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temporize
to postpone a decision
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contingency
uncertainty, possibility
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complacent
self-satisfied, pleased
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complaisant
showing a desire or willingness to please
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equanimity
composure, sangfroid
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imminent
impending, approaching
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dictum
formal pronouncement
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abeyance
suspension, condition of being temporarily set aside
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obeisance
attitude of deference, honor, loyalty
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descrete
seperate, unique, distinct
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descreet
modest, prudent, judicious
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preempt
to seize, take, occupy
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abjure
to denounce under oath
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exigency
emergency, imperitive, urgent
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adjudicate
to judge, determine, referee
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emolument
payment, compensation, fee
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refulgent
shining, lucent, luminous
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abtruse
difficult, complex, obscure
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extripation
annihilation, eradication, extermination
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asperity
severity, curtness
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pusillanimous
cowardly, timid
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iconoclast
destroyer of religion
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foist
pass off as genuine, dupe, trick
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complicity
share in responsibility, act as accomplice
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desuetude
a state of disuse, antiquated
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specious
false
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impecunious
poor, lacking
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indignant
angry, resentful
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interdict
veto, injunction, embargo
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disinter
dig up, uncover, expose
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tenet
credo, belief, theory
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opprobrium
a state of shame, disgrase, ignominy
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venal
corruptible, open to bribery
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venial
easily excused, forgivable
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obsequious
willing compliance, servile
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puissant
power, might, strength
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poignant
emotionally painful
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chary
wary, skiddish, suspicious
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demur
object, protest, balk
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demure
shy, modest, reserved
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niggling
negligible, petty, trifling
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meliorate
improve, modernize, restructure
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incipient
budding, initial, develolping
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