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alleged
asserted without proof
taciturn
disinclined to talk, silent
vapid
not lively, without spirit
malovelent
having, showing, or arising from intense, often vicious, ill will, spite or hatred
condescended
assumed an air or superiority; exhibit a patronizing attitude
illicitly
unlawfully; without permission
vexations
irritations; annoyances
contemptuous
scornful; despising; disdainful
fractious
tending to be troublesome, quarrelsome, or irritable
auspicious
propitious, favorable
mortifying
shameful, embarrassing
tacit
silently understood; unspoken
desolate
devoid of inhabitants or visitors; barren; empty
ascertaining
making certain; discovering, determining
unfathomable
unable to be measured or understood
adjacent
not distant; nearby
perplexity
the state of being confused or bewildered
ingenuous
noble; honorable; straightforward
wary
marked by keen caution; cunning and watchful
guilelessness
innocence; naïveté
invective
of, relating to, or characterized by insult or abuse; denunciatory
indigenous
native to a particular region, or species; inborn; innate
analogous
showing a likeness which permits one to draw an analogy; similar
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