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Kindle

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Ignite, cause to begin burning; incite, arouse, inflame

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Kinetic

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Pertaining to motion

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Knell

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The sound made by a bell for a funeral, or any sad sound or signal for a failure, death, or ending; to make such a sound

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Lachrymose

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Tearful, mournful

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Largess or largesse

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Generosity, the giving of money or gifts (esp. with the implication that the giver is a bit superior to the recipient)

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Latent

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Potential; existing but not visible or active

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Leery

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Suspicious or wary

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Legerdemain

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Slight-of-hand; trickery or deception

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Licentious

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Sexually unrestrained; immoral; ignoring the rules

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Limpid

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Clear, transparent, completely calm

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Lionize

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Treat like a celebrity

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Lissome

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Flexible, supplie, agile

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Listless

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Spiritless, lacking interest or energy

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Lugubrious

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Mournful, gloomy (sometimes in an exaggerated way)

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Lumber

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Walk in a heavy or clumsy way, sometimes due to being weighed down

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Lurid

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Gruesome or excessively vivid; sensational, shocking, unrestrained

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Machination or machinations

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Crafty schemes or plots

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Maelstrom

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Violent whirlpool; any chaotic, turbulent situation

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Magnanimous

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High-minded, noble, lofty; generous in forgiving others, free of resentment

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Magnate

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Very important or influential person, esp. in business

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Malediction

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A curse

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Manifest

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Obvious, apparent, perceptible to the eye; to show, make clear, or prove

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Mar

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Damage, spoil, ruin

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Martinet

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Person who adheres to rules extremely closely; strict disciplinarian

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Maudlin

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Excessively sentimental, showing sadness or some other emotion in a foolish or silly way

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Maxim

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A general truth or fundamental principle, esp. expressed as a proverb or saying

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Mendicant

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Beggar, or religious follower who lives by begging

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Meretricious

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Attractive in a vulgar or flashy way; tawdry; deceptive

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Militate

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Have a great effect, weigh heavily (often as militate against)

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Mired

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Stuck, entangled, soiled

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Mirth

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Jollity, merriment; amusement or laughter

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Missive

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Letter, written message

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Modish

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Stylish, contemporary

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Monastic

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Relating to or resembling a monastery, esp. by being quiet, secluded, contemplative, strict, and or lacking luxuries

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Morose

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Gloomy, sullen

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Multifarious

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Diverse, having a lot of variety

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Munificent

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Generous, giving liberally

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Myopic

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Near-sighted, lacking long-term thinking, short-sighted

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Nadir

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Lowest point

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Neologism

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New word or phrase (or a new meaning applied to an existing word or phrase)

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Neophyte

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Beginner, novice, person newly converted to a religion

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Nettle

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Irritate, sting, or annoy

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Noisome

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Offensive, disgusting, harmful

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Obdurate

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Stubborn, hardhearted, hardened in wrongdoing

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Oblique

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Slanting or sloping, indirect, misleading, or evasive

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Occlude

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Stop up, close, shut in or shut off

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Opprobrium

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Disgrace and disapproval that result from outrageously shameful actions

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Orotund

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Full, rich, and clear (of the speaking voice); pompous

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Ossify

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Become bone or become hard like bone; become inflexible in attitudes, opinions, etc.

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Ostensible or ostensive

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Professed, evident, or pretended; outwardly appearing in a certain way

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Overwrought

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Overly nervous, agitated or excited; too ornate, elaborate, or fussy; overdone

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Palatial

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Suitable for or resembling a palace, magnificent

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Palliate

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Make less serious or severe; relieve symptoms of an illness

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Pallid

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Abnormally pale (as skin); lacking color or vitality

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Panache

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Flair, style, swagger; flamboyant or grand way of acting

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Panegyric

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Formal or lofty expression of praise

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Panoply

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Splendid, wide-ranging, impressive display or array

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Paragon

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Model of excellence, perfect example

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Pare

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Peel or cut off the outer layer (such as with a knife); reduce or trim as if cutting off the outer parts

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Parley

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Discussion, negotiation, esp. between enemies; to have such a discussion

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Parry

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Deflect or avoid (blow or attack); skillfully evade (as a question)

