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Blunt

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To make dull

Direct in manner

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Blatant

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Completely undisguised

Conspicuous, often vulgarly

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Bequest

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The act of disposing of property by will

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Benign

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Possessing or displaying kindness or gentleness

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Benevolent

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Desire to do good

Marked by good will

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Bemoan

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To show pity

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Belligerent

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Having a fighting character

Having to do with war or to people or countries at war

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Bastion

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A pentagon-shaped portion of a rampart or fortification that projects outward

A fortified or well protected position or area

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Barrage

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A great number of things coming one after another very quickly

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Banal

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Lacking originality or liveliness

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Aloof

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Showing little interest or desire

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Astute

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Keen in understanding and judgement

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Auspicious

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Likely to be followed by favorable events

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Aggrandize

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To increase in size

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Amiable

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Having or showing a friendly manner

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Austere

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Being and looking stern

Having only what is needed

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Amorphous

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Not organized and lacking definite form, shape, or character

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Abhor

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Synonyms-detest, hate

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Adamant

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Adj. refusing to change ones mind

Firm, steadfast

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Abyss

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A deep or seemingly bottomless chasm

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Altruism

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Noun- unselfish concern for the well-being of others

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Ameliorate

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To make better or improve

Mom wants me to ameliorate

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Adept

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Very skilled or proficient at something

Aidan is adept at hockey.

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Ambivalent

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Having mixed feelings about someone or something

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Admonish

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To warn or caution

to find fault with or correct in a mild, firm way

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Akin

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Similar in kind

Belonging to the same family

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Allege

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To say or claim to be true without proof

The police alleged that he had robbed the bank.

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Ail

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To feel sick, to suffer bad health

He is ailing.

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Abdicate

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V. To step down from there

To fail to fulfill ones responsibilities

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Adhesive

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Able to stick fast to a surface

Or

A substance like glue

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Affiliation

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A person or group that is connected with another similar, larger group

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Arbitrary

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Out of nowhere- comment

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Assert

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To state with force or confidence

To put forward strongly

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Ascertain

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To learn without question.

The doctor ascertained the cause of her illness.

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Animosity

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Strong dislike

Colin showed a strong animosity towards her.

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Assent

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To agree

Colin assented to the agreement

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Annex

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To add or attach

To make part of an existing nation or city

An addition to a building

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Arid

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Extremely dry with a lack of rainfall

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Antagonistic

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Characterized by or showing dislike or hostility

Having opposite effects or acting in different directions as a pair of muscles

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Authentic

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Real, genuine, or true

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Assail

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To attack with vigor or violence

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Anguish

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Terrible pain or suffering of the mind or body

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Androgynous

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Both male and female qualities

Possessing both staminate and pistillate flowers

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Antipathy

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A deep dislike

The object of such a feeling

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Brazen

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Shameless, bold

To face or endure in a bold defiant way

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Cacophony

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Dissonance- a harsh discordance mixture of songs

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Ghastly

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Horrible

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Trepidation

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Fear

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Lampoon

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V- to publicly criticize (someone or something) by using ridicule, irony, or sarcasm- satirize

N-a speech or text criticizing someone or something in this way

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Feeble

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Ineffective

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Mangle

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Inflict serious damage

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Wharf

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Dock

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Succinct

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Direct

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Congenital

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Inborn—- for example - he has a congenital pigmented nevi

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Aptitude

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Ability

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Inalienable

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Assured

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Paltry

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Meager

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Prodigal

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Wasteful

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Depict

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To show, describe, or portray in a painting, sculpture, or written work

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Deft

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Skillful, quick, and clever in action

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Defiant

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Showing no respect for authority

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Cunning

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Skill used in a sly or tricky way

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Corpulent

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Fat, portly,obese

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Cordial

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Warm and friendly

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Contrite

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Feeling deep guilt for one’s wrongdoing

Resulting from or expressing remorse

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Consensus

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A general agreement

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Conniving

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To join secretly in a plot or scheme

