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UPCAT MAROON BLUE BOOK > English Vocabulary > Flashcards

English Vocabulary Flashcards

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Acrimonious

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Angry,bitter

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Adroit

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Skillful

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Affable

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Friendly

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Alimentary

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Nourishment,Sustenance

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Amalgam

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Mixture , blend

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Ambivalent

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Mixed feelings

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Ameliorate

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Make better

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Amicable

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Agreeable

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Anachronism

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From another time

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Aplomb

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Assurance , self-confidence

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Arid

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Dry out

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Ascetic

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Abstinent,
non indulgent

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Assuage

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To ease

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Autocrat

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A ruler with absolute power

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Avarice

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Extremely greedy

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Axiom

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Accepted truth

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Beatitude

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State of bliss

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Beleaguer

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To cause problems for

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Belie

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Give false impression

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Belligerent

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Hostile

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Benediction

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Blessing

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Bowdlerize

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Sensor , expurgate

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Brazen

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Bold

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Brusque

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Abrupt in one’s mannerism

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Bungler

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Amateur , incompetent

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Cacophony

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Harsh mixture of sounds

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Capacious

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Spacious

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Castigate

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Punish

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Caustic

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Corrosive; sarcastic

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Cerebral

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Intellectual

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Chaff

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Worthless thing; husk of corn

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Chicanery

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The use of deception

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Chimerical

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Illusory , imagination

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Compunction

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Feeling remorse

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Concomitant

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Naturally accompanying

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Coniferous

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Needle like or scale light

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Conjecture

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Guess , speculation

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Consternation

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Anxious , dismayed

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Contentious

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Likely to cause argument

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Contiguous

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Next , together

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Contingent

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Subject to change

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Convivial

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Friendly , lively

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Corpulent

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Fat

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Corroborate

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Confirm , verify

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Craven

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Cowardly

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Credulity

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Readiness to believe

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Credulous

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Gullible , naive

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Culpable

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Deserving blame

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Curtail

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To deprive , to reduce

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Dearth

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Scarcity

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Decant

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To pour

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Decrepit

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Elderly , worn out from age

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Deference

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Respect , submission

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Deleterious

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Harmful

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Demagogue

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Agitator

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Desecrate

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To disrespect

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Desiccate

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To dry out

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Desist

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Stop , cease , or abstain

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Despot

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A ruler with absolute power

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Diatribe

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Bitter verbal attack

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Didactic

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To instruct

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Diffident

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Shy , lacks self-confidence

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Dilatory

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Slow , an hurried , tardy

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Dilettante

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Amateur

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Dirge

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Funeral hymn , mournful music

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Discomfit

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To embarrass

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Disconsolate

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Unhappy , doleful

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Disingenuous

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Insincere

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Disparage

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To belittle

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Dissembler

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Hypocrite

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Dissolute

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Unprincipled , promiscuous

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Diurnal

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Daily

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Dolorous

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Doleful , distress

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Draconian

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Strict rules

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Dregs

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Remnant , leftovers

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Ductile

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Pliable

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Eclectic

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Extensive

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Edify

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To instruct

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Effigy

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Sculpture or model of a person

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Effusive

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To express gratitude

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Elucidate

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To clarify

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Emaciated

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Thin or weak

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Empirical

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Observed , seen

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Enervating

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Tiring

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Entomology

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The study of insects

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Entrench

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Firmly establish

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Epitaph

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Elegy, commemoration

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Euphony

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Pleasing sound

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Evanescent

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Not lasting long

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Evocation

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Imaginative recreation

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Exacerbate

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To worsen

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Excoriate

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To criticize

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Extemporize

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To improvise

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Fastidious

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Hard to please

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Fecund

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Producing many new ideas

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Fickle

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Changing frequently

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Flippant

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Treating things lightly

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Florid

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Excessively intricate , red faced

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Flummox

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Perplexed

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Furor

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Uproar of excitement or anger

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Galvanize

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Electrify

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Garrulous

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Talkative

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Genial

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Friendly

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Geriatric

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Relating to old age

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Gerrymander

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To give bias to

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Gestate

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To carry a fetus , to develop

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Glib

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Fluent but in sincere and shallow

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Glut

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Surplus , to supply or fill

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Gregarious

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Friendly

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Guile

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Cunning intelligence

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Gully

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Water-worn ravine

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Halcyon

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Peaceful , happy

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Harbinger

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Herald , sign , omen

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Haughty

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Arrogant , conceited

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Hedonist

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Pleasure seeker

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Iconoclast

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Critique , septic , questioner

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Idiosyncrasy

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A peculiar trait

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Idyllic

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Peaceful , happy

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Ignominious

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Shameful

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Impecunious

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Poor , penniless

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Impetus

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Motivation

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Indigent

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Poor

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Indomitable

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Invincible , unbeatable

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Inexorable

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Relentless

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Infernal

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Hellish

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Innocuous

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Harmless

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Inscrutable

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Hard to understand

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Insular

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Narrow minded; isolated

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Interloper

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Intruder

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Intrepid

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Fearless

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Invective

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Insulting , abusive language

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Irreverent

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Disrespectful

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Itinerant

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Traveling , not sedentary

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Jibe

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Taunt , mock

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Jocular

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Joking , humorous

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Juggernaut

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Overwhelming force

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Laconic

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Concise

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Lambaste

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To criticize harshly

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Lampoon

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Publicly criticized or mock

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Laud

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Praise

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Licentious

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Unprincipled , promiscuous

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Loquacious

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Talkative

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Lugubrious

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Looking or sounding sad

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Lurid

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Shocking

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