| Term | Definition |
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chicanery |
fraud, deception, knavery, evasion, sophistry |
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erudite |
learned, scholarly, wise, sapient |
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laudatory |
expressing praise, aadulatory, complimentary |
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phlegmatic |
apathetic, sluggish, self-possessed, calm ,composed |
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parsimonious |
frugal, stingy, miserly, penurious, avaricious |
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penury |
extreme poverty, destitution, scarcity, dearth |
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assiduous |
constant, unremitting, diligent |
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officious |
meddlesome, interfering |
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garrulity |
talkative, loquacity |
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edifice |
large building; any large, complex system of organization |
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artifice |
clever trick or stratagem; trickery, guile; contrivance |
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sycophant |
yes man, ass kiss, fawning parasite |
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prodigal |
wasteful, extravagant |
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