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Ankit K.
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  1. prate
    speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly
    Bitches be pratin'
  2. staid
    characterized by dignity and propriety
  3. contentious
    showing an inclination to disagree
  4. indigence
    a state of extreme poverty or destitution
  5. reprobate
    a person without moral scruples
  6. truculence
    stubborn and defiant aggressiveness
  7. torpidity
    a state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility
  8. onerous
    burdensome or difficult to endure
  9. quiescent
    being quiet or still or inactive
  10. obsequious
    attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
  11. invective
    abusive language used to express blame or censure
  12. invective
    abusive language used to express blame or censure
  13. engender
    call forth
  14. ingenuous
    lacking in sophistication or worldliness
  15. tortuous
    marked by repeated turns and bends
  16. obdurate
    stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
  17. inundate
    fill or cover completely, usually with water
  18. recondite
    difficult to understand
  19. fatuous
    devoid of intelligence
  20. chastisement
    a rebuke for making a mistake
  21. reproach
    express criticism towards
  22. desultory
    marked by lack of definite plan, purpose, or enthusiasm
  23. fractious
    easily irritated or annoyed
  24. veracious
    habitually speaking the truth
  25. intransigence
    stubborn refusal to compromise or change
  26. ebullient
    joyously unrestrained
  27. repudiate
    refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid
  28. tacit
    implied by or inferred from actions or statements
  29. foment
    try to stir up
  30. prate
    speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly
  31. prate
    speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly
  32. meretricious
    tastelessly showy
  33. onerous
    burdensome or difficult to endure
Created on Wed Oct 17 10:00:52 EDT 2012 (updated Thu Dec 06 05:17:48 EST 2012)

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