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trite |
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale |
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cumbersome |
burdensome; troublesome. |
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effervescence |
to show enthusiasm, excitement, liveliness |
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meretricious |
alluring by a show of flashy or vulgar attractions; tawdry. |
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reticence |
disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved. |
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odious |
deserving or causing hatred; hateful; detestable. highly offensive; repugnant; disgusting. |
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complacent |
pleased, esp. with oneself or one's merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied. |
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efficacious |
capable of having the desired result or effect; effective as a means, measure, remedy, etc. |
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fatuous |
foolish or inane, esp. in an unconscious, complacent manner; silly. |
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prodigious |
extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc. |
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vacuous |
without contents; empty. lacking in ideas or intelligence. |
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trepidation |
tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation. |
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antiquity |
the quality of being ancient; ancientness |
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guise |
general external appearance; aspect; semblance |
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plausible |
having an appearance of truth or reason; seemingly worthy of approval or acceptance; credible; believable |
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impugn |
To attack by words or arguments; to call in question; to make insinuations against; to oppose or challenge as false; to gainsay. |
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ubiquitous |
existing or being everywhere, esp. at the same time; omnipresent |
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abhor |
to regard with extreme repugnance |
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certitude |
the state of being or feeling certain |
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admonition |
entle or friendly reproof; counsel or warning against fault or oversight |
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gravitas |
high seriousness |
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progenitor |
an ancestor in the direct line |
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hackneyed |
lacking in freshness or originality |
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onus |
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc. burden of proof. |
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innate |
existing in one from birth; inborn; native. 2.) inherent in the essential character of something |
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concomitant |
existing or occurring with something else, often in a lesser way; accompanying; concurrent |
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vacillate |
to waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive or irresolute |
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confer |
to consult together; compare opinions; carry on a discussion or deliberation. |
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redound |
to have a good or bad effect or result, as to the advantage or disadvantage of a person or thing. |
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illusory |
causing illusion; deceptive; misleading. |
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aptitude |
capability; ability; innate or acquired capacity for something; talent. 2.) readiness or quickness in learning; intelligence. 3.) the state or quality of being apt; special fitness. |
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inept |
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit. 2.) generally awkward or clumsy; haplessly incompetent. |
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contempt |
the feeling with which a person regards anything considered mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn. |
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mendacious |
telling lies, esp. habitually; dishonest; lying; untruthful. |
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promiscuous |
composed of all sorts of persons or things. not restricted to one class, sort, or person. |
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ethos |
the distinguishing character, sentiment, moral nature, or guiding beliefs of a person, group, or institution |
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allegory |
the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence; a symbolic representation |
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assuage |
to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate |
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trifle |
an article or thing of very little value. a matter, affair, or circumstance of trivial importance or significance. |
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xenophobic |
an unreasonable fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers or of that which is foreign or strange. |
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exultant |
highly elated; jubilant; triumphant. |
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sanctimonious |
making a hypocritical show of religious devotion, piety, righteousness, etc. |
