All The Words 2 Flashcards
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fluorish (n.)
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embelllsihment or ornamentation
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Approbation (n.)
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Expression of approval; praise
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Squander (v.)
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To waste irresponsibly
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tryst (n.)
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Agreement between lovers to meet
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obloquy (n.)
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censure, blame
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Precipitate (adj.)
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Acting with excessive speed or impulse
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officious (adj.)
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too helpful, meddlesome
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staid (adj.)
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fixed, settled
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Trenchant (adj.)
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Sharply perceptive
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abstemious (adj.)
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Moderate in appetite
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Surfeit (v.)
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Overabundant supply, to feed or supply to excess
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Brazen (adj.)
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Bold, shameless
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subsume (v.)
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to include/incorporate
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Platitude (n.)
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A superficial remark, esp. offered as meaningful
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Table (v.)
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To remove from consideration
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imbue (v.)
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to fill with
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slake (v.)
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To satisfy/refresh
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interpolate (v.)
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To insert, change by adding new words
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Churlish (adj.)
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Rude, boorish
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Guy (n.)
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Rope attached for brace or guidance
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Nebulous (adj.)
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Vague; cloudy
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Neophyte (n.)
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A recent convert, beginner
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umbrage (n.)
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offense, displeasure
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arcane (adj.)
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esoteric
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Coalesce (v.)
To cause to become one
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sedition (n.)
behavior prompting rebellion
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Tout (v.)
To publically praise or promote
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retrograde (adj.)
moving backward
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litany (n.)
lengthy recitation
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Flout (v.)
To show contempt for (a rule/convention)
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peripatetic (adj.)
travelling, itinerant
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Aesthetic (adj.)
dealing with/responsive to art/beautiful things
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Insouciant (adj.)
Unconcerned, carefree
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plaintive (adj.)
melancholy, mournful
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minutia (n.)
petty details
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Ascetic (n.)
One who practices strict self-denial
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Assuage (v.)
Ease; appease; pacify
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trepidation (n.)
fear/anxiety
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prate (v.)
To chatter, talk idly
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Die (n.)
Tool used for shaping
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iniquity (n.)
injustice/wickedness
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List (v.)
To tilt or lean to one side
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Avarice (n.)
Greed, esp. for wealth
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testy (adj.)
impatient, touchy
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carousal (n.)
a merry drinking party
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auspicious (adj.)
favorable
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dour (adj.)
sullen, gloomy
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Obfuscate (v.)
To deliberately hide/make confusitng
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Insipid (adj.)
lacking in spirit, bland
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enjoin (v.)
to prescribe
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slipshod (adj.)
careless, untidy
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Esoteric (adj.)
Intended for/understaood by a small, specific group
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Halcyon (adj.)
Calm and peaceful
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toady (n.)
yes-man
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byzantine (adj.)
intricate, complex
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Equivocate (v.)
To use ambiguous language for deceptive purposes
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attrition (n.)
reduction in numbers or strength
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Diffident (ajd.)
Reserved, shy
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Dissemble (v.)
To disguise, mislead
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paragon (n.)
model of excellence or perfection
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fetid (adj.)
Having a bad smell
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Intrepid (adj.)
Courageous, steadfast
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Ostentatious (adj.)
Showy
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Fatuous (adj.)
Silly, inanely foolish
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periphrastic (adj.)
roundabout, wordy
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unctuous (adj.)
affectedly moralistic and smug
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abeyance (n.)
Temporary suppression or suspention
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discomfit (v.)
To make uneasy; disconcert
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Inveigh (v.)
To disapprove, protest
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Profligate (adj.)
Excessively wasteful, extravagant
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stricture (n.)
something that restrains, negative criticism
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Endemic (adj.)
Found in particular locality or people
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avuncular (adj.)
Like an uncle, benevolent and tolerant
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Impetuous (adj.)
Rashly energetic, impulsive
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Obstreperous (adj.)
Aggressively defiant
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accession (n.)
act of coming into posession of something
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modicum (n.)
limited quantity
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indignance (n.)
displeasure at injustice
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Recondite (adj.)
Hidden; difficult to understand; obscure
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providential (adj.)
lucky
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Recant (v.)
Take back; retract
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Innocuous (adj.)
Harmless
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reprove (v.)
to criticize/correct
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vivisection (n.)
dissection on the living
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literati (n.)
scholarly or learned people
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Inveigle (v.)
