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effigy (n)

EFF-ih-jee

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

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effrontery (n)

eff-RUN-ter-ee

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Shameless boldness

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egress (verb, n)

EE-gress

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An exit or the action of exiting

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elegy (n)

ELL-uh-jee

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

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emaciate (verb)

im-MAY-she-ayt or im-MAY-see-ayt

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Make abnormally thin, cause to physically waste away

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enconium (n)

en-COH-mee-um

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

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endemic (adj)

en-DEMM-ick

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

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engender (verb)

en-JEN-der

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Produce, give rise to, cause to exist; procreate

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epicure (n)

EPP-ick-yoor

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

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equanimity (n)

eck-wuh-NIM-it-ee or ee-kwuh-NIM-it-ee

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

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equivocate (verb)

eck-WIV-uh-cayt

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Use unclear language to deceive or avoid committing to a position

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ersatz (adj)

ER-zats or er-ZATS

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Aritifical, synthetic; being an inferior substitute

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erstwhile (adj, adv)

ERST-while

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

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euphony (n)

YOO-fun-nee

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

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exigent (adj)

ECK-sih-jent

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requiring immediate attention, action, or aid; excessively demanding

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expurgate (verb)

ECK-sper-gayt

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Censor; remove objectionable or offensive parts

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extemporaneous (adj)

eck-stem-por-AY-nee-uss

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Done without preparation (esp. of a speech), or with some preparation but no notes; impoverished, done on the spur of the moment

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fastidious (adj)

fass-TIH-dee-uss

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Excessively particular, difficult to please; painstaking, meticulous, requiring excessive attention to detail

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fatuous (adj)

FAT-choo-uss

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Foolish, silly, esp. in a smug or complacent manner

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fecund (adj)

FEE-cuhnd or FECK-uhnd

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Fruitful, fertile; capable of abundantly producing offspring, vegetation, or creative or intellectual work

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felicitious (adj)

fuh-LISS-it-uss

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Admirably appropriate, very well-suited for the occasion; pleasant, fortunate, marked by happiness

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fervid (adj)

FER-vid

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Very hot; heated in passion or enthusiasm

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fetid (adj)

FET-id or FEE-tid

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Stinking; having an offensive smell

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fledgling (n, adj)

FLEDGE-ling

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A young bird that has just recently gotten its feathers, an inexperienced person (n); new or inexperienced (adj)

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florid (adj)

FLOR-id

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Reddish or rosy; flowery, showy, or excessively fancy

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flout (verb)

FLOUT

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Treat with disdain, contempt, or scorn (usually of rules)

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fracas (n)

FRAY-cuss or FRACK-uss

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Noisy disturbance or fight; brawl

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fractious (adj)

FRACK-chuss

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Unruly, troublemaking; irritable

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frenetic (adj)

fruh-NET-ick

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Wildly excited, frantic, distracted

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fulminate (verb)

FULL-min-ayt

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Explode, detonate; attack verbally in a vehement, thunderous way

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furtuve (adj)

FUR-tiv

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Done secretly; stealthy, sly, shifty

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gambol (verb)

GAM-bull

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Frolic; skip or leap playfully

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glower (verb)

GLAH-wer

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Stare in an angry, sullen way

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gouge (n, verb)

GAH-oodge

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Scooping or digging tool, like a chisel, or a hole made with such a tool (n); cut or scoop out; force out a person’s eye with one’s thumb; swindle, extort money from (verb)

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grandiloquent (adj)

gran-DILL-oh-kwent

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Relating to lofty speeh, esp. to the point of being pompous, overblown, bombastic

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grandstand (verb)

GRAND-stand

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Perform showily in an attempt to impress onlookers

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grouse (verb, n)

GRAH-oos

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Complain or grumble (verb); a reason for complaint (n)

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grovel (verb)

GRAH-vull

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Creep or crawl with one’s face to the ground, prostrate oneself as a oken of subservience, degrade or abase oneself

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halcyon (adj)

HAL-see-un

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Calm and peaceful, carefree; prosperous, successful, happy

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harangue (n, verb)

huh-RANG

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Long, intense verbal attack, esp. when delivered publicly

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harrow (n, verb)

HAIR-oh

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Farming tool that breaks up soil (noun); painfully disturb or distress (verb)

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hedge (verb)

HEDGE

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Avoid comitment by leaving provisions for withdrawal or changing one’s mind; protect a bet by also betting on the other side

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hegemony (n)

huh-JEM-uh-nee or HEDGE-uh-moh-nee

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Domination, authority; influence by one country over others socially, culturally, economically, etc.

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hermetic (adj)

her-MET-ick

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Airtight, sealed, isolated; reclusive; pertaining to alchemy, occult

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hoary (adj)

HOR-ee

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Very old, gray or white as from old age

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hoodwink (verb)

HOOD-wink

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Trick, deceive

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husband (verb)

HUZZ-buhnd

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manage prudently, sparingly, or economically; conserve

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demagogue (n)

DEM-uh-gah’g

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A leader who lies and gains power by arousing the passions and especially prejudices of the people; Think of Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton

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demur (verb)

dih-MUR

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Show reluctance or object, especially for moral reasons

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desultory (adj)

DESS-ull-tor-ee

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

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diaphanous (adj)

die-AFF-uh-nuss

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Very sheer, fine, translucent

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diffident (adj)

DIFF-id-ent

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Lacking confidence, shy

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diffuse (verb, adj)

diff-YOOZ (v), diff-YOOSS (adj)

