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Sanguine

reddish, ruddy, cheerful

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Unintelligible

 not capable of being understood

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Strident

loud and harsh sounding

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Formidable

menacing, causing fear or awe

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5

Urbane

having a refined manner, suave and elegant

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Specious

seemingly good, but lacking real merit

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Claptrap

Insincere or empty language

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8

Compendium

a brief treatment of a subject; a full list or inventory

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Clandestine

secret

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Pretense

a false show of somethinga false show of something

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11

Odious

deserving hate or contempt

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12

Gambol

to playfully skip or leap

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13

Zealot

one who embraces a cause and supports it with vigor

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14

Gyrate

to move in a circle or spiral

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15

Rectify

to make right; remedy; correct

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Palimpsest

 a parchment-like surface in which writing has been partially or completely erased to make room for another text

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