To obtain by deceptionn/flattery
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Dross (n.)
waste, worthless matter
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pallid (adj.)
lacking in color or liveliness
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whimsical (adj.)
fanciful, unpredictable
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overweening (adj.)
presumptuous, arrogant
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Grandiolquence (n.)
Pompous speech or expression
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raillery (n.)
good humored mocking
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Desuetude (n.)
Disuse
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Augury (n.)
Omen, portent, warning
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rococo (adj.)
ornate 18th cent architecture
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Squalid (adj.)
Sordid, wretched
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Prosaic (adj.)
Dull, lacking in spirit
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Sap (v.)
To weaken
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purport (v.)
to profess
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Mendacity (n.)
Dishonesty
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Canon (n.)
Established set of codes/standards
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Relegate (v.)
Forcibily assign, esp. to a subordinate
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Rail (v.)
To complain about bitterly
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Solvent (adj.)
Able to meet financial obligations, able to dissolve another substance
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seminal (adj.)
pertaining to seed
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Vacillate (v.)
To flip flop
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fracas (n.)
Loud quarrel, brawl
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mnemonic (adj.)
related to memory
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Fractious (adj.)
Quarrelsome, rebellious
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bilious (adj.)
irratible, cranky
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threnody (n.)
poem/song of lamentation
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Probity (n.)
Integrity, uprightness
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boorish (adj.)
Rude, insensitive
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Execrate (v.)
To denounce, feel loathing for
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snub (adj.)
To treat with disdain, ignore
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Damp (v.)
To diminish the intensity
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internecine (adj.)
deadly to both sides
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gustatory (adj.)
affecting sense taste
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Plangent (adj.)
Pounding, thundering
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Amenable (adj.)
Agreeable; responsive to suggestion
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compendious (adj.)
brief, concise
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Steep (v.)
Saturate/soak
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accretion (n.)
Growth in size/Increase in amount
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Aver (v.)
To state as a fact, declare
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Contumacious (adj.)
Insubordinte, rebellious
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provident (adj.)
providing for future needs, frugal
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aloof (adj.)
at a distance, esp in feeling or interest
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Saturnine (adj.)
Gloomy, morose
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bromide (n.)
a platitude
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novitiate (n.)
State/period of being a novice
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Forswear (v.)
To renounce, repudiate
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Nonplussed (adj.)
Bewildered
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fustian (adj.)
pompous
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objurgate (v.)
harshly criticize
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Eclectic (adj.)
Composed of elements drawnn from various sources
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Alloy (v.)
To mix or cut with impurities
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Reverent (adj.)
Marked by awe and respect
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Dilettante (n.)
One with superficial/ameteurish interest in a subject
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apellation (n.)
name
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sextant (n.)
tool that determins lat/longs
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Pluck (n.)
Courage, spunk
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interdict (v.)
To forbid, prohibit
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canny (adj.)
cautious, astute
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Urbane (adj.)
Sophisticated, refined
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entomology (n.)
Scientific study of insects
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Specious (adj.)
Seemingly true, but false
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Apostate (n.)
One who abdandons long held beliefs/convictions
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punctilious (adj.)
Careful to follow the rules
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Consequential (adj.)
logically following OR pompous, self important
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substantive (adj.)
Esssential
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Adamant (adj.)
Uncompromising, unyielding
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perjure (v.)
to swear falsely
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Supplant (v.)
To take the place of
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chortle (v.)
to chuckle
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japery (n.)
a joke
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Pernicious (adj.)
Extremely harmful, potentially fatal
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Diaphanous (adj.)
Transparent, gauzy
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disingenuous (adj.)
Not candid, crafty
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refractory (adj.)
stubborn, unmanagable
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repine (v.)
fret, complain
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froward (adj.)
obsitnately disobedient
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ursury (n.)
lending money at exorbitant rates
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etiology (n.)
causes or origins
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Fell (v.)
To knock down
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Sporadic (adj.)
Occuring occasionally/in scattered instances
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Anachronism (n.)
Something out of place in historical/chronological context
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Anodyne (adj.)
Soothing
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Nascent (adj.)
In early stages
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Cogent (adj.)
Convincing, appealing to reason
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apposite (adj.)
appropriate and relevant
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Ebullience (n.)
Liveliness, enthusiasm
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Bent (n.)
inclination, tendency
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trifling (adj.)
trivial
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Conjugal (adj.)
