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| 1. | aspersion | a damaging or derogatory remark or criticism; slander: casting aspersions on a campaign rival. | |
| 2. | bucolic | of or pertaining to shepherds; pastoral. 2. of, pertaining to, or suggesting an idyllic rural life. |
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| 3. | bureaucracy | administration characterized by excessive red tape and routine. | |
| 4. | candid | frank; outspoken; open and sincere: a candid critic. | |
| 5. | capricious | Characterized by or subject to whim; impulsive and unpredictable. | |
| 6. | chicanery | trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry: He resorted to the worst flattery and chicanery to win the job. | |
| 7. | clairvoyant | Having the supposed power to see objects or events that cannot be perceived by the senses. | |
| 8. | deference | respectful submission or yielding to the judgment, opinion, will, etc., of another. | |
| 9. | denunciate | to denounce; condemn openly. | |
| 10. | discriminating | 1. noting differences or distinctions with nicety; discerning; perspicacious: a discriminating interpreter of events. 2. having excellent taste or judgment: a discriminating interior designer. |
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| 11. | disingenuous | Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating: “an ambitious, disingenuous, philistine, and hypocritical operator, who... exemplified... the most disagreeable traits of his time” (David Cannadine). | |
| 12. | erudition | knowledge acquired by study, research, etc.; learning; scholarship. | |
| 13. | fervent | having or showing great warmth or intensity of spirit, feeling, enthusiasm, etc.; ardent: a fervent admirer; a fervent plea. | |
| 14. | flotsam | 1.
the part of the wreckage of a ship and its cargo found floating on the water. 2. material or refuse floating on water. 3. useless or unimportant items; odds and ends. |
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| 15. | haughty | disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious: haughty aristocrats; a haughty salesclerk. | |
| 16. | impetuous | of, pertaining to, or characterized by sudden or rash action, emotion, etc.; impulsive: an impetuous decision; an impetuous person. | |
| 17. | indigent | lacking food, clothing, and other necessities of life because of poverty; needy; poor; impoverished. | |
| 18. | indignant | feeling, characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base: indignant remarks; an indignant expression on his face. | |
| 19. | inquire | to seek information by questioning; ask: to inquire about a person. | |
| 20. | lugubrious | mournful, dismal, or gloomy, esp. in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner: lugubrious songs of lost love. | |
| 21. | mercurial | changeable; volatile; fickle; flighty; erratic: a mercurial nature. | |
| 22. | mitigate | to lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, or pain; moderate. | |
| 23. | ossify | to convert into or cause to harden like bone. | |
| 24. | ostentatious | characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others: an ostentatious dresser. | |
| 25. | perfidious | Of, relating to, or marked by treachery. | |
| 26. | phlegmatic | Having or suggesting a calm, sluggish temperament; unemotional. | |
| 27. | prolific | producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree. | |
| 28. | proximity | nearness in place, time, order, occurrence, or relation. | |
| 29. | pugnacious | 1. Combative in nature; belligerent. 2. Inclined or eager to fight; hostile or aggressive. |
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| 30. | raiment | clothing; apparel; attire. | |
| 31. | sundry | various or diverse: sundry persons. | |
| 32. | supercilious | haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression. | |
| 33. | tacit | understood without being openly expressed; implied: tacit approval. | |
| 34. | tenacious | Holding or tending to hold persistently to something, such as a point of view. | |
| 35. | venerable | Commanding respect by virtue of age, dignity, character, or position. | |
| 36. | visceral | characterized by or proceeding from instinct rather than intellect: a visceral reaction. | |
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