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ABJURE

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(vt) 1. To give up (right, allegiance, etc.) on oath; renounce 2. To give up (opinions) publicly; recant

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ABSTRUSE

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(adj) Difficult to understand; obscure

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ACCESSION

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(n) The act of acceding; augmentation; succession to the throne

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ADJURE

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(vt) 1. To charge solemnly, often under oath or penalty 2. To entreat earnestly

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AGUE

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(n) 1. A fever, usually that of malaria, marked by regularly recurring chills 2. A chill; fit of shivering

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ALACRITY

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(n) liveliness; cheerful readiness; promptitude

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ALIGHT

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(v) 1. To get down off of; dismount 2. To come down after flight 3. [Rare] To come (on
or upon) accidentally

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ALLIGATE

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(n) to attach; bind

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APPELLATION

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(n) 1. The act of calling by a name 2. A name or title; designation

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ARDENT

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(adj) 1. Warm or intense in feeling; passionate 2. intensely enthusiastic or devoted; zealous 3. Glowing; radiant 4. Burning, aflame

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ASSEVERATE

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(vt) To state seriously or positively; assert

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AUGEAN

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(adj) difficult or unpleasant

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AUGUR

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(n) An instrument for boring holes

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AVARICE

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(n) Covetousness, greed, eagerly desirous (to be); extreme greed for wealth or material gain

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AVER

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(vt) To declare to be true; affirm. Past tense Averred

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AVUNCULAR

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(a) Relating to an uncle “The avuncular affair”

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BECLOUD

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(vt) To cloud over; obscure

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BEGUILE

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(vt) 1. To mislead by guile; deceive 2. To deprive (of or out of) by deceit; cheat 3. To pass (time) pleasantly; while away [ he beguiled his day with reading ] 4. To charm or delight

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BELEAGUER

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(vt) 1. To besiege by encircling, as with an army 2. To beset, harass

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BENEFICIENCE

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(n) The quality or state of doing or producing good

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CAPITULATE

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(v) To cease resisting; acquiesce, surrender, often after a negotiation of terms

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CAPRICE

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A sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action// a disposition to do things impulsively
*Capricious: governed by caprice

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CLAMOROUS

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(adj) 1. Loud and confused; noisy 2. Loudly demanding or complaining

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COGITATE

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(vt) To think seriously and deeply (about); ponder; consider

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COLLOQUY

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(n) A conversation; a gathering for discussions of theological questions

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COMMINATE

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(v) To threaten with divine punishment

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CONCOURSE

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(n) A large open area inside or in front of a public building, as in an airport or train station

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CONCUPISCENT

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(adj) lustful; sensual

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CONFLUENCE

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(n) 1. A flowing together, esp. of two or more streams 2. The place where they join, or a stream formed in this way 3. A coming together as of people; crowd; throng

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CONNIVANCE

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(n) Willingness to secretly allow or be involved in wrongdoing, especially an immoral or illegal act

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CONTIGUOUS

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Touching or connected throughout in an unbroken sequence// next or near in time or sequence// touching along a boundary or a point

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CONTRARIETY

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(n) 1. The condition or quality of being contrary 2. -ties Anything that is contrary; inconsistency

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CONTRIVANCE

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(n) 1. The use of skill to bring something about/create something
2. A thing that is created skillfully to serve a particular purpose
3. An elaborate scheme

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CONVALESCENCE

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(n) Time spent recovering from an illness or medical treatment; recuperation

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CROESUS

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(n) a very rich man

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CUPIDITY

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(n) Greed for money or possessions

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DASTARDLY

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(adj) Mean, sneaky, cowardly, etc.

