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Having a quality that arises within, rather than learned or acquired from the outside; inborn

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Innate

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Incapable of being penetrated. as by water, You can’t in general

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Impervious

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lack of interest

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Apathy

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rudely bold; insolent

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Brazen

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To weigh down or burden

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Encumber

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Riddle or mystery

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Conundrum

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Mysterious or puzzleing

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Enigmatic

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Clear

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Explicit

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person who rejects physical comfort and luxury for self-discipline

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Ascetic

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To obstruct or delay the progress of

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Hinder

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Hazy, unfamiliar, difficult to understand

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Obscure

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Being without exception of qualification; absolute

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Categorical

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intriguingly

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Exotic

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not emotionally involved; objective

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Dispassionate

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having an offensive odor

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Fetid

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Impossible to correct, control, or discipline

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Incorrigible

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Impossible to capture or enter by force

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Impregnable

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Difficult to understand

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Abstruse

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the belief that only pleasure is worth pursuing

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Hedonism

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doubtful; questionable

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Dubious

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mercy

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Clemency

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Making quick decisions and taking sudden action; hasty; impulsive

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impetuous

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boring; trite; insipid

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Banal

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Remorse or contrition for pass conduct or sin
Repentant
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Lasting an indefinitely long time
Perpetual
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Existing only briefly
Transitory
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Tiresomely talkative; rambling
Garrulous
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Bitter, long-lasting resentment
Rancor
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Short and to the point; concise
Succinct
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harshness of sound; unharmonious
Cacophony
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To take revenge for
Avenge
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Temporary or short-lived
Ephemeral
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Out of place
Incongruous
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Sorry; penitent
Contrite
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Charitable work; generosity
Philanthropy
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To violate the sacredness; profane
Desecrate
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To free from blame; to exculpate
Exonerate
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To free from a trap or difficult situation; to disentangle
Extricate
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Feeling of resentment, hostility, or enmity
Animosity
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Not movable; strong in belief; staunch
Steadfast
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dull; or ordinary
Pedestrian
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Easy to understand; transparent; clear-thinkin
Lucid
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Of questionable authorship or authenticity
Apocryphal
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Tending to avoid giving direct answers
Evasive
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To Schakel or restrict the freedom of
Fetter
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Jumble of loud, usually discordant sounds
Din
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Clearly apparent to the site or understanding
Manifest
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stern, plain; without luxuries
Austere
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Having the disagreeable odor or taste of decomposing oils or fats; rank
Rancid
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having a claimed and verifiable origin or authorship
Authentic
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Filled with or motivated by enthusiastic devotion
Zealous
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Different
Disparate
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Greed
Avarice
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Hard to catch or understand; evasive
Elusive
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Uncertain, misleading
Equivocal
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Proper or suitable
Seemly
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To free from bondage, oppression, or restraint
Emancipate
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To make a bad situation worse
Exacerbate
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Make less server; to ease
Assuage
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offensively conspicuous or undisguised
Blatant
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Able to be hurt
Vulnerable
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A usually pleasant odor
Aromatic
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Unclear, vague; having several interpretations
Ambiguous
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Respect greatly; revere
Venerate
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marked by decorum; proper
decorous
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Direct and frank; straightforward
Candid
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behaving like a meek, spineless servant; subservient, sycophantic
Obsequious
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Desecration, profanation, misuse, or theft of something sacred
Sacrilege
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The use of wordy and indirect language
Circumlocution
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To make an unpleasant situation better, to improve.
Ameliorate
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sticking to widely-accepted beliefs, even when faced with contrary evidence; closed-minded
Dogmatic
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Greed; especially with money
Cupidity
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To set free
Deliver
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friendship
Amity
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Agreement
Euphony

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