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comprehensive

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large in scope or content

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compliance

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a yield to a wish, request or demand

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didactic

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intended to instruct; esp. to moralize too much; pedantic

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ephemeral

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lasting only a brief time

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foresight

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ability to anticipate or look forward

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hypocritical

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one characterized by falseness or insecurity

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implication

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act of inferring; something not directly expressed

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methodical

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proceeding in a regular order; systemic

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partisan

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a strong (military) supporter of a party, cause, faction, or idea

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prodigal

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recklessly wasteful; extravagant

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reprehensible

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blameworthy

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scrupulous

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principled; conscientious and exacting; meticulous

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stoic

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indifference to pain or pleasure; impassive; enduring; brave

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stultify

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to render useless; to cause to appear stupid

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taciturn

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habitually untalkative; silent, uncommunicative