Extra Vocab Flashcards

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Divisive

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tending to cause disagreement or hostilty

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Jettison

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throw or drop from an aircraft/ship

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Contentious

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causing or likely to cause an argument; controversial

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Exuberant

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lively and excited

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Disparage

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regard or represent as being of little worth; belittle

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Virulence

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extreme harmfulness(of something to cause disease)

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Admonish

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warn or reprimand firmly

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Hospitable

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friendly and welcoming

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Maverick

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an unorthodox or independent-minded person

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Histrionic

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exaggerated dramatic behavior to attract attention

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Interminable

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endless

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Implicit

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implied though not plainly expressed

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Clamber

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move in an awkward and laborious way

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Abeyance

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a state of disuse or suspension (not being used)

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Contempt

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the feeling that something is beneath consideration, worthless, or deserving scorn

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Finicky

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fussy about ones needs or requirements

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Commiserate

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express or feel sympathy or pity

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Despondent

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in low spirits from loss of hope or courage

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Protestation

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a declaration that something is or is not the case

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Zealot

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one who is fanatical and willing to do anything in pursuit of their ideals

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Levity

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humor or liveliness

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Restive

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unable to keep still or silent; unruly or uncontrollable

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Euphoric

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characterized by intense feelings of excitement and happiness

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Wanton

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(of a cruel or violent action) deliberate and unprovoked

