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Squalid

sordid; dirty; marked by filthiness

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Proliferating

multiplying; rapidly increasing in number

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Sanctuary

a refuge; a place of worship

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Elude

evade; clearly avoid

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Inscrutable

obscure; not capable of being understood

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Enigma

Puzzling; Mysterious

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Delusion

a deception; a false idea or opinion

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Purge

to cleanse; to purify; to free from impurities

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Secular

worldly; not sacred or religious

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Uncouth

lacking good manners, refinement, or grace.

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Laconic

Using few words; brief, to the point

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Loquacious

Talkative

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Ingratiate

Bring oneself into favor with someone by flattering or trying to please them

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Jeopardy

Danger; peril; vulnerability

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Benign

Gentle; showing kindness of disposition

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Pugnacious

Belligerent; combative; obnoxious

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Dissipate

Scatter; vanish; to waste

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Acquiesce

Assent; to accept passively or reluctantly

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Denigrate

Defame; belittle; criticize unkindly

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Rapacious

Aggressively greedy or grasping

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Copious

abundant in supply or quantity

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Obsolete

no longer produced or used; out of date

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Palatable

edible; pleasant tasting; to one’s taste

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Vehement

forcibly expressed; impassioned; fervid

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Fruition

accomplishment; realization

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Eradicate

exterminate; do away with completely

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Extricate

to free; remove from entanglement

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Malevolence

malice; hatred toward others; intention to harm

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Outlandish

Something strikingly strange or unusual

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Ambivalence

uncertainty in attitude; fluctuation

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Recalcitrant

resistant; defiant of authority

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Cogent

convincing; valid; forcibly appealing to the mind

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Affluence

profusions; overflowing of wealth; an abundance

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Astute

clever; shrewd; intellectually observant

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Vindictive

revengeful; spiteful; wanting to hurt or harm

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Catharsis

purification; cleansing of emotions

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Insatiable

quenchless; incapable of being satisfied

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Perpetual

everlasting; continuing forever

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Vestige

remnant; that which is left

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Clandestine

secretive; held or conducted secretly

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Tacit

Understood without explanation; implicit

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Manifest

Obvious; readily perceived by the senses

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Inimitable

Impossible to copy; unique

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Felicity

Great happiness; state of being happy

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Accentuate

Emphasize; to accent something

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Eccentric

Odd; deviating from a pattern/form

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Debacle

Great disaster; fiasco; a tumultuous breakup

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Ostracize

Exclusion; banishment; social exclusion

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Ameliorate

Improve; to make better or more tolerable

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Pernicious

Wicked; deadly; highly destructive

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Morose

expressive of gloom; sullen; unsociable

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Galvanize

shock or excite (someone) into taking action

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Abject

sunk to or existing in a low state or condition; very bad or severe

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Precarious

dangerous; unsafe; hazardous

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Plethora

excess; superfluity; an overabundance

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Aesthetic

artistic; relating to or dealing with beauty; appealing to the eye

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Rapport

harmony; relation marked by accord

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Haughty

having or showing a proud and superior attitude

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Chide

to scold gently

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Austerity

extreme economy; an ascetic practice

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Taciturn

Reserved; uncommunicative

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Sardonic

Grimly mocking; cynical

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Trite

Lacking originality or freshness; overused

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Insidious

Proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects

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Voracious

Gluttonous; extremely greedy; insatiable

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Abhor

Hate

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Disparate

Essentially different in kind; not allowing comparison

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Placid

Calm; peaceful

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Egregious

Conspicuously bad

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Peruse

Examine or read thoroughly and carefully

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Svelte

Slender; elegant

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Conflagration

A large disastrous fire; conflict; war

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Nullify

To counter; make unimportant

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Incorrigible

Incapable of being corrected; unruly; unalterable

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Formidable

Causing fear or dread; impressive

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Innocuous

Harmless; inoffensive

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Impunity

Freedom from punishment, harm, or loss

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Placate

To calm the anger or bitterness of; appease

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Petulant

Rude in speech or behavior; temporary ill humor

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Indelible

Not able to be forgotten or removed

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