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abate

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abate

v. to decrease; reduce

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abdicate

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abdicate

v. to give up a position, right, or power

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aberrant

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aberrant

adj. deviating from what is normal

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abeyance

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abeyance

n. temporary suppression or suspension

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abject

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abject

adj. miserable; pitiful

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abjure

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abjure

v. to reject; abandon formally

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abscission

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abscission

n. the act of cutting; the natural separation of a leaf or other part of a plant

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abscond

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abscond

v. to depart secretly

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abstemious

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abstemious

adj. moderate in appetite

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abstinence

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abstinence

n. the giving up of certain pleasures

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abysmal

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abysmal

adj. very bad

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accretion

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accretion

n. growth in size or increase in amount

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accrue

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accrue

v. to accumulate; grow by additions

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adamant

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adamant

adj. uncompromising; unyielding

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adjunct

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adjunct

n. something added, attached, or joined

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admonish

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admonish

v. to caution or reprimand

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adulterate

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adulterate

v. to corrupt or make impure

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aesthetic

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aesthetic

adj. relating to beauty or art

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affected

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affected

adj. pretentious, phony

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affinity

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affinity

n. fondness; liking; similarity

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aggrandize

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aggrandize

v. to make larger or greater

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aggregate

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aggregate

adj. amounting to a whole; total
v. to collect into a mass
n. collective mass or sum

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alacrity

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alacrity

n. cheerful willingness; eagerness; speed

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alchemy

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alchemy

n. medieval chemical philosophy based on changing metal into gold; a seemingly magical power or precess or transmutation

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allay

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allay

v. to lessen;ease; soothe

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alleviate

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alleviate

v. to relieve; improve partially

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alloy

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alloy

n. a combination; a mixture of two or more metals

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allure

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allure

n. the power to entice by charm
v. to entice by charm

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amalgamate

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amalgamate

v. to combine into a unified whole

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ambiguous

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ambiguous

adj. unclear or doubtful in meaning

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ambivalence

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ambivalence

n. the state of having conflicting emotional attitudes

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ambrosia

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ambrosia

n. something delicious; the food of the gods

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ameliorate

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ameliorate

v. to improve

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amenable

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amenable

adj. agreeable; cooperative; suited

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amenity

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amenity

n. something that increases comfort

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amulet

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amulet

n. ornament worn as a charm against evil spirits

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anachronism

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anachronism

n. something out of the proper time

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analgesic

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analgesic

n. medication that reduces or eliminates pain

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analogous

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analogous

adj. comparable

analogy n. similarity in some ways between things that are otherwise dissimilar

analog n. something that is comparable to something else

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anarchy

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anarchy

n. absence of government; state of disorder

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anodyne

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anodyne

n. something that calms or soothes pain

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anomalous

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anomalous

adj. irregular; deviating from the norm

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antecedent

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antecedent

n. something that comes before

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antediluvian

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antediluvian

adj. prehistoric

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antipathy

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antipathy

n. dislike; hostility

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apathy

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apathy

n. indifference

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apex

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apex

n. the highest point

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apogee

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apogee

n. the point in an orbit most distant from the body being orbited; the highest point

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apothegm

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apothegm

n. a terse, witty saying

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appease

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appease

v. to calm; pacify; placate

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appellation

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appellation

n. name

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apposite

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apposite

adj. strikingly appropriate and relevant

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apprise

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apprise

v. to inform

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approbation

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approbation

n. praise; approval

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appropriate

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appropriate

v. to take possession for one’s own use; confiscate

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apropos

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apropos

adj. relevant

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arabesque

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arabesque

n. ornate design featuring intertwined curves; a ballet position in which one leg is extended in back while the other supports the weight of the body

