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to qualify

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to limit a statement

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Cathartic

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to cleanse or purify from negative emotions

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reticent

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not saying much

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taciturn

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not saying much(slightly negative connotation

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garrulous

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talking too much

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gregarious

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sociable personality

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loquacious

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talking a lot

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circumspect

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not revealing information or cautious

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tactful

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having the skill to always say the right thing at the right time

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munificent

A

generous

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miserly

A

not spending enough money

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frugal

A

careful with money

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magnanimous

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generous

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Scrooge

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miserly…not spending enough money

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spendthrift

A

wasting money

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prodigal

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spending too much money

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deft

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agile, having quickness and skill

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adroit

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deft, quick and skillful

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gauche

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clumsy

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acute

A

sharp, often in a mental sense

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acumen

A

smart

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to ponder

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to consider at some length

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to ruminate on

A

to think about

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pensive

A

thoughtful

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to brood

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to think about at great length

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to dispel

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get rid of in the sense of scattering

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to dispute

A

argue against

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to refute

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to argue against an idea

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to repudiate

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to reject an idea or argument

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to denounce

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to speak out against

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to disparage

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to say bad things about

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to bolster*

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to support an argument

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to crystallize

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to clarify and unify

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to synthesize

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to bring together,unify,various ideas

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to disseminate

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to spread ideas

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to coalesce

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to come together

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to dissent

A

to disagree

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assent

A

agreement

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ambivalent about

A

having multiple feelings about

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ambiguous

A

unclear

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to contravene

A

go against a rule

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to flout

A

go against a rule openly

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to defy

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to go against a person in a position of authority

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iconoclast

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a person who breaks or goes against society’s rules

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maverick

A

not doing what others do

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idiosyncratic

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individualistic

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eccentric

A

not like others, an oddball

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deferential

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having the attitude of deferring to others; putting someone else on a higher plane of authority

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orthodox

A

the right ideas

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heretic

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a person with different religious ideas to the norm

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an injunction

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a rule

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to comply

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go along with or obey a rule

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compliant

A

tendency to comply

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seminal

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key

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epitome

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the top or perfect example of

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quintessential

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essential

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Cruz

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the center or essence of…(the crux of the problem is)