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(adj.) courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to
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Affable
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(v.) to increase in greatness, power, or wealth; to build up or intensify; to make appear greater
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Aggrandize
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(adj.) shapeless, without definite form; or no particular type or character; without organization, unity, or cohesion
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Amorphous
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(n.) an original model on which something was patterned or replicated; the ideal example of a particular type of person or thing
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Archetype
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(n.) that which surrounds (as an atmosphere); a distinctive air or personal quality
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Aura
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(n.) illegal traffic, smuggled goods; (adj.) illegal, prohibited
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Contraband
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(adj.) scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic
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Erudite
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(adj.) thin, light, delicate, insubstantial; (n.) a very thin, light cloth
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Gossamer
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(adj.) incapable of being understood; impossible to see through physically
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Inscrutable
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(adj.) relating to, characteristic of, or situated on an island; narrow or isolated in outlook or experience
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Insular
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(adj.) incapable of being changed or called back
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Irrevocable
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(n.) a natural inclination or predilection toward
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Propensity
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(adj.) peevish, complaining, fretful
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Querulous
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(v.) to argue with someone against something, protest against
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Remonstrate
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(v.) to disown, reject, or deny the validity of
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Repudiate
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