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Adventitious |
Associated by chance and not an integral part; Accidental |
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Intrepid |
Invulnerable to fear or intimidation |
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Inveigle |
To influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing or flattering |
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Purge |
The act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge or An act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements |
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Effete |
Marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay |
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Inchoate |
Only partly in existence; imperfectly formed |
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Quotidian |
Found in the ordinary course of events |
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Enfeeble |
Make weak |
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Disparage |
To express a negative opinion |
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Dolorous |
Showing sorrow or weeping or to be tearful |
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Protuberate |
Cause to bulge out or project or Form a rounded prominence |
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Perspicacious |
Acutely insightful and wise or Mentally acute or penetratingly discerning |
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Corpulent |
Excessively fat |
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Flagrant |
Something that is conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible |
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Dilettante |
An amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge |
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Jaunty |
Having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air |
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Craven |
Coward or extremely fearful |
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Perfidy |
Betrayal of a trust |
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Pernicious |
Extremely harmful |
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Recriminate |
To engage in mutual accusations or to return an accusation |
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Insipid |
Lacking taste or significance or dull and uninteresting |
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Innocuous |
Harmless or not injurious to mental or physical health |
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Flippant |
In a manner that lacks seriousness |
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Jejune |
Displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity |
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Extant |
Still in existence or not extinct or destroyed |
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Cabal |
A plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act |
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Machinations |
A crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends |
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Badinage |
Frivolous banter or light teasing |
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Moniker |
A nickname |
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Revenant |
A person who has returned after a lengthy absence or who has returned from the dead |
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Querulous |
Habitually complaining |
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Imbrue |
Drench or permeate; impregnate |
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Annalist |
A historian who writes annals |
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Rapine |
The act of despoiling a country in warfare |
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Orotund |
Ostentatiously lofty in style |
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Ingenuous |
Characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious |
