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astuteness
caution, wisdom, prudence
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indemnity
redress, restitution
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capricious
erratic, quixotic
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desiccated
shriveled, wizened
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providence
wisdom, caution
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circumspection
wisdom, caution
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exactitude
veracity, truthfulness
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codex
earliest form of book
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harangue
long, passionate speach
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surfeit
excess (esp. food)
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Byzantine
complicated, intricate
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tendentious
having/showing bias
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platitudinous
commonplace
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adjudge
to decree judicially
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adjudicate
to settle a dispute judicially
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captone
crowning achievement
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epicure
someone with refined taste in food
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connivance
tacit encouragement of wrongdoing
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intrigue
- arouse curiosity;
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beset
to attack from all sides
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antediluvian
ancient (pre-Biblical flood)
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insensibility
indifference
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preternaturalness
abnormality
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cephalic
of or relating to the skull
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legerdemain
slight of hand
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husband
to manage prudently
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sardonic
sarcastic (mockingly)
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pathogenic
capable of producing disease
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salubrious
good for health
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prodigal
wastefully extravagant
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foment
foster or instigate
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reticent
saying little; quiet
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inchoate
undeveloped; amorphous
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perspicacious
having keen insight
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glib
speaking readily, but insincerely
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lionize
to adulate; to treat as celebrity
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palliate
to relieve without curing
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polemic
argumentative person/statement
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euphony
pleasing to the ear
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obsequious
excessively deferential
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abet
encourage wrongdoing
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panegyric
praising speech
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pithy
brief and forceful in expression
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