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1: An incorrect or unsuitable name: ebullient
impecunious
misnomer
deleterious
2: Extreme greed for material wealth: avarice
hyperbole
ravenous
inexorable
3: Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear: resplendent
indefatigable
apocryphal
elucidate
4: Force to leave (an office): rescind
depose
vaporize
debunk
5: Influence by slyness: dupe
mollify
beguile
tenacity
6: To make a formal disavowal: recant
abate
obdurate
profligate
7: Timidity or shyness: glacial
stolid
ebullient
diffidence
8: Infamous by way of being extremely wicked: deleterious
spurious
nefarious
charlatan
9: Steadiness of mind under stress: intractable
steadfast
equanimity
ineffable
10: Gracefully slender; moving and bending with ease: complementary
lithe
savory
glacial