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Flora
the plants of a particular region or period
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Stratify
arrange or classify
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Impute
attribute (something bad to someone)
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Outmoded
old-fashioned
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Muddle
bring into a disorderly or confusing state
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Deplore
feel or express strong disapproval of
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Fastidious
very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail
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Seclusion
isolation
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Disrepute
the state of being held in low esteem by the public
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Ignominy
public shame or disgrace
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Specious
superficially plausible but actually wrong
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Miser
someone who hoards wealth and spends as little as possible
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Charlatan
a person falsely claiming to have special knowledge or skill; a fraud or phony
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Metaphysical
based on abstract reasoning
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Vehement
showing strong feeling; passionate or intense
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Salutary
producing good effects; beneficial
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Defensible
justifiable by argument
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Posterity
all future generations of people
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Inexorable
Impossible to stop, prevent, or of a person persuade
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Querulous
Complaining in a petulant or whining manner
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Frivolity
Lack of seriousness; lightheartedness
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Excursion
A short journey or trip, usually liesurly
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Adorn
Make more beautiful or attractive
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Bilk
To deceive someone out of money; cheat or defraud
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Rhapsodize
Speak or write about with great enthusiasm and delight
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Opulent
Rich and luxurious; lavish
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Lithe
Thin supple and graceful
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Circumlocution
Excessively wordy in order to be vague or evasive
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Gibber
Speak rapidly and unintelligibly
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Machination
A checking or crafty action to achieve something evil
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Apathetic
Indifferent
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Banal
Boring or commonplace
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Belie
To contradict
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Capricious
Impulsive or unpredictable
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Clairvoyant
Able to see the future; psychic
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Dearth
A lack of something
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Deleterious
Harmful
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Deride
To put down or criticize
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Equanimity
Calmness or composure
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Iconoclast
A destroyer of traditional beliefs
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Mercurial
Bipolar, constantly changing temperament
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Arboreal
Relating to tress
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Arcane
Known to a few; esoteric
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Capacious
Having a large capacity
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Castigate
To criticize or scold
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Cavalier
Arrogantly carefree and nonchalant
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Collude
To conspire or work together for evil
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Cursory
Brief or quick; not thorough
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Dissemble
To disguise
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Dissonance
A harsh sound or disagreement
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Duplicity
Two faced; deceitful
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Edifice
Building
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Monotony
Tedious repetition; boring
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Pungent
having a sharply strong taste or smell
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Nebulous
cloudy, vague
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Partisan
one-sided
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Pragmatic
practical
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Presumptuous
overly assuming
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Pundit
expert
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Rancor
hatred
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Sycophant
a suck-up
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Tenacious
not giving in
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Tirade
a rant or angry speech
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Abate
lessen or decrease
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Abstruse
difficult to understand
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Adulate
To show excessive admiration or praise
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Affable
friendly
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Amalgamate
unite into a whole
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Amorphous
without definite shape or form
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Antipathy
a intense hatred or dislike for something
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Erroneous
incorrect or mistaken
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Estrange
to alienate
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Foible
a weakness or character flaw
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Gaudy
tacky
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Immutable
unchanging
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Ingenuous
not tricky or crafty; innocent or sincere
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Innocuous
harmless
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Intemperate
lack of control or restraint
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Inundate
to flood or overwhelm
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Languid
weak
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Latent
having potential but not active; dormant
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Mendicant
beggar
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Monotony
tedious repetition; boring
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Myopic
having no concern for future consequences
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Nascent
having been born with (something)
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Nefarious
evil
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Omnipotent
all-powerful
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Omniscient
all-knowing
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Parochial
local or narrow in scope
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Parsimony
stinginess, frugality
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Predilection
a preference or special liking for something
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Proclivity
a natural inclination or tendency
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Rebuff
to reject bluntly
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Rudimentary
immature or basic
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Sacrosanct
sacred
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Scrupulous
paying close attention to detail
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Spurious
false or untrue
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Stolid
not showing emotion
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Sylvan
relating to the woods
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Synergy
the notion that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts
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Tenuous
flimsy
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Trepidation
fear
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Unequivocal
without a doubt or clear
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Usurp
to overthrow
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Vociferous
Expressing opinions in a forceful or loud manner
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Wane
to decrease
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Wheedle
to persuade or convince
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Winnow
to separate into piles
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Aberration
something that is unusual or unsuspected
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Alacrity
speediness
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Haughty
arrogant
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Munificent
generous
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Plastic
flexible
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Precursor
a preceding event
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Acquiesce
to give in or comply
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Aloof
detached or reserved
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Amiable
agreeable or friendly
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Anguish
agonizing physical or mental pin
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Anomalous
unusual
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Atypical
not typical
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Aversion
intense dislike or hatred
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Bane
a source of harm
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Catholic
universal
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Clandestine
secretive
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Conjecture
a guess
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Voracious
can't be satisfied; insatiable; implacable
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Curtail
the cut short or reduce
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Denounce
to speak against
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Diatribe
a bitter verbal attack
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Diminutive
very small
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Discordant
disagreeing; harsh
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Expurgate
to delete or remove
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Evanescent
lasting only a short while
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Genial
agreeable; friendly
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Genteel
polite
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Halcyon
peaceful; prosperous or happy
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Impetuous
impulsive
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Flippant
not serious to the point of being disrespectful
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Innate
