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Stanch

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To check or stop the flowing of; to stop or check in its course; to make watertight, stop up

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Bootless

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Useless, unprofitable

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Perfidious

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Of, relating to, or characterized by perfidy, which means the quality or state of being faithless or disloyal

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Verdure

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The greenness of growing vegetation; a condition of health and vigor

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Inveterate

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Confirmed in a habit, habitual; firmly established by long persistence

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Extirpate

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To destroy completely; to pull up by the root

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Prescience

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Foreknowledge of events; divine omniscience; human anticipation of the course of events

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Unmitigable

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Not capable of being mitigated, which means to make less severe, harmful, or painful

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Cloven

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Split in two

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Canker

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An erosive or spreading sore; a source of corruption or debasement

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Beseech

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To beg for urgently or anxiously, to request earnestly

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Vouch

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To supply supporting evidence or testimony; to give personal assurance; to give a guarantee : become surety

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Contentious

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Likely to cause people to argue or disagree; involving a lot of arguing; likely or willing to argue

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Importune

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To press or urge with troublesome persistence

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Commonwealth

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A nation, state, or other political unit: such as one founded on law and united by compact or tacit agreement of the people for the common good, one in which supreme authority is vested in the people

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Mettle

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Vigor and strength of spirit or temperament; staying quality or stamina; or, quality of temperament or disposition

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Ebb

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n. The reflux of the tide toward the sea; a point or condition of decline: v. to recede from the flood

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Prate

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To talk long and idly

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Precendent

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n. An earlier occurrence of something similar; something done or said that may serve as an example or rule to authorize or justify a subsequent act of the same or an analogous kind: adj. prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance

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Firebrand

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A piece of burning wood; one that creates unrest or strife (as in aggressively promoting a cause)

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Adder

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The common venomous viper (Viper berus ) of Europe; broadly : any of various snakes of the viper family

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Bombard

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To attack especially with artillery or bombers; to assail vigorously or persistently (as with questions)

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Dregs

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(Dreg) sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated– caused to separate from solution or suspension–from it; the most undesirable part —usually used in plural

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Ague

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A fever (such as malaria) marked by paroxysms–fits, attacks, or sudden increases or recurrences of symptoms–of chills, fever, and sweating that recur at regular intervals

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Celestial

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Of, relating to, or suggesting heaven or divinity; of or relating to the sky or visible heaven

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Odious

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Arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance, which is strong dislike, distaste, or antagonism

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Quicken

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To make alive; to cause to be enlivened

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Executor

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One who carries out something, such as the wishes in a will

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Enjoin

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To direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition; to forbid or prohibit

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Precept

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A command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action

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Compass

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To devise or contrive often with craft or skill; comprehend; to surround (an area)

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Brine

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Water saturated or strongly impregnated with common salt; the water of a sea or salt lake

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Sot

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A habitual drunkyard

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Nonpareil

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Having no equal

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Viceroy

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The governor of a country or province who rules at the representative of a king or sovereign

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Jocund

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Marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness

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Discourse

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The use of words to exchange thoughts and ideas; the use of words to exchange thoughts and ideas; formal and orderly and usually extended expression of thought on a subject

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Tempered

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Treated so as to impart increased strength and the property of shattering into pellets when broken; having the elements mixed in satisfying proportions; qualified, lessened, or diluted by the mixture or influence of an additional ingredient

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Incensed

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Perfumed with incense; extremely argy or indignant

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Bereft

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Deprived or robbed of the possession or use of something —usually used with of ; suffering the death of a loved one

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Perdition

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Eternal damnation

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Supple

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  1. compliant (willing to do whatever is asked) often to the point of obsequiousness (annoyingly extensive and flattering attention); readily adaptable or responsive to new situations; 2. capable of being bent or folded without creases, cracks, or breaks
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Austere

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  1. simple or plain : not fancy; 2. of a person: having a serious and unfriendly quality
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Ratify

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To approve and sanction formally

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Sanctimonious

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Hypocritically pious or devout

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Aspersion

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A false or misleading charge meant to harm someone’s reputation; the act of making such a charge

