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shameless
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phlegmatic
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slow-moving; sluggish
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veritable
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actual, true, real
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limpid
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clear, transparent, readily understood; lucid
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benign
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gentle, kind; forgiving, understanding; having a favorable or beneficial effect; not malignant
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circumspect
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careful, cautiousSynonyms: wary, prudent, guardedAntonyms: incautious, rash, reckless, heedless
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germane
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relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting
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fortify
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to strenghten; build up; reinforce
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bestial
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beastlike; beastly, brutal; subhuman in intelligence and sensibility
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vicarious
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performed, suffered, or otherwise experienced by one person in place of another
syn: surrogate, substitute, imagined, secondhand
ant: real, actual, firsthand
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extol
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(v.) to praise extravagantlySYN: glorify, applaud, acclaim, hailANT: criticize, belittle, disparage
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truculent
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fierce and cruel; aggressive, deadly, destructive, brutal, savage
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caricature
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a representation in which the subnjects characteristics are exaggerated; to present someone or something in a distorted way; cartoon
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rejuvenate
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to make young again; renew; revitalize
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sustain
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to support, nourish, keep up;to suffer, undergo;to bear up under, withstand;to affirm the validity of
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abet
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v. to encourage, assist, aid, support(especially in something wrong or unworthy)
a: hamper, hinder, impede, frustrate
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coerce
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to compel or force; pressure, bully
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extenuate
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(v.) to lessen the seriousness or magnitude of an offense by making partial excuses
SYN: moderate, mitigate, diminish, downplay
ANT: intensify, aggravate, worsen, exacerbate
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inane
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silly, empty or menaing or value
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spasmodic
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sudden and violent but brief; fitful; occasional
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calumniate
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to slander; to accuse falsely and maliciously
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sonorous
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full, deep or rich in sound; impressive in style; resonant
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devious
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straying or wandering from a straight or direct course; done or acting in a shirty or underhanded way
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counterpart
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a person or thing closely resembling or corresponding to another
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console
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(v.) to comfort; (n.) the keyboard of an organ; a control panel for an electrical or mechanical device.
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recant
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to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed, renounce, retract
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Elicit
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To draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another peson)
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retrogress
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(v.)to move backward; to return to an earlier conditionSYN: revert, degenerate, declineANT: advance, evolve, progress
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instigate
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(v) to urge on; to stir up, provoke, start, incite
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accure
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v. to grow or accumulate over time; to happen as a natural result
syn. collect, accumulate, proceed from
ant. dwindle, decrease, diminish, lessen
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equivocate
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to speak or act in a way that allows for more than one meaning; hedge
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raiment
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n. clothing, garments
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coalition
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a combination, unionsyn: alliance
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bastion
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n. a fortified place, stronghold
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Devoid
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(adj) not having or using
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inauspicious
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unfavorable, unlucky, suggesting bad luck for the future
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acuity
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sharpness (particualarly of the mind or senses)
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inordinate
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adj. far too great, exceeding reasonable limits, excessive
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jaunty
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(adj)lively, easy, and carefree in manner; smart or trim in appearance S: unconcerned, lighthearted A: downcast, dejected, glum
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impassive
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showing no feeling or emotion, stoical; inanimate; motionless
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asserverate
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v. to affirm earnestly and with emphasis
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saturnine
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adj. of gloomy or surly disposition; cold or sluggish in mood
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retentive
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able to hold or keep; retaining knowledge easily
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surfeit
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an excess or overindulgence, as in eating or drinking, causing disgust; to feed or supply with anything to excess
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concord
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n. a state of agreement, harmony; a treaty
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indictment
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n. the act of accusing; a formal accusation
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purge
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to wash away impurities, clean up; the process of getting rid of something or someone decisively
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criterion
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a rule, test; a standard for judgement or evaluation
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Wrangle
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v) To quarrel or argue in a noisy, angry way. To obtain by argument, to herd. n) A noisy quarrel.
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hackneyed
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used so often as to lack freshness or orgininalitysyn: commonplace, corny
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broach
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to bring up or begin to talk about (a subject); to announce, introduce; a spit for roasting
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