First 49 Words Flashcards
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INCHOATE (adj)
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adj.) Incipient, still developing or incomplete (adj.) Imperfectly formed, incoherent or lacking order
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OBDURATE (adj)
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(adj.) Unyielding to persuasion; Resistant to appeals or softening influences (adj.) Persistent in wrongdoing or impenitent; hardened against emotions
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AMALGAMATE (verb)
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(v) To mix, merge, or combine into a whole
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EFFRONTERY (noun)
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(n) Insolence, boldness, or presumption
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RAREFY (verb)
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(v) To make or become thin, less compact, or less dense (v) To purify, refine, or make more spiritual
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DIATRIBE (noun)
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(n) Bitter, abusive criticism or denunciation
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PRECIPITATE (verb/adj)
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(v) To throw or fall down headlong (v) To bring about or cause to happen, especially abruptly or prematurely (v) To cause (a substance) to separate from a solution; To condense or cause to condense and fall from the sky as snow, rain, etc. (adj.) Speeding headlong, rapidly, or dangerously; Proceeding with undue haste and without necessary forethought (adj.) Occurring abruptly or unexpectedly (adj.) Steep or rushing steeply downward
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DISABUSE (verb)
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(v) To free someone from a misconception or deception
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AVER (verb)
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(v) To assert or affirm positively (v) To formally assert or prove in pleading a case or cause
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BOLSTER (verb)
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(v) To support, uphold, hearten, or boost
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UNDERMINE (verb/adj)
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(v) To weaken by washing away the support or foundation underneath (v) To weaken, injure, or ruin by degrees or a little at the time; to sap (v) To subvert secretly or insidiously (adj.) To dig a mine or tunnel underneath
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DELIBERATE (verb/adj)
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(v) To think carefully or consider (adj.) 1. Carefully considered 2. Slowly, unhurriedly decided 3. Done intentionally or with awareness of the consequences
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ASSUAGE (verb)
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(v) To make less intense or severe; to ease (v) To satisfy, appease, or quench (v) To pacify, sooth, or quiet
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LACONIC (adj)
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(adj.) Concise, terse, or extremely sparing with words
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LUCID (adj)
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(adj.) Intelligible or readily understandable; (adj.) Sane or rational (adj.) Translucent or clear; bright or luminous
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ENERVATE (verb)
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(v) To weaken or sap the strength, vigor, or vitality of
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MOROSE (adj)
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(adj.) Sullen, gloomy, or melancholy
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EULOGY (noun)
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(n) A praising speech or tribute, especially honoring someone who has died (n) High praise
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PLACATE (verb)
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(v) To soothe the anger of, mollify, or appease
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ANTAGONISM (noun)
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(n) Hostility, opposition, or active resistance
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SKEPTICAL (adj)
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(adj.) Showing, expressing, or given to doubt or questioning
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INTREPID (adj)
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(adj.) Resolutely fearless or undaunted
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MOLLIFY (verb)
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(v) To soothe or calm the temper or feelings (v) To soften or make less rigid; to temper or lessen the intensity of
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ANOMALOUS (adj)
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(adj.) Deviating from the norm or expectations; irregular (adj.) Uncertain or incongruous in nature
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MUNDANE (adj)
(adj.) Ordinary, practical, commonplace; banal or uninteresting (adj.) Of or related to this world, as opposed to the heavens
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BURGEON (verb)
(v) To produce or send out new growth; to sprout or bloom (v) To grow, expand, or develop quickly and often profusely
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SAP (noun/verb)
(n) 1. The circulatory fluid of a plant; an essential bodily fluid 2. Health, vitality, or energy (metaphor related to “essential body fluid”) 3. A gullible person, fool, or dupe (v) 1. To deplete, drain, or weaken, especially of energy or vitality 2. To diminish the intensity or supply of 3. To undermine the foundations of
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OCCULT (adj)
(adj.) Secret or withheld from the uninitiated (adj.) Mysterious, inscrutable, difficult or impossible to comprehend (adj.) Of, related to, or concerned with magic or the supernatural
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GAINSAY (verb)
(v) To deny or prove false; (v) To oppose or speak out against
