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1
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Ambivalent

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Having mixed or opposing feelings at the same time

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Anomaly

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Deviation from the norm or what is expected

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Sardonic

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Sarcastic; snide; mocking; derisive; taunting; stinging

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Dearth

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Paucity; a scarcity or shortage of something

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Paucity

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Dearth; a scarcity or shortage of something

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Prattle

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To ramble and babble incessantly

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Wry

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Droll; Humorous with a clever twist and a touch of irony

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Droll

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Wry; Humorous with a clever twist and a touch of irony

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Unorthodox

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Not ordinary or typical

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Meticulous

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Fastidious; extremely careful; exacting

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Fastidious

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Meticulous; extremely careful; exacting

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Audacious

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Fearless, recklessly bold and daring

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Apathetic

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Uninterested; nonchalant

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Diffident

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Self-effacing; hesitant due to a lack of self confidence; retiring

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Self-effacing

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Diffident; hesitant due to a lack of self confidence; retiring

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Pragmatic

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Practical, sensible

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Evocation

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A calling forth, an imaginative re-creation of something

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Presumptuous

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Displaying effrontery (rude behavior), taking liberties, brashly overstepping one’s place

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Recalcitrant

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Stubbornly resistant and defiant; obstinate; obdurate; refractory; disobedient

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Obstinate

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Stubbornly resistant and defiant; recalcitrant; obdurate; refractory; disobedient

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Obdurate

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Stubbornly resistant and defiant; recalcitrant; obstinate; refractory; disobedient

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Boon

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A timely benefit; blessing

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Bane

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A source of harm and ruin

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Snide

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Sarcastic; sardonic; mocking; derisive; taunting; stinging

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Derisive

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Expressing contempt or ridicule; snide; sardonic

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Clandestine

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Secret, convert, not open

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Surreptitious

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Secret, convert, not open

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Affable

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Agreeable, genial, gregarious, amiable; warm and friendly; marked by a pleasing personality

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Genial

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Agreeable, affable, gregarious, amiable; warm and friendly; marked by a pleasing personality

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Gregarious

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Agreeable, affable, gregarious, amiable; warm and friendly; marked by a pleasing personality

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Austere

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Having no ornamentation or adornment, not ornate

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Austerity

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Great self-denial, discipline; lack of adornment OR a period of economic trouble to try to lower a nation’s debt

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Altruism

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Unselfish concern for the welfare of others

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Ambiguity/Ambiguous

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Equivocal; The state of having more than one possible meaning; doubtful; unclear; uncertain; open to more than one interpretation

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Upbraid

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To censure; to express disapproval; to scold; to reproach; to castigate

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Reproach

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To censure; to express disapproval; to scold; to upbraid; to castigate

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Castigate

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To censure; to express disapproval; to scold; to upbraid; to reproach

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Nostalgia

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A wistful sentimental longing for a previous time or place

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Conjecture

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An inference based on guesswork, a supposition, an uncertain belief

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Obsolete

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Antiquated; No longer in use; outmoded in design or style

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Archaic

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Obsolete; No longer in use; outmoded in design or style

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Antiquated

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Obsolete; No longer in use; outmoded in design or style

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Propitious

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Auspicious; Very favorable

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Auspicious

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Propitiuos; Very favorable

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Gaffe

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A blunder; a faux pass; a clumsy social or diplomatic error

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Impasse

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A deadlock; stalemate; failure to reach an agreement

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Anachronism

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Something out of place temporally

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Belie

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To contradict; to prove false; used of appearances that are misrepresentative; “Her unusual behavior belies her extraordinary intelligence”

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Mitigate

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To relieve, to lessen to ease

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Mollify

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To mitigate, to assuage, to relieve, to lessen to ease

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Assuage

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To mollify, to mitigate, to relieve, to lessen to ease

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Covet

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To strongly desire, to crave

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Covetous

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Grasping, greedy, eager to obtain something, avaricious

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Antithesis

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Antipode; extreme contact; the exact opposite of something

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Antithetical

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Exactly opposite; antipodal

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Prototype

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An original model

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Aloof

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Distant physically or emotionally, reserved

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Trite

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Unoriginal, overused, cliched; banal; hackneyed; insipid; platitudinous

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Banal

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Unoriginal, overused, cliched; trite; hackneyed; insipid; platitudinous

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Hackneyed

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Unoriginal, overused, cliched; banal; trite; insipid; platitudinous

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Insipid

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Unoriginal, overused, cliched; banal; hackneyed; trite; platitudinous

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Platitudinous

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Unoriginal, overused, cliched; banal; hackneyed; insipid; trite

