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01/02/2009
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esoteric
 Definition
hard to understand
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insularity
 Definition
isolation, narrow mindedness
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intransigence
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stubbornness
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inured
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hardness, accustomed
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invective
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abuse
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irascible
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easily angered
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laconic
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brief, to the point
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lassitude
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languor, weariness
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levity
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frivolity
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malingerer
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illness faker to escape duty
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mendacious
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habitually dishonest
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misanthrope
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one who hates mankind
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neophyte
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recent convert
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obdurate
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stubborn
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obsequious
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slavishly attentive
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obviate
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make unnecessary
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occlude
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shut, close
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officious
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meddlesome
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opprobrium
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infamy
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paragon
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model of perfection
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pedantic
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bookish
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penury
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severe poverty
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perfidious
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treacherous
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precipitate
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premature
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perfunctory
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superficial
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probity
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uprightness, incorruptibility
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prodigal
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wasteful
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propitiate
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appease
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quiescent
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at rest, dormant
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rarefied
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made less dense [of a gas]
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recondite
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difficult to understand, profound
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relegate
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banish to an inferior position
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reprobate
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scoundrel
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reticent
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reserved
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salubrious
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healthful
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secrete
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hide away OR release a substance into an organism
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solicitous
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worried
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soporific
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sleep-causing
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specious
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seemingly reasonable but incorrect, intentionally misleading
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stint
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be thrifty, set limits
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