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Inimical

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Tending to obstruct or harm

Unfriendly, hostile

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Histrionic

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Overly theatrical or melodramatic in character or style

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Abstruse

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Difficult to understand, obscure

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Prosaic

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Having the characteristics of prose,lacking poetic beauty

Unromantic, commonplace

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Reticent

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Not revealing ones thoughts or feelings

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Congenial

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Pleasant or agreeable due to similarities to oneself

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Brusque

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Abrupt or offhand in speech or manner

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Gregarious

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Fond of company, sociable

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Scurrilous

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Making or spreading scandalous claims about someone with the intent to damage their reputation.
Humorously insulting

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Arcane

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Understood by few, mysterious or secret

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Lauding

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Praise highly especially In a public context

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Abjured

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Solemnly renounce

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Malfeasance

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Wrongdoing especially by a public official

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Supercilious

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Behaving or looking as though one thinks they are superiors to others

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Fatuous

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Silly and pointless

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Ribald

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Referring to sexual matters in an amusingly rude or irreverent way

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Ingenuous

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Innocent and unsuspecting

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Toothsome

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Temptingly tastey

Good looking and attractive

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Ignominious

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Deserving or causing public disgrace or shame

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Apocryphal

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Of doubtful authenticity though widely circulated as being true

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Acumen

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The ability to make quick judgements and good decisions

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Acridity

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Having an irritatingly strong or unpleasant taste or smell

Angry or bitter

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Trenchancy

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Vigorous or incisive in expression or style

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Mellifluous

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Sweet or musical, pleasant to hear

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Laconic
Using very few words
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Euphonic
The quality of being pleasant to the ear
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Strident
Loud and harsh, grating | Presenting a point of view, especially a controversial one, in an unpleasantly and excessively forceful way
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Circuitous
Longer than the most direct way
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Extirpate
Root out and destroy completely
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Recondite
Little know; abstruse (of information or knowledge)
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Detritus
Waste or debris of any kind
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Bedlam
A scene of uproar and confusion
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Punctilious
Showing great attention to detail or correct behavior
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Vociferous
Vehement or clamorous
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Waggish
Humorous in a playful, mischievous, or facetious manner
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Mien
A persons look or manner especially one of a particular kind indicating their mood or behavior
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Redolent
Strongly reminiscent or suggestive of something | Fragrant
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Salubrious (for)
Health giving, healthy
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Truculent
Eager or quick to argue or fight | Aggressively defensive
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Panegyrical
A public speech or published text to praise or favor of someone or something
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Ebullient
Cheerful or full of energy | Boiling or agitated as if boiling
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Phlegmatic
Having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition.
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catholic (lowercase)
Including a wide variety of things, all embracing
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Dilettantish
A person with amateur interest in the arts
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Ambrosial
Something very pleasing to taste or smell
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Apogee
The highest point in the development of something
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Eschew
Deliberately avoid using, abstain from
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Belied
Disguise or contradict
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Delineate
Describe or portray precisely
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Revile
Criticize in an obtrusive or angry manner
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Wizened
Shriveled or wrinkled with age
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Expurgating
Remove matter thought to be unsuitable from
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Edifying
Provide moral or intellectual instruction
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Inchoate
Just begun and so not fully developed, rudimentary
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Obstinate
Stubbornly refusing to change ones opinion, difficult to change
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Cosseted
Care for and protect in an overly indulgent way
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Exculpate
Show or declare that someone is not guilty of wrongdoing
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Calamitous
Catastrophic
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Perfunctory
Carried out with a minimum of effort or reflection
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Hyperbole
Exaggerated state,nets or claims not meant to be taken literally
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Salacious
Treating sexual matters in an indecent way | Lustful, lecherous
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Spurious
Not being what it purports to be; false or fake
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Pecuniary
Relating to money
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Pellucid
Translucently clear (water) Lucid in reasoning, easily understood Of music: clear in tone
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Affable
Friendly, good natured, easy to talk to
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Languid
Slow relaxed, lazy peaceful
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Castigated
Reprimand severely
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Inculpated
Accuse or blame
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Alacrity
Brisk and cheerful readiness
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Invective
Insulting, abusive, or highly critical language
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Esurient
Hungry or greedy
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Indolent
Wanting to avoid activity or exertion, lazy
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Paeans
A thing that expresses enthusiastic praise
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Erudite
Having or showing great knowledge or learning
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Aberrant
Departing from an excepted standard
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Abase
Behave in a way so as to belittle or degrade (someone)
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Venerate
Regard with great respect
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Expatiate
Speak or write at length or in detail
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Incipient
In a beginning stage, starting to develop
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Vaunt
Bast about or praise excessively
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Specious
Superficially plausible but actually wrong | Misleading in appearance
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Intransigent
Unwilling or refusing to change one views about something
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Hackneyed
Lacking significance for having been overused; trite
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Quotidian
Ordinary or everyday, ESP when mundane
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Vagaries
An unexpected or inexplicable change in a situation or someone's behavior
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Extemporaneous
Spoken or done without preparation
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Dilatory
Slow to act | Intended to cause delay
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Vertiginous
Causing vertigo
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Saturnine
Slow and gloomy
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Taciturn
Uncommunicative in speech, saying little
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Desultory
Lacking a plan purpose or enthusiasm | Unfocused

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