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capricious
Inclined to change one's mind impulsively, erratic.
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censure
To criticize severely; to offcially rebuke
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chicanery
trickery or subterfuge
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accustomed to accepting something undesirable
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magnanimity
the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, esp. in forgiving
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nascent
coming into being; in early developmental stages
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obtuse
lacking in sharpness or intellect
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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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perspicacious
acutely perceptive
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predilection
a disposition in favor of something; preference
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prevaricate
to deliberately avoid the truth
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truculent
fierce and cruel; eager to fight
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solicitous
concerned and attentive; eager
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sordid
characterized by filth, grime, or squalor
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bucolic
rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants
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chary
wary; cautious; sparing
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complaisance
the willingness to comply with the wishes of others
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contentious
argumentative
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furtive
marked by stealth; covert
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incipient
beginning to come into being or to become apparent
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inveigle
to obtain by deception or flattery
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penurious
excessively thrifty
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pernicious
extremely harmful
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prodigious
abundant in size, force, or extent
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torpid
lethargic; sluggish
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supplant
to take the place of; to supersede
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dissemble
to disguise or conceal; to mislead
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fortuitous
happening by accident or chance
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germane
appropriate in subject matter; relevant
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hegemony
consistent dominance of one state or ideolog yover others
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imperturable
marked by extreme calm
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implacable
incapable of being appeased or significantly changed
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impunity
immunity from punishment
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inchoate
in an initial stage; not flly frmed
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infelicitous
unfortunate; inappropriate
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opprobrium
disgrace; contempt
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pith
essential or central part
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polemical
controversial; argumentative
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rancorous
characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment
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recalcitrant
obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage
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repudiate
to refuse to have anything to do with; to disown
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specious
seeming true, but actually being fallacious; plausible but false
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spurious
lacking validity
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surfeit
an overabundant supply
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acerbic
having a sour or bitter taste or character
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aggrandize
to increase in intensity, power, influence, or prestige
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dilettante
one with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge
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disparage
to slight or belittle
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flout
to show contempt for, as in a rule or convention
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glib
marked by ease or informality; nonchalant
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impetuous
hastily or rashly energetic
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mercurial
characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood
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mollify
to calm or soothe
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probity
adherence to highest principles
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proclivity
a natural predisposition or inclination
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profligate
excessively wasteful
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quotidian
occuring daily; commonplace
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refulgent
radiant; brilliant
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recondite
hidden; concealed
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sedulous
persistent; hard-working
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trenchant
sharply perceptive; keen
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vacillate
to waver indeciseively between one course of action or opinion and another
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vituperate
to use harsh condemnatory language
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chauvinist
a blindly devoted patriot
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die
a tool used for shaping
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grouse
to complain or grumple
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intimate
to imply, suggest, or insinuate
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nice
exacting, extremely precise
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occult
hidden, concealed, beyond comprehension
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rail
to complain about bitterly
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table
to remove from consideration
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abjure
to reject solemny, to recant; to avoid
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adumbrate
to foreshadow vaguely or intimate; to obscure or overshadow
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apogee
farthest or highest point; zenith
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apotheosis
a model of excellence or perefection
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asperity
severity, rigor; roughness, harshness; irritability
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asseverate
to aver, allege, or assert
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assiduous
diligent, hard-working
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captious
disposed to point out trivial faults
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cavil
to find fault without good reason
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contumacious
insubordinate, rebellious
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denouement
an outcome or solution; the unraveling of a plot
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descry
to discriminate or discern
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desultory
random; aimless
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excoriate
to censure scathingly
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execrate
to denounce, to feel loathing for
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expiate
to atone or make amends for
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imbroglio
difficult or embarassing situation
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insouciant
unconcerned, carefree
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inveterate
deep rooted, ingrained
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lubricious
lewd, wanton, slippery
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meretricious
cheap, gaudy, flashy
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nonplussed
baffled, bewildered
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obstreperous
noisily and stubbornly defiant
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palliate
to make something seem less serious
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peroration
the concluding part of a speech, flowery part
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plangent
pounding, thundering
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prolix
long-winded, verbose
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puissance
power, strength
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sagacious
having sound judgment, like a sage
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salutary
remedial, wholesome
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sanguine
cheerful, optimistic
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sententious
aphoristic or moralistic, tending to moralize excessively
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stentorian
extremely loud and powerful
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vitiate
to corrupt, debase, spoil
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voluble
fluent, verbal, having easy use of spoken language
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