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amenable

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liable, answerable, willing, obedient

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amorphous

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having no definite form, shapeless

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cajole

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to persuade someone to do something through soothing deception

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calamity

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state of misery caused by loss

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debase

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to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character

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efface

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to eliminate or make distinct

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elucidate

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to make clear

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ferocity

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extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality, intensity

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flourish

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to grow, thrive, achieve, prosper, make bold

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haughty

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blatantly and disdainfully proud

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inane

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empty, lacking significance, meaning, or point

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indolence

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inclination to laziness

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infallible

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incapable of error, not deceiving, misleading, or disappointing

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inscrutable

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not able to be interpreted, investigated, or understood

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languid

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weak due to something; from exhaustion; sluggish, lacking force or quickness of movement

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penitent

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expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses

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perfunctory

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routine, lacking interest or enthusiasm

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antiquated

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out of style, old, advanced in age

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dilapidated

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decayed, deteriorated, or fallen into partial ruin especially through neglect or misuse

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atrophy

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decrease in size, wasting away or progressive decline (misuse)

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clandestine

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secrecy

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conciliate

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to gain by pleasing acts, to appease or to make friendly or agreeable

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cursory

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rapidly and ofter superficially performed or produced

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derision

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use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt

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enmity
positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will
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extricate
to distinguish from a related thing, to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty
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forbearance
to have patience
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frivolous
of little weight or importance, lacking seriousness
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garrulous
rambling, annoyingly talkative
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impetuous
impulsive passion
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industrious
constantly, regularly, or habitually active or occupied; diligent hard worker
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infamous
having the worst reputation, well known for being bad
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insolent
insultingly contemptuous in speech or conduct, exhibiting boldness or effrontery (in speech)
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levity
lightening the mood usually at the wrong time (frivolity)`
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oblivion
forgetting
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paradoxical
unusual, things that don't fit together
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perjury
violation of an oath or vow by swearing to what is untrue
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rancor
bitter deep-seated ill will )one sided angriness)
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sycophant
servile self-seeking flatterer; kiss-up
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vacillate
sway or can't decide between two things
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vivify
to give life to
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accolade
mark of acknowledgment or award
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ascetic
strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline
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bequeath
to hand down, to give or leave by will
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charlatan
fraud, faker
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conflagration
fire, conflict, war
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dearth
famine, lack of
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diffident
hesitant in acting or speaking through lack of self-confidence, reserved
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effervesce
bubble, hiss, and foam as gas escapes, show liveliness or exhilaration
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effulgence
radiant, brilliance
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ethereal
relating to regions beyond the earth, heavenly, lack of material substance
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guile
deceitful cunning, duplicity
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implausible
provoking disbelief
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incongruous
not harmonious, incompatible, inconsistent with itself
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insular
of, relating to, or constituting an island, isolated people
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provincial
living or coming from a province
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synthesis
parts to form a whole
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vigilant
alertly watchful to avoid danger
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voluble
easily rolling or turning or rotating; rapid speech
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affinity
relationship by marriage, kinship, natural likeness
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blasphemous
impulsively irrelevant, disrespectful
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buttress
something that supports or strengthens
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corroborate
to support with evidence or authority, make more certain
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deplete
to lessen markedly in quantity, content, power, or value
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despotic
tyrant, a ruler with absolute power
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replete
fully or abundantly filled
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empirical
based or observation or evidence, observable data
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homogenous
of the same or a similar kind or nature
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incontrovertible
not open to question, indisputable
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extraneous
not forming an essential or vital part
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irascible
marked by a hot temper and easily provoked anger
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laconic
the use of minimum words, concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious
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magnanimity
a generous act
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scrupulous
moral integrity, strict for what is right and proper
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sublime
exalt in dignity or honor
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surreptitious
acting or doing something clandestinely or secretly
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spurious
not being what it is said to be; false or fake
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veracity
devotion to the truth
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zeal
eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something
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amiable
generally agreeable, being friendly sociable
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vicarious
performed or suffered by one person as a substitute for another
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discursive
moving from topic to topic
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estrange
to remove or alienate
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exonerate
to relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship; to clear from obligation or blame
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gratuitous
not involving a return benefit, compensation, or consideration; costing nothing, free
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indignation
anger aroused by something unjust, unworthy, or mean
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induce
effect, cause, produce
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intractable
not easily manipulated, cured, or managed
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lucid
clear to understanding
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misanthrope
a person who what or distrusts humankind
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munificent
generous in giving, lavish
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recluse
marked by withdrawal from society
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stupefy
to make stupid, groggy, insensible, astonish, astound
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terse
smoothly elegant; polished, short
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transient
passing quickly into and out of existence
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adulation
excessive or slavish admiration or flattery
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chimera
illusion or fabrication of the mind
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culpable
guilty, criminal, blameworthy
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decadent
decay or decline, self-indulgence
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entreat
negotiate, intercede, make earnest request, please in order to persuade, ask urgently

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