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balmy
warm; refreshing; mild
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profligate
recklessly extravagant or wasteful
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prolific
producing a great deal; reproducing rapidly
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promulgated
openly declared; proclaimed
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abscon
to leave secretly and in haste, usually to escape the law
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cliche
an overused expression
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melancholic
excessively and unreasonably brooding; chronically depressed
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addicted
physiologically or psychologically dependent upon; completely self subjected to some habit
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cloister
a secluded or isolated place; a monastery or convent; to shut off from the world; to seclude
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coagulate
to thicken; to gather in a mass
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barrister
an attorney or lawyer
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beneficence
a good or kindness
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bellicose
hostile; warlike; aggressive
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bathos
excessive or trivial sentimentality; that which arouses insincere sorrow or pity; an unimportant anticlimax
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prone
naturally inclined or disposed; having a tendency
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aberration
a change from the usual, normal, prescribed; a disorder of the min
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brandish
to shake or wave threateningly, defiantly, or triumphantly
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propagate
to spread info from one person to another; to reproduce or multiply
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coalesce
to combine or come together in one body; to unite; to fuse
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coalition
a union or joining together; a temporary alliance
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coercion
a compelling or forcing; forced restraint or constraint; control by force
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abstemious
sparing or moderate in eating and drinking
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adduced
brought out or offered for consideration or proof; alleged
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adjudicated
determined in court; judged
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malediction
an evil and damaging statement; a curse
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celibacy
the state of refraining from marriage and sexual relations
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chaotic
in a state of chaos; mixed up; confused and disorderly
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charlatan
one who pretends to have knowledge that he does not have; an imposter; a quack
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chary
hesitant; cautious; wary
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chauvinistic
unreasonably devoted or loyal to one's own group, race, sex, or status
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propensity
a natural tendency
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propinquity
nearness or closeness; kinship; affinity
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propitiated
appeased; satisfied; gained favor
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petulant
irritable; fretful; impatient
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philatelist
stamp collector
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piquant
interesting; charmingly lively; spicy
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acquiesced
yielded; gave in; assented
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cogent
convincing to the mind; compelling
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vicissitude
natural but unanticipated change; element of chance in daily life
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virago
a loud mouthed, bad tempered woman
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virulent
extremely harmful; maliciouss
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cognizant
having knowledge; perceptive; aware; comprehending
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empathy
understanding and identification with the mental state and emotions of another person
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empirical
based on observation or direct experience only and not on theory, speculation, etc
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emulate
to strive to equal or surpass; to successfully rival
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