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personable

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pleasing in appearance attractive

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indigence

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poverty

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indulgent

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inclined to indulge

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ineffable

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to great to be described in words

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legacy

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smth handed down from ancestors

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perfunctory

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done as a duty without care

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pundit

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pedant authority on a subject

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sermon

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reproving a person for his faults

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skiff

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small boat

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slake

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to assuage to satisfy allay

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nostrum

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a quack remedy an untested cure

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hubris

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arrogant pride

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splenetic

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bad-tempered irritable

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machination

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plot scheme (esp. evil)

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sophomoric

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self-assured though immature affected bombastic overblown

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perspicacity

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quick judging and understanding

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plummet

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fall plunge steeply

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snub

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treat with contempt

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ire

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anger

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laudatory

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expressing or giving praise

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pyre

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large pile of wood for burning

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limn

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paint portray

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qualm

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feeling of doubt temporary feeling of sickness

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pious

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dutiful to parents devoted to religion

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severance

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severing

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indefatigability

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not easily exhaustible tirelessness

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indolence

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laziness

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reactionary

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opposing progress

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recompense

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make payment to reward punish

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malleable

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yielding easily shaped moldable adapting

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nebulous

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cloud-like hazy vague indistinct

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pluck

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pull the feathers off pick (e.g.. flowers)

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prudence

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careful forethought

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rift

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split crack dissension

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ramify

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to be divided or subdivided to branch out

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indelible

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that cannot be rubbed out

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phlegmatic

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calm sluggish temperament unemotional

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prudish

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easily shocked excessively modest

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impassive

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unmoved feeling no sign of passion

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morbid

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diseased unhealthy (e.g.. about ideas)

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odium

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contempt dislike aversion

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sidestep

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step to one side

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riddle

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puzzling person or thing

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insouciant

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unconcerned carefree

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muffler

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cloth worn round the neck/silencer

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lucubrate

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write in scholarly fashion

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ruffian

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violent cruel man

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proliferate

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grow reproduce by rapid multification

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savor

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taste flavor smth

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indigenous

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native

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shrewd

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astute showing sound judgement

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incipient

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beginning

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indomitable

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not easily discouraged or subdued

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nibble

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show some inclination to accept (an offer)

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impair

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worsen diminish in value

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lien

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legal claim until a debt on it is repaid

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nonchalant

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not having interest

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obtrusive

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projecting prominent undesirably noticeable

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invective

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abusive language curses

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sever

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break off

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introspection

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examining one’s own thoughts and feelings

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highbrow

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(person) with superior tastes

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macerate

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make or become soft by soaking in water

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proscribe

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denounce as dangerous

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quail

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lose courage turn frightened

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malign

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injurious speak ill of smb tell lie

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lachrymose

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causing tears tearful

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macabre

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gruesome suggesting death

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ominous

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threatening

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quirk

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habit or action peculiar to smb or smth

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reproach

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scold upbraid

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impervious

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not allowing to pass through (of materials)

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prevalent

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common

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quixotic

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generous unselfish

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heresy

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belief contrary to what is generally accepted

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resigned

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unresisting submissive

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loll

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rest to sit or stand in a lazy way hang (dog’s tongue)

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plaintive

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mournful melancholy sorrowful

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protracted

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prolonged

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rabble

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mob crowd the lower classes of populace

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recast

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cast or fashion anew

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serrated

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having a toothed edge

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hypocrisy

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falsely making oneself appear to be good

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incise

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engrave make a cut in

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recant

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take back as being FALSE give up

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intransigence

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unwillingness to compromise stubbornness intractability

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idiosyncrasy

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personal mannerism

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inferno

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hell

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molt

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moult lose hair feathers before new growing

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sodden

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soaked saturated

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imminent

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likely to come or happen soon

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scent

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smell (esp pleasant)

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opaqueness

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dullness/not allowing light to pass through

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scabbard

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sheath for the blade

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plethora

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glut

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probity

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uprightness incorruptibility principle

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mettlesome

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courageous high-spirited

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rotund

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rich and deep plump and round

