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1
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Fell

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Terribly evil

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Excoriate

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To criticize very harshly

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Curmudgeon

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A grouchy, surly person

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Schadenfreude

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Joy from watching the suffering of others

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Juggernaut

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A force that cannot be stopped

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Expurgate

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To remove objectionable material

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Bilious

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Irritable; always angry

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Phantasmagorical

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Illusive; unreal

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Arriviste

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A person who has recently reached a position of power; a social climber

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Cupidity

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Greed for money

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Apotheosis

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Exaltation to divine status; the highest point of development

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Pyrrhic

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Describing a victory that comes at such great cost that the victory is not worthwhile

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Parvenu

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A person who has suddenly become wealthy, but not socially accepted as part of a higher class

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Blinkered

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To have a limited outlook or understanding

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Benighted

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Fallen into a state of ignorance

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Malapropism

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The confusion of a word with another word that sounds similar

17
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Arch

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To be deliberately teasing

18
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Peremptory

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Bossy and domineering

19
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Imbroglio

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A confusing and potentially embarrassing situation

20
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Palimpsest

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Something that has been changed numerous times but on which traces of former iterations can still be seen

21
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Jaundiced

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To be biased against due to envy or prejudice

22
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Sangfroid

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Calmness or poise in difficult situations

23
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Picayune

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Trifling or petty (a person)

24
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Sententious

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To be moralizing, usually in a pompous sense

25
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Histrionic

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To be overly theatrical

26
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Quixotic

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Wildly idealistic; impractical

27
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Limpid

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Having clarity in terms of expression

28
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Quisling

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A traitor

29
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Sartorial

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Related to fashion or clothes

30
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Venial

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Easily excused or forgiven; pardonable

31
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Execrate

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To curse and hiss at

32
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Mulct

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To defraud or swindle

33
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Hedge

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To limit or qualify a statement; to avoid making a direct statement

34
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Sybarite

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A person who indulges in luxury

35
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Gerrymander

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To manipulate voting districts in order to favor a particular political party

36
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Pollyannaish

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Extremely optimistic

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