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Quiescent

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Motionless
I remained in a quiescent state in my closet to avoid being caught by the intruder and stay safe

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Quixotic

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Overly idealistic; impractical
I was not vibing with Tj’s quixotic plans to do a gap year abroad

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Quotidian

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Occurring daily; commonplace
I have a set quotidian plan when getting ready for work

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Rocanteur

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A witty, skillful storyteller
I was entranced in the rocanteur audio book reader and couldn’t stop listening

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Rarefy

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To become thinner or sparser
As he aged he rarified and looked like his clothes had started wearing him

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Redress

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Relief from wrong or injury
I had to sit Rossie down and redress my current feelings and her behavior

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Rejoinder

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Response
Somedays my rejoinders are not the best and the joke doesn’t land

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Repast

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Meal or mealtime
We each contributed to the repast for friendsgiving

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Replete

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Abundantly supplied; complete
Every Costco seems to be replete with items in stock

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Repose

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Relaxation; leisure
I was in need of repose after my weekend in Vegas

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Repudiate

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To reject the validity of
My mom repudiated my story of me taking my sister out of the crib

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Requite

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To return or repay
I feel like I should requite my superiors for writing letters of recommendation for me

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Restive

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Impatient, uneasy, or restless
I was becoming restive waiting for her next book to come out

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Reticient

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Silent; reserved
my partner for the day started off reticient but later became a talker

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Rethoric

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Effective writing or speaking
Sarah H. Maas was known for her rhetoric with multiple New York best selling books

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Ribald

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Humorous in a vulgar way
Throughout the interaction the stranger became ribald and made me uncomfortable

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Rococo

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Very highly ornamented; relating to an 18th century artistic style of elaborate ornament
The rococo style of the Wynn lobby was breathtaking

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Rustic

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Rural
The rustic coffee shop was one of a kind

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Sacrosanct

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Extremely sacred; beyond criticism
I believe the right to vote is a sacrosanct and should not be impeded

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Sagacious

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Shrewd; wise
The sagacious older lady gave the best advice and loved to have conversation

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Salient

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Prominent; of notable significance
For the longest time I thought my salient physical trait was my nose but I’ve come to learn it’s my eyes

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Salubrious

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Healthful
I was putting a lot of faith that these gummies were salubrious for my hair health

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Sanguine

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Ruddy; cheerfully optimistic
I can be a bit sanguine and repeat the phrase “everything works out for me” to manifest

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Sardonic

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Cynical; scornfully mocking
All the small sardonic comments from Gabi’s coworker made me instantly not like her

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Scintilla

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Trace amount
there was a scintilla of coke at the bottom of the inmate’s bag that made me believe she was high

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Sedition

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Behavior that promotes rebellion or civil disorder against the state
The act of killing Prim was a sedition that echoed through the districts

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Sentient

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Aware; conscious; able to perceive
The sentient patient was orientation to place, time, and event

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Seraphic

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Angelic; sweet
Outside she looked seraphic but she was really adventurous with men

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Sinecure

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A well-paying job or office that requires little or no work
The dream would have to be a sinecure with job security

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Slake

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To calm down or moderate
In order to slake the uneasy feeling, he looked in the closet to double check no one was in there

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Sobriquet

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Nickname
My sobriquet since I’ve been 10 has been Tori

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Solecism

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Grammatical mistake
I probably made so many solecisms in my writing portion of the test

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Soporific

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Causing sleep or lethargy
The gummy unexpectedly was soporific and soon I couldn’t keep my eyes open

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Spartan

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Highly self-disciplined; frugal; austere
I prefer to live a spartan lifestyle and keep it simple and easy

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Specious

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Deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious
Tj’s post party cleanup was specious until my parents found the alcohol in the trash bin

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Sportive

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Frolicsome; playful
His sportive nature made him popular with the kids

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Stasis

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A state of static balance or equilibrium; stagnation
The room was left in stasis after the death of their son

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Stentorian

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Extremely loud
The stentorian speaker almost blew out my ear drum

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Stigma

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A mark of shame or discredit
The tattoo above the tailbone became a stigma for loose women

40
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Stolid

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Unemotional; lacking sensitivity
I was shocked by my stolid manner when meeting up with my ex because I was worried I would fold

41
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Stratagem

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Trick designed to deceive an enemy
The slight of hand was a stratagem that worked to fool the thief

42
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Sully

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To tarnish; to taint
My image was sullied when the video of me as Vicky came out

43
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Supplant

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To replace (another) by force; to take the place of
Honestly it’s scary thinking I would rather another U.S. citizen to supplant either president chosen this November

44
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Surfeit

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Excessive amount
The were a surfeit of tiny ducks around the office hiding in plain sight

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Surly

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Rude and bad-tempered
The surly lady calling out orders at the airport was a huge bitch and pissed me off

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Sybarite

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A person devoted to pleasure and luxury
In another life I could see Madi being a sybarite and got thrown into a very different situation in this life

47
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Sycophant

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A self-serving flatterer; a yes-man
The managers loved him, I however, found him to be a boring sycophant with a huge ego

48
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Symbiosis

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Cooperation; mutual helpfulness
We had come to be in a symbiotic relationship and everything was easy