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render

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deliver provide represent

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rant

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use extravagant language

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sawdust

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tiny bits of wood

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ignoble

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dishonorable common undignified

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imperious

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commanding haughty arrogant

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obloquy

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abusively detractive language sharp criticism vituperation

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palpability

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can be felt touched understood

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lithe

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bending twisting

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premature

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doing or happening smth before the right time

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noxious

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harmful

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pry

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get smth inquire too curiously

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rescind

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repeal/annul/cancel

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husk

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worthless outside part of anything

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impede

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hinder get in the way of

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impromptu

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without preparation

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incursion

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a raid a sudden attack

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ostracism

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shut out from society refuse to meet talk

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pariah

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an outcast a rejected and despised person

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prevaricate

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to equivocate to stray from the truth

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lugubrious

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mournful excessively sad

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maul

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hurt by rough handling

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pristine

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primitive unspoiled pure as in earlier times unadulterated

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profundity

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depth

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propitiatory

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conciliatory appeasing mitigating

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petrify

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to make hard rocklike

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shun

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keep away from avoid

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inured

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accustomed to adapted

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quiescent

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at rest dormant torpid

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ineptitude

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quality of being unskillful

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mesmerize

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hypnotize

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splice

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join (two ends)

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libel

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statement that damages reputation

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malevolence

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wishing to do evil

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idyll

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a carefree episode or experience

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hush

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make or become silent

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quack

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person dishonestly claiming to smth

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lustrous

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being bright polished

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prosaic

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everyday mundane commonplace trite pedestrian

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shunt

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send from one track to another lay aside evade discussion

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sobriety

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quality or condition of being sober

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revere

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have deep respect for

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jocular

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meant as a joke

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quell

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suppress subdue

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implacable

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incapable of being placated unpleasable

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sinuous

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winding undulating serpentine

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pith

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essential part force soft liquid substance

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inept

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unskillful said or done at the wrong time

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insipid

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without taste or flavor

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puissance

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strength

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impetuous

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having sudden energy impulsive thrusting ahead forceful

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pivotal

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of great importance (others depend on it)

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scribble

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write hastily

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petrified

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taken away power (to think feel act)

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predilection

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special liking mental preference

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obfuscate

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to darken make obscure muddle

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lassitude

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weariness tiredness

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malinger

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to fake illness or injury in order to shirk a duty

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minatory

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menacing threatening

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plea

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request

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redoubtable

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formidable causing fear

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ingenuous

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naive young artless frank honest sincere

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picaresque

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involving clever rogues or adventurers

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paradigm

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a model example or pattern

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ostentation

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display to obtain admiration or envy

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shallow

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little depth not earnest

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maudlin

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sentimental in a silly or tearful way

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interdict

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prohibit forbid

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sophisticated

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complex subtle refined

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pucker

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wrinkle

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judicious

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sound in judgment wise

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quibble

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try to avoid by sophistication

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impute

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to attribute to a cause or source ascribe

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portent

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omen marvelous threatening

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pungency

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sharpness stinging quality

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palate

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roof of the mouth sense of taste

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irascible

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irritable easily angered

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sordid

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wretched comfortless contemptible

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satiate

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satisfy fully

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pine

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waste away through sorrow or illness

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perish

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be destroyed decay

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imprecation

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an invocation of evil a curse

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restive

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refusing to move reluctant to be controlled

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lament

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show feel great sorrow

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sheath

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cover for the blade of a weapon or a tool

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insurrection

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rising of people to open resistance to

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peripatetic

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wandering

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renovate

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restore smth to better condition

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purvey

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provide supply

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mettle

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quality of endurance or courage

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indulge

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gratify give way to satisfy allow oneself

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indistinct

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not easily heard seen clearly marked

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pied

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of mixed colors

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recondite

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little known abstruse

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mischievous

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harmful causing mischief

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prolix

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tiring because too long

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palatial

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magnificent

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lavish

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giving or producing freely liberally or generously

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ignominious

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shameful dishonorable undignified disgraceful

