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1
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Abridge

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to shorten, reduce

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Compendium

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comprehensive collection, publication containing many works

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Cursory

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rapidly performed or produced

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Curtail

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to slow down, put restrictions on, stop entirely

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Terse

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using few words smoothly elegant

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Impetuous

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marked by impulsive passion or force

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Baneful

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seriously harmful

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Vociferous

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marked by or given to intense outcry

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Neophyte

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a new convert, beginner

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Cognoscenti

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a person who has expert knowledge in a subject

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Malcontents

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one who beard a grudge, is in active opposition

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Canonical

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present in a canon (a generally accepted principle)

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Seminal

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creative or having the power to originate; highly influential

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Antithetical

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being in direct opposition

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Inchoate

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being only partly in existence; imperfectly formed

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Incipient

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beginning to come into being or be apparent

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Stalwart

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marked by outstanding strength; an unwavering person

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Irrefragable

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impossible to refute; impossible to break

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Fecund

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fruitful in offspring; intellectually productive

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Ephemeral

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lasting a very short time

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Incessant

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continuing without interruption

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Elocution

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the art of effective public speaking

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Paean

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a joyous song or hymn of praise, tribute, thanksgiving, or triumph

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Oratory

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the art of public speaking; art of making speeches

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Panegyric

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formal or elaborate praise

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Diatribe

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bitter speech or writing

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Harangue

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speech addressed to public

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Repudiate

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to refuse to accept, reject as untrue

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Lionized

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to treat as an object of great interest or importance

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Obstinate

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stubbornly adhering to an opinion; not easily subdued

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Elucidation

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to give a clarifying explanation

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Obfuscation

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to make obscure; confuse

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Malapropism

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unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase

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Tepid

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lacking in passion, force, or zest

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Emaciated

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very thin and feeble

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Kismet

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fate

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Imbroglio

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an embarrassing misunderstanding, scandal, complicated situation; confused mass

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Bemuse

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to make confused; to occupy the attention of; to cause to have feelings of wry

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Excortiate

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to wear off the skin of; to censure scathingly

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Extol

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to praise highly, glorify

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Flippant

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lacking proper respect or seriousness; glib, talkative

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Aplomb

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complete and confident composure or self-assurance

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Derision

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the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt; an object of ridicule or scorn

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Taciturn

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temporarily disinclined to talk `

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Furtive

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done in a a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed; obtained shadily

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Stentorian

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extremely loud

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Felicitous

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very well suited or expressed; pleasantly delightful

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Garrulous

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pointlessly or annoyingly talkative

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Poignant

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painfully affecting the feelings, deeply affecting; designed to make an impression; pleasurably stimulating; being to the point; pungently pervasive

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Imbibe

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drink; to take up or in

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Trepidation

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a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation; a tremulous motion

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Imperturbation

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freedom from agitation

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Ochlocracy

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government by the mob

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Plutocracy

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government by the wealthy

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Oligarchy

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government by the few

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Autocracy

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government by one person

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Scintillation

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the act of emitting sparks; a brilliant outburst (of wit); a flash of the eye

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Censure

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a judgement involving condemnation; an official reprimand; to find fault with; to formally reprimand someone

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Quittance

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Discharging from a debt or obligation; a document evidencing quittance

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Irascible

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marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger

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Lambaste

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to assault violently; to attack verbally

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Innocuous

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producing no injury; not likely to give offense

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Commensurate

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corresponding in size, amount, or degree; equal in measure

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Diffident

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hesitant in acting or speaking through lack of self-confidence

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Petulant

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insolent or rude in speech or behavior

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Disquietude

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anxiety, agitation

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Destitute

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lacking something needed or desirable; lacking possessions and resources

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Surreptitious

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done, made, or acquired by stealth

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Iconoclast

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a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions

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Circuitous

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having a circular or winding course; not being direct

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Abnegate

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deny, rennoucne; surrender, relinquish

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Excogitate

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to think out

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Incongruous

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lacking congruity

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Quotidian

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occurring everyday; commonplace

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Intransigent

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characterized by refusal to compromise or to abandon an often extreme position or attitude

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Abstemious

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marked by restraint

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Affable

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being pleasant and at ease in talking to others; characterized by ease and friendliness

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Reticent

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inclined to be silent in speech; restrained in expression, presentation, or appearance

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Veracity

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conformity with truth or fact; devotion to the truth; something true

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Vacillate

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to waver in mind, will, or feeling

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Probity

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adherence to the highest principles and ideals

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Melodious

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having a pleasing melody

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Acerbic

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sharply or bitingly critical, sarcastic, or ironic in temper or mood

