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untoward

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unfortunate inconvenient

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countervail

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counterbalance

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ascribe

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consider to be the origin of or belonging to

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forswear

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renounce disallow repudiate

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insularity

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narrow-mindedness isolated

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drowsiness

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feeling sleepy half asleep

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synopsis

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summary or outline

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sophistry

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fallacious reasoning faulty logic

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terse

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brief and to the point

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dynamo

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a generator something that produces electric current

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pucker

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wrinkle

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latent

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present but not yet active developed or visible

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extempore

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without previous thought or preparation

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perfunctory

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done as a duty without care

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cantankerous

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bad-tempered/quarrelsome

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evince

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to show clearly to indicate

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abate

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to lessen to subside

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abide

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be faithful to endure

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snub

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treat with contempt

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correlate

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have a mutual relation

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ramify

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to be divided or subdivided to branch out

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dogmatic

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positive certain arbitrary without room for discussion

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agile

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active quick-moving

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pernicious

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harmful injurious

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arrant

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in the highest degree

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transitory

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brief

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complaisance

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tending to comply obliging willingness to please

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vindictive

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having a desire to revenge

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redoubtable

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formidable causing fear

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baleful

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harmful ominous causing evil

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repulsive

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causing a feeling of disgust

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expedient

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likely to be useful for a purpose

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aversion

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strong dislike

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stentorian

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extremely loud and powerful

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thwart

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obstruct/frustrate

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sordid

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wretched comfortless contemptible

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uncouth

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rough awkward

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satiate

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satisfy fully

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plummet

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fall plunge steeply

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flout

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reject mock to go against (as in going against tradition)

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suborn

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induce by bribery or smth to commit perjury

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articulate

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speak distinctly connect by joints

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effrontery

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boldness impudence arrogance

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prodigious

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enormous wonderful

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curriculum

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course of study

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malign

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injurious speak ill of smb tell lie

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inscrutable

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incapable of being discovered or understood

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dubious

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feeling doubt

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engulf

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swallow up

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cognizant

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being fully aware of

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succor

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assistance relief in time of distress

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daunt

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intimidate make fearful

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impiety

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lack of reverence or dutifulness

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petrify

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to make hard rocklike

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divergence

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getting farther apart from a point

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impute

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to attribute to a cause or source ascribe

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implacable

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incapable of being placated unpleasable

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disinter

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dig up from the earth

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audacious

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daring foolishly bold impudent

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dislodge

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move force from the place occupied

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burnish

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to polish rub to a shine

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regale

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to delight or entertain to feast

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tadpole

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form of a frog when it leaves the egg

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virago

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a loud domineering woman a scold or nag

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renovate

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restore smth to better condition

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combustion

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process of burning

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credulity

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too great a readiness to believe things

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imperious

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commanding haughty arrogant

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crass

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very great (es. stupidity)

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berate

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scold sharply

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disingenuous

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sophisticated artful trying to deceive cunning

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rant

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use extravagant language

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fidget

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move restlessly make nervous

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elegy

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a lament a melancholy composition

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frenetic

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frantic frenzied

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coax

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get smb to do smth by kindness

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resigned

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unresisting submissive

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panegyric

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formal praise eulogy

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ebullient

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overflowing with enthusiasm showing excitement

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loquacious

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talkative garrulous

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savant

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person of great learning

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feint

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pretend

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bewilder

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puzzle confuse

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covert

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disguised

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asterisk

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the mark * (e.g.. omitted letters)

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shrewd

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astute showing sound judgement

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corroboration

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additional strengthening evidence

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waffle

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talk vaguely and without much result

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felicitous

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apt suitably expressed well chosen apropos

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alcove

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recess/partially enclosed place

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matriculation

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be admitted enter a university as a student

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relapse

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fall back again

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shallow

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little depth not earnest

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recluse

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person who lives alone and avoids people

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hollow

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not soled with hole

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bellicose

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belligerent pugnacious warlike

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epicurean

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devoted to pleasure (sensuous enjoyment)

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agog

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eager/excited

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fervid

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showing earnest feeling

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corporeal

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physical of or for the body

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vigilant

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member of a vigilance committee

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erratic

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irregular in behaviour or opinion