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mellifluous

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sweetly flowing

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prune

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dried plum silly person

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inane

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silly senseless

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piquant

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agreeably pungent stimulating

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provisional

A

of the present time only

159
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repine

A

at be discontented with

160
Q

incense

A

make angry

162
Q

soot

A

black powder in smoke

164
Q

sanguine

A

cheerful confident optimistic

165
Q

involute

A

complex

167
Q

penury

A

extreme poverty

168
Q

manacle

A

chains for the hands or feet

169
Q

luminary

A

star light-giving body

169
Q

slur

A

join sounds/words (indistinct)

170
Q

hoax

A

mischievous trick played on smb for a joke

172
Q

recuperate

A

become strong after illness loss exhaustion

173
Q

sober

A

self-controlled

174
Q

levity

A

lack of seriousness

174
Q

pitfall

A

covered hole as a trap unsuspected danger

175
Q

immaculate

A

pure faultless

176
Q

onerous

A

needing effort burdensome

177
Q

incredulous

A

skeptical unwilling to believe

178
Q

misogynist

A

one who hates women/females

180
Q

immutable

A

that cannot be changed

181
Q

massacre

A

cruel killing of a large number of people

182
Q

propagation

A

increasing the number spreading extending

182
Q

serration

A

having a toothed edge

183
Q

presumption

A

arrogance

184
Q

regicide

A

crime of killing a king

185
Q

impermeable

A

that cannot be permeated

186
Q

labyrinthine

A

to entangle the state of affairs

187
Q

imperturbable

A

calm not capable of being excited

187
Q

inveigh

A

to attack verbally denounce deprecate

188
Q

pique

A

hurt the pride or self-respect stir (curiosity)

188
Q

scurvy

A

mean contemptible

189
Q

mendicant

A

a beggar

189
Q

resort

A

to frequently visit

190
Q

pliant

A

pliable easily bent shaped or twisted

191
Q

perfidy

A

treachery breaking of faith

193
Q

partisan

A

one-sided committed to a party biased or prejudiced

193
Q

profane

A

worldly having contempt for God

195
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sash

A

long strip worn round the waist

196
Q

odious

A

repulsive hateful

197
Q

mundane

A

worldly as opposed to spiritual commonplace everyday

198
Q

irrevocable

A

final and unalterable

199
Q

nadir

A

lowest weakest point

199
Q

perilous

A

dangerous

200
Q

repel

A

refuse to accept/cause dislike

202
Q

impediment

A

smth that hinders (e.g. stammer)

202
Q

lull

A

become quiet or less active

203
Q

remonstrate

A

to protest object

204
Q

infuriate

A

fill with fury or rage

205
Q

quandary

A

state of doubt or perplexity

206
Q

spurn

A

have nothing to do reject or refuse

208
Q

preen

A

tidy/show self-satisfaction

210
Q

paucity

A

scarcity a lacking of

211
Q

impugned

A

challenged to be doubted

212
Q

quaff

A

drink deeply

213
Q

mince

A

pronounce or speak affectedly euphemize

214
Q

sequence

A

succession connected line of

215
Q

intransigent

A

uncompromising

217
Q

lionize

A

treat as a famous person

219
Q

perpetrate

A

be guilty commit (a crime)

220
Q

regale

A

to delight or entertain to feast

221
Q

multifarious

A

varied motley greatly diversified

222
Q

relapse

A

fall back again

223
Q

pugnacious

A

fond of in the habit of fighting

224
Q

inimical

A

harmful or friendly

225
Q

permeate

A

spread into every part of

226
Q

plaque

A

flat metal on a wall as a memorial

228
Q

jabber

A

talk excitedly utter rapidly

229
Q

penitent

A

feeling or showing regret

230
Q

ponderous

A

heavy bulky dull

231
Q

mendacity

A

dishonesty

233
Q

mollify

A

make calmer or quieter

236
Q

implicit

A

implied though not plainly expressed

237
Q

itinerate

A

to travel from place to place to peregrinate

238
Q

incite

A

stir up rouse

239
Q

ossify

A

to turn to bone to settle rigidly into an idea

240
Q

plumb

A

get to the root of

241
Q

nascent

A

coming into existence emerging

243
Q

preclude

A

prevent make impossible

244
Q

morose

A

ill-tempered unsocial

245
Q

importune

A

beg urgently solicit (of a prostitute)

