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advocate
a person who publicly supports or recommends a particular cause or policy
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sycophant
a servile self-seeking flatterer
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beguile
to lead, charm, or enchant by deception
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reticence
the quality of not revealing one thoughts or feelings readily, reserved, showing restraint
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cryptic
having or seeming to have an ambiguous meaning, secretive
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preclude
to prevent from happening, to make impossible, to rule out in advance
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disparage
to degrade, to regard or represent with little worth, to lower in rank or reputation
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mundane
lacking interest or excitement, dull, ordinary, common place
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engender
to cause to exist or develop
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instigate
to goad, urge forward, bring about, or initiate
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fervor
intense or passionate feeling or expression
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impecunious
having little or no money, penniless
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martyrdom
death or suffering from adherence to a cause, usually religious
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repugnance
inconsistency, contradictory, incompatibility of ideas or statements
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insidious
proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects, treacherous
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