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Aberrant

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going off the usual, normal, or right way; deviating from the usual or normal type
Synonyms: abnormal, atypical, deviant, unusual

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Abscond

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to leave secretly and suddenly
Synonyms: disappear, escape, vanish

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Alacrity

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cheerful readiness
Synonyms: liveliness, promptness, willingness

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Anomaly

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something different, irregular
Synonyms: aberration, exception, irregularity, oddity

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Approbation

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formal approval
Synonyms: approval, commendation, endorsement, recognition

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Arduous

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extremely difficult; requiring much energy or effort
Synonyms: exhausting, grueling, strenuous

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Assuage

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to decrease the intensity or severity of
Synonyms: calm, ease, relieve

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Audacious

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daring, recklessly brave; inventive,
unconventional
Synonyms: adventurous, bold, rash

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Austere

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somber, strict, or stern in manner or appearance
Synonyms: ascetic, rigorous, serious, solemn

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Axiomatic

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taken as an axiom, or self-evident truth
Synonyms: accepted, fundamental, given, obvious

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Canonical

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following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standard
noun form: canon
a body of fundamental rules or standards; a set of sacred texts or other comprehensive list of texts

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Capricious

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impulsive, tending to act according to whim
Synonyms: arbitrary, erratic, unpredictable

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Censure

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blame, formal condemnation
Synonyms: criticism, disapproval, reprimand

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Chicanery

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deception through trickery
Synonyms: artifice, cheating, subterfuge

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Connoisseur

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one who understands, appreciates, and can make judgments of an art or matter of taste
Synonyms: aficionado, expert, specialist

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Convoluted

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full of twists and turns, complicated
Synonyms: complex, intricate, puzzling

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Disabuse

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to clear up an error or confusion
Synonyms: correct, debunk, enlighten

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Discordant

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not in harmony, quarrelsome
Synonyms: cacophonous, contradictory, inconsistent

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Disparate

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essentially different
Synonyms: dissimilar, diverse, various

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Effrontery

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shameless boldness
Synonyms: arrogance, disrespect, insolence

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Eloquent

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beautifully and fluently expressive
Synonyms: articulate, expressive

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Enervate

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to reduce the strength of
Synonyms: debilitate, enfeeble, weaken

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Ennui

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a feeling of weariness
Synonyms: boredom, dullness, languor

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Equivocate

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to speak without committing oneself
Synonyms: dodge, evade, prevaricate

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Erudite
learned Synonyms: educated, knowledgeable, studious
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Exclupate
to clear from guilt or blame Synonyms: absolve, exonerate, vindicate
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Exigent
that which is necessary in a given situation; an urgent situation Synonyms: necessity, requirement; crisis, emergency
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Extemporaneous
made, done, or said at the spur of the moment Synonyms: impromptu, improvised, unrehearsed
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Filibuster
the use of obstruction to prevent action, especially the passage of a law Synonyms: delay, hindrance, interference, opposition
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Fulminate
to denounce strongly Synonyms: attack, condemn, criticize
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Ingenuous
characterized by childlike innocence or sincerity Synonyms: artless, candid, naive
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Inured
accustomed to difficulty or pain Synonyms: hardened, toughened
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Irascible
having a hot temper, easily angered Synonyms: cranky, fractious, grouchy, irritable, touchy
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Laud
to praise Synonyms: acclaim, celebrate, extol
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Lucid
full of light; clear to the understanding Synonyms: bright, brilliant, radiant, shining; evident, intelligible, obvious
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Magnanimity
the possession of a courageous spirit and noble mind Synonyms: chivalry, generosity, philanthropy
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Martial
having to do with war or military life Synonyms: military, soldierly, warlike
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Mundane
earthly, practical, ordinary Synonyms: banal, common, everyday, prosaic, unimaginative
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Nascent
just coming into existence Synonyms: burgeoning, fledgling, incipient
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Nebulous
vague Synonyms: confused, hazy, indefinite, indistinct, unclear
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Nelogism
a new word
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Noxious
poisonous or corrupting Synonyms: deadly, injurious, harmful, pernicious, toxic
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Obtuse
lacking quickness or insight in perception or intelligence Synonyms: dense, dull, imperceptive, stupid
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Obviate
to prevent or make unnecessary through anticipation Synonyms: avert, hinder, preclude
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Onerous
burdensome Synonyms: arduous, oppressive, troublesome
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Paean
a song of praise, thanksgiving, or triumph Synonyms: anthem, hymn, laud, ode
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Parody
a work of literature, music, theater, or film that imitates the style of another, for humorous or satirical effect
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Perennial
lasting a long time, persistent, constant Synonyms: continuing, everlasting, perpetual, recurrent
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Perfidy
an act of disloyalty, treachery Synonyms: betrayal, duplicity, infidelity
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Perfunctory
done in a routine, superficial, or indifferent way Synonyms: automatic, mechanical, offhand, unthinking
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Perspicacious
extremely perceptive Synonyms: discerning, intelligent, keen, shrewd
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Prattle
chatter or babble Synonym: idle talk
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Precipitate
to cause, to bring about in a rushed or sudden way; to come out of solution Synonyms: hasten, hurry, speed
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Predilection
a preference for something Synonyms: bias, inclination, penchant, tendency
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Prescience
foresight, through either divine means or normal human anticipation Synonym: foreknowledge
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Prevaricate
to lie Synonyms: deceive, equivocate, misrepresent
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Qualms
a feeling of apprehension or uneasiness, often for reasons of conscience or propriety Synonyms: apprehension, misgiving, uncertainty
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Recant
to openly and formally withdraw or disavow a statement or belief Synonyms: nullify, retract, void
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Refute
to prove wrong, to deny Synonyms: disprove, invalidate, repudiate
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Relegate
to banish, to assign to an insignificant or inferior place or role Synonyms: demote, displace
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Reticent
tending to be uncommunicative or silent Synonyms: reserved, restrained
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Solicitous
showing concern or care; eager Synonyms: anxious, attentive, careful, worried
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Sordid
characterized by baseness, filthy Synonyms: degenerate, miserable, squalid, vile
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Sporadic
happening occasionally or irregularly Synonyms: isolated, occasionally, scattered
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Squander
to spend or use wastefully, to scatter Synonyms: dissipate, misuse, waste
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Static
Not moving, active, or in motion; at rest
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Stupefy
to stun, baffle, or amaze
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Stymie
to block; to thwart
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Synthesis
the combination of parts to make a whole
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Torque
A force that causes rotation
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Tortuous
Winding, twisting; excessively complicated
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Truculent
fierce and cruel; eager to fight
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Veracity
truthfulness, honesty
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Virulent
extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic
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Voracious
Having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous
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Waver
To move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion

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