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taciturn |
reluctant to join in conversation; silent in manner |
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vapid |
lacking liveliness; flavorless; dull |
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alleged |
stated positively but without proof |
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expunge |
to erase completely |
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corroborate |
to support; to make more certain |
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circumstantial |
referring to indirect evidence or accompanying events that lead someone to believe that something actually happened |
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eccentric |
acting a way that is unusual, peculiar or out of the ordinary;odd |
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hypocrisy |
claiming to hold beliefs or virtues that one really does not possess |
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prdilection |
a preconceived liking or preference for something |
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propensity |
a natural inclination or tendency |
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caste |
rigid class distinction based on birth, race, wealth etc. |
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cantankerous |
hard to get along with; ill-tempered; grouchy |
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edification |
moral or spiritual instruction or improvement |
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mortification |
shame; humiliation; embarrassed to death! |
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deportment |
the way a person acts or behaves |
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condescend |
to do something one feels is beneath one's dignity;to treat people in a patronizing or superior way |
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acrimonious |
bitter and irritating in temper, manner or speech |
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contentious |
fond of arguing; quarrelsome |
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mollify |
to soften in temper; to calm or pacify |
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civil |
polite in a merely formal way; refraining from rudeness |