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archeology

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archeology

n. the study of material evidence of past human life

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ardor

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ardor

n. great emotion or passion

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arduous

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arduous

adj. extremely difficult; laborious

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argot

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argot

n. a specialized vocabulary used by a group

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arrest

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arrest

v. to stop; to seize

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artifact

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artifact

n. item made by human craft

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artless

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artless

adj. guileless; natural; no ulterior motives, innocent, naive

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ascetic

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ascetic

n. one who practices self-denial
adj. self-denying or austere

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asperity

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asperity

n. severity; harshness; irritability

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aspersion

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aspersion

n. slander; false rumor

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assiduous

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assiduous

adj. diligent; hard-working

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assuage

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assuage

v. to make less severe

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astringent

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astringent

adj. harsh; severe

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asylum

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asylum

n. place of refuge or shelter

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atavism

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atavism

n. in biology, the reappearance of a characteristic in an organism after several generations of adsence; individual or a part that exhibits atavism; return of a trait after a period of absence

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attenuate

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attenuate

v. to weaken

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audacious

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audacious

adj. bold, daring

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austere

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austere

adj. stern; unadorned

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autonomous

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autonomous

adj. self-governing; independent

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avarice

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avarice

n. greed

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aver

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aver

v. to affirm; declare to be true

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avocation

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avocation

n. secondary occupation

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avuncular

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avuncular

adj. like an uncle, benevolent and tolerant

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axiomatic

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axiomatic

adj. taken for granted

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bacchanalian

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bacchanalian

adj. pertaining to riotous or drunken festivity; pertaining to revelry

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banal

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banal

adj. commonplace; trite

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banter

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banter

n playful conversation

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bard

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bard

n. poet

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bawdy

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bawdy

adj. obscene

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beatify

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beatify

v. to sanctify; to bless; to ascribe virture to

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bedizen

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bedizen

v. to dress in a vulgar, showy manner

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behemoth

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behemoth

n. huge creature; anything very large and powerful

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belie

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belie

v. to contradict; misrepresent; give a false impression

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beneficent

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beneficent

adj. kindly; doing good

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bifurcate

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bifurcate

v. to divide into two parts

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blandishment

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blandishment

n. flattery

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blasé

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blasé

adj. bored because of frequent indulgence; unconcerned

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bolster

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bolster

v. to give a boost to; prop up; support

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bombastic

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bombastic

adj. pompous; using inflated language

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boorish

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boorish

adj. rude; insensitive

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bovine

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bovine

adj. cowlike

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brazen

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brazen

adj. bold; shameless

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broach

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broach

v. to mention for the first time

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bucolic

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bucolic

adj. characteristic of the countryside; rustic; pastoral

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burgeon

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burgeon

v. to flourish

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burnish

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burnish

v. to polish

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buttress

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buttress

v. to reinforce; support

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cacophonous

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cacophonous

adj. unpleasant or harsh-sounding

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cadge

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cadge

v. to beg; sponge

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callous

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callous

adj. thick-skinned; insensitive

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calumny

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calumny

n. false and malicious accusation; slander

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canard

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canard

n. false, deliberately misleading story

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canon

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canon

n. an established principle; a basis or standard for judgment; a group of literary works

also an adj.

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cant

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cant

n. insincere talk; language of a particular group

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cantankerous

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cantankerous

adj. irritable; ill-humored

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capricious

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capricious

adj. fickle

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captious

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captious

adj. faultfinding; intended to entrap, as in an argument

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cardinal

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cardinal

adj. of foremost importance

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carnal

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carnal

adj. of the flesh or the bosy; related to physical appetites

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carping

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carping

v. to find fault; complain

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cartography

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cartography

n. science of making maps

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caste

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caste

n. any of the hereditary social classes of Hindu society; social stratification

also adj

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castigation

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castigation

n. punishment; chastisement; criticism

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cataclysm

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cataclysm

n. violent upheavel that causes great destruction and change

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catalyse

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catalyse

n. something causing change

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categorical

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categorical

adj. absolute; without exception

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caucus

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caucus

n. smaller group within an organization

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causal

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causal

adj. involving a cause

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caustic

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caustic

adj. sarcastically biting; burning

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celestial

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celestial

adj. concerning the sky or heavens; sublime

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centrifugal

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centrifugal

adj. moving away from a center

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centripetal

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centripetal

adj. moving or directed toward a center

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champion

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champion

v. to defend or support

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chasten

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chasten

v. to correct by punishment or reproof; to restrain or subdue

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chicanery

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chicanery

n. trickery; fraud

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chivalry

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chivalry

n. the qualities idealized by knighthood such as bravery and gallantry toward women

