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Full of strong emotion; impassioned.
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Fervent
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Meatloaf vents her anger in ferious yowls when another cat invades our yard.
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Fitting and appropriate; relevant; pertinent
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Germane
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The Mark Twain quotes I like best aren't germane to my talk, so I can't use them.
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Happening by chance; accdiental
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Fortuitous
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Demanding and exhausting; punishing , tiring
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Grueling
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Generous to a fault; lenient, not critial
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Indulgent
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Open to physical or mental damage or hurt
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Vulnerable
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In great abundance; bountiful; lavish; lush
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Profuse
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on the surface, shallow, not deep, serious, or important
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Superficial
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Consistent (opposed to varied); the same
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Uniform
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Lacking energy or enthusiasm; indifferent or languid
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Listless
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Going on without interruption; unceasing, continuous
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Incessant
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not noticable; inconspicuous, not aggressive
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Unobtrusive
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Proud, overbearing, snootily
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Arrogant
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Scorn, snooty disapproval, or dislike
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Disdain
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Extremely fussy and particularl meticulous
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Fastidious
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Openly and disdainfully proud; snooty
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Haughty
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To belittle or downgrade; to decry, depricate, minimize
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Disparage
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To disapprove mildly, with regret, hoping to avoid disapproval
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Deprecate
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to come down in level, unbend
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Condscend
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Excessively proud; disdainfully superior
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Supercilious
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Total lack of respect; disdain; scorn
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Contempt
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Showy; self-important, pompous; insisting on recognition
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Pretentious
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To make fun of, mock; to belittle by jeering or contemptuous talk
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Scoff
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Self-satisfied, smug
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Complacent
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To gather or collect
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Garner
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To spoil or damage; to injure
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Mar
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To listen to, pay attention to, consider; to mind
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Heed
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to wander casually with no set plan; to ramble
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Meander
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To render unimportant or without worth; to negate
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Nullify
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to erase completely, wiping out all traces
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Obliterate
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To ease, making less severe; to alleviate or relieve
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Mitigate
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To make dim or unclear
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Obscure
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to study or examine carefully
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Peruse
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To tear down completely, to demolish
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Raze
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To calm, soothe, or appease
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Placate
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to critize harshly or to reject someone, often by snubbing them
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Rebuff
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