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ineluctable (adj)

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unable to be resisted or avoided; inescapable

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invidious (adj)

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Likely to arouse or incur resentment or anger in others

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plangent (adj)

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Loud, reverberating and often melancholy

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Nugatory (adj)

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Of no value or importance

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denouement (n)

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The final part of a play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved

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pedantic (adj)

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Scholarly in a narrow-minded way

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antediluvian (adj)

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old-fashioned

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pusillanimous (adj)

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Showing a lack of courage or determination; timid

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jejune (adj)

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naive, simplistic, and superficial:

Their entirely predictable and jejune opinions

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disencumber (v)

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Free from or relieve of an encumbrance

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superannuation (n)

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Regular payment made into a fund by an employee towards a future pension

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senescence (n)

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The condition or process of deterioration with age

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apocryphal (adj)

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Of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being true

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antedate (v)

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Precede in time; come before something (in date)

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pillory (v)

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To severely criticize someone, especially in a public way

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ancillary (adj)

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Subordinate, subsidiary ; auxiliary, supplementary

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Arrant (adj)

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Being notoriously without moderation: extreme

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mendacity (n)

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Lack of honestly

Mendacious (adj): given or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth

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recalcitrant (adj)

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Obstinately defiant of authority or restraint; difficult to manage or operate; not responsive to treatment; resistant

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craven (adj)

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Lacking the least bit of courage; contemptibly fainthearted

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profligacy (n)

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The quality or state of being profligate (wildly extravagant, shamelessly immoral)

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maladroit (adj)

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Inept; incompetent

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panegyric (n)

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a eulogistic oration or writing

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expiate (v)

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To make amends for; to extinguish the guilt incurred by

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soporific (adj)

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Causing or tending to cause sleep; of, relating to, or marked by sleepiness or lethargy

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sedulous (adj)

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Involving or accompanied with careful perseverance; diligent in application or pursuit

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preternatural (adj)

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existing outside of nature; exceeding what is natural or regular (extraordinary); inexplicable by ordinary means

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gauche (adj)

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Lacking social experience or grace ; crudely made or done OR not planar

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teleological (adj)

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Exhibiting or relating to design or purpose especially in nature; (teleology: study of purpose by looking at results)

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unstinting (adj)

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Not restricting or holding back

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prosaic (adj)

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Characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry: factual; dull, unimaginative; everyday, ordinary

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edifying (adj)

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Instructive or informative in a way that improves the mind or character

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cadge (v)

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Beg; sponge (she cadged money from her sister)

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quiescent (adj)

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Marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest; causing no trouble or symptoms

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prepossessing (adj)

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Tending to create a favorable impression of: attractive

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allay (v)

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To subdue or reduce in intensity or severity: alleviate; to make quiet: calm

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fatuous (adj)

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Complacently or inanely foolish: silly

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diffidence (n)

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The quality or state of being unassertive or bashful

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glib (adj)

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Showing little forethought or preparation; nonchalant; superficial; OR marked by ease and fluency in speaking or writing to the point of being insincere or deceitful

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implacable (adj)

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Not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated

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bellicose (adj)

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favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars

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doughty (adj)

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marked by fearless resolution: valiant

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retrench (v)

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Cut down, reduce, excise, remove

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perfidy (n)

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the quality or state of being faithless or disloyal: treachery

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sophistry (n)

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subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation

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anodyne (adj)

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serving to alleviate pain; not likely to offend or arouse tensions: innocuous

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pavonine (adj)

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Of, relating to, or resembling a peacock; iridescent

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parietal (adj)

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Of or relating to the walls or part of a cavity

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saturnine (adj)

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Very serious and unhappy; gloomy or menacing disposition

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cauterize (v)

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To sear with a cautery or caustic (to cauterize a wound); to deaden

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inveterate (adj)

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Habitual; firmly established by long persistence

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timorous (adj)

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fearful; timid

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turgid (adj)

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Excessively embellished in style or language: bombastic, pompous OR being in a state of distension: swollen

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interdict (v)

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To forbid in formal manner

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expurgate (v)

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To cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous

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probity (n)

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adherence to the highest principles and ideals: uprightness

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parsimony (n)

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The quality of being careful with money or resources: thrift; stingy

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deleterious (adj)

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Harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way