GRE Week 3 - Sheet1 Flashcards
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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
Lack of interest; lack of feeling
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Apotheosis
Elevation to divine status; the perfect example of something
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Apropos
appropriate to the situation apt
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Aptitude
Capacity for learning; natural ability
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Ardent
Passionate half-hearted
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Ascendancy
Supremacy; domination
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Assail
with attack violently
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Atavistic
something reverting to an earlier type
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Auxiliary
helping supporting
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Avuncular
Like an uncle especially a nice uncle ;
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Bask
in enjoy warmth and light
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Bemused
Confused; bewildered
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Benefactor
One who provides help especially in the form of a gift or donation
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Benevolent
Generous; kind; doing good deeds
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Benign
Gentle; not harmful; kind; mild
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Blight
Disease in plants; anything that injures or destroys
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Boorish
rude; insensitive
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Braggart
boastful
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Brass
yellow metal (mixing copper and zinc)
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Breach
opening broken place breaking
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Burlesque
A ludicrous mocking or exaggerated imitation
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Calumny
slander aspersion
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Candid
frank straight-forward
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Cantankerous
bad-tempered/quarrelsome
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Canvass
discuss thoroughly sort of touting
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Caricature
A portrait or description that is purposely distorted or exaggerated often to prove some point about its subject
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Castigation
punishment; severe criticism
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Categorical
Unconditional; absolute
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Celibacy
Abstinence from sex
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Censure
To condemn severely for doing something bad
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Chagrin
Humiliation; embarrassed disappointment
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Chimera
An illusion; a foolish fancy
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Circuitous
Round about; not following a direct path
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Coagulation
change to a thick and solid state
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Coerce
To force someone to do or not to do something
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Combustion
process of burning
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Commensurate adj.
corresponding in extent, degree, etc.; proportionate
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Complaisance
tending to comply obliging willingness to please
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Complicity
Participation in wrongdoing; the act of being an accomplice
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Comprehensive
Covering or including everything
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Concur
agree in opinion happen together
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Concurrent
Happening at the same time; parallel
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Condescend
To stoop to someone else level usually in an offensive way; to patronize
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Consonant
Harmonious; in agreement
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Constrain
compel
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Construe
To interpret
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Contemn
to scorn or despise
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Contiguous
Side by side; adjoining
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Contingent
Dependent; possible
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Converge
approach; tend to meet; come together
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Copious
Abundant; plentiful
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Cordial
warm and sincere
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Cordon
line (of police acting as a guard)
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Corporeal
physical of or for the body
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Correlate
have a mutual relation
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Corroborate
to confirm; to back up with evidence
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Cosmopolitan
at home in many places or situations; internationally sophisticated
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Countervail
counterbalance
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Covenant
a solemn agreement; a contract; a pledge
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Curmudgeon
bad-tempered person
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Dearth
lack; scarcity
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Debauchery
wild living; excessive intemperance
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Decadent
decaying or decayed especially in terms of morals
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Defalcate
(v) to embezzle or misappropriate
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Default
failure to act
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Definitive
conclusive; providing the last word
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Deleterious
harmful
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Denigrate
blacken belittle sully defame
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Denizen
inhabitant
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Deposition
dethronement depositing
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Depravity
extreme wickedness or corruption
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Depredation
plundering
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Despondent
extremely depressed; full of despair
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Despot
an absolute ruler; an autocrat
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Destitute
extremely poor; utterly lacking
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Dialectical
relating to discussions; relating to the rules and methods of reasoning; approaching truth in the middle of opposing extremes
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Diaphanous
transparent gauzy
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Diatribe
bitter and violent attack in words
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Dilettante
someone with superficial knowledge of the arts; an amateur; a dabbler
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Disconcert
upset the self-possession of
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Discrete adj.
