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acrimonious: stinging, bitter in temper or tone
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ameliorate: to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming
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aplomb: poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity
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disavow: to deny responsibly for or connection with
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dissension: disagreement, sharp difference of opinion
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enjoin: to direct or order; to prescribe a course of action in an authoritative way; to prohibit
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expiate: (v.) to make amends, make up for; to avert
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explicit: definite, clearly stated
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fractious: tending to be troublesome; unruly, quarrelsome, contrary; unpredictable
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inadvertent: resulting from or marked by lack of attention; unintentional, accidental
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ingratiate: to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others (sometimes used in a critical or derogatory sense)
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inscrutable: difficult to understand
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mitigate: to make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity
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officious: meddling; excessively forward in offering services or assuming authority
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proclivity: a natural or habitual inclination or tendency (especially of human character or behavior)
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propensity: (n.) a natural inclination or predilection toward
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redoubtable: inspiring fear or awe; illustrious, eminent
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reprove: to find fault with, scold, rebuke
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repudiate: to disown, reject, or deny the validity of
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scurrilous: (adj) coarsely abusive, vulgar or low (especially in language), foul-mouthed
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seditious: (adj.) resistant to lawful authority; having the purpose of overthrowing an established government
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sepulchral: funeral, typical of the tomb; extremely gloomy or dismal
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sleazy: thin or flimsy in texture; cheap; shoddy or inferior in quality or character; ethically low, mean, or disreputable
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suppress: to stop by force, put down
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vapid: dull, uninteresting, tiresome; lacking in sharpness, flavor, liveliness, or force
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venal: (adj.) open to or marked by bribery or corruption