SET 06

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Deviating from what is standard, normal, or expected
Anomalous
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Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.
Ambivalent
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Showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others.
Callous
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Clearly visible; Attracting notice or attention.
Conspicuous
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Making a certain situation or outcome likely or possible.
Conducive
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Extremely poor and lacking the means to provide for oneself.
Destitute
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(Of a person) unrestrained in showing feelings, especially those of affection; Serving as conclusive evidence of something.
Demonstrative
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Expressing contempt or ridicule.
Derisive
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Of or typical of a ruler with total power; Having or showing an autocratic manner
Dictatorial
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Essentially different in kind; not able to be compared.
Disparate
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(of sound, especially speech) pleasing to the ear.
euphonious
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Not easily annoyed or made angry.
Even-tempered
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Lose or be deprived of (property or a right or privilege) as a penalty for wrongdoing.
Forfeit
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Constituting or containing a set form of words; Produced in accordance with a mechanically followed rule or style.
Formulaic
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Excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters.
Garrulous
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Having, showing, or done with good judgement or sense.
Judicious
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Clear or obvious to the eye or mind; Show (a quality or feeling) by one's acts or appearance; demonstrate.
Manifest
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Generous or forgiving, especially towards a rival or less powerful person.
Magnanimous
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Evil in nature or effect; malevolent; (of a disease) very virulent or infectious.
Malignant
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(Of a person) at the point of death;
(of a thing) in terminal decline; lacking vitality or vigour.
Moribund
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Minor and not important; not central; (of a decision or distinction) very narrow; borderline.
Marginal
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So surprised and confused that one is unsure how to react.
Nonplussed
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Sounding sad and mournful.
Plaintive
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Insisting on immediate attention or obedience, especially in a brusquely imperious way; Not open to appeal or challenge; final.
Peremptory
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Slow and clumsy because of great weight; (Especially of speech or writing) dull or laborious.
Ponderous
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Pertaining to producing or spreading information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view.
Propagandistic
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(Of a person or their behaviour) failing to observe the limits of what is permitted or appropriate.
Presumptuous
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In an unchecked or widespread manner; (Especially of something undesirable) of common occurrence; widespread.
Rife
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Filled or well-supplied with something; Very full of or sated by food.
Replete
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Disastrous or destructive; Costing far more than can be afforded.
ruinous
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