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Pastiche

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Mix of incongruous parts; artistic work imitating the work of other artists, often satirically

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Pathogenic

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Capable of producing disease

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Pedant

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Person who pays excessive attention to book learning and rules; or who uses his or her learning to show off

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Pejorative

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Disparaging, derogatory, belittling; a name or word that is disparaging

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Pellucid

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Transparent, translucent; clear, easy to understand

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Penumbra

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Outer part of a shadow from an eclipse; any surrounding region, fringe, periphery, any area where something “sort of exists”

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Penury

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Extreme poverty or scarcity

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Peregrinate

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Travel from place to place, esp. on foot

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Perennial

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Lasting through the years or indefinitely, enduring; recurring

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Perfunctory

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Done superficially, without much care, or merely as routine

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Peripatetic

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Journeying from place to place; traveling on foot

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Perspicacious

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Having penetrating insight or good discernment

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Philistine

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Person deficient in or hostile to culture

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Platitude

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A shallow, overused statement; cliche

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Plutocracy

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Rule by the wealthy

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Polemic

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Controversial argument, esp. one attacking a specific idea

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Politic

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Shrewd, pragmatic, tactful or diplomatic

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Precipitate

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cause to happen suddenly or prematurely; fling, plunge, or hurl down

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Prescient

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Having foreknowledge or foresight; seeing the future

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Preternatural

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Supernatural, exceptional

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Prevaricate

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Stray from the truth, mislead, lie

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Primacy

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The state of being first or most important

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Prolix

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Excessively long and wordy (of a person, piece of writing, etc.)

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Propagate

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Reproduce, spread, increase

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Propitiate

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Attempt to reconcile with, satisfy, or reduce the animosity of (a person who is angry, offended)

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Propitious

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Favorable, giving good signs for the future, likely to work out; kind or forgiving

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Proxy

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Agent, substitute, person authorized to act on behalf of antoehr

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Puerile

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Juvenile, immature

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Pugilism

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Boxing, fighting with the fists

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Puissance

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Power, might

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Pusillanimous

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Cowardly, timid

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Quiescent

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Quiet, still

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Quixotic

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Extremely impractical but very romantic, chivalrous, or idealistic; impulsive

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Raconteur

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Witty storyteller

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Rarefied

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Lofty, very high up or elevated (in a metaphorical way); exclusive, select; thin, pure, or less dense (air at the top of a mountain)

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Recalcitrant

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Not obedient, resisting authority, hard to manage

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Recapitulate

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Summarize, repeat in a concise way

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Recondite

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Not easily understood, hidden, dealing with an obscure topic

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Recrudescent

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Revival, breaking out into renewed activity

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Redound

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To have a good or bad effect, esp. as a result of a person’s efforts or actions

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Redress

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Setting something right after a misdeed, compensation or relief for injury or wrongdoing, correct, set right

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Refractory

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Stubbornly disobedient, hard to manage

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Refulgent

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Shining, radiant

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Rejoinder

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Response/reply, esp. a witty comeback

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Rend

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Tear violently; esp. to tear one’s clothing or hair out of grief; to pull apart, split, or tear away

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Repertorial

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Pertaining to a repertory or repertoire, a stock of available things or a number of theatrical performances presented regularly or in sequence

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Repose

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The act or state of resting; peacefulness, tranquility, lying dead in a grave

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Reprobate

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Disreputable, unprincipled, or damned person; shameless, depraved

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Ribald

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Using or relating to obscene or vulgar humor

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Rococo

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Very elaborate and ornate (in decorating or metaphorically, as in speech and writing); relating to a highly ornate style of art and architecture in 18th-century France

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Salient

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Obvious, standing out; projecting, protruding, jutting out

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Sardonic

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Scornfully or ironically mocking, cynically derisive

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Scintilla

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A tiny bit or trace

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Scurvy

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Contemptible, mean

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Sedition

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Inciting rebellion against a government, esp. speech or writing that does this

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Seraphic

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Like an angel; serene, spiritually carried off or transported

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Sinecure

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A job or position that pays while requiring little or no work

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Skittish

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Shy, fickle, uncertain, or prone to act suddenly due to nervousness; lively in a restless or excessive way

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Slake

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Satisfy (esp. thirst), cool, or refresh; make less active

