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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

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self-confidence

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Arabesque

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a complex ornate design

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Arboreal

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of connected with trees

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Arrogance

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proud superior manner of behaviour

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Asperity

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roughness harshness ill temper irritability

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Aspersion

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slander

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Attune

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bring into harmony

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Augment

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To make bigger; to add to; to increase ;

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Autonomous

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Acting independently

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Aversion

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strong dislike

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Avow

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To claim; to declare boldly; to admit

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Axiom

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Self-evident rule or truth; a widely accepted saying

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Baleful

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harmful ominous causing evil

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Bane

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Poison; torment; cause of harm

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Baneful

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causing harm or ruin pernicious destructive

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Barrage

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artificial obstacle built across a river

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Beget

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To give birth to; to create; to lead to; to cause

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Belie

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To give a false impression of; to contradict

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Benison

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blessing

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Bewilder

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puzzle confuse

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Blasé

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bored with pleasure or dissipation

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Blasphemy

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Irreverence; an insult to something held sacred; profanity

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Blatant

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Unpleasantly or offensively noisy; glaring

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Bolster

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support; reinforce

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Bourgeois

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Middle class usually in a pejorative sense; boringly conventional

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Brevity

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Briefness

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Broach

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To open up a subject for discussion often a delicate subject

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Bureaucracy

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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.

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support; prop up

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Cabal

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a scheme or plot a group of plotters

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Calipers

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metal supports attached to the legs measuring instrument

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Caustic

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Like acid; corrosive

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Cavalcade

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a possession

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Chasm

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A deep gaping hole; a gorge

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Chastisement

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punishment

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Choleric

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Hot-tempered; quick to anger

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Chronicle

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A record of events in order of time; a history

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Churlish

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(adj) boorish

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Circumspect

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Cautious

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Clemency

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Mercy; forgiveness; mildness

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Clinch

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come to grips/settle conclusively

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Cloture

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closing device (in Parliament) to end a debate by voting

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Coalesce

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To come together as one; to fuse; to unite ;

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Coalescing

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coming together and uniting into one substance

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Coddle

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treat with care and tenderness

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Cogent

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Powerfully convincing

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Colander

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bowl-shaped vessel with many holes used to drain off water

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Commensurate

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Equal; proportionate

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Commodious

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having plenty of space for what is needed

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Concord

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Harmony; agreement

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Condense

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increase in density strength make laconic

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Conducive

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Promoting

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Congeal

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make or become stiff and solid

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Consecrate

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To make or declare sacred

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Consensus

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Unanimity or general agreement

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Contention

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claim; thesis

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Conundrum

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riddle; difficult problem

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Convoluted

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coiled around; involved; intricate

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Cornucopia

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abundant supply

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Coruscate

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sparkle

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Counterfeit

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forgery

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Covetous

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eagerly desirous

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Criterion

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standard; basis for judgment

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Cumbersome

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burdensome heavy and awkward to carry

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Curtail

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to shorten; to cut short …

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Dawdler

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person who is slow waste of time

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Debacle

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violent breakdown; sudden overthrow; overwhelming defeat

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Deference

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submission to another’s will; respect; courtesy

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Defiance

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open disobedience or resistance

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Delineate

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to describe accurately; to draw in outline

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Deluge

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a flood; an inundation

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Demagogue

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a leader of the people but more a rabble rouser

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Dereliction

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deserting and leaving to fall into ruins

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Deride

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to ridicule; to laugh at contemptuously

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Desultory

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without a plan or purpose; disconnected; random

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Detumescence

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diminishing or lessening of swelling

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Dexterity

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skill (esp. in handling)

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Diatribe n.

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bitter scolding; invective

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Dictum

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an authoritative saying; an adage; a maxim; a proverb

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Diffuse adj.

