Advanced: K - Y (end) Flashcards
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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
Excessively sentimental, showing sadness or some other emotion in a foolish or silly way
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Maxim
A general truth or fundamental principle, esp. expressed as a proverb or saying
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Mendicant
Beggar, or religious follower who lives by begging
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Meretricious
Attractive in a vulgar or flashy way; tawdry; deceptive
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Militate
Have a great effect, weigh heavily (often as militate against)
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Mired
Stuck, entangled, soiled
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Mirth
Jollity, merriment; amusement or laughter
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Missive
Letter, written message
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Modish
Stylish, contemporary
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Monastic
Relating to or resembling a monastery, esp. by being quiet, secluded, contemplative, strict, and or lacking luxuries
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Morose
Gloomy, sullen
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Multifarious
Diverse, having a lot of variety
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Munificent
Generous, giving liberally
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Myopic
Near-sighted, lacking long-term thinking, short-sighted
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Nadir
Lowest point
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Neologism
New word or phrase (or a new meaning applied to an existing word or phrase)
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Neophyte
Beginner, novice, person newly converted to a religion
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Nettle
Irritate, sting, or annoy
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Noisome
Offensive, disgusting, harmful
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Obdurate
Stubborn, hardhearted, hardened in wrongdoing
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Oblique
Slanting or sloping, indirect, misleading, or evasive
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Occlude
Stop up, close, shut in or shut off
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Opprobrium
Disgrace and disapproval that result from outrageously shameful actions
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Orotund
Full, rich, and clear (of the speaking voice); pompous
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Ossify
Become bone or become hard like bone; become inflexible in attitudes, opinions, etc.
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Ostensible or ostensive
Professed, evident, or pretended; outwardly appearing in a certain way
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Overwrought
Overly nervous, agitated or excited; too ornate, elaborate, or fussy; overdone
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Palatial
Suitable for or resembling a palace, magnificent
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Palliate
Make less serious or severe; relieve symptoms of an illness
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Pallid
Abnormally pale (as skin); lacking color or vitality
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Panache
Flair, style, swagger; flamboyant or grand way of acting
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Panegyric
Formal or lofty expression of praise
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Panoply
Splendid, wide-ranging, impressive display or array
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Paragon
Model of excellence, perfect example
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Pare
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
Discussion, negotiation, esp. between enemies; to have such a discussion
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Parry
Deflect or avoid (blow or attack); skillfully evade (as a question)
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Pastiche
Mix of incongruous parts; artistic work imitating the work of other artists, often satirically
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Pathogenic
Capable of producing disease
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Pedant
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
Disparaging, derogatory, belittling; a name or word that is disparaging
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Pellucid
Transparent, translucent; clear, easy to understand
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Penumbra
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
Extreme poverty or scarcity
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Peregrinate
Travel from place to place, esp. on foot
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Perennial
Lasting through the years or indefinitely, enduring; recurring
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Perfunctory
Done superficially, without much care, or merely as routine
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Peripatetic
Journeying from place to place; traveling on foot
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Perspicacious
Having penetrating insight or good discernment
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Philistine
Person deficient in or hostile to culture
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Platitude
A shallow, overused statement; cliche
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Plutocracy
Rule by the wealthy
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Polemic
Controversial argument, esp. one attacking a specific idea
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Politic
Shrewd, pragmatic, tactful or diplomatic
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Precipitate
cause to happen suddenly or prematurely; fling, plunge, or hurl down
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Prescient
Having foreknowledge or foresight; seeing the future
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Preternatural
Supernatural, exceptional
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Prevaricate
Stray from the truth, mislead, lie
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Primacy
The state of being first or most important
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Prolix
Excessively long and wordy (of a person, piece of writing, etc.)
