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Abase

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Degrade or humble; to lower in rank, status, or esteem

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Abate

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Reduce, diminish

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abdicate

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Formally give up the throne (or some other
power or responsibility

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aberrant

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Abnormal, deviant

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abeyance

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Temporary suspension, inactivity

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abhor

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Detest, regard with disgust

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abjure

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Give up, renounce; repudiate, recant, or shun (especially formally or under oath)

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abrasive

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Rough, suitable for grinding or polishing (such as sandpaper); causing irritation or annoyance

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abreast

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Side-by-side. The more common “abreast of” means keeping up with, staying aware of, or remaining equal in progress with.

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abridge

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Reduce or lessen; shorten by omitting parts throughout while retaining the main idea

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abscission

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Cutting off; sudden termination; the separation of leaves, petals, or other parts from a plant or animal

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abscond

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Depart suddenly and secretively

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abstain

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Hold back, refrain (especially from something bad or unhealthy); decline to vote

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abyss

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A deep and vast space or cavity; anything profound or infinite

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accede

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Agree, give consent; assume power (usually as “accede to”)

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accretion

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Gradual increase; an added part or addition

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acerbic

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Sour; harsh or severe

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acidulous

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Slightly acid or sour; sharp or caustic

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acme

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Summit, peak, highest point

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activism

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The practice of pursuing political or other goals through vigorous action, often including protests and demonstrations

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acumen

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Keen, quick, accurate insight or judgment

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adhere

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Stick (to), such as with glue, or to a plan or belief

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admonish

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Mildly scold; caution, advise, or remind to do something

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adulterate

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Make impure by adding inappropriate or inferior ingredients

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adumbrate

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Give a rough outline of; foreshadow; reveal only partially; obscure

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adverse

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Opposing, harmful

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advocate

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Speak or argue in favor of (verb); a person who pleads for a cause or on behalf of another person (noun)

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aerie

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Dwelling or fortress built on a high place; the nest of a bird of prey, such as an eagle or hawk, built on a mountain or cliff

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aesthetic

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Concerning the appreciation of beauty or good taste, pertaining to the science of what is beautiful (adj); a sense of beauty and taste of a
particular time and place (noun)

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affable

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Warm and friendly, pleasant, approachable

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affectation

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Fake behavior (such as in speech or dress) adopted to give a certain impression

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aggrandize

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Make greater; exaggerate

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aggregate

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Gather together, amount to (verb);
constituting a whole made up of constituent parts (adj)

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alacrity

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Cheerful or speedy willingness

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albeit

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Although, even though

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alienate

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Cause to become unfriendly, hostile, or distant

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alleviate

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Lessen, make easier to endure

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aloof

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Distant physically or emotionally; reserved; indifferent

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amalgamate

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Blend, merge, or unite

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ambiguous

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Not clear, hard to understand, open to having several meanings or interpretations

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ambivalent

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Uncertain; unable to decide, or wanting to do two contradictory things at once

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ameliorate

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Improve; make better or more bearable

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amortize

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Gradually pay off a debt, or gradually write off an asset

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anachronism

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Something that is not in its correct historical time; a mistake in chronology, such as by assigning a person or event to the wrong time period

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analgesia

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Pain relief; inability to feel pain

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analogous

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Comparable, corresponding in some
particular way (making a good analogy)

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anarchy

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Absence of law or government; chaos,
disorder

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annul

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Make void or null, cancel, abolish (usually of laws or other established rules)

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anodyne

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Medicine that relieves pain (noun); soothing, relieving pain (adj)

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anoint

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Rub or sprinkle oil on; make sacred, such as by a ceremony that includes applying oil to someone

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anomaly

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Deviation from what is common;
inconsistency

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antagonize

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Make hostile or unfriendly

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antedate

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Be older than, precede in time; assign to an earlier date

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antithetical

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Directly opposed, opposite; involving
antithesis (the rhetorical act of placing two phrases opposite one another for contrast, as in love me or hate me)

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apathy

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Not caring; absence of feeling; lack of interest or concern

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apocryphal

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Of questionable authenticity; false

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apostate

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Person who deserts a party, cause, religion, etc.