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wordy, rambling, spread out (like a gas)

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Digressio

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Wandering away from the subject

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Discerning

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mentally quick and observant; having insight

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Dissonance

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discord; opposite of harmony

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Doleful

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dismal, mourful

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Dolt

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stupid fellow

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Dubious

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A full of doubt; uncertain a ~ friend be ~ about

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Duplicity

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N the act of being two-faced; double-dealing; deception

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Dynamo

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a generator something that produces electric current

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Effusion

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N a pouring forth

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Egregious

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A extremely bad; flagrant

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Elaborate

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worked out with much care in great detail

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Elegy

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poem or song expressing lamentation

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Embezzle

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use in a wrong way for one’s own benefit

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Emulate

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Vt to strive to equal or excel usually through imitation emulator emulation emulous be emulous of

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Endearing

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making dear or liked

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Enfranchise

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V to grant the privileges of citizenship especially the right to vote

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Engrave

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impress deeply

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Engrossing

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taken up all the time or attention writing in large or formal

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Engulf

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swallow up

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Ensign

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flag/badge

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Epiphany

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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

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letter

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Erratic

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irregular in behaviour or opinion

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Espouse

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V to support; to advocate

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Eulog

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expression of praise, often on the occasion of someone’s death

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Evanescent

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Adj fleeting; vanishing; happening for only the briefest period

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Evince

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to show clearly to indicate

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Exscind

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to cut out cut away

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Extrapolation

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projection; conjecture

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Exuberance

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state of growing vigorously being full of life

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Facetious

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Adj humorous; not serious; clumsily humorous

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Fagged

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too tired

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Fauna

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N animals cf flora animal

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Felicity

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N happiness; skillfulness especially at expressing things; adeptness

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Ferment

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substance become excited

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Fervor

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N great warmth or earnestness; ardor; zeal ardor

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Fetid

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stinking

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Fission

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splitting or division (esp. of cells)

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Fixate

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stare at

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Flamboyant

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brightly colored florid

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Flimsy

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lacking solidarity, strength

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Foible

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N a minor character flaw

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Foppish

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like a man who pays too much attention to his clothes

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Forbear

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v to refrain from ; to abstain

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Ford

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shallow place in a river (to cross)

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Forgery

A

counterfeit

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Forswear

A

renounce disallow repudiate

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Foster

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nurture care for

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Fraternal

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a like brothers

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Frugal

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a economical ; penny-pinching

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Fulmination

A

bitter protest

156
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Futile

A

a useless ; hopeless ;

157
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Gainsay

A

deny

158
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Gauche

A

hence, awkward

159
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Glib

A

ready and smooth but not sincere

160
Q

Gratuitous

A

a given freely said of something bad ; unjustified ; unprovoked ; uncalled for

161
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Gust

A

outburst of feeling sudden rain wind fire etc.

