English vocab : Flashcards
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to corrupt, make worse by the addition of something of lesser value
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Adulterate
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able to use both hands equally well; very skillful; deceitful, hypocritical
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Ambidextrous
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to make larger, increase
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Augment
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deprived of; made unhappy through a loss
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Bereft
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to position or arrange; to utilize; to form up
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Deploy
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stern, unyielding, gloomy, ill-humored
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Dour
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courage in facing difficulties
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fortitude
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to stare with open mouth; to open the mouth wide; to open wide
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Gape
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to utter taunting words; an expression of scorn
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Gibe
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An external appearance, cover, mask
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Guise
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Intended to deceive or entrap; sly, treacherous
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Insidious
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A hint, indirect suggestion
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Intimation
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Wealthy, luxurious; ample; grandiose
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Opulent
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Easily bent, flexible; easily influenced
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Pliable
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To say again, repeat
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Reiterate
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Not easily moved mentally or emotionally; dull, unresponsive
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Stolid
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Experimental in nature; uncertain, hesitant
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Tentative
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Not combed; untidy; not properly maintained; unpolished, rude
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Unkempt
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Word for word; exactly as written or spoken
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Verbatim
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Cautiously, with great care
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Warily
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Skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind
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Adroit
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Peaceable, friendly
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Amicable
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Having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling
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Averse
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given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive; one at war, one engaged in war
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Belligerent
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Kindly, charitable
Benevolent
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Hasty, not thorough
Cursory
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Treachery, deceitfulness
Duplicity
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To praise extravagantly
Extol
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Possible, able to be done
Feasible
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A wry face, facial distortion; to make a wry face
Grimace
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A large-scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter; a burnt offering
Holocaust
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Not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance
Impervious
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A moving force, impulse, stimulus
Impetus
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Danger
Jeopardy
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Extremely careful; particular about details
Meticulous
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A longing for something past; homesickness
Nostalgia
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The purest essence or form of something; the most typical example
Quintessence
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To move backward; to return to an earlier condition
Retrogress
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To examine closely
Scrutinize
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Lukewarm; unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest
Tepid
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An enemy, opponent
Adversary
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To turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey
Alienate
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A skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; a clever skill; trickery
Artifice
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To compel, force
Coerce
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Cowardly; a coward
Craven
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Of or related to cooking or the kitchen
Culinary
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A death, especially of a person in a lofty position
Demise
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To enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to
Exhilarate
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Plowed but not seeded; inactive; reddish-yellow; land left unseeded; to plow but not seed
Fallow
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To disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks
Harass
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Stormy, harsh; severe in attitude or action
Inclement
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To pay a debt, settle an account; to eliminate
Liquidate
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To think about in a dreamy way, ponder
Muse
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So unimportant that it can be disregarded
Negligible
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To make permanent or long lasting
Perpetuate
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An example that may serve as a basis for imitation
Precedent
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Inflicting or aiming at punishment
Punitive
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To set right, remedy; relief from wrong or injury
Redress
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A temporary stay; to stay for a time
Sojourn
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Refined in manner or style, suave
Urbane
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Associated, connected
Affiliated
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To find out
Ascertain
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An accomplishment, the act of achieving
Attainment
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To give or pass on as an inheritance
Bequeath
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Forceful, convincing; relevant, to the point
Cogent
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To move toward one point, approach nearer together
Converge
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To scatter, spread far and wide
Disperse
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To regard highly; a highly favorable opinion or judgement
Esteem
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To erase, obliterate, destroy
Expunge
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Having limits; lasting for a limited time
Finite
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Not able to be wounded or hurt; shielded against attack
Invulnerable
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Spiteful, showing ill will
Malevolent
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Coll and confident, unconcerned
Nonchalant
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Knowing everything; having unlimited awareness or understanding
Omniscient
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A remedy for all ills; cure-all; an answer to all problems
Panacea
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Exact, careful, attending thoroughly to details; having high moral standards, principled
Scrupulous
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To move about stealthily; to lie in hiding
Skulk
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Proud and contemptuous; showing scorn because of a feeling of superiority
Supercilious
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Strange, mysterious, weird, beyond explanation
Uncanny
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Easily excused, pardonable
Venial
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unselfish, concerned with the welfare of others
Altruistic
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to express agreement; agreement
Assent
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one who does good to others
Benefactor
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marked by honor, courtesy, and courage; knightly
Chivalrous
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Mercy, humaneness; mildness, moderateness
Clemency
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a lack, scarcity, inadequate supply; a famine
Dearth
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shy, lacking self-confidence; modest, reserved
Diffident
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a difference; a lack of agreement
Discrepancy
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To go aboard; to make a start; to invest
Embark
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Easily done or attained; superficial; ready, fluent; easily shown but not sincerely felt
Facile
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Unconquerable, refusing to yield
Indomitable
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Free from error; absolutely dependable
Infallible
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To walk heavily or slowly; to work slowly
Plod
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Causing a sharp sensation; stinging, bitting
Pungent
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Neglectful in performance of one's duty, careless
