Common Words In Context Flashcards
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A date
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To reduce in amount
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Abscond
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To leave secretly
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Abstain
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To choose not to do something
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Abyss
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To choose not to do something
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Abyss
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An extremely deep hole
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Adulterated
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To make impure
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Advocate
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To speak in favor of
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Aesthetic
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Concerning the appreciation of beauty
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Aggrandize
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To increase in power, influence, and reputation
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Alleviate
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To make more bearable
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Amalgamate
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To combine, to mix together
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Ambiguous
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Doubtful or uncertain, able to interpret several ways
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Ameliorate
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To make better, to improve
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Anachronism
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Something out of place in time
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Analogous
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Similar or alike in some way
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Anatoly
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Deviation from what is normal
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Antagonize
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To annoy or provoke to anger
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Antipathy
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Extreme dislike
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Apathy
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Lack of interest or emotion
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Arbitrate
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To judge a dispute between two opposing parties
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Archaic
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Ancient, old fashioned
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Ardor
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Intense and passionate feeling
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Articulate
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Able to speak clearly and expressively
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Assuage
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To make something unpleasant less severe
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Attenuate
To reduce in force or degree
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Audacious
Fearless and daring
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Austere
Severe or stern in appearance
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Banal
Predictable, cliched, boring
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Bolster
Support, to prop up
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Bombastic
Pompous in speech and manner
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Cacophony
Harsh, jarring noise
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Candid
Impartial and honest in speech
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Capricious
Changing ones mind quickly and often
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Castigate
To punish or criticize harshly
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Catalyst
Something that brings about a change in something else
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Caustic
Biting in wit
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Chaos
Great disorder or confusion
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Chauvinist
Someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which he or she belongs
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Chicanery
Deception by means of craft or guile
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Cogent
Convincing and well reasoned
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Condone
To overlook, pardon, disregard
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Convoluted
Intricate and complicated
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Corroborate
To provide supporting evidence
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Credulous
Too trusting, gullible
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Crescendo
Steadily increasing volume or force
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Decorum
Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
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Deference
Respect, courtesy
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Deride
To speak of or treat with contempt
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Desiccate
To dry out thoroughly
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Desultory
Jumping from one thing to another
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Diatribe
Abusive, condemnations speech
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Diffident
Lacking self-confidence
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Dilate
To make larger, to expand
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Dilatory
Intended to delay
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Dilettante
Someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic
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Dirge
Funeral hymn
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Disabuse
To set right
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Discern
To perceive, to recognize
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Disparate
Fundamentally different
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Dissemble
Present a false appearance, disguise one's real intentions or character
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Dissonance
Harsh and disagreeable combination
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Dogma
Firmly held opinion
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Dogmatic
Dictatorial in one's opinions
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Dupe
To deceive, person who is easily deceived
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Eclectic
Selecting from or made up from a variety of sources
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Efficacy
Effectiveness
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Elegy
Sorrowful poem or speech
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Eloquent
Persuasive and moving
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Emulate
To copy, try to equal
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Enervate
To reduce in strength
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Engender
To produce, cause, bring about
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Enigma
Puzzle
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Enumerate
To count, list, itemize
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Ephemeral
Lasting a short time
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Equivocal
Open to more than one interpretation
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Equivocate
To use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead
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Erratic
Wandering and unpredictable
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Erudite
Learned, scholarly, bookish
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Esoteric
Known or understood by only a few
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Estimable
Admirable
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Eulogy
Speech in praise of someone
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Euphemism
Use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one
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Exacerbate
To make worse
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Exculpatory
To clear from blame
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Exigent
Urgent, requiring immediate action
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Exonerate
Clear of blame
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Explicit
Clearly stated or shown
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Fanatical
Acting excessively enthusiastic
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Fawn
To grovel
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Fervid
Intensely emotional
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Florid
Excessively decorated or embellished
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Foment
To arouse or incite
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Frugality
Tendency to be thrifty or cheap
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Garrulous
Tending to talk a lot
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Greagarious
Outgoing, sociable
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Guile
Deceit or trickery
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Gullible
Easily deceived
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Homogenous
Similar kind
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Iconoclast
One who opposed established beliefs, customs, and institutions
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Imperturbable
Not capable of being disturbed
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Impervious
Impossible to penetrate
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Impetuous
Quick to act without thinking
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Implacable
Unable to be calmed down or made peaceful
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Inchoate
Not fully formed
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Ingenuous
Showing innocence or childlike simplicity
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Inimical
Hostile, unfriendly
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Innocuous
Harmless
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Insipid
Lacking interest or flavor
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Intransigent
Unpromising, refusing to be reconciled
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Inundate
To overwhelm, to cover with water
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Irascible
Easily made angry
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Laconic
Using few words
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Lament
To express sorrow
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Laud
Give praise
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Lavish
Five unsparingly
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Lethargic
Acting in an indifferent or slow, sluggish manner
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Loquacious
Talkative
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Lucid
Clear and easily understood
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Luminous
Bright, brilliant, glowing
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Malinger
Evade responsibility by pretending to be ill
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Malleable
Capable of being shaped
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Metaphor
Figure of speech comparing two different things
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Meticulous
Extremely careful about details
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Misanthrope
Person who dislikes others
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Mitigate
To soften, to lesson
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Mollify
To calm or make less severe
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Monotony
Lack of variation
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Naive
Lacking sophistication or experience
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Obdurate
Hardened in feeling
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Obsequious
Overly submissive and eager to please
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Obstinate
Stubborn, unyielding
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Obviate
To prevent, make unnecessary
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Occlude
To stop up, prevent passage of
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Onerous
Troublesome and oppressive
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Opaque
Impossible to see through, preventing passage of light
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Opprobrium
Public disgrace
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Ostentation
Excessive showiness
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Paradox
Contraction or dilemma
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Paragon
Model of excellence or perfection
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Pedant
Someone who shows off learning
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Perfidious
Willing to betray one's trust
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Perfunctory
Done in a routine way
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Permeate
To penetrate
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Philanthropy
Charity, desire or effort to promote goodness
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Placate
To soothe or pacify
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Plastic
Able to be molded, altered, or bent
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Plethora
Excess
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Pragmatic
Practical as opposed to idealistic
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Precipitate
To throw violently to bring about abruptly
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Prevaricate
To lie or deviate from the truth
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Pristine
Fresh and clean
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Prodigal
Lavish, wasteful
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Proliferate
To increase in number quickly
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Propitiate
To conciliate, to appease
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Propriety
Correct behavior, obedience to rules and customs
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Prudence
Wisdom, caution, or restraint
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Pungent
Sharp and irritating to the senses
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Quiescent
Motionless
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Rarefy
To make thinner or sparse
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Repudiate
To reject the validity of
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Reticent
Silent, reserved
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Rhetoric
Effective writing or speaking
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Satiate
To satisfy fully or overindulge
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Soporific
Causing sleep or lethargy
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Specious
Deceptively attractive, seemingly plausible but fallacious
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Stigma
Mark of shame or discredit
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Stolid
Unemotional, lacking sensitivity
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Sublime
Lofty or grand
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Tacit
Done without using words
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Taciturn
Silent, not talkative
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Tirade
Long, harsh, speech, or verbal attack
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Torpor
Extreme mental and physical sluggishness
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Transitory
Temporary, lasting a brief time
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Vacillate
Sway physically, be indecisive
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Respect deeply
Truthfulness
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Wordy
Annoy
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Easily aroused or changeable
Fluctuate between choices
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Whimsical
Acting in a fanciful or capricious manner
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Zeal
Passion, excitement