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DEPORTMENT

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(n) The manner of conducting oneself; behaviour

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DERELICT

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(adj) 1. Deserted by the owner; abandoned 2. Neglectful of duty; negligent
(n) 1. A property abandoned by the owner; esp. a ship deserted at sea 2. A destitute person with no home or job

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DESCRY

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To catch a glimpse of; to discover

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DESICCATE

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(vt) 1. To dry completely 2. To preserved (food) by drying

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DIMINUTION

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(n) A diminishing or being diminished; lessening; decrease

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DIMINUTIVE

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(adj) 1. Very small; tiny 2. (grammar) Expressing smallness or diminution (a diminutive suffix)
(n) 1. A very small person or thing

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DISPENSATION

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(n) Exemption from a rule or usual requirement

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DOSS

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(v) to sleep or lie down in any convenient place

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DURANCE

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(n) Imprisonment or confinement

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EFFICACIOUS

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(adj) producing or capable of producing the desired effect; effective

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EFFICACY

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(n) Power to produce intended results; effectiveness

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EFFULGENCE

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(n) A brightness taken to the extreme. You may be dazzled by it, stunned by it, or even overcome by it

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EMENDATION

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The process of making a revision or correction to a text

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ENMITY

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(n) The bitter attitude or feelings of an enemy or mutual enemies; hostility

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EVINCE

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(vt) To show plainly; make manifest; esp., to show that one has a specific quality, feeling, etc.)

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EXECRABLE

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(adj) Abominable; detestable

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EXECRATE

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(vt) 1. To call down evil upon; curse 2. To denounce scathingly 3. To loathe; detest; abhor

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EXORDIUM

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(n) 1. A beginning 2. The opening of a speech, treatise, etc.

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EXPATIATE

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(v) Speak or write at length or in detail

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EXPOSTULATE

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(vi) To reason with a person earnestly, objecting to his actions or intentions; remonstrate (with)

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EXULT

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(v) To be very proud and happy. Exultant. Exultation.

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FECUND

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(adj) Fruitful or fertile; productive fecundity

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FINITUDE

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(n) The state or quality of being finite

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GAINSAY

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(v) Deny or contradict (a fact or statement). Speak against or oppose (someone)

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IGNOMINY

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(n) Shame and disgrace; dishonor

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IMPERTINENT

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(adj) Not feeling shame or regret; not sorry what one has done

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IMPORTUNATE

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(adj) Urgent or annoyingly persistent in asking or demanding

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IMPRACTICABLE

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(adj) Impossible in practice to do or carry out

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IMPRECATION

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(n) A spoken curse. The act of imprecating. Words may be imprecatory

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IMPUDENT

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Marked by contemptuous or cocky boldness or disregard of others

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INCENDIARY

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(adj) 1. Relating to the willful destruction of property by fire 2. Designed to cause fires, as certain bombs 3. Willfully stirring up strife, riot, etc

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INCIPIENT

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(adj) Just beginning to exist or to come to notice

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INEXORABLE

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(adj) 1. That cannot be influenced by entreaty; unrelenting 2. That cannot be altered, checked, etc. (inexorable fate)

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INDIGENT

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Suffering from extreme poverty; impoverished

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INELUCTABLE

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(adj) not to be avoided or escaped; inevitable

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INFERENTIAL

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(adj) characterized by or involving conclusions reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning

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INSIPID

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(adj) 1. Having no flavor; tasteless 2. Not interesting, dull; lifeless

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INSOUCIANT

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(adj) Calm and unbothered; carefree; indifferent

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INURED

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(v)(past tense) Accustom (someone) to something, especially something unpleasant
“She became inured to his anger”

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INVETERATE

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(adj) 1. Firmly established over a long period; deep-rooted 2. Settled in a habit, practice, prejudice, etc.; habitual

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IRASCIBLE

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(adj) Easily made angry; quick tempered; irritable

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ITINERANT

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(adj) Traveling from place to place or on a circuit

(n) A person who travels from place to place

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LACONIC

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(adj) Brief or terse in speech or expression; using few words

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LANGUID

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(adj) 1. Without vigor or vitality; drooping; weak 2. Without interest or spirit; listless 3. Sluggish; slow

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LASSITUDE

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(n) A state of physical or mental weariness; lack of energy

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LEVITY

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excessive or unseemly frivolity

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LOQUACITY

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(n) The quality of talking a great deal

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MAXILLARY

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(adj) Designating, of, or near the jaw or jawbone

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MENDACITY

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Lie// The quality or state of being mendacious

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MERITORIOUS

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(adj) Having merit; deserving reward, praise, etc.

