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Paradigm definition

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Is an ideal or perfect model of something

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Tyrannical

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Tyrannical or despotic are not words to describe a person who holds the majority of the power and abuses it

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Discrete

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Discrete and separate are both words to describe things that are distinctive from one another

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Impervious

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Not letting things pass through or unaffected by something

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Irascible

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Easily angered

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Morose

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I’ll tempered or sullen

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Pervasive

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Widely prevalent or extensive

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Seminal

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Original , innovated, and influential

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Terse

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Not using many words abrupt

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Umbrage

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Annoying or offense

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Cajole and wheedle

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Means to flatter someone in order to persuade them of something or get them to do something

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Spurn definition

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Reject someone completely

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Ancillary

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Provided second support or did to an operation or undertaking

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Deciduous definition

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Plants are those which lose their leaves annually

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Diaphanous

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Gaudy

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Cupidity

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Avarice

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Germane

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Pertinent

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Banal

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Unoriginal and boring

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Nonplussed

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Surprised and bewildered

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Quagmire

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Swampy or marshy area

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Opine

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Means to declare to be one’s opinion

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Cursory

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Hasty and not thorough

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Misanthropic

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Hating humankind

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Pedagogy

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Teaching or the science of teaching

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Savant
Person of extensive learning
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Exhume
Take out of the earth
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Coalesce
Unite
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Accolade
An award or privilege granted
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Pragmatic
Dealing with things sensibly and realistically
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Dolorous
Feeling or expressing great sorrow or distress
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Frangible
Able to be broken into fragments
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Saccharine
Excessively sweet
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Destitute
Extremely poor
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Oscillate
Move or swing back and forth
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Relegate
To relegate is to demote or to assign to an inferior position
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Precipitate
Rushed,very sudden, overly hasty
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Pittance
A small amount of something
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Viscous
Thick and sticky
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Macabre
Means gruesome or ghastly
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Nebulous
Vague, Indistinct, or cloudy
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Attenuate
To weaken or make thin
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Constituent
A voter or a part of a whole
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Diatribe
An angry rant
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Aplomb
Self-confidence and poise
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Opprobrium
Disgrace from shameful conduct
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Sterling
Excellent or valuable
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Illustrious
Well known, respected, and admired
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Bedeck
To decorate or cover
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Ambivalent
Have mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone
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Bromide
A trite statement that is intended to soothe or placate
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Degeneracy
The state or quality of being degenerate
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Inspid
Lacking flavor, la king vigor or interests
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Incongruous
Not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings or other aspects of something
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Addled
Unable to think clearly
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Jocund
Cheerful and light hearted
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Saucy
Having or expressing a bold lively or spirited manner
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Venture
Risky business
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Dissident
Objective
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Trivial
Banal
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Slovenly
Unclean or untidy in appearance
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Sedulous
Diligent
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Spurious
False
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Clemency
Mercy
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Turgid
Swollen
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Taciturn
Quite
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Iniquity
Evil
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Equivocal
Ambiguous
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Amble
Stroll
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Forlorn
Despondent
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Scourge
Plague
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Sanguine
Cheerful
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Invective
Diatribe
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Obfuscate
To make something confusing
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Rivulet
Small river
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Hamlet
Little town
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Maudlin
Overly sentimental
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Impecunious
Extremely poor
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Pertinacious
Stubborn
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Adage
Wise saying, proverb
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Assuage
Relive or to ease
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Acquiesce
Agree
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Willy
Cunning
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Vex
Annoy or irritate
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Truncate
Shorten
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Parity
To mean equality
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Onerous
Arduous
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Opulent
Sumptuous
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Insolent
Rude
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Colleague
Coworker
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Paragon
Model or epitome
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Rescind
Nullify
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Salient
Significant
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Abase
Degrade
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Volatile
Mercurial
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Craven
Timid
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Craven
Timid
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Replete
Full
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Gamut
Range
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Vignette
Illustration
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Emaciated
Abnormally thin
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Exodus
Departure
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Imbroglio
Disagreement
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Sentinel
Guarf
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Facetious
Humorous
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Ecumenical
Catholic
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Lapidary
Elegant
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Autochthonous
Indigenous
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Waggishly
Joking around
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Ascetically
Austerely
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Augur
Fortune teller
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Harridan
Shrew
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Alderperson
Counciloerson

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