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Spread widely disseminate (verb); dispersed, widely spread out, or word and going off-topic (adj)

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dilatory (adj)

DILL-uh-tor-ee

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Slow late; procrastinating or stalling for time

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dilettante (n)

DILL-uh-tahnt

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

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distaff (adj, n)

DISS-taff

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

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distend (verb)

diss-TEND

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Swell, expand, stretch, bloat

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dither (verb, n)

DIH-ther

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

59
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diurnal (adj)

die-ER-null

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

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doctrinaire (n, adj)

doc-trin-AIR

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

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dilate (verb)

DIE-layt

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

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dissemble (verb)

diss-EM-bull

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Mislead conceal the truth, put on a false appearance of

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ebullient (adj)

ebb-OOL-yent

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

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forage (verb)

FOR-idge

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Wander in search of; rummage, hunt, make a raid

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expedient (adj)

eck-SPEE-dee-unt

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Suitable, proper; effective, often at the expense of ethics or other considerations

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hand-wringing (n)

HAND-ring-ing

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Grasping, squeezing, etc. of the hands as an expression of nervousness, guilt, etc.; extend debate over what to do about an issue

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doff (verb)

DOFF

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

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glacial (adj)

GLAY-shull

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Pertaining to glaciers; cold, icy, slow, unsympathetic

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gestations (n)

jess-TAY-shun

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Pregnancy; the period from conception until birth of an animal or (metaphorically) of an idea or plan

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graft (verb, n)

GRAFT

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Insert part of a plant into another plant, where it continues to grow; join living tissue (such as skin) to part of the body where it will continue to live and grow (verb); the act of acquiring money or other benefits through illegal means, esp. by abusing one’s power (n)

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ethos (n)

EETH-ohss or EETH-ahss

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

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exonerate (verb)

egg-ZAH-ner-ayt

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Clear from blame or accusation; free from a responsibility

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droll (adj)

DROHL

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Funny in an odd way

*waggish (merry, roguish), risible (laughable, related to laughing), jocular, jocund, jocose (jesting, jolly)

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discomfiting (adj)

diss-CUHM-fit-ing

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Disconcerting, confusing, frustrating

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dyspeptic (adj)

diss-PEP-tick

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

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discordant (adj)

diss-CORD-uhnt

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Harsh or inharmonious in sound; disagreeing, incongruous

*dissonance

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dirge (n)

DERJ

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A funeral or mourning song or poem

*lament, requiem, threnody, elegy

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duplicity (n)

doo-PLISS-it-ee

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

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disparage (verb)

diss-PAIR-edge

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Belittle, put down; bring shame upon, discredit

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euphemism (n)

YOO-fuh-mizm

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

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echelon (n)

ESH-uh-lahn

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

*stratum

82
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hallmark (n)

HALL-mark

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A mark of indication of quality, purity, genuineness, etc.; any distinguishing characteristic

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dichotomy (n)

die-COT-uh-mee

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Division into two parts or into two contradictory groups

84
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edify (verb)

ED-ih-fy

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

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dissolution (n)

diss-uh-LOO-shun

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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

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dovetail (verb)

DOVE-tail

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Join or fit together

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delimit (verb)

dih-LIM-it

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Fix, mark, or define the boundaries of

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garner (verb)

GAR-ner

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gather and store; amass, collect

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goad (verb)

GOH’d

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Urge on (as cattle) with a pointed or electrically charged stick; spur on, stimulate, encourage

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dupe (n, verb)

DOOP

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

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discrete (adj)

diss-CREET

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Separate, distinct, detached, existing as individual parts

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disparate (adj)

DISS-puh-rit or diss-PAIR-it

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Distinct, different

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hotly (adv)

HOT-lee

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In an intense, fiery, or heated way

94
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declivity (n)

dih-CLIV-it-ee

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Downward slope

*declination

95
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dictum (n)

DICT-um

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Formal or authoritative pronouncement; saying or proverb

*maxim, apothegm, adage, truism

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fallow (adj)

FAL-oh

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Left unplanted (of land); not in use

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hapless (adj)

HAP-less

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Unlucky, unfortunate

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grievous (adj)

GREE-vuss

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Causing grief or suffering; very serious, grave; flagrant, outrageous

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grating (adj)

GRAY-ting

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Irritating; harsh or discordant (of a noise); scraping

*rasping

100
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hew (verb)

HYOO

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Strike, chop, or hack (as with an axe, sword, etc.); make or shape something (such as a statue) with a cutting tool

101
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fortuitous (adj)

for-TOO-it-uss

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Happening by chance; lucky

*fluke, inadvertent

102
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ford (n, verb)

FORD

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Place where a river or similar body of water is shallow enough to walk or ride a vehicle (n); to cross at such a place (verb)

103
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fawn (verb)

FAWN

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Show affections or try to please in the manner of a dog; try to win favor through flattery and submissive behavior
*obsequious

104
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declaim (verb)

dih-CLAIM

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

105
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homage (n)

HAH-midge

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Honor or respect demonstrated publicly

106
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fluke (n)

FLOO’k

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Stroke of luck, something accidentally successful

107
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forestall (verb)

fore-STALL

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Delay, hinder, prevent by taking action beforehand

*waylay (ambush, intercept unexpectedly), obviate, preclude, stymie

108
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faction (n)

FACT-shun

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Group or clique within a larger organization; party strife and dissension

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