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apposite

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Highly appropriate, suitable, or relevant

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apprise

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Inform, give notice to

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apostle

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Pioneer of a reform movement (originally, an
early follower of Jesus)

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approbation

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Praise or approval, especially formal approval

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appropriate

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Set aside or authorize (such as money) for a particular purpose; take for one’s own use

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arbiter

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Judge, umpire, person empowered to decide matters at hand

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arcane

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Known or understood by only a few; obscure, secret

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archaic

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Characteristic of an earlier period, ancient, primitive

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ardent

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Very passionate, devoted, or enthusiastic

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arduous

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Very difficult, strenuous; severe, hard to endure

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arrogate

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Claim or take presumptuously or without the right to do so

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articulate

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Using language in a clear, fluent way (adj); speak distinctly or give clarity to an idea (verb)

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artifact

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Any object made by humans, especially those from an earlier time, such as those excavated by archaeologists

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artless

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Free of deceit or craftiness, natural, genuine; lacking skill or knowledge, crude, uncultured

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ascertain

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Find out with certainty

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ascetic

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abstinent or austere in lifestyle (adj); a person who leads an austere and simple life without material pleasures, esp. someone who does this for religious reasons

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ascribe

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Assign or credit to a certain cause or source

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aseptic

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Free from germs

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asperity

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Rigor, severity; harshness or sharpness of tone; roughness of surface

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aspersions

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Damaging remarks, defamation, slander

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assail

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Attack violently, assault

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assiduous

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Persevering, diligent, constant

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assuage

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Make milder, relieve; soothe, pacify, or calm

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attenuate

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Weaken or thin out

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attuned

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In harmony; in sympathetic relationship

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audacious

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Very bold or brave, often in a rude or reckless way; extremely original

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augment

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Make larger

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augury

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Telling the future, such as through
supernatural means

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august

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Venerable, majestic; inspiring admiration

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austere

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Severe in manner or appearance; very selfdisciplined, ascetic; without luxury or ease; sober or serious

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autonomous

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Self-governing, independent

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avarice

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Insatiable greed; a miserly desire to hoard wealth

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aver

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Declare or affirm with confidence

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avid

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Enthusiastic, dedicated, passionate;
excessively desirous

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axiom

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Self-evident truth requiring no proof;
universally or generally accepted principle

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balk

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Refuse to proceed or to do something

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balloon

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Swell or puff out; increase rapidly

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bane

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Something that ruins or spoils

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banal

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Lacking freshness and originality; cliché

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base

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Morally low, mean, dishonorable; of little or
no value; crude and unrefined; counterfeit

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baying

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Howling in a deep way, like a dog or wolf

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belie

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Contradict or misrepresent

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beneficent

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Doing good

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benign

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Harmless; favorable; kindly, gentle, or
beneficial; not cancerous

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bent

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Personal inclination or tendency

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besiege

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Attack, overwhelm, crowd in on or surround

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bevy

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Group of birds or other animals that stay close together; any large group

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bifurcate

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To fork into two branches or divide into two halves

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bilk

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Cheat or defraud

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blight

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Disease that kills plants rapidly, or any cause of decay or destruction (noun); ruin or cause to wither (verb)

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blithe

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Joyous, merry; excessively carefree (so as to ignore more important concerns)

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bogus

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Fake, fraudulent

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bolster

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Strengthen or support

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bombastic

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(Of speech or writing) far too showy or dramatic than is appropriate; pretentious

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bonhomie

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Friendliness, open and simple good heartedness

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boor

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Rude, ill-mannered, or insensitive person; a peasant or country bumpkin

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brandish

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Shake, wave, or flourish, as a weapon

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brook

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Suffer or tolerate

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bucolic

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Pertaining to shepherds; suggesting a peaceful and pleasant view of rural life

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buffer

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Something that shields, protects, absorbs shock, or cushions

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bureaucracy

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Government characterized by many bureaus and petty administrators or by excessive, seemingly meaningless requirements

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burgeon

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Grow or flourish rapidly; put forth buds or shoots (of a plant)

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burnish

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Polish, make smooth and lustrous

