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of questionable authenticity
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apocryphal
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practicing great self-denial
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ascetic
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habitually reserved and uncommunicative
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Taciturn
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of very poor quality or condition
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Excreable
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A means of achieving a particular end, as in a situation requiring haste or caution.
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Expediency
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of or relating to the stars or constellation
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Sidereal
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weakened or sickly
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Etiolated
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restricted or limited
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Circumscribed
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impossible to avoid or evade:"inescapable conclusion"
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Ineluctable
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offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment
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Invidious
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loud and resounding
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Plangent
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Worthless
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Nugatory
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the outcome of a complex sequence of events
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Denouement
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pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas
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Bombastic
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necessary for relief or supply
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Requisite
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brief and to the point
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Laconic
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full of trivial conversation
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Garrulous
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(of the elements) as if showing violent anger
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tempestuous
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the boundary of a specific area
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Demarcation
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bearing in abundance especially offspring
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prolific
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selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
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Eclectic
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extremely painful (including emotionally)
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Harrowing
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so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe
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Prodigious
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thwarted; stumped; blocked
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Stymied
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concerned with practical matters
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Pragmatic
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A special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence
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Perogative
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Hidden Away
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Ensconce
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involving or likely to cause controversy
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Contentious
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so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
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Antediluvian
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lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution
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pusillanimous
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displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity, lacking interest or significance
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jejune
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the study of games and other forms of play
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Ludology
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the science of communications and automatic control systems in both machines and living things
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Cybernetics
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to free from burdens, to extricate
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Disencumber
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insisted; to make an express demand or arrangement as a condition of agreement- think court
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Stipulated
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A group that fights against the gov.
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Insurgencies
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the property of being out of date and not current
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Superannuation
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the property characteristic of old age
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Senescence
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to drink, absorb
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Imbibement
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to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide
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Abscond
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deviating from the norm
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Aberrant
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eager and enthusiastic willingness
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Alacrity
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an expression of approval or praise
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Approbation
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strenuous, taxing; requiring significant effort
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Arduous
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to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify
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Assuage
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daring and fearless; recklessly bold
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Audacious
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without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic
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Austere
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taken as given; possessing self-evident truth
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Axiomatic
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following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards
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Canonical
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inclined to change one's mind impulsively; erratic, unpredictable
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Capricious
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to criticize severely; to officially rebuke
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Censure
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trickery or subterfuge
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Chicanery
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complex or complicated
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Convoluted
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to undeceive; to set right
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Disabuse
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conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound
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Discordant
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fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
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Disparate
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extreme boldness; presumptuousness
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Effrontery
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to weaken; to reduce in vitality
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Enervate
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dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy
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Ennui
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to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent
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Equivocate
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very learned; scholarly
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Erudite
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exonerate; to clear of blame
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Exculpate
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urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention
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Exigent
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improvised; done without preparation
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Extemporaneous
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to loudly attack or denounce
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Fulminate
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artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication
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Ingenuous
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accustomed to accepting something undesirable
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Inured
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easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts
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Irascible
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to praise highly
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Laud
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clear, easily understood
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Pellucid
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the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, esp. forgiving
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Magnanimity
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associated with war and the armed forces
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Martial
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coming into being; in early developmental stages
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Nascent
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vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form
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Nebulous
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Seemingly logistically true or plausible but actually wrong
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Specious
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agreeableness of sound; pleasing effect to the ear, harmony
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Euphony
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childish; immature
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Puertile
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scarcity; lack
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Paucity
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Talkative, fond of talking
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Loquacious
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Disliking humankind and avoiding human society
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Misanthropic
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Stubborn, refusing to change one's opinion
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Obdurate
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the quality of behaving in a proper manner; obeying rules and customs
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Propriety
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indecisive, to waver between options
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Vacillate
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Short-lived, fleeting
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Ephemeral
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Procreate, to cause to exist or develop, produce- to make happen
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Engenderment
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Fabrication
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Prevarication
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Regard with great respect, to look up to
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Venerate
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express contempt for; ridicule- to laugh at someone in a way that shows they think you are stupid
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Deride
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(adj.) dull, lacking in distinction and originality; matter-of-fact, straightforward; characteristic of prose, not poetic
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Prosaic
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everyday; commonplace, repetitive
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Quotidian
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impatient, uneasy, or restless, stubborn
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Restive
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having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way
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Pernicious
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shy, lacking self-confidence; modest, reserved
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Diffident
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wastefully extravagant; lavishly or generously abundant; (n.) one who is wasteful and self-indulgent
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Prodigal
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uncertainty; having 'mixed' feelings, often due to the desire to do conflicting things
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Ambivalence
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Very excited, eager, curious, anticipating
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Agog
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a very light or delicate material-like a veil
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Gossamer
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Lacking interest or vigor, vapid, boring or dull
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Insipid
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Long, Aggressive or vehement speech; tirade or rant
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Harrangue
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excessively sentimental; emotional and tearful
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Maudlin
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perplexed/ surprised/ confused in a way that that makes you unsure how to react.
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Nonplussed
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courteous and refined in manner
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Urbane
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Substitute Product, inferior quality, Walmart version
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Ersatz
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something that calms or soothes pain, or weakened or bland
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not likely to provoke dissent or offense; inoffensive, often deliberately so.
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Anodyne
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still existing; not exterminated, destroyed, or lost
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Extant
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Lowest point, often used to refer to point of great despair or adversity
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Nadir
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Person lacking culture or hostile towards the arts
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Philistine
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a strong verbal or written attack on someone or something
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Polemic
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exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical
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Quixotic
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beginner; novice
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Tyro
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sleep-inducing
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Soporific
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accuse or blame, to incriminate or charge with crime
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Inculpate
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lacking originality, clichéd or boring
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Banal
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(adj.) harmless, inoffensive; insignificant
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Innocuous
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