abhor

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abhor

• to loathe to detest

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accolade

• praise an award

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ascetic

• one who practices self-denial

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bequeath

• to hand down to give as in a will

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charlatan

• a quack a know-it-all one who says he knows
  more than he does

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conflagration

• a large fire

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dearth

• a scarcity a shortage

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diffidence

• shyness reserve unassertiveness

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effervescent

• bubbly showing high spirits

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ethereal

• heavenly delicate light intangible

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expunge

• to erase to blot out

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guile

• deceitfulness duplicity

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implausible

• unbelievable

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incongruity

• noncomformity disagreement

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insularity

• narrow-mindedness qualities of an island

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morose

• sullen gloomy

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placate

• to appease to pacify

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poignant

• piercing incisive keen

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provincial

• lacking sophistication

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reiterate

• to repeat

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spontaneous

• acting on impulse

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synthesis

• combining parts into a whole

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toxic

• poisonous

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vigilant

• very alert watchful

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voluble

• garrulous talkative glib