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1
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Adamant

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Inflexible, not willing to change an opinion or decision

2
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Impasse

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A deadlock

3
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Expatiate

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To speak or write in length or in detail

4
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Fiat

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An official order that must be followed

5
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Vituperation

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Harsh and angry criticism

6
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Factotum

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A person who’s job includes doing different types of work

7
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Perspicacity

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The quality of having keen insight

8
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Enervate

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To weaken

9
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Vapid

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Not interesting or lively

10
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Vicarious

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Experienced or felt through another, second-hand experience

11
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Importune

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To ask or do something in a pressing and persistent way

12
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Vacillate

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To be indecisive

13
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Vagary

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An erratic or unpredictable action

14
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Stolid

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Showing little or no emotion

15
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Prodigious

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Amazing or wonderful

16
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Fatuous

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Silly; not hurting anyone; just joking

17
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Facetious

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joking in a sarcastic way

18
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Sardonic

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Joking in a mean way that can be hurtful

19
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Abhor

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To hate or detest very much

20
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Salient

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Very important or noticeable