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Acerbic

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adj.
having a sour or bitter taste or character; sharp; biting

Latin
acerbus: sour-tasting; unripe

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Aggrandize

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v.
to increase in intensity, power, influence, or prestige

Latin
grandis: large

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Amenable

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adj.
agreeable; responsive to suggestion

Latin
ad-: to
minare: to drive (cattle) with shouts

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Anachronism

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n.
something or someone out of place in terms of historical or chronological context

Greek
ana-: backwards
khronos: time

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Astringent

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adj.
having a tightening effect on living tissue; harsh; severe; something with a tightening effect on tissue

Latin
ad-: to
stringere: draw tight

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Contiguous

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adj.
sharing a border; touching; adjacent

Latin
contingere: be in contact, befall

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Credulous

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adj.
tending to believe too readily; gullible

n. credulity

Latin
credere: believe

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Cynicism

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n.
an attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness

adj. cynical

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Decorum

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n.
polite or appropriate conduct or behavior

adj. decorous

Latin
decorus: seemly

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Derision

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n.
scorn, ridicule, contemptuous treatment

adj. derisive | v. deride

Latin
de-:down
ridere: to laugh

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Desiccate

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v.
to dry out or dehydrate; to make dry or dull

Latin
de-: thoroughly
siccare: dry

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Dilettante

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n.

one with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge

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Disparage

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v.
to slight or belittle

Latin
par: equal
French
desparagier: marry someone of unequal rank

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Divulge

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v.
to disclose something secret

Latin
di-: widely
vulgare: publish

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Fawn

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v.
to flatter or praise excessively

Old English
faegen: glad

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Flout

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v.
to show contempt for, as in a rule or convention

Dutch
fluiten: whistle, play the flute, hiss
(flute = jeer)

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Garrulous

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adj.
pointlessly talkative; talking too much

Latin
garrire: to chatter, prattle

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Glib

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adj.
marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; lacking in depth; superficial

German
glibberig: slimy

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Hubris

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n.

overbearing presumption or pride; arrogance

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Immutable

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adj.

not capable of change

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Impetuous

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adj.
hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement

Latin
impetere: to attack

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Inimical

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adj.
damaging; harmful; injurious

Latin
inimicus: unfriendly, enemy

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Intractable

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adj.
not easily managed or directed; stubborn; obstinate

Latin:
in-: not
tractabilis: to handle, manage

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Intrepid

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adj.
steadfast and courageous

Latin
in-: not
trepidus: alarmed

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Laconic

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adj.
using few words; terse

Latin
Lakon: Laconia, Sparta

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Maverick

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n.
an independent individual who does not go along with a group or party

History
Maverick: “a calf found without a owner’s brand”

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Mercurial

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characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood

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Mollify

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v.
to calm or soothe; to reduce in emotional intensity

Latin
mollis: soft

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Neophyte

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n.
a recent convert; a beginner; novice

Greek

neos: new
phuton: plant

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Obfuscate

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v.
to deliberately obscure; to make confusing

Latin
fuscus: dark

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Ostentatious

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adj.

characterized by or given to pretentious display; showy

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Pervade

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v.
to permeate throughout

adj. pervasive

Latin
per-: throughout
vadere: go

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Phlegmatic

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adj.

calm; sluggish; unemotional

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Plethora

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n.
an overabundance; a surplus

Greek
plethein: be full

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Pragmatic

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adj.
practical rather than idealistic

Greek
prattein: do

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Presumptuous

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adj.

overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy); taking liberties

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Pristine

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adj.
pure; uncorrupted; clean

Latin
pristinus: former

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Probity

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n.
adherence to highest principles; complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness

Latin
probus: good

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Proclivity

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n.
a natural predisposition or inclination

Latin
pro-: forward, down
clivus: slope

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Profligate

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adj.
excessively wasteful; recklessly extravagant

n. profligacy

Latin
pro-: forward, down
fligere: strike down

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Propensity

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n.
a natural inclination or tendency; penchant

Latin

pro: forward, down
pendere: hang

42
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Prosaic

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adj.
dull; lacking in spirit or imagination

Latin
prosa: straightforward (discourse)

43
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Pungent

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adj.

characterized by a strong, sharp smell or taste

44
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Quixotic

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adj.
foolishly impractical; marked by lofty romantic ideals

english
Don Quixote: romantic, impractical hero

45
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Quotidian

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adj.
occurring or recurring daily; commonplace

