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Traipse

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to walk around casually or without a specific destination

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Acumen

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the ability to make quick accurate intelligent judgments about people or situations

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Effulgence

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brightness or a brilliant light radiating from something

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Fealty

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loyalty or allegiance shown to anyone

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Perambulation

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to walk about a place

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Congeries

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a collection or assortment of things

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Chrism

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anointing with holy oil

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Nadir

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the lowest possible point

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Obfuscate

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to make something obscure or unclear

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Adjure

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to order somebody to do something, especially under oath

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Ken

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somebody’s knowledge or understanding

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Benumb

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to remove the sense of feeling from a faculty or part of the body, especially by exposure to extreme cold

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Leitmotiv

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a recurring theme or thematic passage of music

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Prolixity

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tiresomely wordy

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Equable

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calm and not easily disturbed

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Extirpate

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to completely get rid of, kill off, or destroy somebody or something considered undesirable

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Tumult

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1) noisy commotion; 2) an emotional upheaval

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Garrulous

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1) excessively talkative; 2) wordy

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Bellwether

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1) an indicator of future developments or trends; 2) a leader

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Chirrup

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1) to chirp; 2) to speak in a cheerful, lively, and high-pitched voice

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Belabor

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to subject somebody to a sustained verbal or literary attack

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Prostrate

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to lie prone or stretched out with the face downward or bow very low

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Resplendent

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having a dazzlingly impressive appearance

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Loquacious

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talkative

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Lucubrate

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a written work resulting from prolonged study, often having a scholarly or pedantic style (often used in the plural)

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Chicane

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to cheat somebody

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Gallant

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1) courteous and thoughtful, especially toward women; 2) brave, spirited, and honorable

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Florid

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1) having an unhealthily glowing pink or red complexion; 2) ornate and wordy in style

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Impudent

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showing a lack of respect and excessive boldness

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Abase

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to degrade or belittle somebody

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Vaticinate

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to predict future events

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Tallow

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a hard fatty substance

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Incorrigible

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impossible or very difficult to correct or reform

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Remonstrance

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a formal, forceful argument

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Physiognomy

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the feature’s of somebody’s face that are used to judge their character

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Lassitude

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a state of weariness accompanied by listlessness or apathy

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Intrepid

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courageous and bold

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Banal

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dull and unoriginal

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Purloin

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insulting language or treatment

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Leaven

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something that lightens the weight or mood of something

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Fixity

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something that is unchanging

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Cabalistic

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mysterious or esoteric

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Lofty

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1) very high; 2) exalted; 3) high-ranking; 4) haughty

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Stucco

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wall plaster

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Sybarite

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somebody devoted to luxury and the gratification of sensual desires (from the ancient Greek city Sybaris)

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Abnegate

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to renounce something

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Gesticulate

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to express something with movements of the arms or hands, often when speaking

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Alight

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(adj.) filled with energy, excitement, interest, or pleasure

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Bedizen

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to dress or decorate somebody in a vulgar or exaggerated way

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Staid

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sober and steady in temperament; dull

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Vouchsafe

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to promise, give, or allow

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Brusque

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abrupt, blunt, or curt in manner or speech

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Gait

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a manner of walking

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Sally

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1) a witty remark; 2) sudden action or expression

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Grate

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make noise from rubbing things together

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Asperity

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harshness or severity of manner or tone

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Distend

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to swell as if by pressure from within

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Vertiginous

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dizzying

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Promontory

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projecting part of bodily organ or point of land

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Oleograph

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an oil-color lithograph

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Asperse

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to harshly criticize something or somebody

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Compunction

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feelings of shame about something wrong

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Doleful

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sad and mournful

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Penurious

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having little money

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Samovar

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Russian tea urn

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Tremulous

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shaking or trembling from fear or nervousness

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Harridan

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an offensive term for a woman that deliberately insults her age as advanced and her temperament as assertive

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Carmine

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deep red color

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Repose

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rest; tranquility; peace of mind; composure

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Inimical

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1) not favorable; 2) hostile

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Epigram

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a witty saying or short poem

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Chit

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1) a slip of paper; 2) an impertinent girl

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Impenitent

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showing no regret or sorrow for misbehavior

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Contumely

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1) contempt; 2) a derisive remark

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Inequity

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1) lack of fairness or justice; 2) an unfair situation or action

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Histrionic

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overdramatic in reaction or behavior

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Prefatory

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serving to introduce something such as a main body of text or a speech

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Punctilious

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very careful about the conventions of correct behavior and etiquette

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Accost

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to approach and stop somebody in order to speak to that person, especially in an aggressive, insistent, or suggestive way

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Immure

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to confine somebody in prison

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Morose

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having a withdrawn gloomy personality

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Ingratiate

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seeking to please somebody

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Peregrination

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a journey

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Ignominy

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a total loss of dignity and self-respect, or an incurring of public disgrace

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Perdition

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everlasting punishment in hell

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Aleatory

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depending on chance or contingency

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Educe

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to elicit or derive something

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Dispositive

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deciding the final outcome of a court case

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Indubitable

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obvious or definitely true, and not to be doubted

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Accede

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1) to give consent or agreement to something; 2) to come to power

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Redact

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to edit something

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Recursive

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self-repeating

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Felicitous

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1) appropriate or suitable; 2) pleasant

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Laconic

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using few words

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Colloquy

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a formal discussion

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Adamantine

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extremely hard and unyielding

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Expiate

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atone for wrongdoing

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Glen

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a long, narrow valley

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Unbridled

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free and openly expressed

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Wile

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a cunning strategy

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