GRE Week 2 - Sheet1 Flashcards
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Abacus
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frame with balls for calculating
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Abash
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To make ashamed; to embarrass
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Abdicate
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To step down from a position of power or responsibility
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Abdication
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giving up control authority
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Abide
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be faithful to endure
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Abject
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Hopeless; extremely sad and servile; defeated; utterly bummed out
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Acquiesce
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To comply passively; to accept; to assent; to agree
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Adherent
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Follower; supporter; believer
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Admonish
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To scold gently; to warn
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Admonitory
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containing warning
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Adorn
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add beauty decorate
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Adroit
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Skillful; dexterous; clever; shrewd; socially at ease
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Aesthetic
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Having to do with artistic beauty; artistic
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Affectation
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Unnatural or artificial behavior usually intended to impress
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Agnostic
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One who believes that the existence of a god can be neither proven nor disproven
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Aleck
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one who considers himself smarter than others
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Alloy
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A combination of two or more things usually metals
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Aloof
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Uninvolved; standing off; keeping ones distance
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Ambiance
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Atmosphere; mood; feeling mood
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Amenable
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Obedient; willing to give in to the wishes of another; agreeable
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Amoral
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Lacking a sense of right and wrong; neither good nor bad neither moral nor immoral; without moral feelings
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Animosity
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Resentment; hostility; ill will
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Anomalous
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abnormal; irregular
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Antecedent
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Someone or something that went before; something that provides a model for something that came after it
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Aplomb
self-confidence
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Arabesque
a complex ornate design
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Arboreal
of connected with trees
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Arrogance
proud superior manner of behaviour
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Asperity
roughness harshness ill temper irritability
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Aspersion
slander
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Attune
bring into harmony
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Augment
To make bigger; to add to; to increase ;
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Autonomous
Acting independently
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Aversion
strong dislike
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Avow
To claim; to declare boldly; to admit
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Axiom
Self-evident rule or truth; a widely accepted saying
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Baleful
harmful ominous causing evil
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Bane
Poison; torment; cause of harm
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Baneful
causing harm or ruin pernicious destructive
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Barrage
artificial obstacle built across a river
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Beget
To give birth to; to create; to lead to; to cause
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Belie
To give a false impression of; to contradict
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Benison
blessing
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Bewilder
puzzle confuse
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Blasé
bored with pleasure or dissipation
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Blasphemy
Irreverence; an insult to something held sacred; profanity
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Blatant
Unpleasantly or offensively noisy; glaring
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Bolster
support; reinforce
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Bourgeois
Middle class usually in a pejorative sense; boringly conventional
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Brevity
Briefness
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Broach
To open up a subject for discussion often a delicate subject
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Bureaucracy
A system of government administration consisting of numerous bureaus or offices especially one run according to inflexible and inefficient rules; any large administrative system characterized by inefficiency lots of rules and red tape
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Buttress v.
support; prop up
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Cabal
a scheme or plot a group of plotters
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Calipers
metal supports attached to the legs measuring instrument
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Caustic
Like acid; corrosive
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Cavalcade
a possession
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Chasm
A deep gaping hole; a gorge
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Chastisement
punishment
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Choleric
Hot-tempered; quick to anger
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Chronicle
A record of events in order of time; a history
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Churlish
(adj) boorish
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Circumspect
Cautious
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Clemency
Mercy; forgiveness; mildness
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Clinch
come to grips/settle conclusively
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Cloture
closing device (in Parliament) to end a debate by voting
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Coalesce
To come together as one; to fuse; to unite ;
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Coalescing
coming together and uniting into one substance
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Coddle
treat with care and tenderness
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Cogent
Powerfully convincing
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Colander
bowl-shaped vessel with many holes used to drain off water
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Commensurate
Equal; proportionate
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Commodious
having plenty of space for what is needed
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Concord
Harmony; agreement
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Condense
increase in density strength make laconic
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Conducive
Promoting
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Congeal
make or become stiff and solid
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Consecrate
To make or declare sacred
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Consensus
Unanimity or general agreement
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Contention
claim; thesis
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Conundrum
riddle; difficult problem
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Convoluted
coiled around; involved; intricate
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Cornucopia
abundant supply
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Coruscate
sparkle
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Counterfeit
forgery
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Covetous
eagerly desirous
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Criterion
standard; basis for judgment
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Cumbersome
burdensome heavy and awkward to carry
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Curtail
to shorten; to cut short ...