Latin
cotidie: daily
quotus dies (LT): What + day

46
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Rarefy

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v.
to make or become thin, less dense; to refine

Latin

rarus: thin, rare
facere: make

47
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Recondite

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adj.
hidden; concealed; difficult to understand; obscure

Latin
re-: back
condere: put together, secrete

48
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Refulgent

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adj.
radiant; shiny; brilliant

Latin
re-: back
fulgere: to shine

49
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Renege

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v.
to fail to honor a commitment; to go back on a promise

Latin
re-: back
negare: deny

50
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Sedulous

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adj.
diligent; persistent; hard-working

Latin
sedulus: zealous

51
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Soporific

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adj.
causing drowsiness; tending to induce sleep

Latin
sopor: sleep

52
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Spendthrift

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n.

one who spends money wastefully

53
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Tacit

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adj.
implied; not explicitly stated

Latin
tacere: be silent

54
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Terse

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adj.
brief and concise in wording

Latin
tergere: to rub, polish, wipe

55
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Tout

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v.

to publicly praise or promote

56
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Trenchant

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adj.
sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating

French
trenchant: cutting

57
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Unfeigned

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adj.

genuine; not false or hypocritical

58
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Untenable

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adj.

indefensible; not viable; uninhabitable

59
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Vacillate

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v.
to waver indecisively between one course of action or opinion and another

Latin
vacillat-: swayed

60
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Variegated

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adj.
multicolored; characterized by a variety of patches of different color

Latin
varius: diverse

61
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Vexation

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n.
annoyance; irritation

v. vex

62
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Vituperate

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v.
to use harsh condemnatory language; to abuse or censure severely or abusively; to berate

Latin
vituperat-: censured, disparaged

63
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Volatile

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adj.
readily changing to a vapor; changeable; fickle; explosive

n. volatility

Latin
volare: to fly

64
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Alloy

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v.
to commingle; to debase by mixing with something inferior

ant. unalloyed (pure)

65
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Appropriate

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v.

to take for one’s own use; to confiscate

66
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Arrest

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v.

to suspend; to engage; holding one’s attention, as in arrested adolescence, an arresting portrait

67
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August

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adj.

majestic, venerable

68
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Ben

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n.

leaning, inclination, proclivity, tendency

69
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Broach

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v.

to bring up; to announce; to begin to talk about

70
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Brook

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v.

to tolerate; to endure; to counterance

71
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Cardinal

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adj.

major, as in cardinal sin

72
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Chauvinist

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n.

a blindly devoted patriot

73
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Color

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v.

to change as if by dyeing, i.e., to distort, gloss, or affect

74
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Consequential

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adj.

pompous, self-important

75
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Damp

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v.

to diminish the intensity or check the vibration of a sound

76
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Die

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n.

a tool used for shaping, as in a tool-and-die shop

77
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Essay

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v.

to test or try; to attempt; to experiment

78
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Fell

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v.
to cause to fall by striking

adj. inhumanly cruel

79
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Flag

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v.

to sag or droop; to become spiritless; to decline

80
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Flip

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adj.

sarcastic, impertinent, as in flippant; a flip remark

81
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Ford

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v.

to wade across the shallow part of a river or stream

82
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Grouse

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v.

to complain or grumble

83
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Guy

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n.

a rope, cord, or cable attached to something as a brace or guide; to steady or reinforce using a guy; Think guide

84
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Intimate

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v.

to immply, suggest, or insinuate

85
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List

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v.

to tilt or lean to one side

86
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Lumber

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v.

to move heavily and clumsily

87
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Meet

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adj.

fitting, proper

88
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Milk

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v.

to exploit; to squeeze every last ounce of

89
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Mince

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v.

to pronounce or speak affectedly; to euphemize, to speak too carefully; to take tiny steps; to tiptoe

90
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Nice

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adj.

exacting, fastidious, extremely precise

91
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Occult

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adj.

hidden, concealed, beyond comprehension

92
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Pedestrian

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adj.

commonplace, trite, unremarkable, quotidian

93
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Pied

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adj.

multicolored, usually in blotches

94
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Pine

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v.

to lose vigor (as through grief); to yearn

95
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Plastic

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adj.

moldable, pliable, not rigid

96
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Pluck

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n.

courage, spunk, fortitude

97
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Prize

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v.

to pry, to press or force with a lever; something taken by force, spoils

98
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Rail

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v.

to complain about bitterly

99
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Rent

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v.

torn; an opening or tear caused by such

100
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Quail

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v.

to lose courage; to turn frightened

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