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11th Grade
12/27/2008
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profligate
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Extravagantly wasteful
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Cajole
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Verbally Bully
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Contrived
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Obviously planned/forced
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Trepidation
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state of alarm/dread
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Subvert
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To destroy/reuin
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illusory
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misleading
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orchestrate
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to arrange/control
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augment
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enlarge
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Elicit
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to arrive at/to bring out
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Refute
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To prove wrong
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Brusque
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rough, blunt, abrupt
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inimitable
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can't be copied
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garrulous
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talkative/wordy
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Despondent
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Hopeless
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Frenetic
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frantic
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Fastidious
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demanding
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Amorphous
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formless
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Tenacious
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Persistent
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Inscrutable
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missunderstood
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promulgate
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Let me known
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circumvent
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bypass/avoid
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laconic
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few words
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assiduous
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constant
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dejected
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depression
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erudition
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learning/scholarship
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quandry
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dilemma/uncertainty
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assuage
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ease/make less severe
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bonanza
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sudden luck
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engender
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to produce/cause
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indignation
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riteous anger
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vocation
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job
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petulant
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showing sudden sign of impatience/irritation
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sedulous
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diligent attentio
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Vindictive
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revengeful
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fastidious
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hard to please
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diffident
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shy/lacking confidence
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prosaic
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dull
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cognition
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the act of knowing; perceiving
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conciliate
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to win over
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pragmatic
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practical
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jocular
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joking/jesting
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adulation
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admire
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sanguine
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optimistic/hopeful
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convoluted
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complicated
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reprieve
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delay punishment
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rendition
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translation
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arduous
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difficult
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ephemeral
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short-lived
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affluent
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having abundance
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assent
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agree; give in to
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assent
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agree; give in to
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misconstrued
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misunderstand; misinterpret
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languorous
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disinterest, slow
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futility
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uselessness
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Transience
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temporary; not lasting
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razing
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tear down
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unilaterally
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1 sided
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unequivocally
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clear
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receded
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become distant
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deleterious
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harmful
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ambivalent
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uncertainty
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spurious
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not true/authentic
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extemporaneous
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impromptu
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remonstrance
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a protest
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unemphatically
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not emphasized
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admonition
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kind
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Contrived
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planned
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Divergent
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Diverging
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Supplant
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replace
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Finagle
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Trick/Cheat
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Invariable
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Constant (not changing)
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curative
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cure
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callow
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imature
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partisan
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supporter, partial to
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Sublime
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elevated thoughts, inspiring
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flippant
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shallow, disrespectful
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reminiscence
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recalling past event
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Perniciousness
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hurtful, damaging
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Plasticity
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Capable of taking other shapes
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plight
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unfavorable/unfortunate
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retraction
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withdrawl of promise/opinion
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tangential
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Slightly connected, touchin
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Baneful
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destructive
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Expeditious
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promptness; quick
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discernment
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keen insight/judgement
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supercilious
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contemptuous/haughty
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perspicacious
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having perception/understanding
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ascetic
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simple life for religion (mormon, amish)
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interloper
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intrude; meddle
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implausibility
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not appearing truthful/credible
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Entrenched
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fixed firmly/securly
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Prevalent
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widespread acceptance or superiority
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Diminutive
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Small
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Debilitate
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To make weak
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cathartic
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purging
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patent
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1. open/obvious. 2. document confirming a right
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uninhibited
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not restricted
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convoluted
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twisted
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antiquated
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old fashioned, no longer in use
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chicanery
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trick by sophistry
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disputation
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debating
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adroit
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skillful/ingenious
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lackadaisical
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lazy/listless
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Scrutinize
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examine in detail
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multifarious
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numerous/varied/diverse
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onerous
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burdensome/troublesome/having obligations
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autonomy
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independence/freedom
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incoherence
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irrational
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disparage
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belittle/bring shame
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arcane
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mysterious/secret/obscure
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esoteric
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private
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compendious
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concise
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harangue
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speech/verbal attack
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litigious
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argumentitive
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Convivial
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friendly
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histrionic
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dramatic
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