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Etymology Flashcards

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A vision; a warning of something before it happens

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Premonition

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Gentle scolding

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Admonition

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To advise; make a suggestion

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Counsel

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Intended to lesson ones anger

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Conciliatory

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To bring back into agreement

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Reconcile

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An action taken against danger ahead of time

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Precaution

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Careful not to get into danger

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Cautious

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Intended to serve as a warning

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Cautionary

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To convince not to do

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Dissuade

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Habit or type

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Persuasion

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Enthusiastic enjoyment

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Gusto

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Having to do with sense if taste

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Gustatory

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Dull; uninteresting

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Insipid

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Having knowledge; wise

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Sapient

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Enthusiastic; eager

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Avid

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Desire of wealth; greed

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Avarice

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Acceptable; satisfactory

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Palatable

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Taste or liking

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Palate

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Drink; soak up

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Imbibe

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Drunken

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Bibulous

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Oversupply; too much

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Glut

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One who wants or takes too much

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Glutton

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Rotten; spoiled

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Rancid

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Bitterness; hostility

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Rancor

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To rot; to decompose

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Putrefy

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Rotten; suggesting decompose

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Putrid

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Unhealthy due to lack of movement

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Stagnant

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To stop moving or growing; to become unhealthy

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Stagnate

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Having an unpleasant smell

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Fetid

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Foul smelling

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Malodorous

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Giving off an odor

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Odoriferous

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Having to do with sense of smell

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Olfactory

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Suggesting; carrying the hint

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Redolent

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Curious; asking many questions

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Inquisitive

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Greedy; seeking to get things

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Acquisitive

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Act of ordering or demanding

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Requisition

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To support; pledge to support

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Espouse

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To be similar; compare to

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Correspond

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Lacking all hope

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Despondent

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To formally question

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Interrogate

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Insulting; degrading

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Derogatory

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Excessively proud; haughty

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Arrogant

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To cancel; to repeal

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Abrogate

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Threatened or unsafe

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Precarious

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A curse

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Imprecation

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To show disapproval

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Deprecate

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Having to do with beauty or order

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Aesthetic

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A substance which causes loss of feeling

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Anesthetic

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Not interested; having strong emotion towards

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Apathetic

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Sharing of another’s emotions

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Empathy

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Power of evoking great sadness

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Pathos

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Hostility or hatred

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Antipathy

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Conscious; aware

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Sentient

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One who watches guard

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Sentinel

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A feeling about someone

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Sentiment

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A feeling about someone before it happens

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Presentiment

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Able to be grasped; perceived

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Tangible

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Pertaining to touch

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Tactile

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Unbroken; whole

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Intact

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To assign blame for

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Impute

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To disagree with

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Dispute

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Not respectable; having a bad reputation

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Disreputable

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An image or idea associated with a word

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Connotation

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The dictionary definition of a word

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Denotation

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To explain or discuss through notes

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Annotate

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Not based on logic or reasoning

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Irrational

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A reason for doing something; explanation

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Rationale

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Justify; to give a reason for

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Rationalize

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Diligent and careful

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Conscientious

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Not obeying moral laws

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Unconscionable

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Showing knowledge of events before they happen

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Prescient

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Agonizing; extremely painful

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Excruciating

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The most important or decisive point

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Crux

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Extremely necessary; essential

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Crucial

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Lazy; averse to work

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Indolent

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Sad; mournful

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Doleful

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Mournful; gloomy

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Dolorous

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Harsh and biting tone

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Acerbic

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Stinging or biting odor or taste

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Acrid

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Exhibiting harsh sharpness in speech or mood

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Acrimonious

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To make worse or more severe

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Exacerbate

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81
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Passionately excited or enthusiastic

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Fervent

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Emotional excitement; heated enthusiasm

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Fervor

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Highly spirited; animated

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Effervescent

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To speak aloud in order that one’s words may be copied or recorded

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Dictate

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85
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A recital of words intended to harm; a curse