born with (something), inherent
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Inscrutable
mysterious or baffling
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Insuperable
impossible to overcome
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Irreverent
disrespectful
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Jaded
worn out and cynical
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Laconic
very concise or brief
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Licentious
without morals
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Neophyte
a beginner
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Omnipresent
everywhere; ubiquitous
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Ostracize
to deliberately exclude
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Pastoral
rural
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Bucolic
rural
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Wry
using dry or mocking humor
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Prevaricator
a liar
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Pseudonym
a fake name
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Quixotic
foolishly impractical or impulsive
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Recalcitrant
very stubborn or defiant
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Renounce
to give up
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Rhetoric
speech
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Sardonic
mocking or cynical
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Serendipity
a fortunate or lucky occurrence
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Stoic
not showing emotion
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Tout
to promote
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Verbatim
word for word
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Abstemious
moderate or self-restrained
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Temperate
moderate or self-restrained
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Belligerent
argumentative or warlike
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Bent
a natural talent or inclination
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Aplomb
self-confidence or assurance
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Caustic
harsh
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Concordant
agreeing
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Conglomerate
to unite into a whole
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Conspicuous
obvious
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Cosmopolitan
worldly, (of a city) lots of culture or diverse
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Deferential
respectful
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Flippant
not serious to the point of being disrespectful
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Evenhanded
impartial or unbiased
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Fervor
passion
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Humility
humbleness
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Ostentatious
flashy or showy
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Qualify
to modify or limit in some way
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Sanction
to allow or a penalty
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Satiate
to satisfy
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Subsidize
to give support or aid
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Trenchant
sharp
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Acute
sharp
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Incisive
intelligently analytical and clear thinking
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Underscore
to emphasize
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Wry
using dry or mocking humor
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Abase
to lower or humiliate
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Abash
to embarrass
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Abominate
to loathe or hate
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Chimerical
far out; bizarre
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Accost
to approach and speak to
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Adroit
skillful
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Adulterate
to make impure
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Affected
fake
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Affinity
attraction
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Affray
a public brawl
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Alacrity
cheerful promptness
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Alimentary
supplying nuorishment
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Allay
to soothe or make more bearable
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Altercation
a violent dispute
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Amity
friendship
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Amok
freaked out and violently pissed off
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Anthropoid
humanlike
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Ardor
passion or zeal
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August
majestic or inspiring
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Barrister
lawyer
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Bawdy
obscene and humorous
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Beatific
displaying or imparting joy
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Bellicose
violent or warlike
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Berate
to scold severely
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Delude
to deceive
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Betroth
to become engaged
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Blighted
ruined destroyed or withered
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Braggadocio
cockiness; a braggart
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Brusque
brief; curt
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Bucolic
rural or farm like
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Bumptious
self-assertive
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Captious
finding fault in everything
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Dynamic
energetic; vigorous
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Celerity
swiftness
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Cavil
to raise unnecessary or trivial objections
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Censure
to criticize or blame
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Cerebration
thought
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Chagrin
embarrassment
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Chaste
pure or unspoiled
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Chicanery
trickery
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Choleric
hot-tempered
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Clemency
mildness of temper
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Cogitate
to think about carefully and deeply
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Comely
attractive or agreeable
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Comestible
food
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Commensurate
equal or proportional
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Comport
to behave in a particular way
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Compunction
strong uneasiness because of guilt; remorse
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Concurrent
at the same time
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Congenital
existing at birth
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Contrition
remorse or regret for wrongdoing
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Convoke
call together
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Corpulent
obese; fat
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Corporal
of the body
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Crass
uncultured
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Crestfallen
dejected
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Crux
the main point or central issue
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Cull
to select or weed out
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Cupidity
greed; avarice
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Gruff
rough or stern in speech or action
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Delude
to deceive
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Demur
to object mildly
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Derogate
to detract or take away
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Descry
to discern or see something thats hard to see or notice
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Desultory
aimless; disconnected; rambling
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Deter
prevent or discourage from happening
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Diaphanous
translucent or gossamer
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Doleful
sad; mournful
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Dynamic
energetic; vigorous
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Educe
to elicit
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Effete
weak or barren
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Equipoise
equality; balance; equilibrium
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Erudite
scholarly
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Eschew
avoid or shun
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Ethereal
not of the material world
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Euphemism
a nice way of saying something unpleasant
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Exhume
to remove from a grave
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Fatuous
foolish
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Fawning
groveling or overly admiring
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Wily
crafty
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Filch
to steal
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Flagrant
Deliberately conspicuous; glaring
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Flaunt
to show off somethign
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Foment
to stir up; agitate
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Forbearance
patience
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Fulminate
to explode; roar; denounce loudly
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garbled
screwed up
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Lambaste
to thrash, maul, beat, whip, or scold sharply
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Larceny
stealing
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Gestate
to transform and grow
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Gesticulation
a gesture or signal
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Gibe
to heckle, mock, taunt, or pick on
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gloaming
twilight
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Gratuitous
unnecessary or unwarranted
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Grimace
a twisted facial expression
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Grisly
gory
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Gruff
rough or stern in speech or action
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Haggard
unruly; wild; wasted; worn
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Harbinger
something that signals the approach of something else; an omen
