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adulation

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exaggerated flattery

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affable

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diffusing warmth or friendliness

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affinity

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a natural attraction

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affront

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a deliberate offensive act

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aggrandize

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embellish, increase the scope of

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alacrity

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liveliness and eagerness

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commendation

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an official award given as a formal public statement

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compunction

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a feeling of deep regret

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conciliatory

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willing to make concessions

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concord

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a harmonious state of things and their properties

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despondent

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without or close to without hope

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disparage

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express a negative opinion of

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disparate

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fundamentally different

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dissipate

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cause to seperate

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enmity

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a state of deep seated ill will

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erudite

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having or showing profound knowledge

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esoteric

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understandable only by enlightened inner circle

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evanescent

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short lived, tendency to disappear

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extol

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praise, glory

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fraught

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filled with

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aloof

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distant, cold, or detached in a manner

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ambivalent

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uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow

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amenable

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disposed or willing to comply

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amorphous

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having no definite form or distinct shape

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analogous
similar or equivalent in some respects
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antecedent
a preceding occurrence or cause or event
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antipathy
a feeling of intense dislike
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assiduous
marked by care and persistent effort
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assuage
provide physical relief as from pain
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clamor
utter or proclaim insistently and noisily
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commodious
large and roomy
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confluence
a place where things merge and flow together
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contentious
showing an inclination to disagree
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contrite
feeling or expressing pain or sorrow
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diminutive
very small
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disdain
lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
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dubious
fraught with uncertainty or doubt
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exacerbate
make worse
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gratuitous
unnecessary and unwarranted
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allay
lessen the intensity of or calm
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ambiguous
having more than one possible meaning
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amiable
diffusing warmth or friendliness
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anomaly
deviation from the normal or common order
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apocryphal
being of questionable authenticity
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ascertain
learn or discover with confidence
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audacious
disposed to venture or take risks
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austere
of a stern or strict bearing
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confound
be confusing or perplexing to
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convoluted
highly complex or intricate
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cursory
hasty and without attention to detail
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debunk
expose while ridiculing
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depravity
moral perversion, impairment of virtue
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discordant
not in agreement or harmony
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dissuade
turn away from by persuasion
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dither
be undecided
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duplicity
the act of deceiving or acting in bad faith
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exasperate
make furious
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gregarious
temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others
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jocular
joking
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aspersion
a curse, expression of ill-will
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harrowing
greatly distressing
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ignominious
humiliating
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illicit
forbidden
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impertinent
rude, insolent
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impetuous
rash, hastily done
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incessant
unending
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indefatigable
incapable of defeat or failure
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indigent
very poor, impoverished
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indignation
anger sparked by something unjust or unfair
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innate
inborn, native
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innocuous
harmless, inoffensive
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insolent
rude, arrogant
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insipid
bland, boring
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judicious
having or exercising judgement
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laconic
terse in speech or writing
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linchpin
something that holds separate parts together
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magnanimous
noble, generous
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malleable
capable of being shaped or transformed
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maudlin
weakly sentimental

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