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abscond

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verb: leave hurriedly and secretly, typically to escape from custody or avoid arrest

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accrete

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verb: grow by accumulation or coalescence

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tableau

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noun: a picturesque display

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remuneration

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noun: a payment, the act of paying

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rebuff

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verb: to snub, drive away, reject

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abrogate

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verb: to formally revoke an agreement or contract

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abeyance

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noun: suspension of activity

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panegyric

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noun: a formal expression of praise

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encumbrance

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noun: a burden

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dudgeon

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noun: a fit of anger

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reticence

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noun: the act of being uncommunicative

related words: reticent (uncommunicative)

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proscribe

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verb: to outlaw

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flaunt

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verb: to display proudly

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descry

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verb: to catch sight of

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forfend

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verb: to prevent something from happening

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riposte

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noun: a quick and witty reply

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compunction

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noun: feelings of shame and regret

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turgid

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adjective: bombastic, swollen

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wizened

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adjective: dry, shrunken and wrinkled

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torpid

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adjective: sluggish, lacking energy

related words: torpor (lethargy)

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indemnify

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verb: to insure against or pay for loss or damage

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proselytize

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verb: to try to convert somebody

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imprecate

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verb: to pray for evil; to invoke a curse

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penitent

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adjective: regretful for one’s sins
noun: one who is sorry for wrongdoing

related words: repent (feel or express sincere regret or remorse about one’s wrongdoing or sin)

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hapless

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adjective: having persistent bad luck

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officious

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adjective: annoyingly eager to help

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indolent

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adjective: lazy

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hector

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verb: to bully

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rampart

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noun: a fortification

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mainstay

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noun: somebody or something that plays an important role

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histrionic

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adjective: pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial, melodramatic

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oscillate

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verb: to move from side to side regularly

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winnow

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verb: to sift through removing what is unwanted and keeping what is desirable, to declutter

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importune

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verb: to trouble with demands; to beg for insistently

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welter

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noun: a confused multitude of things

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cabal

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noun: a group of people with secrete purposes and meetings

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recidivism

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noun: the act of returning to a life of crime

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sequester

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verb: to separate or segregate

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expostulate

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verb: to attempt to dissuade somebody from doing something

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countenance

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verb: to tolerate or support
noun: : facial expression; composure

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raiment

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noun: clothing, garments

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verdant

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adjective: green with vegetation; green, inexperienced

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moribund

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adjective: dying, on the way out

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felicitous

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adjective: appropriate, happy

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epigram

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noun: a witty saying

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fealty

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noun: allegiance or loyalty

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gaucherie

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noun: social awkwardness

related words: gauche (being socially awkward)

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perspicacious

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adjective: keen in observation and understading

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contusion

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noun: a bruise; an injury where the skin is not broken

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propinquity

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noun: the property of being close together

sounds like “proximity”

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pusillanimous

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adjective: contemptibly cowardly

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plenary

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adjective: attended by all members; complete in all aspects

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refulgent

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adjective: shining, radiant

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sententious

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adjective: overly moralizing

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prodigious

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adjective: enourmous, exceptional

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salacious

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adjective: characterized by lust

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distend

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verb: to swell up

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effigy

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noun: a crude image of a despised person

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scion

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noun: a young descendant or heir

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homily

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noun: a religious discourse which is intended primarily for spiritual edification rather than doctrinal instruction; a tedious moralizing lecture

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bereave

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verb: to deprive through death

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adulate

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verb: to praise too greatly

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nadir

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noun: the lowest point

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shibboleth

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noun: a slogan

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apothegm

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noun: a short instructive saying

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decamp

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verb: to leave suddenly or secretly

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enfranchise

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verb: to grant privileges of citizenship, especially the right to vote

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malinger

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verb: to pretend to be ill in order to avoid a responsibility

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garner

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verb: to gather or gain something

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vitiate

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verb: to make something ineffective, to degrade

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rebarbative

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adjective: unattractive and objectionable

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recumbent

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adjective: lying down

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redolent

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adjective: suggestive or reminiscent of something; having an aroma

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jejune

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adjective: lacking in nutritive value; uninteresting; juvenile

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halcyon

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adjective: calm, peaceful; prosperous

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raconteur

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noun: a skilled storyteller

french!

