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2nd Semester Vocab Flashcards

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Obviate

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To make necessary (verb)

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Redound

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To reflect on (verb)

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Atavism

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A throwback (noun)

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Sapid

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Pleasing in taste (adj)

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Gradient

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Slope (noun)

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Occlude

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To block a passage (verb)

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Emolument

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Payment (noun)

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Dyspepsia

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Indigestion (noun)

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Escritoire

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Writing table (noun)

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Intrinsic

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Inherent (adj)

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Epithet

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A disparaging name (noun)

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Circumspect

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Cautious (adj)

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Toponym

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Place name (noun)

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Amorphous

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Without shape (adj)

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Superfluous

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Unnecessary (adj)

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Stratify

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To form layers (verb)

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Sarcasm

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Sneering remarks (noun)

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Acrimony

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Bitterness (noun)

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Paradox

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A self-contradictory truth (noun)

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Onerous

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Laborious (adj)

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Indurate

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To make callous (verb)

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Coherent

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Sticking together (adj)

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Cognate

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Of common ancestry (noun)

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Aperture

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An opening (noun)

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Exuviae

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Castoff skin or shell (noun)

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Incipient

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Just beginning (adj)

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Concatenate

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To chain together (verb)

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Incorporeal

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Not consisting of matter (adj)

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Perspicuous

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Brilliantly clear (adj)

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Ingenuous

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Innocent and naive (adj)

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Impetus

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Driving force (noun)

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Prima facie

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At first sight, obvious (adj)

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Surcease

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An end (noun)

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Ipse facto

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By the very fact (adj)

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Plenary

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Full (adj)

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Vertiginous

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Dizzying (adj)

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Attrition

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Wearing away (noun)

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Unique

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One of a kind (adj)

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Inundate

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To flood (verb)

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Procure

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To obtain (verb)

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Necromancy

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Sorcery (noun)

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Phantasmagoria

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Rapidly changing images (noun)

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Anomaly

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Abnormality (noun)

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Preclude

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Foreclose (Verb)

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Circumscribe

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To limit (verb)

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Bathos

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False sentimentality (noun)

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Simulacrum

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A semblance or sham (noun)

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Cogitate

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Think deeply (verb)

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Anterior

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At the front (adj)

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Erratum

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An error in writing (noun)

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Hyperborean

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Arctic (adj)

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Finite

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Measurable (adj)

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Gravamen

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Essential complaint (noun)

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Contusion

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A bruise (noun)

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Fusillade

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Firearm outpouring (noun)

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Distend

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Stretch out (verb)

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Pro rata

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Proportionate (adj)

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Exhortatory

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Urging (adj)

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Sanguinary

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Bloody (adj)

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Anthropoid

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Human like (adj/noun)

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Gratuitous

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Uncalled-for (adj)

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Impedimenta

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Hindering baggage (noun)

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Soi-disant

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Self-styled (adj)

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Tactile

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Pertaining to touch (adj)

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Similitude

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Resemblance (noun)

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Pointillism

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Dot-painting (noun)

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Turbid

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Muddy or muddled (adj)

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Turgid

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Swollen (adj)

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Permutation

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Complete transformation (noun)

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Convoke

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Call together (verb)

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Lugubrious

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Full of mourning (adj)

72
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Manifest

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Evident (adj)

73
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Extirpate

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To root out (verb)

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Surfeit

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Excess (noun)

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Pellucid

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Crystal clear (adj)

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Lachrymose

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Tearful (adj)

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Protege

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One helped by a protector (noun)

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Sciamachy

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Fighting with shadows (noun)

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Gnosis

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Intuitive religious knowledge (noun)

80
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Occident

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The western world (noun)

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Gesticulate

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To gesture (verb)

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Perquisite

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A job benefit (noun)

83
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Elegant

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Cleverly simple (adj)

84
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Pragmatism

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Practicality (noun)

85
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Irascible

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Quick-tempered (adj)

86
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Casuistry

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Specious reasoning (noun)

87
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Incorrigible

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Not correctable (adj)

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Renascent

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Showing new life (adj)

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Recumbent

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Reclining (adj)

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Metamorphosis

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Change of shape (noun)

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Holocaust

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Great loss of life (noun)

92
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Predicate

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To base upon (verb)

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Convoluted

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Intricately complicated (adj)

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Extrovert

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A sociable person (noun)

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Introvert

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An introspective person (noun)

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Eloquent

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Persuasively expressive (adj)

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Scintillate

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To sparkle (verb)

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Labyrinth

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A maze (noun)

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Catarrh

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Runny nose or throat (noun)

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Substratum

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A foundation (noun)

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Insipid

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Boring (adj)

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Sentient

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Conscious (adj)

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Immure

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To wall in (verb)

104
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Ecumenical

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Universal (adj)

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Bonhomie

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Good-naturedness (noun)

106
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Heterogeneous

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Of varied composition (adj)

107
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Osculate

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To kiss (verb)

108
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Ultimatum

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Final demand (noun)

109
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Hypostyle

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Columned or pillared (adj)

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Diapason

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A surge of harmony (noun)

111
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Anathema

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A curse (noun)

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Osseous

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Bony (adj)

113
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Antithesis

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An opposite thought (noun)

114
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Garrulous

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Trivially verbose (adj)

115
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Salient

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Standing out or projecting (adj)

116
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Sapient

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Wise (adj)

117
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Tergiversate

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To desert (verb)

118
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Indigenous

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Native (adj)

119
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Idiosyncrasy

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Peculiar behavior (noun)

120
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Platitude

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A flat trite remark (noun)

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Ubiquitous

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Present everywhere (adj)

122
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Succinct

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Brief and clear (adj)

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Aggravate

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To worsen (verb)

124
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Umbrageous

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Shady (adj)

125
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Ignis fatuus

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A delusion (noun)

126
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Diaspora

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Dispersion of people (noun)

127
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Engender

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Bring into being (verb)

128
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Grandiloquent

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Bombastic (adj)

129
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Paroxysm

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Sudden convulsion (noun)

130
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Ulterior

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Not disclosed (adj)

131
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Ostracize

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Totally reject (verb)

132
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Opulent

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Rich (adj)

133
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Obdurate

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Hardhearted (adj)

134
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Kleptomaniac

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Pathological theif (noun)

135
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Exquisite

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Of rare quality (adj)

136
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Homunculus

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A little man (noun)

137
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Magnifico

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Important person (noun)

138
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Paleontology

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Geology of prehistoric life (noun)

139
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Evoke

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To call forth (verb)

140
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Subsume

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To include (verb)

141
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Calumniate

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To slander (verb)

142
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Trident

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Three-pronged spear (noun)

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Latitude

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Freedom from restriction (noun)

144
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Impassive

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Insensible to pain (adj)

145
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Permeate

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Spread through (verb)

146
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Insouciant

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Carefree (adj)

147
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Proclivity

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Discreditable tendency (noun)

148
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Persona non grata

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Unwelcome person (noun/adj)

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Improvident

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Without foresight (adj)

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Disingenuous

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Lacking frankness (adj)

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