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GREGARIOUS
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sociable
wacky
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Bizarre
amiable
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friendly
Esoteric
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known only to those with specialized knowledge
Dilatory
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slow/delaying
polemic
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written or verbal attack against someone
Epiphany
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moment of great realization
Alacrity
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eager willingness to do something
Prosaic
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dull and lacking imagination
voracity
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full of hunger
veracity
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truthful
Paucity
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lack of something
Maintain
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to assert
Contrite
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Remorseful
Laconic
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one who says very few words
quintessential
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pure substance or perfect example of something
Allusion
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indirect reference
swooned
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in terms if infatuation... sigh or faint on hunky
Pugnacious
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argue aggressively
Buffoon
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silly
Disparate
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two things are fundamentally different
Egregious
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standing out (in a bad way)
innocuos
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harmless
Erratic
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strange; unconventional
Bleak
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one who has very depressing take on life
Unremitting
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without ending
Lugubrious
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gloomy
Profuse
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abundance
Extant
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opposite of extinct; *xists *
contentious
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who likes to argue
Enervate
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sap the energy from
Equivocate
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to speak vaguely in order to mislead or deceive
Ambivalent
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mixed emotions
Sedulous
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anything but idle
Stem
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to hold back or limit the flow
Blinkered
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limited understanding
check
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to stop it's growth
Checkered
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disreputable happenings
Raft
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inflatable boat; large number of something
Retiring
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shy
expansive
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communicative
base
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lower class
copious
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vast in quantity
inundate
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deluge; to flood
Scintillating
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brilliant and lively
Benighted
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used for group and it means state of ignorance
Galvanize
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strengthen or motivate
Hedge
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ek jo garden me hai; avoid making direct statements to play safe
flush
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turn red (esp in face), to send down the toilet, to be in abundance
Fell
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terribly evil(here)
Arch
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deliberately teasing
beg
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evade a question
tender
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to offer it up eg resignation
wanting
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lacking

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