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Anachronism

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Something or someone misplaced in time.

Shakespeare’s reference to clock in Julius Caesar is an anachronism, they didn’t exist yet.

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Ambivalence

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The state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes.
I am confused by the ambivalence of her feelings, one moment she hates me, the next she loves me.

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Ascetic

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Practicing self-denial, austere

The wealthy young man could not understand the ascetic ways of the monks.

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Catalyst

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Agent that brings change in a chemical reaction without affecting or changing itself.

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Chicanery

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Trickery

The street magician’s chicanery was exposed when he dropped the ball out of his sleeve.

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Coagulate

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Thicken, clot; congeal

The burning on the bottom of the pot will continue to coagulate if you do not put water in the pot.

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Compendium

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Brief, comprehensive summary

This text will serve as a compendium of Hitler’s thoughts.

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Desiccate

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Dry up

The farmers desiccate their food in order to preserve it.

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Desultory

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Aimless; haphazard; digressing at random

Malcolm decided to read the entire dictionary, to him reading was purposeful, not desultory.

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Dichotomy

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Branching into two parts

The choice you have is a dichotomy.

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Diffidence

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Shyness

You must overcome your diffidence if you want to be a sales person.

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Disabuse

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Correct a false impression; undecieve

I will attempt to disabuse you of your incorrect notions.

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Discredit

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Defame; destroy confidence in; disbelieve

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Disingenuous

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Not naive, spohisticated

Although he is young, his remarks were disingenuous.

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Disparage

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Belittle

Do not disparage anyone’s ideas, we need to work together.

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Dissemble

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Disguise; pretend

John tried to dissemble his motive for picking up the gun.

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Dogmatic

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Positive; arbitrary

Do not be so dogmatic about the statement, it can be easily refuted.

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Dupe

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Foolish person

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Ephemeral

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Short-lived; fleeting

The ephemeral life of a wasp only lasts for 14 hours after birth.

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Euphemism

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Mild expression in place of an unpleasant one.

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Exacerbate

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Worsen, embitter

The latest police violence will exacerbate the already existing discontent with the law.

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Exigency

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Urgent situation

In this exigency, we must look for aid from our allies.

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Flout

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Reject, mock

The young trouble maker flouted all authority, refusing to listen.

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Frugality

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Thigh-fistedness

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Iconoclastic

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Attacking cherished traditions

George Bernard Shaw’s iconoclastic plays often startled a more conventional audience.

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Impassive

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Without feelings; not affected by pain

Native americans are often depicted as impassive indivuals.

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Implicit

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Understood but not stated

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Inconsequential

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Insignificant; unimortant

Some inconsequential changes were made to the documents.

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Inherent

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Firmly establish by nature or habit

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Intransigence

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State of stubborn unwillingness to compromise.

The intransigence of both parties made an agreement almost impossible.

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Lethargic

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Drowsy; dull

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Loquacious

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Talkative

She is very loquacious and can speak on the phone for hours on end.

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Mendacious

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Lying; false

He was a pathological liar, and his friends learned to discount his mendacious tales.

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Mundane

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Worldly as opposed to spiritual

He completed mundane tasks each day.

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Opprobrium

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Infamy, vilification

He refused to defend himself against the slander and opprobrium hurled against him by the newspapers.

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Paragon

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Model of perfection
The class disliked him because the teacher always pointed him out as a paragon of virtue.
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Partisan

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Prejudiced

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Penury

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Extreme poverty

When his pension failed, George feared he would end his days in penury.

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Perennial

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Something long-lasting

These plants are hardy perennials, from the Cretaceous era.

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Perfunctory

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Superficial; not thorough; lacking interest, care or enthusiasm
The auditor’s perfunctory inspection of the books overlooked many errors.

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Phlegmatic

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Calm; not easily disturbed

The nurse was a cheerful but phlegmatic person.

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Plummet

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Fall sharply downwards

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Precipitate

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Heaadlong; rash

Do not be precipitate on this matter; investigate it further.

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Pristine

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Characteristic of earlier times; primitive; unspoiled

This area has been preserved in all it’s pristine glory.

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Propensity

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Natural inclination

Convinced of his own talent, Sol has an unfortunate propensity to belittle the talents of others.

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Propriety

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Fitness; correct conduct

I want you to handle this dinner with propriety, don’t embarrass me.

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Rarefied

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Made less dense

The mountain climbers struggled with the rarefied atmosphere.

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Relegate

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Banish; consign to inferior position

If we relegate the experts to minor posts, the project will fail.

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Reproach

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Blame; censure

I want to be above reproach with my work

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Shard

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Fragment, generally of pottery

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Solicitous

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Worried; concerned

The employer was very solicitous about the health of her employees.

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Speccious

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Seemingly reasonable but incorrect

Let us not be misled by such specious arguments.

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Sporadic

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Occurring irregularly

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Stint

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Be thrifty; set limits

The father refused to stint on wedding arrangements.

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Striated

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Marked with parallel bands; grooved

Striated rocks were found on the moon.

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Tractable

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Docile

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Verbose

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Wordy

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Welter

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Turmoil; bewildering jumble

The existing welter of the state calls for immediate reform

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