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abjure

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(v.) to reject, renounce (To prove his honesty, the president abjured the evil policies of his wicked predecessor.)

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abrogate

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(v.) to abolish, usually by authority (The Bill of Rights assures that the government cannot abrogate our right to a free press.)

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acerbic

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(adj.) biting, bitter in tone or taste (Jill became extremely acerbic and began to cruelly make fun of all her friends.)

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acrimony

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(n.) bitterness, discord (Though they vowed that no girl would ever come between them, Biff and Trevor could not keep acrimony from overwhelming their friendship after they both fell in love with the lovely Teresa.)

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acumen

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(n.) keen insight (Because of his mathematical acumen, Larry was able to figure out in minutes problems that took other students hours.)

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adumbrate

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(v.) to sketch out in a vague way (The coach adumbrated a game plan, but none of the players knew precisely what to do.)

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alacrity

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(n.) eagerness, speed (For some reason, Chuck loved to help his mother whenever he could, so when his mother asked him to set the table, he did so with alacrity.)

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anathema

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(n.) a cursed, detested person (I never want to see that murderer. He is an anathema to me.)

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antipathy

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(n.) a strong dislike, repugnance (I know you love me, but because you are a liar and a thief, I feel nothing but antipathy for you.)

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approbation

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(n.) praise (The crowd welcomed the heroes with approbation.)

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arrogate

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(v.) to take without justification (The king arrogated the right to order executions to himself exclusively.)

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ascetic

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(adj.) practicing restraint as a means of self-discipline, usually religious (The priest lives an ascetic life devoid of television, savory foods, and other pleasures.)

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aspersion

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(n.) a curse, expression of ill-will (The rival politicians repeatedly cast aspersions on each others’ integrity.)

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assiduous

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(adj.) hard-working, diligent (The construction workers erected the skyscraper during two years of assiduous labor.)

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blandish

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(v.) to coax by using flattery (Rachel’s assistant tried to blandish her into accepting the deal.)

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buffet

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(v.) to strike with force

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burnish

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(v.) to polish, shine

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boon

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(n.) a gift or blessing (The good weather has been a boon for many businesses located near the beach.)

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cacophony

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tremendous noise, disharmonious sound

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cajole

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to urge, coax

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calumny

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an attempt to spoil someone’s reputation by spreading lies

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capricious

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subject to whim, fickle

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clemency

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mercy

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cogent

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intellectually convincing

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concomitant

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accompanying in a subordinate fashion

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ontrite

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pertinent, eager to be forgiven

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conundrum

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puzzle, problem

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credulity

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readiness to believe

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cupidity

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greed, strong desire

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cursory

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belief to the point of being superficial

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decry

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to criticize openly

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defile

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to make clean, impure

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deleterious

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harmful

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demure

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quiet, reserved

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deprecate

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to belittle

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deride

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to laugh at mockingly, scorn

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desecrate

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to violate the sacredness of a thing or place

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desiccated

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dried up, dehydrated

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dipahanous

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light, dry, transparent

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diffident

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shy, modest

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discursive

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rambling, lacking order

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dissemble

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to conceal, fake

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dither

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to be indecisive

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ebullient

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extremely lively, enthusiastic

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effontery

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impudence, nerve

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effulgent

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radiant, splendorous

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egregious

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extremely bad

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enervate

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to weaken, exhaust

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ephermal

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short-lived, fleeting

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eschew

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to shun, avoid

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evanescent

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fleeting, momentary

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evince

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to show, reveal

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exculpate

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to free from guilt or blame, exonerate

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execrable

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loathsome, detestable

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exigent

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urgent, critical

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expiate

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to make amends for, atone

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expunge

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to obliterate, eradicate

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extant

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existing, not destroyed or lost

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extol

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to praise, revere

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fastidious

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meticulous, demanding

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fatonous

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silly, foolish

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fecund

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fruitful, fertile

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feral

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wild, savage

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fetid

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having a foul odor

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florid

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flowery, ornate

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factious

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troublesome or irritable

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garrulous

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talkative, wordy

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grandiloquence

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pompous language

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gregarious

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drawn to the company of others, sociable

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hackneyed

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unoriginal, trite

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hapless

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unlucky

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harangue

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a ranting speech; to give a speech

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hegemony

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domination over others

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iconoclast

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one who attacks common beliefs or institutions

