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in/il/im/ir
in, within or not, opposing
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Evanescent
vanishing; fading away; fleeting
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Negligible
so small or unimportant that may be neglected
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Capitulate
to give up resistance; surrender
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Inncessant
continuing without interruption; unending
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Venerate
to regard or treat with reverence; revere
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Enigma
a puzzling or inexplicable occurence or situation
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Pompous
characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance
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Clandestine
characterized by or done in secret, especially for purposes of deception
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Fortuitous
happening or produced by chance; accidental; lucky; fortunate
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Sporadic
occasional; appearing or happening at irregular intervals
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Pragmatic
of or pertaining to a practical (sensible) point of view
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Sycophant
a person who uses flattery to win favor from individuals
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Spurious
not genuine, authentic, or true
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Benevolent
characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings; desiring to help others
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Acquiesce
to submit or comply silently wihtout protest; constent or agree.
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Partisan
partial/loyal to a specific party or person
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Authoritarian
favoring complete obedience or subjection to authority as opposed to individual freedom
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Denounce
to condemn or express disaproval of openly or publicly
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Rhetoric
the undue use of exaggeration or display
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Taciturn
inclined to silence, reserved in speech, reluctant to join in conversation
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Irrefutable
that cannot be diproved
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Cajole
to persuade by flattery or promises; wheedle, coax
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Fallacy
a deceptive, misleading or false notion or belief
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Disseminate
to scatter or spread widely
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Aloof
at a distance, especially in feeling or interest; reserved, indifferent, disinterested
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Innate
existing in one from birth; inborn, natural
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Magnanimous
generous in forgiving an insult or injury; free from petty resentfulness
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Expedite
to speed up the process of; to accomplish promptly
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Elucidate
to make clear; throw light on; explain
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Augment
to make larger; enlarge in size, number, or strength
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Paltry
ridiculously or insultingly small; worthless
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Judicious
having, exercising, or characterized by good or discriminating judgement; wise, sensible
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Perfunctory
performed merely as a routine duty; hasty; superficial; lacking interest, care, or enthusiasm
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Latent
present but not visible or apparent; existing as potential
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Charlatan
a person who claims or pretends to have more knowledge or skill than he or she possess
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Morose
gloomy; suddenly moody in a bad mood; depressed
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Arduous
difficult; hard to do or endure
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Astute
clever, shrewd, having sharp perception
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Nonchalant
cooly unconcerned; indifferent or unexcited, casual
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Cartharsis/Cathartic
the purging of emotions or the relieving of emotional tensions
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Prodigious
extraordinary in size, amount, extent, or degree; abnormally wonderful or marvelous
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Zealot
a person who shows extreme religious zeal (great passion and strength of belief)
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Ostensible
outwardly appearing, pretending, obvious, or seeming
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Converge
to tend to meet in a point or line; to lean toward a common result or conclusion
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Ostentatious
pretentious or showy for the purpose of impressing others
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Anomaly
a deviation from the common rule, type, arrangement, or form
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Relegate
to send or hand over to an inferior position, place, or condition
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Cursory
going rapidly over something without attention to detail; hasty; superficial
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Temerity
reckless boldness; rashness
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Hackneyed
made commonplace or trite; stale (as in writing)
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Undulate
to move in a wavelike motion
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Supercilious
haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or expression; arrogant
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Infamy
extremely bad reputation, public reproach, or strong condemnation as the result of a shameful, criminal, or outrageous act
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Imminent
likely to occur at any moment
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Clemency
an act or deed showing mercy or leniency; a tendency toward leniency, compassion, and mercy
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Amicable
friendly, peaceable; characterized by showing goodwill
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Anachronism
someone or something that is not in its correct historical time
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Prodigal
wastefully or recklessly extravagant
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Vindicate
to clear, as from an accusation or suspicion
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Formidable
causing fear, apprehension, or dread
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