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Sanguinity

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Cheerful optimism

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Timidity

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Lacking self confidence, shy; fearful and hesitant

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Credulity

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A tendency to be ready to believe something is true

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Temerity

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Excessive confidence or boldness
No one had the temerity to question his conclusions.
Daring, rashness, audacity

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Ingenue

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A girl who is artless, innocent, naive

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Trite

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Made boring by overuse, hackneyed, unoriginal

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Artless

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Free from deceit cunning or craftiness, sincerely simple, free from artificiality, made without skill (an artless attempt to wine votes)

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Pulchritude

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Physical beauty or loveliness

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Astute

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Shrewdness or keen perception

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Licentious

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Permiscuous and unprincipled in sexual matters

Dissolute, wanton, profligate, rakish, dissipated

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Profligate

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A licentious and dissolute person

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Dissolute

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Lax in morals, licentious

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Portentous

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Serious or significant, or eliciting awe, amazing

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Imprudent

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Lacking good sense, not showing care for the consequences of an action, rash
SYN: indiscreet

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Staid

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Sedate, self restraining, proper (even boring)

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Purple

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Extravagant or flowery writing, breaks flow by of extravagance

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Repine

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Feel or express discontent; fret
OR low in spirits
Syn: complain, grumble, murmur

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Impudent

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Characterized by offensive boldness OR impertinent (brash, rude, uncivil)

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Impuissant

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Powerless, weak or feeble

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Bathetic

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Characterized by a sudden switch, often ludicrous, from elevated to everyday or banal

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Circumscribe

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To define or mark off carefully, bounded

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Sedulous

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Taking great care and diligence

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Manifestations

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Happening or occurrences

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Sordid

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Behavior that is disgraceful and scandalous

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Hyperbole
Exaggeration
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Cede
Relinquish, give back
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Annex
Gaining (land)
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Etiology
Describe or assign a cause
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Supplanted
Replace and supersede, take the place of
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Supercede
Take the place of
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Temper
To dilute or soften, moderate
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Damp
Lowness for spirits, depression, to restrain or check, discourage
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Benefactor
One that gives aid especially financially
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Benign
Of a kid and gentle disposition, exerting beneficial influence A policy with benign consequences for the economy.
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Beneficiant
Generous or doing good, resulting in good | Syn: charitable, beneficial, benevolent, salutatory
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Portentous
``` Marvelous, amazing, prodigious Done in a pompous or overly solemn manner Ominously significant or indicative Syn: ominous, sinister, in auspicious The dark signs were a portentous sign ```
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Chary
Cautious, wary | Syn: prudent, guarded
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Pretentious
Falsely or excessively arrogant or proud
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Opprobrious
Disgraceful, shameful | Syn:Ignominy (disgrace)
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Unflappable
Having or showing calmness in crisis
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Intrepid
Fearless, adventurous
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Ignominy
Disgrace
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Extole
Praise enthusiastically | Syn: exalt, praise, eulogize, laud
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Lionize
Treat as a celebrity, give a lot of public attention to and approval
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Historionics
Theatrical
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Animus
Hostility or ill feelings | Syn: enmity, animosity, hostility
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Windfall
Unexpected good fortune, typically involving $
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Perquisite
Special right or privilege
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Juvenescence
Restoration of youth, rejuvenation, childhood youth
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Prosaic
Matter of fact, straightforward | OR lacking in imagination and spirit, dull
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Extraneous
Irrelevant or unrelated to the subject being dealt with
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Chirpy
Cheerful and lively | Syn: jocund, like skittish
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Peruse
Read thoroughly or carefully, examine at length
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Restive
Unable to keep still or silent, becoming difficult to control
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Skittish
Lively and unpredictably playful
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Vociferous
Vehement or clamorous | Syn: noisy, uproarious, obstreperous (noisy, difficult to control)
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Circumscribe
Restrict something within limits | Their movements were strictly circumscribed
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Retrospective
Looking back on or dealing with special events
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Fatuous
Dense, dull, dim-witted, foolish especially in an unconscious manner
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Halcyon
Calm, peaceful, tranquil or carefree | OR prosperous, rich, wealthy
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Scotched
Ended
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Germane
Relevant, pertinent
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Salubrious
Favorable to or promoting health, healthful
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Fragile
Fragile, easily broken, breakable
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Bane
Causes problems or misery
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Eschew
Avoid, keep clear of, abstain
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Misanthropic
Showing hatred towards humankind
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Hedonist
Devoted to the pursuit of human pleasure and self gratification
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Nefarious
Wicked or villainous | Syn: heinous, vile, atrocious
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Fecklass
Ineffective, incompetent, futile OR indifferent, lazy, no sense of responsibility
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Nugatory
Of no real value, worthless, ineffective/of no force or effect
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Squalid
Foul or dirty
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Foil
To prevent the success of
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Mephitic
Foul or offensive smelling
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Noisome
Disgusting, offensive, often in odor
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Feign
Invented or made up
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Vituperation
Verbal abuse
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Specious
Superficially pleasing but lacking real merit, pleasing to the eye but deceptive; misleading
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Decimate
To destroy a great number of
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Transient
Staying a short time, not lasting/enduring, existing briefly
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Exacting
Demanding, rigid in requirements, requiring close application
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Revel (in)
Take great pleasure or delight in
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Vernacular
The plain native speech of a place
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Abstruse
Hard to understand, esoteric, arcane
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Argot
A specialized set of vocabulary used by a group
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Nascent
Beginning to exist, beginning to display signs of potential

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