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despoiled

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(v) to forcefully take belongings or goods from; plunder

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despondent

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depressed from loss of hope or conbfidence

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Despot

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Def: A dictator with absolute power.  
 A great   despot   was Hitler. 
 Noun: Person, Place, Thing  
 Syn: tyrant Amt: none  
 1.) tyrant 2.) ruler 3.) evil
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Desuetude

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N. Disuse; After years of desuetude, my French skills were finally put to use

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Desultory

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Jumping from one thing to another; disconnected

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Denotation

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the literal or dictionary meaning of a word

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detraction

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slandering; verbal attack; damaging comment; The Asperger’s syndrom student was suspended because of his detraction towards the instructor.

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Devolved

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to transfer / pass on a duty / responsibility

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Diadem

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Type of crown/ornamental headband worn by kings, worn as a sign of authority

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Dialectical

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clash of views, debate

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diaphanous

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transparent, expensive, such fine texture

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Dictum

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an authoritative saying, statement, or pronouncement

He had to remember the ancient dictum

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diffidence

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lack of confidence in oneself; hesitation

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Digression

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Departure from the subject

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Dilatory

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(adj. ) tending to delay or procrastinate, not prompt; intended to delay or postpone
syn: stalling, slow, tardy, laggard
ant: prompt, punctual, speedy, expeditious

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Diminution

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Diminishing in value

reduction

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Din

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Clamor, noise

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dinghy

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noun
small boat

“In the film lifeboat , an assorted group of passengers from a sunken ocean liner are marooned at sea in a ____.”

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dint

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means; effort

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dirge

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a song of mourning, sung at a funeral (a dirge can also be the wake itself)

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Dis-abuse

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(v.) to free from deception or error, set right in ideas or thinking

  • He thinks that all the women adore him, but my sister will probably _______ him of that idea.
    SYN: undeceive, enlighten, set straight

ANT: to brainwash

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Dis-affected

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Having Lost Faith Or Loyalty

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Dis-approbation

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disapproval

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Dis-avowal

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denial

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dis-comfit

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v.
to thwart, baffle, defeat, frustrate, confuse, perplex, or embarrass

SYN: nonplus, disconcert, foil

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dis-concerted

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to throw into disorder ; to confuse

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dis-consolate

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extremely depressed or dejected

John, the disconsolate boy, could not be cheered up because his test scores were so low

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dis-cordant

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  • lacking agreement in sound
  • lacking harmony
  • Synonym-shrill
  • Antonym-harmonious
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dis-cursive

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(adj.) rambling, lacking order (The professor’s discursive lectures seemed to be about every subject except the one initially described.)

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Dis-enfranchised

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Are those residents who do not have the legal right to participate in choosing one government.

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Dis-gorged

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Cause or allow to flow or run out or over

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dis-passionate

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impartial

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Dis-pirited

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to discourage or dishearten somebody; lacking spirit or energy

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Dis-port

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To play or frolic

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dis-putatious

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likes to argue

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dis-quietude

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anxiety

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Disquisition

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a formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject

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Dissident

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differing; dissagreeing; dissenting

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Dis-simulate

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To hide or disguise one’s true thoughts, feelings, or intentions.

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Dis-sipated

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characterized by excessive devotion to pleasure

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Dis-solution

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Break up of rock when water dissolves the rock.

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distrait

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absent-minded

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diurnal

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occurring every day, quotidian; happening in the daytime (rather than at night)

diurnal ablutions

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Divest

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Retrieving the casting from the ring by carving away the investment and exposing the casting.

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Doctrinaire

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Dogged, dogmatic, inflexible

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Doddering

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Trembling, shaking

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Doggerel

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Term used for lines whose subject matter is trite and whose rhythm and sounds are monotonously heavy-handed (Ex: I Scream, you scream / We all scream / For ice cream.)

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Doleful

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Sad dreary; mournful

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Dolt

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Stupid

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Dormer

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A window projecting from a sloping roof.

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dossier

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a collection of documents related to a particular person or topic

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dotage

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senile condition, mental decline

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dour

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(adj) stern, unyeilding, gloomy, ill-humored

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Dowdy

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Adj poorl dressed, shabby; lacking smartness and good taste

The actor wore dowdy clothing and sunglasses so that no one Wouk recognize him.

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dregs

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the leftovers of a liquid, sometimes sediment, the least valuable part

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droll

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amusing in an odd way; whimsically humorous; waggish

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Ductile

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Behavior of material whereby stress causes permanent flow or strain.

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dulcet

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melodious, pleasant to hear

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dyspeptic

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grumpy, pessimistic, irritable; suffering from dyspepsia (indigestion)

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ebulient

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very enthusiastic

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Ecclesiastic

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of the church or clergy

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edict

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an official order

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effaced

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blotted out

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Effectual

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able to produce desire effect

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Effervescence

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(n) the quality of being lively

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effete

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lacking in wholesome vigor or energy; worn out or exhausted; out to date

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effigy

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a likeness, a figured constructed in mockery

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effluvium

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foul smelling outflow/vapor (gaseous waste)

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Effrontery

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N: A person, place, thing, or idea shameless boldness
Syn: impudence, nerve, audicity Ant: timidity
cheekiness, discourtesy, presumption

His effrontery led to his execution.

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egress

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(n) person place or think
a exit; means of going out
the only egress out of a bus is the front of the bus

syn passage ant ingress / entrance

  1. egress
  2. egresses
  3. egressed
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Elegy

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A sorrowful poem or speech

72
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Ellipsis

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Three periods (…) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation.

