Entomology Flashcards
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to do away with legal penalties for
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DECRIMINALIZE
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to reveal guilt, or make (someone) appear guilty
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INCRIMINATE
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an accusation made in reply; a counter-charge
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RECRIMINATION
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deserving blame
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CULPABLE
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one responsible for a crime
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CULPRIT
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(interjection) statement uttered to show personal responsibility for a wrong
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MEA CULPA
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burden or obligation
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ONUS
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unpleasant and burdensome
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ONEROUS
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to prove not guilty
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EXONERATE
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praise or approval
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APROBATION
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a dishonest or immoral person; a scoundrel
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REPROBATE
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to scold or criticize
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REPROVE
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shy; not assertive
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DIFFIDENT
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faithfulness; loyalty
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FIDELITY
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to trust (another) with information or a secret
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CONFIDE
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a misleading or mistaken idea
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FALLACY
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misleading or deceptive
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FALLACIOUS
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capable of being mistaken; imperfect
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FALLIBLE
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able to be trusted in or believed
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CREDIBLE
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trust or belief
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CREDENCE
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tendency to believe things too quickly or easily
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CREDULITY
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unable to believe something; amazed
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INCREDULOUS
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uncertain; doubtful
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DUBIOUS
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certain beyond doubt or question
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INDUBITABLE
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worthy of fear or respect; mighty
REDOUBTABLE
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surpassing all others; definitive
ULTIMATE
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just before the final; next to the last
PENULTIMATE
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a demand or threat that is final
ULTIMATUM
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without beginning or end
INFINITE
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defining for all others; standard
DEFINITIVE
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extremely small; incalculaby or immeasurably small
INFINITESIMAL
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new and different
NOVEL
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an inexperienced person; amateur
NOVICE
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showing creativity and originality
INNOVATIVE
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original; dating from the beginning of existence
PRIMAL
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extremely ancient; of earliest time
PRIMEVAL
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condition of being first in time or importance
PRIMACY
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deviating from a pattern or rule
ABERRANT
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wrong or inaccurate
ERRONEOUS
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wandering or straying
ERRANT
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to lower in diginity or esteem; insult
DEGRADE
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a coming together
CONGRESS
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act of going out; exit
EGRESS
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to call together, to assemble
CONVENE
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a mutual or legal agreement
COVENANT
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to avoid by going around; bypass
CIRCUMVENT
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hasty and superficial
CURSORY
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that which comes before; forerunner
PRECURSOR
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help for a problem; solution
RECOURSE
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an attack on another's territory; a raid
INCURSION
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masculine; manly
VIRILE
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right action; moral goodness
VIRTUE
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someone extrodinarily skilled in a particular art
VIRTUOSO
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a leader who appeals to people's emotions to gain power
DEMAGOGUE
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having certain characteristics in common, such as age, race, or gender
DEMOGRAPHIC
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having an effect on a large area or region
PANDEMIC
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wordly or sophisticated
COSMOPOLITAN
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to give a political character to something
POLITICIZE
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having no interest in politics; not political
APOLITICAL
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politeness; courteousness
CIVILITY
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having to do with the buisness of a town or community
CIVIC
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to make more cultured or refined
CIVILIZE
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to speak aloud in order that one's own words may be copied or recorded/to give an order; to make necessary
DICTATE
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a recital or words intended to harn; a curse
MALEDICTION
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a blessing
BENEDICTION
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style or action of speaking
LOCUTION
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powerful and espressive
ELOQUENT
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of or related to informal speech; conversational
COLLOQUIAL
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calling forth a vivd image or impression
EVOCATIVE
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to use misleading or confusing language
EQUIVOCATIVE
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to argue in favor of/a disagreement or arguement
ADVOCATE
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having a forceful, excited, or emotional tone
EXCLAMATORY
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to speak loudly and with feeling
DECLAIM
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characterized by a loud noise or outcry
CLAMOROUS
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extremely painful; agonizing
EXCRUCIATING
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the most important or decisive point
CRUX
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extremely necessary; essential
CRUCIAL
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lazy; adverse to work
INDOLENT
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sad; mournful
