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ascetic

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  1. one who refuses bodily pleasures

2. without luxuries

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assiduous

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hard-working

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audit

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to examine officially, as in financial records

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austere

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  1. strict; harsh

2. not luxurious; extremely plain

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avarice

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greed

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coffer

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box for storing valuables

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consortium

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association; business partnership

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cosset

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to pamper; to spoil

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cupidity

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greed

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decadent

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  1. excessively self-indulgent

2. decaying or deteriorating

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disburse

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to pay out money

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florid

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  1. flowery; heavily decorated

2. having a rosy color

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genteel

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upper-class; elegant; polite

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gilt

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  1. gold colored; covered in a thin layer of gold

2. a gold-colored coating

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gratis

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free of charge

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hedonist

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one who loves physical pleasures

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ignominious

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dishonorable

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licentiousness

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ignoring moral restrictions; self-indulgence

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lionize

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to treat as very important; to turn into a celebrity

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mendicant

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a beggar

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monastic

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without luxuries

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munificence

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generosity

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opulent

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wealthy; abundant

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ostentatious

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showy; extravagant

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parsimony

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stinginess; miserliness

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pecuniary

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relating to money

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penurious

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  1. very poor

2. stingy

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profligate

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very wasteful; extravagant

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purseless

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poor

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purveyor

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supplier

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rapacity

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extreme greed

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remunerate

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to pay for services provided

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seduluous

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hard-working

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self-abnegating

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self-denying; living without luxuries or pleasures

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skinflint

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a cheap person

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spendthrift

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one who spends money wastefully

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sumptuous

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costly; luxurious

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sybarite

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one who loves luxuries

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tawdry

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cheap; tacky; in bad taste

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travail

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painfully difficult work; suffering

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urbane

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polite; elegantly mannered; sophisticated

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abate

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to decrease in force

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alacrity

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eagerness; cheerful promptness

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amalgam

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mixture

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anachronistic

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out of place in time

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anomalous

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unusual; out of place

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aphorism

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a short, wise saying

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banal

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ordinary; boring

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calving

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  1. give birth to calf

2. losing part of oneselg

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cataclysmic

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terrible; tragic

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cavort

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to run around in a playful manner

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chary

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careful; wary

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coagulate

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to clot (e.g blood); to come together

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commiserate

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to feel or show pity for; to sympathize

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conflagration

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large fire

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contiguous

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side by side; touching

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countermand

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command replacing a previous one

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disapprobation

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disapproval

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dotard

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stupid person

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dulcet

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pleasant-sounding

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elocution

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art of speaking well, especially in public

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entomology

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study of insects

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facetiousness

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inappropriate humor; wit

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floe

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chunk of floating ice

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foible

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minor flaw or weakness

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glib

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slick (as in speech); superficial

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impecunious

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having no money

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indefatigable

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tireless; energetic

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indoctrination

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the teaching of a certain point of view; brain-washing

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intrepid

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brave; fearless

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investiture

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process of investing, as with a rank, office or title

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lachrymose

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tending to cry often; teary-eyed

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lexicon

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  1. dictionary

2. special vocabulary of a group or field

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liniment

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a soothing lotion

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malefactor

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evildoer

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menagerie

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zoo

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monastic

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without luxuries

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morose

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gloomy; depressed

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noisome

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offensive; disgusting

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obdurate

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stubborn

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omnipotent

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all-powerful

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oracular

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making wise or authoritative statements

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panacea

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  1. cure-all

2. complete perfection

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paragon

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symbol of excellence

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perennial

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lasting forever

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pernicious

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dangerous

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ponderous

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heavy; dull; lifeless

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prolific

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creative; producing a lot of something

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quaff

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to drink deeply; to gulp

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recalcitrant

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disobedient; refusing to be controlled

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rife

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widespread; frequent

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rostrum

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platform for public speaking

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salubrious

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good for one’s health

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soporific

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causing sleep; boring

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stolid

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unexcitable; showing very little emotion

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surreptitious

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sneaky

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tacit

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expressed without words

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technocrat

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one who believes in government by technical experts

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tensile

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bendable

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unabashedly

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unashamedly; without excuse or explanation

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unremitting

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constant

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untillable

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barren; not fertile

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vacuous

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  1. empty

2. stupid

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vapid

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without force; uninteresting

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vestigial

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having a trace of something lost

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virulent

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  1. harmful

2. bitter

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vociferous

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loud and demanding

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whelp

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young animal

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aggregate

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to gather

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ancillary

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secondary; additional

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contiguous

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side by side; touching

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cull

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to select and remove the best or worst

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enclave

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an area within a larger area

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endemic

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widespread within a limited area

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enervate

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to weaken

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gamut

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entire range of something

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influx

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mass entry; inflow

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inordinate

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beyond normal limits; excessive

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intersperse

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to place or scatter something throughout something else

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interstitial

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relating to small spaces between things

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mélange

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a mixture

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modicum

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small amount

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mote

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a small particle

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nominal

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  1. in name only

2. small; insignificant

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omnipresent

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everywhere at once

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paltry

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unimportant; insignificant

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panoply

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wide-ranging collection

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paucity

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lack; shortage

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sheaf

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a bundle

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spate

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sudden outpouring; large number

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variegated

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  1. multi-colored

2. various; diverse

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accost

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to approach and speak to aggressively

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aphorism

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a short, wise saying

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appellation

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a name or title

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bombast

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pompous speech

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broach

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  1. to begin to talk about

2. to open

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burlesque

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  1. (n.) a play or literary work that uses mocking imitation

2. (v.) to ridicule by mocking

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cogent

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persuasive; convincing

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cohere

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to come together; to make sense

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construe

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to interpret; to understand meaning

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dictum

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a formal statement of opinion

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didactic

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intending to teach; preachy

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discourse

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speech; conversation

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discursive

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wandering from one topic to another

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doggerel

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a comic poem

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elucidate

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to make clear

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embellish

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  1. to decorate; to improve

2. to exaggerate

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emend

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to correct a text

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epigram

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a short; witty saying

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epitaph

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an inscription on a tombstone

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erudition

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knowledge acquired through study

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etymology

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history of a word

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explicate

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to explain

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expound

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to explain in detal

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garrulous

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overly talkative

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glib

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slick (as in speech); superficial

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ineffable

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unable to be expressed in words

158
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interpolate

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  1. to insert comments into a text or a conversation

2. to estimate

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intone

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to chant; to vocalize

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laconic

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not talkative

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lexicon

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  1. dictionary

2. special vocabulary of a group or field

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lilt

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a rhythmic way of speaking

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litany

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long; repetitive speech or list

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malapropism

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use of a wrong word

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maxim

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a short, familiar saying

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misnomer

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an inaccurate name

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missive

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letter or message

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neologism

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a new word or phrase

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opine

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to state as an opinion

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pedagogical

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relating to teaching

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pith

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central or essential part

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platitude

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cliché; trite or overused remark

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polyglot

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speaking or including several languages

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précis

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summary

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promulgate

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to announce formally

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propound

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to state an idea

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pseudo

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false; fake

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pundit

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an expert who voices opinions

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repartee

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witty conversation

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reticent

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quiet; not talkative

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semantic

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focusing on the exact meaning of words

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stenography

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fast writing; shorthand

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suasion

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the act of persuading

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sycophant

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flatterer; asskisser

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toady

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flatterer; kissass

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tome

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a long book

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typographical

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related to typing or printing

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verbatim

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word for word; exact

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verbose

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using more words than necessary

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vociferous

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loud and demanding

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voluble

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very talkative

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wheedle

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to persuade by flattery

SAT 2014 (13 decks)

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