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cosmopolitan

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(adj) belonging to the entire world, at home globally; free from local or national prejudices or attachments

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countenance

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(n, v) facial expression or face (noun); approve or tolerate (verb)

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counterintuitive

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(adj) against what one would intuitively expect

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counterpoint

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(n) contrasting item, opposite; a complement; the use of contrast or interplay in a work of art

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counterproductive

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(adj) defeating the purpose; preventing the intended goal

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covert

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(adj) secret, veiled, undercover

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crafty

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(adj) cunning, skillful in deception or underhanded schemes

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craven

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(adj) very cowardly, lacking courage

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credibility

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(n) believability, trustworthiness

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credulous

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(adj) gullible; prone to believing or trusting too easily or without enough evidence

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cescendo

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(n) steady increase in force, intensity, or the loudness of a musical passage; a climactic moment or peak

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culminate

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(v) reach the highest point or final stage

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cynical

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(adj) thinking the worst of others’ motivations; bitterly pessimistic

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daunt

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(v) discourage, dishearten, lessen the courage of

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debase

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(v) degrade; lower in quality, value, rank, etc.; lower in moral quality

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debunk

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(v) expose, ridicule, or disprove false or exaggerated claims

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decorous

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(adj) behaving with propriety and good taste; polite

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deem

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(v) judge; consider

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deface

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(v) vandalize, mar the appearance of

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defamatory (adj.)

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slanderous, injurious to someone’s reputation

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default

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(n, v) failure to act, neglect (noun); fail to fulfill an obligation, esp. a financial one (verb)

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deference

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(n) respectful submission; yielding to the authority or opinion of another

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deflect

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(v) cause to curve; turn aside, esp. from a straight course; avoid

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deleterious

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(adj) harmful, unhealthy

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delineate
(v) mark the outline of; sketch; describe in detail
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denigrate
(v) belittle, attack the reputation of
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denote
(v) be a name or symbol for
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deride
(v) mock, scoff at, laugh at contemptuously
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derivative
(adj) derived from something else; not original
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desiccate
(v) thoroughly dried up, dehydrated
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detached
(adj) impartial, disinterested; unconcerned, distant, aloof
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deterrent
(n) something that restrains or discourages
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diatribe
(n) bitter, abusive attack or criticism; rant
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didactic
(adj) intended to instruct; teaching, or teaching a moral lesson
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digress
(v) go off-topic when speaking or writing
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din
(n) loud, confused noise, esp. for a long period of time
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disabuse
(v) free someone from a mistake in thinking
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discerning
(adj) having good judgment or insight; able to distinguish mentally
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discredit
(v) injure the reputation of, destroy credibility of or confidence in
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discrepancy
(n) difference or inconsistency
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discriminating
(adj) judicious, discerning, having good judgment or insight
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disingenuous
(adj) insincere, not genuine
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disinterested
(adj) unbiased, impartial; not interested
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disjointed
(adj) disconnected, not coherent, jerky; having the joints separated
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dismiss
(v) allow to disperse or leave; fire from a job; put aside or reject, esp. after only a brief consideration
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dispassionate
(adj) unbiased, not having a selfish or personal motivation; calm, lacking emotion
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dispatch
(n, v) speed, promptness; send off or deal with in a speedy way
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disperse
(v) scatter, spread widely, cause to vanish
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disposition
(n) a person's general or natural mood; tendency
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disquieting
(adj) disturbing, causing anxiety
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disseminate
(v) scatter, spread about, broadcast
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dissent
(v, n) disagree or take an opposing view, esp. in relation to a formal body such as a government, political party, or church; such a view
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dissonance
(n) harsh, inharmonious sound; cacophony; disagreement
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distill
(v) purify; extract the essential elements of
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diverge
(v) differ, deviate; branch off or turn aside, as from a path
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Divest
(v) deprive or strip of rank, title, etc., or of clothing or gear; to sell off holdings (opposite of invest)
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Divine
(v) discover through divination or supernatural means; perceive by insight
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Document
(v) support with evidence, cite sources in a detailed way, create documentary evidence of
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Dogma
(n) a system of principles laid down by an authority; established belief
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Dormant
(adj) asleep, inactive, on a break
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Dubious
(adj) doubtful, questionable, suspect
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e.g.
(abbre.) for example, such as
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eccentric
(adj) peculiar, odd, deviating from the norm esp. in a whimsical way
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Eclectic
(adj) selecting the best of everything or from many diverse sources
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Eclipse
(n, v) the obscuring of one thing by another, such as the sun by the moon or a person by a more famous or talented person (noun); to obscure, darken, make less important (verb)
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Efficacy
(n) the quality of being able to produce the intended effect
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Egalitarian
(adj) related to the belief in the equality of all people, esp. in political, economic, or social spheres
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Egregious
(adj) extraordinarily or conspicuously bad; glaring
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Elated
(adj) very happy, in high spirits
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Elevate
(v) raise, lift up; lift the spirits of; move up to a higher rank or status or raise up to a higher spiritual or intellectual plane
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Elicit
(v) call forth, bring out, evoke
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Eloquent
(adj) marked by forceful, fluid, apt speech; expressive, emotionally moving
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Embellish
(v) decorate, add ornamentation; enhance (a story) with fictional or fanciful details
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Eminent
(adj) prominent, distinguished, of high rank
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Empirical
(adj) coming from, based on, or able to be verified by experience or experimentation; not purely based on theory
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Emulate
(v) copy in an attempt to equal or be better than
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Enervate
(v) weaken, tire
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Enhance
(v) raise to a higher value, desirability, etc.
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Enigma
(n) puzzle, mystery, riddle; mysterious or contradictory person
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Entitlement
(n) having the right to certain privileges; believing, sometimes without cause, that one deserves or has a right to certain privileges
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Enumerate
(v) count or list; specify one-by-one
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Ephemeral
(adj) lasting only a short time, fleeting
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Equitable
(adj) fair, equal, just
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Erratic
(adj) inconsistent, wandering, having no fixed course
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Erroneous
(adj) mistaken, in error; improper, morally incorrect
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Erudite
(adj) scholarly, knowledgeable; possessing a deep, often systematic, knowledge
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Eschew
(v) shun, avoid, abstain from
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Esoteric
(adj) understood by or intended for only a few; secret
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Estimable
(adj) worthy of esteem, admirable; able to be estimated
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Eulogy
(n) speech of praise or written work of praise, esp. a speech given at a funeral
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Exacerbate
(v) make worse (more violent, severe, etc.), inflame; irritate or embitter (a person)
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Exacting
(adj) very severe in making demands; requiring precise attention
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Exculpate
(v) clear from guilt or blame
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Exhaustive
(adj) comprehensive, thorough, exhausting a topic or subject, accounting for all possibilities; draining, tending to exhaust
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Explicit
(adj) direct, clear, fully revealed; clearly depicting sex or nudity
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Exponent
(n) person who expounds or explains; champion, advocate, or representative
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Extraneous
(adj) irrelevant; foreign, coming from without, not belonging
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Extrapolate
(v) conjecture about an unknown by projecting information about something known; predict by projecting past experience
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Facetious
(adj) joking, humorous, esp. inappropriately; not serious, concerned with frivolous things
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Facilitate
(v) make easier, help the progress of

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