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Dawdler
person who is slow waste of time
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Debacle
violent breakdown; sudden overthrow; overwhelming defeat
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Deference
submission to another's will; respect; courtesy
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Defiance
open disobedience or resistance
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Delineate
to describe accurately; to draw in outline
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Deluge
a flood; an inundation
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Demagogue
a leader of the people but more a rabble rouser
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Dereliction
deserting and leaving to fall into ruins
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Deride
to ridicule; to laugh at contemptuously
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Desultory
without a plan or purpose; disconnected; random
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Detumescence
diminishing or lessening of swelling
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Dexterity
skill (esp. in handling)
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Diatribe n.
bitter scolding; invective
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Dictum
an authoritative saying; an adage; a maxim; a proverb
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Diffuse adj.
wordy, rambling, spread out (like a gas)
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Digressio
Wandering away from the subject
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Discerning
mentally quick and observant; having insight
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Dissonance
discord; opposite of harmony
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Doleful
dismal, mourful
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Dolt
stupid fellow
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Dubious
A full of doubt; uncertain a ~ friend be ~ about
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Duplicity
N the act of being two-faced; double-dealing; deception
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Dynamo
a generator something that produces electric current
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Effusion
N a pouring forth
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Egregious
A extremely bad; flagrant
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Elaborate
worked out with much care in great detail
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Elegy
poem or song expressing lamentation
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Embezzle
use in a wrong way for one's own benefit
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Emulate
Vt to strive to equal or excel usually through imitation emulator emulation emulous be emulous of
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Endearing
making dear or liked
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Enfranchise
V to grant the privileges of citizenship especially the right to vote
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Engrave
impress deeply
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Engrossing
taken up all the time or attention writing in large or formal
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Engulf
swallow up
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Ensign
flag/badge
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Epiphany
A Christian feast celebrating the manifestation of the divine nature of Jesus to the Gentiles as represented by the Magi.
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Epistle
letter
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Erratic
irregular in behaviour or opinion
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Espouse
V to support; to advocate
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Eulog
expression of praise, often on the occasion of someone’s death
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Evanescent
Adj fleeting; vanishing; happening for only the briefest period
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Evince
to show clearly to indicate
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Exscind
to cut out cut away
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Extrapolation
projection; conjecture
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Exuberance
state of growing vigorously being full of life
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Facetious
Adj humorous; not serious; clumsily humorous
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Fagged
too tired
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Fauna
N animals cf flora animal
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Felicity
N happiness; skillfulness especially at expressing things; adeptness
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Ferment
substance become excited
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Fervor
N great warmth or earnestness; ardor; zeal ardor
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Fetid
stinking
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Fission
splitting or division (esp. of cells)
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Fixate
stare at
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Flamboyant
brightly colored florid
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Flimsy
lacking solidarity, strength
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Foible
N a minor character flaw
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Foppish
like a man who pays too much attention to his clothes
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Forbear
v to refrain from ; to abstain
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Ford
shallow place in a river (to cross)
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Forgery
counterfeit
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Forswear
renounce disallow repudiate
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Foster
nurture care for
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Fraternal
a like brothers
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Frugal
a economical ; penny-pinching
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Fulmination
bitter protest
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Futile
a useless ; hopeless ;
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Gainsay
deny
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Gauche
hence, awkward
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Glib
ready and smooth but not sincere
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Gratuitous
a given freely said of something bad ; unjustified ; unprovoked ; uncalled for
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Gust
outburst of feeling sudden rain wind fire etc.
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Hackneyed
a overused ; trite ; stale
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Haughty
arrogant conceited
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Hauteur
haughtiness
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Hedonism
n the pursuit of pleasure as a way of life
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Heed
attention/give notice to
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Heresy
n any belief that is strongly opposed to established beliefs
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Heretic
recreant, protestant,skeptic
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Hermetic
a impervious to external influence ; airtight
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Heterogeneous
made up of different kinds
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Heyday
n golden age ; prime prime
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Hollow
not soled with hole
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Homogeneous
a uniform ; made entirely of one thing uniform
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Hone
stone used for sharpening tools
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Idiosyncrasy
n a peculiarity ; an eccentricity
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Illicit
a illegal ; not permitted
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Imbroglio
complicated and embarrassing situation
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Impecunious
having little or no money
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Imperious
commanding haughty arrogant
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Impervious
a not allowing anything to pass through ; impenetrable
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Implacable
incapable of being pacified; unpleasable
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Implement
v to carry out
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Implicate
to be involved
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Implosion
collapse bursting inward
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Impudent
rash indiscreet
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Impugned
challenged to be doubted
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Inane
a silly ; senseless
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Incandescent
a brilliant ; giving off heat or light
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Incessant
a unceasing
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Incite
stir up rouse
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Inclined
directing the mind in a certain direction
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Incorrigible
a incapable of being reformed
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Increment
n an increase ; one in a series of increases
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Indefatigability
not easily exhaustible tirelessness
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Indolence
laziness
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Indolent
a lazy ;
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Indulgent
lenient ; yielding to desire
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Infer
v to conclude ; to deduce
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Inferno
hell
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Infinitesimal
a very very very small ; infinitely small ;
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Ingenuous
a frank ; without deception ; simple ; artless ; charmingly na ve
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Innate
a existing since birth ; inborn ; inherent
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Inordinate
a excessive ; unreasonable
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Insatiable
a hard or impossible to satisfy ; greedy ; avaricious
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Insular
a like an island ; isolated
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Insurrection
rising of people to open resistance to
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Intrepid
fearless brave undaunted
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Inundate
v to flood ; to cover completely with water ; to overwhelm
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Inured
accustomed to adapted
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Inured adj.
