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Aberrant

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abnormal, or deviant

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Abraded

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rubbed off worn away by friction

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Abstinent

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Abstaining; voluntarily not doing something especially something pleasant that is bad for you or has a bad reputation

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Abysmal

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Extremely hopeless or wretched; bottomless

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Accolade

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An award; an honor

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Accrue

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accumulate

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Acrid

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Harsh; like acid

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Acumen

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Keenness of judgment; mental sharpness

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Adamant

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Stubborn; unyielding; completely inflexible

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Adulteration

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making unpure poorer in quality

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Adverse

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Unfavorable; antagonistic

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Aggravate

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make worse irritate

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Ail

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to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.

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Alacrity

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Cheerful eagerness or readiness to respond

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Alleviate

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To relieve usually temporarily or incompletely; to make bearable; to lessen

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Allusion

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An indirect reference often to a literary work; a hint hint

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Ambidextrous

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able to use the left hand or the right equally well

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Ameliorate

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To make better or more tolerable ;

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Amenity

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Pleasantness; attractive or comfortable feature

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Amorous

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Feeling loving especially in a sexual sense; in love relating to love

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Amorphous

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Shapeless; without a regular or stable shape

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Anarchy

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Absence of government or control; lawlessness; disorder

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Anguish

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Agonizing physical or mental pain

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Antipathy

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Firm dislike; a dislike ↔sympathy ;

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Apathy

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Lack of interest; lack of feeling

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Apotheosis

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Elevation to divine status; the perfect example of something

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Apropos

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appropriate to the situation apt

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Aptitude

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Capacity for learning; natural ability

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Ardent

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Passionate half-hearted

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Ascendancy

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Supremacy; domination

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Assail

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with attack violently

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Atavistic

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something reverting to an earlier type

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Auxiliary

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helping supporting

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Avuncular

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Like an uncle especially a nice uncle ;

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Bask

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in enjoy warmth and light

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Bemused

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Confused; bewildered

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Benefactor

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One who provides help especially in the form of a gift or donation

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Benevolent

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Generous; kind; doing good deeds

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Benign

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Gentle; not harmful; kind; mild

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Blight

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Disease in plants; anything that injures or destroys

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Boorish

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rude; insensitive

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Braggart

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boastful

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Brass

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yellow metal (mixing copper and zinc)

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Breach

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opening broken place breaking

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Burlesque

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A ludicrous mocking or exaggerated imitation

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Calumny

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slander aspersion

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Candid

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frank straight-forward

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Cantankerous

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bad-tempered/quarrelsome

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Canvass

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discuss thoroughly sort of touting

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Caricature

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A portrait or description that is purposely distorted or exaggerated often to prove some point about its subject

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Castigation

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punishment; severe criticism

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Categorical

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Unconditional; absolute

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Celibacy

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Abstinence from sex

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Censure

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To condemn severely for doing something bad

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Chagrin

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Humiliation; embarrassed disappointment

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Chimera

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An illusion; a foolish fancy

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Circuitous

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Round about; not following a direct path

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Coagulation

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change to a thick and solid state

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Coerce

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To force someone to do or not to do something

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Combustion

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process of burning

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Commensurate adj.

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corresponding in extent, degree, etc.; proportionate

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Complaisance

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tending to comply obliging willingness to please

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Complicity

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Participation in wrongdoing; the act of being an accomplice

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Comprehensive

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Covering or including everything

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Concur

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agree in opinion happen together

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Concurrent

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Happening at the same time; parallel

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Condescend

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To stoop to someone else level usually in an offensive way; to patronize

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Consonant

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Harmonious; in agreement

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Constrain

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compel

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Construe

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To interpret

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Contemn

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to scorn or despise

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Contiguous

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Side by side; adjoining

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Contingent

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Dependent; possible

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Converge

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approach; tend to meet; come together

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Copious

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Abundant; plentiful

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Cordial

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warm and sincere

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Cordon

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line (of police acting as a guard)

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Corporeal

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physical of or for the body

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Correlate

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have a mutual relation

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Corroborate

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to confirm; to back up with evidence

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Cosmopolitan

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at home in many places or situations; internationally sophisticated

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Countervail

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counterbalance

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Covenant

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a solemn agreement; a contract; a pledge