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Unctuous

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having, revealing, or marked by a smug and false earnestness or spirituality

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Caustic

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corrosive; marked by incisive sarcasm

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Sonorous

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producing sound; full or loud in sound; imposing or impressive in effect or style

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Esoteric

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requiring knowledge that is restricted to a small group

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Abstruse

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difficult to understand

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Lackadaisical

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lacking life, spirit, or zest

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Hapless

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having no luck

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Duplicitous

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deceptive in words or actions

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Listless

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characterized by a lack of interest, energy, or spirit

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Artless

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made without skill; free from guile

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Mendacious

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characterized by deception

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Efficacious

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having the power to produce a desired effect

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Interpolate

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to alter or corrupt by inserting something new; to insert between other things

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Apogee

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the farthest or highest point

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Impugn

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to assail by words or arguments

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Acrimony

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anger and bitterness

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Cacophony

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harsh sound; a striking mixture

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Sinecure

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an office or position that requires little or no work and provides and income; an ecclesiastical benefice without the care of souls

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Paltry

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inferior; mean; trivial; meager

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Abhorrent

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causing or deserving strong dislike or hatred

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Desultory

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marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose; not connected to the main subject; disappointing in progress

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Truculent

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aggressively self-assertive

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Sacrosanct

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most sacred or holy

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Enmity

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active hatred

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liminal

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barely perceptible

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Approbation

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praise

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Largesse

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liberal giving

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Galvanize

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to subject to the action of an electric current

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Miscreant

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unbelieving, heretical; depraved, villainous

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Interloper

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one that intrudes; an illegal trader

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Duress

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forcible restraint

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Ebullience

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quality of lively expression of thoughts

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Inscrutable

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not readily investigated, mysterious

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Capitulate

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to cease resisting

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Insipid

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lacking qualities that interest; lacking taste

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Draconian

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characteristic of Draco; cruel

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Prolocutor

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spokesman; presiding officer

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Despot

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ruler with absolute power

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Cognizant

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knowledgeable of something especially through personal experience

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Phlegmatic

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relating to the humor phlegm; having a slow temperament

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Conciliate

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appease; to gain by pleasing acts; to make compatible

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Cantankerous

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difficult to deal with

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Ignoble

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characterized by lowness; Plebeian

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Facetious

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joking inappropriately; intended to be funny

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Ingratiate

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to gain favor by deliberate effort

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Avuncular

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of or relating to an uncle

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Eidetic

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marked by extraordinarily accurate recall

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Obtrusive

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forward in conduct; protruding

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Minutia

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a minor detail

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Magnanimous

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showing a lofty and courageous spirit

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Monotony

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tedious sameness

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Arbitrate

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to settle a dispute

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Acrid

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sharp and harsh in taste or odor, deeply bitter

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Concord

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a state of agreement

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Propitious

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tending to favor; being a good omen

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Salubrious

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favorable to health

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Aspersion

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a false charge meant to harm one’s reputation; a sprinkling of water (religious ceremony)

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Facsimile

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an exact copy

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Foible

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a minor flaw

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Enervate

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to reduce the mental vigor of; to lessen the strength of

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Promulgate

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to proclaim

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Epitome

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an ideal example; a summary of a written work; a miniature form

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Ontology

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branch of metaphysics concerned with the nature and relations of being

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Countenance

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look, expression; mental composure; face, visage; to extend approval to

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Tempestuous

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relating to a tempest

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Placid

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serenely free of interruption

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Mercurial

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having qualities of eloquence, ingenuity, or thievishness attributed to the god Mercury or influence of the planet Mercury; characterized by rapid mood change

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Pliant

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easily influenced; suitable for varied uses

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Frenetic

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marked by fast and energetic activity

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Arrogate

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to claim without justification; to claim on behalf of another

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Eschew

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to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds

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Imbue

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to provide with something freely; to permeate or influence; to dye deeply

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Sectarian

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characteristic of a sect; limited in character or scope

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`Riposte

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a retaliatory maneuver

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Harried

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beset by problems

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Noisome

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noxious; highly obnoxious

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Penury

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an oppressive lack of resources; extreme frugality

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Sanguine

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marked by eager hopefulness; relating to blood

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Descry

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to catch sight of; discover

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Adumbrate

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to foreshadow vaguely; overshadow, obscure

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Insouciance

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nonchalance

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Attenuate

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to reduce the severity of; to make thin

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Castigate

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to subject to severe punishment or criticism

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Sojourn

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a temporary stay

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Tenet

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a belief or doctrine generally held to be true

169
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Polity

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political organization

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Spurious

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falsified origin; of a deceitful nature

