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1. Definition: 1. marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney"

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1. Definition: 1. Most curly

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1. Definition: 1. marked by keen caution and watchful prudence; "they were wary in their movements"; "a wary glance at the black clouds"; "taught to be wary of strangers"

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1. Definition: 1. marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney"

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1. Definition: 1. Miserly

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1. Definition: 1. resembling a serpent in form; "a serpentine wall"; "snaky ridges in the sand"

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1. Definition: 1. the absence of sound;

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1. Definition: 1. involving risk or danger; "skydiving is a hazardous sport"; "extremely risky going out in the tide and fog"; "a wild financial scheme"

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1. Definition: 1. (of especially money) immediately available; "he seems to have ample ready money"; "a ready source of cash"

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1. Definition: 1. having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing; "a sharp knife"; "a pencil with a sharp point"

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1. Definition: 1. marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney"

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1. Definition: 1. (followed by `to') informed about something secret or not generally known; "privy to the details of the conspiracy"

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1. Definition: 1. very bad; "a lousy play"; "it's a stinking world"

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1. Definition: 1. migratory; "a restless mobile society"; "the nomadic habits of the Bedouins"; "believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future"; "wandering tribes"

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1. Definition: 1. Thin; lank.

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1. Definition: 1. (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely

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1. Definition: 1. difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze; "his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change"; "a subtle difference"; "that elusive thing the soul"

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1. Definition: 1. marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed; "a furtive manner"; "a sneak attack"; "stealthy footsteps"; "a surreptitious glance at his watch"

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1. Definition: 1. not to be trusted; "how extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is"- James Agee

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1. Definition: 1. lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance; "uncertain of his convictions"; "unsure of himself and his future"; "moving with uncertain (or unsure) steps"; "an uncertain smile"; "touched the ornaments with uncertain fingers"

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1. Definition: 1. marked by practical hardheaded intelligence; "a smart businessman"; "an astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease"; "he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow"

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1. Definition: 1. something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on); "the combination to the safe was a secret"; "he tried to keep his drinking a secret"

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1. Definition: 1. of questionable taste or morality; "a louche nightclub"; "a louche painting"

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1. Definition: 1. behave extremely cruelly and brutally

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1. Definition: 1. the act of smoothing; "he gave his hair a quick smooth"

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1. Definition: 1. difficult to describe; "a haunting elusive odor"

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1. Definition: 1. resembling or characteristic of a fox; "vulpine cunning"

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1. Definition: 1. of e.g. advice

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1. Definition: 1. deliberately vague or ambiguous; "his answers were brief, constrained and evasive"; "an evasive statement"

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1. Definition: 1. continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another; "a drifting double-dealer"; "the floating population"; "vagrant hippies of the sixties"

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1. Definition: 1. resistant to guidance or discipline; "Mary Mary quite contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a perverse mood"; "wayward behavior"

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1. Definition: 1. threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments;

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1. Definition: 1. worried and uneasy

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1. Definition: 1. causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide; "slippery sidewalks"; "a slippery bar of soap"; "the streets are still slippy from the rain"

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1. Definition: 1. marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed; "a furtive manner"; "a sneak attack"; "stealthy footsteps"; "a surreptitious glance at his watch"

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1. Definition: 1. concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest; "a selfish and designing nation obsessed with the dark schemes of European intrigue"- W.Churchill; "a scheming wife"; "a scheming gold digger"

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1. Definition: 1. tending to vary often or widely; "volatile stocks"; "volatile emotions"

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1. Definition: 1. (used of a device) designed so that a property (as e.g. light) can be varied; "a variable capacitor"; "variable filters in front of the mercury xenon lights"

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1. Definition: 1. difficult to handle; requiring great tact; "delicate negotiations with the big powers";"hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter"; "a touchy subject"

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1. Definition: 1. move very slightly; "He shifted in his seat"

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1. Definition: 1. of a path e.g.; "meandering streams"; "rambling forest paths"; "the river followed its wandering course"; "a winding country road"

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1. Definition: 1. not firmly or solidly positioned; "climbing carefully up the unsteady ladder"; "an unfirm stance"

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1. Definition: 1. a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis

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1. Definition: 1. highly important to or an integral part of a strategy or plan of action especially in war; "a strategic chess move"; "strategic withdrawal"; "strategic bombing missions"

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1. Definition: 1. Cowardly

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1. Definition: 1. under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon; "probationary employees"; "a provisional government"; "just a tentative schedule"

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1. Definition: 1. with the hand swung below shoulder level; "throwing a ball underarm"

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1. Definition: 1. having no definite form or distinct shape; "amorphous clouds of insects"; "an aggregate of formless particles"; "a shapeless mass of protoplasm"

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1. Definition: 1. lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking; "She always digresses when telling a story"; "her mind wanders"; "Don't digress when you give a lecture"

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1. Definition: 1. inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information;

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1. Definition: 1. subject to change; "a changeable climate"; "the weather is uncertain"; "unsettled weather with rain and hail and sunshine coming one right after the other"

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1. Definition: 1. determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; "a capricious refusal"; "authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious"; "the victim of whimsical persecutions"

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1. Definition: 1. not conforming to approved standards of social or professional behavior; "unethical business practices"

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1. Definition: 1. ambiguous (especially in the negative); "she spoke in no uncertain terms"

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1. Definition: 1. feeling no shame; "a shameless imposter"; "an unblushing apologist for fascism"

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1. Definition: 1. having two faces--one looking to the future and one to the past; "Janus the two-faced god"

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1. Definition: 1. resembling a serpent in form; "a serpentine wall"; "snaky ridges in the sand"

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1. Definition: 1. affording no ease or reassurance; "a precarious truce"

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1. Definition: 1. conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods; "clandestine intelligence operations"; "cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines"; "hole-and-corner intrigue"; "secret missions"; "a secret agent"; "secret sales of arms"; "surreptitious mobilization of troops"; "an undercover investigation"; "underground resistance"

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1. Definition: 1. not obtrusive or undesirably noticeable; "a quiet, unobtrusive life of self-denial"

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1. Definition: 1. under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon; "probationary employees"; "a provisional government"; "just a tentative schedule"

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1. Definition: 1. having inner resources; adroit or imaginative; "someone who is resourceful is capable of dealing with difficult situations"; "an able and resourceful politician"; "the most resourceful cook in town"

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1. Definition: 1. tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans; "Punic faith"; "the perfidious Judas"; "the fiercest and most treacherous of foes"; "treacherous intrigues"

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1. Definition: 1. conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods; "clandestine intelligence operations"; "cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines"; "hole-and-corner intrigue"; "secret missions"; "a secret agent"; "secret sales of arms"; "surreptitious mobilization of troops"; "an undercover investigation"; "underground resistance"

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1. Definition: 1. marked by deception; "achieved success in business only by underhand methods"

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1. Definition: 1. without scruples or principles; "unscrupulous politicos who would be happy to sell...their country in order to gain power"

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1. Definition: 1. able to be refuted

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1. Definition: 1. not worthy of trust or belief; "an untrustworthy person"

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1. Definition: 1. not occurring at expected times

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1. Definition: 1. Furtive

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1. Definition: 1. not to be accounted for or explained; "perceptible only as unaccountable influences that hinder progress"; "an unexplainable fear"

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1. Definition: 1. guided by whim and fancy; "flighty young girls"

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