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quell

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suppress subdue

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stigmatize

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describe smb scornfully

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detumescence

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diminishing or lessening of swelling

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denigrate

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blacken belittle sully defame

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guile

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deceit cunning

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divestiture

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taking off getting rid of giving up

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churl

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bad-tempered person

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plea

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request

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forgery

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counterfeit

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equipoise

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equal distribution of weight equilibrium

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trite

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not new

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brook

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to tolerate endure

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crush

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press lose shape subdue overwhelm

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haughty

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arrogant conceited

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malapropism

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misuse of a word (for one that resembles it)

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expurgate

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to remove obscenity purify censor

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tortuous

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devious/not straightforward

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ignoble

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dishonorable common undignified

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illicit

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unlawful forbidden

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equivocate

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try to deceive by equivocal language

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overhaul

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examine thoroughly to learn about the condition

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plumb

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get to the root of

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atonement

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repayment death of Jesus

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remonstrate

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to protest object

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incite

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stir up rouse

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extinguish

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end the existence of/wipe or put out

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rebuff

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snub

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belligerent

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(person nation) waging war

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coalescing

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coming together and uniting into one substance

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sullied

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to be stained or discredited

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petulant

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unreasonably impatient

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aver

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affirm assert prove justify

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brittle

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easily broken

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implicate

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show that smb has a share

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torque

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twisting force causing rotation

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irksome

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tiresome

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sycophant

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person who flatter to the rich and powerful

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stipulate

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state or put forward as a necessary condition

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resuscitation

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coming back to consciousness

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requite

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repay give in return

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cling

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to resist separation

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adamant

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kind of stone inflexible

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cornucopia

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abundant supply

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auspicious

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favorable successful prosperous

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placate

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soothe pacify calm

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mercurial

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quick changeable in character fleeting

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cogent

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strong convincing

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divulge

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make known smth secret

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avow

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admit. Declare openly

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trenchant

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forceful effective vigorous extremely perceptive incisive

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conjoin

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to join together

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impetuous

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having sudden energy impulsive thrusting ahead forceful

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incorrigibility

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cannot be cured or corrected

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suppress

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prevent from being known put an end to

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sere

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make hard and without feeling

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pedestrian

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commonplace trite unremarkable

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condone

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forgive

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enervate

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weaken deprive of strength attenuate

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consume

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get to the end of

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apotheosis

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deification glorification to godliness

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admonitory

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containing warning

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ulterior

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situated beyond

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nadir

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lowest weakest point

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woo

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try to win

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entangle

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put into difficulties

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nonplused

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greatly surprised

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timid

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shy easily frightened

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rift

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split crack dissension

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discountenance

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refuse to approve of

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insinuate

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suggest unpleasantly make a way for smth gently

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argot

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jargon slang

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insensible

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unconscious unresponsive unaffected

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impediment

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smth that hinders (e.g. stammer)

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fracas

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noisy quarrel

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refractory

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stubborn unmanageable untractable

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curmudgeon

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bad-tempered person

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regicide

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crime of killing a king

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adorn

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add beauty decorate

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encomium

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warm or glowing praise eulogy panegyric

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render

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deliver provide represent

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enigma

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smth that is puzzling

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mundane

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worldly as opposed to spiritual commonplace everyday

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propitiatory

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conciliatory appeasing mitigating

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epitome

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brief summary representative example a typical model

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cajole

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use flattery or deceit to persuade

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purvey

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provide supply

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recast

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cast or fashion anew

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bolster

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give greatly needed support

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mendicant

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a beggar

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approbation

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approval

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impermeable

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that cannot be permeated

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candid

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frank straight-forward

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tautology

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a repetition a redundancy

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gregarious

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living in societies liking the company

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idiosyncrasy

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personal mannerism

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goad

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smth urging a person to action

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stanch

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to stop the flow of a fluid

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luculent

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easily understood lucid clear

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pungency

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sharpness stinging quality

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itinerate

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to travel from place to place to peregrinate

