unit test over 4,5,and 6
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| affable | friendly, easy to aproach
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| aggrandize | to enlarge, make something appear greater
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| amorphous | lacking definite form; unorganized
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| archetype | original model from which everything else is based; prototype
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| aura | distinctive air or atmosphere
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| contraband | anything prohibited from being imported or exported; smuggling
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| erudite | having great knowledge; educated, scholarly
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| gossamer | light, delicate, threadlike
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| infer | to derive by reasoning
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| inscrutable | not easily understood; unfathomable
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| insular | pertaining to islands; isolated; narrow-minded
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| irrevocable | unable to be revoked; unalterable
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| propensity | inclination or tendency
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| querulous | full of complaints
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| remonstrate | to plead in protest; object
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| repudiate | to disown, to reject with condemnation; to refuse to acknowledge
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| resilient | springing back; recovering readily
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| retrench | to cut down, reduce, diminish
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| reverberate | to echo back, resound
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| scurrilous | grossly or obscenely abusive
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| sedulous | diligent in application or attention; persistently or carefully maintained
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| sleazy | disreputable; squalid, thin, poor, cheap, flimsy
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| anomalous | irregular, abnormal, inconsistent
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| arbiter | a person empowered to decide matters at issue; a judge
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| aspersion | derogatory mark or criticism
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| bizarre | unusual
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| brusque | abrupt in manner, rough, blunt
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| cajole | to urge with gentle appeals, flattery, wheedle
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| castigate | to criticize, reprimand
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| contrive | to plan with ingenuity, to plot
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| demagogue | a person, esp. a political leader, who gains power and popularity by arousing emotions and passions of the people
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| disabuse | to free a person from deception or error
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| ennui | a feeling of weariness and discontent because of lack of interest, boredom
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| fetter | a chain or shackle; to restrain
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| heinous | hateful, abominable
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| immutable | unchangeable
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| insurgent | a person who rises in opposition to lawful authority, government
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| megalomania | mental illness marked by delusions of great wealth
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| sinecure | a position requiring little or no work
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| surreptitious | obtained or done by stealth
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| transgress | to violate a law, command, or moral code; to go beyond; infringe
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| transmute | to transform
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| vicarious | performed, exercised, recieved, or suffered in place of another
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| vouchsafe | to allow, permit, grant; to give as by favor of graciousness
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| addendum | a thing to be added; an addition
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| amnesty | a general pardon for offenses
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| autonomy | independence or freedom; self-governing
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| axiomatic | self-evident; obvious
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| blazon | to set forth publicly; display
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| caveat | a warning or caution; admonition
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| equitable | just and right; fair
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| extricate | to free or release from entanglement
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| filch | to steal
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| flout | to treat with disdain, scorn, contempt
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| fractious | unruly; readily angered
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| precept | a commandment or direction given as a rule of action or conduct
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| prognosticate | to forecast or predict something from present indications or signs
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| salutary | favorable to or promoting health
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| scourge | a whip or lash; to punish or chastise severley
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| sepulchral | of or pertaining to a tomb; hollow and deep
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| soporific | tending to cause sleep or drowsiness
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| straitlaced | excessively strict in conduct or morality
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| transient | not lasting or permanent; temporary
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| unwieldy | awkward; not handled easily because of size or shape
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| vapid | without liveliness or spirit; dull, flat; without flavor
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| scathing | to attack with severe criticism; to hurt, harm, or injure, as by scorching
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