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punitive |
regarding punishment |
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solipsistic |
self-centered |
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tenuous |
weak |
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perspicacity |
intelligence |
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prurient |
lecherous |
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semaphores |
signals |
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solvent |
had money |
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turpitude |
corruption |
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patent (adj) |
apparent |
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mitigated |
diminished |
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quotidian |
everyday |
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commensurate |
equal |
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platitudes |
dull remarks |
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sacrosanct |
sacred |
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pejorative |
belittling, insulting |
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extenuating |
makes it seem less serious or more forgivable |
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battery |
abuse |
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trenchant |
clear-cut |
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delineate |
lay out |
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pugnacious |
combative |
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evinced |
revealed |
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intransigent |
unyielding |
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repudiating |
refusing to accept |
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tenable |
able to be held |
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tyro |
beginner |
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maverick |
one who is independent and resists adherence to a group |
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erudite |
scholarly |
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sartorially |
style of dress |
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accretion |
increase |
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otiose |
useless |
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polemics |
arguments |
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poseur |
pretender |
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moratorium |
an end |
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disseminate |
to scatter widely |
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myopic |
short-sighted |
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mendacious |
dishonest |
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beatific |
saintly |
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vitriol |
rage |
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environs |
surroundings |
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debacle |
disaster |
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pontificating |
preaching |
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egalitarian |
democratic |
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hubris |
arrogance |
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convened |
called together |
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ersatz |
false |
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histronic |
dramatic |
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miasma |
haze |
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inanity |
stupidity |
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protracted |
extended |
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potables |
drinks |
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cataclysmic |
disastrous |
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raconteur |
storyteller |
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turgid |
swollen |
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peccadilloes |
failings |
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felicitous |
fortunate |
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impugn |
to oppose or attack someone or something as false |
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carp |
to find fault, to be critical |
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quiescent |
quiet, still, inactive |
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captious |
made for the sake of quarreling |
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convoluted |
intricate, complex |
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abstruse |
difficult to understand |
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pedantic |
concerned with book learning and formal rules |
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lassitude |
a tired feeling |
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phlegmatic |
calm, Phileas Fogg-like |
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torpid |
sluggish |
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demagogue |
rabble-rousing leader |
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enervating |
weakening |
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ephemeral |
momentary, fleeting |
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hedonist |
pleasure-seeker |
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impute |
to attribute to someone |
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intrepid |
fearless, adventurous |
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substantiate |
to verify, confirm |
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putsch |
a revolt against a government |
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prevaricate |
to lie |
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rapacious |
greedy |
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chicanery |
trickery |
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effeminate |
feminine |
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consanguinity |
kinship |
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vituperating |
berating |
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imbroglio |
mess |
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expiate |
make amends for |
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deified |
made god-like |
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proscribe |
ban |
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coup |
brilliant act |
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balustrade |
railing |
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crux |
core |
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posited |
put forth |
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moribund |
dying |
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urbane |
elegant |
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incurred |
brought on oneself |
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accede |
agree |
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élan |
flair |
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jettison |
abandon |
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extant |
existing |
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ingenue |
naive young girl |
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egregious |
conspicious |
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picaresque |
like a story with a rough, dishonest, but appealing hero |
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apogee |
peak |
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osculate |
kiss |
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sententious |
given to pompous moralizing |
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nihilism |
extreme skepticism, everything is meaningless |
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umbrage |
offense |
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truculent |
ready to fight |
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occlude |
to block/obstruct |
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amalgam |
a mixture or blend |
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byzantine |
excessively complicated |
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efface |
to erase |
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circumnavigate |
sail around |
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sundry |
assorted |
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homogeneous |
of the same kind |
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circumvent |
find a way around |
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circumscribe |
to restrict/limit |
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execrated |
hated |
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extirpate |
root out and destroy |
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expurgate |
to remove objectionable content (fr. a book or other) |
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ignominy |
disgrace, humiliation |
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indict |
to officially charge w/ a crime |
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litigious |
prone to engage in lawsuits |
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parity |
equal in value (status or pay) |
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rectitude |
moral righteousness |
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sophistry |
plausible but misleading argument |
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supplant |
to usurp a place underhandedly |
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sanctimonious |
feigning piety |
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didactic |
instructive |
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impunity |
exemption |
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ennui |
boredom |
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expropriated |
taken possession of |
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recondite |
obscure |
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parricide |
killing a near relative |
