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advocate
a person who supports or defends another person or cayse
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anachronism
out of chronological order
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anecdote
a short account of a story
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apprehensive
anxious, fearful about the future
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arrogance
an offensive display of self importantce; pride
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boorish
clumsy in behavior
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brevity
brief in duration
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cathartic
emotionaly purging
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censure
to criticize, blame
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cite
to mention in support
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commendable
worthy of great praise, approval
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conciliatory
accominating
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cursory
performed hastily and w/o attenction to detail
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defiant
boldly resisting authority
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deride
to laugh at in scorn or treat with contempt
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disparage
to speak w/ disrespect; belittle
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eclectic
selecting indivdual elements from a wide range of sources
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elaborate
planned or executed with great care
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eloquent
clear, powerful and persuasive speaker
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embody
to represent in bodily
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erratic
having no fixed course
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ethical
following the rules
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felicitous
appropriate for the occasion
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florid
reddish; excesively flowery
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holistic
emphasizing the importance of the whole and the interdependence of parts, as opposed to separation into parts
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idiosyncrasy
a habit; characteristic
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intemperate
exessive indulgence
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laudatory
expressing praise
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magnanimous
generous and forgiving
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mundane
common or ordinary; pertaining to the world
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naive
unaffected, unsophisticated, unexperienced
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nostalgia
longing for a former place or time
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partisan
devoted to or bias in support
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prosaic
dull, lacking imagination
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rhetorical
used for or concerned with mere style
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solicitous
anxious; careful
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speculate
to reflect; to engage in risky business
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tenacious
persistant or stubborn
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venerate
to regard or treat with respect
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vindicate
to defend; mantain
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