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Supercilious

Arrogant, Haughty

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Eschew

To avoid, to abstain from

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Ephemeral

Lasting a very short time

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Renege

To go back on a promise or commitment

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Fatuous

Foolish, unintelligent, stupid

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Mordant

Caustic, Sarcastic

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Visceral

Feelings rather than reasoning

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Perfidious

tending to betray

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Persnickety

Precise or overprecise

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Complacent

Smugly self satisfied

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Audacious

Bold, Daring

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Ignoble

Dishonorable

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Recalcitrant

Willfully disobediant

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Hubris

Overbearing pride or presumption

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Narcissist

Totally self absorbed

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Feckless

Careless, Irresponsible

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Catharsis

Freeing or eliminating repressed emotion

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Spurious

Plausible but false

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Scuttlebutt

Gossip, Rumor

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Histrionic

Overly dramatic

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Superfluous

Serving no useful purpose

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Hyperbole

Exaggerated statements

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Nefarious

Wicked or evil

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Contentious

Likes to argue

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Hedonism

Living for pleasure

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Ubiquitous

Present everywhere

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Deleterious

Harmful to living things

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Libido

Sex drive

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Untenable

Not defendable

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Chaste

Abstaining from sex

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Surreptitious

To observe being observed, secret

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Rebuff

Rejected of another’s advances

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Disheveled

Untidy, ruffled, disordered

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Rectitude

Moral integrity

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Repudiate

Disown

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Rankle

Disappointment, persistent resentment

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Abate

To make less active or intense

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Redundant

Unnecessarily repetitive

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Sophomoric

Wise fool, conceited but immature

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Caveat

Warning or stipulation

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Tenacious

Holding fast, persistent

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Volition

Act of the will

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Megalomaniac

Mental disorder prod. delusions-grandeur

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Fastidious

Very careful, fussy

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Clemency

Mercy

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Taciturn

Saying little

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Hackneyed

Repeated too often

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Rogue

Dishonest or unprincipled person

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Precocious

Exceptionally early development or maturity

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Foment

Instigate or stir up

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