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deserving or causing public disgrace/shame; contemptible/discreditable
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terrestrial
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on or relating to the earth
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Reproach
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To express disapproval of, criticism of, disappointment in.
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obdurate
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hardened in feelings, resistant to persuasion
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presumptuous
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overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy); taking liberties
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Apostate
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One who renounces a religious faith
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excerpt
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selection from a book or play
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opprobrium
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a state of extreme dishonor, disgrace
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saccharine
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cloying sweet; characteristic of sugar or saccharin
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n disaffected
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disloyal; lacking loyality; V. disaffect: cause to lose affection or loyalty
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incarnate
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endowed with flesh; invested with bodily form; personified; Ex. devil incarnate; V: give bodily form to; embody
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perfunctory
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(adj) acutely perceptive; having keen discernment
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corrigible
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capable of being set right; correctable; reparable
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reconnoiter
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to engage in reconnaissance, make preliminary inspection
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epigram
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witty thought or saying, usually short
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academic
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adj. not practical or directly useful
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creamery
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a workplace where dairy products (butter and cheese etc.) are produced or sold- noun
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Articulate
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able to speak clearly and expressively
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fluted
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having vertical parallel grooves (as in a pillar)
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mercurial
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prone to sudden, unpredictable shifts in mood, behaviour; energetic, lively; of the planet or mineral mercury
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Vexing
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making one feel annoyed, frustrated, or worried, esp. with trivial matters
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rally
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call up or summon (forces, vital powers, etc.); revive or recuperate
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Insularity
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the state of being isolated or detached
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germane
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relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject matter
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Dogma
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A firmly held opinion, especially a religious belief
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Nuance
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a subtle expression of meaning or quality
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n opprobrium
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infamy; disgrace arising from shameful conduct; vilification(slander); scorn; contempt; Ex. opprobrium hurled against him; ADJ. opprobrious: expressing contempt; shameful or infamous
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Platitude
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A trite or banal remark or statement.
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voracious
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having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit,
(avid, ravenous, rapacious)
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Abscond
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v. to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide; to depart in a sudden and secret manner
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gaucherie
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lack of social grace, sensitivity, or acuteness; awkwardness; crudeness; tactlessness
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parsimonious
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extremely careful with money or other resources -adj
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Discursive
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passing aimlessly from one place or subject to another, rambling, roving, nomadic
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fastidiousness
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the trait of being meticulous about matters of taste or style
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scapegoat
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someone who bears the blame for others
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verdant
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of the color green; covered in vegetation; inexperienced
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Distaff
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a stick/spindle onto which wool is placed for spinning; of or concerning women
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sinecure
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a well paying job that requires little work
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Anthropologist
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Student of the history and science of human kind
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obtrude
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(v.) to force oneself or one's ideas upon another; to thrust forward; to eject
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s pinch
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squeeze between the thumb and a finger, or other edges; Ex. I had to pinch myself to make sure I wasn't dreaming. N: amount that can be held between the thumb and a finger
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Splenetic
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Affected or marked by ill humor or irritability.
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multiplicity
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(n.) state of being numerous; a great number
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quirk
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habit or action peculiar to smb or something
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desolate
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(v.) rob of joy; lay waste to; forsake
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Aerie
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a nest built high in the air; an elevated, often secluded, dwelling
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n pathos
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tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings; Ex. pathos that runs through the novel
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nonplus
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put at a loss; bring to a halt by confusion; perplex; CF. no more
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