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Sobriquet

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A nickname

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Solecism

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Nonstandard used of grammar or words; mistake, esp. in etiquette

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Somatic

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Of the body

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Squelch

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Crush, squash; suppress or silence; walk through ooze or in wet shoes, making a smacking or sucking sound

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Stasis

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Equilibrium, a state of balance or inactivity, esp. caused by equal but opposing forces

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Stentorian

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Very loud and powerful (generally of a human voice)

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Stint

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Period of time spent doing something, or a specific, limited amount of work; to be frugal, to get on by

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Stratagem

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Military maneuver to deceive or surprise; crafty scheme

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Stratum

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One of many layers (such as in a rock formation or in the classes of a society)

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Sublime

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Lofty or elevated, inspiring reverence or awe; excellent, majestic; complete, utter

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Sully

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Make dirty, stain, tarnish, defile

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Supplant

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Take the place of, displace, esp. through sneaky tactics

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Supposition

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Assumption, hypothesis, something that has been supposed

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Surly

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Bad-tempered, hostile, unfriendly, or rude

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Sybarite

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Person devoted to pleasure and luxury

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Syntax

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The rules governing grammar and how words join to make sentences (or how words and symbols join in writing computer code), the study of these rules, or any system or orderly arrangement.

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Tendentious

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Marked by a strong point of view; biased

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Terse

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Concise, brief and to the point (sometimes to the point of rudeness)

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Toady

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Someone who flatters or acts in a servile manner for self-serving reasons

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Tome

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Large or scholarly book; one of the volumes in a set of several books

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Tortuous

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Twisting, winding, complex; devious, not straightforward

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Travesty

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Exaggerated, debased, or grotesque imitation

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Trenchant

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Forceful or vigorous, effective, keen; caustic, sharp

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Truculent

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Fierce, cruel, savage, belligerent

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Turgid

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Swollen, inflated; or, metaphorically “inflated” such as in overblown, pompous speech

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Turpitude

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Depravity, baseness of character; corrupt or depraved acts

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Tyro

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beginner

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Umbrage

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Offense or annoyance (usually as take umbrage, meaning become offended or annnoyed)

149
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Unsparing

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Generous, lavish (as in not sparing any help or gift to others); unmerciful, harsh (as in not sparing any criticism)

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Untempered

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Not toned down, not moderated, controlled, or counterbalanced

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Upbraid

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Find fault with, criticize or scold severely

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Usury

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Charging interest on a loan; esp. charging illegally high or excessive interest

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Vanguard

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Leading units at the front of an army; leaders in a trend or movement, people on the “cutting edge”; the forefront of a trend or movement

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Variegated

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Varied in color, having multicolored patches or spots; diverse

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Verisimilar

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Having the appearance of truth, probable

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Vernal

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Relating to the spring, fresh, youthful

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Vex

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Annoy or bother; puzzle or distress

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Vicissitude

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Changes or variations over time, esp. regular changes from one thing to another

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Vim

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Pep, enthusiasm, vitality, lively spirit

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Virulent

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Extremely infectious, poisonous, etc.; hateful, bitterly hostile

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Viscid or viscous

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Thick, adhesive, or covered in something sticky

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Vitriol

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Something highly caustic, such as criticism (literally, one of a number of chemicals including sulfuric acid)

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Vociferous

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Noisily crying out, as in protest

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Voluble

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Easily fluent in regards to speech

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Wanton

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Reckless, vicious, without regard for what is right; unjustifiable, deliberately done for no reason at all; sexually unrestrained or excessively luxurious

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Welter

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Confused mass or pile, jumble; confusion or turmoil; roll around, wallow, toss about, writhe

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Whet

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Stimulate, make keen or eager

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Whitewash

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A substance used to whiten walls, wood, etc.; deception, covering up of wrongs, errors, misdeeds, etc.

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Winnow

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Sift, analyze critically, separate the useful part from the worthless part

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Winsome

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Charming, engaging, esp. in a sweet and innocent way

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Wizened

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Withered, shriveled

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Yoke

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A burden or something that oppresses; a frame for attaching animals to each other and to a plow or other equipment to be pulled, or a bar across a person’s shoulders to help carry buckets of water; to unite together or to burden

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