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Abscond
To depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide
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Aberrant
Deviating from the norm
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Alacrity
Eager and enthusiastic willingness
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Anomaly
Deviation from the normal order, form, or rule; abnormality
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Approbation
An expression of approval or praise
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Arduous
Strenuous, taxing; requiring significant effort
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Assuage
To ease or lessen; to appease or pacify
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Audacious
Daring and fearless; recklessly bold
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Austere
Without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic
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Axiomatic
Taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth
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Canonical
Following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards
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Capricious
Inclined to change one's mind impulsively; erratic, unpredictable
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Censure
To criticize severely; to officially rebuke
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Chicanery
Trickery or subterfuge
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Connoisseur
An informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert
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Convoluted
Complex or complicated
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Disabuse
To undeceive; to set right
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Discordant
Conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound
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Disparate
Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
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Effrontery
Extreme boldness; presumptuousness
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Eloquent
Well-spoken, expressive, articulate
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Enervate
To weaken; to reduce in vitality
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Ennui
Dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy
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Equivocate
To use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent
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Erudite
Very learned; scholarly
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Exculpate
Exonerate; to clear of blame
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Exigent
Urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention
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Extemporaneous
Improvised; done without preparation
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Filibuster
Intentional obstruction, esp. using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action
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Fulminate
To loudly attack or denounce
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Ingenuous
Artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication
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Inured
Accustomed to accepting something undesirable
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Irascible
Easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts
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Lucid
Clear; easily understood
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Magnanimity
The quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, esp. in forgiving
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Martial
Associated with war and the armed forces
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Mundane
Of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary
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Nascent
Coming into being; in early developmental stages
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Nebulous
Vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form
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Neologism
A new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses
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Noxious
Harmful, injurious
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Obtuse
Lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression
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Obviate
To anticipate and make unnecessary
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Onerous
Troubling; burdensome
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Paean
A song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving
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Parody
A humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, esp. in literature and art
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Perennial
Recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly
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Perfidy
Intentional breach of faith; treachery
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Perfunctory
Cursory; done without care of interest
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Perspicacious
Acutely perceptive; having keen discernment
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Prattle
To babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner
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Precipitate (adj)
Acting with excessive haste or impulse
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Precipitate (verb)
To cause to happen before anticipated or required
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Predilection
A disposition in favor of something; preference
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Prescience
Foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring
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Prevaricate
To deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead
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Qualms
Misgivings; reservationsl causes for hesitancy
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Recant
To retract, esp. a previously held belief
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Refute
To disprove; to successfully argue against
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Relegate
To forcibly assign, esp. to a lower place or position
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Reticent
Quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts or feelings
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Solicitous
Concerned and attentive; eager
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Sordid
Characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul
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Sporadic
Occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances
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Squander
To waste by spending or using irresponsibly
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Static
Not moving, active, or in motion; at rest
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Stupefy
To stun, baffle, or amaze
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Synthesis
The combination of parts to make a whole
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Torque
A force that causes rotation
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Tortuous
Winding, twisting; excessively complicated
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Truculent
Fierce and cruel; eager to fight
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Veracity
Truthfulness, honesty
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Virulent
Extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic
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Voracious
Having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous
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Waver
To move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion
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