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emollient

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adj. soothing; making less harsh; mollifying n. an agent that softens or soothes the skin

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n. an expression of praise

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accolade

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v. to lose or lack vitality; fail to make progress or be successful v. suffer from being forced to remain in an unpleasant situation

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languish

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adj. unfortunate; inappropriate

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infelicitous

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demur

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v. to question or oppose

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imperturbable

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adj. marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness

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n. a harsh denunciation

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diatribe

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pithy

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adj. precise and brief

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v. to feel deep respect or admiration for

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revere

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n. a mournful poem (esp. one lamenting the dead)

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elegy

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axiom

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a universally recognized principle

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eclectic

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adj. composed of elements drawn from various sources

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polemical

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adj. controversial; argumentative

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adj. intended to teach or instruct

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didactic

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n. substance which accelerates a chemical reaction without changing; a person or thing that causes change

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catalyst

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furtive

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adj. marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious

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pedagogy

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n. the profession or principles of teaching or instructing

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adj. awe-inspiring; worthy of honor

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redoubtable

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adj. lethargic; sluggish; dormant (n. torpor)

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torpid

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v. to dress up; to primp; to groom oneself with elaborate care

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preen

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inveigle

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v. to obtain by deception or flattery

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mendacity

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n. the condition of being untruthful; dishonesty

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adj. extremely harmful; potentially causing death

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pernicious

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n. a work that ridicules or criticizes a human vice through humour or derision

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satire

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adj. playful; humorous

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facetious

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v. to obstruct or block

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occlude

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aver

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v. to state as a fact; to declare or assert

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adj. having or showing often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred

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malevolent

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adj. burning or stinging; causing corrosion

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caustic

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v. to grow or increase swiftly and abundantly

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proliferate

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adj. beginning to come into being or to become apparent

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incipient

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caustic

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adj. burning or stinging; causing corrosion

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preen

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v. to dress up; to primp; to groom oneself with elaborate care

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n. questions; doubts in the mind; reservations

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queries

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halcyon

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adj. calm and peaceful

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placate

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v. to appease; to calm by making concessions

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v. to grow rapidly or flourish

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burgeon

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impecunious

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adj. lacking funds; without money

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adj. calm and peaceful

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halcyon

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adj. marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious

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furtive

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tirade

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n. a long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation

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adj. penny-pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous

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penurious

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sanction

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v. to give permission or authority to n. authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance

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opprobrium

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n. disgrace; contempt; scorn

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v. to drink deeply

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quaff

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adj. characterized by extreme care and precision; attentive to detail

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meticulous

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prolific

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adj. producing large volumes or amounts; productive

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idolatrous

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adj. given to intense or excessive devotion to something

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contrite

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adj. regretful; penitent; seeking forgiveness

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adj. sociable; outgoing; enjoying the company of others

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gregarious

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exonerate

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v. to remove blame

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didactic

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adj. intended to teach or instruct

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inert

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adj. unmoving; lethargic; sluggish

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malevolent

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adj. having or showing often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred

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penury

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n. poverty; destitution

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adj. greatly emotional or zealous

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fervent

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adj. characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment

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rancorous

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n. severe criticism or punishment

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castigation

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primp

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v. to spend time making minor adjustments to

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adj. pertaining to wisdom

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sapiential

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adj. extremely talkative

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loquacious

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evanescent

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adj. tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing

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v. to reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients

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adulterate

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surreptitious

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adj. kept secret (esp. because not approved)

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eccentric

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adj. departing from norms or conventions

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pernicious

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adj. extremely harmful; potentially causing death

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putrefy

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v. to rot; to decay and give off a foul odor

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surfeit

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v. to feed or supply to excess; n. an overabundant supply; excess

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insipid

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adj. without taste or flavor; lacking in spirit; bland

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adj. composed of elements drawn from various sources

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eclectic

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n. the condition of being untruthful; dishonesty

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mendacity

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v. to state as a fact; to declare or assert

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aver

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v. to give permission or authority to n. authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance

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sanction

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spurious

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adj. lacking authority or validity; false; counterfeit

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gregarious

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adj. sociable; outgoing; enjoying the company of others

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fervent

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adj. greatly emotional or zealous

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penurious

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adj. penny-pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous

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v. to spend time making minor adjustments to

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primp

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v. to disguise or conceal; to mislead

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dissemble

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adj. departing from norms or conventions

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eccentric

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acumen

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n. keen, accurate judgment or insight

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intransigent

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adj. refusing to compromise

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n. immunity from punishment or penalty

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impunity

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adj. misleadingly attractive; plausible but false

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specious

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adulation

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n. excessive praise; intense adoration

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v. to invalidate; to repeal; to retract

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rescind

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adj. enabling a person to learn something for themselves (perhaps “hands on” or by trial and error)

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heuristic

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adj. producing large volumes or amounts; productive

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prolific

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revere

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v. to feel deep respect or admiration for

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castigation

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n. severe criticism or punishment

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tenuous

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adj. having little substance or strength; flimsy; weak

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cacophony

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harsh, jarring, discordant sound; dissonance

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n. the profession or principles of teaching or instructing

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pedagogy

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n. the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings

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ebullience

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n. excessive praise; intense adoration

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adulation

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loquacious

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adj. extremely talkative

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adj. brief; fleeting

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ephemeral

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adj. tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing

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evanescent

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grandiloquence

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n. pompous speech or expression (designed to impress)

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peevish

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adj. easily irritated (esp. by unimportant things)

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infelicitous

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adj. unfortunate; inappropriate

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quaff

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v. to drink deeply

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adj. kept secret (esp. because not approved)

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surreptitious

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torpid

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adj. lethargic; sluggish; dormant (n. torpor)

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adj. revealing no emotion

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impassive

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rancorous

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adj. characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment

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adj. overly concerned with the trivial details of learning or education; show-offish about one’s knowledge

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pedantic

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n. the willingness to comply with the wishes of others (adj. complaisant)

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complaisance

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n. a speech honoring the dead

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eulogy

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accolade

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n. an expression of praise

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dearth

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n. smallness of quantity or number; scarcity; a lack

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n. pompous speech or expression (designed to impress)

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grandiloquence

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harangue

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v. to deliver a pompous speech or tirade n. a long pompous speech

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adj. soothing; making less harsh; mollifying n. an agent that softens or soothes the skin

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emollient

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v. to obtain by deception or flattery

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inveigle

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chary

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adj. wary; cautious; sparing

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v. to deliver a pompous speech or tirade n. a long pompous speech

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harangue

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implacable

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adj. not capable of being appeased or significantly changed

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diatribe

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n. a harsh denunciation

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adj. wary; cautious; sparing

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chary

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adj. without taste or flavor; lacking in spirit; bland

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insipid

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n. cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions (adj. discrete)

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discretion

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adj. lacking funds; without money

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impecunious

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n. smallness of quantity or number; scarcity; a lack

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dearth

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v. to defame; to characterize harshly

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vilify

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specious

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adj. misleadingly attractive; plausible but false

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hegemony

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n. the consistent dominance of one state or ideology over others

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n. stillness; motionlessness; quality of being at rest

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quiescence

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v. to yearn intensely; to languish; to lose vigor

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pine

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v. to feed or supply to excess; n. an overabundant supply; excess

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surfeit

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adj. controversial; argumentative

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polemical

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adj. precise and brief

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pithy

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adj. fleeting; passing quickly; brief

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transient

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adj. recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish

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prodigal

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adj. indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; steadfast

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stoic

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v. to question or oppose

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demur

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bombastic

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adj. pompous; grandiloquent

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disinterested

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adj. free of bias or self-interest; impartial

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impunity

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n. immunity from punishment or penalty

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adj. marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness

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imperturbable

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v. to appease; to calm by making concessions

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placate

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recalcitrant

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adj. obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage

134
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adj. regretful; penitent; seeking forgiveness

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contrite

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satire

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n. a work that ridicules or criticizes a human vice through humour or derision

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dogmatic

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adj. expressing a rigid opinion based on unproved or improvable principles

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heuristic

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adj. enabling a person to learn something for themselves (perhaps “hands on” or by trial and error)

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v. to rot; to decay and give off a foul odor

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putrefy

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redoubtable

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adj. awe-inspiring; worthy of honor

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adj. expressing a rigid opinion based on unproved or improvable principles

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dogmatic

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transient

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adj. fleeting; passing quickly; brief

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ebullience

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n. the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings

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proliferate

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v. to grow or increase swiftly and abundantly

146
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prodigal

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adj. recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish

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pine

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v. to yearn intensely; to languish; to lose vigor

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impassive

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adj. revealing no emotion

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adj. not capable of being appeased or significantly changed

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implacable

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burgeon

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v. to grow rapidly or flourish

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adj. lacking authority or validity; false; counterfeit

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spurious

155
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repudiate

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v. to refuse to have anything to do with; to disown

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eulogy

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n. a speech honoring the dead

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n. a superficial remark (esp. one offered as meaningful)

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platitude

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adulterate

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v. to reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients

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discretion

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n. cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions (adj. discrete)

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adj. refusing to compromise

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intransigent

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languish

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v. to lose or lack vitality; fail to make progress or be successful v. suffer from being forced to remain in an unpleasant situation

162
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n. a long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation

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tirade

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n. the consistent dominance of one state or ideology over others

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hegemony

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ephemeral

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adj. brief; fleeting

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meticulous

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adj. characterized by extreme care and precision; attentive to detail

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facetious

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adj. playful; humorous

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v. to remove blame

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exonerate

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n. keen, accurate judgment or insight

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acumen

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adj. given to intense or excessive devotion to something

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idolatrous

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complaisance

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n. the willingness to comply with the wishes of others (adj. complaisant)

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v. to refuse to have anything to do with; to disown

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repudiate

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quiescence

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n. stillness; motionlessness; quality of being at rest

176
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incipient

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adj. beginning to come into being or to become apparent

177
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n. poverty; destitution

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penury

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stoic

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adj. indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; steadfast

179
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misanthrope

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n. one who hates all other humans

180
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adj. having little substance or strength; flimsy; weak

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tenuous

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platitude

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n. a superficial remark (esp. one offered as meaningful)

182
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adj. free of bias or self-interest; impartial

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disinterested

183
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subpoena

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n. a court order requiring appearance and/or testimony

184
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a universally recognized principle

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axiom

185
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queries

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n. questions; doubts in the mind; reservations

186
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elegy

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n. a mournful poem (esp. one lamenting the dead)

187
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adj. obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage

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recalcitrant

188
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harsh, jarring, discordant sound; dissonance

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cacophony

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rescind

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v. to invalidate; to repeal; to retract

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catalyst

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n. substance which accelerates a chemical reaction without changing; a person or thing that causes change

192
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sapiential

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adj. pertaining to wisdom

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adj. easily irritated (esp. by unimportant things)

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peevish

194
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dissemble

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v. to disguise or conceal; to mislead

195
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adj. pompous; grandiloquent

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bombastic

196
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occlude

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v. to obstruct or block

197
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n. one who hates all other humans

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misanthrope

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n. disgrace; contempt; scorn

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opprobrium

199
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adj. unmoving; lethargic; sluggish

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inert

200
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n. a court order requiring appearance and/or testimony

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subpoena

201
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pedantic

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adj. overly concerned with the trivial details of learning or education; show-offish about one’s knowledge

202
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vilify

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v. to defame; to characterize harshly

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