Pertaining to marriage agreement
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extoll (v.)
to praise highly
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perspicuous (adj.)
clearly expressed
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analgesic (n.)
Medicatoin that reduces mapain
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Rarefy (v.)
To make or become thin or less dense, to refine
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Pedagogy (n.)
The professsion of principles of teaching/instructing
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Static (adj.)
Not moving; not active
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exactitude (n.)
accuracy
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Plastic (adj.)
Moldable
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Wag (n.)
Wit
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arabesque (n.)
Ornate design
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Zealous (adj.)
Impassioned, fervent, ardent
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Prisinte (adj.)
Pure, uncorrupted
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Erudite (adj.)
Learned, scholarly
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Perspicacious (adj.)
Acutely perceptive
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artless (adj.)
Guileless, natural (guile = cunning/crafty)
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visage (n.)
countenance (facial expression), appearance
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askance (adj.)
sideways
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Exonerate (v.)
To remove blame
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machinations (n.)
plots or schemes
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Rescind (v.)
To repeal, retract, invalidate
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verity (n.)
truthfullness
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aphorism (n.)
A terse saying embodying a general truth
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Doggerel (n.)
Bad verse
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Sententious (adj.)
Moralistic, tending to moralize excessively
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dictum (n.)
a saying
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Germane (adj.)
Relevant to the subject at hand
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Redoubtable (adj.)
Worthy of honor, awe-inspiring
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ape (v.)
to mimic
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Torque (n.)
Force that causes rotation
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convalesce (v.)
To recover after illness
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Untenable (adj.)
Not viable
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Desiccate (v.)
To dry out
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temperate (adj.)
self restrained
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stalwart (adj.)
strong, robust, brave
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aspersion (n.)
Slander, false rumor
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proscribe (v.)
To condemn, outlaw
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megalomania (n.)
delusions of power or importance
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Apogee (n.)
Highest point, culmination, zenith
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Chimera (n.)
An illusion
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audacious (adj.)
Bold, daring
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acidulous (adj.)
sharp, caustic
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creedence (n.)
Accept as true (give creedence)
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languor (n.)
sluggishness
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elegiac (adj.)
expressing sorrow/lamentation
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geniality (n.)
cheerfulness, sociability
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recreant (n.)
a coward
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treatise (n.)
article treating a subject thoroughly/systematically
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euphonic (adj.)
pleasing to the ear
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insensible (adj.)
unconscious, unresponsive
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acrid (adj.)
stingin/bitter
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reprobate (n.)
morally unprincipled
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Quaff (v.)
To drink deeply
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Encomium (n.)
Glowing, enthusiastic praise
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callow (adj.)
immature, inexperienced
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forfend (v.)
to defend/protect
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Tender (v.)
To offer
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Explicate (v.)
To explain, interperet
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Ennui (n.)
Dissatisfaction; restlessness (resulting from boredom/apathy)
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frivolous (adj.)
lacking seriousness or sense
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Inimitable (adj.)
One of a kind
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Laud (v.)
To praise
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brusque (adj.)
abrupt, blunt
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Ingenuous (adj.)
Frank; unsophisticated
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Inured (adj.)
Accustomed to accepting something undesireable
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Furtive (adj.)
Stealthy
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motley (adj.)
made up of many parts
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diurnal (adj.)
daily or happening during the day
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Refute (v.)
Disprove
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Torpid (adj.)
Lethargic
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strident (adj.)
loud, harsh
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sylvan (adj.)
Related to woods/forest
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Blandishment (n.)
Flattery
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Calumny (n.)
False accusation, slander
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Hegemony (n.)
Consistent dominance of one state or ideology over others
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Elegy (n.)
Mournful poem esp wrt the dead
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turbid (adj.)
muddy, opaque
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Veracity (n.)
Truthfulness; honesty
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latent (adj.)
present but hidden
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jaundiced (adj.)
yellow sickness, or envious/resentful
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countanance (n.)
facial expression or moral support
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Admonish (v.)
To caution/reprimand
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vilipend (adj.)
To treat with little value, deprecate
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Cataclysm (n.)
Viollent upheaval causing destruction and change
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vacuous (adj.)
empty, lacking intelligence
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bawdy (adj.)
obscene
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Extirpate (v.)
To destroy, exterminate
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Disabuse (v.)
To clear up; undeceive
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Quiescence (n.)
stillness
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kudos (n.)
fame, glory
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raiment (n.)
clothing
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Assiduous (adj.)
