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DEF Flashcards

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Daunt

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To discourage; intimidate; dishearten

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De facto

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In fact, whether by right or not; exercising power without being legally established

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Dearth

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Scarcity

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Debauchery

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Corruption

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Decorum

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Proper behavior

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Defame

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To malign; harm someone’s reputation

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Default

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To fail to act

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Defer

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To submit to the wishes of another due to respect or recognition of the person’s authority or knowledge

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Deference

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Respect; regard for another’s wish

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Defunct

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No longer existing

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Delineate

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To represent or depict

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Demographic

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Related to population balance

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Demotic

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Pertaining to people

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Demur

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To express doubt

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Denigrate

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To slur someone’s reputation

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Denizen

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An inhabitant; a regular visitor

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Denouement

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Outcome; unraveling of the plot of a play or work of literature

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Deride

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To mock

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Derivative

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Something derived; unoriginal

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Desiccate

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To dry completely

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Desuetude

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State of disuse

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Desultory

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Random; disconnected; rambling

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Deterrent

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Something that discourages or hinders

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Detraction

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The act of taking away; derogatory comment on a person’s character

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Deviant

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A person whose behavior differs from the accepted standards of society

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Diaphanous

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Transparent; fine-textured; insubstantial; vague

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Diatribe

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Bitter verbal attack

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Dichotomy

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Division into two usually contradictory parts

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Diffidence

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Shyness; lack of confidence

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Diffuse

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V. to spread out, adj. wordy; rambling; spread out

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Digression

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Act of straying from the main point

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Dirge

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Funeral hymn

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Disabuse

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To free from misconception

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Discern

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To perceive something obscure

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Discerning

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Perceptive; exhibiting keen insight and good judgment

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Discomfit

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To make uneasy; disconcert

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Discordant

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Not in tune

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Discredit

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To dishonor; disgrace; cause to be doubted

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Discrepancy

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Difference between

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Discrete

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Constituting a separate thing; distinct

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Discretion

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Quality of showing self-restraint in speech or actions; circumspection; freedom to act on one’s own

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Disingenuous

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Not candid; crafty

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Disinterested

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Unprejudiced; objection

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Disjointed

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Lacking order or coherence; dislocated

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Dismiss

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Put away from consideration; reject

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Disparage

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To belittle

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Disparate

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Dissimilar

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Dissemble

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To pretend; disguise one’s motinves

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Disseminate

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To spread; scatter; disperse

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Dissident

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Person who disagrees about belief, etc.

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Dissolution

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Disintegration; debauchery

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Dissonance

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Discord; lack of harmony

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Distend

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To expand; swell out

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Distill

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Extract the essential elements

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Distrait

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Inattentive; preoccupied

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Diverge

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To vary; go in different directions from the same point

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Divest

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To strip; deprive; rid

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Divulge

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To make known something that is secret

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Doctrinaire

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Relating to a person who cannot compromise about points of a theory or doctrine; dogmatic; unyielding

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Document

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To provide with written evidence to support

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Doggerel

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Poor verse

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Dogmatic

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Stating opinions without proof

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Dormant

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Inactive

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Dross

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Waste; worthless matter; trivial matter

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Dupe

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To deceive; trick

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Ebullient

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Exhilarated; enthusiastic

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Eclectic

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Selecting from various sources

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Effervescence

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State of high spirits or liveliness; the process of bubbling as gas escapes

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Effete

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Depleted of vitality; overrefined; decadent

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Efficacy

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Efficiency; effectiveness

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Effrontery

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Shameless boldness; presumptuousness

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Egoism

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The tendency to see thing in relation to oneself; self-centered

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Egotistical

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Excessively self-centered; conceited

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Elegy

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Poem or song expressing lamentation

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Elicit

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To provoke; draw out

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Elixir

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A substance believed to have the power to cure ills

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Elysian

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Blissful; delightful

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Emaciated

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Thin and wasted

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Embellish

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To adorn; decorate; enhance; make more attractive by adding details

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Emollient

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Adj. soothing; mollifying, n. an agent that soothes or makes more acceptable

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Empirical

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Derived observation and experiment

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Emulate

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To imitate; copy

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Encomium

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A formal expression of praise

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Endemic

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Inherent; belonging to an area