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Dalliance

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An act of play, especially amorous play, or frivolous action

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Abstemious

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Marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol

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Corollary

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Something that naturally follows; something that incidentally or naturally accompanies or parallels

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Lea

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Grassland, pasture

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Foison

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Rich harvest; physical energy or strength

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naiad

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Any of the nymphs in classical mythology living in and giving life to lakes, rivers, springs, and fountains

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Confederate

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Ally, accomplice

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Distempered

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Thrown out of order deranged or unsettled

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Infirmity

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The quality or state of being infirm, which is of poor or deteriorated vitality

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Cleave

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  1. To adhere firmly and closely or loyally and unwaveringly; 2.To divide by or as if by cutting blow. (Yes, it is its own antonym)
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Low

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To moo

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Trumpery

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Worthless nonsense; trivial or useless articles

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Abjure

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To renounce upon oath; to reject solemnly

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Renown

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A state of being widely acclaimed and highly honored

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Yar

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  1. archaic : set for action; 2. characterized by speed and agility; hand, maneuverable
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Diligence

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Steady, earnest, and energetic effort : devoted and painstaking work and application to accomplish an undertaking

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Oracle

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  1. in ancient Greece , a person (such as a priestess) through whom a god was believed to speak; 2. the place (such as a shrine) where people went to ask questions of an oracle; 3. an answer or message given by an oracle
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Indulgence

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  1. the behavior or attitude of people who allow themselves to do what they want or who allow other people to do what they want; 2. the act of doing something that you enjoy but that is usually thought of as wrong or unhealthy; 3. something that is done or enjoyed as a special pleasure
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Colloquial

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Used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation; using conversational style

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Attenuating

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Lessening the amount, force, magnitude, or value of ; weakening

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Psychodrama

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An extemporized (improvised) dramatization designed to afford catharsis and social relearning for one or more of the participants from whose life history the plot is abstracted

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Windward

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The side or direction from which the wind is blowing

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Ingrate

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An ungrateful person

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Arsenal

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An establishment for the manufacture or storage of arms and military equipment; a collection of weapons

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Intrinsically

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By natural character; in itself

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Attrition

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Sorrow for one’s sins that arise from a motive other than that of the love of God

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Convoke

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To call together to a meeting

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Guerilla

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A person who engages in irregular warfare especially as a member of an independent unit carrying out harassment and sabotage

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Secular

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Of or relating to the worldly or temporal; not overtly or specifically religious; not ecclesiastically or clerical.

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Pallor

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Deficiency of color especially of the face; paleness

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Expounding

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To explain by setting forth in careful and often elaborate detail

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Scrupulous

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Acting in strict regard for what is considered right or proper; painstaking

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Distillation

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The extraction of the essence of something

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Supplications

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Humble and earnest entreaties, oftentimes to God

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Interminable

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Having or seeming to have no end in a wearisome way

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Endemic

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Belonging or native to a particular people or country

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Paucity

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Smallness in number or quantity

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Precarious

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Dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments; characterized by a lack of security or stability that threatens with danger

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Variegated

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Having discrete markings of different colors

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Discreet

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a) Unobtrusive, unnoticeable; b) having or showing discernment or good judgment in conduct and especially in speech

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Nefarious

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Flagrantly wicked; evil

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Ubiquitous

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Existing or being everywhere at the same time; widespread

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Mirth

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Gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter

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Litany

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A usually lengthy recitation of a list, i.e stating things one after another

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Squelch

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To completely suppress

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Precocious

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Exhibiting mature qualities at an unusual early age

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Alacrity

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Promptness in response: cheerful readiness

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Catatonic

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Characterized by a marked lack of movement, activity, or expression

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Allayed

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To subdue or reduce in intensity or severity; to calm

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Insatiable

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Incapable offing satisfied

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Feigned

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Not genuine or real

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Prodigal

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Characterized by profuse or wasteful expense

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Pariah

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One that is despised or rejected; pariah

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Atrophic

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Decrease in sizer wasting away of a body part or tissue; a wasting away or progressive decline