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Malediction

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A blessing

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Benediction

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87
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Style or action of speaking

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Locution

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Powerful and expressive

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Eloquent

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Of or related to informal speech; conversation

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Colloquial

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Calling forth a vivid image or impression

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Evocative

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To use misleading or confusing language

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Equivocate

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To argue in favor of

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Advocate

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Having a forceful, excited ,or emotional tone

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Exclamatory

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To speak loudly and with feeling

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Declaim

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Characterized by a loud noise or outcry

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Clamorous

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Masculine; manly

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Virile

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Right action; moral goodness

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Virtue

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Someone extraordinarily skilled in a particular art

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Virtuoso

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A leader who appeals to people’s emotions to gain power

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Demagogue

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Having certain characteristics in common such as race, gender, or age

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Demographic

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Having an effect on a large area or region

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Pandemic

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Worldly or sophisticated

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Cosmopolitan

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To get political characters to something

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Politicize

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Having no interest in politics; not political

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Apolitical

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Politeness; Courteousness

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Civility

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Having to do with the business of a town or community

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Civic

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To make more cultured or defined

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Civilize

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Deviating from a power or rule

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Aberrant

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Wrong or inaccurate

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Erroneous

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Wandering or straying

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Errant

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To lower in dignity of self-esteem; Insult

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Degrade

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A coming together

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Congress

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Act of going out; exit

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Egress

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To call together; to assemble

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Convene

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A mutual or legal agreement

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Covenant

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To avoid by going around; bypass

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Circumvent

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Hasty and superficial

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Cursory

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That which comes before; forerunner

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Precursor

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Help for a problem; solution

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Recourse

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In attack on another’s territory; a raid

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Incursion

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Surpassing all others; definite

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Ultimate

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Just before the final; next to last

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Penultimate

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A demand or threat that is final

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Ultimatum

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Without beginning or end

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Infinite

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Defining for all others; standard

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Definitive

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Extremely small; incalculably or in measurably small

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Infinitesimal

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New and different

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Novel

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An inexperienced person; amateur

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Novice

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Showing creativity and originality

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Innovative

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Original; dating from the beginning of existence

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Primal

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Extremely ancient; of earliest times

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Primeval

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Condition of being first in time or importance

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Primacy

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Shy; nonassertive

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Diffident

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Faithfulness; loyalty

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Fidelity

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To trust another person with information or a secret

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Confide

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I’m 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

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Redoubtable

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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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In accusation made in reply; countercharge

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Recrimination

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Deserving blame

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Culpable

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One irresponsible for a crime

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Culprit

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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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Approbation

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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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Not direct or straightforward

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Tortuous

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To respond critically or sarcastically

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Retort

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To wrongly or illegally force someone to comply with a demand

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Extort

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Talkative; given to rapid, abundant speech

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Voluble

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Having too many twists and turns; overly complicated

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Convoluted

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To unfold; to develop a change gradually

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Evolve

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Two unchangeable in character or propose

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Inflexible

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To cause to turn Aside or away

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Deflect

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Change in pitch or tone of voice

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Inflection

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Not helpful; harmful

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Adverse

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To fall back into old condition

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Revert

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To undermine; to corrupt

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Subvert

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Satisfied with the situation that should be changed or improved

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Complacent

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Something which has a positive mental effect, but no physical effect

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Placebo

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Calm; undisturbed

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Placid

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Unnecessary or unwanted

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Gratuitous

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To gain another’s favor by flattery or false friendliness

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Ingratiate

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One who is not properly thankful

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Ingrate

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Easily taught; submissive to instruction

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Docile

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To teach a certain point of view to

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Indoctrinate

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That which is taught; body of beliefs or ideas

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Doctrine

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To decrease the strength of

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Temper

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Restrain or moderation, especially in regards to alcohol or food

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Temperance

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Lacking moderation; severe or extreme

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Intemperate

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Skilled at; highly knowledgeable of

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Proficient

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In assistant who does a variety of jobs

