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Aberration

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Something not typical; a deviation from the standard

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Abjure

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promise or swear to give up

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Abortive

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Unsuccessful

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Abscond

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depart secretly and hide

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Abstract

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Theoretical; impersonal

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Abstruse

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Hard to understand

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Accost

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To approach and speak to someone

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Acerbic

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Bitter; sour; severe

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Acrimonious

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Full of spite; bitter; nasty

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Adulterate

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To contaminate; to make impure

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Affinity

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Sympathy; attraction; kinship; similarity

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Affluent

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Rich; prosperous

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Agenda

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Program; the things to be done

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Allegiance

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duty support loyalty

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Ambiguous

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Unclear in meaning; confusing; capable of being interpreted in different ways

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Ambivalence

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the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes

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Amortize

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end (a debt) by setting aside money

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Analogy

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A comparison of one thing to another; similarity similarity

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Anecdote

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A short account of a humorous or revealing incident

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Anomaly

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An aberration; an irregularity; a deviation ;

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Apt

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well-suited quick-witted

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Arbiter

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One who decides; a judge

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Arcane

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Mysterious; known only to a select few mysterious

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Archaic

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Extremely old; ancient; outdated

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Ardor

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enthusiasm

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Arduous

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Hard; difficult

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Artless

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without guile; open and honest

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Ascertain

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get to know

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Assiduous

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Hardworking; busy; quite diligent

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Attenuate

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make thinner

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Augury

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omen sign

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Avarice

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Greed; excessive love of riches

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Awry

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Off course; twisted to one side ;

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Balk

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obstacle purposely to get on the way of

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Barren

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not good enough unable to have young ones without value

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Beatify

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to bless make happy or ascribe a virtue to

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Belabor

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To go over repeatedly or to an absurd extent

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Bellicose

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inclined to fighting

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Berate

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scold sharply

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Beset

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Harass; to surround

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Blandishment

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flattery coaxing

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Blithe

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Carefree; cheerful

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Bogus

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sham counterfeit not genuine

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Boisterous

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loud noisy rough lacking restraint

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Brash

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hasty rush cheeky saucy

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Bucolic

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Charmingly rural; rustic; country like

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Cajole

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To persuade someone to do something he or she doesn’t want to do

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Catholic

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Universal; embracing everything

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Cerebral

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Brainy; intellectually refined

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Charlatan

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Fraud; quack; con man

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Chary

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cautious wary

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Chastise

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To inflict punishment on; to discipline

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Clot

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half-solid lump formed from liquid

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Cognitive

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Dealing with how we know the world around us through our senses; mental

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Collusion

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Conspiracy; secret cooperation

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Commemorate

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keep the memory of

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Complement

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To complete or fill up; to be the perfect counterpart

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Comprise

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To consist of; to be composed of cf constitute compose

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Conciliatory

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Making peace; attempting to resolve a dispute through goodwill

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Concoct

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invent, prepare by mixing together

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Condone

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To overlook; to permit to happen

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Conjecture

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To guess; to deduce or infer on slight evidence

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Conjure

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To summon or bring into being as if by magic

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Connote

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Suggest or imply in addition to the precise, literal meaning

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Conviction

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convincing firm belief

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Corollary

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something that follows; a natural consequence

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Coup

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a brilliant victory or accomplishment; the violent overthrow of a government by a small internal group ;

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Cursory

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hasty; superficial

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Dangle

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hand or swing loosely

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Daunt

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to make fearful; to intimidate

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Decorous

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proper; in good taste; orderly

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Decree

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order given by authority

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Decry

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disapprove of

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Defame

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to libel or slander; to ruin the good name of

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Defer

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postpone

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Denouement

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an outcome or solution the unraveling of a plot

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Derision

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ridicule mockery deriding

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Descry

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catch sight of see something in the distance

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Deter

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discourage hinder

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Didactic

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intended to teach; morally instructive; pedantic

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Diffidence

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Shyness

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Diffident

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timid; lacking in self-confidence

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Dilate

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speak comprehensively become wider large

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Dirge

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Lament with music

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Discomfit

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confuse embarrass

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Discountenance

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refuse to approve of

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Discredit

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defame; destroy confidence in; disbelieve

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Discreet

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prudent; judiciously reserved

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Disseminate

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to spread the seeds of something; to scatter; to make widely known

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Dissipate

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to thin out drift away or dissolve; to cause to thin out drift away or dissolve; to waste or squander

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Dissolution

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the breaking up or dissolving of something into parts; disintegration

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Distinguish

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to tell apart; to cause to stand out

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Divergence

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getting farther apart from a point

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Divestiture

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taking off getting rid of giving up

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Docile

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easily taught; obedient; easy to handle

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Doctrinaire

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inflexibly committed to a doctrine or theory without regard to its practicality; dogmatic

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Dogmatic

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arrogantly assertive of unproven ideas; stubbornly claiming that something often a system of beliefs is beyond dispute

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Dormant

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A inactive; as though asleep; asleep ~volcano ~window

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Droll

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jesting

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Drone

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male bee person who isn’t self-employed

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Dud

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no use person something that fails

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Dulcet

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melodious harmonious

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Dullard

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a stupid, insensitive person