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Propagate
Reproduce, spread, increase
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Propitiate
Attempt to reconcile with, satisfy, or reduce the animosity of (a person who is angry, offended)
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Propitious
Favorable, giving good signs for the future, likely to work out; kind or forgiving
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Proxy
Agent, substitute, person authorized to act on behalf of antoehr
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Puerile
Juvenile, immature
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Pugilism
Boxing, fighting with the fists
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Puissance
Power, might
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Pusillanimous
Cowardly, timid
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Quiescent
Quiet, still
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Quixotic
Extremely impractical but very romantic, chivalrous, or idealistic; impulsive
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Raconteur
Witty storyteller
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Rarefied
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
Not obedient, resisting authority, hard to manage
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Recapitulate
Summarize, repeat in a concise way
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Recondite
Not easily understood, hidden, dealing with an obscure topic
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Recrudescent
Revival, breaking out into renewed activity
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Redound
To have a good or bad effect, esp. as a result of a person's efforts or actions
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Redress
Setting something right after a misdeed, compensation or relief for injury or wrongdoing, correct, set right
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Refractory
Stubbornly disobedient, hard to manage
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Refulgent
Shining, radiant
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Rejoinder
Response/reply, esp. a witty comeback
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Rend
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
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
The act or state of resting; peacefulness, tranquility, lying dead in a grave
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Reprobate
Disreputable, unprincipled, or damned person; shameless, depraved
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Ribald
Using or relating to obscene or vulgar humor
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Rococo
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
Obvious, standing out; projecting, protruding, jutting out
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Sardonic
Scornfully or ironically mocking, cynically derisive
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Scintilla
A tiny bit or trace
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Scurvy
Contemptible, mean
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Sedition
Inciting rebellion against a government, esp. speech or writing that does this
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Seraphic
Like an angel; serene, spiritually carried off or transported
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Sinecure
A job or position that pays while requiring little or no work
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Skittish
Shy, fickle, uncertain, or prone to act suddenly due to nervousness; lively in a restless or excessive way
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Slake
Satisfy (esp. thirst), cool, or refresh; make less active
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Sobriquet
A nickname
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Solecism
Nonstandard used of grammar or words; mistake, esp. in etiquette
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Somatic
Of the body
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Squelch
Crush, squash; suppress or silence; walk through ooze or in wet shoes, making a smacking or sucking sound
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Stasis
Equilibrium, a state of balance or inactivity, esp. caused by equal but opposing forces
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Stentorian
Very loud and powerful (generally of a human voice)
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Stint
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
Military maneuver to deceive or surprise; crafty scheme
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Stratum
One of many layers (such as in a rock formation or in the classes of a society)
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Sublime
Lofty or elevated, inspiring reverence or awe; excellent, majestic; complete, utter
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Sully
Make dirty, stain, tarnish, defile
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Supplant
Take the place of, displace, esp. through sneaky tactics
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Supposition
Assumption, hypothesis, something that has been supposed
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Surly
Bad-tempered, hostile, unfriendly, or rude
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Sybarite
Person devoted to pleasure and luxury
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Syntax
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
Marked by a strong point of view; biased
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Terse
Concise, brief and to the point (sometimes to the point of rudeness)
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Toady
Someone who flatters or acts in a servile manner for self-serving reasons
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Tome
Large or scholarly book; one of the volumes in a set of several books
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Tortuous
Twisting, winding, complex; devious, not straightforward
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Travesty
Exaggerated, debased, or grotesque imitation
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Trenchant
Forceful or vigorous, effective, keen; caustic, sharp
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Truculent
Fierce, cruel, savage, belligerent
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Turgid
Swollen, inflated; or, metaphorically "inflated" such as in overblown, pompous speech
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Turpitude
Depravity, baseness of character; corrupt or depraved acts
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Tyro
beginner
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Umbrage
Offense or annoyance (usually as take umbrage, meaning become offended or annnoyed)
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Unsparing
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
Not toned down, not moderated, controlled, or counterbalanced
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Upbraid
Find fault with, criticize or scold severely
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Usury
Charging interest on a loan; esp. charging illegally high or excessive interest
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Vanguard
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
Varied in color, having multicolored patches or spots; diverse
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Verisimilar
Having the appearance of truth, probable
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Vernal
Relating to the spring, fresh, youthful
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Vex
Annoy or bother; puzzle or distress
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Vicissitude
Changes or variations over time, esp. regular changes from one thing to another
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Vim
Pep, enthusiasm, vitality, lively spirit
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Virulent
Extremely infectious, poisonous, etc.; hateful, bitterly hostile
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Viscid or viscous
Thick, adhesive, or covered in something sticky
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Vitriol
Something highly caustic, such as criticism (literally, one of a number of chemicals including sulfuric acid)
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Vociferous
Noisily crying out, as in protest
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Voluble
Easily fluent in regards to speech
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Wanton
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
Confused mass or pile, jumble; confusion or turmoil; roll around, wallow, toss about, writhe
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Whet
Stimulate, make keen or eager
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Whitewash
A substance used to whiten walls, wood, etc.; deception, covering up of wrongs, errors, misdeeds, etc.
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Winnow
Sift, analyze critically, separate the useful part from the worthless part
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Winsome
Charming, engaging, esp. in a sweet and innocent way
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Wizened
Withered, shriveled
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Yoke
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
