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| temper (v) | to moderate, to soften
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| sage (n) | wise person
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| sagacious (adj) | wise
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| lethargic (adj) | tired, languid, weak
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| jeopardy (n) | danger
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| mitigate (v) | to make milder, to make less severe
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| orthodox (adj) | standard, commonly accepted, conventional
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| insipid (adj) | bland, boring, tasteless
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| taciturn (adj) | quiet, saying little
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| dogmatic (adj) | stubbornly opinionated
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| extraneous (adj) | irrelevant, extra, unnecessary
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| meander (v) | to wander randomly
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| fickle (adj) | unpredictable, capricious, whimsical, changeable
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| scrutinize (v) | to examine closely
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| ameliorate (v) | to make better, to improve
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| innocuous (adj) | harmless
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| blasphemy (n) | heretical departure from accepted practice or belief
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| esoteric (adj) | understood only by a select few
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| pretentious (adj) | pompous, self-important, intending to seem impressive
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| blithe (adj) | free-spirited, carefree
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| avarice (n) | greed
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| hedonistic (adj) | pleasure-seeking, indulgent, devoted to pleasure
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| slander (v) | to defame, to speak maliciously of someone
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| hackneyed (adj) | overused, trite, banal, repeated too often
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| amass (v) | to accumulate, to pile up
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| fortuitous (adj) | accidental, happening by chance or luck (usually good)
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| assuage (v) | to soothe
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| verbose (adj) | wordy, overly talkative
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| supercilious (adj) | haughty, arrogant, feeling and action as if better than others
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| objective (adj) | without bias
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| revere (v) | to worship, adore, or honor
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| banal (adj) | dull, ordinary, common
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| sycophant (n) | a brown noser, someone who flatters others to help himself
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| censor (v) | to delete objectionable matter
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| complacent (adj) | self-satisfied, overly confident, lacking desire to improve
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| virtue (n) | moral excellence
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| solitude (n) | the state of being alone
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| tentative (adj) | temporary, not final
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| expedite (v) | to make faster and easier
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| irrational (adj) | unreasonable, unpredictable
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| intangible (adj) | not capable of being touched or felt, abstract
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| compatible (adj) | able to co-exist, harmonious
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| exhaustive (adj) | thorough, complete
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| authoritarian (adj) | like a dictator
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| redundant (adj) | superfluous, unnecessary, repetitive
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| fervor (n) | passion, zeal, great enthusiasm
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| incessant (adj) | never-ending, unceasing
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| ephemeral (adj) | short-lived, fleeting, transitory
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| brevity (n) | briefness, shortness
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| acclaim (n) | praise, applause, admiration
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| indolence (n) | laziness
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