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Compulsory

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Required, mandatory, obligatory, (Adj.)

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Ostracize

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To exclude, to make an outcast (v.)

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Sadistic

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Getting pleasure from causing pain (adj.)

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Ironical

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Humorously sarcastic or mocking (adj.)

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Exhibitionist

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A person who behaves in ways intended to attract attention or show off (n.)

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Unscrupulous

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Conscienceless; unaffected by principles of right and wrong (adj.)

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Pacifist

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Peace lover; someone opposed to violence (n.)

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Conscientious

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Guided by a principle, careful and hardworking (adj.)

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Unanimous

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In complete agreement (adj.)

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Incognito

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With concealed identity (adj.)

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Putrid

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Rotten, stinky (adj.)

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Capacity

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The ability to receive or contain, the ability to perform (N.)

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Nonchalant

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Casual, laid back (adj.)

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Bourgeois

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Middle class (adj.)

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Blasé

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Indifferent or bored, unimpressed (adj.)

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Inferiority

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The quality of being less than another (n.)

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Aristocratic

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Having the manners, values, or qualities associated with the ruling class or nobility (adj.)

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Boisterous

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Noisy, jolly, rowdy (adj.)

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Sophisticated

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Something altered by education and experience so as to be worldly and wise (adj.)

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Halitosis

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A condition of having bad smelling breath (n.)

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Enlightening

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Tending to increase knowledge (adj.)

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Digression

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Movement away from the central or main point (n.)

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Pedagogical

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Related to teaching (adj.)

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Proactive

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Inciting, stimulating, irritating (adj.)

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Innumerable

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Countless (adj.)

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Falsetto

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High voice (adj.)

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Psychic

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Sensitive to influences or forces of a nonphysical or supernatural nature (adj.)

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Verification

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Confirmation (n.)

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Immaterial

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Of little importance (adj.)

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Cliques

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Exclusive groups (n.)

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Inane

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Pointless (adj.)

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Harrowing

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Extremely disturbing of distressing; grievous (adj.)

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Reciprocal

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Given or felt by each toward the other (adj.)

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Infinitely

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Endlessly (adv.)