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1
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What word matches the definition?

Apathy, impassivity

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perfunctoriness

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Define prescient

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Having or showing knowledge of events before they take place.

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What word matches this definition?

Having or showing knowledge of events before they take place.

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prescient

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Define diffident

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Modest or shy due to a lack of self confidence.

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Define deference

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Humble submission or respect

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Define supine

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(of a person) Lying face upward.

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What word matches this definition?

Tending to obstruct or harm,.Unfriendly; hostile.

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inimical

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Define prescient

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Having or showing knowledge of events before they take place.

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Name an antonym:

profligate

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moderate, reasonable, conservative

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What word matches this definition?

Modest or shy due to a lack of self confidence.

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diffident

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What word matches this definition?

Having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition.

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phlegmatic

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What word matches the definition?

of or relating to tailoring, clothes, or style of dress

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sartorial

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Define tendentiousness

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Intentional and controversial bias.

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Define attenuated

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Unnaturally thin, weakened in force or affect.

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What word matches this definition?

(of a person) Lying face upward.

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supine

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Define diffident

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Modest or shy due to a lack of self confidence.

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Define probity

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The quality of having strong morals or principles; honesty and decency

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18
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What word matches this definition?

Intentional and controversial bias.

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tendentiousness

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What word matches this definition?

Modest or shy due to a lack of self confidence.

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diffident

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Define phlegmatic

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Having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition.

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Name an antonym:

diffident

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Bold, confident, unabashed, brave, dauntless, courageous

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What word matches this definition?

Having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition.

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phlegmatic

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What word matches this definition?

The quality of having strong morals or principles

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probity

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What word matches this definition?

Humble submission or respect.

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deference

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define perfunctoriness

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Apathy, impassivity

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What word matches the definition:

Loud and harsh, grating. Expressing a point of view (controversial) in an excessively forceful way.

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strident

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Name an antonym:

demur

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Consent, agree

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What word matches this definition?

Unnaturally thin, weakened in force or affect.

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attenuated

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Name an antonym:

approbation

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upbraid, scold, criticism, disapprobation

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30
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Define promulgate

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Promote or make widely known; put into law by official proclamation

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Define approbation

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Approval or praise

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Define inimical`

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Adjective
Tending to obstruct or harm: “actions inimical to our interests”.
Unfriendly; hostile.

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What word matches this definition?

Approval or praise

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approbation

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34
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Define profligate

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Recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources.

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define demur

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raise doubts or objections, show reluctance

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What word matches the definition?

raise doubts or objections, show reluctance

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demur

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37
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Define tendentiousness

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Intentional and controversial bias.

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38
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Define strident

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Loud and harsh, grating. Expressing a point of view (controversial) in an excessively forceful way.

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39
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Define sartorial

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of or relating to tailoring, clothes, or style of dress

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40
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Name an antonym:

probity

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deceit, dishonesty, unfairness, corrupt

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Name an antonym:

phlegmatic

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Emotional, interested, passionate, excited

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42
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Name an antonym:

perfunctoriness

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Careful, precise, accurate

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43
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What word matches this definition?

Intentional and controversial bias.

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tendentiousness

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44
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Define inimical`

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Adjective
Tending to obstruct or harm: “actions inimical to our interests”.
Unfriendly; hostile.

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45
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What word matches this definition?

(of a person) Lying face upward.

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supine

46
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Define phlegmatic

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Having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition.

47
Q

What word matches this definition?

Recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources

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profligate

48
Q

What word matches this definition?

Tending to obstruct or harm,.Unfriendly; hostile.

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inimical

49
Q

What word matches this definition?

Unnaturally thin, weakened in force or affect.

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attenuated

50
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Define attenuated

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Unnaturally thin, weakened in force or affect.

51
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What word matches this definition?

Humble submission or respect.

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deference

52
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Define deference

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Humble submission or respect

53
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What word matches this definition?

The quality of having strong morals or principles

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probity

54
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Define approbation

A

Approval or praise

55
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Define probity

A

The quality of having strong morals or principles; honesty and decency

56
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Define profligate

A

Recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources.

57
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What word matches this definition?

Recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources

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profligate

58
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What word matches this definition?

Approval or praise

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approbation

59
Q

What word matches the definition?

Apathy, impassivity

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perfunctoriness

60
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define perfunctoriness

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Apathy, impassivity

61
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What word matches the definition?

raise doubts or objections, show reluctance

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demur

62
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define demur

A

raise doubts or objections, show reluctance

63
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Name an antonym:

perfunctoriness

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Careful, precise, accurate

64
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Name an antonym:

demur

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Consent, agree

65
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Name an antonym:

profligate

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moderate, reasonable, conservative

66
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Name an antonym:

probity

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deceit, dishonesty, unfairness, corrupt

67
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Name an antonym:

phlegmatic

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Emotional, interested, passionate, excited

68
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Name an antonym:

approbation

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upbraid, scold, criticism, disapprobation

69
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Define sartorial

A

of or relating to tailoring, clothes, or style of dress

70
Q

What word matches the definition?

of or relating to tailoring, clothes, or style of dress

A

sartorial

71
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Define strident

A

Loud and harsh, grating. Expressing a point of view (controversial) in an excessively forceful way.

72
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Name an antonym:

diffident

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Bold, confident, unabashed, brave, dauntless, courageous

73
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Define promulgate

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Promote or make widely known; put into law by official proclamation

74
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Define didactic

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Intended to teach, having moral instruction as an ulterior motive.

75
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Define amour

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a secret or illicit love affair or lover.

76
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a secret or illicit love affair or lover.

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amour

77
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Define volition

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The faculty or power of using ones will; desire

78
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Art or object considered in poor taste due to garishness or sentimentality, appreciated in an ironic way.

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kitsch

79
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The faculty or power of using ones will

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volition

80
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Define preclude

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To prevent from happening; make impossible.

81
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To prevent from happening; make impossible.

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preclude

82
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Name an antonym:

preclude

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support, permit, enable.

83
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Define pugnacious

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Eager or quick to argue, quarrel or fight; Having the appearance of a willing fighter. Quarrelsome. Bellicose. Truculent.

84
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Define irascible

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Short tempered; characterized or arising by anger.

85
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What word matches the definition:

Loud and harsh, grating. Expressing a point of view (controversial) in an excessively forceful way.

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strident

86
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Short tempered; characterized or arising by anger.

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irascible

87
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Apt in the circumstances or relating to something. Pertinent.

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apposite

88
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Define apposite

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Apt in the circumstances or relating to something. Pertinent.

89
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Define germane

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relevant to a subject under consideration

90
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Name an antonym:

germane

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irrelevant, inappropriate, unsuitable, unfitting, improper.

91
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Extreme greed for wealth or material gain

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avarice

92
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Define mendacity

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untruthfulness

93
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Define baseness

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unworthiness by virtue or lacking higher values

94
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Define munificent

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Very generous

95
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Define kitsch

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Art or object considered in poor taste due to garishness or sentimentality, appreciated in an ironic way.

96
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Define laconic

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Using very few words

97
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Using very few words

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laconic

98
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Very generous

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munificent

99
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Define repudiate

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Deny the validity or truth of; refuse to accept or be associated with.

100
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Deny the validity or truth of; refuse to accept or be associated with.

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repudiate

101
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Define avarice

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Extreme greed for wealth or material gain

102
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Define capitulate

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Cease to resist an opponent or unwelcome demand. Surrender

103
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Cease to resist an opponent or unwelcome demand. Surrender

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capitulate

104
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Define fecundity

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The quality or power of producing abundantly. The creative power of the mind. Fertility or fruitfulness.

105
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The quality or power of producing abundantly. The creative power of the mind. Fertility or fruitfulness.

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Fecundity

106
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Define pithy

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Concise and forcefully expressive. Terse or succinct.

107
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Concise and forcefully expressive. Terse or succinct.

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pithy

108
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Define endemic

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Regularly found among a certain people or in a particular area.

109
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Regularly found among a certain people or in a particular area.

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endemic

110
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Define parochial

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Having a limited or narrow outlook or scope.

111
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Having a limited or narrow outlook or scope.

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parochial

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