247
Q

hospitable

A

liking to give hospitality

248
Q

impending

A

imminent being about to happen expected

250
Q

patron

A

regular customer person who gives support

251
Q

inscrutable

A

incapable of being discovered or understood

251
Q

penurious

A

poor/stingy

252
Q

precursory

A

preliminary anticipating

253
Q

imbroglio

A

complicated and embarrassing situation

255
Q

negligent

A

taking too little care

257
Q

incongruous

A

out of place not in harmony or agreement

258
Q

lurk

A

be out of view ready to attack

259
Q

odor

A

smell favor reputation

261
Q

pellucid

A

transparent easy to understand

263
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somatic

A

of the body

264
Q

profligate

A

wasteful prodigal licentious extravagant

264
Q

recitals

A

a number of performance of music

265
Q

inadvertent

A

not paying proper attention

266
Q

panegyric

A

formal praise eulogy

268
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interim

A

as an installment

269
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intersperse

A

place here and there

269
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raconteur

A

person who tells anecdotes

270
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moderation

A

quality of being limited not extreme

271
Q

pernicious

A

harmful injurious

273
Q

quotidian

A

banal everyday

274
Q

rebuff

A

snub

276
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impiety

A

lack of reverence or dutifulness

277
Q

obviate

A

to make unnecessary get rid of

279
Q

plunge

A

move quickly suddenly and with force

280
Q

hoi

A

polloi the masses the rabble

282
Q

peremptory

A

urgent imperative unchallengeable ending debate

282
Q

petrous

A

like a rock hard stony

283
Q

preternatural

A

not normal or usual

284
Q

poignant

A

deeply moving keen

286
Q

requite

A

repay give in return

287
Q

pedestrian

A

commonplace trite unremarkable

287
Q

sanctimony

A

self-righteousness hypocritical with FALSE piety

288
Q

noisome

A

offensive disgusting (smell)

290
Q

shrill

A

sharp piercing

292
Q

ingest

A

take in by swallowing

292
Q

slate

A

king of blue-grey stone propose criticize

293
Q

hirsute

A

hairy shaggy

294
Q

rivet

A

fix take up secure metal pin

296
Q

lackluster

A

(of eyes) dull

297
Q

solvent

A

of the power of forming a solution

298
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spear

A

weapon with a metal point on a long shaft

299
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resuscitation

A

coming back to consciousness

301
Q

sagacious

A

having sound judgment perceptive wise like a sage

303
Q

iconoclast

A

person who attacks popular beliefs

304
Q

inasmuch

A

since because

305
Q

hew

A

make by hard work cut (by striking)