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recondite

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little known abstruse

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mettlesome

A

courageous high-spirited

205
Q

sodden

A

soaked saturated

206
Q

occluded

A

blocked up

207
Q

froward

A

intractable not willing to yield or comply stubborn

208
Q

topple

A

be unsteady and overturn

209
Q

constrict

A

make tight or smaller

210
Q

discourse

A

speech lecture

211
Q

myriad

A

very great number

212
Q

deprave

A

make morally bad corrupt

213
Q

dolt

A

stupid fellow

214
Q

minatory

A

menacing threatening

215
Q

ecumenical

A

representing the whole Christian world

216
Q

harbinger

A

smth or smb that foretells the coming of

217
Q

temperate

A

showing self-control

218
Q

broach

A

bring up announce begin to talk about

219
Q

putrefaction

A

becoming rotten

220
Q

innocuous

A

causing no harm

221
Q

raconteur

A

person who tells anecdotes

222
Q

ascetic

A

practicing self-denial austere stark

223
Q

shrill

A

sharp piercing

224
Q

indigence

A

poverty

225
Q

dilate

A

speak comprehensively become wider large

226
Q

engrave

A

impress deeply

227
Q

mince

A

pronounce or speak affectedly euphemize

228
Q

serrated

A

having a toothed edge

229
Q

odor

A

smell favor reputation

230
Q

incense

A

make angry

231
Q

superimpose

A

put smth on the top

232
Q

eulogy

A

formal praise panegyric

233
Q

dearth

A

shortage

234
Q

fulmination

A

bitter protest

235
Q

premature

A

doing or happening smth before the right time

236
Q

disparate

A

essentially different

237
Q

fluster

A

make nervous or confused

238
Q

alloy

A

to debase by mixing with something inferior

239
Q

prosaic

A

everyday mundane commonplace trite pedestrian

240
Q

hypocrisy

A

falsely making oneself appear to be good

241
Q

cursory

A

quick hurried

242
Q

quaff

A

drink deeply

243
Q

exorbitant

A

much too high or great

244
Q

garble

A

make unfair selection from facts

245
Q

reproach

A

scold upbraid

246
Q

disdain

A

look on with contempt

247
Q

aplomb

A

self-confidence

248
Q

squalid

A

foul filthy

249
Q

indolence

A

laziness

250
Q

veneration

A

regard with deep respect

251
Q

incursion

A

a raid a sudden attack

252
Q

turquoise

A

greenish-blue precious stone

253
Q

apartheid

A

brutal racial discrimination

254
Q

salutary

A

remedial wholesome causing improvement

255
Q

coda

A

passage that completes a piece of music

256
Q

ameliorate

A

improve make better

257
Q

rancorous

A

feeling bitterness spitefulness

258
Q

tyro

A

tiro beginner

259
Q

tangential

A

suddenly changeable

260
Q

diaphanous

A

transparent gauzy

261
Q

bigot

A

stubborn narrow-minded person

262
Q

saturnine

A

gloomy dark sullen morose

263
Q

pertain

A

belong as a part have reference

264
Q

toady

A

obsequious flatterer

265
Q

labyrinthine

A

to entangle the state of affairs

266
Q

lionize

A

treat as a famous person

267
Q

dexterity

A

skill (esp. in handling)

268
Q

procrastination

A

keeping on putting off

269
Q

garrulous

A

too talkative

270
Q

temerity

A

boldness brashness intrepidness

271
Q

coerce

A

compel to force to make obedient

272
Q

platitude

A

a trite or banal statement unoriginality

273
Q

ford

A

shallow place in a river (to cross)

274
Q

ingest

A

take in by swallowing

275
Q

desultory

A

aimless haphazard digressing at random

276
Q

stolid

A

showing no emotion impassive

277
Q

blandness

A

polite manner comforting uninteresting

278
Q

abysmal

A

bottomless extreme

279
Q

swerve

A

change direction suddenly

280
Q

interim

A

as an installment

281
Q

finical

A

too fussy about food clothing etc.

282
Q

restive

A

refusing to move reluctant to be controlled

283
Q

inimical

A

harmful or friendly

284
Q

slack

A

sluggish dull not tight

285
Q

suffice

A

be enough

286
Q

impede

A

hinder get in the way of

287
Q

coagulation

A

change to a thick and solid state

288
Q

ineptitude

A

quality of being unskillful

289
Q

sublime

A

extreme astounding

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