separate; unconnected; consisting of distinct parts
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Disdain
arrogant scorn; contempt
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Disheveled
untidy
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Disingenuous
lacking genuine candor; insincere
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Disinter
dig up from the earth
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Disinterested
not taking sides; unbiased
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Disjointed
lacking coherence; separated at the joints
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Dislodge
move force from the place occupied
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Dismiss
eliminate from consideration; reject
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Divulge
make known something secret
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Document
provide written evidence
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Doggerel
trivial poorly constructed verse
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Ebullient
A boiling; bubbling with excitement; exuberant
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Eccentric
A not conventional; a little kooky; irregular
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Ecumenical
representing the whole Christian world
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Edacious
voracious devouring
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Edify
Vt to enlighten; to instruct especially in moral or religious matters
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Efface
Vt to erase; to rub away the features of eclipse
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Effete
infertile worn out weak
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Egalitarian
A believing in the social and economic equality of all people
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Encroach
Vi to make gradual or stealthy inroads into; to trespass on upon
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Endemic
A native; restricted to a particular region or era; indigenous
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Enduring
lasting
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Entreat
ask earnestly
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Epicurean
devoted to pleasure (sensuous enjoyment)
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Equable
steady regular
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Equivocal
Adj ambiguous; intentionally confusing; capable of being interpreted in more than one way
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Eradicate
get rid of pull up by the roots
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Eulogy
formal praise panegyric
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Exacting
Adj extremely demanding; difficult; requiring great skill or care
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Exasperate
V to annoy thoroughly; to make very angry; to try the patience of
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Exhaustive
Adj thorough; rigorous; complete; painstaking
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Exigency
N an emergency; an urgency
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Existential
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
still in existence
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Extempore
without previous thought or preparation
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Extirpate
to destroy exterminate cut out exscind
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Extraneous
Adj unnecessary; irrelevant; extra
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Extricable
that can be freed
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Extrovert
N an open outgoing person; a person whose attention is focused on others rather than on himself or herself
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Exult
V to rejoice; to celebrate
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Falter
waver/move in an uncertain manner
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Farcical
Adj absurd; ludicrous
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Fawning
trying to please by behaving obsequiously, flattering, or cringing
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Fecund
Adj fertile; productive
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Felicitous
apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
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Feral
Existing in a wild or untamed state
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Feud
bitter quarrel over a long period of time
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Fidelity
N faithfulness; loyalty
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Fidget
move restlessly make nervous
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Finagle
to practice deception or fraud; scheme.
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Flaunt
V show off; to display ostentatiously
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Flax
pale yellow (hair) a plant
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Foment
V to stir up; to instigate
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Foolproof
incapable of failure or error
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Forestall
prevent by taking action in advance
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Forsake
v to abandon ; to renounce ; to relinquish
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Fulsome
disgusting offensive due to excessiveness
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Fustian
bombastic
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Gallant
brave,behaves well with women
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Gist
the point general sense
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Glimmer
weak/unsteady light
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Gorge
eat greedily/narrow opening with a stream
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Grandiloquent
a pompous ; using a lot of big fancy words in an attempt to sound impressive
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Grave
serious requiring consideration
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Gregarious
a sociable ; enjoying the company of others
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Gush
burst out suddenly/talk ardently
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Halcyon
calm and peaceful
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Hallow
to make holy consecrate
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Hapless
a unlucky unlucky
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Hegemony
n leadership especially of one nation over another
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Hew
make by hard work cut (by striking)
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Hirsute
hairy shaggy
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Holster
leather case for a pistol
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Homiletics
act of preaching
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Husbandry
n thrifty management of resources ; livestock farming
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Iconoclast
n one who attacks popular beliefs or institutions
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Iconoclastic
attacking cherished traditions
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Idyll
a carefree episode or experience
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Imminent
a just about to happen
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Impassive
without feeling; imperturbable; stoical; unmoved; feeling no sign of passion
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Impeccable
a flawless ; entirely without sin
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Impede
hinder; block
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Impediment
something that hinders (e.g. stammer)
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Impending
imminent being about to happen expected
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Imperative
urgent essential
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Imprecation
an invocation of evil a curse
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Impute
to attribute to a cause or source ascribe
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Incantation
n a chant ; the repetition of statements or phrases in a way reminiscent of a chant
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Incense
a make very angry
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Incongruity
lack of harmony; absurdity
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Incorporate
introduce something into a larger whole; combine; unite
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Indelible
that cannot be rubbed out
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Indigence
poverty
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Indignant
a angry especially as a result of something unjust or unworthy ; insulted
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Indistinct
not easily heard seen clearly marked
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Infuse
put pour fill
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Injunction
n a command or order especially a court order
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Insipid
a dull ; bland ; banal
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Insouciant
unconcerned carefree
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Insularity
narrow-mindedness; isolation
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Integral
a essential
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Introspective
a tending to think about oneself ; examining ones feelings
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Inveterate
a habitual ; firm in habit ; deeply rooted
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Ironic
a meaning the opposite of what you seem to say ; using words to mean something other than what they seem to mean
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Jibe
gibe make fun of
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Juxtapose
v to place side by side
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Kinetic
a having to do with motion ; lively ; active
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Knit
draw together unite firmly
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Languish
v to become weak listless or depressed ;
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Laud v.
