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Aesthetic

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adj. Having to do with beauty or order

Aes

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Acrimonious

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adj. Exhibiting harsh sharpness in speech or mood

Acri

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Antipathy

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adj. Hostility or hatred

Path

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Apathetic

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adj. Not interested; having no strong emotion towards

Path

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Apolitical

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adj. Having no interest in politics; not political

Polit

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Cautionary

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adj. Intended to serve as a warning

Caut

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Circumvent

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v. To avoid by going around; bypass

Ven/vent

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Civic

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adj. Having to do with the business of a town or community

Civis

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Colloquial

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adj. Of or related to informal speech; conversational

Loc/Loqu

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Connotation

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n. An image or idea associated with a word

Nota

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Conscientious

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adj. Diligent and careful

Sci

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Convoluted

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adj. Having too many twists and turns; overly complicated

Volv/volu

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Culpable

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adj. Deserving blame

Culp

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Definitive

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adj. Defining for all others; standard

Fin

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Degrade

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v. to lower in dignity or esteem; insult

Grad/gress

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Demographic

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

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Denotation

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n. The dictionary definition of a word

Nota

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Effervescent

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adj. Highly spirited; animated

Ferv

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Eloquent

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adj. Powerful and expressive

Loc/loqu

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Empathy

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n. Sharing of another’s emotions

Path

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Evocative

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adj. Calling forth a vivid image or impression

Voca

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Fervent

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adj. Passionately excited or enthusiastic

Ferv

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Imprecation

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v. A curse

Prec

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Indolent

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adj. Lazy; averse to work

Dol

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Infinite

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adj. Without beginning or end

Fin

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Inflection

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n. Change in pitch or tone of the voice

Flex/Flect

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Inflexable

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adj. Too unchangeable in character or purpose

FLEX/FLECT

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Inquisitive

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adj. Curious; asking many questions

Quis

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Irrational

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adj. Not based on reason or logic

Ratio

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Locution

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n. Style or action of speaking

Loc/loqu

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Mea culpa

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interjection Statement uttered to show personal responsibility for a wrong
Culp

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Persuasion

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n. Habit or type

Suad

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Precarious

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adj. Threatened or unsafe

Prec

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Precursor

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n. That which comes before; forerunner

Cur/curs

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Primal

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adj. Original; dating from the beginning of existence

Prim

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Reconcile

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v. To bring back into agreement

Counsil

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Reprobate

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n. A dishonest or immoral person; a scoundrel

Prob/prov

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Reprove

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v. To scold or criticize

Prob/prov

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Requisition

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1) n. Act of ordering or demanding something (2) v. to make a request or demand
Quis

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Ultimatum

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n. A demand or threat that is final

Ultima

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Unconscionable

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adj. Not obeying moral laws; unscrupulous

Sci

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Virtuoso

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n. Someone extraordinarily skilled in a particular art

Vir