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luminary

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noun: an important or famous person

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canard

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noun: a false rumor

french!

79
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acumen

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noun: mental sharpness

80
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ersatz

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adjective: artificial and inferior

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raillery

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noun: friendly teasing

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propitiate

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verb: to win somebody’s favor

83
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adventitious

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adjective: associated with something by chance and not an integral part

84
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desultory

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adjective: passing aimlessly from one thing to another; random

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coda

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noun: the closing section of a musical composition

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sophistry

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noun: a flawed argument

87
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cynosure

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noun: the center of attraction; something that serves to guide or direct

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threnody

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noun: a speech of lament for the dead

89
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efface

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verb: to remove; to be inconspicuous

90
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exculpate

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verb: to clear from blame
etymology: “ex” = out of; “culpa” = blame, fault

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detritus

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noun: debris or discarded material

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phillipic

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noun: a violent verbal attack

93
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neophyte

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noun: a beginner

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remonstrate

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verb: to argue strongly against some action

95
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perjure

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verb: to tell a lie in a court of law

96
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requite

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verb: to pay something back for a service or a kindness

97
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condone

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verb: to excuse or make allowances for

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alacrity

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noun: liveliness and eagerness

“Elan”

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magnate

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noun: a powerful business person

100
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discernment

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noun: the ability to make good judgements

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animus

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noun: a feeling of hostility; motivation

102
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moot

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adjective: open to argument; irrelevant

103
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judicious

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adjective: having wisdom or discretion

104
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maudlin

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adjective: silly and overly sentimental
etymology: from Middle English fem. proper name Maudelen, who in the Middle Ages was believed to be identical with the repentant sinner forgiven by Jesus in Luke vii.37 (see Magdalene). Thus in paintings, she often was shown weeping as a sign of repentance. Meaning “characterized by tearful sentimentality, over-emotional”

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proclivity

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noun: a natural inclination

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defenestrate

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verb: to throw out of a window

107
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calumniate

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verb: to make statements about someone that are not true and that are damaging to their reputation

108
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fracas

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noun: a noisy quarrel

109
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apotheosis

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noun: a person or thing that is perfect or has an extremely large amount of a particular good characteristic; eleviation to divine status

110
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philistine

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noun: someone who is uncultured and indifferent to intellectual matters

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simper

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verb: to smile artificially

112
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effrontery

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noun: an arrogant attitude or behavior that is insulting to others

113
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zephyr

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noun: a slight breeze

114
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encomium

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noun: a formal expression of praise; a eulogy

115
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discomfit

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verb: to cause to lose someone’s composure

116
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presage

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verb: to foretell something

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extrapolate

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verb: to guess at general conclusions based on what is already known

118
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toady

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noun: a person who tries to please others to gain a person advantage

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mendicant

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noun: a beggar

120
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peremptory

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adjective: dictatorial

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meretricious

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adjective: attractive in a superficial manner but without real value

122
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seraphic

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adjective: like an angel
etymology: seraphs were traditionally regarded as burning or flaming angels, though the word seems to have some etymological sense of “flying,” perhaps from confusion with the root of Arabic sharafa “be lofty.” Some scholars identify it with a word found in other passages interpreted as “fiery flying serpent”

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rarefy

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verb: to make something less dense, to refine

124
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fulminate

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verb: to criticize severely

125
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esurient

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adjective: very hungry or greedy

126
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prurient

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adjective: characterized by lust

127
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phlegmatic

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adjective: showing little emotion

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fecund

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adjective: fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive

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forsake

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verb: to withdraw support

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cloy

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verb: to sicken somebody with too much of a good thing

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