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abrasive
rough
abhor
to hate
accelerate
to speed up
accord
agreement
adjacent
next to
adverse
opposing
agenda
list of things to do
agony
extreme pain
akin
similar to
allot
to give out
ambiguous
unclear
ample
plentiful
anesthetic
painkiller
anticipate
to except
appeal
attractiveness
appropriate
proper
arbitrary
random
ascertain
find out by making inquiries
atheist
one who does not believe in God
audible
able to be heard
baffle
to fool
barren
infertile
benchmark
a standard for measuring something
bizarre
strange
blueprint
plan
bonanza
huge unexpected profit
braggart
one who brags a lot
brittle
easy to break
burly
muscular
calamity
disaster
capacity
available space
cease
to stop
census
official population count
chronicle
story
cliche
overused phrase
colleague
co-worker
compatible
able to get along well together
complementary
completing
composite
made up of separate parts
compromise
settlement in which each party surrenders something it wants
concussion
head injury
confinement
imprisonment
conscientious
careful
conservative
traditional seeking to preserve the past
constituents
voters
contemporary
of the same time; present
contract
to shorten
conversion
change
correspondence
similarity
counterfeiter
one who makes fake money
creases
wrinkles; folds
critic
a reviewer
cunning
sly; devious
dam
a barrier that holds back water
decelerate
slow down
decomposition
process of falling apart
deflect
to block
deliberate
intentional
deplete
to use up
desertion
abandonment
deteriorate
to decay
diction
choice of words
diligent
hard working
disbar
to expel a lawyer from law practice
disclosure
something revealed
discredit
to disbelieve
disengagement
separation
disinclination
unwillingness
dismiss
to send away
disrobe
to take off ones clothes
distasteful
unlikable
divergence
separation
downheartedness
sadness
dubious
doubtful
dutiful
obedient
economize
to save
elongate
to make longer
embroidery
needlework decoration
empathy
sympathy
endure
to tolerate
enmesh
to catch
entrepreneur
an independent businessman
eradicate
to get rid of
essence
basic nature
everlasting
lasting forever
exclaim
to cry out in surprise
exhilarating
exciting
explicit
clear; obvious
extroverted
outgoing; friendly
facilitate
to make easier
feasible
possible
flower
blossom
forge
to copy something illegally
fragrant
pleasant-smelling
frenzy
temporary madness
garland
a circle of flowers
gibberish
nonsense
goal
score in soccer
grant
gift
grim
terrible; stern
gulf
huge gap
haggard
looking tired
harbor
place where ships dock
headstrong
determined
hemorrhage
heavy uncontrollable bleeding
high-minded
showing high morals or feelings
homogeneous
the same throughout
hybrid
a blend of two things
hypothetical
theoretical
idiom
an expression of language
immaculate
clean; pure
impartial
neutral; not biased
imperious
bossy; acting like a king
imposition
burden
inaccesssible
not able to be reached
incarcerate
to imprison
inconclusive
without final results
incurious
not curious
indigenous
native
induced
brought about
inevitable
unavoidable
inhabit
to live in
innumerable
countless
insistent
demanding
instigate
provoke
integrity
honesty
intimate
close as in relationships
inventory
a list of goods a business owns
irretrievable
impossible to bring back
jeopardy
danger; risk
junction
where two things meet
kindle
to start a fire
landslide
rocks and earth suddenly falling down a mountain
lax
careless; lazy
linger
to hang around
loiterer
one who hangs around
luminous
full of light
mandatory
required
meager
thin; not enough
megaphone
device used to make ones voice louder
metaphor
literary comparison
migrant
one who often changes his or her place of living
minnow
small fish
mishap
accident
monotony
boredom
mutability
changeability
nick
to cut slightly
novel
new
oblige
to do a favor
oceanographer
one who studies oceans
optimism
positive attitude
outcast
someone not accepted by society
paradox
an apparent contradiction
passable
able to be traveled through
an equal
peer
perplex
to confuse
phenomenon
occurrence
pittance
small amount
polarize
divide into opposing groups`
postscript
a not added to a finished letter or book
precursor
one who comes before someone else
preeminent
superior
prescribe
to lay down as a rule
pretentious
pretending you’re someone you are not
probing
exploring
prominent
standing out
prose
ordinary language
pseudonym
false name
qualitative
relating to quality
radical
extremist
rational
logical; reasonable
recital
musical performance
recoil
to draw back in alarm
red tape
official routines that delay action
refugee
one who needs protection
regressive
going backward
rejuvenate
to bring back the youthful strength or appearance
remorse
regret
repel
to force back; to reject
resent
to feel angry or bitter toward
resolution
settlement of a problem
restrain
to hold back
rift
to divide
robust
strong
ruthless
cruel
sage
wise
seasonal
periodic
serene
calm
severity
harshness
shunned
rejected
smirk
to smile in a self-satisfied way
solitude
isolation
span
the distance between two items
spouse
husband or wife
stale
old
stereotype
oversimplified opinion; generalization based on perceived pattern
stubble
short, unshaven hairs
suburbanite
one who lives outside of a city
surge
to increase suddenly
sycophant
asskisser
synthetic
artificial
taint
trace of something bad
tangible
touchable
tenacious
firm; persisting
terse
short and to the point
toxic
poisonous
treachery
deceitfulness
turbulence
storminess
ultramodern
very new; very modern
unconditional
without conditions
unfashionable
not stylish
unmask
to reveal
uproarious
extremely funny
vaccinate
to give a shot that protects against disease
veil
to hide
verify
to prove
vibrant
lively
weld
to join metals by heating
yielding
giving in
zeal
enthusiasm
