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| lacking variety; boring, dull | Humdrum
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| the state, quality, or character of being notorious or widely known | Notoriety
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| disgrace, dishonor, public contempt | Ignominy
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| enerous in forgiving an insult or injury; free from petty resentfulness or vindictiveness | Magnanimous
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| unduly demonstrative; lacking reserve | Effusive
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| haughtily disdainful or contemptuous | Supercilious
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| a model or pattern of excellence | Paragon
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| hard to understand; recondite; esoteric | Abstruse
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| requiring a high degree of scholarship or specialist knowledge to be understood | Recondite
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| intended for or understood by only an initiated few; obscure; secrete or highly confidential | Esoteric
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| rational and mentally clear; clear and easily understood | Lucid
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| not having features that are interesting or imaginative; lacking imagination | Prosaic
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| relating to the way administrative systems are organized; applying rules rigidly within an administrative system or government | Bureaucratic
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| Belie: | to disguise the true nature of something; to show that something is not true or real
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| Abhor: | to disapprove of or reject something very strongly
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| Levity | fremarks or behavior intended to be amusing, especially when they are out of keeping with a serious occasion
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| o make something obscure or unclear, especially by making it complicated; to make somebody confused | Obfuscate:
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| highly critical, eager to criticize people or things; expressing strong disapproval or harsh criticism | Censorious
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| performed w/o any preparation; prepared in advance but delivered without notes; skilled at speaking without preparation or notes | Extemporaneous
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| showing wisdom, good sense, or discretion, often with the underlying objective of avoiding trouble or waste | Judicious:
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| showing innocence and a lack of worldly experience; appearing honest and direct | Ingenuous
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| not obvious or definitely true and not to be doubted | Indubitable
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| unjustly harsh or severe; relating to the Athenian legislator Draco or his wide-ranging and harsh code of laws | Draconian:
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| straightforward, practical way of thinking about things or dealing with problems, concerned with results rather than with theories and principles | Pragmatism
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| humorless or suggesting strict self-denial; plain and simple, without luxury or self-indulgence | Austere
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| to repeat or discuss something unnecessarily or at too great a length | Belabor
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| happy, cheerful, and carefree; casually indifferent | Blithe
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| a drawing, description, or performance that exaggerates somebody’s characteristics | Caricature:
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| a feeling of vexation or humiliation due to disappointment about something | Chagrin
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| somebody who takes up a subject or interest in a superficial or desultory way | Dilettante
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| aimlessly passing from one thing to another; happening in a random, disorganized, or unmethodical way | Desultory:
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| to deprive a person or organization of a privilege, immunity, or legal right | Disenfranchise
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| of high standing; in a high or raised position | Eminent
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| example of excellence | Paragon
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| carefulness, caution, discretion | Prudence
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| to disapprove of something formally and strongly and renounce any connection with it; deny something; reject something that is offered | Repudiate:
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| a servile person who flatters somebody powerful for personal gain | Sycophan
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| timid | Timorous
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| outstanding skill especially in performing music | Virtuosity
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| zealous support of a cause, especially religious | Zealot:
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| passionate, enthusiastic | Ardent:
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| supporter or promoter of a cause | Exponent
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| silly and trivial; lacking in intellectual substance and not worth serious consideration | Frivolous
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