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buttress

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Support or encourage (verb); a support or
prop, esp. projecting from and supporting the wall of a building (noun)

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bygone

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Past, former (adj); that which is in the past (usually plural noun)

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cacophony

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Harsh, discordant, or meaningless mixture of sounds

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calumny

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Malicious lie intended to hurt someone’s reputation; the act of telling such lies

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canard

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Rumor, a false or baseless story

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candid

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Open, sincere, honest

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canonical

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Authorized, recognized; pertaining to the canon, or body of accepted rules, standards or artistic works

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capricious

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Acting on impulse, erratic

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cardinal

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Chief, most important

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cartography

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Mapmaking

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castigate

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Criticize severely; punish in order to correct

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catalyst

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Causer of change

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catholic

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Universal, broad-minded

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caustic

A

Capable of corroding metal or burning the skin; very critical or sarcastic

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censure

A

Strong disapproval or official reprimand (noun); to issue such disapproval or reprimand (verb)

136
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chauvinism

A

Fanatical patriotism or blind enthusiasm for military glory; undue or biased devotion to any group, cause, etc.

137
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chicanery

A

Trickery, deception by knowingly false arguments

138
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chronological

A

Arranged in or relating to time order

139
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circumscribe

A

Strictly limit a role, range of activity, or area; in math, to be constructed around so as to touch as many points as possible

140
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circumspect

A

Cautious, prudent; careful to consider the circumstances and consequences

141
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clamber

A

Climb awkwardly or with difficulty,
scramble

142
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clamor

A

Noisy uproar or protest, as from a crowd; a loud, continuous noise

143
Q

clinch

A

Make final or settle conclusively; to fasten or hold together

144
Q

cloying

A

Disgustingly or distastefully sweet

145
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coagulate

A

Cause a liquid to become solid or semisolid

146
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coalesce

A

Come together, unite; fuse together

147
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coda

A

Final part of a musical composition; an ending, esp. one that sums up what has come before

148
Q

coffer

A

Chest for storing valuables; financial resources, a treasury

149
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cogent

A

Very convincing, logical

150
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collude

A

Conspire; cooperate for illegal or fraudulent purposes

151
Q

commensurate

A

The same in size, extent, etc., equivalent; proportional

152
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compendium

A

Concise but complete summary; a list or collection

153
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complacent

A

Self-satisfied, smug; overly content (and therefore lazy, neglectful, or some other bad quality)

154
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complaisant

A

Eager to please; cheerfully complying

155
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complementary

A

Completing; fitting together well; filling mutual needs

156
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compliant

A

Obeying, submissive; following the requirements

157
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concede

A

Give in, admit, yield; acknowledge reluctantly; grant or give up (such as giving up land after losing a war)

158
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conciliatory

A

Reconciling, appeasing, attempting to make the peace

159
Q

concur

A

Approve, agree

160
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condone

A

Overlook, tolerate, regard as harmless

161
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confer

A

Consult, compare views; bestow or give

162
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confound

A

Confuse, frustrate; mix up or make worse

163
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connoisseur

A

Expert, especially in the fine arts; person of educated, refined tastes

164
Q

connote

A

Suggest or imply in addition to the precise, literal meaning

165
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console

A

Lessen the suffering or grief of (verb); a control panel, or small table or cabinet (noun)

166
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consolidate

A

Unite, combine, solidify, make coherent

167
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constrict

A

Squeeze, compress; restrict the freedom of

168
Q

construe

A

Interpret or translate

169
Q

contentious

A

Controversial; prone to causing arguments, especially gratuitous or petty ones

170
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contextualize

A

Place in context, such as by giving the background or circumstances

171
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contraries

A

Things that are opposing; either of two opposite things

172
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contrite

A

Remorseful; feeling sorry for one’s offenses or sins

173
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contumacious

A

Rebellious; stubbornly disobedient

174
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conundrum

A

Riddle, the answer to which involves a play on words; any mystery

175
Q

converge

A

Move towards one another or towards a point; unite

176
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conversant

A

Knowledgeable about or experienced with

177
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conversely

A

In an opposite way; on the other hand

178
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convoke

A

Call together, as to a meeting

179
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convoluted

A

Twisted; very complicated

180
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copious

A

Plentiful, bountful

181
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corroborate

A

Support, add evidence to

182
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cosmopolitan

A

Belonging to the entire world, at home globally; free from local or national prejudices or attachments