162
Q

Hackneyed

A

a overused ; trite ; stale

163
Q

Haughty

A

arrogant conceited

164
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Hauteur

A

haughtiness

165
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Hedonism

A

n the pursuit of pleasure as a way of life

166
Q

Heed

A

attention/give notice to

167
Q

Heresy

A

n any belief that is strongly opposed to established beliefs

168
Q

Heretic

A

recreant, protestant,skeptic

169
Q

Hermetic

A

a impervious to external influence ; airtight

170
Q

Heterogeneous

A

made up of different kinds

171
Q

Heyday

A

n golden age ; prime prime

172
Q

Hollow

A

not soled with hole

173
Q

Homogeneous

A

a uniform ; made entirely of one thing uniform

174
Q

Hone

A

stone used for sharpening tools

175
Q

Idiosyncrasy

A

n a peculiarity ; an eccentricity

176
Q

Illicit

A

a illegal ; not permitted

177
Q

Imbroglio

A

complicated and embarrassing situation

178
Q

Impecunious

A

having little or no money

179
Q

Imperious

A

commanding haughty arrogant

180
Q

Impervious

A

a not allowing anything to pass through ; impenetrable

181
Q

Implacable

A

incapable of being pacified; unpleasable

182
Q

Implement

A

v to carry out

183
Q

Implicate

A

to be involved

184
Q

Implosion

A

collapse bursting inward

185
Q

Impudent

A

rash indiscreet

186
Q

Impugned

A

challenged to be doubted

187
Q

Inane

A

a silly ; senseless

188
Q

Incandescent

A

a brilliant ; giving off heat or light

189
Q

Incessant

A

a unceasing

190
Q

Incite

A

stir up rouse

191
Q

Inclined

A

directing the mind in a certain direction

192
Q

Incorrigible

A

a incapable of being reformed

193
Q

Increment

A

n an increase ; one in a series of increases

194
Q

Indefatigability

A

not easily exhaustible tirelessness

195
Q

Indolence

A

laziness

196
Q

Indolent

A

a lazy ;

197
Q

Indulgent

A

lenient ; yielding to desire

198
Q

Infer

A

v to conclude ; to deduce

199
Q

Inferno

A

hell

200
Q

Infinitesimal

A

a very very very small ; infinitely small ;

201
Q

Ingenuous

A

a frank ; without deception ; simple ; artless ; charmingly na ve

202
Q

Innate

A

a existing since birth ; inborn ; inherent

203
Q

Inordinate

A

a excessive ; unreasonable

204
Q

Insatiable

A

a hard or impossible to satisfy ; greedy ; avaricious

205
Q

Insular

A

a like an island ; isolated

206
Q

Insurrection

A

rising of people to open resistance to

207
Q

Intrepid

A

fearless brave undaunted

208
Q

Inundate

A

v to flood ; to cover completely with water ; to overwhelm

209
Q

Inured

A

accustomed to adapted

210
Q

Inured adj.

A

accustomed; hardened

211
Q

Invective

A

n insulting or abusive speech

212
Q

Invective n.

A

abuse

213
Q

Inveigh

A

to attack verbally denounce deprecate

214
Q

Involute

A

complex

215
Q

Irate

A

angry

216
Q

Irksome

A

tiresome

217
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Itinerate

A

to travel from place to place to peregrinate

218
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Labyrinth

A

n a maze ; something like a maze maze

219
Q

Lackluster

A

(of eyes) dull

220
Q

Lampoon

A

v to satirize ; to mock ; to parody

221
Q

Latent

A

a present but not visible or apparent ; potential

222
Q

Laudatory

A

expressing or giving praise

223
Q

Lavish

A

giving or producing freely liberally or generously

224
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Legacy

A

n something handed down from the past ; a bequest

225
Q

Lithe

A

bending twisting

226
Q

Loll

A

rest to sit or stand in a lazy way hang (dog’s tongue)

227
Q

Lope

A

move along with long strides

228
Q

Lull

A

become quiet or less active

229
Q

Luminary

A

star light-giving body

230
Q

Macerate

A

make or become soft by soaking in water

231
Q

Maladroit

A

tactless clumsy

232
Q

Mendicant

A

n a beggar beggar

233
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Mentor

A

n a teacher tutor counselor or coach ; especially in business an experienced person who shows an inexperienced person the ropes teacher tutor

234
Q

Mercenary

A

n a hired soldier ; someone who will do anything for money

235
Q

Mettlesome

A

courageous high-spirited

236
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Minuscule

A

a very tiny

237
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Mischievous

A

harmful causing mischief

238
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Morbid

A

diseased unhealthy (e.g.. about ideas)

239
Q

Moribund

A

a dying

240
Q

Morose

A

a gloomy ; sullen gloomy sullen

241
Q

Mulct

A

to deprive (someone) of something, as by fraud, extortion, etc.

