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07/10/2011
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Arcane
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Obscure; secret; mysterious
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Aspersion
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Slanderous statementl a damaging or derogatory criticism
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Assiduous
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Carefully attentive; industrious
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Astringent (adj)
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Causing contraction; tightening; stern, austere
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Baleful
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harmful, malign, detrimental
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cant
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Insincere, hypocritical statements of high ideals; the jargon onf a particular group/occupation
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churlishness
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crude or surly behavior; behavior of a peasant
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cloture
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a parliamentary procedure to end debate and begin to vote
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codify
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to organize laws or frules into a systematic collection
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cognizant
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aware of; perceptive
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comeliness
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beauty; attractiveness in appearance or behavior
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commodious
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spacious and convenient; roomy
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contentious
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quarrelsome
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contiguous
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touching; or adjoining and close, but not touching
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contravene
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t act contrary to; to opposite or contradict
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coterie
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a clique; a group who meet frequently, usually socially
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deleterious
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harmful; hurtful; noxious
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denigrate
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to defame, to blacken or sully; to belittle
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deprecate
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to express disapporval ofl to protest against
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dissemble
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to pretend; to feign; to conceal by pretense
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emollient
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softening or soothing to the skin; having power to soften or relax living tissue
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extemporize
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to improvise, to make it up as you go along
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impassive
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showing no emotion
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incisive
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getting to the heart of things
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ingenuous
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noblel honorable, candid, also naive
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irascible
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prone to anger
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Macerate
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to soften by steeping in liquid (including stomach juices)
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maculate (adj, v)
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Adj: spotted, blotched, hence defiled, impure

V: to stain, spot, defile
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magnanimity
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a quality of nobleness of mind, disdaining meanness or revenge
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malign (v, adj)
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V: to speak evil of

Adj: having an evil disposition toward others
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palpable
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touchable, clear, obvious
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parsimonious

 

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very frugal; unwilling to spend
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penurious
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stingy, miserly
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perfunctory
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done in a routine, mechanical way, without interest
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petulant
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peevish, cranky, rude
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recalcitrant
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stubbornly rebellious
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recondite
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hard to understand; concealed; characterized by profound scholarship
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spurious
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not genuinbe, flase; bogus
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truculant
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fierce, savage, cruel
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welter
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confuse mass, turmoil
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Abjure
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to swear away, renounce
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antediluvian
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before the flood
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maladroit
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unskillful
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malapropos
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inappropriate
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malfeasance

 

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evil conduct
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miscast
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badly cast
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renascent

 

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reborn
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omnifarious
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of all sorts, varieties
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panacea
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a cure for all ills
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philogynist
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lover of women
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philologist
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student, lover of languages
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postern
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situated in the back
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posterior
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later in time
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postprandial
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after the meal
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primacy
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State of being first in rank
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primate
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A religious figure who is first in rank
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primogeniture
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state of being first born
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prolix
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drawn out; needlessly prolonged
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risible
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disposed to laugh
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derision
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mocking laughter
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sequester
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to separate from
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subcutaneous
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under the skin
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subterfuge
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deception, underhanded evasion
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subaltern
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one below another in rank
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pugnacious
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full of fight
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rapacious
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full of greed
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conjunctive
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causing union
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rectitude
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state of righteousness
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admonish
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warn; reprove
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apprise
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to inform
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approbation
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approval
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ascetic
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practicing self denial

 
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artless
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without guile, open and honest
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assiduous
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diligent
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aver
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state confidently
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belie
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contradict; give false impression
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contrite
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penitent
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daunt
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intimidate, frighten
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default
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failure to act
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deference
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curteous regard for another's wish
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denigrate
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belittle or defame
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derivative
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unoriginal
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desultory
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aimless; haphazard; digressed at random
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dirge
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lament with music
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dissemble
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disguise
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divest
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strip; deprive
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equinamity
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calmness of temperament
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fallacious
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false, misleading
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felicitous
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apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
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fledgling
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inexperienced
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flout
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reject, mock
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gouge
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overcharge
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grandiloquent
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pompous; bombastic
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indigence
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poverty
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insensible
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unconscious, unresponsive
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inured
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accustomed to; hardened
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invective

 

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abuse
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irresolute
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uncertain how to act; weak
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maverick
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rebel, non comformist
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mendacious
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lying, habitually dishonest
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mundane
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worldly as opposed to spiritual
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occlude
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shut close
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onerous
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burdensome
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opprobrium
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infamy, vilification
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perennial
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long lasting
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perfidious
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treacherous, disloyal
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perfunctory
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superficial, not thorough, lacking interest
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platitude
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trite remark; commonplace statement
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presumptuous
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overconfident; impertinently bold
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propitiate
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appease
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proscribe
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ostracize; banish, outlaw
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qualified
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limited, restricted
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recalcitrant
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obstinantly stubborn, determined to resist authority
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refractory
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stubborn, unmanageable
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relegate
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banish to an inferior position, delegate, assign
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reprobate
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scoundrel, person lacking in moral principles
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sage
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person celebrated for wisdom
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solicitous
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worried, concerned
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stint
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thrifty, set limits
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stolid
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dull, impassive
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supposition
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hypothesis, surmise
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torpor
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lethargy, dormancy, sluggishness
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