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show disposed to point out trivial faults; calculated to confuse or entrap in argument  
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Disingenuous (adj)   show
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show to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent  
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show to denounce, to feel loathing for, to curse, to declare to be evil  
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Exacerbate (verb)   show
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show detestable; abhorrent  
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Exhort (verb)   show
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show improvised; done without preparation  
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show glowing and enthusiastic praise; panegyric, tribute, eulogy  
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Equanimity (noun)   show
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show departing from norms or conventions  
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Excoriate (verb)   show
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Expiate (verb)   show
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Furtive (adj)   show
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Fulminate (verb)   show
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Flout (verb)   show
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Gainsay (verb)   show
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Glib (adj)   show
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Froward (adj)   show
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show plowed but not sowed; uncultivated  
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Ingenuous (adj)   show
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Inimical (adj)   show
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Innocuous (adj)   show
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Intransigent (adj)   show
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Irresolute (adj)   show
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Lubricious (adj)   show
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show menacing, threatening  
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show trifling; invalid  
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Officious (adj)   show
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Obdurate (adj)   show
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show stubborn; hard-headed; uncompromising  
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show noisily and stubbornly defiant, aggressively boisterous  
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show troubling; burdensome  
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show disgrace; contempt; scorn  
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Profligate (adj)   show
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Prevaricate (verb)   show
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show a disposition in favor of something; preference  
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show to make something seem less serious, to gloss over, to make less severe or intense  
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Plangent (adj)   show
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show cursory; done without care or interest  
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show to appease; to conciliate  
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Perfidy (noun)   show
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show given or coming forth abundantly; extravagant  
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Placate (verb)   show
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Propensity (noun)   show
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show extremely harmful; potentially causing death  
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show to rot; to decay and give off a foul odor  
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Platitude (noun)   show
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Quixotic (adj)   show
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Rancorous (adj)   show
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show marked by feeling, or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect  
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Sardonic (adj)   show
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show submissive; obedient  
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show to impair or reduce to uselessness  
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show beseeching  
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show promoting health or well-being  
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Salutary (adj)   show
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Sedulous (adj)   show
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Sententious (adj)   show
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Soporific (adj)   show
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Specious (adj)   show
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Venal (adj)   show
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Veracity (noun)   show
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show to defame; to characterize harshly  
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show extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic  
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Vitiate (verb)   show
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show to use harsh condemnatory language; to abuse or censure severely or abusively; to berate  
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Whimsical (adj)   show
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Wistful (adj)   show
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