accustomed; hardened
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Invective
n insulting or abusive speech
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Invective n.
abuse
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Inveigh
to attack verbally denounce deprecate
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Involute
complex
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Irate
angry
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Irksome
tiresome
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Itinerate
to travel from place to place to peregrinate
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Labyrinth
n a maze ; something like a maze maze
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Lackluster
(of eyes) dull
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Lampoon
v to satirize ; to mock ; to parody
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Latent
a present but not visible or apparent ; potential
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Laudatory
expressing or giving praise
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Lavish
giving or producing freely liberally or generously
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Legacy
n something handed down from the past ; a bequest
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Lithe
bending twisting
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Loll
rest to sit or stand in a lazy way hang (dog's tongue)
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Lope
move along with long strides
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Lull
become quiet or less active
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Luminary
star light-giving body
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Macerate
make or become soft by soaking in water
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Maladroit
tactless clumsy
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Mendicant
n a beggar beggar
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Mentor
n a teacher tutor counselor or coach ; especially in business an experienced person who shows an inexperienced person the ropes teacher tutor
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Mercenary
n a hired soldier ; someone who will do anything for money
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Mettlesome
courageous high-spirited
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Minuscule
a very tiny
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Mischievous
harmful causing mischief
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Morbid
diseased unhealthy (e.g.. about ideas)
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Moribund
a dying
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Morose
a gloomy ; sullen gloomy sullen
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Mulct
to deprive (someone) of something, as by fraud, extortion, etc.
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Neologism
n a new word or phrase ; a new usage of a word
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Nominal
a in name only ; insignificant ; A-OK during rocket launches
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Nostrum
a quack remedy an untested cure
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Nuance
n a subtle difference or distinction
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Obfuscate
v to darken ; to confuse ; to make confusing
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Obtain
to be established accepted or customary
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Odium
contempt dislike aversion
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Odor
smell favor reputation
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Offhand
Without preparation or forethought
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Opprobrious
showing scorn or reproach
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Orthodox
a conventional ; adhering to established principles or doctrines especially in religion ; by the book
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Oscillate
vibrate; waver
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Palatial
magnificent
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Palpable
a capable of being touched ; obvious ; tangible
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Paltry
a insignificant ; worthless
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Panegyric
formal praise eulogy
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Parenthesis
sentence within another one something separated
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Parley
negotiation
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Pathology
n the science of diseases
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Pensive
a thoughtful and sad
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Penury
severe poverty; stinginess
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Pernicious
a deadly ; extremely evil ; deadly
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Perturb
v to disturb greatly
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Petrify
to make hard rocklike
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Petulant
a rude ; cranky ; ill-tempered cranky rude
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Pilferer
to steal, especially in small quantities
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Plaque
flat metal on a wall as a memorial
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Plasticity
ability to be molded
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Plebeian
n common ; vulgar ; low class ; bourgeois ; vulgar
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Plethora
n an excess
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Poncho
large piece of cloth
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Ponderous
a so large as to be clumsy ; massive ; dull massive dull
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Poseur
a person who attempts to impress by acting unlike himself
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Precipitate
v to cause to happen abruptly
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Preclude
v to prevent something from ever happening
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Predominate
have more power than others
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Premature
doing or happening something before the right time
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Prepossess
v to preoccupy ; to influence beforehand or prejudice ; to make a good impression on beforehand
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Presage
warning sign
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Prevail
v to triumph ; to overcome rivals ; with on upon or with to persuade ;
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Problemati
doubtful; unsettled; questionable; perplexing
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Proficient
a thoroughly competent; skillful; very good at something at in n expert
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Propitious
a marked by favorable signs or conditions
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Proscribe
v to outlaw; to prohibit ;
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Pry
get something inquire too curiously
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Puissance
strength
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Pungent
stinging; sharp in taste or smell; caustic
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Quell
suppress subdue
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Reactionary
opposing progress
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Rebus
puzzle in which pictures stand for words
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Recompense
make payment to reward punish
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Recreancy
cowardice a cowardly giving up
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Redundant
a unnecessarily repetitive; excessive; excessively wordy