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Antecedent

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A precursor

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Plausible

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Believable

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Implausible

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Unbelievable

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Prudent

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Wise; careful; cautious; sensible

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Aesthetic

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Relating to the nature of beauty, art, and taste; beautiful, attractive

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Paradox

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A seemingly contradictory statement; “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”

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Inscrutable

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Mysterious, puzzling, unfathomable, baffling, enigmatic

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Enigmatic

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Mysterious, puzzling, unfathomable, baffling, enigmatic

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Acquiesce

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To comply, to agree, to give in

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Gullible

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Overly credulous

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Naive

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Lacking in worldly experience, inexperienced

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Autonomy

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Independence

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Autonomous

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Acting independently, or having the freedom to do so

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Futile

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In vain, doomed to fail

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Endemic

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Native to an area; indigenous

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Indigenous

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Native to an area; endemic

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Ubiquitous

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Characterized by being everywhere; omnipresent

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Prevalent

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Pervasive; widespread

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Pandemic

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An epidemic that is geographically widespread and affects a large portion of the population

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Fortitude

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Strength of mind that allows one to endure pain or adversity with courage

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Diminutive

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Very small

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84
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Minutiae

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Minor everyday details

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Exhort

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To encourage, urge, implore.

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Antipathy

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Strong dislike, enmity, rancor

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Digress

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To depart from a subject, to wander, ramble

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Tenacious

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Holding fast to something valued, showing great determination

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Indulgent

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Excessive generosity, overly tolerant

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Polarize

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To create disunity, to be divisive

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Nebulous

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Vague, cloudy, mistly

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Analogy

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A similarity between two things that are otherwise unrelated

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Analogous

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Comparable in certain respects

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Propensity

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A liking or preference for something; predilection; penchant

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Capricious

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Easily changeable, constantly shifting moods; mercurial

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Mercurial

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Easily changeable, constantly shifting moods; capricious

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Boorish

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Vulgar, characterized by crude behavior, unrefined, uncouth, crass

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Uncouth

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Vulgar, characterized by crude behavior, unrefined, boorish, crass

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Crass

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Vulgar, characterized by crude behavior, unrefined, boorish, uncouth

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Indignant

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Outrage at something that is perceived as unjust

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101
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Innuendo

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A veiled reference

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102
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Stymie

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To stop, frustrate, prevent

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103
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Adroit

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Showing great skill

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Admonish

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To scold or reprimand firmly

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Incontrovertible

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Impossible to deny

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Voracious

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Having a huge appetite that cannot be satisfied; rapacious

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Callous

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Emotionally hardened

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Rapacious

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Having a huge appetite that cannot be satisfied; voracious

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Intrepid

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Courageous, undaunted, resolute

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Nonchalant

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Having an air of casual indifference

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Convulted

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Twisted

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Itinerant

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Migrating from place to place

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Poignant

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Touching, moving

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Impetus

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Stimulus or encouragement that results in increased activity

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Bucolic

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Charming, unspoiled countryside, rural; rustic; pastoral

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Rustic

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Charming, unspoiled countryside, rural; bucolic; pastoral

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Equanimity

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Calmness, composure, poise

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Panache

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Great vigor and energy, especially in artistic performance; flamboyance; verve; elan

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Verve

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Great vigor and energy, especially in artistic performance; flamboyance; panace; elan

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Elan

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Great vigor and energy, especially in artistic performance; flamboyance; verve; panache

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Placid

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Calm, serene

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Fortuitous

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Of accidental but fortunate occurrence

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Amalgam

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A mixture, a blend, a combination of different elements.

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Anguish

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Agonizing physical or mental pain

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Intemperate

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Lacking restraint; excessive

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Temperate

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Exercising moderation and restraint

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Extol

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Praise; applaud; taut

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Taut

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Praise; applaud; extol

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Laud

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Praise; applaud; taut; extol

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Disparage

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To belittle, to express a negative opinion of

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Pompous

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Pretentious

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Disparity

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An imbalance

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Curtail

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To cut short or reduce

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Innocuous

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Harmless, unlikely to give offense or arouse strong feelings or hostility

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Diatribe

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A long, angry, rant; tirade; harangue

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Harangue

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A long, angry, rant; tirade; diatribe

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Tirade

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A long, angry, rant; harangue; diatribe

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Charlatan

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A fake; fraud; impostor

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Hedonist

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Someone who believes that pleasure is the chief goal in life

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Ascetic

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A person who gives up material comforts and leads a life of self-denial, especially as an act of religious devotion

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Raconteur

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A person who excels in telling stories

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Partisan

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A supporter of a person, party, or cause; a person with strong and perhaps biased beliefs.

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Polymath

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A person whose expertise spans many subject areas

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Dilettante

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An amateur or dabbler; a person with a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge.

