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Rishabh A. (India)
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  1. anarchist
    an advocate of the abolition of governments
  2. ascetic
    someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
  3. cajole
    influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
  4. condone
    excuse, overlook, or make allowances for
  5. contentious
    showing an inclination to disagree
  6. corroborate
    give evidence for
  7. deterrent
    something immaterial that interferes with action or progress
  8. depravity
    moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
  9. dogmatic
    pertaining to a code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
  10. esoteric
    understandable only by an enlightened inner circle
  11. exacerbate
    make worse
  12. extricate
    release from entanglement or difficulty
  13. exuberance
    joyful enthusiasm
  14. fallacious
    containing or based on incorrect reasoning
  15. fastidious
    giving careful attention to detail
  16. flagrant
    conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
  17. hedonist
    someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures
  18. heresy
    a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion
  19. hypocritical
    professing feelings or virtues one does not have
  20. immutable
    not subject or susceptible to change or variation
  21. impede
    be a hindrance or obstacle to
  22. inane
    devoid of intelligence
  23. innocuous
    not injurious to physical or mental health
  24. intrepid
    invulnerable to fear or intimidation
  25. levity
    a manner lacking seriousness
  26. listless
    lacking zest or vivacity
  27. opulence
    wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living
  28. ostentatious
    intended to attract notice and impress others
  29. placate
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  30. ponderous
    having great mass and weight and unwieldiness
  31. pragmatic
    concerned with practical matters
  32. preclude
    make impossible, especially beforehand
  33. precocious
    characterized by exceptionally early development
  34. prodigal
    recklessly wasteful
  35. profane
    grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
  36. profound
    situated at or extending to great depth
  37. profusion
    the property of being extremely abundant
  38. proliferation
    a rapid increase in number
  39. prolific
    intellectually productive
  40. quandary
    state of uncertainty in a choice between unfavorable options
  41. relegate
    assign to a lower position
  42. renounce
    turn away from; give up
  43. repudiate
    refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid
  44. reticent
    reluctant to draw attention to yourself
  45. scrupulous
    characterized by extreme care and great effort
  46. servile
    submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior
  47. somber
    serious and gloomy in character
  48. superfluous
    more than is needed, desired, or required
  49. surreptitious
    marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
  50. sycophant
    a person who tries to please someone to gain an advantage
  51. taciturn
    habitually reserved and uncommunicative
  52. usurp
    seize and take control without authority
  53. vilify
    spread negative information about
Created on Sat Nov 17 16:39:51 EST 2012 (updated Sun May 26 09:08:40 EDT 2013)

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