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Indelible

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That cannot be removed, washed away, or erased

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Unabashed

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Unapologetic, unashamed

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Obviating

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To anticipate and prevent (something such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary

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Appellation

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An identifying name or title, a designation

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Nascent

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Coming or having recently come into existence

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Octave

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  1. an 8-day period of observances beginning with a festival day; 2. a stanza of eight lines; 3. a musical interval embracing eight diatonic degrees
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Pockmarked

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Covered with marks, pits, or depressed scars caused by smallpox or acne

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Disquieting

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Taking away the peace or tranquility of

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Missive

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A written communication, letter

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Gringo

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Often disparaging : a foreigner in Spain or Latin America especially when of English or American origin; broadly : a non-Hispanic person

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Lexicon

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The words used in a language or by a person or group of people

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Baroque

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  1. of or relating to a dramatic style of art and music that was common in the 17th and early 18th centuries and that featured many decorative parts and details; 2. having many details or too many details
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Solace

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1 comfort in grief:alleviation of grief or anxiety; 2. a source of relief or consolation

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Blanched

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(Blanch) to take the color out of, such as to scald or parboil in water or steam, to bleach by excluding light, or to make ashen or pale (as through fear)

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Indignation

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Anger aroused by something unjust, unworthy, or mean

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Cyclopean

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  1. often capitalized: of, relating, to characteristic of a Cyclops; 2 huge, massive
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Canonization

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  1. the declaration of a deceased person an officially recognized saint, or the process of so declaring 2. the process of making something canonical, that is of, relating to, or forming a canon (an authoritative list of books)
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Redolent

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Exuding fragrance

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Somnambulist

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Someone who walks in their sleep

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Profligates

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  1. wildly extravagant. 2, shamelessly immoral
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Exuded

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Oozed out

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Decorous

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Marked by propriety and good taste

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Occluding

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Closing up or blocking off

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Lacquered

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Given a smooth finish or appearance to; made glossy

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Transmigrations

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Passings at death from one body or being to another

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Plaintive

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Expressing or suffering or woe

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Malevolent

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  1. having, showing, or arising from intense often
    vicious ill will, spite, or hatred; 2. productive of harm
    or evil
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Somnolence

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The quality or state of being drowsy

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Iconoclasm

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The practice of attacking cherished beliefs and traditions

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Ominous

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Suggesting that something bad is going to happen on the future

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Sonorous

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Producing a depp resonant sound

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Squander

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  1. to spend extravagantly or foolishly; 2. to lose
    (something, such as an advantage or opportunity)
    through negligence or inaction
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Reverberate

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Reflect, repel, or echo

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Tenuos

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Lacking a sound basis in reasoning

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Maladjusted

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poorly or inadequately adjusted

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Cloying

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Disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess; also :
excessively sweet or sentimental

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Ornate

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  1. marked by elaborate rhetoric; 2. elaborately or
    excessively decorated
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Bric-a-brac

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A miscellaneous collection of small articles commonly
of ornamental or sentimental value

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Aviary

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A place for keeping birds confined

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Impudent

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Marked by contemptuous or cocky boldness or disregard of others

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Ulterior

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Going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper

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Mottled

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Marked with spots of different colors: having blotches of two or more colors

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Superimposed

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Placed or lain over or above something

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Consetllations

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  1. Configurations of stars or an area of the celestial
    sphere covering one of these configurations; 2.
    assemblages, collections, or groups of usually related
    persons, qualities, or things
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Matrix

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Something (such as a situation or a set of conditions) in which something else develops or forms

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Dissembling

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To conceal the truth or give a false and misleading appearance to

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Degenerate

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n. one degraded from the normal moral standard; a
sexual pervert; adj. having sunk to a condition below
that which is normal to a type; v. 1. to pass from a
higher to a lower type or condition; 2. to sink into a
low intellectual or moral state

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Crestfallen

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Feeling shame or humiliation

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Soporific

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Causing sleep

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Oafish

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Resembling a big, clumsy, and slow-witted person

Grade 9 English Fall Vocabulary (2 decks)

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