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ignominious

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humiliating, disgracing

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impassive

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stoic, not susceptible to suffering

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imperious

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commanding, domineering

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impertient

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rude, insolent

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impervious

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impenetrable, incapable of being affected

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impetuous

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rash; hastily done

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impinge

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to impact, affect, make an impression; to encroach, infringe

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implacable

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incapable of being appeased or mitigated

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impudent

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casually rude, insolent, impertinent

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inchoate

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unformed or formless, in a beginning stage

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incontrovertible

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indusputable

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indefigable

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incapable of defeat, failure, decay

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ineffable

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unspeakable, incapable of being expressed through words

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inexorable

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incapable of being persuaded or placated

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ingenuous

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not devious; innocent and candid

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inimical

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hostile

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iniquity

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wickedness or sin

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insidious

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appealing but imperceptibly harmful

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intransigent

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refusing to compromise, often on an extreme opinion

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inure

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to cause someone or something to be accustomed to a situation

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invective

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an angry verbal attack

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inveterate

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stubbornly established by habit

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jubilant

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extremely joyful, happy

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juxtaposition

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the act of placing two things next to each other for implicit comparison

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laconic

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terse in speech or writing

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languid

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sluggish from fatigue or weakness

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largess

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the generous giving of lavish gifts

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latent

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hidden, but capable of being exposed

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legerdemain

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deception, slight-of-hand

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licentious

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displaying a lack of moral or legal restraints

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limpid

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clear, transparent

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maelstrom

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a destructive whirlpool which rapidly sucks in objects

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magnanimous

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noble, generous

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malediction

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a curse

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malevolent

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wanting harm to befall others

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manifold

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diverse, varied

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maudlin

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weakly sentimental

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mawkish

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characterized by sick sentimentality

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mendacious

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having a lying, false character

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mercurial

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characterized by rapid change or temperamentality

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modicum

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a small amount of something

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morass

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a wet swampy bog

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multifarious

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having great diversity or variety

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munifience

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generosity in giving

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myriad

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consisting of a very great number

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nadir

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the lowest point of something

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nascent

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in the process of being born or coming into existence

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nefarious

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heinously villanous

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neophyte

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someone who is young or inexperienced

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obdurate

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unyielding to persuasion or moral influences

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obfuscate

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to render incomprehensible

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oblique

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diverging from a straight line or course, not straightforward

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obsequious

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excessively compliant or submissivle

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obstreperous

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noisy, unruly

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obtuse

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lacking quickness of sensibility or intellect

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odious

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instilling hatred or intense displeasure

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officious

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offering one’s services when they are neither wanted nor needed

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opulent

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characterized by rich abundance verging on ostentation

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ostensible

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appearing as such, seemingly

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palliate

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to reduce the severity of

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pallid

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lacking color

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panacea

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a remedy for all ills or difficulties

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paragon

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a model of excellence or perfection

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pariah

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an outcast

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parsimony

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frugality, stinginess

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pathos

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an emotion of sympathy

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paucity

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small in quantity

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pejorative

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derogatory, uncomplimentary

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pellucid

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easily intelligible, clear

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penurious

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miserly, stingerly

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perfidious

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disloyal, unfaithful

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perfunctory

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showing little interest or enthusiasm

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pernicious

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extremely destructive or harmful

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perspiacity

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shrewdness, perceptiveness

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pertinacious

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stubbornly persistent

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petulance

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rudeness, irritability

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pithy

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concisely meaningful

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platitude

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an uninspired remark, cliche

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plethora

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an abundance, exress

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polemic

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an aggressive argument against a specific opinion

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portent

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an omen

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precocious

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advanced, developing ahead of time

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prescient

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to have foreknowledge of events

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primeval

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original, ancient

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probity

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virtue, integrity

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proclivity

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a strong inclination toward something

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promulgate

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to proclaim, make known

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propensity

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an inclination, preference

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propitious

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favorable

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prosaic

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plain, lacking livliness

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proscribe

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to condemn, outlaw

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protean

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able to change shape; displaying great variety

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pruient

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eliciting or possessing an extraordinary interest in sex

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puerile

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juvenile, immature

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pugnacious

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quarrelsome, combative

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punctilious

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eager to follow rules or conventions

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pulchritude

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physical beauty

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quagmire

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a difficult situation

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querulous

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whiny, complaining

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quixotic

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idealistic, impractical

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rancor

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deep, bitter resentment

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rebuke

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to scold, criticize

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recalcitrant

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defiant, unapologetic

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rectitude

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uprightness, extreme morality