To ignore or fail to report a wrongdoing

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Congenial

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Suited to or compatible

Having a pleasing, sociable personality

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Confound

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To perplex or bewilder
To refute
To put shame
To make less effective

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Condescending

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To act as if one we’re of superior rank or station, treating others as inferior

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Condemn

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To call wrong evil, or inadequate
To declare as not safe or fit for use
To order punishment to be given to

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Concise

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Saying much in a few words

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Commodities

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Something that can be bought and sold

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Coerce

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To persuade or pressure to do something

To compel

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Coalesce

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To unify

To grow together or unite

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Chasm

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A deep crack in the earth’s surface

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Chagrin

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Embarrassment or humiliation from failure

To cause to feel chagrin

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Capricious

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Tending to act on impulse

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Tiresome

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Causing weariness, impatience, or boredom

Annoying

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Thwart

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To hinder, oppose, or frustrate

Crossing one’s purposes

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Terse

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Effectively brief and to the point

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Tenacious

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Tending to cling to another substance or surface

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Taper

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To narrow

To slowly come to a complete stop
To cause to narrow at one end
A long thin candle

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Tangible

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Capable of being touched

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Tact

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The ability to say or do the right thing when dealing with others in difficult situations

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Surrogate

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One that acts in another’s place, especially in official capacity

Acting as or considered to be a substitute or replacement

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Superfluous

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Being beyond a sufficient amount

Not required

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Sullied

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To make dirty or tarnished

To ruin the purity or perfection of

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Succinct

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Briefly but clearly stated

Characteristically clear and concise

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Subside

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To become less

To sink to a lower or normal level

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Stringently

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Rigorous or exacting

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Steadfast

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Able to be trusted or relied on

Not likely to change

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Stagnate

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To be or become motionless, fouled, or lacking in energy, originality, or development

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Sporadic

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Occurring irregularly or in a thinly scattered manner in time or space

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Soothe

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To make less angry

To help take away

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Mundane

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Of or pertaining to what is common and everyday

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the earthly world

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Muddled

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To cause to be confused

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Morose

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Gloomy or sullen

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Molten

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Made liquid by very high heat

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Mirage

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An illusion in which something is seen in the distance, but is not really there

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Meticulous

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Carefull, attentive to every small detail

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Menace

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That which presents a danger or threat

To direct a threat against

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Needle

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To take part in matters that concern someone else, without being asked

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Meander

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To wind back and forth

To wander in speech or movement without a goal or direction

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Meager

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Low in amount, strength, or value

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Lucrative

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Producing monetary gain

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Lofty

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Of great height
Noble/or/superior
Showing a belief that one is better than other people

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Liberate

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To fare or let out

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Lament

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To mourn for or regret

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Kinetic

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Of, concerning, or caused by motion

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Laudatory

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Expressing praise

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Pompous

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Showing or inclined to show an exaggerated air of dignity or importance

Marked by showiness or bombast
Characterized by Pomp and ceremony

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Plunder

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To steal by force

Stolen goods

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Plight

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A state or situation, especially an unhappy one

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Plea

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A serious or sincere call for help

A statement given in a court of law by someone charged with breaking the law

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Placate

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To calm down and make less angry, esp. by appeasement

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Pious

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Showing love for a god or gods in thoughts and action

Having religious content

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Pinnacle

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The highest point or part of anything,apex;summit

To provide with or as if with a pinnacle

To put above all else on or as if on a pinnacle

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Pilfer

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To steal, esp, trifling amounts or things of small value

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Petty

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Of little importance or interest

Mean, or having a narrow mind

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Pessimistic

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Feeling in a negative way about things

Don’t be pessimistic

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Pervasive

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Spreading or present everywhere or throughout.

