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Ebullient (adj.)

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Extremely lively, enthusiastic

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Cacophony (n.)

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Tremendous noise, disharmonious sound

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Garish (adj.)

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Gaudy; in bad taste

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Juxtaposition (n.)

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The act of placing two things next to each other for implicit comparison

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Magnanimous (adj.)

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Noble, generous

Sir MAG of ANIMOUS was a very noble and generous prince.

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Obdurate (adj.)

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Unyielding to persuasion or moral influences

OBDURATE ocelots never obey orders.

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Palatable (adj.)

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Agreeable to the taste or sensibilities

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Quell (v.)

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To control or diffuse a potentially explosive situation

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Rancid (adj.)

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Having a terrible taste or smell

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Ubiquitous (adj.)

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Existing everywhere

Coca-cola is a UBIQUITOUS product; it can be found even in places that lack adequate health care.

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Zenith (n.)

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The highest point, culminating point

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Cajole (v.)

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To urge, coax

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Facade (n.)

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The wall of a building; deceptive appearance or attitude

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Judicious (adj.)

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Having or exercising sound judgment

Judges must be JUDICIOUS when making life-altering decisions

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Languid (adj.)

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Sluggish from fatigue of weakness

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Nefarious (adj.)

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Heinously villainous

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Pallid (adj.)

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Lacking color

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Rancor (n.)

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Deep, bitter resentment

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Salient (adj.)

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Significant, conspicuous

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Burgeon (v.)

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To grow; flourish; to put forth new shoots

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Abrogate (v.)

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To cancel; deny; repeal

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Polemical (adj.)

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Causing debate or argument

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Timorous (adj.)

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Cowardly; fearly

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Advent (n.)

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The arrival of a notable person, thing, or event

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Aberrant (adj.)

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Markedly different from an accepted norm

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Dichotomy (n.)

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A division into two contradictory groups

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Lugubrious (adj.)

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Looking or sounding sad and dismal

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Abeyance (n.)

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Temporary disuse or suspension

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Promulgate (v.)

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To proclaim, make known

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Paragon (n.)

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A model of excellence or perfection

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Vestige (n.)

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A mark or trace of something lost or vanished

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Maudlin (adj.)

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Weakly sentimental

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Precocious (adj.)

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Advanced, developing ahead of time

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Winsome (adj.)

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Charming, pleasing

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Cursory (adj.)

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Brief to the point of being superficial

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Prescient (adj.)

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To have foreknowledge of events

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Garrulous (adj.)

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Talkative, wordy

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Abscond (v.)

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To sneak away and hide

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Brusque (adj.)

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Short, abrupt, dismissive

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Tangential (adj.)

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Incidental, peripheral, divergent

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Coup (n.)

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A brilliant, unexpected act; the overthrow of a government and the assumption of authority

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Indigent (adj.)

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Very poor, impoverished

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Spurious (adj.)

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False but designed to seem plausible

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Solipsistic (adj.)

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Believing that oneself is all that exists

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Adroit (adj.)

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Skillful, dexterous

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Vapid (adj.)

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Lacking liveliness, dull

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Calumny (n.)

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An attempt to spoil someone else’s reputation by spreading lies

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Coalesce (v.)

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To fuse into a whole

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Apocryphal (adj.)

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Fictitious, false, wrong

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Assuage (v.)

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To ease, pacify

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Officious (adj.)

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Offering one’s services when try are neither wanted nor needed

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Ruse (n.)

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A trick

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Quagmire (n.)

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A difficult situation

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Arrogate (v.)

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To take without justification

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Punitive (adj.)

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Involving punishment

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Mores (n.)

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The moral attitudes and fixed customs of a group of people

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Harrowing (adj.)

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Greatly distressing, vexing

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Tremulous (adj.)

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Fearful

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