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Curmudgeon

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bad-tempered person

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Dearth

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lack; scarcity

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Debauchery

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wild living; excessive intemperance

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Decadent

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decaying or decayed especially in terms of morals

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Defalcate

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(v) to embezzle or misappropriate

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Default

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failure to act

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Definitive

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conclusive; providing the last word

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Deleterious

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harmful

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Denigrate

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blacken belittle sully defame

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Denizen

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inhabitant

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Deposition

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dethronement depositing

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Depravity

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extreme wickedness or corruption

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Depredation

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plundering

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Despondent

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extremely depressed; full of despair

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Despot

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an absolute ruler; an autocrat

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Destitute

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extremely poor; utterly lacking

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Dialectical

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relating to discussions; relating to the rules and methods of reasoning; approaching truth in the middle of opposing extremes

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Diaphanous

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transparent gauzy

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Diatribe

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bitter and violent attack in words

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Dilettante

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someone with superficial knowledge of the arts; an amateur; a dabbler

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Disconcert

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upset the self-possession of

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Discrete adj.

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separate; unconnected; consisting of distinct parts

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Disdain

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arrogant scorn; contempt

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Disheveled

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untidy

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Disingenuous

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lacking genuine candor; insincere

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Disinter

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dig up from the earth

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Disinterested

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not taking sides; unbiased

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Disjointed

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lacking coherence; separated at the joints

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Dislodge

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move force from the place occupied

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Dismiss

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eliminate from consideration; reject

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Divulge

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make known something secret

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Document

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provide written evidence

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Doggerel

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trivial poorly constructed verse

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Ebullient

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A boiling; bubbling with excitement; exuberant

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Eccentric

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A not conventional; a little kooky; irregular

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Ecumenical

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representing the whole Christian world

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Edacious

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voracious devouring

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Edify

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Vt to enlighten; to instruct especially in moral or religious matters

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Efface

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Vt to erase; to rub away the features of eclipse

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Effete

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infertile worn out weak

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Egalitarian

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A believing in the social and economic equality of all people

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Encroach

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Vi to make gradual or stealthy inroads into; to trespass on upon

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Endemic

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A native; restricted to a particular region or era; indigenous

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Enduring

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lasting

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Entreat

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ask earnestly

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Epicurean

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devoted to pleasure (sensuous enjoyment)

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Equable

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steady regular

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Equivocal

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Adj ambiguous; intentionally confusing; capable of being interpreted in more than one way

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Eradicate

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get rid of pull up by the roots

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Eulogy

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formal praise panegyric

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Exacting

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Adj extremely demanding; difficult; requiring great skill or care

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Exasperate

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V to annoy thoroughly; to make very angry; to try the patience of

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Exhaustive

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Adj thorough; rigorous; complete; painstaking

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Exigency

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N an emergency; an urgency

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Existential

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Adj having to do with existence; having to do with the body of thought called existentialism which basically holds that human beings are responsible for their own actions but is otherwise too complicated to summarize in a single sentence

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Extant

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still in existence

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Extempore

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without previous thought or preparation

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Extirpate

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to destroy exterminate cut out exscind

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Extraneous

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Adj unnecessary; irrelevant; extra

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Extricable

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that can be freed

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Extrovert

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N an open outgoing person; a person whose attention is focused on others rather than on himself or herself

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Exult

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V to rejoice; to celebrate

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Falter

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waver/move in an uncertain manner

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Farcical

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Adj absurd; ludicrous

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Fawning

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trying to please by behaving obsequiously, flattering, or cringing

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Fecund

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Adj fertile; productive

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Felicitous

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apt; suitably expressed; well chosen

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Feral

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Existing in a wild or untamed state

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Feud

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bitter quarrel over a long period of time

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Fidelity

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N faithfulness; loyalty

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Fidget

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move restlessly make nervous

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Finagle

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to practice deception or fraud; scheme.