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PITH (noun)
(n) The core, essence, or substance of a matter (n) Mettle or vigor; (n) Importance or significance
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GIST (noun)
(n) The central point or essence; the heart of the matter (n) The grounds of a legal action
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HACKNEYED (adj)
(adj.) Unoriginal, so commonplace as to be stale; trite, or banal
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CORROBORATE (verb)
(v) To support with evidence, make more certain, or confirm
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PLASTICITY (noun)
(n) Capacity to be molded or made to assume or hold a shape
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EBULLIENCE (adj)
(adj.) Liveliness or exuberance, especially in manner or expression
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PLETHORA (noun)
(n) Excess, profusion, or overabundance
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ARTLESS (adj)
(adj.) Uncultured or ignorant, lacking in knowledge (adj.) Poorly or crudely made; (adj.) Without artificiality; natural, sincere
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ARTIFICE (noun)
(n) A crafty, cunning trick or stratagem; (n) Deception or false behavior (n) Cleverness, skill, or ingenuity
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DIN (noun)
(n) A loud, clamorous noise
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PRECARIOUS (adj)
(adj.) Lacking stability, dangerously uncertain, or subject to unknown circumstances; (adj.) Based on uncertain or dubious premises
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DEFAULT (noun/verb)
(n) failure to meet an obligation, especially a financial obligation; failure to make a court appearance; failure to participate in a contest (v) to fail to do any of the above
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TORTUOUS (adj)
(adj.) Winding; containing numerous twists, turns, or bends (adj.) Crooked, tricky, or devious; (adj.) Highly involved, circuitous, or complex
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TENUOUS (adj)
(adj) Not dense; thin or diluted in consistency (adj.) Slender; (adj) Lacking substance or strength; flimsy; shaky
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PROPITIATE (verb)
(v) To gain or regain the favor of; appease or conciliate
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ZENITH (noun)
(n) The highest point, culmination
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DESICCATE (verb)
(v) To dry out completely; (v) To preserve (food) by drying
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VENERATION (noun)
(n) The act of regarding or treating with profound respect, awe, or admiration
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PROFUSE (adj)
(adj.) Present or available in great amount; plentiful, bountiful, or copious (adj.) Pouring forth freely or abundantly; extravagant
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SANCTION (noun)
(n) 1. (POSITIVE meaning) Official or authoritative permission or authorization; support or encouragement; (v) To approve or authorize officially; to support or tolerate by showing approval 2. (NEGATIVE meaning) A penalty meant to force compliance; a military or economic measure adopted by several nations and meant to coerce another nation violating international law; (v) To penalize, especially for a violation of international law
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COMPLAISANT
(adj.) Agreeable, eager to please, obliging
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UBIQUITOUS
(adj.) Existing or present everywhere; constantly encountered or widespread
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DISTEND
(v) To extend (v) To swell or extend from internal pressure
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VACILLATE
(v) To hesitate or waver in forming an opinion or make a decision (v) To fluctuate or oscillate
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PERFIDY
(n) 1. The quality or state of being disloyal; treachery; faithlessness 2. An act of disloyalty
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DERIVATIVE
(adj.) Not original, secondary, or copied (adj.) Derived
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FRACAS
(n) A noisy, loud quarrel, brawl, or disturbance
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EXPLICIT
(adj.) Fully and clearly expressed, without leaving anything to implication (adj.) Fully developed or defined (adj.) Forthright and unambiguous in expression
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PRESUMPTUOUS
(adj.) Overstepping the bounds of what’s right or proper; inappropriately forward or taking liberties
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EXTRANEOUS
(adj.) Irrelevant, unrelated, not pertinent (adj.) Nonessential, not vital (adj.) Coming from outside
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SLIGHT
(v) 1. To treat as unimportant or make light of 2. To treat with disdain or discourteous inattention 3. To do inattentively or negligently (n) An instance of being slighted (adj.) 1. Slim or delicate of body 2. Small in size, extent, or quantity 3. Trifling, trivial, or unimportant 4. Lack strength or substance; flimsy
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VIGOR
(n) Active strength or energy; vitality
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TRANSPARENT
(adj.) Permitting the passage of light, sheer enough to see through (adj.) Frank, candid, and free of deceit or pretense (adj.) Obvious; readily seen or understood (adj.) Open with regards to methods or practices, especially in business
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PRISTINE
(adj.) Belonging or related to the original, earliest condition; primitive (adj.) Remaining in a pure, unspoiled state, untouched by civilization (adj.) Clean as if new
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CONFOUND
(v) To confuse, perplex, or stump; To throw into disorder (v) To mix up, fail to notice differences (v) To refute, prove wrong, or put to shame
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CONSOLE
(v) To comfort, alleviate someone’s grief, suffering, or sense of loss (n) 1. a cabinet (such as for a television) designed to stand on the floor 2. the control unit of a computer, electrical system, vehicle, etc.
