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09/25/2007

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ameliorate
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to make better
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ascetic
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one who practices rigid self-denial, especially as an act of religious devotion
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burgeon
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to grow rapidly or flourish
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bucolic
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rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants
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castigation
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severe criticism or punishment
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chary
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wary; cautious; sparing
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cogent
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appealing forcibly to mind or reason; convincing
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contrite
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regretful; penitent; seeking forgiveness
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dearth
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smallness of quantity or number; scarcity; a lack
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demure
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to question or oppose
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didactic
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intended to teach or instruct
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ebullience
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the quality or lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings
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ephemeral
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brief; fleeting
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esoteric
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intended for or understood by a small, specific group
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harangue
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to deliver a pompous speech or tirade; a long and pompous speech
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impecunious
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lacking funds; without money
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incipient
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beginning to come into being or become apparent
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intransigent
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refusing to compromise
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inveigle
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to obtain by deception or flattery
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peniurious
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penny-pinching; extremely thrifty; ungenerous
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pernicious
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extremely harmful; potentially causing death
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prodigious
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abundant in size, force, or extent; extraordinary
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prolific
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producing large volumes or amounts; productive
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prolific
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producing large volumes or amounts; productive
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quaff
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to drink deeply
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quiescence
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stillness; motionlessness; quality of being at rest
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redoubtable
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awe-inspiring; worthy of honor
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supplant
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to take the place of; supercede
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torpid
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lethargic; sluggish; dormant
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urbane
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sophisticated; refined; elegant
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vilify
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to defame; to characterize harshly
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alacrity
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eager and enthusiastic willingness
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austere
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without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic
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axiomatic
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taking as a given; possessing self-evident truth
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censure
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to criticize severely; to officially rebuke
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disparate
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fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
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effrontery
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extreme boldness; presumptuousness
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ennui
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dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy
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equivocate
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to use ambiguous language with deceptive intent
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exculpate
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to clear from blame; exonerate
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exigent
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urgent, pressing; requiring immediate attention or action
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extemporaneous
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improvised; done without preparation
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fulminate
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to loudly attack or denounce
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ingenuous
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artless; frank and candid; lacking sophistication
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inured
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accustomed to accepting something undesirable
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neologism
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a new word, expression, or usage; the creation of new words or senses
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obviate
Definition
to anticipate and make unnecessary
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onerous
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troublesome; burdensome
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paean
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a song or hymn of praise or thanksgiving
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perfidy
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intentional breach of faith; treachery
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perspicacious
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acutely perceptive; having keen discernment
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precipitate
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acting with excessive haste or impulse
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prevaricate
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to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead
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recant
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to retract, especially a previously held belief
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relegate
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to forcibly assign, especially to a lower place or position
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reticent
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quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts or feelings
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solicitous
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concerned and attentive; eager
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static
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not moving, active, or in motion; at rest
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truculent
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fierce and cruel; eager to fight
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virulent
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extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic
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amalgamate
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to combine several elements into a whole
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aver
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to state as a fact; to declare or assert
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bombastic
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pompous; grandiloquent
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dissemble
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to disguise or conceal; to mislead
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endemic
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characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region, or people
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fortuitous
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happening by chance or by accident
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germane
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relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject matter
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grandiloquence
Definition
pompous speech or expression
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hegemony
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the consistent dominance of one state or ideology over others
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iconoclast
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one who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions
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inchoate
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in an initial stage; not fully formed
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mendacity
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the condition of being untruthful; dishonesty
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mitigate
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to make or become less intense or severe; to moderate
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obdurate
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unyielding; hardhearted; intractable
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obsequious
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exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
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occlude
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to obstruct or block
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opprobrium
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disgrace; contempt; scorn
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penury
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poverty; destitution
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pervasive
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having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout
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pith
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the essential or central part
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pithy
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precise and brief
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polemical
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controversial; argumentative
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prodigal
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recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
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profuse
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given or coming forth abundantly; extravagant
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proliferate
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to grow or increase swiftly and abundantly
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querulous
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prone to complaining or grumbling; peevish
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rancorous
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characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment
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recalcitrant
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obstinately defiant about authority; difficult to manage
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repudiate
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to refuse to have anything to do with; disown
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specious
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seeming true, but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive
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spurious
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lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit
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surfeit
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an overabundant supply; to feed or supply to excess
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tenuous
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having little substance or strength; weak; flimsy
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aggrandize
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to increase in intensity, power, influence, or prestige
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amenable
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agreeable; responsive to suggestion
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astringent
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having a tightening effect on living tissue; harsh; severe; something with a tightening effect on tissue
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contiguous
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sharing a border; touching; adjacent
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credulous
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tending to believe too readily; gullible
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credulous
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tending to believe too readily; gullible
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dilettante
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one with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge
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disparage
Definition
to slight or belittle
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flout
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to show contempt for, as in a rule or convention
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garrulous
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pointlessly talkative, talking too much
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glib
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marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; lacking in depth; superficial
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immutable
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not capable of change
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inimical
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damaging; harmful; injurious
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intractable
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not easily managed or directed; stubborn; obstinate
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intrepid
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steadfast and courageous
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maverick
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an independent individual who does not go along with a group or party
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obfuscate
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to deliberately obscure; to make confusing
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phlegmatic
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calm; sluggish; unemotional
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pragmatic
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practical rather than idealistic
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probity
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adherence to highest principles; complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness
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proclivity
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a natural predisposition or inclination
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profligate
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excessively wasteful; recklessly extravagant
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prosaic
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dull; lacking spirit or imagination
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quixotic
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foolishly impractical; marked by lofty romantic ideals
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quotidian
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occuring or recurring daily; commonplace
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rarefy
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to make or become thin, less dense; to refine
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recondite
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hidden; concealed; difficult to understand; obscure
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refulgent
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radiant; shiny; brilliant
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sedulous
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diligent; persistent; hard-working
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spendthrift
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one who spends money wastefully
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tacit
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implied; not explicitly stated
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tout
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to publicly praise or promote
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trenchant
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sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating
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untenable
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indefensible; not viable; uninhabitable
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vacillate
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to waver indecisively between one course of action or opinion and another; waver
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variegated
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multicolored; characterized by a variety of patches of different color
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vituperate
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to use harsh, condemnatory language; to abuse or censure severely or abusively; berate
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volatile
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readily changing to a vapor; changeable; fickle; explosive
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