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Enervate

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To weaken

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Engender

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To cause; produce

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Enhance

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To increase; improve

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Entomology

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The scientific study of insects

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Enuciate

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To pronounce clearly

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Ephemeral

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Short-lived; fleeting

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Epistemology

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Branch of philosophy that examines the nature of knowledge

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Equable

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Steady; unvarying; serene

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Equanimity

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Composure; calmness

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Equitable

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Fair; just; impartial

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Equivocation

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To intentionally use vague language

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Errant

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Mistaken; straying from the proper course

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Erudite

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Learned; scholarly

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Esoteric

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Hard to understand; known only to a few

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Essay

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To make an attempt; subject to a test

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Estimable

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Admirable; possible to estimate

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Ethnocentric

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Based on the attitude that one’s group is superior

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Etiology

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Causes or origins

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Etymology

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Origin and history of a word

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Eugenics

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Study of factors that influence the hereditary qualities of the human race and ways to improve these qualities

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Eulogy

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High praise, especially of a person who has recently died

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Euphemism

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Use of agreeable or inoffensive language in place of unpleasant or offensive language

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Euphoria

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A feeling of extreme happiness

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Euthanasia

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Mercy killing

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Evince

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To show plainly; be an indication of

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Evocative

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Tending to call to mind or produce a reaction

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Exacerbate

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To aggravate; make worse

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Exact

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V. to force the payment of; demand and obtain by authority, adj. extremely demanding (exacting)

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Exculpate

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To clear of blame; vindicate

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Execrable

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Detestable; abhorrent

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Exhort

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To urge by strong appeals

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Exigency

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Crisis; urgent requirements

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Existential

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Having to do with existence; based on experience; having to do with the philosophy of existentialism

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Exorcise

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To expel evil spirits; free from bad influences

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Expatiate

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To speak or write at length

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Expatriate

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To send into exile

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Expiate

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To atone for

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Explicate

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To explain; interpret; clarify

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Expository

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Explanatory

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Extant

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In existence; not lost

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Extemporaneous

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Unrehearsed

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Extirpate

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To root up; to destroy

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Extraneous

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Not essential

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Extrapolation

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The act of estimation by projecting known information

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Extrinsic

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Not inherent or essential

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Facetious

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Humorous

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Facilitate

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To make less difficult

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Factotum

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A person who does all sorts of work; a handyman

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Fallacious

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Based on a false idea or fact; misleading

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Fallow

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Plowed but not sowed; uncultivated

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Fatuous

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Foolishly self-satisfied

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Fauna

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Animals of a period or region

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Fawning

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Seeking favor by flattery

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Felicitous

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Suitably expressed; appropriate; well-chosen

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Feral

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Existing in a wild or untamed state

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Fervor

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N. warmth and intensity of emotion, adj. full of strong emotion or impassioned (fervent)

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Fetid

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Having a bad smell

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Fetter

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V. to bind; confine, n. something that restricts or restrains

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Fiat

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Arbitrary order; authorization

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Fidelity

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Loyalty; exact correspondence

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Filibuster

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Use of obstructive tactics in a legislature to block passage of a law

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Finesse

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To handle with a deceptive or evasive strategy; to use finesse, that is, refinement in performance

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Fissure

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Crevice

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Flag

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To droop; grow weak

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Fledgling

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Beginner; novice

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Flora

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Plants of a region or era

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Florid

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Ruddy; reddish; flowery

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Flourish

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N. an embellishment or ornamentation, v. meaning to grow vigorously, or to thrive

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Flout

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To treat scornfully

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Flux

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Flowing; a continuous moving

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Foment

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To incite; arouse

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Forbearance

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Patience

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Forestall

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To prevent; delay

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Formidable

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Menacing; threatening

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Forswear

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Renounce; repudiate

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Founder

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To sink; fail; collapse

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Fracas

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A loud quarrel; brawl

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Fractious

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Quarrelsome; unruly; rebellious

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Fresco

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A painting done on plaster

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Frieze

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Ornamental band on a wall

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Froward

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Stubbornly contrary; obstinately disobedient

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Frugality

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Thrift

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Fulminate

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To attack loudly; denounce

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Fulsome

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So excessive as to be disgusting

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Fusion

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Union; synthesis

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Futile

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Ineffective; useless; fruitless

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