183
Q

cosset

A

Treat as a pet, pamper

184
Q

coterie

A

Close or exclusive group, clique

185
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countenance

A

Facial expression or face (noun); approve or tolerate (verb)

186
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counterintuitive

A

Against what one would intuitively expect

187
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counterpoint

A

Contrasting item, opposite; a complement; the use of contrast or interplay in a work of art

188
Q

counterproductive

A

Defeating the purpose; preventing the intended goal

189
Q

covert

A

Secret, veiled, undercover

190
Q

crafty

A

Cunning, skillful in deception or
underhanded schemes

191
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craven

A

Very cowardly, lacking courage

192
Q

credibility

A

Believability, trustworthiness

193
Q

credulous

A

Gullible; prone to believing or trusting too easily or without enough evidence

194
Q

crescendo

A

Steady increase in force, intensity, or the loudness of a musical passage; a climactic moment or peak

195
Q

culminate

A

Reach the highest point or final stage

196
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cupidity

A

Greed, great or excessive desire

197
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curmudgeon

A

Bad-tempered, difficult person; grouch

198
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cynical

A

Thinking the worst of others’ motivations; bitterly pessimistic

199
Q

daunt

A

Discourage, dishearten, lessen the courage of

200
Q

debase

A

Degrade; lower in quality, value, rank, etc.; lower in moral quality

201
Q

debunk

A

Expose, ridicule, or disprove false or exaggerated claims

202
Q

declaim

A

Speak in an impassioned, pompous, or oratorical manner; give a formal speech

203
Q

declivity

A

Downward slope

204
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decorous

A

Behaving with propriety and good taste; polite

205
Q

deem

A

Judge; consider

206
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deface

A

Vandalize, mar the appearance of

207
Q

default

A

Failure to act, neglect (noun); fail to fulfill an obligation, especially a financial one (verb)

208
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deference

A

Respectful submission; yielding to the authority or opinion of another

209
Q

deflect

A

Cause to curve; turn aside, esp. from a straight course; avoid

210
Q

deleterious

A

Harmful, unhealthful

211
Q

delimit

A

Fix, mark, or define the boundaries of

212
Q

delineate

A

Mark the outline of; sketch; describe in detail

213
Q

demagogue

A

A leader who lies and gains power by arousing the passions and especially prejudices of the people

214
Q

demur

A

Show reluctance or object, especially for moral reasons

215
Q

denigrate

A

Belittle, attack the reputation of

216
Q

denote

A

Be a name or symbol for

217
Q

deride

A

Mock, scoff at, laugh at contemptuously

218
Q

derivative

A

Derived from something else; not original

219
Q

desiccate

A

Thoroughly dried up, dehydrated

220
Q

desultory

A

Lacking consistency or order, disconnected, sporadic; going off topic

221
Q

detached

A

Impartial, disinterested; unconcerned,
distant, aloof

222
Q

deterrent

A

Something that restrains or discourages

223
Q

diaphanous

A

Very sheer, fine, translucent

224
Q

diatribe

A

Bitter, abusive attack or criticism; rant

225
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dichotomy

A

Division into two parts or into two contradictory groups

226
Q

dictum

A

Formal or authoritative pronouncement; saying or proverb

227
Q

didactic

A

Intended to instruct; teaching, or teaching a moral lesson

228
Q

diffident

A

Lacking confidence, shy

229
Q

diffuse

A

Spread widely, disseminate (verb); dispersed, widely spread out, or wordy and going offtopic (adj)

230
Q

digress

A

Go off-topic when speaking or writing

231
Q

dilate

A

To become wider or make wider, cause to expand; to speak or write at length, elaborate upon

232
Q

dilatory

A

Slow, late; procrastinating or stalling for time

233
Q

dilettante

A

Person who takes up an art or activity for amusement only or in a superficial way

233
Q

din

A

Loud, confused noise, esp. for a long period of time

233
Q

dirge

A

A funeral or mourning song or poem

234
Q

disabuse

A

Free someone from a mistake in thinking

235
Q

discomfiting

A

Disconcerting, confusing, frustrating

236
Q

discordant

A

Harsh or inharmonious in sound; disagreeing, incongruous

237
Q

discredit

A

Injure the reputation of, destroy credibility of or confidence in

238
Q

discerning

A

Having good judgment or insight; able to distinguish mentally

239
Q

discrepancy

A

Difference or inconsistency

240
Q

discrete
243.

A

Separate, distinct, detached, existing as individual parts

241
Q

discriminating

A

Judicious, discerning, having good
judgment or insight

242
Q

disingenuous

A

Insincere, not genuine

242
Q

disinterested

A

Unbiased, impartial; not interested

242
Q

dismiss

A

Allow to disperse or leave; fire from a job; put aside or reject, especially after only a brief consideration

243
Q

disjointed

A

Disconnected, not coherent, jerky; having the joints separated

244
Q

disparage

A

Belittle, put down; bring shame upon, discredit

245
Q

disparate

A

Distinct, different

246
Q

dispassionate

A

Unbiased, not having a selfish or personal motivation; calm, lacking emotion

247
Q

dispatch

A

Speed, promptness; send off or deal with in a speedy way

248
Q

disperse

A

Scatter, spread widely, cause to vanish

249
Q

disposition

A

A person’s general or natural mood; tendency

250
Q

disquieting

A

Disturbing, causing anxiety

251
Q

dissemble

A

Mislead, conceal the truth, put on a false appearance of

252
Q

disseminate

A

Scatter, spread about, broadcast

253
Q

dissent

A

Disagree or take an opposing view, esp. in relation to a formal body such as a government, political party, or church; such a view

254
Q

dissolution

A

Dissolving, the state of having been dissolved; breaking bonds or breaking up of a group of people; death, disintegration; sinking into extreme hedonism, vice, and degradation

255
Q

dissonance

A

Harsh, inharmonious sound; cacophony; disagreement

256
Q

distaff

A

Female, esp. relating to the maternal side of the family; women or women’s work; a staff that holds wool or flax for spinnin

257
Q

distend

A

Swell, expand, stretch, bloat

258
Q

distill

A

Purify; extract the essential elements of

259
Q

dither

A

Act indecisively (verb); a state of fear or trembling excitement

260
Q

diurnal

A

Occurring every day; happening in the daytime (rather than at night)

261
Q

diverge

A

Differ, deviate; branch off or turn aside, as from a path

262
Q

divest

A

Deprive or strip of a rank, title, etc., or of clothing or gear; to sell off holdings (opposite of invest)

263
Q

divine

A

Discover through divination or supernatural means; perceive by insight

264
Q

doctrinaire

A

Person who applies doctrine in an impractical or rigid and close-minded way (noun); merely theoretical, impractical, or fanatical about other people accepting one’s ideas (adj)

265
Q

document

A

Support with evidence, cite sources in a detailed way, create documentary evidence of

266
Q

doff

A

Take off (such as clothes), put aside; remove one’s hat as a gesture

267
Q

dogma

A

A system of principles laid down by an authority; established belief

268
Q

dormant

A

Asleep, inactive, on a break

269
Q

dovetail

A

Join or fit together

270
Q

droll

A

Funny in an odd way

271
Q

dubious

A

Doubtful, questionable, suspect

272
Q

dupe

A

Person who is easily fooled or used (noun); to fool or exploit (verb)

273
Q

duplicity

A

Deceit, double-dealing, acting in two different ways for the purpose of deception

274
Q

dyspeptic

A

Grumpy, pessimistic, irritable; suffering from dyspepsia (indigestion)

275
Q

e.g.

