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Castigated

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To reprimand severely

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Antedated

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To proceed in time; come before

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Lascivious

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Producing sexual desire usually in an obscene way. Driven by lust

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Prescient

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Having knowledge of events before they take place

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Preternatural

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Beyond what is normal or natural

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Pithy

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Concise and forcefully expressive

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Castigate

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Reprimand someone severely

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Lionize

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Treat as a celebrity. Public attention

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Indemnify

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Compensate someone for harm or loss

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Quotidian

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Of or occurring everyday: mundane

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Vicissitude

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Change of fate or fortune, typically unwelcome change

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Serendipity

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An unplanned fortune discovery

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Askance

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With an attitude or look of disapproval

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Improvident

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Thoughtless lack of foresight

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Taciturn

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Saying little: reserved in speech

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Acerbic

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Sharp and forthright (style of speaking)

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Quixotic

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Exceedingly optimistic: unrealistic or impractical

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Mendaciously

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Not telling the truth

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Panned

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Criticize something severely

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Incouciance

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Casual lack of concern: indifference

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Listlessly

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Lacking enthusiasm

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Insensibly

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Not aware of something

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Coda

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The final

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Anachronistically

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Belonging or appropriate to a different era. Old fashioned

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Presciently
To have foresight or foreknowledge
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Inured
To accustome someone to something unpleasant
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Effusive
Expressing feelings of gratitude pleasure or approval in a heartfelt manner
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Maudlin
Self-pitying or tearfully sentimental often through drunkeness
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Agglomerated
Collect or form into a mass or group
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Amortized
Reduce or pay off debt with regular payments
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Inveigle
Persuade someone to do something by flattery or deception
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Hector
Talk to someone in a bullying way
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Presage
When an event is a sign or warning that something (bad) with happen
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Consanguineous
People descendant from the same ancestor
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Tremulous
Trembling or shaking slightly
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Coltish
Energetic but awkward in one's movement or behavior
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Chary
Cautiously or suspiciously reluctant to do something
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Sycophants
Someone who is excessively obedient or attentive to an authority figure to gain an advantage
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Fecund
Capable of producing an abundance of offspring: fertile
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Imperious
Assuming power or authority without justification: arrogant and domineering
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Progeny
A descendant of: offspring
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Ephermal
Lasting for a very short time
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Concomitant
Naturally accompanying or associated
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Sanguine
Optomistic or positive, especially in difficult situations
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Vestigal
Forming a very small remnant of something much larger or more noticeable
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Evanescent
Quickly fading or disappearing. Passing out of sight or memory quickly
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Peccadilloes
A small, relatively unimportant sin
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Banal
Repeated too often: over familiar through overuse
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Sagacious
Having or showing keen mental judgment or discernment: shrewd
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Dulcet
Sweet and soothing (especially of sound)
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Garrulous
Excessively talkative especially on trivial matters
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Circumscribing
Restricting something within limits
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Polemical
Expressing a strongly critical or controversial opinion about something or someone
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Brusque
Abrupt or offhand in speech or manner
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Pacific
Peaceful in character or intent
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Semiotic
Relating to signs or symbols
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Sangfroid
Composure and coolness in dangerous situations
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Mercurial
Subject to sudden or unpredictable changes in mood or temperament
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Entreaty
Earnest and humble request
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Brook
To allow or permit
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Stopgap
A temporary way of dealing with a problem
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Modicum
A small quantity of something considered valuable
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Nadir
The lowest point in the fortunes of someone or organization
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Mores
The essential or characteristic costumes and conventions of a community
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Eschew
Avoid using or abstain from
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Terseness
The use of few words to be rude
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Distention
Enlarged and bloated from within
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Expatiation
Discussion of topic at length
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Tendentious
Expressing or promoting a particular cause or view especially controversial ones
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Protean
Tending or able to change frequently
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Arcadian
Ideal rural paradise
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Hinterland
Backwater undesirable
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Tony
Fashionable among wealthy people
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Propriety
Conforming to conventional accepted standards behaviors or morals
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Licentious
Promiscuous and unprinicpled in sexual matters
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Perspicacious
Having a ready insight and understanding of things
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Insipid
Lacking vigor or taste
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Deft
Neat and skillful in movement
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Effete
Overly refined effeminate
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Whet
Stimulating of an urge
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Abstruse
Difficult to understand obscure
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Halcyon
Denoting a period in the past that was idealistically peaceful and joyful. Calm and joyful
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Benign
Gentle and kindly
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Myopic
Nearsighted
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Anemic
Lacking vitality
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Diffident
Modest and shy due to a lack of self confidence
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Illiberal
Restrictive of freedom or thought
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Belies
Failing to give a true notion of something
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Vitreous
Like glass in appearance or properties
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Grizzled
Having or streaked with grey hair
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Rancorous
Longstanding bitterness and resentment
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Inchoate
Just begun, rudimentary
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Piques
To stimulate curiosity

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