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Astute

A

able to see things clearly

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To “fashion” something

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develop or create it

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Mired

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stuck together

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Objurgate

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to scold

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Slight

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insult by ignoring

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Negligible

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insignificant

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7
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Appreciable

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something large or important enough to be noticed

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Deleterious

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to cause harm or damage

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9
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coda

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is the part of a book or musical piece that comes at the very end.

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10
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Inducement of

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means something that persuades.

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Aberrant

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departing from an accepted standard

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12
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Munificent

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generous with gifts and money

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Boorishness

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course or vulgar rudeness

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14
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Forlorn

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very sad

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Gregarious

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social

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Ostentatious

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showing off

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Revelry

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lively and noisy

18
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Merriment

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fun

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Amiable

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friendly/present

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Carousing

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drinking alcohol and enjoying yourself in a noisy way

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Precipitous

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sudden

22
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Belie

A

disguise

23
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Indelible

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lasting

24
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derivative

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imitating or based on

25
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ostensibly

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supposedly

26
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novel

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new or original

27
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Protean

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able to switch in and out of different roles very easily—you adapt really quickly

28
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renegade

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a person who deserts and betrays an organization, country, or set of principles

having treacherously changed allegiance

29
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perfunctory

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done routinely and with little interest or care

30
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mawkish

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overly sentimental to the point that it is disgusting

31
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perfidy

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an act of deliberate betrayal; a breach of a trust

32
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smattering

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a slight or superficial understanding of a subject; a small amount of something

33
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equivocal

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confusing or ambiguous

34
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shunned

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avoided

35
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contemporary

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modern

36
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aphorisms

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short sayings

37
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auspicious

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favorable, the opposite of sinister

38
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calumny

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making of a false statement meant to injure a person’s reputation

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