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| gregarious | sociable
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| egregious | awful
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| atrophy | waste away
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| concise | briefly stated
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| sublime | grand
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| subliminal | subconscious, under the surface
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| esoteric | hard to understand
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| eradicate | erase
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| sacrilegious | irreverence toward something held sacred
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| status quo | present conditions
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| reprehensible | shameful
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| supercilious | snooty
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| haughty | self-satisfied
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| diffident | shy
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| dupe | trick
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| hoodwink | trick
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| winsome | charming
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| fetid | foul-smelling
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| levity | humor, uplifts the mood
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| exhaustive | thorough
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| ambivalent | undecided
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| incisive | cutting
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| amicable | most friendly
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| superfluous | nonessential
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| appease | soothe
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| placate | soothe
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| pacify | soothe
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| foible | minor weakness
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| digressive | rambling
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| travesty | mockery
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| inadvertent | unintentional
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| incongruous | unfitting
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| peripheral | on-the-edge
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| brevity | briefness
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| volatile | explosive
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| eclipse | surpass
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| remorse | regret
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| scrupulous | principled
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| hedonistic | pleasure-seeking
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| hedonist | party animal
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| animosity | hostility
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| enmity | hostility
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| depleted | used up
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| stringent | strict
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| voluminous | very large in number
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| prodigious | enormous
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| ominous | unfavorable
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| willful | stubborn
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| bastion | stronghold
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| trepidation | fear
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| desecrate | damage a holy place
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| fortuitous | happily accidental
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| vehement | strongly expressed
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| dormant | inactive
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| inexplicable | unexplainable
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| deference | respect
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| benefactor | generous donor
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| clandestine | secret
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| covert | secret
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| supplication | beg
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| verbose | wordy
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| innocuous | harmless
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| benign | harmless
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| dearth | shortage
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| paucity | shortage
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| rescind | repeal
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| emulate | imitate
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| meander | wander aimlessly
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| authoritarian | favoring strict rules
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| penitent | regretful
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| lucrative | profitable
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| construe | interpret
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| concur | agree
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| tenacious | holding on strongly
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| rejuvenate | make young again
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| monogamous | restricted to one mate
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| promiscuous | not restricted to one mate
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| insatiable | unsatisfiable
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| cantankerous | grouchy
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| vilify | degrade, speak ill of
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| pristine | uncorrupted
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| disseminate | distribute widely
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| pungent | penetrating
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| prudish | overly proper
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| sedentary | involving much sitting
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| innuendo | subtle suggestion or hint
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| eclectic | full of variety
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| metamorphosis | transformation
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| tycoon | bigshot
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| subpoena | legal summons
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| entourage | followers
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| invincible | unbeatable
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| panache | pizzazz or flair
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| arduous | difficult
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| jaded | spoiled by luxury
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| abdicate | give up power
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| loath | reluctant
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| exonerate | set free from blame
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| poignant | emotionally moving
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| symbiotic | mutually beneficial
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