Remiss
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To rest; lie; place; relaxation, eace of mind, calmness
Repose
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Rashness, boldness
Teremity
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Fierce and cruel; aggressive; deadly, destructive, scathingly harsh
Truculent
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SIncere, real, without pretense
Unfeigned
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Extremely poisonous; full of malice; spiteful
Virulent
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To yield to; to assume an office or dignity
Accede
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To wave or flourish in a menacing or vigorous fashion
Brandish
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To include or contain; to be made up for
Comprise
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Skillful, nimble
Deft
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Deprived of the necessities of life; lacking in
Destitute
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Definite, clearly stated
Explicit
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To tear up by the roots; to destroy totally
Extirpate
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Coming at a bad time; not appropriate
Inopportune
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Suggesting an incongruity between what might be expected and what is actually happens; given to irony, sarcastic
Ironic
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Stale, moldy; out-of-date
Musty
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Meddling; excessively forward in offering services or assuming authority
Officious
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Unfavorable, threatening, of bad omen
Ominous
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A high peak r point
Pinnacle
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Considered beforehand, deliberately planned
Premediated
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Growing without chek, running wild
Rampant
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Comfort, relief; to comfort, console
Solace
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Dignified, majestic
Stately
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Bending easily; bending with agility; readily adaptable; servile
Supple
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To stop by force, put down
Suppress
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Open to or marked by bribery or corruption
Venal
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To regard with horror or loathing; to hate deeply
Abhor
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To change in a formal way; to change for the better
Amend
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To slap or cuff; to strike repeatedly; to drive or force with blows; to force one's way with difficulty; a slap, blow
Buffet
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Great confusion, disorder
Chaos
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Roomy, spacious
Commodious
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Eating away gradually, acidlike; bitterly sarcastic
Corrosive
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To see clearly, recognize
Discern
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Still existing; not exterminated, destroyed, or lost
Extant
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To involve in; to connect with or be related to
Implicate
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To bury, commit to the earth; to consign to oblivion
Inter
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A strict disciplinarian; a strickler for the rules
Martinet
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To anticipate and prevent; to remove, dispose of
Obviate
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One who leaves a group; a deserter, outlaw; traitorous; unconventional, unorthodox
Renegade
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Deserving blame or punishment
Reprehensible
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Dark, gloomy; depressed or melancholy in spirit
Somber
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Filthy, wretched, debased
Squalid
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Disorderly, riotous, violent; stormy
Turbulent
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Loud and noisy; compelling attention
Vociferous
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Of great size; numerous; writing or speaking at great length
Voluminous
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To do without, give up voluntarily; to put off temporarily, defer
Waive
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Strong dislike; bitter hostility
animosity
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A lack of feeling, emotion, or interest
Apathy
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Fearful or anxious, especially about the future
Apprehensive
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To praise, express approval; to present as worthy of attention; to commit to the care of
Commend
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Able to get along or work well together; capable of use with some other model or system
Compatible
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An expression of sympathy
Condolence
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To make sacred, hallow; to set apart for a special purpose
Consecrate
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Old and feeble; worn-out, ruined
Decrepit
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To ridicule, laugh at with contempt
Deride
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Innocent, simple; frank, sincere
Ingenuous
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Having great variety; numerous and diverse
Multifarious
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Out-of-date, no longer in use
Obsolete
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Eating every kind of food; eagerly taking in everything, having a wide variety of tastes
Omnivorous
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Stingy, miserly; meager, poor, small
Parsimonious
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A state of perplexity or doubt
Quandary
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Stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority
Recalcitrant
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An injury done in return for injury
Reprisal
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To take great pleasure in; a wild celebration
Revel
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To make ineffective or useless, cripple; to have a dulling effect on
Stultify
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Smoothly agreeable or polite; pleasing to the senses
Suave
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To set apart or designate for a special purpose; to distribute
Allocate
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Very enthusiastic, impassioned
Ardent
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Persistent, attentive, diligent
Assiduous
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Prone to act in a hasty manner; impudent
Brash
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Subject to whims or passing fancies
Capricious
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To inflict physical punishment as a means of correction; to scold severely
Chastise
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Abundant; plentiful; wordy, verbose
Copious
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To turn aside; to stray from a norm; one who departs froma norm; differing from a norm, heterodox, unconventional
Deviate
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Unnaturally thin
Emaciated
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To rejoice greatly
Exult
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Knotted, twisted, lumpy
Gnarled
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A payment for damage or loss
Indemnity
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A hint; a vague notion
Inkling
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Clear, transparent; readily understood
Limpid
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Almighty, having unlimited power or authority
Omnipotent
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Agreeable to the taste or one's sensibilities; suitable for consumption
Palatable
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Deeply affecting, touching; keen or sharp in taste or smell
Poignant
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Bitter resentment or ill-will
Rancor
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Immature and overconfident; conceited
Sophomoric
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Arising naturally; not planed or engineered in advance
Spontaneous
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To accept without protest; to agree of submit
Acquiesce
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To entice, tempt; to be attractive to; a strong attraction; the power to attract, charm
Allure
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Twisted to one side, crooked; disapprovingly
Askew
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Cheerful, lighthearted; casual, unconcerned
Blithe
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Quarrelsome, inclined to argue
Contentious
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To desire something belonging to another
Covet
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Discouraged, dejected, downcast
Crestfallen
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Rumpled, mussed; hanging in disorder
Disheveled
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One who advocates, speaks for, explains, or interperets; the power to which a numver, symbol, or expresion is to be raised
Exponent
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Given to much talking, tediously chatty
Garrulous
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Incapable of being overcome
Insuperable
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To be regretted or pitied
Lamentable
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An unsuitable or misleading name
Misnomer
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To affirm openly; to state belief in; to claim, pretend
Profess
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A period of relief or rest
Respite
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A repayment; a deserved punishment
Retribution
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Winding, having many curves; lithe and flexible
Sinuous
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Full, deep, or rich in sound; impressive in style
Sonorous
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The foremost part of an army; the leading position in any field
Vanguard
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A wasteful person, spendthrift; a good-for-nothing
Wastrel
