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abrogate
annul; to abolish by authoritative action to
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askance
with disapproval; with a skeptical sideways glance
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bombastic
high-sounding but meaningless; ostentatiously lofty in style
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chary
watchful, cautious; extremely shy
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contentious
quarrelsome, disagreeable, belligerent
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dilapidated
in disrepair, run down
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equivocate
to avoid committing oneself in what one says, to be deliberately unclear
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impute
to lay the responsibility or blame for, often unjustly
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intransigent
uncompromising, refusing to abandon an extreme position
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missive
a written note or letter
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olfactory
relating to the sense of smell
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paramount
supreme, of chief importance
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plebeian
crude or coarse; characteristic of commoners
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prosaic
relating to prose (as opposed to poetry); dull, ordinary
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refract
to deflect sound or light
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sanctimonious
hypocritically devout; acting morally superior to another
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stalwart
marked by outstanding strength and vigor of body, mind, and spirit
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temporal
having to do with time
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wield
to exercise authority or influence effectively
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