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cadre

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specially trained people prepared to lead or instruct others; group

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maladroit

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clumsy

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subterfuge

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Tricky actions to try and hide something

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moribund

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almost dead

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belligerent

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eager to fight

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nonplussed

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puzzled, perplexed

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canard

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a deliberately misleading fabrication

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enmity

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intense hostility

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Prerogative

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someone’s special right or privilege

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agglomerate

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to form into one cluster

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Lurid

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vividly graphic or revealing; explicit

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Pretension

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1) Claim

2) ostentatiousness; pretentiousness

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Adroit

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clever and skillful

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Rectitude

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behavior that is correct, upright and honorable

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diffident

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shy and lacking in self-confidence

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Piquant

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pleasantly stimulating or exciting to the mind; flavorful

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repast

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meal

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umbrage

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a feeling of anger caused by being offended

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dander

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angry or frustrated feeling

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affable

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friendly, pleasant, and easy to talk to

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stultify

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boring, causing to appear foolish

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galvanize

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stimulate to action

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obliging

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showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others; helpful

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jockey

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compete

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machinate

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scheme or plan something

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hobnob

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spend time/hang out with someone

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muckraker

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someone who spreads scandals, usually for political advantage

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auspicious

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favorable set of conditions

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conspicuous

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obvious to mind/eye, out in the open

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boorish

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ill-mannered, insensitive

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craven

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cowardly

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apothegm

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a short instructive saying that’s easy to remember and sometimes even slightly witty, like “haste makes waste.”

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epigrammatic

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short and clever

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pugnacity

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naturally disposed to be aggressive and belligerent

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recrimination

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an accusation or insult that’s hurled back at someone

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histrionic

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dramatic, overdone, emotional actions and words that are done to influence someone

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addendum

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added text to the end, supplement

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pellucid

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lucid, easily understandable

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latitude

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scope for freedom of e.g. action or thought; freedom from restriction

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chasten

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Censure and restrain

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chagrin

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represents an emotion or feeling and it’s an uncomfortable one; humiliated

42
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clemency

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compassion shown by people in power towards people who rebel or break the law

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litigious

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tendency to sue

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banal

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overused and dull

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dilatory

A

wasting time

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attenuate

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weaken

47
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respite

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a break from something that’s difficult or unpleasant

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conciliatory

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describes things that make other people less angry

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capacious

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large in capacity

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ponderous

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having great mass and weight and unwieldiness

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efface

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erase or rub out

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fractious

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easily irritated or annoyed

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apotheosis

A

epitome

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vicissitudes

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difficult times that we all go through: sickness, job loss, and other unwelcome episodes.

55
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carping

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relentless petty and unjustified criticism

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cavil

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small/petty objection

57
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abandon (NOT “left alone” definition)

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lacking restraint or control

58
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piquancy

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the quality of being pleasantly stimulating or exciting

59
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vitriol

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harsh, nasty criticism

60
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hauteur

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obnoxious display of overbearing pride and superiority over others

61
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martinet

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stickler when it comes to following rules; a strict disciplinarian

62
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Primacy

A

the state of being first in importance

63
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Redress

A

make amends

64
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rankle

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aggravate to the point of anger

65
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abrogate

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abolish/avoid

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promulgate

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state/announced, put law in effect

67
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colloquial

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casual/conversational

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munificent

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very generous

69
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squelch

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to put an end to something

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profligacy

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extravagant/wasteful

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untoward

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inconvenient, unexpected, or inappropriate

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propitious

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likely to turn out well

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pugnacious

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quick to argue or quarrel

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agog

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very eager or curious to hear or see something

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offing

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near a foreseeable future

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fervor

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feelings of great warmth and intensity; passion

77
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saturnine

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gloomy, mean, scowling

78
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thrall

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held captive/in control by another

79
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antedate

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comes before/happens earlier

80
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Pillory

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exposed to ridicule or public scorn

81
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dilapidated

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in poor condition

82
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sedate (not sub do definition)

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characterized by dignity and propriety; decorous

83
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consummate

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complete, finished, or masterful

84
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aplomb

A

grace under pressure

85
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peripatetic

itinerant

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person who walks from place to place

86
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Politic (not other definition)

A

seeming sensible and judicious under the circumstances;

87
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fulsome

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compliments/flattery to excessive degree

88
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lambaste

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reprimand or berate someone severely

89
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curtail

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reduce in extent or quantity; impose a restriction on

90
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postulate

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to ask, demand, or claim

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galling

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causing irritation or annoyance

92
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artifice

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subtle, deceptive, crafty

93
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provenance

A

origin

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unflappable

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no easily excited

95
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clandestine

A

done in secret

96
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calumny

A

verbal attacks that are meant to destroy reputations or friendship

97
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prolixity

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extended to great, unnecessary, or tedious length; long and wordy

98
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adjudicate

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bring to an end, settle conclusively, like a judge

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presentiment

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foreboding, feeling of evil to come

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illustrious

A

well known/famous, glorified

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