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amenable willing to follow advice or authority, tractable, submissive
berate to scold sharply
carnage large-scale slaughter or loss of life
credulous too ready to believe, easily deceived
criterion a rule, test; a standard for judgment or evaluation
deplete to use up as a result of spending or consumption
expatiate to expand on, write or talk at length or in detail
extraneous coming from the outside, foreign
inception the beginning, start, earliest stage of some process, institution, etc.
infirmity a weakness or ailment (physical, mental, moral, etc.)
jejune lacking in nutritive value
obdurate stubborn, unyielding
potpourri a collection of diverse or miscellaneous items
precocious showing unusually early development (especially in talents and mental capacity)
sadistic delighting in cruelty, excessively cruel
sententious self-righteous, characterized by moralizing
supplicate to beg earnestly and humbly
surfeit an excess or overindulgence, as in eating or drinking, causing disgust
tortuous winding, twisted, crooked
turgid swollen, bloated, filled to excess

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  1. sententious → self-righteous, characterized by moralizing - 24 misses
  2. surfeit → an excess or overindulgence, as in eating or drinking, causing disgust - 20 misses
  3. extraneous → coming from the outside, foreign - 18 misses
  4. supplicate → to beg earnestly and humbly - 18 misses
  5. expatiate → to expand on, write or talk at length or in detail - 17 misses
  6. amenable → willing to follow advice or authority, tractable, submissive - 15 misses
  7. criterion → a rule, test; a standard for judgment or evaluation - 15 misses