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Blissful

Rendering or making blessed; beatific.

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Behemoth

A creature of enormous size, power, or appearance.

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Blandishment

Anything designed to flatter or coax; sweet talk.

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Cacophonous

Harsh-sounding, discordant, dissonant.

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Chicanery

Trickery, deceptive practices or tactics; double-dealing.

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Consign

To give to another's care, charge, or control; to entrust, deliver.

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Coup

A highly successful act or plan or stratagem; a sudden takeover of power or leadership.

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Euphemism

A mild or inoffensive expression used in place of a harsh or unpleasant one; a substitute.

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Febrile

Feverish; pertaining to or marked by fever; frenetic.

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Gainsay

To deny, contradict, controvert; to dispute, oppose.

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Imminent

About to happen, threatening.

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Innate

Natural, inborn, inherent; built-in.

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Loath

Unwilling, reluctant, disinclined.

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Manifest

Clear, evident to the eyes or mind.

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Minutiae

Small or trivial details, trifling matters.

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Moratorium

A suspension of activity; an official waiting period; an authorized period of delay.

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Nostrum

An alleged cure-all; a remedy or scheme of questionable effectiveness.

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Pariah

One who is rejected by a social group or organization.

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Visionary

One given to far-fetched ideas; a dreamer or seer characterized by vision or foresight.

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Wizened

Dry, shrunken, and wrinkled (often as the result of aging).