306
Q

soporific

A

producing sleep

307
Q

presage

A

warning sign

308
Q

irresolute

A

hesitating undecided

309
Q

saturnine

A

gloomy dark sullen morose

311
Q

sere

A

make hard and without feeling

312
Q

smolder

A

burn slowly without flame

313
Q

limp

A

lacking strength walking unevenly

314
Q

implicate

A

show that smb has a share

315
Q

pertain

A

belong as a part have reference

316
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peregrination

A

traveling about wandering

317
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obtain

A

to be established accepted or customary

317
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reticent

A

reserved untalkative silent taciturn

319
Q

reiterate

A

say or do again several times

320
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homiletics

A

act of preaching

321
Q

snare

A

trap

322
Q

pusillanimous

A

cowardly craven

323
Q

imperative

A

urgent essential

324
Q

soar

A

rise fly high

325
Q

hone

A

stone used for sharpening tools

326
Q

occluded

A

blocked up

327
Q

renowned

A

celebrated famous

328
Q

irksome

A

tiresome

330
Q

quiescence

A

state of being passive/motionless

331
Q

officious

A

too eager or ready to help offer advice

332
Q

simper

A

(give a) silly/self-conscious smile

334
Q

provoke

A

make angry vax

335
Q

incorrigibility

A

cannot be cured or corrected

337
Q

paean

A

song of praise or triumph

338
Q

sedulous

A

persevering

339
Q

loquacious

A

talkative garrulous

341
Q

provident

A

frugal looking to the future

342
Q

inundate

A

flood cover by overflowing

344
Q

recalcitrant

A

disobedient

345
Q

hermetic

A

sealed by fusion

346
Q

redeem

A

get back by payment compensate

347
Q

oblivious

A

unaware having no memory

348
Q

secular

A

material (not spiritual) living outside monasteries

349
Q

salacious

A

obscene

351
Q

sluggard

A

lazy slow-moving person

352
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malapropism

A

misuse of a word (for one that resembles it)

353
Q

salubrious

A

healthful

355
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misanthrope

A

person who hates mankind

355
Q

raffish

A

low vulgar base tawdry

355
Q

shard

A

piece of broken earthenware

356
Q

predominate

A

have more power than others

357
Q

intrepid

A

fearless brave undaunted

358
Q

reprobate

A

person hardened in sin one devoid of decency

359
Q

refulgent

A

shining brilliant

360
Q

recidivism

A

relapse into antisocial or criminal behavior

362
Q

inveterate

A

deep-rooted. long-established

363
Q

repast

A

meal

365
Q

neophyte

A

person who has been converted to a belief

366
Q

prodigious

A

enormous wonderful

367
Q

propitious

A

auspicious presenting favorable circumstances

369
Q

inimitable

A

defying imitation unmatchable

370
Q

recluse

A

person who lives alone and avoids people

372
Q

obsequious

A

too eager to obey or serve

374
Q

precepts

A

rules establishing standards of conduct

375
Q

miser

A

person who loves wealth and spends little

377
Q

palliate

A

lessen the severity of

378
Q

prone

A

prostrate inclined to (undesirable things)

379
Q

perjury

A

willful FALSE statement unlawful act

380
Q

reciprocity

A

granting of privileges in return for similar

381
Q

parenthesis

A

sentence within another one smth separated

382
Q

insensible

A

unconscious unresponsive unaffected

383
Q

jibe

A

gibe make fun of

384
Q

impudent

A

rash indiscreet

386
Q

knit

A

draw together unite firmly

387
Q

infuse

A

put pour fill

388
Q

rumple

A

make rough

389
Q

seminal

A

like a seed constituting a source originative

390
Q

obdurate

A

hardened and unrepenting stubborn inflexible

391
Q

preponderance

A

greatness in number strength weight

393
Q

rave

A

act with excessive enthusiasm

394
Q

levee

A

formal reception/embankment

395
Q

procrastination

A

keeping on putting off

396
Q

liberality

A

free giving generosity

398
Q

proclivity

A

inclination

400
Q

obtuse

A

blunt/stupid

401
Q

myriad

A

very great number

402
Q

pest

A

destructive thing or a person who is nuisance

402
Q

sanity

A

health of mind soundness of judgement

403
Q

recreancy

A

cowardice a cowardly giving up

404
Q

rapacious

A

greedy (esp for money)