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replete

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full, abundant

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reprobate

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evil, unprincipled

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reprove

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to scold, rebuke

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repudiate

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to reject, refuse to accept

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rescind

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to take back, repeal

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restive

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resistant, stubborn, impatient

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ribald

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coarsely, crudely humorous

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rife

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abundant

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ruse

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a trick

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sacrosanct

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holy, something that should not be criticized

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sagacity

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shrewdness, soundness of perspective

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salient

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significant, conspicuous

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sanctimonious

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giving a hypocritical appearance of piety

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sanguine

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optimistic, cheery

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scurrilous

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vulgar, coarse

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serendipity

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luck, finding good things without looking for them

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servile

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prepared to obey others unquestioningly

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solicitous

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concerned, attentive

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solipistic

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believing that oneself is all that exists

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somnolent

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sleepy, drowsy

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spurious

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false but designed to seem plausible

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staid

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sedate, serious, self-restrained

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stolid

A

expressing little sensibility, unemotional

202
Q

stupefy

A

to astonish, make insensible

203
Q

surfeit

A

an overabundant supply or indulgence

204
Q

sycophant

A

one who flatters for self-gain

205
Q

tacit

A

expressed without words

206
Q

taciturn

A

not inclined to talk

207
Q

tantamount

A

equivalent in value or significance

208
Q

temerity

A

audacity, recklessness

209
Q

tenuous

A

having little substance or strength

210
Q

timorous

A

timid, fearful

211
Q

torpid

A

lethargic, dormant, lacking motion

212
Q

tractable

A

easily controlled

213
Q

transient`

A

passing through briefly; passing in and out of existence

214
Q

trenchant

A

effective, articulate, clear-cut

215
Q

truculent

A

ready to fight, cruel

216
Q

turgid

A

swollen, excessively embellished in style or language

217
Q

turpitude

A

depravity, moral corruption

218
Q

ubiquitous

A

existing everywhere, widespread

219
Q

umbrage

A

resentment, offense

220
Q

unctuous

A

smooth or greasy in texture, appearance, manner

221
Q

undulate

A

to move in waves

222
Q

upbraid

A

to criticize or scold severly

223
Q

usurp

A

to seize by force, take possession of without right

224
Q

vacillate

A

to fluctuate, hesitate

225
Q

vacuous

A

lack of content or ideas, stupid

226
Q

vapid

A

lacking liveliness, dull

227
Q

variegated

A

diversified, distinctly marked

228
Q

venerate

A

to regard with respect or to honor

229
Q

veracity

A

truthfulness, accuracy

230
Q

verdant

A

green in tint or color

231
Q

vex

A

to confuse or annoy

232
Q

vicarious

A

experiencing through another

233
Q

vissitude

A

event that occurs by chance

234
Q

villify

A

to lower in importance, defame

235
Q

viscous

A

not free flowing, syrupy

236
Q

vitriolic

A

having a caustic quality

237
Q

vituperate

A

to berate

238
Q

wanton

A

undisciplined, lewd, lustful

239
Q

winsome

A

charming, pleasing

240
Q

wistful

A

full of yearning, musingly sad

241
Q

wizened

A

dry, shrunken, wrinkled

242
Q

zenith

A

the highest point, culminating point

243
Q

zephyr

A

a gentle breeze

244
Q

abase

A

to humiliate, degrade

245
Q

abate

A

to reduce, lessen

246
Q

abet

A

to aid, help, encourage

247
Q

abject

A

wretched, pitiful

248
Q

abjure

A

to reject, renounce

249
Q

abnegation

A

denial of comfort to oneself

250
Q

abrogate

A

to abolish, usually by authorityy

251
Q

abscond

A

to sneak away and hide

252
Q

absolution

A

freedom from blame, guilt, sin

253
Q

abtruse

A

hard to comprehend

254
Q

accede

A

to agree

255
Q

accentuate

A

to stress, highlight

256
Q

accessible

A

obtainable, reachable

257
Q

accolade

A

high praise, special distinction

258
Q

accord

A

an agreement

259
Q

accost

A

to confront verbally

260
Q

accretion

A

slow growth in size or amount

261
Q

acerbic

A

biting, bitter in tone or taste

262
Q

acquiesce

A

to agree without protesting