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Flaunt

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V show off; to display ostentatiously

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Flax

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pale yellow (hair) a plant

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Foment

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V to stir up; to instigate

159
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Foolproof

A

incapable of failure or error

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Forestall

A

prevent by taking action in advance

161
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Forsake

A

v to abandon ; to renounce ; to relinquish

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Fulsome

A

disgusting offensive due to excessiveness

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Fustian

A

bombastic

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Gallant

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brave,behaves well with women

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Gist

A

the point general sense

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Glimmer

A

weak/unsteady light

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Gorge

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eat greedily/narrow opening with a stream

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Grandiloquent

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a pompous ; using a lot of big fancy words in an attempt to sound impressive

169
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Grave

A

serious requiring consideration

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Gregarious

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a sociable ; enjoying the company of others

171
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Gush

A

burst out suddenly/talk ardently

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Halcyon

A

calm and peaceful

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Hallow

A

to make holy consecrate

174
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Hapless

A

a unlucky unlucky

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Hegemony

A

n leadership especially of one nation over another

176
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Hew

A

make by hard work cut (by striking)

177
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Hirsute

A

hairy shaggy

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Holster

A

leather case for a pistol

179
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Homiletics

A

act of preaching

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Husbandry

A

n thrifty management of resources ; livestock farming

181
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Iconoclast

A

n one who attacks popular beliefs or institutions

182
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Iconoclastic

A

attacking cherished traditions

183
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Idyll

A

a carefree episode or experience

184
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Imminent

A

a just about to happen

185
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Impassive

A

without feeling; imperturbable; stoical; unmoved; feeling no sign of passion

186
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Impeccable

A

a flawless ; entirely without sin

187
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Impede

A

hinder; block

188
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Impediment

A

something that hinders (e.g. stammer)

189
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Impending

A

imminent being about to happen expected

190
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Imperative

A

urgent essential

191
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Imprecation

A

an invocation of evil a curse

192
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Impute

A

to attribute to a cause or source ascribe

193
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Incantation

A

n a chant ; the repetition of statements or phrases in a way reminiscent of a chant

194
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Incense

A

a make very angry

195
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Incongruity

A

lack of harmony; absurdity

196
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Incorporate

A

introduce something into a larger whole; combine; unite

197
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Indelible

A

that cannot be rubbed out

198
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Indigence

A

poverty

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Indignant

A

a angry especially as a result of something unjust or unworthy ; insulted

200
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Indistinct

A

not easily heard seen clearly marked

201
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Infuse

A

put pour fill

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Injunction

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n a command or order especially a court order

203
Q

Insipid

A

a dull ; bland ; banal

204
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Insouciant

A

unconcerned carefree

205
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Insularity

A

narrow-mindedness; isolation

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Integral

A

a essential

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Introspective

A

a tending to think about oneself ; examining ones feelings

208
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Inveterate

A

a habitual ; firm in habit ; deeply rooted

209
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Ironic

A

a meaning the opposite of what you seem to say ; using words to mean something other than what they seem to mean

210
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Jibe

A

gibe make fun of

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Juxtapose

A

v to place side by side

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Kinetic

A

a having to do with motion ; lively ; active

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Knit

A

draw together unite firmly

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Languish

A

v to become weak listless or depressed ;

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Laud v.

A

praise

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Liberality

A

free giving generosity

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Limp

A

lacking strength walking unevenly

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Lionize

A

treat as a famous person

219
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Litigate

A

v to try in court ; to engage in legal proceedings

220
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Lustrous

A

being bright polished

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Magnate

A

n a rich powerful or very successful businessperson

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Malevolence

A

wishing to do evil

223
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Malfeasance

A

n an illegal act especially by a public official

224
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Malinger

A

v to pretend to be sick to avoid doing work

225
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Malingerer

A

one who feigns illness to escape duty

226
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Malleable

A

a easy to shape or bend

227
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Mandate

A

n a command or authorization to do something ; the will of the voters as expressed by the results of an election

228
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Manifest

A

a visible ; evident

229
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Manifesto

A

n a public declaration of beliefs or principles usually political ones

230
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Meretricious

A

attractive on the surface but of little value

231
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Metamorphosis

A

n a magical change in form ; a striking or sudden change

232
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Milieu

A

n environment ; surroundings

233
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Minatory

A

menacing threatening

234
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Misogynist

A

one who hates women/females

235
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Mitigate

A

v to moderate the effect of something

236
Q

Mollif

A

soothe

237
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Mollify

A

v to soften ; to soothe ; to pacify

238
Q

Mortify

A

a to humiliate

239
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Myriad

A

n a huge number ;