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Acolyte

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A devoted follower

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Demagogue

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A leader who appeals to the emotions, fears, and prejudices of the populace. Also a very good speaker.

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Automaton

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A self-operating machine, a mindless follower, a person who acts in a mechanical fashion.

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Recluse

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A person who leads a secluded or solitary life

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Bungler

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Someone who is clumsy or inept, a person who makes mistakes because of incompetence.

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Clairvoyant

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Someone who can see things that normal people cannot see.

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Prognosticator

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A person who makes predictions based on current information and data. See prognosis (A forecast concerning the causes of disease and the chances of recovery)

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Pundit

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An expert commentator, an authority who expresses his opinion.

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Zealot

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A very enthusiastic person, a true believer, a fanatic.

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Neophyte

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Novice, a beginner, someone new to a field or activity

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Greenhorn

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Novice, a beginner, someone new to a field or activity

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Benefactor

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A person who makes (factio) a gift or something good (bene).

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Beneficiary

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The person who receives funds

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Precocious

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Very advanced development

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Misanthrope

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A person who hates or distrusts humankind

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Sycophant

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A person who seeks favor by flattering people of influence

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Stolid

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Seemingly indifferent, stoic, unaffected by emotions

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Reprobate

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A morally unprincipled person

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Renegade

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A disloyal person who betrays his or her cause; a traitor; a deserter

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Draconian

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Characterized by ver strict laws, rules, and punishments.

165
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Laconic

A

Very brief, concise, succinct, terse.

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Spartan

A

Plain; simple; austere

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Halcyon

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Idyllically calm and peaceful; an untroubled golden time of satisfaction, happiness, and tranquility.

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Sophistry

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A plausible but deliberately misleading or fallacious argument designed to deceive someone

169
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Chimerical

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Given to fantastic schemes, existing only in the imagination, impossible

170
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Ostracize

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To exclude from a group

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Impecunious

A

Poor, penniless, not affluent

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Nefarious

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Famous for being wicked, villainous, vile, reprobate

173
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Jovial

A

Good-humored; cheerful; jocular

174
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Dirge

A

A funeral hymn

175
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Maudlin

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Tearful; excessively sentimental, but not mawkish

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Mawkish

A

Nauseatingly sentimental, maudlin to the extreme

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Quixotic

A

Foolishly impractical in the pursuit of ideals

178
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Pandemonium

A

A wild uproar

179
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Martinet

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A strict disciplinarian; a person who demands absolute adherence to forms and rules

180
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Fiasco

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A complete failure; a debacle

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Debacle

A

A disaster or a great failure

182
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Bowdlerize

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To remove parts of a book, song, or other work that are considered offensive, to expurgate

183
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Galvanize

A

To electrify; to stir into action as if with an electric shock.

184
Q

Picayune

A

Small value or importance; petty; trifling

185
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Gerrymander

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To divide a geographic area in a way that gives an unfair advantage to one party in elections

186
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Maverick

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An independent individual who does not go along with the group; a nonconformist

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Juggernaut

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An irresistible force that crushes everything in its path

188
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Serendipity

A

Discovery by fortunate accident

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Zenith

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The highest point; the peak; the apex

190
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Nadir

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The lowest point; the bottom

191
Q

Expurgate

A

To censor, to bowdlerize; to take out; to delete

192
Q

Excise

A

To cut out, to remove

193
Q

Expunge

A

To cross out or eliminate

194
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Eccentric

A

An odd, unconventional person

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Extricate

A

To get out of a difficult situation or entaglement

196
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Exemplary

A

Outstanding; worthy of imitation

197
Q

Redundant

A

Needlessly repetitive

198
Q

Repudiate

A

To reject, to refuse to support, to diavow

199
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Recant

A

To take back

200
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Renounce

A

To turn away from, to reject

201
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Relinquish

A

To let something go

202
Q

Resilient

A

Bouncing back from adversity or misfortune; recovering quickly

203
Q

Reaffirm

A

To assert again; to confirm; to state positively

204
Q

Reticent

A

Holding back one’s thoughts, feelings, and personal affairs

205
Q

Rebuff

A

To bluntly reject, to snuff

206
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Renovate

A

To make new again; to restore by repairing and remodeling

207
Q

Rejuvenate

A

To make young again; to restore youthful vigor and appearance

208
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Resurgent

A

Rising again, surging back

209
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Repugnant

A

Offensive to the mind or senses; causing distaste or aversion; abhorrent

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Deleterious

A

Harmful; injurious

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Decry

A

To put down in the sense of openly condemning; to express strong disapproval

212
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Despondent

A

Downcast; very rejected; forlorn; morose

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Morose

A

Downcast; very rejected; forlorn; despondent

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Denounce

A

To speak against

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Demise

A

The ending of existence or activity

216
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Debunk

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To put down something by exposing false and exaggerated claims

