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abhor
to regard with extreme repugnance; to detest utterly; to loathe
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accolade
praise, an award
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ascetic
one who leads a life of self-denial and contemplation; absent of luxury
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bequeath
to hand down, to give or to leave in a will
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charlatan
one who claims to know something that he does not, a quack
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conflagration
a large fire
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dearth
a lack, a scarcity
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diffidence
shyness, reserve, unassertiveness
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effervescent
showing high spirits
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ethereal
heavenly, unusually delicate, light, lacking material substance, intangible
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expunge
to remove, to erase
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guile
deceitfulness, duplicity
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implausible
not believable
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incongruity
nonconformity, disagreement, incompatibility
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insularity
qualities of an island; narrow-mindedness of opinion
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morose
being sullen or gloomy
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placate
to appease or to pacify by making consessions
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poignant
piercing, incisive, and keen
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provincial
lacking sophistication, narrow-minded
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spontaneous
having no external cause, acting on impulse
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synthesis
combining parts into a whole
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vigilant
very alert, watchful
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voluble
ability to use words easily, fluent and glib
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