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Aberrant

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Deviating from the norm

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Abscond

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To depart clandestinely to steal off and hide

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Alacrity

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Eager and enthusiastic willingness

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Anomaly

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Deviation from the normal order form or rule

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Approbation

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An expression of approval or praise

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Assuage

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To ease or lesson; to appease or pacify

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Austere

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Without adornment; Bear; severely simple; ascetic

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Axiomatic

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Taken as a given; possessing self evident truths

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Canonical

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Following or in agreement with excepted, traditional standards

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Capricious

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Inclined to change one’s mind impulsively

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Chicanery

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Trickery or subterfuge

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Discordant

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Conflicting; diss on it or harsh and sound

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Effrontery

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Extreme boldness; presumptuous

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Ennui

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Dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy

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Equivocate

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To use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent

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Erudite

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Very learned; scholarly

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Exculpate

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Exonerate; to clear of blame

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Exigent

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Urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention

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Extemporaneous

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Improvised; done without preparation

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Filibuster

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Intentional obstruction especially using prolonged speechmaking to delayed legislative action

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Fulminate

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Too loudly attack or denounce

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Ingenuous

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Artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication

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Inured

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Accustomed to excepting something undesirable

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Irascible

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Easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts

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Laud
To praise highly
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Magnanimity
The quality of being generously Noble in mind and heart especially in forgiving
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Nascent
Coming into being in early developmental stages
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Nebulous
Vague
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Neologism
A new word expression or usage
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Obviate
To anticipate and make unnecessary
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Onerous
Troubling
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Paean
A song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving
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Perrnnial
Re-current through the year or many years
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Perfidy
Intentional breach of faith
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Perfunctory
Cursory; done without care or interest
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Perspicacious
Acutely perceptive
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Predilection
A disposition in favor of something; preference
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Prescience
Foreknowledge of events
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Reticent
Quiet
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Solicitous
Concerned and attentive
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Stymie
To block
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Torque
A force that causes rotation
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Tortuous
Winding twisting excessively complicated
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Truculent
Fierce and cruel; eager to fight
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Veracity
Truthfulness honesty
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Virulent
Extremely harmful or poisonous