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Refute
v to prove to be false; to disprove
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Regicide
crime of killing a king
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Rejuvenation
becoming young in nature or appearance
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Relegate
v to banish; to send away
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Repercussion
n a consequence; an indirect effect
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Replenish
v to fill again; to resupply; to restore
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Reprobate
person hardened in sin; devoid of a sense of decency
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Repudiate
v to reject; to renounce; to disown to have nothing to do with
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Resolution
Determination
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Resolve
determination; firmness of purpose
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Resort
to frequently visit
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Riddle
puzzling person or thing
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Rigorous
a strict; harsh; severe ;
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Rogue
n a criminally dishonest persons; a scoundrel ;
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Rotund
rich and deep plump and round
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Rumple
make rough
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Sanction
approve (by authority); ratify; penalty
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Scalding
hot enough to boil
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Scent
smell (especially pleasant)
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Scurvy
mean contemptible
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Sermon
reproving a person for his faults
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Serrated
having a toothed edge
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Shun
keep away from avoid
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Simper
(give a) silly/self-conscious smile
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Slake
to assuage to satisfy allay
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Sloth
laziness; sluggishness
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Sluggard
lazy slow-moving person
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Smolder
burn slowly without flame
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Snub
treat with contempt
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Soar
rise fly high
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Splice
join (two ends)
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Spurn
have nothing to do reject or refuse
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Squander
to waste
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Stigma
token of disgrace; brand
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Stipple
paint with dots
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Stipulate
to require something as part of an agreement
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Stratum
a layer; a level layer level
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Stray
wander lose one's way
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Streak
long thin move very fast
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Striated
marked with parallel bands; grooved
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Stricture
a restriction; a limitation; a negative criticism ;
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Stringent
strict; restrictive
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Subdue
overcome bring under control
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Subjugate
to subdue and dominate; to enslave
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Suborn
induce by bribery or something to commit perjury
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Subsume
include under a rule
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Subversive
corrupting; overthrowing; undermining; insurgent
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Succumb
to yield or submit; to die ;
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Supercilious
haughty; patronizing
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Supersede
cause to be set aside; replace; make obsolete
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Supposition
hypothesis; surmise
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Suppress
prevent from being known put an end to
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Susceptibility
sensitiveness
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Swerve
change direction suddenly
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Synopsis
summary or outline
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Talon
claw of a bird of prey
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Tamper
interfere with
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Tangible
touchable; palpable touchable palpable
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Temperate
mild; moderate; restrained mild
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Tepid
lukewarm
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Tonic
something giving strength or energy
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Torque
twisting force causing rotation
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Touchstone
a standard; a test of authenticity or quality
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Transgression
violation of a law; sin
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Transitory
brief
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Travesty
parody/imitation
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Truculence
aggressiveness; ferocity
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Trudge
walk heavily
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Ubiquitous
being everywhere at the same time
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Unconscionable
not controlled by conscience; unscrupulous
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Underbid
make a lower bid then somebody else
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Undulate
to move in wavelike fashion fluctuate
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Uniform
consistent; unchanging; the same for everyone consistent unchanging
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Vacuity
idleness
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Vagary
strange act or idea
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Vain
without use result conceited
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Veneration
regard with deep respect
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Vernacular
everyday speech; slang; idiom
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Verve
spirit vigor enthusiasm
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Vestige
a remaining bit of something; a last trace
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Vicissitude
upheaval; natural cange; change in fortune ;
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Vocation
an occupation; a job ;
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Vociferous
loud; noisy
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Volatile
quick to evaporate; highly unstable; explosive
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Wanton
malicious; unjustifiable; unprovoked
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Warrant
authority written order guarantee
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Wile
a trick
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Wince
show bodily or mental pain
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Wistful
yearning; sadly longing
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Yarn
tale story fibers for knitting
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Zealous
enthusiastically devoted to something; fervent
