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cloying
sickeningly sweet
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temerity
recklessness, boldness
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ineluctable
necessary, inevitable
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incommensurate
unequal, disproportionate
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nugatory
trifling, unimportant
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hubris
cockiness, arrogance
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flouted
openly disregarded, disobeyed
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galvanize
to simulate, excite
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insouciance
light, carefree
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quixotic
idealistic fantasy
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incipient
not fully grown/matured
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fulsome
insincerely lavish
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unctuous
falsely earnest, smug, ingratiating
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equanimity
even, steady, balanced
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equanimous
poised, collected, calm
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declaimed
make a strong proclamation
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inveigh
tirade, criticize
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vilipend
to treat as of little value
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engender
create, bring about
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decimate
destroyed, annihilated
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magisterial
pompous, overbearing
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anodyne
something that soothes pain
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scurrilous
abusive, vulgar, coarse
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collate
to join or bring together
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defenestration
the act of throwing oneself from a window
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supine
passive, lying on one's back
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malapropism
the wrong word
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provident
planning for the future
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philanderer
cheater, adulterer
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platitude
overused phrase, wisdom
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catharsis
emotional purification or release
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depravity
moral corruption
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efface
to erase, rub away, obscure
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furtive
secretive, done slyly
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mercenary
someone motivated by greed
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paucity
scarcity, small in number or amount
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precept
a rule or principle to guide conduct
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prosaic
dull, unimaginative
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spurious
false, fake
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turpitude
wickedness, evil
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urbane
suave, sophisticated
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vilify
to slander, condemn
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alacrity
rapidity, eagerness
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vitiating
morally corrupting
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ingenuous
honest or innocent
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turbid
difficult to understand
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pellucid
easy to understand
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perspicacious
smart/learned
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apologist
those who defend through reasoned argument
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demagogue
one who uses emotion to persuade
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menagerie
collection of animals
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inveterate
long established
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concomitant
occurring at the same time
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impetuous
rash, acting quickly
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inimitable
impossible to imitate
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prostrate
lying flat on the ground
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asseverate
stated positively, affirmed
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tautological
logically redundant
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pellucid
clear in meaning
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eponym
person after whom something is named
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appropriate
take something for exclusive use
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protean
displaying great variety or change
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litigious
having to do with law
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Carapace
hard, protective shell
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Plutocracy
rule by the wealthy
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Oligarchy
rule by a few power holders
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Censure
official reprimand
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Quittance
discharge from debt
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Consummate
ideal, perfect
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Clandestine
Secret, concealed
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rakish
dashing, jaunty, or slightly disreputable quality
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pell-mell
wild or reckless
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accession
acquisition of a position of rank or power
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interdiction
authoritative prohibition
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effulgent
Shining brightly; radiant.
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subterfuge
Deceit used in order to achieve one's goal
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prelate
A bishop or other high ecclesiastical dignitary
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contention
Heated disagreement.
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provincial
hick - countryman
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lugubrious
somber, sorrowful
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perspicacious
smart, learned
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ardent
strong, passionate
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recondite
confusing, abstruse, obscure, secret
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adumbrate
to give a sketchy outline; disclose partially or guardedly; to foreshadow
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