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Agnostic

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Without belief (religion)

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Abhor

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Extreme hatred

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Altruism

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Selfless concern for the well being of others

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Awry

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Away from the expected course

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Benign

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Not dangerous, not a threat

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Cajole

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Persuade someone to do something by flattering them

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Capricious

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Unpredictable

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Clemency

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Mercy, lenience

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Contentious

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Likely to cause an argument, controversial

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Covenant

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An agreement

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Delude

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Deceive, fool (someone)

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Exacerbate

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To make worse

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Gregarious

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Outgoing, likes to be with other people

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Impugn

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Dispute the truth

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Ingenuous

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Innocent and unsuspecting

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Insidious

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Opportunity to betray

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Instigate

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To provoke

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Irrevocable

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Can’t take back, unchangable

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Mendacious

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Lying for cruel reasons

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Mollify

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To sooth, calm the problem

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Perfidy

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Betrayal, untrustworthiness

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Petulant

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Childish

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Prodigious

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Very good at something

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Proselytize

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Attempt to change someone from one thing to another

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Rapacious

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Aggressively greedy

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Solicitous

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Intrusively asking questions, searching for something

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Sordid

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Dirty in the way of being amoral

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Volatile

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Noxious, dangerous

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Wanton

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Deliberate and unprovoked

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Effusion

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An instance of giving off something such as a liquid, light, or smell