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candid
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| Completely honest, straight forward |
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conjecture
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didactic
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effusive
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| showing excessive emotion; overflowing |
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euphemism
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| a mild, indirect, or vague term substituting for a harsh, blunt, or offensive term. "to pass away" |
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extrapolate
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| to infer or estimate by extending or projecting known information |
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incoherent
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| lacking cohesion or connection |
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insinuate
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| to imply or communicate stealthily |
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loquacious
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lucid
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rhetoric
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| the art of using language effectively and persuasively |
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acumen
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| quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight |
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adroit
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ascertain
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| to find out, as through investigation or experimentation |
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astute
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circumspect
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| careful; prudent; discreet |
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disseminate
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| to scatter widely, as in sowing seed |
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erudition
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pedantic
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| excessively concerned with book learning and formal rules |
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perspicacious
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pragmatic
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precocious
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| exhibiting unusually early intellectual aptitude or maturnity |
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prolific
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| very productive; producing great qualities |
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prospectus
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rudimentary
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| basic; elementary; in the earliest stages of development |
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abstruse
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callous
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| emotionally hardened; unfeeling |
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convoluted
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disaffected
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| having lost faith or loyalty; discontent |
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enigma
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| a puzzle, mystery, or riddle |
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inscrutable
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| difficult to fathom or understand; impenetrable |
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reticent
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| inclined to keep silent; reserved |
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staid
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arcane
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| known or understood by only a few |
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assimilate
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| to absorb or become absorbed; to make or become similar |
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autonomy
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| independence; self-determination |
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cosmopolitan
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| worldly; widely sophisticated |
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derivative (n)
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| something that comes from another source |
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esoteric
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| intended for or understood by only a small group |
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gaffe
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| a clumsy social error; a faux pas |
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idiosyncrasy
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| characteristic peculiar to an individual or group |
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insular
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| isolated; narrow or provincial |
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orthodox
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| adhering to the traditional and established, especially in religion |
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potentate
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| one who has the power and position to rule over others; monarch |
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| to scold, rebuke, or harshly criticize |
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| seeking or preferring seclusion or isolation |
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| to retire from; give up or abandon |
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| to give up (a title, for example), especially by formal announcement |
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| marked by harshly abused condemnation |
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circumscribe
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| to draw a circle around; to restrict |
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contiguous
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| sharing an edge or boundary; touching |
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conciliatory
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| appeasing; soothing; showing willingness to reconcile |
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credible
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| capable of being believed; plausible |
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exonerate
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incontrovertible
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| indisputable; not open to question |
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indict
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| to officially charge with wrongdoing or a crime |
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litigious
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| prone to engage in lawsuits |
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partisan (adj.)
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| devoted to or biased in support of a party, group, or cause |
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parity
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| equality, as in amount, status, or value (antonym: disparity) |
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rectitude
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| moral uprightness; righteousness |
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remiss
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| lax in attending to duty; negligent |
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repudiate
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| to reject the validity or authority of |
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sanctimonious
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| feigning piety or righteousness |
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scrupulous
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| principled, having a strong sense of right and wrong; conscientious and exacting |
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solicitous
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substantiate
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| to support with proof or evidence; verify |
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veracity
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| adherence to the truth; truthfulness |
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vindicate
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cajole
(flattery will get you nowhere) |
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| to urge with repeated appeals, teasing, or flattery |
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chicanery
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obsequious
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sycophant
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| insincere, obsequious flatterer |
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altruism
(one person can change the world) |
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| unselfish concern for the welfare of others; selflessness |
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eminent
(one person can change the world) |
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empathy
(one person can change the world) |
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| identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives |
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extol
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laudatory
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magnanimous
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| courageously or generously noble in mind and heart |
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philanthropic
(one person can change the world) |
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| humanitarian; benevolent; relating to monetary generosity |
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reciprocate
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| to mutually take or give; to respond in kind |
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| no longer existing or functioning |
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| to get rid of it as if by tearing it up by the roots; abolish |
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| to put down forcibly; suppress |
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| to level to the ground; demolish |
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| to crush as if by trampling; squash |
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| to usurp the place of, especially through intrigue or underhanded tactics |
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abase
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| to lower in rank, prestige, or esteem |
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deride
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derogatory
(if you can't say anything nice) |
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| insulting or intended to insult |
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disparage
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| to speak of negatively; to belittle |
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effrontery
(if you can't say anything nice) |
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| brazen boldness; presumptuousness |
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ignominy
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| great personal dishonor or humiliation; disgraceful conduct |
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impugn
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| to attack as false or questionable |
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mar
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| to damage, especially in a disfiguring way |
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pejorative (adj.)
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| disparaging, belittling, insulting |
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vex
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| to annoy or bother; to perplex |
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vindictive
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| disposed to seek revenge; revengeful; spiteful |
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| given to pompous speech or writing |
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| exceeding all bounds, as of custom or fairness |
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| full of unrestrained enthusiasm or joy |
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| to ornament or decorate; to exaggerate |
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| extremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable |
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| extremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable |
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| given freely; unearned; unnecessary |
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| `mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree |
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| a strong inclination or liking |
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| being or seeming to be everywhere at the same time; omnipresent |
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vicarious
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| felt or undergone as if one were taking part in the experience or feelings of another |
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vignette
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| a combination of diverse elements; a mixture |
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| to overwhelm as if with a flood; to swamp |
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| to overwhelm as if with a flood; to swamp |
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multifarious
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multiplicity
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| state of being various or manifold; a great number |
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alleviate
(it's getting better all the time) |
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beneficial
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| producing or promoting a favorable result; helpful |
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cathartic
(it's getting better all the time) |
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| relaxing after an emotional outburst |
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curative
(it's getting better all the time) |
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palliative
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| relieving or soothing the symptoms of a disease or disorder without effecting a cure |
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therapeutic
(it's getting better all the time) |
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| having or exhibiting healing powers |
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