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03/24/2009
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diffident
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shy retiring timid
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maudlin
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overly sentimental
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indolent
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habitually lazy
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endemic
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inherent or belonging to a particular area
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enervate
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to deprive of force or strength, weaken
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engender
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to cause or bring about
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garrulous
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tending to talk a lot
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dither
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to act without clear purpose
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inundate
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overwhelm
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inure
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to accustom or become used to
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imprecation
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a curse
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arbitration
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the process of judging a dispute
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alleviation
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provision of relief
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rejoiner
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response
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opprobrium
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public disgrace
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prudence
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wisdom
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hegemony
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domination of one group over another
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umbrage
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offense
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quiescent
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motionless or dormant
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ostentation
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excessive showiness
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noisome
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stinking (as in odor)
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multifarious
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diverse or multifold
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erudite
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learned or scholarly
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cupidity
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greed or irresistible desire for material goods
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largess
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a generous giving or benebolence
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intrepidity
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fearless (or reckless) courage
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penury
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extreme poverty or lack of resources
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loquacious
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talkative
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scintilla
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trace amount
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taciturn
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silent
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obdurate
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hardened in feeling or resistant to persuasion
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candid
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honest in speech
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sardonic
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cynical or scornfully mocking
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specious
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deceptively attractive or seemingly plausible but fallacious
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apocryphal
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of doubtful authenticity
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pathogenic
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causing disease
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salubrious
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healthful or therapeutic
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exigent
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urgent
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diaphanous
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delicate or gauzy
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proclivity
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natural inclination or predisposition
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trenchant
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incisive, sharp (a remark or observation)
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sanguine
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cheerfully optimistic
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prevaricate
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to lie
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disabuse
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to set right or free from error
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burnish
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to polish
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slake
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to calm down or moderate
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furtive
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secrative stealthy, underhanded
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disparate
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fundementally different
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irascible
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ornery or easily made angry
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foment
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arouse or incite
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quash
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suppress or put down
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assuage
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to make something unpleasant less severe
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cacophony
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harsh jarring noise
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aggrandize
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increase in power, influence, or reputation
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judicious
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having good judgment
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hoary
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very old (gray from age)
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propriety
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conformidity to established standards
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unconscionable
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unfair or unjust
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voluble
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talkative or speaking easily
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reticent
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reserved (silent)
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audacious
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extremely bold or daring
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tawdy
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gaudy cheep showy
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inchoate
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disorganized and incoherent
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florid
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extessively decorated and embellished
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perspicacious
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keen-witted astute shrewd
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inimical
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hostile and unfriendly
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glib
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easily fluent (insincere)
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stolid
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unemotional, lacking sensitivity
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ignoble
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low moral standards
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fervid
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heated in spirit
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torpor
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extreme mental and physical sluggishness
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vim
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vitality and energy
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vacillate
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to waiver in mind or opinion
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guile
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deceit or trickery
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invective
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abusive language
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euphony
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pleasant sound
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laconic
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using few words
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hyperbole
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exaggeration, a tall tale
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turgid
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bloated or swollen
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gaunt
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thin
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abet
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aid or assist
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desist
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cease
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lachrymose
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tearful or weepy
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sentient
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conscious or aware
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panegyric
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elaborate praise in writing or oration
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prolix
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wordy
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equivocal
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allowing for different meanings
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precipitate
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to bring about early
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adulterate
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bastardize, make with inferior materials
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superflous
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unnecessary
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polemic
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verbal attack
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capricious
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indicative of whim
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corroborate
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to make certain, confirm
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desiccate
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to dry up
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chicanery
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deception, guile
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laudable
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deserving praise
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pedant
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a person to makes too much of rules, obsessively adheres to learned knowledge
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pithy
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to the point
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