49
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Syncopation

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Temporary irregularity in musical rhythm
The use of syncopation in this song really elevated the experience

50
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Tacit

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Done without using words
I would hope that cleaning up at yourself as a guest was a more tacit decision

51
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Taciturn

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Silent; not talkative
The taciturn in the office always made me feel uncomfortable

52
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Tawdry

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Gaudy, cheap, or showy
The tawdry prom dress of hers was the talk of the town

53
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Tangential

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Digressing; diverting
The conversation kept getting a tad tangential and needed to be redirected

54
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Terrestrial

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Earthly; down-to-earth; commonplace
the terrestrial plane was vibrant and luscious

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Tirade

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A long, harsh speech or verbal attack
My mom went on a whole tirade when I misunderstood her over text

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Toady

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One who flatters in the hope of gaining favors
I really believe that toadies are in genuine and some of the worst kinds of people to befriend

57
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Tome

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A book, usually a large and academic one
He had a plethora of tomes in his at home library

58
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Torpor

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Extreme mental and physical sluggishness
After a weekend in Vegas I was in a state of torpor for a couple days before I revived

59
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Transitory

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Temporary; lasting a brief time
My time as a server was transitory but taught me a lot about myself

60
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Trenchant

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Acute, sharp, or incisive; forceful; effective
I was amazed by the clinicians trenchant treatment plan and was cleared two days later

61
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Turgid

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Swollen as from a fluid; bloated
I was turgid after a long night of getting drunk and eating bad food

62
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Tyro

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Beginner; novice
Julian was still a tyro at producing when he landed the opportunity to produce Ravens

63
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Umbrage

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Offense; resentment
I felt a great deal of umbrage when I didn’t get asked to be her maid of honor

64
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Unconscionable

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Unscrupulous; shockingly unfair or unjust
The unconscionable sentence for the young man was 3x longer than white men committing the same crime

65
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Unequivocal

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Absolute; certain
I made the unequivocal decision to move out of state by not resigning my lease

66
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Upbraid

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To scold sharply
I felt like I upbraided Tj more for his actions than either one of my parents

67
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Usury

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The practice of lending money at exorbitant rates
at this rate my dad was almost a usury asking for wild interest rates

68
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Vacillate

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To physically sway; to be indecisive
All the great food options made me vacillate because I couldn’t decide which one sounded better

69
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Variegated

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Varied; marked with different colors
The variegated selection of movies got her excited

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Venerable

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Worthy of respect or reverence due to age, wisdom, dignity, or position
The venerable judge was known for staying unbiased and never getting involved with either side

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Venerate

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To respect deeply
I venerate my abuela so much for raising 8 kids

72
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Veracity

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Filled with truth and accuracy
The speaker spoke with so much veracity I got goosebumps

73
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Verbose

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Wordy
I have to get verbose with my writing for the GRE

74
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Verdant

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Green with vegetation; inexperienced
I had no idea that Washington would be so verdant but it does make a lot of sense when I think about it

75
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Vernal

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Related to spring; fresh
The vernal smell with the cherry blossoms blooming was priceless

76
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Vestige

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A trace; a remnant
he left a vestige of the cocaine in the bathroom and was caught

77
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Vex

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To annoy, irritate, puzzle, or confuse
The connections today vexed me and it took almost all my tries to win

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Vicissitude

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A change or variation
The recent vicissitude in pre checklist at the company took a while to get used to

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Vim

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Vitality and energy
The vim that Brooke embodies is truly a sight and inspiring

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Viscous

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Thick and adhesive, a slow-flowing fluid
My loogie felt very viscous when I coughed it up

81
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Vituperate

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To abuse verbally; to berate
The way her disgusting partner would vituperate her made me sick to my stomach

82
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Volatile

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Easily aroused or changeable; lively or explosive
His volatile persona made going to work entertaining

83
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Voluble

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Talkative; speaking easily; glib
I sometimes get very high and get voluble about almost any topic

84
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Wan

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Sickly pale
The patient became very wan in the face and lips turned blue meaning her sats were dropping

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Wanton

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Undisciplined; unrestrained; reckless
the wanton group of high schoolers were finally put in jail for their actions

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Wily

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Clever; deceptive
She was a wily one and could easily let herself in the fridge as a puppy

87
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Winsome

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Charming; happily engaging
Julian was very winsome and said all the right things

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Wizened

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Shriveled; withered; wrinkled
The lack of sunscreen made her all wizened and ashy

89
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Wraith

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A ghost or specter; a ghost or a living person seen just before his or her death
I was always skeptical of those that said they could see wraiths of strangers

90
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Xenophobia

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A fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers
The clear xenophobia of conservative voters in America makes me disliked them more

91
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Yoke

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To join together
We decided to yoke both sides of the family for a massive Thanksgiving dinner

92
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Zeal

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Passion; excitement
She had such a zeal about movie making she could name directors for a lot of classic movies

93
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Zealot

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Someone passionately devoted to a cause
Sophia bush is a known zealot for speaking up for oppressed groups

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Zenith

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The point of culmination; peak
The zenith of his career in acting was his Marvel deput

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