242
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Neologism

A

n a new word or phrase ; a new usage of a word

243
Q

Nominal

A

a in name only ; insignificant ; A-OK during rocket launches

244
Q

Nostrum

A

a quack remedy an untested cure

245
Q

Nuance

A

n a subtle difference or distinction

246
Q

Obfuscate

A

v to darken ; to confuse ; to make confusing

247
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Obtain

A

to be established accepted or customary

248
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Odium

A

contempt dislike aversion

249
Q

Odor

A

smell favor reputation

250
Q

Offhand

A

Without preparation or forethought

251
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Opprobrious

A

showing scorn or reproach

252
Q

Orthodox

A

a conventional ; adhering to established principles or doctrines especially in religion ; by the book

253
Q

Oscillate

A

vibrate; waver

254
Q

Palatial

A

magnificent

255
Q

Palpable

A

a capable of being touched ; obvious ; tangible

256
Q

Paltry

A

a insignificant ; worthless

257
Q

Panegyric

A

formal praise eulogy

258
Q

Parenthesis

A

sentence within another one something separated

259
Q

Parley

A

negotiation

260
Q

Pathology

A

n the science of diseases

261
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Pensive

A

a thoughtful and sad

262
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Penury

A

severe poverty; stinginess

263
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Pernicious

A

a deadly ; extremely evil ; deadly

264
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Perturb

A

v to disturb greatly

265
Q

Petrify

A

to make hard rocklike

266
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Petulant

A

a rude ; cranky ; ill-tempered cranky rude

267
Q

Pilferer

A

to steal, especially in small quantities

268
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Plaque

A

flat metal on a wall as a memorial

269
Q

Plasticity

A

ability to be molded

270
Q

Plebeian

A

n common ; vulgar ; low class ; bourgeois ; vulgar

271
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Plethora

A

n an excess

272
Q

Poncho

A

large piece of cloth

273
Q

Ponderous

A

a so large as to be clumsy ; massive ; dull massive dull

274
Q

Poseur

A

a person who attempts to impress by acting unlike himself

275
Q

Precipitate

A

v to cause to happen abruptly

276
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Preclude

A

v to prevent something from ever happening

277
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Predominate

A

have more power than others

278
Q

Premature

A

doing or happening something before the right time

279
Q

Prepossess

A

v to preoccupy ; to influence beforehand or prejudice ; to make a good impression on beforehand

280
Q

Presage

A

warning sign

281
Q

Prevail

A

v to triumph ; to overcome rivals ; with on upon or with to persuade ;

282
Q

Problemati

A

doubtful; unsettled; questionable; perplexing

283
Q

Proficient

A

a thoroughly competent; skillful; very good at something at in n expert

284
Q

Propitious

A

a marked by favorable signs or conditions

285
Q

Proscribe

A

v to outlaw; to prohibit ;

286
Q

Pry

A

get something inquire too curiously

287
Q

Puissance

A

strength

288
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Pungent

A

stinging; sharp in taste or smell; caustic

289
Q

Quell

A

suppress subdue

290
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Reactionary

A

opposing progress

291
Q

Rebus

A

puzzle in which pictures stand for words

292
Q

Recompense

A

make payment to reward punish

293
Q

Recreancy

A

cowardice a cowardly giving up

294
Q

Redundant

A

a unnecessarily repetitive; excessive; excessively wordy

295
Q

Refute

A

v to prove to be false; to disprove

296
Q

Regicide

A

crime of killing a king

297
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Rejuvenation

A

becoming young in nature or appearance

298
Q

Relegate

A

v to banish; to send away

299
Q

Repercussion

A

n a consequence; an indirect effect

300
Q

Replenish

A

v to fill again; to resupply; to restore

301
Q

Reprobate

A

person hardened in sin; devoid of a sense of decency

302
Q

Repudiate

A

v to reject; to renounce; to disown to have nothing to do with

303
Q

Resolution

A

Determination

304
Q

Resolve

A

determination; firmness of purpose

305
Q

Resort

A

to frequently visit

306
Q

Riddle

A

puzzling person or thing

307
Q

Rigorous

A

a strict; harsh; severe ;

308
Q

Rogue

A

n a criminally dishonest persons; a scoundrel ;

309
Q

Rotund

A

rich and deep plump and round

310
Q

Rumple

A

make rough

311
Q

Sanction

A

approve (by authority); ratify; penalty

312
Q

Scalding

A

hot enough to boil

313
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Scent

A

smell (especially pleasant)

