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626-750 Flashcards

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Bleak

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Gloomy and somber; dreary

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Comprise

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To include; to contain; to be composed of

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Denounce

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To speak out against; to accuse publicly

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Recrimination

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A reply to one charge with a countercharge

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Meticulous

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Extremely or excessively careful about details; finicky

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Coalition

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An alliance, esp. A temporary one

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Succulent

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Full of juice; highly enjoyable

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Transcent

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To exceed; to go beyond or above the limits

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Fervid

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Extremely emotional; passionate

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Veer

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To change direction

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Repress

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To hold back; to put down by force

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Charge

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A responsibility; someone or something entrusted to the care of another

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Confiscate

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To seize (private property) by or as if by someone in authority

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Stamina

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Resistance to fatigue or hardship; endurance

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Virtuoso

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One with great skill, esp. In music or the arts

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Ostentatious

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Showy, pretentious

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Wan

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Sickly pale; colorless

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Amorphous

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Without definite shape; shapeless; unorganized

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Sordid

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Extremely dirty; morally corrupt

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Protact

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To extend the duration of; to prolong

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Incessant

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Never pausing; continuous; without a stop

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Indigenous

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Native, occurring naturally

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Idiom

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A style or manner of expression peculiar to an individual or group; an expression that cannot be understood from the individual meanings of its words

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Ersatz

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Artificial; not genuine; fake

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Woe

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Deep distress or misery; misfortune

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Mentor

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A counselor or teacher

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Stygian

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Gloomy or dark; infernal or hellish

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Chasten

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To correct by punishment or criticism; to restrain

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Lacerate

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To rip, cut, or tear; to cause deep emotional pain

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Domestic

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Relating to the home or family; relating to one’s own country

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Stealthy

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Moving with quiet caution; intending to avoid notice

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Prolific

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Producing a lot

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Rudder

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The hinged plate at the back at bottom of a boat, used for steering

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Venerable

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Worthy of honor and respect by reason of dignity, age, etc

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Circumvent

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To go around, bypass; to surround

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Symbiotic

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Involving a close relationship of mutual dependence

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Muse

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To meditate; to consider throughfully

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Covenant

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The binding agreement

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Farce

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A comedy based on crudely humorous, unlikely situations, something absurd or ridiculous, as an obvious pretense

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Impetuous

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Characterized by sudden motion, energy, ect.; impulsive and passionate

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Revel

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To delight, to enjoy (used with “in”)

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Innocuous

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Harmless

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Illegible

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Unable to be read

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Legacy

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Something passed down to a descendant

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Cascade

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A waterfall or series of small waterfalls; a succession of stages, processes, or units

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Impinge

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To have effect on something, esp., a negative one; to encroach

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Decipher

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To read or interpret something confusing or illegible; to convert from a code

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Pugilist

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A boxer

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Inalienable

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Not able to be taken away or transferred to others

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Premeditate

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To think out, plan, or scheme before hand

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Bestow

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To present or give

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Supercilious

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Feeling or showing proud contempt; smug; arrogant

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Conflate

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To bring together; to merge into a composite whole

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Belittle

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To put down; to speak of contemptuously

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Avid

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Having passionate desire

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Sloth

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Laziness

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Temperate

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Consistent; moderate; without extremes

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Succumb

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To give in or yield

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Incognito

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In disguise

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Synthesis

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The combination of separate parts into a unified whole

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Ulterior

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Lying beyond what is evident, revealed, or claimed

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Infuriate

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To cause to become very angry; to enrage

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Chasm

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A large gap

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Entity

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Something that exists and can be recognized as a distinct unit

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Laudable

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Worthy or praise

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Proclivity

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A natural or habitual tendency or inclination

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Office

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A duty or function assigned to someone

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Amicable

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Showing friendliness or good will

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Cantankerous

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Bad-tempered; quarrelsome

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Perspicatious

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Having keen perception or understanding

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Gross

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Total, entire; glaringly obvious, flagrant

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Sanctimonious

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Pretending holiness; hypocritically devout

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Shoddy

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Inferior or cheap

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Nonchalant

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Seemingly unconcerned or indifferent

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Expedient

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Suitable for a purpose; convenient but based on self-interest

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Trowel

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A flab-bladed tool used for spreading cement

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Dislodge

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To forced out of a concealed position

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Loath

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Unwilling, reluctant

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Zenith

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Maximum; the highest point

80
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Dank

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Unpleasantly damp

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Dormant

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Inactive, but capable of being active

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Haggard

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Appearing tired and thin, as from anxiety, disease, hunger, etc

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Masonry

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A stonework

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Dilettante

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One who engages an art with only superficial skill; an amateur

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Jocular

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Characterized by joking

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Antipathy

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A feeling of strong repulsion or aversion

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Quarry

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A hunted bird or animal; prey

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Ingenuous

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Innocent; naive

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Implicate

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To incriminate; to show or suggest involvement

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Paternal

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Relating to or characteristic of a father

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Aver

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To affirm or declare

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Liberal

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Generous; giving freely

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Perennial

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Lasting through the years

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Levy

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To impose or collect, usually taxes

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Prevail

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To triumph over; to be or become most common

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Prowess

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Superior skill or ability

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Abdicate

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To willingly give up the position of king, queen, ect.; choose not to fulfill a role or duty

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Accord

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Agreement

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Palpable

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Capable of being handled, touched, or felt; easily perveived

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Spontaneous

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Occurring naturally or without forethought

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Pedantic

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Putting unnecessary stress on minor or purely academic knowledge

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Lithe

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Limber and graceful; supple

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Fiasco

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A major disaster

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Drone

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To make a continuous, low buzzing or humming sound; to speak monotonously

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Abide

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To tolerate

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Fluctuate

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To move back and forth or up and down, esp. unpredictably

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Harp

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To talk or write about excessively

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Preeminent

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Superior in status or fame to all others, esp. as a generally recognized quality

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Specious

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Seeming to be truthful on the surface, but actually false

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Contract

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To reduce in size by drawing together

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Inadvertent

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Unintentional; accidental

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Serendipity

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Unexpected gift or discovery

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Malicious

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Spiteful

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Inanimate

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Without any character or life; dull

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Plaintive

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Expressing sorrow

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Thwart

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To prevent or frustrate

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Regress

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To return to a precious state

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Adept

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Very skilled, esp. natural talent improved by practice

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Idiosyncrasy

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A particular, peculiar, or eccentric trait

120
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Uncouth

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Uncultured; crude

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Herald

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To bear news; to announce

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Sparse

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Thinly spread or distributed; nit dense or crowded

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Bifurcate

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To divide into two parts

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Arbitrary

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Determined by chance or individual preference, not hell yeah reason, necessity or principle

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Daise

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A raised platform

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