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leery

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suspicious; distrustful

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uncanny

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strangely unsettling, as if of supermatural origin

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talisman

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something thought to have magic power

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august

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inspiring awe or admiration

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rapacious

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excessively greedy

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labyrinthine

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complicated; puzzling

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pulpit

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a podium used for preaching

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desultory

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lacking a plan or purpose

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visceral

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instinctive; relating to the internal organs

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disconcert

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to make confused or uneasy

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sinecure

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a paid position that requires little or no work

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puerrile

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childish

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rambunctious

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very loud and disorderly

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interstices

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small spaces between things

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tawdry

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tastelessly showy

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throe

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a spasm of pain; strong yearning

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contumacious

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stubbornly disobedient; rebellious

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exiguous

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scanty; meager

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epithet

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a descriptive term for a person or thing

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emolument

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payment for an office or employment

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behoove

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to be necessary or proper for

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inexorable

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not able to be persuaded; unyielding

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broach

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to raise for discussion

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improvident

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not preparing dor the future; incautious

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promulgate
to make known by official announcement
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ilk
kind, sort, class
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expunge
to erase; eliminate
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ambiance
environment
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halcyon
calm; peaceful
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vanguard
the leading position in army or fleet
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recondite
not easily understood
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concerted
planned or accomplished together
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grisly
inspiring horror because of appalling crudity ot inhumanity
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redress
to set right; to remedy
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licentious
not moral; lawless; lewd
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fulminate
to issue a strong verbal attack
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bathos
excessive and trivial sentimentality
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overwrought
extremly nervous or excited
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opprobrium
a bad reputation ir disgrace gained after a specific action
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rejoinder
an answer to another answer
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recreant
showing faithless disloyalty
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sententious
expressingmuch in few words
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manacles
shackles; handcuffs
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nonpareil
having no equal
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rectitude
conduct according to moral principles
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travesty
an imitation that mkes a serious thing seem ridicilous
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surreptitious
secretly
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stentorian
extremely loud
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bawdy
indecent or humourously coarse
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vituperative
harshly critical
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contentious
quarrelsome
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trenchant
keen and forceful
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aspersion
a remark that attacks one's reputation