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churlish

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churlish

adj. rude; boorish

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circuitous

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circuitous

adj. roudabount

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clairvoyant

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clairvoyant

n. one who can predict the future; psychic

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clamor

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clamor

n. noisy outcry

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clique

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clique

n. a small, exclusive group

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cloister

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cloister

v. to confine; seclude
n. monastery or convent

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coagulate

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coagulate

v. thicken; congeal

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coalesce

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coalesce

v. to cause to become one

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coda

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coda

n. concluding part of a literary or musical composition; something that summarizes or concludes

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codify

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codify

v. to systematize

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cognizant

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cognizant

adj. informed; conscious; aware

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collage

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collage

n. artistic composition of materials pasted over a surface; an assemblage of diverse elements

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commensurate

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commensurate

adj. proportional

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compendium

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compendium

n. brief, comprehensive summary

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complacent

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complacent

adj. self-satisfied

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complaisant

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complaisant

adj. overly polite; willing to please; obliging

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complement

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complement

n. something that completes or makes up a whole

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compliant

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compliant

adj. yielding

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compunction

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compunction

n. uneasiness caused by guilt

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concave

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concave

adj. curving inward

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conciliatory

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conciliatory

adj. overcoming distrust or hostility

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concoct

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concoct

v. to invent

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concomitant

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concomitant

n. existing concurrently

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condone

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condone

v. to overlook voluntarily; forgive

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confound

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confound

v. to baffle; perplex; mix up

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congenial

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congenial

adj. similar in tastes and habits; friendly; suited to

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conjugal

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conjugal

adj. pertaining to marriage agreement

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connoisseur

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connoisseur

n. a person possessing expert knowledge or training; a person of informed and discriminating taste

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conscript

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conscript

n. person compulsorily enrolled for military service
v. to enroll a person for military service

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consecrate

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consecrate

v. to declare sacred

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contend

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contend

v. to assert

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contentious

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contentious

adj. quarrelsome; causing quarrels

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contiguous

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contiguous

adj. touching; neighboring; connecting without a break

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continence

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continence

n. self-control; abstention from sexual activity

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contrite

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contrite

adj. very sorrowful for a wrong

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contumacious

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contumacious

adj. disobedient; rebellious

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conundrum

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conundrum

n. riddle; puzzle with no solution

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convention

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convention

n. practice widely observed in a group; custom; accepted technique or device

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converge

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converge

v. to approach; come together; to to meet

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convex

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convex

adj. curved outward

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convivial

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convivial

adj. sociable

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convoluted

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convoluted

adj. twisted; complicated

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copious

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copious

adj. abundant; plentiful

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coquette

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coquette

n. woman who flirts

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cornucopia

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cornucopia

n. horn overflowing with fruit and grain; state of abundance

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cosmology

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cosmology

n. study of the universe as a totality; theory of the origin and structure of the universe

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covert

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covert

adj. hidden; secret

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covetous

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covetous

adj. desiring something owned by another

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cozen

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cozen

v. to mislead by trick or fraud: deceive

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craven

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craven

adj. cowardly

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credence

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credence

n. acceptance of something as true

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credo

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credo

n. statement of belief or principle; creed

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daunt

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daunt

v. to discourage; intimidate; dishearten

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dearth

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dearth

n. scarcity

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debauchery

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debauchery

n. corruption

189
Q

decorum

A

decorum

n. proper behavior

190
Q

defame

A

defame

v. to malign; harm someone’s reputation

191
Q

default

A

default

v. to fail to act

192
Q

deference

A

deference

n. respect; regard for another’s wish

193
Q

defunct

A

defunct

adj. no longer existing

194
Q

delineate

A

delineate

v. to represent or depict

195
Q

demographic

A

demographic

adj. related to population balance

demography n. study of human population

196
Q

demotic

A

demotic

adj. pertaining to people

197
Q

demur

A

demur

v. to express doubt

198
Q

denigrate

A

denigrate

v. to slur someone’s reputation

199
Q

denizen

A

denizen

n. inhabitant; a regular visitor

200
Q

denouement

A

denouement

n. outcome; unraveling of the plot of a play or work of literature

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