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arbitrate

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to judge a dispute between two opposing parties

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attenuate

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to reduce in force or degree; to weaken

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capricious

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changing one’s mind quickly and often

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castigate

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to punish or criticize harshly

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caustic

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biting in wit

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chauvinist

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someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which he or she belongs

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chicanery

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deception by means of craft or guile

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cogent

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convincing and well-reasoned

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credulous

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too trusting; gullible

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desiccate

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to dry out thoroughly

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desultory

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jumping from one thing to another; disconnected

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diatribe

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an abusive, condemnatory speech

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diffident

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lacking self-confidence

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dilatory

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intended to delay

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dilettante

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someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic

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dirge

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a funeral hymn or mournful speech

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disabuse

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to set right; to free from an error

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dissemble

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to present a false appearance; to disguise one’s real intentions or character

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enervate

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to reduce in strength

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egender

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to produce, cause, or bring about

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equivocal

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open to more than one interpretation; misleading

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equivocate

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to use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead

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esoteric

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known or understood by only a few

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estimable

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admirable

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exigent

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urgent; requiring immediate action

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foment

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to arouse or incite

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gergarious

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outgoing, sociable

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iconoclast

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one who opposes established beliefs, customs, and institutions

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garrulous

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tending to talk a lot

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imperturbable

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not capable of being disturbed

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inchoate

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not fully formed, disorganized

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ingenuous

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showing innocence or childlike simplicity

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inimical

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hostile, unfriendly

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innocuous

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harmless

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insipid

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lacking interest or flavor

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intransigent

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uncompromising; refusing to be reconciled

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irascible

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easily made angry

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laconic

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using few words

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loquacious

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talkative

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malinger

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to evade responsibility by pretending to be ill

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misanthrope

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a person who dislikes others

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mollify

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to calm or make less severe

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obdurate

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hardened in feeling; resistant to persuasion

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obsequious

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overly submissive and eager to please

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obstinate

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stubborn, unyielding

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obviate

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to prevent; to make unnecessary

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occlude

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to stop up; to prevent the passage of

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onerous

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troublesome and oppressive; burdensome

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opprobrium

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public disgrace

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pedant

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someone who shows off learning

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perfidious

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willing to betray one's trust

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perfunctory

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done in a routine way; indifferent

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precipitate

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to throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation

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prevaricate

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to lie or deviate from the truth

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prodigal

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lavish, wasteful

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proliferate

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to increase in number quicklt

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propitiate

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to conciliate; to appease

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quiescent

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motionless

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repudiate

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to reject the validity of

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reticent

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silent, reserved

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soporfic

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causing sleep or lethargy

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specious

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deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious

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stolid

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unemotional; lacking sensibility

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torpor

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done without using words

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vacillate

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to sway physically; to be indecisive