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Nadir

A

lowest weakest point

241
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Nebulous

A

a vague ; hazy ; indistinct ;

242
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Neophyte

A

person who has recently been converted to a belief; beginner

243
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Notorious

A

a famous for something bad

244
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Obdurate

A

a stubborn and insensitive

245
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Obsequious

A

a fawning ; subservient ; sucking up to

246
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Obstreperous

A

noisy loud

247
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Occluded

A

blocked up

248
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Onerous

A

a burdensome ; oppressive

249
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Opaqueness

A

dullness/not allowing light to pass through

250
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Opulent

A

a luxurious

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Ostentatious

A

a excessively conspicuous ; showing off

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Overweening

A

presumptuously arrogant overbearing immoderate being a jerk

253
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Paean

A

song of praise or triumph

254
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Pariah

A

an outcast a rejected and despised person

255
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Parsimonious

A

a stingy =stingy

256
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Pastiche

A

work (usually artistic) which imitates

257
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Paucity

A

n scarcity =scarcity

258
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Pedestrian

A

a unimaginative ; banal unimaginative banal

259
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Penchant

A

n a strong taste or liking for something ; a predilection

260
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Perfidious

A

treacherous; disloyal

261
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Perfidy

A

n treachery treachery

262
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Perilous

A

dangerous

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Peripatetic

A

a wandering ; traveling continually ; itinerant

264
Q

Permeate

A

v to spread or seep through ; to penetrate

265
Q

Perpetrate

A

be guilty commit (a crime)

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Pest

A

destructive thing or a person who is nuisance

267
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Petrous

A

like a rock hard stony

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Picaresque

A

involving clever rogues or adventurers

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Pine

A

waste away through sorrow or illness

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Piquant

A

agreeably pungent stimulating

271
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Pitfall

A

covered hole as a trap unsuspected danger

272
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Pivotal

A

a crucial crucial

273
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Placate

A

v to pacify ; to appease ; to soothe

274
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Platitude n.

A

trite remark; commonplace statement

275
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Pluck

A

pull the feathers off pick (e.g.. flowers)

276
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Poignant

A

a painfully emotional ; extremely moving ; sharp or astute

277
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Polarize

A

v to break up into opposing factions or groupings

278
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Polemic

A

n a powerful argument often make to attack or refute a controversial issue

279
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Porous

A

full of pores; like a sieve

280
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Portent

A

n an omen ; a sign of something coming in the future

281
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Pragmatic

A

a practical ; down to earth ; based on experience rather than theory

282
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Precedent

A

n an earlier example or model of something

283
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Precursory

A

preliminary anticipating

284
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Preternatural

A

not normal or usual

285
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Prevalent

A

common

286
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Prevaricate

A

lie; equivocate

287
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Prim

A

neat formal

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Probity

A

uprightness; incorruptibility

289
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Prodigious

A

a extraordinary; enormous; vast ;

290
Q

Profound

A

a deep several senses; ~sleep ~knowledge ~meaning ~thanks ~anxiety ~bow

291
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Profuse

A

a flowing; extravagant

292
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Prohibitive

A

tending to prevent the purchase or use of something; inclined to prevent or forbid

293
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Proletariat

A

n the industrial working class

294
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Promulgate

A

v to proclaim; to publicly or formally declare something

295
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Prone

A

prostrate inclined to (undesirable things)

296
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Propensity

A

n a natural inclination or tendency; a predilection

297
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Propinquity

A

nearness in time or place affinity of nature

298
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Propriety

A

n properness; good manners ;

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Proselytize

A

v to convert someone from one religion or doctrine to another; to recruit converts to a religion or doctrine