171
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Fallacious

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embodying a fallacy; tending to deceive

172
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Bellicose

A

inclined to start fights or wars

173
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Blithe

A

lacking consideration; of lighthearted character

174
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Arduous

A

hard to accomplish

175
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Penchant

A

a strong inclination

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Apace

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at a quick pace

177
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Headlong

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without deliberation; without delay

178
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Precipitate

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to throw violently; to bring about abruptly; to cause to separate from solution

179
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Abet

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to encourage; to assist or support in the achievement of a purpose

180
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Ancillary

A

subordinate; supplementary

181
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Espouse

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to marry; to take up and support as a cause

182
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Mainstay

A

a chief support

183
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Munificent

A

very liberal in giving

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Bilious

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of an ill-natures disposition

185
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Dudgeon

A

a state of indignation

186
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Pettish

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fretful, peevish

187
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Pique

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to excite or arouse; to arouse anger in

188
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Querulous

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habitually complaining

189
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Umbrage

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the feeling of resentment; shade, shadow

190
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Waspish

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resembling a wasp in behavior

191
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Dilettante

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a person having a superficial interest

192
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Novitiate

A

novice

193
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Proselyte

A

a new convert

194
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Tyro

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a beginner in learning

195
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Burgeoning

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growing rapidly

196
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Callow

A

lacking adult sophistication

197
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Engender

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beget, procreate; to cause to exist

198
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Nascent

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having recently come into existence

199
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Acidulous

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somewhat acid or harsh in nature

200
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Asperity

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roughness in manner

201
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Mordacious

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biting or sharp in manner

202
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Mordant

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biting and caustic in manner

203
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Trenchant

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sharply perceptive

204
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Banal

A

lacking originality

205
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Hackneyed

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lacking in freshness or originality

206
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Platitude

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the quality of being dull

207
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Prosaic

A

characteristic of prose; ordinary

208
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Quotidian

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occurring everyday

209
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Trite

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boring from much use

210
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Depraved

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marked by corruption

211
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Dissipation

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an act of self-indulgence; dispersion

212
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Iniquity

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gross injustice; a wicked act or thing

213
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Libertine

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a freethinker (especially in religious matter); a person unrestrained by convention or morality

214
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Libidinous

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marked by lustful desires

215
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Reprobate

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a depraved person; scoundrel

216
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Ribald

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marked by coarseness or lewdness

217
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Salacious

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arousing sexual desire or imagination

218
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Sordid

A

vile; wretched

219
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Turpitude

A

inherent baseness, depravity

220
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Caprice

A

disposition to do things impulsively

221
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Volatile

A

subject to rapid change; tending to erupt in violence

222
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Calumny

A

a misrepresentation intended to harm another’s reputation

223
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Decry

A

to depreciate officially or publicly; to express strong disapproval of

224
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Disparge

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to speak slightingly about; to degrade

225
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Gainsay

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to declare to be untrue; contradict

226
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Inveigh

A

to protest or complain bitterly

227
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Objurgation

A

a harsh rebuke

228
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Obloquy

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abusive language; bad repute

229
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Opprobrium

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something that brings disgrace

230
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Pillory

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to expose to public ridicule; a device used to publicly punish offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes for the head and hands

231
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Remonstrate

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to urge reasons in opposition

232
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Reprove

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to scold or correct gently; to express disapproval of

233
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Revile

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to subject to verbal abuse

234
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Tirade

A

a protracted speech usually marked by abusive language

235
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Vituperate

A

to berate; to use harsh condemnatory language

236
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Bereave

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to deprive of something

237
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Defunct

A

no longer living, existing, or functioning

238
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Dolorous

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causing or marked by misery or grief

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Knell

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an indication of the end or failure of something; a sound of a bell rung slowly (for death)

240
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Macabre

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having death as a subject; dwelling on the gruesome

241
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Moribund

A

approaching death; being in a state of inactivity

242
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Obsequies

A

funeral or burial rites

243
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Sepulcher

A

a place of burial

244
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Wraith

A

ghost; an insubstantial form

245
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Ascetic

A

practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal discipline; austere in appearance or nature

246
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Hegemony

A

authority over others

247
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Imperious

A

marked by arrogant assurance

248
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Peremptory

A

putting an end to something

249
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Arcane

A

known to only a few people

250
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Opaque

A

blocking light; hard to understand or explain; thickheaded

251
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Recondite

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difficult to understand; something obscure; hidden from sight

252
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Turbid

A

deficient in clarity

253
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Fetid

A

having a bad smell

254
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Invidious

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of an unpleasant nature; tending to cause discontent; envious

255
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Odious

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arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance

256
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Rebarbative

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repellent, irritating

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Cogent

A

convincing; having power to compel

258
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Limpid

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clear and simple in style; absolutely serene and untroubled

259
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Lucid

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clear to the understanding; having full use of one’s faculties

260
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Pellucid

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admitting maximum passage of light without distortion; easy to understand

261
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Aberrant

A

deviating from the usual

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Anachronism

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a person or thing that is chronologically out of place

263
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Abash

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to destroy one’s self confidence

264
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Compunction

A

anxiety arising from awareness of guilt

265
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Contrite

A

feeling sorrow and remorse for a sin

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Expiate

A

to make amends for

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Gaucherie

A

a tactless or awkward act

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Rue

A

regret, sorrow

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Tantamount

A

equivalent in value, significance, or effect

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Apocryphal

A

of doubtful authenticity

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Canard

A

a false or unfounded story

272
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Chicanery

A

trickery

273
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Dissemble

A

to hide under false appearance

274
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Equivocal

A

of uncertain nature

275
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Ersatz

A

being a usually artificial and inferior substitution or imitation

276
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Perfidy

A

the quality or state of being faithless or disloyal

277
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Prevaricate

A

to deviate from the truth

278
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Specious

A

having a false look of truth; having deceptive attraction or allure

279
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Consanguine

A

of the same blood or origin

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Distaff

A

female, maternal; a staff for holding wool in spinning

281
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Endogamy

A

marriage within a certain group as required by custom or law

282
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Filial

A

relating to a son or daughter

283
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Scion

A

descendent, child; heir; graft for a plant

284
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Doctrinaire

A

stubbornly devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations

285
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Fervid

A

burning; marked by intense feeling

286
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Palliate

A

to moderate the intensity of

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Droll

A

having a humorous or odd quality

288
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Gibe

A

to utter taunting words

289
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Jocular

A

said or done as a joke

290
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Levity

A

excessive frivolity

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Raillery

A

good natured ridicule

292
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Abate

A

to decrease force or intensity; to put an end to

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Interregnum

A

a lapse or pause in a continuous series (especially between two regimes)

294
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Interstice

A

a space that intervenes between things

295
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Unstinting

A

not restricted or holding back; giving generously

296
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Rapacious

A

excessively covetous

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Venal

A

purchasable; associated with corrupt bribery

298
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Baleful

A

deadly in influence

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Dour

A

stern, harsh; gloomy, sullen

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Fell

A

fierce, sinister

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Sardonic

A

disdainfully or skeptically humorous

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Vitriol

A

bitterly harsh in language or criticism

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Inimical

A

being adverse often by reason of hostility

304
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Minatory

A

having a menacing quality

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Pernicious

A

highly injurious or destructive

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Din

A

a loud continuous noise

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Dissonance

A

lack of agreement; mingling of discordant sounds

308
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Raucous

A

disagreeably harsh

309
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Strident

A

characterized by harsh, insistent, discordant sound

310
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Anathema

A

something intensely disliked

311
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Odium

A

hatred accompanied by contempt

312
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Rancor

A

bitterly deep-seated ill-will

313
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Dither

A

tremble; to act indecisively

314
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Churlish

A

marked by a lack of civility

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Curmudgeon

A

a crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man

316
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Credulous

A

ready to believe on slight evidence

317
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Ingenuous

A

lacking craft or subtlety

318
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Fulsome

A

characterized by abundance

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Indolent

A

habitually lazy; causing little or no pain

320
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Inert

A

lacking the power to move

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Languid

A

drooping from exhaustion; sluggish in character or disposition

322
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Lassitude

A

condition of weariness

323
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Quiscent

A

marked by inactivity; causing no trouble or symptoms

324
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Torpid

A

sluggish in function

325
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Auspicious

A

showing that the future is likely

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Portentous

A

eliciting amazement; relating to a foreshadowing

327
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Providential

A

marked by foresight

328
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Admonish

A

to indicate duties to; to give advice to

329
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Cavil

A

to raise trivial objection

330
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Enjoin

A

to direct of impose by authoritative order; forbid

331
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Hector

A

to behave in an arrogant or intimidating way

332
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Martinet

A

a strict disciplinarian

333
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Reproof

A

criticism for a fault

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Askance

A

with disapproval; with a side-glance, obliquely

335
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Carom

A

to strike and rebound

336
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Sidle

A

to cause to move or turn sideways

337
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Sinuous

A

of a serpentine or wavy from

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Undulate

A

having a wavy surface; to from or move in waves

339
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Bombastic

A

speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial means

340
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Circumlocution

A

use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea; evasion in speech

341
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Grandiloquence

A

a lofty, pompous style or manner especially in language

342
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Loquacious

A

full of excessive talk

343
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Periphrasis

A

use of a longer phrase in place of a short one

344
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Prolix

A

drawn out; using an excess of words

345
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Turgid

A

excessively embellished in style; being in a state of distention

346
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Ameliorate

A

to make more tolerable

347
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Assuage

A

to lessen the intensity of (something that pains); to put an end to by satisfying