A

For example, such as

276
Q

ebullient

A

Very enthusiastic, lively, excited; bubbling as though being boied

277
Q

eccentric

A

Peculiar, odd, deviating from the norm esp. in a whimsical way

278
Q

echelon

A

A level, rank or grade; the people at that level

279
Q

eclectic

A

Selecting the best of everything or from many diverse sources

280
Q

eclipse

A

The obscuring of one thing by another, such as the sun by the moon or a person by a more famous or talented person (noun); to obscure, darken, make less important (verb)

281
Q

edify

A

Uplift, enlighten, instruct or improve in a spiritual or moral way

282
Q

efficacy

A

The quality of being able to produce the intended effect

283
Q

effigy

A

Representation or image of a person, esp. a crude facsimile used to mock a hated person

284
Q

effrontery

A

Shameless boldness

285
Q

egalitarian

A

Related to belief in the equality of all people, esp. in political, economic, or social spheres

286
Q

egregious

A

Extraordinarily or conspicuously bad; glaring

287
Q

egress

A

An exit or the action of exiting

288
Q

elated

A

Very happy, in high spirits

289
Q

elegy

A

Song or poem of sorrow, esp. for a deceased person

290
Q

elevate

A

Raise, lift up; lift the spirits of; move up to a higher rank or status or raise up to a higher spiritual or intellectual plane

291
Q

elicit

A

Call forth, bring out, evoke

292
Q

eloquent

A

Marked by forceful, fluid, apt speech; expressive, emotionally moving

293
Q

emaciate

A

Make abnormally thin, cause to physically waste away

294
Q

embellish

A

Decorate, add ornamentation; enhance (a story) with fictional or fanciful details

295
Q

eminent

A

Prominent, distinguished, of high rank

296
Q

empirical

A

Coming from, based on, or able to be verified by experience or experimentation; not purely based on theory

297
Q

emulate

A

Copy in an attempt to equal or be better than

298
Q

encomium

A

Warm, glowing praise, esp. a formal expression of praise

299
Q

endemic

A

Native, local; natural, specific to, or confined to a particular place

300
Q

enervate

A

Weaken, tire

301
Q

engender

A

Produce, give rise to, cause to exist; procreate

302
Q

enhance

A

Raise to a higher value, desirability, etc.

303
Q

enigma

A

Puzzle, mystery, riddle; mysterious or contradictory person

304
Q

entitlement

A

Having the right to certain privileges; believing, sometimes without cause, that one deserves or has a right to certain privileges

305
Q

enumerate

A

Count or list; specify one-by-one

306
Q

ephemeral

A

Lasting only a short time, fleeting

307
Q

epicure

A

Person with cultivated, refined tastes, esp. in food and wine

308
Q

equanimity

A

Composure, evenness of mind; mental or emotional stability, esp. under stress

309
Q

equitable

A

Fair, equal, just

310
Q

equivocate

A

Use unclear language to deceive or avoid committing to a position

311
Q

erratic

A

Inconsistent, wandering, having no fixed course

312
Q

erroneous

A

Mistaken, in error; improper, morally incorrect

313
Q

ersatz

A

Artificial, synthetic; being an inferior substitute

314
Q

erstwhile

A

Former, previous (adj); in the past, formerly (adv)

315
Q

erudite

A

Scholarly, knowledgeable; possessing deep, often systematic, knowledge

316
Q

eschew

A

Shun, avoid, abstain from

317
Q

esoteric

A

Understood by or intended for only a few; secret

318
Q

estimable

A

Worthy of esteem, admirable; able to be estimated

319
Q

ethos

A

The character, personality, or moral values specific to a person, group, time period, etc.

320
Q

eulogy

A

Speech of praise or written work of praise, esp. a speech given at a funeral

321
Q

euphemism

A

Substitution of a mild, inoffensive, or indirect expression for one that is considered offensive or too direct

322
Q

euphony

A

Pleasing or sweet sound, especially as formed by a harmonious use of words

323
Q

exacerbate

A

Make worse (more violent, severe, etc.), inflame; irritate or embitter (a person)

324
Q

exacting

A

Very severe in making demands; requiring precise attention

325
Q

exculpate

A

Clear from guilt or blame

326
Q

exhaustive

A

Comprehensive, thorough, exhausting a topic or subject, accounting for all possibilities; draining, tending to exhaust

327
Q

exigent

A

Requiring immediate attention, action, or aid; excessively demanding

1000 GRE Words (2 decks)

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