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MIEN

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(n) 1. A way of carrying and conducting oneself; matter 2. A way of looking; appearance

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MORDANT

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(adj) 1. Biting; caustic 2. Corrosive 3. Acting as a mordant
(n) 1. A substance used in dyeing to fix the colors 2. An acid, etc. used in etching to bite lines, areas, etc. into the surface

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OBSEQUIOUS

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(adj) Showing too great a willingness to serve or obey; fawning

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OBVIATE

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To anticipate and prevent (something. such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary. The use of intelligence or forethought to ward off trouble.

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ODIOUS

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(adj) Arousing or deserving hatred or loathing; disgusting

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OLIGOPOLY

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(n) Control of a commodity or service by a few companies or suppliers

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ONEROUS

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(adj) Burdensome; oppressive

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PALAVER

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(n) 1. Talk; esp., idle chatter 2. Flattery; cajolery
(vi) 1. To talk, esp. Idly or flatteringly 2. To confer
(vt) To flatter or wheedle

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PAROXYSM

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(n) A sudden attack or violent expression of a particular emotion or activity

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PERDITION

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(n) 1. Complete and irreparable loss; ruin 2. The loss of the soul; damnation

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PERSPICACIOUS

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(adj) Having keen judgement or understanding; discerning

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PERTINACIOUS

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(adj) 1. Holding firmly or stubbornly to some purpose, belief, or action 2. Hard to get rid of; persistent

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PESTIFEROUS

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(adj) Harboring infection and disease constituting a pest or nuisance; annoying

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PETARD

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(n) A metal cone filled with explosives: formerly fastened to walls and gates and exploded to force an opening

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PETULANT

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(adj) Impatient or irritable, esp. over a petty annoyance; peevish

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POLYMATH

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(n) A person of great and diversified learning

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PRECIPITATELY

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(adv?) to hasten the occurrence of; bring about prematurely, hastily, or suddenly: to precipitate an international crisis. … to cast, plunge, or send, especially violently or abruptly: He precipitated himself into the struggle.

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PRECIPITOUS

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(adj) 1. Dangerously high or steep 2. (of an action) done suddenly and without careful consideration

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PRESENTIMENT

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(n) A feeling that something, esp. of an unfortunate nature, is about to take place; foreboding

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PRESCIENCE

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Foreknowledge of events// divine omniscience// human anticipation of the course of events

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PROMULGATE

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(v) Promote or make widely known (an idea or cause)

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PROPHYLACTIC

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(adj) preventive or protective; especially preventing disease
(n) A prophylactic medicine, devise

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PROPITIATE

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(vt) To win or regain the goodwill of; appease or conciliate

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PROPRIETY

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(n) 1. The polite and correct way of behaving

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QUIESCENT

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(adj) Quiet, still; inactive

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RANKLE

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(vi, vt) To cause or fill with long-lasting rancor, resentment

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RECPOMPENSE

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(v) Make amends to someone for loss or harm suffered; compensate
(n) Compensation or reward given for loss or harm suffered or effort made

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RECRUDESCENCE

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(n) The recurrence of an undesirable condition

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REDOLENT

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(adj) 1. Sweet smelling; fragrant 2. Suggestive

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REPROBATE

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(n) Unprincipled person “He’s a reprobate, a scoundrel.”
(adj) Unprincipled “My reprobate old friend”
(v) Express or feel disapproval of “I reprobate my own transgressions upon reflection”

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RETRENCHMENT

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(n) The reduction of costs or spending in response to economic difficulty

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RIPOSTE

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(n) A sharp swift retort

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SACROSANCT

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(adj) Very sacred, holy, or inviolable