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Heinous
grossly wicked; vile; odious
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Hoary
gray or white from age; old
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Homily
a sermon like speech
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Ignoble
not noble
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Imbibe
to drink in; absorb
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Imbue
to make wet; to saturate or inspire
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Impasse
a dead end
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Impassive
without emotion; expressionless
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Imperious
domineering
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Impunity
immunity rom punishment
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Obtrude
to force oneself or one's ideas on others
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Incommodious
lacking space
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Incubus
a nightmare or mental burden
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Inept
incompetent
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Intangible
not perceptible to the touch
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Insidious
working or spreading stealthily
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Irascible
easily provoked; irritable
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Jingoism
extreme patriotism
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Jocund
merry or jolly
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Pensive
engaged in deep, often sad, thought
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Kismet
fake
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Knave
a clever bad guy
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Lacerate
rip; tear; mangle; mutilate
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Lackadaisical
uncaring; lacking interest or spirit
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Laconic
not saying much; brief or terse
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Lambaste
To thrash, maul, beat, whip, or scold sharply
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Larceny
stealing
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Lewd
indecent or obscene
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Lecherous
indecent; lustful
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Lethargy
sluggishness or indifference
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Licentious
immoral (sexually unrestrained)
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Lugubrious
mournful or sad
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Lucubration
hard, scholarly studying
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Macabre
gross; ghastly; suggestive of horrible death or decay
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Malaise
a feeling of illness or depression
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Malediction
a spoken curse
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Maritime
near the sea; concerning shipping or navigation
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Meander
to wander around aimlessly
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Ravenous
hungry
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Miasma
a poisonous atmosphere or cloud
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Misnomer
an inappropriate or wrong name
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Modicum
little bit
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Mordant
bitingly sarcastic or nasty
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Nadir
absolutely lowest point
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Nascent
coming into being; emerging
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Nexus
bond or link between things
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Oblivion
state of being totally forgotten
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Occult
pertaining to supernatural phenomena
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Ogle
to stare at
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Olfactory
pertaining to the sense of smell
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Orifice
a small hole, opening, or vent
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Overt
open and observable; not hidden
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Pallid
having an extremely pale complexion
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Palpable
capable of being touched or felt; tangible
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Pathos
the quality of something that makes you pity it; feeling of sympathy or pity
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Pensive
engaged in deep, often sad, thought
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Penurious
parsimonious; stingy
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Penury
poverty; destitution
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Perfidious
dishonest (with an evil connotation)
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Perspicacious
perceptive; understanding
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Petulant
irritable or ill-tempered
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Subvert
to overthrow or undermine the power of
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Politic
shrewd; clever
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Posthumous
continuing or done after one's death
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Presage
to give an indication or warning of something that will happen in the future
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Prevaricate
avoid the truth; equivocate; lie
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Pusillanimous
timid; cowardly; wimpy
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Quagmire
difficult situation thats hard to get out of
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Qualm
doubt; uneasiness
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Quandary
state of uncertainty; dilemma
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Quip
snappy response
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Quorum
minimum number of people that have to be at a meeting in order for it to be official
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Rapprochement
reconciliation
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Ratiocination
logical, methodical thinking
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Ravenous
hungry
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Raze
to tear down or demolish
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Recapitulate
to state again in a form briefer than was initially stated
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Recondite
abstruse; profound
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Rectify
to correct or set right
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Redoubtable
Frighteningly awe-inspiring
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Renascent
coming into being again
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Retrograde
moving back to an earlier, usually inferior, position
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Pilfer
steal (something of little value)
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Peculate
embezzle or steal (money or public funds)
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Ruddy
having a healthy, reddish color
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Ruminate
to think a lot about; cogitate
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Sagacious
wise
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Santy
insufficient; small
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Scrutiny
inspection; study; careful searching
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Sedate
soothe or calm
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Sedition
conduct or language inciting rebellion against authority
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Sequester
to separate or isolate
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Shiftless
lazy; showing a lack of motivation
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Somber
dark; dull; gloomy
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Sparse
thinly spread or distributed
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Steadfast
fixed or unchanging
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Synthetic
not real; man-made
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Superlative
most; of the highest order
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Table
to remove from consideration
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Tact
skill in dealing with people in difficult situations
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Tepid
lukewarm; somewhat warm
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Tempestuous
stormy; turbulent
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Torrid
parched by the sun; hot; burning
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Unwitting
unaware; not knowing
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Upshot
outcome; result
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Usury
lending of money at outrageously high interest
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Vacillate
to waver from one side to the other; oscillate
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Vacuity
emptiness
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Vilify
to slander; defame
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Vociferous
obnoxiously loud
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Palpable
able to be touched or felt
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Salient
most noticeable or important
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Titular
having an important or impressive title but not having the power or duties that usually go with it
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Impassive
not feeling or showing emotion
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Bilious
affected by or associated with nausea or vomiting or spiteful; bad-tempered
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Sate/Satiate
satisfy (a desire or an appetite) to the full
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Lachrymose
tearful or given to weeping
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Embellish
make something more beautiful with decorative details or features make something more interesting by adding details (especially false ones)
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Precarious
dependent on chance; uncertain; not secure
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Vapid
offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging
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Effete
of a person affected (artificial and designed to impress) or no longer effective
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Venal
showing or motivated by susceptibility to bribery
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Beleaguer
lay siege to, beset with difficulties
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Vanguard
a group of people leading the way in new developments or ideas
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Indict
formally accuse of or charge with a serious crime
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Exhume
dig out (something buried, especially a corpse) from the ground
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Rescind
revoke, cancel, or repeal (a law, order, or agreement)
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Complicity
the state of being involved with others in an illegal activity or wrongdoing
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Mendacity
untruthfulness