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Personify

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To be a perfect or typical example of
To attribute human characteristics to a nonhuman or inanimate thing
To represent in a human figure or a particular person

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Rendezvous

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A meeting that has been arranged ahead of time

The place chosen for such a meeting

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Repugnant

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Extremely distasteful to ones scenses or principles

In direct opposition

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Repudiate

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To reject completely as invalid or untrue

To separate oneself from

To refuse to be bound by

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Reproach

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To express disapproval

To bring disgrace upon

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Repress

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To restrain or prevent the expression of

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Reprehensible

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Deserving of blame or reproof

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Replete

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We’ll-supplied

Filled with food and drink

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Porous

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Having many pores

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Exile

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The condition of being sent away from one’s country and not allowed to return as a punishment.

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Exemplify

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To serve as an example of

To demonstrate or explain by providing examples

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Exasperate

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To bother or annoy to the point of causing anger

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Evade

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To get away from by using skill or tricks

To avoid or fail to obey

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Exalt

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To raise in rank, power, dignity, or the like

To honor or glorify

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Euphemism

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The word or expression so substituted

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Esteem

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To have a high opinion of

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Esoteric

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Understood or known only by a few people who have special training, access, or interests

Intended for a select few

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Erratic

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Not expected or predicted

Not usual or accepted

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Equity

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The quality of being fair and reasonable

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Epitome

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Person, thing, or action that represents of some type of quality

A brief summary that gives the essence of a longer work

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Ephemeral

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Lasting for only a short period

Lasting or living for only a day

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Enigma

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A person or thing that is puzzling or hard to understand

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Endeavor

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To make an effort

A serious attempt

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Embryonic

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Of, relating to, or in the state of being an embryo

In an undeveloped or early stage

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Embodiment

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The act of embodying

A person or thing that embodies some principle

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Elongate

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To make longer

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Elegy

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A sorrowful or mournful poem

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Egress

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The act, instance, method, or place of exit or emergence

The right to exit

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Egotist

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A conceited person

A self-centered person

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Dubious

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Having or showing doubt

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Distort

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To twist out of shape

To make false or change the meaning of

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Distasteful

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Not to one’s liking

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Dissect

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To cut open or apart in order to examine

To examine closely

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Disparage

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To lower in esteem or rank

To depreciate or belittle

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Dispel

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To scatter or drive away in all directions

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Disavow

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To deny any knowledge of, responsibility for, or connection with

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Dilute

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To make thinner or weaker by adding a liquid

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Dignity

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One’s sense of worth

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Detrimental

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Causing harm

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Exquisite

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Very beautiful

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Homely

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Not pretty or handsome

Simple

Not fancy or special

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Hinder

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To hold back or stop the progress

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Haughty

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Proud in a way that shows a low opinion of others

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Hasten

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To move or act with speed

To cause or encourage to act or move quickly

To make happen or faster

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Feisty

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Touchy, quarrelsome , or quick-tempered

Determined, spirited, or mettlesome

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Fathom

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A unit of length equal to six feet

To get to the bottom of or understand completely

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Fallow

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Plowed but not planted with seeds

Land on a farm that has been plowed but not planted for one or more seasons

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Fallacy

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A false or misleading idea or notion
A logically unsound element in an argument or line of reasoning
The nature or quality of being incorrect or misleading in reasoning

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Facet

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One of the small, flat, polished surfaces of a cut gem

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Extol

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To speak of with high praise or enthusiasm

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Grievances

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An injustice considered a cause of complaint, or the complaint resulting from such an injustice

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Glint

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A brief flash or flicker of reflected light

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Glean

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To gather or discover

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Germane

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Having relevance to a given matter

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Genial

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Cheerful and friendly

Mild, pleasant, and comfortable

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Frugal

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Likely to try to save money

Small in amount or cost

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Foolhardy

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Unreasonably bold or daring

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Flotsam

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Floating wreckage and cargo of a ship that has sunk

Discarded items

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Fleeting

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Passing quickly

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Flaccid

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Without firmness

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Feign

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To pretend or fake

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Feeble

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Without strength

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Feasible

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Capable of being done

Capable of being used

Plausible or probable

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