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SAGACIOUS

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(adj) Very wise or shrewd

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SAGACITY

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(n) The quality or an instance of being sagacious

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SALIENT

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(adj) 1. Leaping 2. Pointing outward; projecting 3. Standing out; noticeable; prominent

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SALUBRIOUS

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(adj) Promoting health or welfare; healthful; wholesome, salutary, etc

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SANCTIMONIOUS

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(adj) Pretending to be very pious; affecting sanctity or righteousness

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SANGUINE

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(adj) 1. The color of blood; ruddy 2. Cheerful; confident; optimistic

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SCINTILLA

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(n) 1. A spark 2. A tiny bit, a trace

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SCRUPULOUS

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(adj) 1. Having or showing scruples; conscientiously honest 2. Demanding or using precision, care, and exactness

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SEDITION

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(n) A stirring up of rebellion against the government

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SEDITIOUS

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(adj) 1. Of, like, or constituting sedition 2. Stirring up rebellion

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SEDULOUS

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(adj) Showing dedication and diligence

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SENTENTIOUS

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(adj) 1. Expressing much in few words; short and pithy 2. Full of, or fond of using, maxims, proverbs, etc., esp. In a pompously trite or moralizing way

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SEQUESTER

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(v) To hide, or keep away from others; withdraw; to seize or hold, as until a debt is paid

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SERAGLIO

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(n) 1. The part of a Muslims household where his wives or concubines lieve; harem 2. The palace of a Turkish sultan

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SERE

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(adj) Dried up; withered *seldom used except in poetry

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SHAMBOLIC

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(adj) very disorganized; messy or confused

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SHRIFT

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(n) Confession; especially to a priest

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SIBILANT

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(adj) Having or making a hissing sound

(n) A consonant characterized by a hissing sound

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SLAKE

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(v) Quench or satisfy (one’s thirst)

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SOLICITOUS

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(adj) Characterized by or showing interest or concern

(n) Solicitude: Care/concern for something or someone

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SUBTERFUGE

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(n) Any plan, action, etc. used to hide one’s true objective, evade a difficult situation, etc.

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SUFFUSE

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(vt) To overspread so as to fill with a glow, color, fluid, etc.: said of light, a blush, air,

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SUPPLICATE

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(v) Ask or beg for something earnestly or humbly

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SUSPIRATION

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(n) The act of sighing, or fetching a long and deep breath

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SYCOPHANT

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(n) A person who weeks favor by flattering people of wealth or influence; toady

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TACIT

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(adj) Understood or implied without being stated

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TACITURN

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(adj) Almost always silent; not liking to talk

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TEMERITY

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(n) Foolish or reckless boldness; rashness

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TIMOROUS

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(adj) 1. Full of or subject to fear; timid 2. Showing or caused by timidity

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TREPIDATION

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(n) 1. Tremulous or trembling movement 2. To tremble 3. Fearful uncertainty or anxiety

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TUMESCENCE

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(n) 1. A swelling; distention 2. A swollen or distended part
(adj) Tumescent ego

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UNCTUOUS

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(adj) Excessively smooth, suave, or smug

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VERACITY

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(n) 1. Habitual truthfulness; honesty 2. Accordance with truth; accuracy of statement 3. Accuracy or precision, as of perception 4. That which is true; truth

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VERITABLE

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(adj) being such in truth or fact; actual

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VICISSITUDE

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(n) A change of circumstance or fortune, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant

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VIRULENT

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(adj) 1. a. Extremely poisonous or injurious; deadly b. Bitterly spiteful; full of hate and enmity

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VITIATE

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(vt) 1. To make imperfect or faulty; spoil 2. To weaken morally; debase 3. To make legally ineffective

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VOLUBLE

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(adj) Characterized by ready or rapid speech

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IMPENITENT

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(adj) Not feeling shame or regret; not sorry for what one has done

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ITINERANT

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Traveling from place to place

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