praise
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Liberality
free giving generosity
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Limp
lacking strength walking unevenly
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Lionize
treat as a famous person
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Litigate
v to try in court ; to engage in legal proceedings
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Lustrous
being bright polished
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Magnate
n a rich powerful or very successful businessperson
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Malevolence
wishing to do evil
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Malfeasance
n an illegal act especially by a public official
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Malinger
v to pretend to be sick to avoid doing work
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Malingerer
one who feigns illness to escape duty
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Malleable
a easy to shape or bend
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Mandate
n a command or authorization to do something ; the will of the voters as expressed by the results of an election
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Manifest
a visible ; evident
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Manifesto
n a public declaration of beliefs or principles usually political ones
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Meretricious
attractive on the surface but of little value
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Metamorphosis
n a magical change in form ; a striking or sudden change
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Milieu
n environment ; surroundings
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Minatory
menacing threatening
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Misogynist
one who hates women/females
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Mitigate
v to moderate the effect of something
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Mollif
soothe
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Mollify
v to soften ; to soothe ; to pacify
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Mortify
a to humiliate
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Myriad
n a huge number ;
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Nadir
lowest weakest point
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Nebulous
a vague ; hazy ; indistinct ;
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Neophyte
person who has recently been converted to a belief; beginner
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Notorious
a famous for something bad
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Obdurate
a stubborn and insensitive
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Obsequious
a fawning ; subservient ; sucking up to
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Obstreperous
noisy loud
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Occluded
blocked up
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Onerous
a burdensome ; oppressive
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Opaqueness
dullness/not allowing light to pass through
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Opulent
a luxurious
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Ostentatious
a excessively conspicuous ; showing off
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Overweening
presumptuously arrogant overbearing immoderate being a jerk
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Paean
song of praise or triumph
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Pariah
an outcast a rejected and despised person
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Parsimonious
a stingy =stingy
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Pastiche
work (usually artistic) which imitates
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Paucity
n scarcity =scarcity
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Pedestrian
a unimaginative ; banal unimaginative banal
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Penchant
n a strong taste or liking for something ; a predilection
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Perfidious
treacherous; disloyal
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Perfidy
n treachery treachery
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Perilous
dangerous
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Peripatetic
a wandering ; traveling continually ; itinerant
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Permeate
v to spread or seep through ; to penetrate
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Perpetrate
be guilty commit (a crime)
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Pest
destructive thing or a person who is nuisance
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Petrous
like a rock hard stony
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Picaresque
involving clever rogues or adventurers
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Pine
waste away through sorrow or illness
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Piquant
agreeably pungent stimulating
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Pitfall
covered hole as a trap unsuspected danger
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Pivotal
a crucial crucial
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Placate
v to pacify ; to appease ; to soothe
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Platitude n.
