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Descry

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(v) to see (something unclear or distant) by looking carefully; discern; to discover, perceive; detect

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Articulate

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(v) Expressing oneself readily, clearly and effectively

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Terse

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(adj) using few words; devoid of superfluity

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Munificent

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(adj) very liberal in giving or bestowing; lavish

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Obdurate

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(adj) stubbornly persistent in wrong doing; hardened in feelings; resistant to persuasion or softening influences

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Obstinate

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(adj) stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose or course in spite of reason, argument or persuasion

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Verbose

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(adj) containing more words than necessary; wordy

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Opaque

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(adj) blocking the passage of radiant energy and light

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Pique

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(n) a transient feeling of wounded vanity

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Fey

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(adj) marked by a foreboding of death or calamity; marked by an otherworldly air or attitude

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Aeronautics

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(n) a science dealing with the operation of aircraft

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Eccentric

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(adj) deviating from an established or unusual pattern or style

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Pugnacious

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(adj) having a quarrelsome or combative nature; truculent – “pug-nay-sus”

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Imaginative

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(adj) of relating to or characterized by imagination; devoid of truth

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Nonconformist

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(adj) a person who does not conform to a generally accepted pattern of thought or action

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Individualist

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(n) one that pursues a markedly independent course in thought or action; one that advocates or practices individualism

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Muscular

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(adj) of, relating to muscle. Of or relating to physical strength

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Skillful

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(adj) possessed of or displaying skill; expert

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Foolhardy

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(adj) foolishly adventurous and bold

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Hardened

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(v) to confirm in disposition, feeling or action; to make callous. to assume an appearance of harshness or severity

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Valiant

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(adj) possessing or acting with bravery or boldness; courageous

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Stalwart

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(adj) marked by outstanding strength and vigor or body, mind and spirit

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Slovenly

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(adj) untidy especially in appearance

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Matronly

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(adj) a married woman usually marked by dignified maturity or social distinction

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Ostentatious
(adj) attracting or seeking to attract attention, admiration or envy often by gaudiness or obviousness
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Abhorred
(v) to regard with extreme repugnance. to feel hatred or loathing for
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Ravaged
(n) violently destructive effect
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Embalmed
(v) to treat a dead body so as to protect from decay
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Peculation
(v) embezzle
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Inebriation
(v) to exhilarate or stupefy as if by liquor; to make drunk
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Profanities
(n) the quality or state of being profane; the use of profane language
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Dissimulation
(v) to hide under a false appearance; to put on the appearance of
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Embezzlement
(v) to appropriate (e.g. property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
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Infidelity
(n) lack of belief in religion; unfaithfulness to a moral obligation
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Charge
(n) a store of accumulation of impending force \\ the ecclesiastical jurisdiction (such as a parish) committed to a clergyman \\ the price demanded of something \\ a formal assertion of illegality
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Envoy
(n) a person delegated to represent one gov't in its dealing with another
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Rector
(b) one that directs \\ a member of the clergy in charge of a parish
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Equity
(n) justice according to natural law or right; freedom from bias or favoritism \\ a risk interest or ownership right in property
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Insistence
(n) the act or an instance of insisting \\ to be emphatic, firm or resolute about something intended, demanded or required
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Apathy
(n) lack of feeling or emotions; impassiveness \\ lack of interest or concern; indifference
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Tyrant
(n) an absolute ruler unrestrained by law or constitutionµ \\ a ruler who exercises absolute power oppressively or brutally
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Martinet
(n) a strict disciplinarian \\ a person who stresses a rigid adherence to the details of forms and methods
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Megalomania
(n) a mania for great or grandiose performance \\ a delusional mental illness that is marked by feelings of personal omnipotence & grandeur
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Parsimonious
(adj) frugal to the point of stinginess; sparing, restrained
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Pernicious
(adj) high;y injurious or destructive; deadly
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Inadequate
(adj) not adequate; insufficient
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Overwhelming
(adj) tending or serving to overwhelm
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Consuming
(adj) deeply felt; ardent; engrossing
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Unprincipled
(adj) lacking moral principles
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Incongruous
(adj) lacking congruity; not harmonious
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Reverence
(n) honor or respect felt or shown
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Fastidiousness
(adj) having high and capricious standards; difficult to please
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Didactic
(adj) designed or intended to teach; making moral observations
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Polemical
(n) an aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another; an aggressive controversialist
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Corroborate
(v) to support with evidence or authority; make more certain
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Diffidence
(n) the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful; shy
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Illiberal
(adj) not liberal; not broad-minded
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Inconsequential
(adj) illogical; irrelevant
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Injudicious
(adj) not judicious; unwise; indiscreet
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Penitential
(adj) of or relating to penitence or penance
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Prolix
(adj) unduly prolonged or drawn out; marked by or using an excess of words
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Impetuous
(adj) marked by impulsive vehemence or passion; marked by force and violence of movement or action
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Taciturn
(adj) temperamentally disinclined to talk
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Pellucid
(adj) admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion
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Restive
(adj) stubbornly resisting control; fidgety
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Circumscribed
(v) to constrict the range or activity of definitely and clearly; to define or mark clearly; to draw a line around

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