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inane

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silly; nonsensical

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sophistry

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deceptive reasoning; faulty but plausible logic

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receptivity

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open to ideas

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debunk

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to expose as false

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acumen

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keen perception; insight

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constituent

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an element; voters

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magnanimity

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noble generosity

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corollary

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something that naturally follows

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consecration

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declared sacred; inducted into religious rite

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seditious

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resistance to lawful authority

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ingrate

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ungrateful person

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peccadillo

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minor weakness; trivial offense

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soporific

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inducing sleep

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veneer

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surface coating

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capricious

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impulsive; unpredictable

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interminable

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never-ending

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banal

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lacking originality

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serendipity

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finding things not sought out for

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platitude

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dull; insipid

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disseminate

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to disperse; to spread (ideas)

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austerity

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stern in manners; lacking luxury

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profligacy

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wildly extravagant

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extol

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to praise highly

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propriety

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being proper/polite

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reverent

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showing respect/honor

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mirthful

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gladness/gaiety accompanied by laughter

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racounter

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excel at storytelling

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collude

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to plot against

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vicariously

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through imaginative participation

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venerate

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to revere; to worship

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artifice

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deception; trickery

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provincial

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unsophisticated; narrow-minded

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specious

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false

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venial

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minor; unimportant

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fortitude

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bravery

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innocuous

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harmless; inoffensive

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peerless

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without equal; incomparable

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diurnal

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active in daytime

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verbose

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talkative; rambling

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assiduous

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thorough; diligent

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cogent

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lucid; well-argued

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fractious

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irritable; difficult to control

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inscrutable

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mysterious; impenetrable

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pellucid

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transparently clear

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spurious

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false

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assuage

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to calm

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cogitate

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to think over something; to ponder

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insentient

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unfeeling

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purloin

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to steal

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vertigo

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dizziness

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dogmatic

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stubbornly held opinions

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mire

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swamp; muddy ground

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pusillanimous

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cowardly

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staid

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sober; serious; dull

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vestigial

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not developed

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collate

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to arrange in order

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dolt

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stupid person

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turgid

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bombastic/pompous; swollen

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strident

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harsh/insistent sound

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morose

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gloomy

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inordinate

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disorderly; unregulated

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itinerant

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travelling from place to place

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opulent

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wealthy

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abstention

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practice of refraining from doing something

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malfeasance`

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wrongdoing, especially by a public official

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extemporize

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to improvise

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incantatory

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use of verbal charms in magic; or a formula of words designed to produce certain effect

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unstinting

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not restricting

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litigious

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disputatious; prone to engage in lawsuits