406
Q

mercurial

A

quick changeable in character fleeting

407
Q

punctilious

A

precise paying attention to trivialities

408
Q

pinch

A

be too tight take between the thumb and finger

409
Q

maladroit

A

tactless clumsy

410
Q

libertine

A

immoral person

411
Q

pedantic

A

bookish showing off learning

412
Q

inchoate

A

not yet fully formed rudimentary elementary

413
Q

ineluctable

A

certain inevitable

414
Q

sponge

A

porous rubber for washing live at once expense

416
Q

salutary

A

remedial wholesome causing improvement

417
Q

retard

A

check hinder

418
Q

innocuous

A

causing no harm

420
Q

meticulous

A

giving great attention to details

421
Q

rejuvenation

A

becoming young in nature or appearance

422
Q

prodigal

A

wasteful reckless with money

423
Q

lope

A

move along with long strides

425
Q

petulant

A

unreasonably impatient

426
Q

scorch

A

become discolored/dry up/go at high speed

427
Q

profligacy

A

shameless immorality

428
Q

palpitate

A

tremble beat rapidly and irregularly

430
Q

heterogeneous

A

made up of different kinds

431
Q

incessant

A

often repeated continual

432
Q

impecunious

A

having little or no money

433
Q

prim

A

neat formal

435
Q

slack

A

sluggish dull not tight

436
Q

philistine

A

a smug ignorant person one who lacks knowledge

437
Q

refine

A

make or become pure cultural

438
Q

placate

A

soothe pacify calm

439
Q

profuse

A

abundant/lavish

440
Q

insularity

A

narrow-mindedness isolated

441
Q

plead

A

address a court of law as an advocate

442
Q

refractory

A

stubborn unmanageable untractable

443
Q

sophistry

A

fallacious reasoning faulty logic

444
Q

middling

A

fairly good but not very good

445
Q

rarefy

A

to make thin to make less dense to purify or refine

446
Q

skit

A

short piece of humorous writing

447
Q

hollow

A

not soled with hole

449
Q

parsimonious

A

too economical miserly

450
Q

opprobrious

A

showing scorn or reproach

452
Q

specious

A

illogical of questionable truth or merit

453
Q

perfidious

A

treacherous faithless

454
Q

implosion

A

collapse bursting inward

455
Q

lumber

A

move in a clumsy/noisy way

456
Q

servile

A

like a slave lacking independence

457
Q

ostensible

A

seeming appearing as such professed

458
Q

savant

A

person of great learning

459
Q

overhaul

A

examine thoroughly to learn about the condition

460
Q

hoodwink

A

trick mislead

461
Q

poncho

A

large piece of cloth

462
Q

nexus

A

a connection tie or link

463
Q

reverent

A

feeling or showing deep respect

464
Q

sententious

A

short and pithy full of maxims/proverbs

465
Q

holster

A

leather case for a pistol

466
Q

latent

A

present but not yet active developed or visible

467
Q

invincible

A

too strong to be defeated

468
Q

resilience

A

quality of quickly recovering the original shape

469
Q

soggy

A

heavy with water

470
Q

overweening

A

presumptuously arrogant overbearing immoderate being a jerk

471
Q

luculent

A

easily understood lucid clear

472
Q

imperviousness

A

haughty arrogant commanding

473
Q

inclined

A

directing the mind in a certain direction

474
Q

plod

A

continue doing smth without resting

475
Q

roll

A

call calling of names

476
Q

repulsive

A

causing a feeling of disgust

477
Q

matriculation

A

be admitted enter a university as a student

478
Q

sanction

A

approval (by authority) penalty

479
Q

maverick

A

rebel nonconformist

481
Q

platitude

A

a trite or banal statement unoriginality

482
Q

meretricious

A

attractive on the surface but of little value

483
Q

illicit

A

unlawful forbidden

484
Q

spurious

A

FALSE counterfeit

485
Q

incumbents

A

official duties

486
Q

repudiate

A

disown refuse to accept or pay

487
Q

peccadillo

A

small sin small weakness in one’s character

488
Q

propinquity

A

nearness in time or place affinity of nature

489
Q

penchant

A

strong inclination a liking

490
Q

putrefaction

A

becoming rotten

491
Q

reconcile

A

settle a quarrel restore peace

492
Q

insinuate

A

suggest unpleasantly make a way for smth gently

493
Q

precarious

A

uncertain risky dangerous

494
Q

irate

A

angry

495
Q

inculcate

A

fix firmly by repetition

496
Q

nugatory

A

trifling/worthless

497
Q

idolatry

A

excessive admiration of

498
Q

nonplused

A

greatly surprised

499
Q

obstreperous

A

noisy loud

500
Q

rancorous

A

feeling bitterness spitefulness

English Vocabulary (3 decks)

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