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3339209088Palliate(Adj.) Make less serious or severe; relieve symptoms of an illness (Pal-i-ate)0
3339210440Meretricious(Adj.) Tawdrily and falsely attractive (Mer-i-tri-cious)1
3339210441Credulous(Adj.) Too ready to believe, easily deceived2
3339210442Genial(Adj.) cordial, pleasantly cheerful or warm3
3339212215Pedantic(Adj.) Ostentatious about learning; overally scholarly4
3339212216Ostensible(Adj.) apparent; evident; easy to see5
3339213504Salubrious(Adj) promoting health6
3339213505Ascetic(Adj.) One who leads a life of self-denial and contemplation; absent of luxury7
3339223026Prurient(Adj.) Having frequent lustful or lewd thoughts or desires8
3339223027Incendiary(Adj.) deliberately setting or causing fires; designed to start fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion9
3339223028Disconsolate(adj.) deeply unhappy or dejected; without hope, beyond consolation10
3339230384Peremptory(adj.) having the nature of a command that leaves no opportunity for debate, denial, or refusal; offensively self-assured, dictatorial; determined, resolute11
3339236557Diffident(adj.) shy, lacking self-confidence; modest, reserved12
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