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abscond
to leave quickly, secretly
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fervid
passionate/intense; zealous
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arbitrate
to judge a dispute between two opposing parties
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attenuate
to reduce in force or degree; to weaken
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banal
predictable, cliched, boring
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capricious
changing one's mind quickly and often
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chicanery
deception by means of craft or guile
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cogent
convincing and well-reasoned
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diffident
lacking self-confidence
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dilettante
someone with an amateurish/superficial interest in a topic
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dirge
funeral hymn or mournful speech
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cognitive dissonance
the inner conflict produced when long-standing beliefs are contradicted by new evidence
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enervate
to reduce in strength
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enumerate
to count, list, or itemize
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exigent
urgent, requiring immediate action
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florid
excessively decorated or embellished
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foment
to amuse or incite
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garrulous
tending to talk a lot
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gregarious
outgoing, sociable
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impetuous
quick to act without thinking
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inchoate
not fully formed, disorganized
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ingenuous
showing innocence or childlike simplicity
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inimical
hostile, unfriendly; adverse in tendency or effect
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intransigent
uncompromising; refusing to be reconciled
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inundate
to overwhelm; to cover with water
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irascible
easily made angry
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malinger
to avoid responsibility by feigning illness
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obsequious
overly submissive and eager to please
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obdurate
hardened in feeling; resistant to persuasion
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obviate
to prevent; to make unnecessary
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occlude
to stop up; to prevent the passage of
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opprobrium
public disgrace
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paragon
model of excellence or perfection
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pendant
someone who shows off learning
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perfiduous
willing to betray one's trust
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perfunctory
done in a routine way; indifferent
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precipitate
to throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation
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prodigal
lavish, wasteful
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propitiate
to conciliate; to appease
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rarefy
to make thinner or sparser
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specious
deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious
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stolid
unemotional; lacking sensitivity
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torpor
extreme mental or physical sluggishness
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vacillate
to sway physically; to be indecisive
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