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Provincial

A

a limited in outlook to ones own small corner of the world; narrow

301
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Provisional

A

a conditional; temporary; tentative

302
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Prudish

A

easily shocked excessively modest

303
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Prune

A

dried plum silly person

304
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Putrefaction

A

becoming rotten

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Quail

A

lose courage turn frightened

306
Q

Quibble

A

minor objection or complaint; try to avoid by sophistication

307
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Quirk

A

habit or action peculiar to something

308
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Ramification

A

n a consequence; a branching out

309
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Rancor

A

n bitter long-lasting ill will or resentment

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Rebuff

A

snub

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Recluse

A

person who lives alone and avoids people

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Reclusive

A

a hermitlike; withdrawn from society

313
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Reconcile

A

settle a quarrel restore peace

314
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Recondite

A

a hard to understand; over ones head

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Redoubtable

A

formidable causing fear

316
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Refine

A

make or become pure cultural

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Refulgent

A

shining brilliant

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Relentless

A

a continuous; unstoppable

319
Q

Repast

A

meal

320
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Reprisal

A

n a military action undertaken in revenge for another; an act of taking an eye for an eye ;

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Reprove

A

v to criticize mildly

322
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Rescind

A

repeal/annul/cancel

323
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Resolute

A

determined; firm; unwavering

324
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Resuscitation

A

coming back to consciousness

325
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Reverent

A

respectful; worshipful

326
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Roll

A

call calling of names

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Ruddy

A

reddish, healthy-looking

328
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Salacious

A

obscene

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Salient

A

a sticking out; conspicuous; leaping ;

330
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Salubrious

A

healthful

331
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Sanguine

A

a cheerful; optimistic; hopeful

332
Q

Satiate

A

satisfy fully

333
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Secrete

A

hide away or cache; produce and release a substance into an organism

334
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Sequence

A

succession connected line of

335
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Serendipity

A

accidental good fortune; discovering good things without looking for them

336
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Sever

A

break off

337
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Shallow

A

little depth not earnest

338
Q

Sheath

A

cover for the blade of a weapon or a tool

339
Q

Sketchy

A

shortly, roughly, quickly

340
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Sobriety

A

the state of being sober; seriousness

341
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Solicitous

A

eager and attentive often to the point of hovering; anxiously caring or attentive

342
Q

Sordid

A

vile; filthy; squalid filthy squalid vile

343
Q

Sporadic

A

stopping and starting; scattered; occurring in bursts every once in a while

344
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Squalor

A

filth; wretched degraded or repulsive living conditions

345
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Stagnation

A

motionlessness; inactivity

346
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Stickler

A

person who insists on importance of something

347
Q

Stingy

A

spending using unwillingly

348
Q

Stint v.

A

be thrifty; set limits

349
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Subside

A

settle down; descend; grow quiet

350
Q

Substantive

A

having substance; real; essential; solid; substantial

351
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Superimpose

A

put something on the top

352
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Supine

A

lying on the back slow to act passive

353
Q

Supplicate

A

make a humble petition to

354
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Tadpole

A

form of a frog when it leaves the egg

355
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Tassel

A

bunch of threads

356
Q

Tautological

A

redundant; circular ; redundant

357
Q

Teetotal

A

oppose to alcohol

358
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Terse

A

using no unnecessary words; succinct succinct

359
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Timorous

A

fearful timid afraid

360
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Tirade

A

prolonged bitter speech

361
Q

Torpor

A

sluggishness; inactivity; apathy

362
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Transient

A

not staying for a long time; temporary

363
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Trepidation

A

fear; apprehension; nervous trembling fear

364
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Turbid

A

muddy having the sediment stirred up

365
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Turbulence

A

being uncontrollably violent

366
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Unwitting

A

unintentional; ignorant; not aware

367
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Usurp

A

to seize wrongfully

368
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Utopia

A

an ideal society

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Vapid

A

without liveliness; dull; spiritless

370
Q

Vehemence

A

forcefulness

371
Q

Vehement

A

intense; forceful; violent

372
Q

Veracious

A

truthful

373
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Veracity

A

truthfulness

374
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Vigilant

A

member of a vigilance committee

375
Q

Vigorous

A

strong energetic

376
Q

Vilify

A

to say vile things about; to defame ;

377
Q

Viscous

A

sticky, gluey

378
Q

Vituperative adj

A

abusive; scolding

379
Q

Waffle

A

talk vaguely and without much result

380
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Wag

A

merry person

381
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Welter

A

turmoil; bewildering jumble

382
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Whimsical

A

full of odd and fanciful ideas

383
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Willful

A

deliberate; obstinate; insistent on having ones way

384
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Woo

A

try to win

385
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Yeoman

A

man owning small estate; middle-class farmer

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