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Affable
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Courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to
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Aggrandize
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To increase in greatness, power, or wealth; to build up or intensify; to make appear greater
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Amorphous
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Shapeless; without definate form; of no particular type of character; without organization, unity, or cohesion
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Aura
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That which surrounds (as an atmosphere); a distinctive air or personal quality
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Contraband
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Illegal traffic, smuggled goods; illegal, prohibited
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Erudite
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Scholarly, learned, brookish, pedantic
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Gossamer
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Thin, light, delicate, insubstantial; a very thin, light cloth
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Infer
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To find out by reasoning; to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought; to hint, suggest, imply
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Inscrutable
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Incapable of being understood; impossible to see though physically
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Insular
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Relating to, characteristic of, or situated on an island; narrow or isolated in outlook or experience
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Irrevocable
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Incapable of being changed or called back
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Propensity
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A natural inclination or predilection toward
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Querulous
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Peevish, complaining, fretful
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Remonstrate
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To argue or plead with someone against something, protest against, object to
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Repudiate
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To disown, reject, or deny the validity of
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