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spurn

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reject with disdain

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desultory

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  1. lacking a plan, purpose or enthusiasm

2. unfocused

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contrite

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remorseful, regretful

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absolve

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clear someone of guilt, blame or responsibility

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admonish

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warn or reprimand firmly

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inveigh

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speak or write about something with great hostility

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subvert

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undermine the power or authority of an established system or institution, overthrow

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rescind

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revoke, cancel or repeal

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corroboration

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confirmation through documentary evidence

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abscond

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leave hurriedly and secretly

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travesty

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mockery

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repulsed

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repelled

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placid

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calm

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curt

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rudely brief in speech

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inopportune

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inconvenient

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auspicious

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foretelling good fortune

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seedy

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rundown

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cede

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give over or grant

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proponents

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supporters

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placate

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soothe or appease

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relish

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enjoy greatly

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addendum

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addition

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fallacy

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logical error

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misnomer

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a wrong name

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barrage

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rapid, concentrated outpouring

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titillates

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arouses or stimulates

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obtuse

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dull or stupid

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ascetic

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one who practices self-denial

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emulate

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imitate or strive to equal

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condones

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pardons

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lambaste

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beat or whip severely, berate or censure

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progenitors

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ancestors, forebears

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spores

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reproductive bodies released by certain primitive plants

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rejoinder

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reply or comeback

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conglomeration

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mixture of various things

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shoulder

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to take on a burden or responsibility

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premonition

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a hunch or feeling of foreboding

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instrumental

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serving as a means, agent or tool

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ungainly

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awkward

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procure

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obtain or achieve by some effort

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entreat

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plead with, beg

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bestow

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present as a gift

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precipitate

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bring about suddenly or hurl downward

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stipend

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wage or other form of compensation to defray expenses

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impetus

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stimulus or driving force

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amulet

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good luck charm

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writ

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formal legal document

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niche

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small opening or space

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compartmentalize

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separate into compartments or categories

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beguile

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cheat, charm

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salvage

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rescue from scrap or demolition

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deem

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judge or believe

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slated

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be expected to happen in the future

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balk

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stop short, fail to complete a motion or activity

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flounder

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struggle to move, proceed clumsily

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recoil

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pull back in horror or fear

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revered

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honoured or worshipped

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candor

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frankness, honesty and openness

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presumptuous

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taking liberties, overstepping the bounds of one’s position

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dogmatic

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dictatorial, insisting on one’s own beliefs

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disarming

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easing or neutralizing criticism or hostility

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epitaph

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tombstone inscription, brief saying that commemorates the dead

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voluble

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talkative

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truculent

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cruel, fierce

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noncommittal

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giving no clear sign of how one feels

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incensed

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outraged, extremely angry

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stolid

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unemotional

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genial

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kindly

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forlorn

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alone, isolated, miserable

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rubrics

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category headings

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monikers

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nicknames

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egregious

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conspicuously bad

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sodden

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soaked, saturated

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penchant

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tendency

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rout

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hasty, humiliating retreat

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foundering

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stumbling

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vacillating

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failing to make up one’s mind

78
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upbraid

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to criticize verbally

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prescribed

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ordered or dictated

80
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vista

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view

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topography

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physical contours and features

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inconsequential

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of slight importance

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dearth

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lack

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rarefied

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understood only by a select group; rarer and more refined

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acerbic

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sour, harsh

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multifarious

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diverse

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salient

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striking, prominent

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sumptuous

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luxurious, elegant, stately

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entrenched

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established, settled

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voluminous

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abundant

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laconic

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restrained, uncommunicative

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salutary

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producing good effects, beneficial

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convoluted

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complicated, involved

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precipitate

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instigate, bring about

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reapportion

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distribute again or in a different away

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conciliatory

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tending to pacify or accommodate

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largess

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generosity

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sophistry

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misleading argumentative style

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conciliatory

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appeasing

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effusive

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excessively demonstrative, gushing