DOLEFUL
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mournful; gloomy
DOLOROUS
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harsh or biting in tone
ACERBIC
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stinging or biting in odor or taste
ACRID
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exhibiting harsh sharpness in speach or mood
ACIMONOUS
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to mae worse or more severe
EXACERBATE
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passionately excited or enthusiastic
FERVENT
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emotional excitement; heated enthusiasm
FERVOR
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highly spirited; animated
EFFERVESCENT
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to assign blame or responsiblity for
IMPUTE
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to disagree with/a disagreement or argument
DISPUTE
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not repectable; having a bad reputation
DISREPUTABLE
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an image or idea associated with a word
CONNOTATION
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the dictionary definition of a word
DENOTATION
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to explain or discuss through a note
ANNOTATE
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not based on reason or logic
IRRATIONAL
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a reason for doing something; explanation
RATIONALE
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justify; give reason for
RATIONALIZE
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diligent and careful
CONSCIENTIOUS
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not obeying moral laws
UNCONSCIONABLE
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showing knowledge or events before they happen
PRESCIENT
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having to do with beauty or order
AESTHETIC
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a substance which causes loss of feeling
ANESTHETIC
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not interested; having no strong emotion towards
APATHETIC
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sharing or another's emotions
EMPATHY
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power of evoking great sadness or sympathy
PATHOS
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hostility or hatred
ANTIPATHY
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conscious; aware
SENTIENT
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one who watches or guards
SENTINEL
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a feeling about something
SENTIMENT
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a feeling about something before it happens
PRESENTIMENT
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able to be grasped or perceived
TANGIBLE
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pertaining to touch
TACTILE
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unbroken; whole
INTACT
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curious; asking many questions
INQUISITIVE
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seeking to get things; greedy
ACQUISITIVE
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act of ordering or demanding something/to make a request or demand
REQUISITION
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to support; to pledge support to
ESPOUSE
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to be similar to, to compare to
CORRESPOND
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lacking all hope
DESPONDENT
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to formally question
INTERROGATE
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insulting; degrading
DEROGATORY
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excessively proud; haughty
ARROGANT
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to cancel; to repeal
ABROGATE
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threatened or unsafe
PRECARIOUS
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a curse
IMPRECATION
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to show disapproval of
DEPRECATE
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gentle scolding
ADMONITION
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a vision; a warning of something before it happens
PREMONITION
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to advise; make a suggestion to/advice
COUNSEL
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intended to lessen another's anger
CONCILIATORY
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to bring back into agreement
RECONCILE
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an action taken against danger ahead of time
PRECAUTION
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careful not to get into danger
CAUTIOUS
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intended to serve as a warning
CAUTIONARY
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to convince one not to do something
DISSUADE
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habit or type
PERSUASION
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enthusiastic enjoyment
GUSTO
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having to do with the sense of taste
GUSTATORY
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dull; uninteresting
INSIPID
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having knowledge; wise
SAPIENT
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enthusiastic; eager
AVID
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desire for wealth; greed
AVARICE
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drink, soak up
IMBIBE
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drunken
BIBULOUS
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too much of something; oversupply
GLUT
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one who wants or takes too much (especially food or drink)
GLUTTON
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taste or liking
PALATE
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acceptable; satisfactory
PALATABLE
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to undermine; to corrupt
SUBVERT
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to fall back into an old condition
REVERT
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not helpful; harmful
ADVERSE
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change in pitch or tone of the voice
INFLECTION
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to cause to turn aside or away
DEFLECT
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too unchangeable in character or purpose
INFLEXIBLE
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to unfold; to develop or change gradually
EVOLVE
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having too many twists and turns; overly complicated
CONVOLUTED
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talkative; given to rapid, abundant speech
VOLUBLE
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to wrongly or illegally force someone to comply with a demand
EXTORT
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to respond critically or sarcastically
RETORT
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not direct or straightforward
TORTUOUS
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lacking moderation; severe or extreme
INTEMPERATE
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restraint or moderation, especially in regards to alcohol or food
TEMPERANCE
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to decrease the strength of
TEMPER
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that which is taught; body of beliefs or ideas
DOCTRINE
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to teach a certain point of view to
INDOCTRINATE
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easily taught; submissive to instruction
DOCILE
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one who is not properly thankful
INGRATE
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to gain another's favor by flattery or false friendliness
INGRATIATE
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unnecessary or unwanted
GRATUITOUS
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calm; undistributed
PLACID
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something which has a positive mental effect, but no physical effect
PLACEBO
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satisfied with a situation that should be changed or improved
COMPLACENT
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level of achievement or authority; standing
STATURE
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payment for an injury; compensation
