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cabal

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a small secret group

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cacophony

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a harsh or unpleasant sound

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caesura

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pause

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callow

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young inexperienced

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calumny

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false accusation, slander

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canard

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a false story, report or rumor

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canny

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shrewd

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canon

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rule, law, standard

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cant

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insincere statements usually made in a singsong tone

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canvass

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to make a survey

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capacious

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spacious, roomy

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capitulate

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surrender

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captious

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hard to please fault finding

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carapace

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shell, hard protective covering

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careen

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swerve, dip to one side

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carouse

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to engage in a noisy drunken party

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carp

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to complain

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carte blanche

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freedom to use ones own judgement

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cataclysm

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a violent change

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catholic

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universal, wide-ranging

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caustic

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sarcastic

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cauterize

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to burn

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cavalcade

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a procession, a sequence of events

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caveat

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warning

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cavil

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to quibble

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cavort

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leap about to frolic

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celerity

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speed, swiftness

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censure

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to criticize sharply

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cerebration

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thinking using one’s brain

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chaff

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worthless matter

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charlatan

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a fake

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charnel

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cemetery, tomb

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chary

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careful, cautious

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chattel

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slave

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chauvinism

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fanatical devotion to one’s country, sex, religion

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chicanery

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trickery,

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chide

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scold

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chimerical

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imaginary, fantastic, unreal

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chirography

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art of handwriting

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choleric

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easily angered

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churlish

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rude, ill-bred

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cipher

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zero; person or thing of no value

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clangor

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harsh ringing sound

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clarion

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clear and shrill

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cleave

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to split apart; to cling to

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clemency

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mercy, leniency

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clime

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climate, region

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cloven

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split

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coadjutor

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assistant, helper

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coalesce

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blend, merge, fuse

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coffer

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strongbox

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cogent

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convincing

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cogitate

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to think, consider carefully

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cognate

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related, relevant

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cognomen

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family last name

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colloquy

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conversation

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comely

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attractive

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commensurate

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proportionate

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commodious

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roomy, spacious

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compendium

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brief summary

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complacent

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self-satisfied

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compunction

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uneasiness, remorse

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conciliate

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to soothe anger, to win over

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conclave

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secret meeting

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concomitant

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accompanying, attending

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condign

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deserved, suitable

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confluent

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merging, flowing together

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confounded

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confused, amazed

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connivance

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pretended ignorance of another’s wrongdoing, conspiracy

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connote

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suggest, imply

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connubial

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pertaining to marriage

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consanguinity

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close relationship

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consort

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husband or wife, to join

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contemn

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to regard with scorn or contempt

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contentious

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quarrelsome

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contiguous

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nearby, neighboring

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contingent

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possible

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contretemps

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an embarrassing occurrence

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contrite

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sorrowful

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contumacious

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disobedient

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contumely

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rudeness

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convalesce

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to recover from an illness

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conversant

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familiar with

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conveyance

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a vehicle

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convivial

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sociable

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corollary

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inference, consequence

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cortege

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funereal procession,

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coterie

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close circle of friends

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countenance

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the face, to permit tolerate or approve

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cozen

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to trick

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craven

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cowardly

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credulity

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gullibility

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crescendo

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increase

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crone

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hag, withered old woman

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cudgel

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club, think stick

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cull

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select, to pick

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cupidity

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greed

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curry

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try to win favor by flattery

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cursory

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superficial, hasty

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cynosure

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center of attention

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dais

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platform; speaker’s stand

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dale

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valley

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dally

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to waste time

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dastardly

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shameful

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daunt

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discourage

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de facto

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in reality

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dearth

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scarcity or lack

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debase

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humiliate, lower in rank

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decant

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to pour off

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deciduous

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passing, not permanent

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declaim

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to speak dramatically

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declivity

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downward slope

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decry

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to speak out against

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defalcate

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to misuse funds, embezzle

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defection

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desertion

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defoliate

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strip of leaves

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defray

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to pay the cost of

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deft

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skillful

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deign

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lower oneself before an inferior

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deleterious

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harmful

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demagogue

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a popular leader who appeals to the emotions

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demography

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study of population trends

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demur

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to object, to take exception to

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denigrate

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to ruin the reputation of, to blacken

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denizen

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occupant, resident, inhabitant

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denouement

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outcome, result

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deplore

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regret

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depose

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remove from office

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deprecate

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to disapprove of

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deride

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to ridicule

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derision

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ridicule

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descry

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to discover

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desiccate

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to dry up, to wither

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despoil

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to rob, plunder

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despot

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dictator

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desuetude

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condition of disuse, extinction

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desultory

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rambling,

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detente

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lessening of hostility or tension

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diadem

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crown

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dialectic

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logical discussion

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diaphanous

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transparent, very sheer and light

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dicker

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to bargain, argue over prices

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dictum

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a positive statement

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didactic

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instructive, inclined to lecture other too much