348
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Mollify

A

to soothe in temper; reduce intensity or rigidity

349
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Slake

A

to lessen the force of; satisfy

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Euphonious

A

pleasing to the ear

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Esurient

A

hungry, greedy

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Impecunious

A

having very little or no money

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Indigent

A

suffering from extreme poverty

354
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Accolade

A

an expression of praise; a salutation marking the conferring of knighthood

355
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Encomium

A

glowing praise

356
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Eulogize

A

to speak or write in high praise

357
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Augur

A

an official diviner of ancient Rome; to foretell, give promise of

358
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Fey

A

able to see into the future; marked by an otherworldly air

359
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Harbinger

A

something that foreshadows a future event; one that initiates a major change

360
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Presage

A

something that foreshadows an event; an intuition about what the future will bring

361
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Prescience

A

foreknowledge of events

362
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Prognosticate

A

to foretell from signs

363
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Discomfit

A

to put in a state of embarrassment; to thwart the plans of

364
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Encumber

A

to weigh down; to impede or hamper the function of

365
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Forfend

A

to ward off; protect, preserve

366
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Astute

A

mentally sharp or clever

367
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Perspicuous

A

plain to the understanding

368
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Perspicacious

A

of acute mental vision or discernment

369
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Discountable

A

cheerless; dejected, downcast

370
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Doleful

A

full of grief; causing grief

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Dolor

A

mental suffering

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Elegiac

A

of, relating to, or comprising an elegy (especially expressing sorrow)

373
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Forlorn

A

sad and lonely because of isolation; nearly hopeless

374
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Lugubrious

A

mournful; dismal

375
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Morose

A

having a sullen and gloomy disposition

376
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Cimmerian

A

very dark or gloomy; mythical people described by Homer as dwelling in a remote realm of mist and gloom

377
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Plaintive

A

melancholy

378
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Threnody

A

a song of lamentation for the dead, elegy

379
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Inexorable

A

not to be persuaded or stopped

380
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Obdurate

A

stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

381
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Recalcitrant

A

defiant or authority; resistant

382
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Renitent

A

resisting physical pressure

383
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Untoward

A

difficult to guide; marked by trouble

384
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Laconic

A

using minimal words

385
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Antedate

A

to precede in time

386
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Craven

A

lacking the least bit or courage

387
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Pusillanimous

A

lacking courage and resolution

388
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Recreant

A

cowardly; unfaithful to duty

389
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Timorous

A

of a timid disposition

390
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Fealty

A

intense fidelity

391
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Indubitable

A

too evident to be doubted

392
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Verity

A

the quality or state of being true

393
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Idiosyncrasy

A

characteristic peculiarity

394
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Ambulatory

A

able to walk about

395
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Itinerant

A

traveling from place to place

396
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Peripatetic

A

relating to waling, moving from place to place; pedestrian

397
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Discursive

A

moving from topic to topic without order

398
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Expatiate

A

to move about freely; to speak or write in great detail

399
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Peregrinate

A

to travel especially on foot; to travel or walk all over

400
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Adulterate

A

to corrupt or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element; tainted with adultery

401
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Obviate

A

to anticipate and prevent something

402
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Stultify

A

to have an inhibiting effect on; to cause something to appear or be foolish

403
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Vitiate

A

to make faulty; to debase in moral or aesthetic status

404
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Aphorism

A

a concise statement of a principle; a short formulation of a truth or sentiment

405
Q

Apothegm

A

a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation

406
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Bromide

A

a commonplace or tiresome person, bore

407
Q

Dictum

A

a noteworthy statement

408
Q

Epigram

A

a concise poem; a terse, witty saying

409
Q

Sententious

A

given to or abounding in aphoristic expression

410
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Truism

A

an undoubted self-evident truth

411
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Abeyance

A

a state of temporary inactivity; a lapse in succession

412
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Abjure

A

to renounce upon oath; to abstain from

413
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Abrogate

A

to abolish by authoritative action; to treat as nonexistent

414
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Decamp

A

to depart suddenly

415
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Recidivism

A

a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or behavior

416
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Renege

A

to go back on a promise; to deny, renounce

417
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Sycophantic

A

describing a self-seeking flatterer

418
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Egregious

A

conspicuous, especially bad

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