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8751997375Abet (v)to encourage or support by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing0
8751997376Affinity (n)a natural liking for or attraction to a person, thing, idea,1
8751997377Aloof (adj)cool; detached; distant; standoffish; snobbish; haughty; disdainful2
8751997378Animosity (n)a feeling of strong dislike, ill will, or enmity that tends to display itself in action3
8751997379Censorious (adj)severely critical; faultfinding; carping4
8751997380Convocation (n)a group of people gather in answer to a summons; an assembly5
8751997381Depreciation (n)decrease in value due to wear and tear, decay, decline, in price, etc.6
8751997382Dogged (adj)persistent in effort; stubbornly tenacious7
8751997383Fatalistic (adj)the acceptance of all things and events as inevitable; submission to fate8
8751997384Frenetic (adj)frantic(- desperate or wild with excitement, passion, fear, pain, etc.); frenzied9
8751997385Hackneyed (adj)made commonplace or trite; stale; banal10
8751997386Ineffable (adj)incapable of being expressed or described in words; inexpressible11
8751997387Infallible (adj)unfailing in effectiveness or operation; certain12
8751997388Introspective (adj)the act or process of looking into oneself13
8751997389Jingoistic (adj)the spirit, policy, or practice of jingoes; a person who professes his or her patriotism loudly and excessively, favoring vigilant preparedness for war and an aggressive foreign policy; bellicose chauvinism14
8751997390Labyrinthine (adj)complicated; tortuous15
8751997391Nefarious (adj)extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous16
8751997392Ostentatious (adj)characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others17
8751997393Parochial (adj)very limited or narrow in scope or outlook; provincial 2. of, relating to or financially supported by one or more church parishes18
8751997394Paucity (n)smallness of quantity; scarcity; scantiness19
8751997395Pervasive (adj)spread throughout20
8751997396Pharisaism (n)rigid observance of external forms of religion or conduct without genuine piety; hypocrisy21
8751997398Preternatural (adj)out of the ordinary course of nature; exceptional or abnormal22
8751997399Rambunctious (adj)difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous23
8751997400Rote (adj)routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure24
8751997401Rustic (adj)simple, artless, or unsophisticated25
8751997402Sanctimonious (adj)making a hypocritical show of religious devotion, piety, righteousness, etc.26
8751997403Sustenance (n)means of sustaining(- to support, hold, or bear up from below; bear the weight of, as a structure.) life; nourishment27
8751997404Vacuous (adj)expressing or characterized by a lack of ideas or intelligence; inane; stupid28
8751997405Venal (adj)willing to sell or accept influence, especially in return for a bribe; mercenary29

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