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11/29/2008
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abash
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make ashamed; embarass
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abridge
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shorten; condense
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acquiescev
 Definition
comply, agree
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affable
 Definition
forgive; free from sin
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anachronism
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out of place in time or history
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ardent
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passionate; ethusiastic
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austere
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unadoined; stern forbbiding
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abate
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subside; reduse
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absolve
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free from sin
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acrid
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c/o with tastes and smell; offensive
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allusion
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indirect difference
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arduous
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hard; difficult
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abdicate
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step down from a position of power
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abject
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hopeless; extremely sad; defeated
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abstinent
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avoid
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acrimonious
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full of spite; bitter; nasty
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assuage
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to soothe; specify; release
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astute
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shrewd; keen in judgement
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affable
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easy to talk to
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aesthetic
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artistic
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apease
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soothe
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aloof
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standing off
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anomaly
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an aberration
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amnesty
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an official perdon
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amenable
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obedient
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anachronism
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out of plsce in time or history
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abstinent
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avoid
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allusion
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indirrect difference
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abject
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hopeless; extremely sad; defeated
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ardent
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passionate; ethusiastic
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arduous
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difficult
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assiduous
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hardworking; diligent
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austare
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unodained; stern; forbidding
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ambiguous
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unclear; congusing
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altruism
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generousity
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antithesis
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indirrect opposite
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archetype
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original model or patern
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admonish
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scold gently' warn
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archaic
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extrmely old; uotdated
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apathy
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lack of interest or feeling
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acute
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sharp; shrewd
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accolade
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an award or honnor
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accost
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aproach and speak aggressively
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abstract
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theoritical; impersanal
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abysmal
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hopeless; wretched bottomless; imposible
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aberration
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not typical; unusual
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abortive
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unsuccessful
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abhor
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hate very much
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adamant
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sturbon; unyielding
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broach
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open a subject(that will bother someone) for discussion
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broach
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open a subject(that will bother someone) for discusion
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brevity
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brief
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banal
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unoriginal; ordinary
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benign
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gentle; kind; mild
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blatant
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unpleasantly or offensively noisy
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cliche
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an overused saying
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cajole
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persuade someone do something he doesn't want
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condense
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raise and fall of a voise
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candor
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thoughtfullness; sincere honesty; frank
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capricious
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unpredictable; changeble
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catalyst
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something or someone that brings significant change
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categorical
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unconditonal absolute
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chronic
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constant lasting
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charisma
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magical seeming; charming; attrctive
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cacophony
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loud unpleasant mixtureof sounds
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sommensurate
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equal; proportionate
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clemency
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mercy; forgiveness
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catharsis
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bring emotional relief
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chagrin
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humiliation; embarassed
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charisma
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magical seeming; ability to attract followers or inspire loyality
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chronic
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lasting long
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clemency
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mercy; forgiveness
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cliché
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overused saying
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commensurate
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equal; proportionate
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complicity
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participation in wrong doing
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concurrent
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happening at the same time
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conducive
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promoting
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contiguous
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side by side; adjoing
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contingent
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dependent; possible
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cursory
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hasty;not detailed; superficial
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dearth
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lack; scarcity
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dearth
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lack; scarcity
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deluge
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a flood
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destitute
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extremely poor
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docile
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easily taught; obedient
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eclectic
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drawn from many sources
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egregious
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extremely bad
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emulate
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to try to copy someone
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enigma
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a mystery
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exacerbate
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make worse
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extol
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praise highly
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facetious
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not serious; humorous
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fastidious
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very careful about small details
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furtive
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secretive; shy
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futile
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useless; hopeless
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gratuitous
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said or done for no reason; unprovoked
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gregarious
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sociable; enjoying the compampany of others
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histrionic
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dramatic; theoritical
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ideology
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set of believes or ideas esp political ones
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immutable
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unchangable
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impetuous
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impulsive; doing things quickly wothout thinking
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inane
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silly; hopeless
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incessant
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never ending
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innate
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existing since birth
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insidious
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sneaky
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insolent
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insulting; rude
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instigate
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to provoke; to stir up
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juxtapose
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place side by side
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lament
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mourn
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laud
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to praise; to celebrate
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loquacious
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talking a lot or too much
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lucid
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clear; easy to understand
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magnanimous
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generous; forgiving
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meleable
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easy to shape
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manifest
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visible; evident
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matriculate
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to enroll esp in a collage
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misanthropist
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one who hates humankind
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morose
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loomy; sullen
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myriad
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a huge number
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nebulous
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vague; hazy indistinct
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nuance
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difference or distinction
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obfuscate
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to darken; to make confusing
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obsequious
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subservient; sucking up to
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obtuse
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insensitive; black headed
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onerous
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burdensome; oppresive
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ostensible
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apparent, but missleading
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ostentatious
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showing off; excessively obvious
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palpable
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capable of being touched; obvilus
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pertinent
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relevant
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paltry
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insignificant; worthless
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panacea
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something that cures everything
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pejorative
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negative; discouraging
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penchant
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a strong taste for liking something; a predilection
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plethora
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excess
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prolific
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abundantly productive
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provincial
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outlook limited to one's own small corner of the world; narrow
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prudent
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careful having foresight
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quixotic
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romantic or idealistic to a foolish or impractical degree
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ramification
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consequence
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replete
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completely filled; abounding
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respite
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period of rest or relief
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sardonic
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scornful
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scintillate
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to sparkle
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serendipity
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accidental good; fortune
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stoic
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indifferent; to pleasure or pain joy or grief
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subjugate
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to subdue and dominate; to enslave
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succinct
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brief and to the point
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supercilious
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haughty; pantrolizing
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superfluous
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extra; unnecessary
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surreptitious
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sneaky; secrete
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sycophant
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a suck up to
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tacit
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implied; not spoken
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tenacious
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persistent; sturbon
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abet
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to support in wrong doing
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ally
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unite formaly
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