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feral

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wild

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provincial

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unsophisticated, narrow-minded

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belligerent

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waging war, hostile

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expatriate

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exiled

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repudiate

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reject

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mercenary

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professional soldier who serves a foreign army

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curmudgeon

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cranky or grumpy person

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harbinger

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herald or omen

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amorphous

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shapeless

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equivocal

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ambiguous, doubtful

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preeminent

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outstanding

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viscous

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thick (relating to a liquid)

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corroborate

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confirm

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obsequious

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submissive

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transcendent

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supreme

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bombastic

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inflated, pretentious

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verbose

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overly wordy

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misconstrued

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misunderstood, misinterpreted

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candor

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complete honesty

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adulation

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excessive flattery

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ratification

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formal approval

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prosaic

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dull and unimaginative, ordinary

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incisive

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perceptive

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posthumously

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after death

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hapless

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unlucky

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superseded

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replaced

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clement

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merciful

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lugubrious

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mournful

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utopian

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idealistic or visionary

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mawkish

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sickeningly sentimental

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decorous

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dignified or proper

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surreptitious

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secret

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prodigal

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spending money freely and recklessly, extravagant

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inscrutable

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difficult or impossible to understand or interpret

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traipse

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walk aimlessly

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euphonious

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pleasant-sounding

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sentient

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conscious, characterized by sensation

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avaricious

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greedy

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lachrymose

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tearful, mournful

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improvident

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not showing foresight, thoughtless

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soporific

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inducing drowsiness or sleep

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querulous

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complaining in a petulant or whining manner

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acquiescent

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compliant, submissive

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obsequious

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attentive or obedient to an attentive or servile degree

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vapid

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dull, tasteless, flat

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altercation

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a noisy argument or disagreement especially in public

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fecund

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fertile, productive, fruitful, prolific

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amenable

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open to suggestion, easily persuaded

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effete

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exhausted, no longer capable of effective action

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interminable

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endless

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dilettante

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a person with an amateur interest in the arts

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zealot

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a person who is fanatical and uncompromising in pursuit of their ideals

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altruist

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philanthropist

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renegade

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a person who deserts and betrays an organisation, country or set of principles

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magnanimous

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very generous and forgiving

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reticent

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not revealing one’s thoughts or feelings readily

157
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collusive

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acting together in secret towards an illegal or fraudulent end

158
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decorous

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proper, tasteful

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salutary

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beneficial

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vestige

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a trace/remnant of something disappearing

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transitory

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temporary

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defamation

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the act of damaging somebody’s reputation, slander, libel

163
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obsequious

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excessively obedient or attentive, servile

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subsist

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survive, exist, endure, prevail

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unseemly

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not proper or appropriate

166
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extraneous

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irrelevant or external

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iconoclastic

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criticizing or attacking cherished beliefs or institutions

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sophomoric

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having characteristics of a sophomore - juvenile, immature, pretentious

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qualm

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doubt, fear, worry, concern

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gall (noun)

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  1. bold and impudent behaviour

2. annoyance or resentment

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gall (verb)

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  1. make somebody feel annoyed or resentful

2. make sore by rubbing

172
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idiosyncratic

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peculiar, individualistic, unique

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flag

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become tired and less enthusiastic or dynamic

174
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vindicate

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clear somebody of blame or suspicion

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fecund

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fertile

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vicissitude

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a change in circumstances or fortune (typically unwelcome and unpleasant)

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slipshod

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characterised by a lack of care, thought or organisation

178
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anachronism

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a thing belonging to a different period, outdated

179
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supersede

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replace, supplant

180
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veracity

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truthfulness, accuracy

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foible

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minor weakness or flaw in character

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countenance (verb)

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to tolerate, permit, accept, allow

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countenance (noun)

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  1. a person’s face or facial expression

2. support or approval

184
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proscribe

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forbid, outlaw

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toady

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somebody who behaves obsequiously to important people

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barbarous

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  1. extremely brutal

2. primitive and uncivilised

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