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Derisive

A

Showing contempt or snide

218
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Devoid

A

Empty of

219
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Impeccable

A

Perfect; having no flaws

220
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Implacable

A

Not capable of being placated

221
Q

Inexorable

A

Not capable of being stopped; relentless; inevitable

222
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Incoherent

A

Lacking logical or meaning connections

223
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Insurmountable

A

Not capable of being surmounted or overcome

224
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Irreverent

A

Lacking proper respect or seriousness; disrespectful

225
Q

Irresolute

A

Not resolute; uncertain how to act or proceed; indecisive; vacillating

226
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Circumspect

A

Looking carefully around, thus cautious and careful; prudent; discreet

227
Q

Circuitous

A

Roundabout, having an indirect nature

228
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Circumvent

A

To avoid by artful maneuvering; to circle around and therefore bypass.

229
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Circumscribe

A

To draw a line around and therefore narrowly limit or restrict actions.

230
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Magnanimous

A

Filled with generosity and forgiveness; forgoing resentment and revenge

231
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Erroneous

A

Filled with errors; wrong

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Momentous

A

Filled with importance; very significant

233
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Mellifluous

A

Smooth and sweet; flowing like honey

234
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Ominous

A

Filled with menace; threatening

235
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Acrimonious

A

Filled with bitterness; sharpness in words; rancorous

236
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Copious

A

Filled with abundance; plentiful

237
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Abstemious

A

Filled with moderation; temperate in eating and drinking

238
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Malodorous

A

Filled with an unpleasant odor

239
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Tedious

A

Very tiresome, dull, and fatiguing; filled with boredom

240
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Egregious

A

Flagrant, conspicuously bad, abominable; shockingly evil; monstrous; outrageous; heinous

241
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Heinous

A

Horrible, “hidoi” and evil

242
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Gratuitous

A

Unwarranted; not called for by the circumstances; unnecessary

243
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Precarious

A

Dangerous, difficult, uncertain; characterized by a lack of security or stability

244
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Wistful

A

Longing and yearning; tinged with melancholy and pensiveness

245
Q

Earnest

A

Showing depth and sincerity of feelings; serious in intention or purpose

246
Q

Disgruntled, discontented

A

Angry, dissatisfied, annoyed, impatient, irritated

247
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Authoritative

A

Commanding and self confident; likely to be respected and obeyed, based on competent authority.

248
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Frivolity

A

Not serious or sensible

249
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Frivolous

A

Lacking any serious purpose or value; given to trifling or levity

250
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Acerbic

A

Very sarcastic, Harsh, bitter, sharp, caustic, acrid

251
Q

Acrid

A

Harsh, bitter, sharp, caustic, acerbic

252
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Somber

A

Serious, not cheerful or smiling; gloomy; solemn; grave

253
Q

Solemn

A

Serious, not cheerful or smiling; gloomy

254
Q

Grave

A

Serious, not cheerful or smiling; gloomy

255
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Inquisitive

A

Curious, inquiring

256
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Reflective

A

Engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought; pensive

257
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Pensive

A

Engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought, usually marked by sadness or melancholy; reflective

258
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Equivocal

A

Ambiguous, open to interpretation, having several equally possible meanings

259
Q

Equivocate

A

To avoid making an explicit statement; to hedge; to use vague or ambiguous language

260
Q

Deferential

A

Respectful; dutiful

261
Q

Ebullient

A

Feeling or expressing great happiness or triumph

262
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Euphoric

A

Feeling or expressing great happiness or triumph

263
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Exuberant

A

Feeling or expressing great happiness or triumph

264
Q

Ecstatic

A

Feeling or expressing great happiness or triumph

265
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Elated

A

Feeling or expressing great happiness or triumph

266
Q

Benevolent

A

Well meaning; kindly

267
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Malevolent

A

Wishing evil to others, showing ill will

268
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Whimsical

A

Playful, fanciful; capricious; given to whimsies or odd notions

269
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Vindictive

A

Having a strong desire for revenge

270
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Prosaic

A

Dull; uninteresting; ordinary; commonplace; banal; hackneyed; mundane

271
Q

Vitriolic

A

Bitter, caustic, acerbic, filled with malice

272
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Conciliatory

A

Appeasing; intending to placate

273
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Despairing

A

Showing the loss of all hope

274
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Inflammatory

A

Intended to inflame a situation and ignite angry or violent feelings

SAT Vocab (11 decks)

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