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moral corruption; a wicked or perverse act. deprecate. to disapprove of; ... overly submissive; subservient; obsequious. trepidation. fear; trembling; agitation ... – PowerPoint PPT presentation

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Title: abstruse


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abstruse
  • complex complicated difficult to understand

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affable
  • cordial friendly courteous amiable

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audacity
  • excessive boldness temerity

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contrite
  • penitent remorseful extremely apologetic

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credulous
  • believable gullible

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depravity
  • moral corruption a wicked or perverse act

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deprecate
  • to disapprove of to belittle

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didactic
  • instructive designed to teach

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dormant
  • inactive asleep

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enigmatic
  • mysterious puzzling inexplicable

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erudite
  • scholarly learned

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exotic
  • foreign unfamiliar

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fuse
  • to mix or join (usually by melting)

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immutable
  • unchanging absolute

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incorrigible
  • incapable of being reformed

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loathe
  • to hate to detest to abhor

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mitigate
  • to make less severe to assuage

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nullify
  • to cause not to be in effect to cancel

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pacifistic
  • opposed to war or force

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pretentious
  • self-important showy pompous

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prologue
  • an introduction a lead up

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recant
  • to take back to withdraw previous statements

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servile
  • overly submissive subservient obsequious

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trepidation
  • fear trembling agitation

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vilify
  • to malign to defame to speak against
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