RESTITUTION
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having no money; poor
DESTITUTE
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having a positive effect; helpful
CONSTRUCTIVE
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to interpret or analyze something in a particular way
CONSTRUE
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the basic framework of a building or a system
INFRASTRUCTURE
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one who argues in favor of; supporter
PROPONENT
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to explain or discuss in detail
EXPOUND
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too simplistic or easy
FACILE
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a copy or imitation
FACSIMILE
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an assistant who does a variety of jobs
FACTOTUM
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skilled at; highly knowledgeable of
PROFICIENT
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an act against a holy person or place
SACRILEGE
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to remember; to recall
RECOLLECT
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hard-working and careful
DILIGENT
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impossible to solve or fix/unable to be dissolved
INSOLUBLE
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devoted to sensual pleasure; lacking moral restraint
DISSOLUTE
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determined; steadfast
RESOLUTE
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plentiful; abundant
PROFUSE
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overflowing with words or feelings; gushing
EFFUSIVE
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not concentrated or focused; wordy/to spread out or distribute
DIFFUSE
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existing as a natural part
INHERENT
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not able to be understood; nonsensical
INCOHERENT
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a follower of a person or idea
ADHERENT
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a person who flatters; a yes-man
SYCHOPHANT
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a moment of great insight; revelation
EPIPHANY
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lightweight and transparent
DIAPHANOUS
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a fact or event whch can be observed and/or documented
PHENOMENOM
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contemplating ones own thoughts and feelings
INTROSPECTIVE
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a part that can be considered or viewed
ASPECT
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looking backward over a period of time
RETROSPECTIVE
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wisely; insightful; acutely insightful
PERSPICACIOUS
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an unreal figure; a ghost
APPARITION
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to imagine; to concieve of
ENVISAGE
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claimed as true but probably false
PURPORTED
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manner in which one acts or behaves
COMPORTMENT
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to increase greatly in number; multiply
PROLIFERATE
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to present or offer
PROFFER
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a conclusion not directly provided by evidence, but able to be drawn from the facts at hand
INFERENCE
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to discuss with someone else; consult/to bestow
CONFER
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act or practice of yielding to another's authority
DEFERENCE
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to put aside until later/to yield respectively
DEFER
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to make unnecesary; to avoid
OBVIATE
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to depart, especially from a path or plan
DEVIATE
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unable to be affected
IMPERVIOUS
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a bridge carrying a road or railway over a valley
VIADUCT
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to dramaticallly express emotions
EMOTE
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a reacurring theme, subject, or idea
MOTIFF
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cause for action
MOTIVE
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failing to fulfill ones duty; negligent
REMISS
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showing little regard; scournful
DISMISSIVE
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an agent sent on a mission
EMISSARY
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lowly, miserable and wretched
ABJECT
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downcast or sad; depressed
DEJECTED
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a guess, often one based on inadequate or faulty evidence
CONJECTURE
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to send out or away
EXPEL
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a sudden, involuntary urge to do something
IMPULSE
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to force or strongly persuade; coerce
COMPEL
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paying strict attention to detail; extremely careful
PUNCTILIOUS
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feeling of regret or remorse
COMPUNCTION
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the structure of parts, taken as a whole
ANATOMY
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two opposite parts of one whole
DICHOTOMY
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the best or most typical example
EPITOME
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a large and serious book
TOME
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brief and straightforward
CONCISE
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sharply cutting; direct and powerful
INCISIVE
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to cut out of; remove
EXCISE
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to intrude an area beloning to another; to trespass
INFRINGE
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minor violation of a rule or law
INFRACTION
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tending to argue or cause discord
FRACTIOUS
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that which drives one; motivation
IMPETUS
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acting passionately and without forethought
IMPETUOUS
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irritable or short tempered
PETULANT
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to draw back; withdraw
RETRACT
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stubborn; obstinate; hard to move forward
INTRACTABLE
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extended in time
PROTRACTED
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to draw conclusion from fact; to infer
DEDUCE
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to lead towards some action
INDUCE
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supportive; encouraging; helping to bring about
CONDUCIVE
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to establish; to reflect the truth of
EVINCE
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limited knowledge in the world; narrow-minded
PROVINCIAL
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unable to be conquered
INVINCIBLE
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rotten; spoiled
RANCID
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bitterness; hostility
RANCOR
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to rot; decompose
PUTREFY
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rotten; suggesting decomposition
PUTRID
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unhealthy because of lack of movement
STAGNANT
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to stop moving or growing; to become unhealthy because of lack of movement
STAGNATE
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foul-smelling
MALODOROUS
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giving off an odor
ODORIFEROUS
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having to do with the sense of smell
OLFACTORY
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suggesting; carrying the hint of
REDOLENT
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having an unpleasant smell
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