314
Q

Scurvy

A

mean contemptible

315
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Sermon

A

reproving a person for his faults

316
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Serrated

A

having a toothed edge

317
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Shun

A

keep away from avoid

318
Q

Simper

A

(give a) silly/self-conscious smile

319
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Slake

A

to assuage to satisfy allay

320
Q

Sloth

A

laziness; sluggishness

321
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Sluggard

A

lazy slow-moving person

322
Q

Smolder

A

burn slowly without flame

323
Q

Snub

A

treat with contempt

324
Q

Soar

A

rise fly high

325
Q

Splice

A

join (two ends)

326
Q

Spurn

A

have nothing to do reject or refuse

327
Q

Squander

A

to waste

328
Q

Stigma

A

token of disgrace; brand

329
Q

Stipple

A

paint with dots

330
Q

Stipulate

A

to require something as part of an agreement

331
Q

Stratum

A

a layer; a level layer level

332
Q

Stray

A

wander lose one’s way

333
Q

Streak

A

long thin move very fast

334
Q

Striated

A

marked with parallel bands; grooved

335
Q

Stricture

A

a restriction; a limitation; a negative criticism ;

336
Q

Stringent

A

strict; restrictive

337
Q

Subdue

A

overcome bring under control

338
Q

Subjugate

A

to subdue and dominate; to enslave

339
Q

Suborn

A

induce by bribery or something to commit perjury

340
Q

Subsume

A

include under a rule

341
Q

Subversive

A

corrupting; overthrowing; undermining; insurgent

342
Q

Succumb

A

to yield or submit; to die ;

343
Q

Supercilious

A

haughty; patronizing

344
Q

Supersede

A

cause to be set aside; replace; make obsolete

345
Q

Supposition

A

hypothesis; surmise

346
Q

Suppress

A

prevent from being known put an end to

347
Q

Susceptibility

A

sensitiveness

348
Q

Swerve

A

change direction suddenly

349
Q

Synopsis

A

summary or outline

350
Q

Talon

A

claw of a bird of prey

351
Q

Tamper

A

interfere with

352
Q

Tangible

A

touchable; palpable touchable palpable

353
Q

Temperate

A

mild; moderate; restrained mild

354
Q

Tepid

A

lukewarm

355
Q

Tonic

A

something giving strength or energy

356
Q

Torque

A

twisting force causing rotation

357
Q

Touchstone

A

a standard; a test of authenticity or quality

358
Q

Transgression

A

violation of a law; sin

359
Q

Transitory

A

brief

360
Q

Travesty

A

parody/imitation

361
Q

Truculence

A

aggressiveness; ferocity

362
Q

Trudge

A

walk heavily

363
Q

Ubiquitous

A

being everywhere at the same time

364
Q

Unconscionable

A

not controlled by conscience; unscrupulous

365
Q

Underbid

A

make a lower bid then somebody else

366
Q

Undulate

A

to move in wavelike fashion fluctuate

367
Q

Uniform

A

consistent; unchanging; the same for everyone consistent unchanging

368
Q

Vacuity

A

idleness

369
Q

Vagary

A

strange act or idea

370
Q

Vain

A

without use result conceited

371
Q

Veneration

A

regard with deep respect

372
Q

Vernacular

A

everyday speech; slang; idiom

373
Q

Verve

A

spirit vigor enthusiasm

374
Q

Vestige

A

a remaining bit of something; a last trace

375
Q

Vicissitude

A

upheaval; natural cange; change in fortune ;

376
Q

Vocation

A

an occupation; a job ;

377
Q

Vociferous

A

loud; noisy

378
Q

Volatile

A

quick to evaporate; highly unstable; explosive

379
Q

Wanton

A

malicious; unjustifiable; unprovoked

380
Q

Warrant

A

authority written order guarantee

381
Q

Wile

A

a trick

382
Q

Wince

A

show bodily or mental pain

383
Q

Wistful

A

yearning; sadly longing

384
Q

Yarn

A

tale story fibers for knitting

385
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Zealous

A

enthusiastically devoted to something; fervent

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