Diligent, hard working
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Waver (v.)
To sway; be unsettled in opinion
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maelstrom (n.)
turmoil
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petulant (adj.)
rude, peevish
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adventitious (adj.)
by chance
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Rancorous (adj.)
Characterized by bitter, long lasting resentment
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Captious (adj.)
Apt to notice trivial faults, difficult to please
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Occlude (v.)
To obstruct/block
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Minatory (adj.)
Menacing, threatening
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Brook (v.)
To tolerate
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Subpoena (n.)
A court order requiring appearance and/or testimony
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Prescience (n.)
Knowing of events ahead of time
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Variegated (adj.)
Multicolored
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Virulent (adj.)
Extremely harmful or poisonous
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engender (v.)
To cause, produce
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Caustic (adj.)
burning, corrosive
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dougty (adj.)
courageous and resolute
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dissimulate (v.)
dissemble
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Malleable (adj.)
Shapable, pliable
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subterfuge (n.)
means to escape a rule or hide something
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Voluble (adjj.)
Fluent, having easy use of spoken language
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subversive (adj.)
intended to undermine/overthrow
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ablution (n.)
A cleansing, esp religious
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presage (v.)
to foretell
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synchronous (adj.)
occuring at the same time
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Immutable (adj.)
Not changeable
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Chicanery (n.)
Trickery
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Qualify (v.)
To limit
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Commensurate (adj.)
proportional
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Adjunct (n.)
Something added
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dauntless (adj.)
bold
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Convention (n.)
Generally agreed upon practice
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Desultory (adj.)
Random, aimless
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riposte (n.)
retaliatory action or retort
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dilatory (adj.)
intended to delay
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Cadge (v.)
To beg
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histronic (adj.)
describing exaggerated emotional behavior calculated for effect
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interstice (n.)
an interval, gap
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travail (n.)
arduous work, anguish
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Prevaricate (v.)
To deliberately avoid the truth; mislead
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antediluvian (adj.)
prehistoric
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corroborate (v.)
to confirm
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Iconoclast (n.)
One who attacks/undermines traditional conventions or institutions
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sobriquet (n.)
nickname
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apace (adv.)
speedy
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sinecure (n.)
well paying job requiring little work
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Apotheosis (n.)
A model of excellence or perfection
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Exegesis (n.)
Critical examination, explication (explanation/interpretation)
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Terse (adj.)
Breif and concise
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Expository (adj.)
explanatory
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prognosticate (v.)
forecase/predict
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obesiance (n.)
deference
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endogamous (adj.)
marriage within a tribe/social unit
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Timorous (adj.)
Timid, fearful
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banal (adj.)
Commonplace, trite
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Proliferate (v.)
Grow quickly
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Chary (adj.)
Wary, cautious
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largess (n.)
generous giving
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Hedonism (n.)
Devotion to pleasureable pursuits
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syllogism (n.)
form of deductive reasoning
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Obviate (v.)
To make unnecessary by anticipating it
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portentous (adj.)
marvelous, momentous
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Eloquent (adj.)
Well spoken; articulate
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confer (v.)
to consult together or besto upon
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Exigent (adj.)
Urgent; pressing
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Mercurial (adj.)
Rapidly and unpredictably changing in mood
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kismet (n.)
fate/destiny
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Recalcitrant (adj.)
Defiant of authority, difficult to manage
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martinet (n.)
a strict disciplinarian
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Castigation (n.)
Severe criticism or punnishment
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stint (v.)
to be sparing
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Puissance (n.)
Power, strength
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lilliputian (adj.)
extremely small
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sophism (n.)
false argument
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Jejune (adj.
Uninteresting, vapid, nugatory
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fealty (n.)
faithfulness
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valedictory (adj.)
pertaining to a farewell
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effete (adj.)
Overrefined, decadent
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obsequy (n.)
funeral rite/ceremony
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rebuff (n./v.)
a blunt/abrupt rejection
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Conciliatory (adj.)
overcoming distrust or hostility
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Gauche (adj.)
coarse, uncouth, clumsy
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lustrous (adj.)
shining
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lambaste (v.)
thrash verbally or physically
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Vigilant (adj.)
Alertly watchful
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Pithy (adj.)
Precise and brief
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protean (adj.)
variable, readily assuming different forms
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disjointed (adj.)
Lacckking order or coherence
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Ineluctable (adj.)
