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apathetic

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Feeling or showing little emotion

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forerunners

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One that precedes, as in time; a predecessor.

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ascribed

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assigned to a person by society without regard for the person’s unique talents or characteristics

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unorthodox

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Breaking with convention or tradition

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garbled

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Confused, mixed up

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archaic

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ancient; old-fashioned

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congratulatory

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expressive of sympathetic pleasure or joy on account of someone’s success or good fortune

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melancholic

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characterized by or causing or expressing sadness

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contemptuous

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Scornful

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impartial

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Having no bias or favor

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lamented

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mourned or grieved for

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pretentious

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(adj.) done for show, striving to make a big impression; claiming merit or position unjustifiably; making demands on one’s skill or abilities, ambitious

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jovial

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Happy

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precocious

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Exceptionally early in development or occurrence

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avaricious

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Greedy

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divests

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reduce or dispose of

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augments

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expand

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treachery

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Perfidy, Betrayal of trust

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extrication

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The act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition

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construed

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interpreted

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portent

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Ominous

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translucency

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varying degrees of light passing through and being absorbed by an object

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variance

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A measure of difference

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predilection

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a predisposition in favor of something

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qualms
Feelings of doubt
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inferiority
A pattern of avoiding feelings of inadequacy rather than trying to overcome their source.
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reticent
silent; reserved
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garrulous
talkative
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noncommittal
(adj.) Not decisive or definite; unwilling to take a clear position or to say yes or no
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effusive
gushing; excessively demonstrative
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forbode
to predict or foretell
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quagmires
soft, muddy areas that are easy to sink into
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deteriorate
(v.) to lower in quality or value; to wear away
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ameliorate
To improve
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lull
Soothe or cause to fall asleep (as in lullaby); quite down; make to feel secure, sometimes falsely (v); a period of calm o quite (n)
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anticlimax
A disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
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abhorrent
Very repugnant; hateful.
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meticulous
extremely careful; fastidious; painstaking
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disheveled
Messy
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idiosyncracy
an odd, unusual, or peculiar behavior
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envisage
To form a mental picture
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requisite
(adj.) needed, necessary, regarded as essential or indispensabl
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causation
A cause and effect relationship in which one variable controls the changes in another variable.
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desultory
jumping from one thing to another; disconnected
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pragmatic
practical, as opposed to idealistic
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inoculating
the act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity
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intangibles
things that cannot be realized or defined
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indiscernible
Difficult or impossible to discern or perceive
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indigant
filled with resentment or anger over something unjust, unworthy, or mean
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perplexity
Confusion
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innate
Inborn
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figurative
cannot be taken literally
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flops
failures
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debilitated
weakened
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erudtion
deep, extensive learning
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voluble
talkative; speaking easily; glib
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disparage
Belittle
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credulous
too trusting; gullible
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mawkish
excessively sentimental
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mutable
Changeable
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incongruities
things or ideas that are not in agreement with each other or are not compatible
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contemptuous
Scornful
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demure
Modest and reserved in manner or behavior
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subverts
undermines the power and authority of (an established system or institution)
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repudiated
rejected
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denigrated
Belittled, degraded, decried
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ennui
(n.) weariness and dissatisfaction from lack of occupation or interest, boredom
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affable
(adj.) courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to
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resilient
(adj.) able to return to an original shape or form; able to recover quickly
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seclusion
(n.) the state of being private and away from other people
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fraudulence
n. Deceitfulness
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reiteration
repetition of an idea using different words, often for emphasis or other effect
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intricacy
complexity
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miniscule
Extremely small
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middling
average
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illusory
(adj.) misleading, deceptive; lacking in or not based on reality
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denigrations
a belittling comment
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edifying
enlightening
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resolute
(adj.) bold, determined; firm
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deprecate
To express disapproval of
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divulge
to disclose something secret
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affront
An insult
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conundrum
A difficult problem
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arduous
Difficult
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coalesces
to unite; to come together
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disperses
breaks up
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obtrudes
to force oneself or one's ideas upon another; to thrust forward, to eject
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dissipates
disperse or scatter
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simile
A comparison using like or as
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predilections
preference
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pseudonym
(n.) a pen name, name assumed by a writer
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bogus
(adj.) false, counterfeit
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duplicitous
Deliberately deceptive in behavior or speech
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parable
A metaphor or simile drawn from nature or common life and told in a simple story or riddle; it uses comparisons to teach
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derisive
Expressing contempt or ridicule
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deity
A god or goddess
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scanty
Meager; insufficient
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preeminently
above all; most importantly
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disdain
Intense dislike
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resolute
(adj.) bold, determined; firm
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menagerie
collection of animals
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enmity
Hatred

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