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Vocab Final
lessons 1-14
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English
10th Grade
06/14/2009

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ostentatious
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flamboyant
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perfunctory
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cursory, mechanical
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temerity
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insolence, rashness
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abscond
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flee, take off
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cogent
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logical, persuasive
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rancor
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bitterness, enmity
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placate
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appease, soothe
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covetous
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greedy
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definitive
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conclusive, final
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condescend
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stoop, look down on
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fallible
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errant, faulty
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ineffable
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indescribable
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inundate
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overflow, submerge
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asperity
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biting manner of expression
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spurious
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artificial, phony
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abrogate
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nullify, void
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abdicate
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resign, step down
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abeyance
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suspension, disruption
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alacrity
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promptness, quickness
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corpulent
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obese, large body
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dogmatic
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arbitrary, assertive
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sagacious
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discreet, wise
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capricious
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whimsical, arbitrary
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culpable
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worthy of blame, guilty
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guile
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deception
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aggregate
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cluster, collect together
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askew
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out of line
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bellicose
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brawling, quick tempered
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commodious
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spacious, roomy
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ignomity
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disgrace, personal humiliation
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chattel
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bondsmen, slave
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austere
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stern and cold in appearance, manner
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lament
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grieving, sadness
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aloof
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detached, impersonal
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cerebral
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pertaining to thought
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incongruous
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conflicting, clashing
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bulwark
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defensive structures
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connoisseur
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someone who appreciates things
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cacophony
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dissonance, disharmony
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expunge
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annihilate, wipe out
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auspicious
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favored by fortune
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querulous
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hard to please, discontented
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paucity
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smallness of quantity, insufficience
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pliant
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bending, flexible, adaptable
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emulate
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to try to equal or excel, copy
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expurgate
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to ammend or cleanse, censor, purify
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trepidation
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fear, alarm, anxiety
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verbose
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wordy, using many words
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vicarious
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performed in place of another, substituted
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trenchant
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keen in language or person, critical
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impede
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obstruct the progress of, hinder, interfere
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forbear
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abstain from; evade
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migratory
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nomadic, moving regularly
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evade
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to escape (by cleverness); elude
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efface
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to wife out; eliminate
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asunder
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apart, divided
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incite
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urge on; excite; encourage
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quixotic
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extravagantly chivalrous or romantic
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beleaguer
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surround w/ military forces; besiege; pester
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milieu
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surroundings esp. of social nature; background
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histrionic
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overly dramatic; melodramatic; theatrical
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arduous
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requiring great exertion; wearisome
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dulcet
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pleasant or agreeable
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porcine
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pertaining to swine; fat
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myriad
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very great number
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accolade
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award, honor, recognition
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grandiloquent
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speaking in a lofty style; almost pompously
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caucus
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group gathered to make a decision
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demonic
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inspired as if by a demon; frenzied,obsessed
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harangue
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a scolding; declamation
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atrophy
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degeneration from disuse
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muster
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gather; assemble; mobilize (as in an army)
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curtail
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to cut short; abridge; abbreviate
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facilitate
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to make easier; aid
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prodigious
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marvelous, enormous
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noxious
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physically harmful or destructive
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reprehensible
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deserving blame
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adulation
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excessive admiration or flattery
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reciprocity
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mutual dependence; interdependence
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assuage
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appease, placate
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acrimonious
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caustic, biting esp. in language or manner
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aperture
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gap through which something can pass
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atrocity
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a heinous crime or action
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charlatan
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one making false pretenses to knowledge or ability; imposter
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imperturbable
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maintaining composure in all situations
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vociferous
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marked by vehement, insistent outcry; clamourous
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tenacious
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sticking to a goal; resolute
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declivity
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a downward slope
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circuitous
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circular or winding course; not direct in language
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affinity
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attraction towards something; inclination
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ambiguous
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having more than one meaning
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clandestine
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deliberately concealed from view
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provocation
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something that arouses anger
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volition
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an act of making a choice or decision; will
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baneful
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destructive; deadly
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capacious
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capable of holding much
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fastidious
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excessively particular or critical
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antipathy
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a natural or habitual repugnance
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impetuous
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pertaining to rash action
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expeditious
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characterized by promptness
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indolent
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slow; inactive; sluggish
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tepid
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moderately warm; lack of enthusiasm
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vituperative
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harshly abusive censure; abusive
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laud
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to praise; extol
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disconsolate
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hopelessly unhappy
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prevaricate
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to speak falsely or misleadingly
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insipid
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w/out interesting qualities
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undaunted
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undismayed, not discouraged; brave
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gregarious
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fond of the company of others; sociable
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copious
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large in quantity or number
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extraneous
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not pertinent; irrelevant
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indigenous
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originating in; characteristic of a region
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invective
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vehement or violent denunciation
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austerity
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severity of manner
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coterie
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an exclusive group; clique
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ballistic
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Pertaining to projection, or to a projectile; overwrought or irrational
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ambience
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that which surrounds or encompasses; environment; mood
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girth
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the measure around anything; circumference
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cranny
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a small out-of-the-way place or obscure corner; nook
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irascible
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easily provoked to anger; touchy
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propulsive
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the act or process of propelling; impulsive; compelling
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lassitude
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weariness of body or mind from strain; lethargy
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craven
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cowardly; contemptibly timid
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obtuse
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not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect
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scrutinize
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to examine in detail with careful or critical attention
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congenial
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agreeable, suitable, or pleasing in nature;compatible
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blather
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foolish, voluble talk; babble
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audacious
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adventurous,extremely bold or daring
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conflagration
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a destructive fire
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diffidence
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timidity or shyness; constraint; hesitation
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