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diffident

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shy, modest

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dilatory

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slow or late in doing things

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dilettante

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a dabbler in the fine arts; one who is not an expert

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dint

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power, force

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dipsomaniac

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drunkard

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dirge

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funeral song or hymn

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discomfiture

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frustration, confusion

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discountenance

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disapprove of

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discrete

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separate, not attached

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discursive

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wandering, rambling

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disinter

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to uncover, to dig up

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dispassionate

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calm, impartial

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disputatious

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fond of arguing

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dissemble

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to conceal, pretend

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dissension

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disagreement

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dissident

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disagreeing

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dissimulate

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to hide one’s feelings

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dissolute

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immoral, unrestrained

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dither

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nervously excited confused

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divers

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several

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divest

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deprive

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doff

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to throw off or away

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doldrums

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low spirits

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doleful

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sorrowful

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dolorous

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mournful, sad

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dolt

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dull, stupid person

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donnybrook

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rough, rowdy fight

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dossier

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complete group of documents containing detailed information

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dotage

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feeblemindedness of old age

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doughty

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courageous, worthy

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dour

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gloomy

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doyen

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senior or oldest member

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droll

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amusing in an odd way

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dross

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waste matter

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dubious

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doubtful

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ductile

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capable of being modeled or shaped

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dudgeon

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anger, resentment

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dulcet

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pleasing to the ear

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dulcimer

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type of zither

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dynamo

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powerful person

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dyspepsia

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poor digestion

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dysphasia

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difficulty in speaking

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earnest

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sincere, serious

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earthy

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realistic, course

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ebb

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decrease

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ebullient

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enthusiastic

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eclat

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brillance, fame

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edify

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improve someone morally; to instruct

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educe

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to draw or bring out

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efface

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erase

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effete

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worn out, barren

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efficacy

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power to produce an effect

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effigy

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likeness, image

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effluent

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flowing out

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effrontery

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shameful boldness

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effulgent

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shining forth, radiant

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effusion

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pouring out, uncontrolled display of emotion

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egregious

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outrageous, remarkably bad

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egress

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exit

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ellipsis

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the omission in a sentence of a word or words

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elucidate

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to make clear

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embroil

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to involve in trouble, to complicate

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emendation

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correction

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emetic

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causing vomiting

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eminent

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famous, renowned

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emissary

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one sent on a special mission

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emollient

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something to soothe or soften

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emolument

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profit, gain

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empirical

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based on experience rather than theory

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emulate

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imitate

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emulous

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jealous

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encomium

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an expression of high praise

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endemic

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confined to a country or area

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enervate

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to weaken

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engender

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to promote

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enmity

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hostility, hatred

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ennui

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boredom

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enormity

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outrageous or immoral act

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ensconce

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to hide

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entreaty

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request or plea

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environs

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surroundings

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envisage

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to imagine

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envoy

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messenger, agent

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epigram

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witty saying

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epistle

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letter

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epithet

A

descriptive word or phrase

231
Q

equanimity

A

calmness, evenness of temperament

232
Q

equine

A

pertaining to horses

233
Q

equipoise

A

balance

234
Q

equivocal

A

doubtful, ambiguous

235
Q

equivocate

A

confuse by speaking in ambiguous terms

236
Q

ergo

A

therefore

237
Q

errant

A

wandering, straying from what is right

238
Q

ersatz

A

artificial; inferior substitute

239
Q

erstwhile

A

formerly, in the past

240
Q

erudite

A

scholarly

241
Q

esoteric

A

for a select few, not generally known

242
Q

espouse

A

to support a cause

243
Q

essay

A

to try to attempt

244
Q

estival

A

pertaining to summer

245
Q

etymology

A

the origen and development of words

246
Q

eugenics

A

science of improving the human race

247
Q

euphonious

A

harmonious, having a pleasant sound

248
Q

evanescent

A

temporary, fleeting

249
Q

eventuate

A

to result, to happen finally

250
Q

evince

A

show clearly

251
Q

excoriate

A

to criticize sharply, to scrap the skin off

252
Q

exculpate

A

to free from blame

253
Q

execrate

A

to curse

254
Q

exhort

A

to warn

255
Q

exigent

A

urgent, critical

256
Q

exiguous

A

scanty, small quantity

257
Q

expatiate

A

to enlarge upon request, to speak or write at length

258
Q

expectorate

A

to spit out

259
Q

expedient

A

practical, advantageous

260
Q

expiate

A

atone for

261
Q

explicate

A

explain in detail, make clear

262
Q

expound

A

interpret, explain

263
Q

expunge

A

erase

264
Q

expurgate

A

remove offensive passages, to cleanse

265
Q

extant

A

still in existence

266
Q

extemporaneous

A

offhand, done without preparation

267
Q

extirpate

A

destroy, to remove completely

268
Q

extort

A

to obtain by force

269
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extricate

A

to set free

GRE vocab (7 decks)

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