(adj.) willing to follow advice or authority, tractable, submissive; responsive; liable to be held responsible
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Digression
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(n) the act of turning aside, straying from the main point, esp. in a speech or argument
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Abstemious
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(adj.) moderate, sparing (as in eating and drinking); characterized by abstinence and self-discipline
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Cogent
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(adj.) forceful, convincing; relevant, to the point
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Querulous
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(adj.) peevish, complaining, fretful
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Discerning
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(adj) having good judgment or insight; able to distinguish mentally
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Burgeoning
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(adj) beginning to grow or increase rapidly; flourishing
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Assuage
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(v.) to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench
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Assiduous
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(adj.) persistent, attentive, diligent
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Complaisant
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(adj.) willing to please; agreeable
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Belie
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(v) contradict or misrepresent
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Ameliorate
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(v.) to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming
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Conciliatory
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(adj) reconciling, appeasing, attempting to make the peace
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Demur
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(adj.) quiet, modest, reserved (Though everyone else at the party was dancing and going crazy, she remained demure.)
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Impertinent
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(adj.) rude, insolent (Most of your comments are so impertinent that I don't wish to dignify them with an answer.)
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Delineate
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(v.) to portray, sketch, or describe in accurate and vivid detail; to represent pictorially
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Upbraid
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(v.) to blame, scold, find fault with
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Deference
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(n.) courteous yielding to the wishes and ideas of another person; great respect marked by submission, as to a superior
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Desultory
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(adj.) not having any set plan; (adj.) moving or jumping about from one subject to the next
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Disabuse
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(v.) to free from deception or error, set right in ideas or thinking
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Bolster
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(v.) to support, give a boost to; (n.) a long pillow or cushion; a supporting post
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Contention
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(n.) Claim; thesis
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Buttress
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(v.) to support, prop up, strengthen; (n.) a supporting structure
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Compendium
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(n.) a complete, short summary; (n.) a list or collection of various items
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Apprise
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(v) Inform, give notice to
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Chicanery
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(n.) trickery, deceptive practices or tactices, double-dealing
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Calumny
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(n.) an attempt to spoil someone else's reputation by spreading lies (The local official's calumny ended up ruining his opponent's prospect of winning the election.)
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Condone
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(v.) to pardon or overlook
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Craven
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(adj.) cowardly; (n.) a coward
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Deterrent
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(n) something that restrains or discourages
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Superfluous
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(adj.) exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess
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Alleviate
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(v.) to relieve, make more bearable
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Approbation
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(n.) the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval
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Contrite
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(adj.) Regretful; plagued by guilt; rueful
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Didactic
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A term used to describe fiction or nonfiction that teaches a specific lesson or moral or provides a model of correct behavior or thinking.
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Daunt
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(v.) to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage
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Burnish
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(v.) to polish, shine (His mother asked him to burnish the silverware before setting the table.)
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Caustic
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(adj.) able to burn or eat away by chemical action; biting, sarcastic
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Denigrate
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(v) belittle, attack the reputation of
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Dichotomy
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(n.) division into two part or regions
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Confound
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(v.) to frustrate, confuse
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Boorish
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(adj.) rude, unrefined; clumsy
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Disparate
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(adj.) sharply differing, containing sharply contrasting elements
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Aver
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(v.) to affirm, declare confidently
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Gossamer
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(adj.) thin, light, delicate, insubstantial; (n.) a very thin, light cloth
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Connoisseur
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(n.) an expert; one who is well qualified to pass critical judgments, especially in one of the fine arts
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Egregious
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(adj.) conspicuous, standing out from the mass (used particularly in an unfavorable sense)
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Abeyance
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(n.) a temporary suspension or cessation; (n.) a temporary suppression
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Deride
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(v.) to ridicule, laugh at with contempt
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Distend
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(v.) to swell out
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Exigency
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(n.) Urgency, pressure; urgent demand, pressing need; an emergency
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Insularity
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(n.) narrow-mindedness; isolation
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Intractable
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(adj) difficult to control, manage, or manipulate; hard to cure; stubborn
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Disseminate
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(v) scatter, spread about, broadcast
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Levity
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(n.) a lack of seriousness or earnestness, especially about things that should be treated with respect; buoyancy, lightness in weight
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Fawning
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(adj.) seeking flavor by flattering
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Fatuous
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(adj.) stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way
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Incongruity
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(n.) state of not fitting; lack of harmony; absurd
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Lassitude
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(n.) weariness of body or mind, lack of energy
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Itinerary
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(n.) a route of travel; a record of travel; a guidebook
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Implacable
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(adj.) not to be satisfied or pacified; unyielding
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Impassive
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(adj.) showing no feeling or emotion; inanimate; motionless
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Felicitous
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(adj.) appropriate, apt, well chosen; marked by well-being or good fortune, happy
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Mendacious
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(adj.) given to lying or deception; untrue
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Divest
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(v) deprive or strip of rank, title, etc., or of clothing or gear; to sell off holdings (opposite of invest)
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Forestall
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(v.) to prevent by acting first
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Elicit
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(v.) to draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person)
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Inadvertently
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(adj.) unintentionally; by oversight; carelessly
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Dupe
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(n) a person easily tricked or deceived; (v) to deceive
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Ebullient
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(adj.) overflowing with enthusiasm and excitement; boiling, bubbling
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Irresolute
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(adj.) unable to make up one's mind, hesitating
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Impervious
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(adj.) not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance
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Dissolution
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(n) Dissolving, the state of having been dissolved; breaking bonds or breaking up of a group of people; death, disintegration; sinking into extreme hedonism, vice, and degradation
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Insipid
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(adj.) dull, boring
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Morose
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(adj) having a gloomy or sullen manner; not friendly or sociable
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Fledgling
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(n.) a newborn bird that recently acquired its feathers; (n.) an inexperienced person
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Flout
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(v.) to mock, treat with contempt
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Malingerer
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(n.) One who feigns or pretends illness to escape duty
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Effrontery
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(n.) shameless boldness, impudence
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Grandiloquent
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(adj.) speaking in a pompous manner (-)
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Irascible
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(adj.) easily angered
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Efficacy
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(n) the quality of being able to produce the intended effect
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Inured
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(adj) accustomed to accepting something undesirable
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Indolent
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(adj.) lazy
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Indigence
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(n.) poverty
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Equanimity
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(n.) calmness, composure, refusal to panic
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Imperturbable
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(adj.) not easily excited; emotionally steady
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Goad
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(v.) to drive or urge on, incite to action; (n.) something used to drive or urge on
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Impair
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(v.) to make imperfect, damage, harm
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Endemic
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(adj.) native or confined to a particular region or people; characteristic of or prevalent in a field
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Dissemble
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(v.) to disguise or conceal, deliberately give a false impression
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Idolatry
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(n.) The worship of idols
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Intransigence
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(n.) refusal of any compromise; stubbornness
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Flag
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(v.) Droop; Grow Feeble
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Fervor
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(n.) Intense and passionate feeling.
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Foment
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(v) incite, instigate, stir up, promote the growth of; apply medicated liquid to a body part
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Elegy
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(n.) a speech given in honor of a dead person
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Esoteric
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(adj.) understood by or intended for only a few; secret
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Inundate
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(v.) to flood or overwhelm in an excessive manner
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Presumptuous
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(adj.) too bold or forward; going beyond that which is proper
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Refractory
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(adj.) Stubbornly resistant to control, authority, or treatment