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affable |
courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to |
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aggrandize |
increase in greatness, power, wealth; to build up or intensify, to make appear greater |
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amorphous |
shapeless, without definite form, no particular type or character, without organization, unity or cohesion |
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aura |
that which surrounds, a distinctive air or personal quality |
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contraband |
illegal traffic, smuggled goods, illegal, prohibited |
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erudite |
scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic |
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gossamer |
thin, light, delicate, insubstantial |
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infer |
to find out by reasoning, to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought, to hint, suggest, imply |
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inscrutable |
incapable of being understood, impossible to see through physically |
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insular |
relating to, characteristic of, situated on an island; narrow or isolated in outlook or experience |
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irrevocable |
incapable of being changed or called back |
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propensity |
natural inclination or predilection toward |
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querulous |
peevish, complaining, fretful |
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remonstrate |
to argue or plead with someone against something, protest against, object |
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repudiate |
to disown, reject, deny the validity of |
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resilient |
able to return to an original shape or form, able to recover quickly |
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reverberate |
to re-echo, resound, to reflect or be reflected repeatedly |
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scurrilous |
coarsely abusive, vulgar or low (epecially in language) foul mouthed |
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sedulous |
persistent, showing industry and determination |
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sleazy |
thin or flimsy in texture, cheap, shoddy or inferior in quality or character, ethically low, mean, disreputable |
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