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DISCRETE
(n) Separate or distinct; an individual thing (n) Consisting of unconnected individual parts; not continuous
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SPECIOUS
(adj.) Deceptive in attractions or allure (adj.) Falsely appearing true, genuine, or plausible
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APPROBATION
(n) Official approval (n) Commendation, praise; a warm expression of approval
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CONCUR
(v) To agree, cooperate, or coincide
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NADIR
(adj.) The lowest point (adj.) A point on the celestial sphere, opposite the zenith and below the observer
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TRACTABILITY
(n) Capacity for being led, controlled, or taught; docility (n) Malleability; Ease of being handled or worked with
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IMPERMEABLE
(adj.) Not permeable; preventing passage through or into itself
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DENUNCIATION
(n) 1. public condemnation or censure 2. an accusation of a crime
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LACKLUSTER
(adj.) Without luster or brilliance; dull
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FOMENT
(v) To foster or promote the development of; to incite or rouse
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DEFERENCE
(n) Submission to or due respect for superiors or elders
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VERACITY
(n) Conformity or adherence to the truth or accuracy
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DIFFUSE
(adj.) Dispersed, spread out (adj.) Wordy and poorly organized
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INNOCUOUS
(adj.) Harmless or without negative effect (adj.) Unlikely to offend or inspire a strong reaction; insipid or bland
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AUDACIOUS
(adj.) Recklessly bold; (adj.) Insolent or contemptuous of rules (adj.) Original and spirited
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EXCULPATE
(v) To clear from a charge or guilt
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ABATE
(v) To reduce in degree, amount, or intensity
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OBSTINATE
(adj.) Stubbornly sticking to an attitude, opinion, purpose, or course, against argument or persuasion; difficult to control, subdue, or remedy
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PRODIGIOUS
(adj.) Impressive or extraordinary in bulk, amount, or degree; enormous (adj.) Marvelous, eliciting amazement
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STOLID
(adj.) Unemotional or impassive
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ALLEVIATE
(v) To mitigate, lessen, or make bearable
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LEVY
(v) 1. To impose and collect (such as a tax) 2. To draft troops into military service 3. To declare and wage war
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EXACERBATE
(v) To make more severe, violent, or bitter; to aggravate, intensify, or inflame
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COVERT
(adj.) Not openly done, acknowledged, or avowed; veiled (adj.) Sheltered or covered
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APPRISE
(v) To inform, tell, or give notice to
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RECALCITRANT
(adj.) Stubbornly resisting or defying authority or guidance
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DERISION
(n) Ridicule, mockery, or scorn
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TACITURN
(adj.) Disinclined to speak by temperament
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BLITHE
(adj.) Lighthearted, carefree, joyous, or gaily cheerful (adj.) Thoughtless, heedless, or without regard or consideration
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CONVOKE
(v) To call (as a group of people) to a meeting
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IMPETUOUS
(adj.) Impulsive, characterized by sudden, passionate action (adj.) Violent or forceful
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PONDEROUS
(adj.) Of great weight; unwieldy due to heaviness and bulk (adj.) Labored, dull, or lifeless
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QUOTIDIAN
(adj.) Everyday, commonplace or ordinary
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flag
(v) To signal, with or as with a flag
(v) 1. To fall off in energy, vigor, interest, or activity
2. To droop or hang loose
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SOMATIC
(adj. ) 1. Pertaining to the body (as opposed to the mind, a body part, or the
environment) , 2. Relating to the wall of the body cavity
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fluke
(n) A stroke of good luck; a chance occurrence or accident
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doff
(v) 1. To take off or remove (as clothes); to tip or remove (one’s hat) in greeting
2. To put aside or discard
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APOCRYPHAL
(adj.) Of questionable authenticity or origin; spurious
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SCURVY
(n) A wasting disease caused by vitamin C deficiency
(adj. ) Contemptible, despicable, or mean
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APPOSITE
(adj.) Appropriate, relevant, or apt
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squalid
(adj. ) Foul, dirty, or wretched, as from extreme poverty or neglect
(adj. ) Morally repulsive or sordid
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GARRULOUS