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elysian

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relating to paradise

74
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emended

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to edit or revise

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Emetic

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-An agent that causes vomiting

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Emollient

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(noun)
an agent that softens or smoothes the skin

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Encomiastic

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Praising; Eulogistic

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encomium

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(n.) a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute.

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Enervated

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Deprived of physical, nervous, and emotional energy

80
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Ennui

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: a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction : boredom
Examples
the kind of ennui that comes from having too much time on one’s hands and too little will to find something productive to do
Origin: French, from Old French enui annoyance, from enuier to vex, from Late Latin inodiare to make loathsome — more at annoy.
First use: 1732
Synonyms: blahs, doldrums, boredom, listlessness, restlessness, tedium, weariness

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enumerated

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named one by one; specified; as in a list

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environed

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surrond, envelope

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Epaulet

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n. ornament worn on the shoulder (of a uniform, etc.).

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Epigrams

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a concise and witty saying or remark

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epilogue

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a short concluding section to a literary work or play

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Epithet

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Adj or noun together to stand for or respresent something more vividly Ex: sweet silent thought, glimmering landscape

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equable

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steady, uniform

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Equanimity

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Evenness of mind or spirit; calm

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Equinox

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equal day and night!

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equipoise

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genuine doubt about the efficacy of the treatment and sufficient belief that it will work, balance

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Equivocal

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ambiguous; intentionally vague

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Equivocate

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to be unclear

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erotic

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of or having to do with sexual passion or love; greek god of love, Eros

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errant

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  1. wandering or moving about aimlessly.

2. Straying outside proper bounds, or away from an accepted pattern or standard.

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erudite

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having or displaying extensive knowledge: learned; scholarly

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Estimable

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admirable

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ethereal

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light, airy, delicate; highly refined; suggesting what is heavenly

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ethos

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ethical appeal

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eulogistic

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adj. full of high praise

100
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Euphony

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Pleasing, harmonious sounds.

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evanescent

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fading away

  • briefly present; fleeting; gradually disappearing
102
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evinced

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v; to show clearly or make evident.

Ex: “He thought it very discouraging that his wife, who was the sole object of his existence, evinced so little interest…” (Chopin 48)

synonyms: manifest or prove

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Ewe

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Noun

A female sheep

104
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exalted

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elevated, noble

105
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Ex-coriated

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To tear or wear off the skin.

106
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ex-culpated

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cleared of guilt

107
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Ex-ecrable

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Extremely bad, deserving of hate

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ex-crate

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denounce or curse

109
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ex-egesis

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scholarly explanation

110
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Ex-horted

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The girl exhorted her friend not to start smoking

Verb

To strongly advise

urge-persuade

to not care-allow

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Ex-igency

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Urgency

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ex-iguous

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scanty, meager

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Exotic

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From another part of the world;mysterious;foreign

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ex-patiated

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to speak or write about in great detail

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Ex-patriate

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An exile

116
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Ex-piated

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Made up for

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Ex-pository

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Serving to expound, set fourth, or explain.

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ex-propriated

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v. take away from its owner

119
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ex-purgate

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to remove objectional words from somewhere

120
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Extemporaneous

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(adj.)
improvised, done without preparation

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121
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ex-tirpate

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(v.) to tear up by the roots; to destroy totally

SYNONYMS: uproot, eradicate, wipe out, excise

ANTONYMS: implant, sow, foster, nourish

The house had to be extirpated after the storm damaged so much of it that it couldn’t be fixed.

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Extolled

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Praised

”. . .vanquished in single combat by the never sufficiently extolled knight Don Quixote of La Mancha. . .”(1011)

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Exult

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to rejoice over a success or victory

124
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facet

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small flat surface

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facetious

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adjective: playful; humorous

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Facile

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Easy; Easily done

127
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factious

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pertaining to a group who wants to quarrel with an established group;

128
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Factitious

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Not spontaneous or natural; artificial; contrived

made

129
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factotum

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handyman

130
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fallow

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(adj) inactive; unproductive
syn: idle, barren

Ant: fertile, productive

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Fancier

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n. breeder or dealer of animals. The dog fancier exhibited her prize collie at the annual Kennel Club show

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Fastidious

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difficult to please because of an excessive attention to detail or appearance

133
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fatuous

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adj. foolish; insane

134
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Fawning

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To seek notice or favor by servile demeanor

135
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fazed

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  • caused to show discomposure
  • disconcerted; worried; disturbed

“He refused to be fazed by the objections.”

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feckless

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adj, lacking in spirit and strength, ineffective

137
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Fecundity

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The biological capacity to reproduce.

138
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feigned

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v. to pretend; to make up

139
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Feint

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feint - noun - a false apperance movment intended to decive

verd - to make a fient

sny: pretense,trick,suptrefuge,sham
sen: she made a feint of studying will she was acualy lisining to the radio

140
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Felicitous

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Pleasant, delightful

141
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fell

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cruel deadly

142
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feral

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feral- savage, wild untamed

adj

143
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ferment

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a state of great excitement

144
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Feted

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(adjective) fun; a celebration or festival

145
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fetid

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having a heavy offensive smell

146
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fiat

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an official order, a decree

147
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filched

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snithed:stole

148
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Filial

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having to do with the relationship between parent and child

149
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filigree

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n. ornamental work of fine wire

150
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Firebrand

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A piece of Burningwood, a trouble maker, and extremely energetic or emotional person

151
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fitful

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irregular

152
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Flair

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(n) a natural quality, talent or skill; a distinctive style.

Synonym: knack

Antonym: inability

153
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flit

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fly; dart lightly; pass swiftly by

154
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Floe

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Sheet of floating ice

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Flotsam

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(n) floating debris, homeless, impoverished people.

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