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abscond
to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide
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aberrant
deviating from the norm (abaerration)
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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 pacigy
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audacious
daring and fearless, recklessly bold (audacity)
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austere
without adornment, bare, severely simple, ascetic (austerity)
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axiomatic
taken as a given, possessing self-evident truth (axiom)
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canonical
gollowing 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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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
scholarly, very learned (erudition)
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exculpate
to clear of blame, exonerate
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extemporaneous
improvised, done without preparation
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filibuster
intentional obstruction, 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
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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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neologism
a new word, expression or usage
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noxious
harmful, injurious
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obtuse
lacking sharpness of intellect, not clear or precise in thought
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obviate
to anticipate and make unnecessary
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paean
a song or hymn of praise
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perfidy
intentional breach of faith; treachery
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perfunctory
cursoty, done without care or interest
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perspicacious
acutely perceptive, having keen discernment
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prattle
to babble meaninglessly
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predilection
a disposition in favor of something
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prescience
foreknowledge of events
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prevaricate
to deliberately avoid the truth
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qualms
misgivings, reservations
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recant
to retract, esp a previously held belief
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relegate
to forcibly assign, esp to a lower place
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reticent
quiet, reserved, reluctant to express thoughts
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solicitous
concerned and attentive
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static
not moving, active
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tortuous
winding, twisting
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truculent
fierce and cruel
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virulent
extremely harmful or poisonous
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veracity
truthfulness, honesty
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abate
to lessen in intensity
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ascetic
one who practices rigid self-denial
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axiom
universally recognized principle
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burgeon
to grow rapidly or flouwish
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bucolic
pastoral and rustic
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canon
established set of principles or code of laws
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castigation
severe criticism or punishment
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caustic
burning or stinging
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cogent
appealing forcibly to the mind or reason, convincing
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contentious
argumentative, quarrelsome
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contrite
regretful, penitent
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dearth
smallness of #, a lack
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demur
to question or oppose
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disinterested
free of bias or self-interest
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ebullience
quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings
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empirical
based on observation/experiment
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esoteric
intended for a small group
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