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Acquiesce
(v.) to accept without protest; to agree or submit; comply with, accede, consent, yield
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Allure
(v.) to entice, tempt; to be attractive to; (n.) a strong attraction; the power to attract, charm; (v.) beguile, tantalize; (n.) temptation, enticement
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Askew
(adj.) twisted to one side, crooked; disapprovingly; awry, lopsided, cockeyed
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Blithe
(adj.) cheerful, lighthearted; casual, unconcerned; carefree, nonchalant, indifferent
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Contentious
(adj.) quarellsome, inclined to argue; argumentative, disputatious, combative
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Covet
(v.) to desire something belonging to another; crave, yearn for, hunger for
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Crestfallen
(adj.) discouraged, dejected, downcast; despondent, disconsolate
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Disheveled
(adj.) rumpled, mussed; hanging in disorder; untidy, disarranged, tousled, unkempt
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Exponent
(n.) one who advocates, speaks for, explains, or interprets; the power to which a number, symbol, or expression is to be raised; defender, champion, interpreter
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Garrulous
(adj.) given to much talking, tediously chatty; talkative, loquacious, long-winded
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Insuperable
(adj.) incapable of being overcome; invincible, insurmountable
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Lamentable
(adj.) to be regretted or pitied; deplorable, regrettable, distressing
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Misnomer
(n.) an unsuitable or misleading name; misnaming, malapropism
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Profess
(v.) to affirm openly, to state belief in; to claim, pretend; assert, declare, proclaim, purport
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Respite
(n.) a period of relief or rest; interval, intermission, lull, breather
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Retribution
(n.) a repayment; a deserved punishment; compense, requital, just deserts
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Sinuous
(adj.) winding, having many curves; lithe and flexible; twisting, convoluted, serpentine, supple
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Sonorous
(adk.) full, deep, or rich in sound, impressive in style; resonant, resounding, grandiloquent
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Vanguard
(n.) the foremost part of an army, the leading position in any field; forefront, cutting edge, trailblazers
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Wastrel
- (n.) a wasteful person, spendthrift, a good-for-nothing; loafer, idler, squanderer, prolifigate
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