trite remark; commonplace statement
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Pluck
pull the feathers off pick (e.g.. flowers)
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Poignant
a painfully emotional ; extremely moving ; sharp or astute
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Polarize
v to break up into opposing factions or groupings
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Polemic
n a powerful argument often make to attack or refute a controversial issue
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Porous
full of pores; like a sieve
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Portent
n an omen ; a sign of something coming in the future
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Pragmatic
a practical ; down to earth ; based on experience rather than theory
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Precedent
n an earlier example or model of something
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Precursory
preliminary anticipating
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Preternatural
not normal or usual
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Prevalent
common
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Prevaricate
lie; equivocate
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Prim
neat formal
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Probity
uprightness; incorruptibility
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Prodigious
a extraordinary; enormous; vast ;
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Profound
a deep several senses; ~sleep ~knowledge ~meaning ~thanks ~anxiety ~bow
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Profuse
a flowing; extravagant
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Prohibitive
tending to prevent the purchase or use of something; inclined to prevent or forbid
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Proletariat
n the industrial working class
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Promulgate
v to proclaim; to publicly or formally declare something
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Prone
prostrate inclined to (undesirable things)
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Propensity
n a natural inclination or tendency; a predilection
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Propinquity
nearness in time or place affinity of nature
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Propriety
n properness; good manners ;
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Proselytize
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 limited in outlook to ones own small corner of the world; narrow
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Provisional
a conditional; temporary; tentative
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Prudish
easily shocked excessively modest
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Prune
dried plum silly person
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Putrefaction
becoming rotten
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Quail
lose courage turn frightened
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Quibble
minor objection or complaint; try to avoid by sophistication
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Quirk
habit or action peculiar to something
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Ramification
n a consequence; a branching out
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Rancor
n bitter long-lasting ill will or resentment
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Rebuff
snub
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Recluse
person who lives alone and avoids people
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Reclusive
a hermitlike; withdrawn from society
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Reconcile
settle a quarrel restore peace
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Recondite
a hard to understand; over ones head
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Redoubtable
formidable causing fear
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Refine
make or become pure cultural
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Refulgent
shining brilliant
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Relentless
a continuous; unstoppable
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Repast
meal
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Reprisal
n a military action undertaken in revenge for another; an act of taking an eye for an eye ;
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Reprove
v to criticize mildly
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Rescind
repeal/annul/cancel
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Resolute
determined; firm; unwavering
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Resuscitation
coming back to consciousness
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Reverent
respectful; worshipful
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Roll
call calling of names
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Ruddy
reddish, healthy-looking
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Salacious
obscene
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Salient
a sticking out; conspicuous; leaping ;
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Salubrious
healthful
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Sanguine
a cheerful; optimistic; hopeful
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Satiate
satisfy fully
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Secrete
hide away or cache; produce and release a substance into an organism
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Sequence
succession connected line of
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Serendipity
accidental good fortune; discovering good things without looking for them
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Sever
break off
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Shallow
little depth not earnest
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Sheath
cover for the blade of a weapon or a tool
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Sketchy
shortly, roughly, quickly
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Sobriety
the state of being sober; seriousness
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Solicitous
eager and attentive often to the point of hovering; anxiously caring or attentive
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Sordid
vile; filthy; squalid filthy squalid vile
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Sporadic
stopping and starting; scattered; occurring in bursts every once in a while
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Squalor
filth; wretched degraded or repulsive living conditions
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Stagnation
motionlessness; inactivity
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Stickler
person who insists on importance of something
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Stingy
spending using unwillingly
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Stint v.
be thrifty; set limits
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Subside
settle down; descend; grow quiet
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Substantive
having substance; real; essential; solid; substantial
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Superimpose
put something on the top
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Supine
lying on the back slow to act passive
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Supplicate
make a humble petition to
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Tadpole
form of a frog when it leaves the egg
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Tassel
bunch of threads
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Tautological
redundant; circular ; redundant
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Teetotal
oppose to alcohol
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Terse
using no unnecessary words; succinct succinct
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Timorous
fearful timid afraid
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Tirade
prolonged bitter speech
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Torpor
sluggishness; inactivity; apathy
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Transient
not staying for a long time; temporary
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Trepidation
fear; apprehension; nervous trembling fear
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Turbid
muddy having the sediment stirred up
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Turbulence
being uncontrollably violent
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Unwitting
unintentional; ignorant; not aware
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Usurp
to seize wrongfully
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Utopia
an ideal society
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Vapid
without liveliness; dull; spiritless
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Vehemence
forcefulness
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Vehement
intense; forceful; violent
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Veracious
truthful
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Veracity
truthfulness
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Vigilant
member of a vigilance committee
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Vigorous
strong energetic
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Vilify
to say vile things about; to defame ;
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Viscous
sticky, gluey
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Vituperative adj
abusive; scolding
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Waffle
talk vaguely and without much result
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Wag
merry person
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Welter
turmoil; bewildering jumble
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Whimsical
full of odd and fanciful ideas
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Willful
deliberate; obstinate; insistent on having ones way
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Woo
try to win
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Yeoman
man owning small estate; middle-class farmer
