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acrimonious
caustic, biting, rancorous
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affinity
a likeness, a natural relationship, a kinship
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buttress
a support or prop
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circumspect
careful to consider consequences, cautious, prudent
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conflagration
a large fire
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dearth
a lack, a scarcity
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empirical
based on observation or experiment and not on theory
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enmity
absolute hatred; animosity
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exotic
foreign, unfamiliar
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guile
deceitfulness, duplicity
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haughty
arrogant, excessively proud and vain
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inscrutable
difficult to understand; mysterious
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malice
desire to harm others; malevolence
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morose
being sullen or gloomy
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perfunctory
acting routinely with little interest or care
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proliferation
an increase in number, multiplication
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redolent
exuding fragrance, aromatic; evocative, suggestive
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sycophant
a self-serving flatterer, a brownnoser
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synthesis
combining parts into a whole
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veracity
devotion to the truth
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