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| to use ambiguous or unclear expressions, usually to avoid commitment or in order to mislead | equivocate |
| 1. unnecessary; 2. being more than is sufficient or required | superfluous |
| two-sided | bilateral |
| one-side | unilateral |
| cautious | circumspect |
| 1. having the same measure; 2. corresponding in amount, magnitude, or degree | commensurate |
| evil intent | malevolence |
| beginner | neophyte |
| people-hater | misanthropist |
| warlike | bellicose |
| Attribution of human motivation, characteristics, or behavior to inanimate objects, animals, or natural phenomena | anthropomorphic |
| easily notices and makes much of trivial faults or defects; faultfinding; difficult to please. | captious |
| new word | neologism |
| a curse | malediction |
| Skeptical; disbelieving | incredulous |
| all-knowing | omniscient |
| obsession with one thing | monomania |
| 1. false; 2. Having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually fallacious | specious |
| To express strong disapproval of; to denounce | excoriate |
| the original or model on which something is based or formed | prototype |
| fear of foreigners | xenophobia |
| blessing; an expression of good wishes | benediction |
| lacking definite form; having no specific shape; formless, shapeless | amorphous |
| superiority in weight, power, numbers, etc.; bulk | preponderance |
| great-minded; courageously noble in mind and heart | magnanimous |