Certain, inevitable
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effervescent (adj.)
Lively, bubbling
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cozen (v.)
To mislead by trick or fraud
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effusive (adj.)
lacking reservation
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Sedulous (adj.)
diligent,
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Caluminate (v.)
To slander, make a false accusation
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Adulterate (v.)
To cut with inferior ingredients
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Consecreate (v.)
To declare sacred
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stultify (v.)
impair/reduce to uselessness
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Tenacity (n.)
Adherence or persistence to something valued
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striated (adj.)
marked with thin, narrow grooves
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tantamount (adj.)
equivalent in value
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Lumber (v.)
Move heavily and clumsily
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Amalgamate (v.)
To combine several elements into a whole
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lugubrious (adj.)
mournful, gloomy
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propriety (n.)
correct conduct
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Cognizant (adj.)
Informed, conscious, aware
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Panegyric (n.)
Formal praise, eulogy
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Heretical (adj.)
Violating accepted dogma or convention
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sybarite (adj.)
hedonist
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protracted (v.)
to prolong
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taciturn (adj.)
reserved in speech
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Carnal (adj.)
Of the flesh or body
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Expiate (v.)
To atone, make amends for
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jocund (adj.)
jolly
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Prodigial (adj.)
Recklessly wastefull, extravagant
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equivocal (adj.)
questionable, dubious
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progenitor (n.)
biologically related ancestor
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pell-mell (adj.)
hasty and disorderly (helter skelter)
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discursive (adj.)
digressive, rambling
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Astringent (adj.)
Having a tightening effect on tissue
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Axiom (n.)
Universally recognized principle
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duplicity (n.)
deceit (speaking in different ways to different people)
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rebarbative (adj.)
causing vexation
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veracious (adj.)
Truthful, accurate
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Polemical (adj.)
Controversial, argumentative
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mien (n.)
demeanor, character
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myopic (adj.)
shortsighted
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Ubiquitous (adj.)
Existing everywhere at the same
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Incipient (adj.))
Begining to materialize/become apparent
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evocative (adj.)
Tending to call to mind or produce a reaction
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Parsimonious (adj.)
Cheap, miserly
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Occult (adj.)
Hidden, beyond comprehension
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libertine (n.)
One without moral restraint
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Garrulous (adj.)
Pointless talkative
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rue (v.)
to regret
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Belie (v.)
To contradict, misrepresent
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Inveterate (adj.)
Deep rooted, ingrained
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hallowed (adj.)
holy, sacred
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Prattle (v.)
To babble; talk in empty speech
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Dearth (n.)
Scarcity
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plumb (v.)
To determine depth, examine deeply
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tangential (adj.)
peripheral, disgressing
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Pith (n.)
The essential or central part
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Intractable (adj.)
Stubborn, obstinate
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Heterodox (adj.)
Unorthodox, heretical, iconoclastic
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preponderant (adj.)
Superior in weight/force influence
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Disparage (v.)
To slight or belittle
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Centripetal (adj.)
Moving towards the center
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Opprobrium (n.)
disgrace, contempt, scorn
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Chauvinist (n.)
Blindly devoted patriot
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Didactic (adj.)
Intended to teach/instruct
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Nice (adj.)
extremely precise
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pettifoggery (n.)
bickering or trickery
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Congenial (adj.)
Similar in taste and habits, suited to
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Salutary (adj.)
Remedial, causing improvement
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Diatribe (n.)
A harsh denunciation
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distend (v.)
To expand, swell out
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Penurious (adj.)
Stingy
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nexus (n.)
means of connection
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vociferous (adj.)
crying out, clamorous
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untoward (adj.)
not favorable, troublesome
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Burnish (v.)
To polish
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Discordant (adj.)
Conflicting
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Fawn (v.)
Flatter or praise excessively
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Profuse (adj.)
done abundantly, extravagant
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gibe (v.)
to taunt/mock
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Derision (n.)
Scorn, ridicule, contemptuous treatment
431
Phelgmatic (adj.)
Calm, sluggish, unemotional
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venal (adj.)
bribable, corruptable
433
Ameliorate (v.)
To make more tolerable
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Fulminate (v.)
To loudly attack; denounce
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peccadillo (n.)
a minor offense
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sidereal (adj.)
relating to the stars
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lassitude (n.)
lethargy
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effulgent (adj.)
radiant
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abet (v.)
to encourage/support