(adj.) Wordy; overly talkative and given to long, rambling, often trivial speech
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GAMBOL
(v) To frolic, to skip or leap about playfully
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fulminate
(v) To send out or issue with denunciation, invective, or condemnation
(v) To explode
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SALUBRIOUS
(adj.) Promoting or conducive to health or well being
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ABSCISSION
(n) The act of cutting off
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gauche
(adj.) Lacking in tact, sensitivity, or other social graces
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TRUCULENT
(adj. ) Ferocious, cruel, or savage; (adj.) Deadly or destructive
(adj. ) Scathing or harsh; (adj.) Belligerent or aggressive; disposed to fighting
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ASPERITY
(n) Rigor or severity
(n) Roughness, unevenness or harshness, as of surface or sound
(n) Roughness or harshness of manner or temper
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FINESSE
(n) Skillful or adroit handling
(n) Refinement or delicacy or performance, skill, or workmanship
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GERMANE
(adj.) Relevant or closely related
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VISCID
(adj.) Having a sticky, adhesive, or viscous quality or consistency
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GLIB
(adj. ) Fluent in speaking or writing to the point of insincerity or thoughtlessness
(adj. ) Done with natural ease or offhand nonchalance
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REQUITE
(v) To repay or make return for; to reciprocate
(v) To avenge
(v) To recompense for a service, benefit, or injury
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GROUSE
(v) To complain, grumble
(n) A grievance, a persistent complaint
(n) Any of various types of plump, chickenlike game birds
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APPRECIABLE
(adj) Possible to see, measure, or estimate
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DILATE
(v) 1. To cause to expand, to widen or enlarge
2. To speak or write at length on a subject
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SUBSIDE
(v) To sink to a lower or normal level (such as a fever);
to sink or settle down (as onto a couch or to the bottom of a river)
(v) To become less agitated or active
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REDUNDANT
(adj. ) More than necessary; superfluous
(adj. ) Excessively wordy or repetitive
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ANTIPATHY
(n) An aversion, disliking, or distaste for
(n) An object of dislike or aversion
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CONVOLUTED
(adj. ) Having a great number of coils, loops, or folds
(adj. ) Intricate or involved
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MITIGATE
(v) To moderate (the force, intensity, or strength of) or alleviate
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SANGFROID
(n) Self‐possession or composure, especially under stress
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IMPLOSION
(n) Forceful collapse inward
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CONDONE
(v) To overlook, dismiss, or forgive (an offense)
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CATALYST
(n) Something precipitating, provoking, or accelerating an action, event, or change
(n) A substance that starts or speeds a chemical reaction
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INTEMPERANCE
(n) Indulgence of passions or appetites
(n) Excessive drinking of alcohol
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STALWART
(adj.) Strong or vigorous in mind, body, or spirit
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AUGMENT
(v) To enlarge, make greater, more intense, or more numerous
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ABRIDGE
(v) To cut short, condense (especially of a written work)
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INDIFFERENT
(n) The state or quality of being indifferent, unconcerned
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VERBOSE
(adj.) Using more words than necessary, wordy
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SQUELCH
(v) To crush or squash as if by trampling
(v) To quell or suppress completely
(v) To silence, as by a crushing remark
(v) To emit a splashing, sucking sound
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EMACIATE
(adj.) Wasted away, enfeebled, or made extremely thin
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EXTEMPORE
(adj.) Done, said, or composed with little or no preparation; unpremeditated
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FORESTALL
(v) To hinder or prevent in advance
(v) To anticipate or deal with in advance
(v) To buy up goods so as to drive up prices for resale
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ANALOGOUS
(adj.) Similar or related so that one can draw an analogy.
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QUIESCENCE
(n) The state of being quiescent; tranquil restfulness or repose
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ADULTERATE
(v) To make impure or corrupt by adding foreign or inferior materials or ingredients,
particularly in preparation for sale.
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NABOB
(n) A person who is wealthy, prominent, or important
| (n) A provincial governor of India’s Mogul empire (historical)
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CARDINAL
(adj.) Of prime importance; chief, main
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PUISSANCE
(n) Power, might