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Factotum

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A copy or imitation

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Facsimile

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Too simplistic or easy

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Facile

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To explain or discuss in detail

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Expound

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One argues in favor of; supporter

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Proponent

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Level of achievement and authority; standing

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Stature

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Payment for an injury; compensation

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Restitution

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Having the money; Poor

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Destitute

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Having a positive effect; helpful

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Constructive

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To interpret or analyze something in particular way

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Construe

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The basic framework of the building or system

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Infrastructure

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A follower of the person or idea

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Adherent

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Not able to be understood; nonsensical

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Incoherent

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Existing as a natural part

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Inherent

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Not concentrated or focus; wordy

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Diffuse

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Overflowing with words or feelings; gushing

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Effusive

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Plentiful; abundant

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Profuse

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Determined; steadfast

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Resolute

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Devoted to sensual pleasure; lacking moral restraint

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Dissolute

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Impossible to solve or fix; unable to be dissolved

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Insoluble

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Hard-working and careful

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Diligent

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To remember; to recall

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Recollect

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In act against a holy person or place

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Sacrilege

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To imagine; to conceive of

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Envisage

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Face; Facial expression

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Visage

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An unreal figure; a ghost

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Apparition

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Wise; insightful; acutely intelligent

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Perspicuous

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Looking backward over a period of time

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Retrospective

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The part that can be considered or reviewed

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Aspect

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Contemplating one’s own thoughts and feelings

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Introspective

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A factor event which can be observed and/or documented

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Phenomenon

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Light weight and transparent

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Diaphanous

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A moment of great insight; Revelation

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Epiphany

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Q

The person who flatters; A yes man

A

Sycophant

217
Q

To force or strongly persuade

A

Compel

218
Q

A sudden, involuntary urge to do something

A

Impulse

219
Q

To send out or away

A

Expel

220
Q

I guess, often one based on inadequate or faulty evidence

A

Conjecture

221
Q

Downcast or sad, depressed

A

Dejected

222
Q

Lowly, miserable and Wretched

A

Abject

223
Q

An agent sent on a mission

A

Emissary

224
Q

Showing little regard; scornful

A

Dismissive

225
Q

Feeling to fill one’s duties; neglect

A

Remiss

226
Q

Cause for an action

A

Motive

227
Q

A reoccurring theme, subject, or idea

A

Motif

228
Q

To dramatically express emotion

A

Emote

229
Q

Tending to argue or cause discord

A

Fractious

230
Q

Minor violation of a rule or law

A

Infraction

231
Q

To intrude on an area belonging to another; to trespass

A

Infringe

232
Q

To cut out of; remove

A

Excise

233
Q

Sharply cutting; draft and powerful

A

Incisive

234
Q

Brief and straightforward

A

Concise

235
Q

A large and serious book

A

Tome

236
Q

The best or most typical example

A

Epitome

237
Q

Two opposite parts of one whole

A

Dichotomy

238
Q

The structure of parts, taken as a whole

A

Anatomy

239
Q

Feeling of regret or remorse

A

Compunction

240
Q

Paying strict attention to detail; extremely careful

A

Punctilious

241
Q

Stinging or biting, especially in taste or smell

A

Pungent

242
Q

Unable to be conquered

A

Invincible

243
Q

Limited knowledge of the world; narrow minded

A

Provincial

244
Q

To establish; to reflect the truth of

A

Evince

245
Q

Supportive; encouraging; helping to bring about

A

Conducive

246
Q

To lead toward some action

A

Induce

247
Q

To draw a conclusion from fact; to infer

A

Deduce

248
Q

Extended in time; prolonged

A

Protracted

249
Q

Stubborn; obstinate; hard to move forward

A

Intractable

250
Q

To drawback; withdraw

A

Retract

251
Q

Irritable or short tempered

A

Petulant

252
Q

Acting passionately and without forethought

A

Impetuous

253
Q

That which drives one; momentum

A

Impetus

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