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Austere

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Severe or strict in manner; without luxury

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Avarice

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Extreme greed for wealth or material gain

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Averse

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Strongly opposed to; unwilling

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Axiom

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A universally recognized principle

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Banal

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Commonplace; boringly predictable

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Beguile

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To deceive or charm someone in a misleading way

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Belie

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To give a false impression of; contradict

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Belligerent

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Hostile and aggressive

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Benign

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Gentle; kindly

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Bequeath

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To hand down (especially in a will)

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Berate

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To scold harshly

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Blatant

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Very obvious; offensively conspicuous

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Brevity

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Shortness of time or expression

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Bucolic

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Relating to the countryside or rural life

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Bumptious

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Self-assertive or proud to an irritating degree

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Cacophony

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A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds

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Cajole

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To persuade with flattery or gentle urging

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Callous

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Emotionally insensitive or unfeeling

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Candor

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Honesty; openness

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Capitulate

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To surrender; give in

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Capricious

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Impulsive and unpredictable

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Caustic

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Sarcastic in a scathing and bitter way

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Censure

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To criticize harshly

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Chagrin

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Embarrassment; disappointment

Charlatan

A fraud; a person falsely claiming knowledge

Chicanery

Trickery; deception

Circuitous

Indirect, roundabout

Clairvoyant

Able to see beyond normal perception

Clemency

Mercy; lenience

Coerce

To force someone by threatening or pressuring

Cogent

Convincing; logically sound

Cognizant

Aware; informed

Coherent

Logically connected; consistent

Colloquial

Informal; conversational language

Commend

To praise formally or officially

Complacent

Self-satisfied; unconcerned

Concise

Short and to the point

Concur

To agree; have the same opinion

Condone

To overlook or forgive an offense

Conflagration

A large destructive fire

Conjecture

An opinion based on incomplete evidence

Connoisseur

An expert in matters of taste or culture

Consensus

General agreement

Conspicuous

Easily seen or noticed

Consternation

Sudden confusion or panic

Contrite

Feeling remorse or guilt

Conundrum

A difficult problem or puzzle

Convoluted

Complicated; twisted

Copious

Abundant; plentiful

Corpulent

Fat; obese

Corroborate

To confirm or support with evidence