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an incline or upward slope, the ascending side of a hill
acclivity
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having no definite form
amorphous
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to declare to be true, to affirm
aver
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sickly sweet; excessive
cloying
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the state of separate elements joining or coming together
convergence
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giving a false appearance of simple frankness; misleading
disingenuous
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to catch sight of, glimpse
espy
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marked by disrespectful lightheatedness or casualness
flippant
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deparing from accepted beliefs or standards, oppositional
heretical
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beginning to exist or appear; in an initial stage
incipient
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easily angered, hot-tempered
irascible
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having death as a subject; dwelling on the gruesome
macabre
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biting and caustic in manner and style
mordant
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one who takes advantage of any opportunity to achieve an end, with littel regard for principles
opportunist
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to read studiously or attentively
pore
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a person authorized to act for someone else
proxy
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payment for goods or services or to recompense for losses
remuneration
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acting in strict regard for what is considered proper; punctiliously exact
scrupulous
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concise, brief, free of extra words
terse
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