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Remunerative
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Lucrative
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Innocuous
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Harmless, innocent
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Rueful
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Sorrowful
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Banal
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Cliched
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Chasm
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Dichotomy, gap or contrast
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Reciprocity
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If I do this then he’ll do that
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Discomfited
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Uneasy
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Tantalize
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Torture, torment
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Belie
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Contradict
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Erudite
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Scholarly
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Rescind
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Revolve
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Curtail
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Cut
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Lambasted
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Criticise
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Trite
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Lack freshness
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Jingoism
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Extreme patriotism
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Probity
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Honesty
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Volubility
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talkativeness, Loquacious
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Graft
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Corruption
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Diminutive
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Small
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Overbearing
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Overpowering
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Winsome
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Attractive
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Ailing
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Ill
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Bolster
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Support
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Trounce
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Defeat
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Spate
Series
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Proponent
Opposite of opponent - someone who sides with you
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Rendition
Interpretation/take on
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Perversity
Awkwardness/unreasonableness
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Precedent
Justify/to show
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Unprecedented
Not known before
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Assertion
Claim
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Panacea
Remedy/Sol for everything
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Arcane
Mysterious
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Sanguine
Optimistic
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Melancholic
Pessimistic
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Equivocal
Does not take a equal stand
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Ambivalent
Unclear
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Unexpurgated
Uncensored
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Foible
Defect
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Acerbic
Toxic/bitter/sharp
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Premonitory
Advanced warning
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Phlegmatic
Emotional/sentimental
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Mercurial
Odd tempered
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Opulent
Filthy rich
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Eclectic
Best drawn from a large population/extensive
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Adroit
Skillful
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Prolix
Lengthy
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Spurious
Not genuine
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Aghast
Shock
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Vituperation
Slander/condemn
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Prescience
Knows before hand
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Obdurate
Stubborn, obstinate
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Caprice
Moody
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Penchant
Liking
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Lucid
Understandable/bright
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Impetus
Drive
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Feeble
Weak
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Vindicate
Clear someone of suspicion
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Debacle
Collapse
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Consensus
A general agreement
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Hidebound
Unwilling to change because of orthodoxy
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Stanched
Halted
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Taciturnity
Implicit, understood
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Alacrity
Eagerness
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Rebecome
Become greater