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Duress

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threats to compel somebody

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Dwarf

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person much smaller the usual size

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Earthenware

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dishes made of baked clay

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Eclat

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Great brilliance, as of performance or achievement

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Effluvia

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outflow in a stream of particles a noxious odor or vapor

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Effrontery

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impudence; shameless boldness; sheer nerve; presumptuousness

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Elicit

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Vt to bring out; to call forth ~a laugh from ~a reply

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Eloquence

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fluent speaking skillful use of language

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Empirical

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Adj relying on experience or observation; not merely theoretical

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Encomium

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warm or glowing praise eulogy panegyric

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Encumbrance

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burden things that get on the way of

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Endeavor

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to make an effort, to try very hard

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Enervate

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V to reduce the strength or energy of especially to do so gradually

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Engender

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V to bring into existence; to create; to cause produce ment

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Enmity

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hatred being an enemy

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Enormity

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N extreme evil; a hideous offense; immensity

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Epigram

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N a brief and usually witty or satirical saying

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Equivocate

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lie; mislead; attempt to conceal the truth

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Esoteric

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Adj hard to understand; understood by only a select few; peculiar

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Ethereal

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Adj heavenly as light and insubstantial as a gas or ether heavenly

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Evoke

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call up bring out

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Exacerbate

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V to make worse ;

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Exemplify

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V to illustrate by example; to serve as a good example

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Exonerate

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V to free completely from blame; to exculpate

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Exoneration

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set someone clear (e.g.. from blame)

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Exorbitant

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much too high or great

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Expatiate

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to roam wander freely

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Extinct

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no longer active

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Extralegal

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outside the law

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Extrapolate

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V to protect or deduce from something known; to infer

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Extricate

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V to free from difficulty

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Facile

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Adj fluent; skillful in a superficial way; easy

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Feckless

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lacking purpose or vitality ineffective careless

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Ferocity

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savage cruelty

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Fervid

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showing earnest feeling

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Finicky

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finical

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Flak

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criticism/anti-aircraft guns

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Fledgling

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inexperienced

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Flinch

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draw move back wince

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Flout

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V to disregard something out of disrespect

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Foil

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prevent from carrying out contrast

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Forfeit

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suffer the loss of something

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Forgo

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v to do without ; to forbear

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Fortuitous

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a accidental ; occurring by chance

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Frantic

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wildly excited with joy pain anxiety

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Fret

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worry irritation wear away

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Fringe

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edge ornamental border part of hair over the forehead

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Furtive

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a secretive ; sly

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Gait

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a manner of walking, stepping, or running

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Germane

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relevant pertinent to

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Gesticulate

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v to make gestures especially when speaking or in place of speaking

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Glean

A

gather facts in small quantities

156
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Gloat

A

over look at with selfish delight

157
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Gnaw

A

waste away bite steadily

158
Q

Gossamer

A

soft light delicate material

159
Q

Gourmand

A

a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess

160
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Gravity

A

n seriousness

161
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Graze

A

touch or scrape lightly in passing

162
Q

Grouse

A

Complain or grumble (verb)

163
Q

Grovel

A

crawl humble oneself

164
Q

Guileless

A

without deceit

165
Q

Hack

A

cut roughly hired horse

166
Q

Harangue

A

long, passionate, and vehement speech

167
Q

Harrow

A

to distress create stress or torment

168
Q

Hierarchy

A

n an organization based on rank or degree ; pecking order

169
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Histrionic

A

a overly dramatic ; theatrical ;

170
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Hoi

A

polloi the masses the rabble

171
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Homily

A

n a sermon

172
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Hush

A

make or become silent

173
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Hyperbole

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n an exaggeration used as a figure of speech ; exaggeration exaggeration

174
Q

Hypothetical

A

a uncertain ; unproven

175
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Idyllic

A

a charming in a rustic way ; naturally peaceful

176
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Ignoble

A

dishonorable common undignified

177
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Ignominy

A

n deep disgrace

178
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Imperturbable

A

calm; placid

179
Q

Implode

A

burst inward

180
Q

Inadvertently

A

unintentionally; by oversight; carelessly

181
Q

Incisive

A

a cutting right to the heart of the matter

182
Q

Incongruous

A

a not harmonious ; not consistent ; not appropriate not fitting in

183
Q

Incorrigibility

A

cannot be cured or corrected

184
Q

Incursion

A

a raid a sudden attack

185
Q

Indeterminate

A

uncertain; not clearly fixed; indefinite

186
Q

Ineptitude

A

quality of being unskillful

187
Q

Inexorable

A

a relentless ; inevitable ; unavoidable

188
Q

Infuriate

A

fill with fury or rage

189
Q

Inquest

A

Legal or judicial inquiry, especially before a jury and especially made by a coroner into the cause of someone.s death

190
Q

Insensible

A

unconscious; unresponsive

191
Q

Intersperse

A

place here and there

192
Q

Irascible

A

a easily angered or provoked ; irritable

193
Q

Jagged

A

notched

194
Q

Labyrinthine

A

to entangle the state of affairs

195
Q

Lachrymose

A

causing tears tearful

196
Q

Lambaste

A

attack verbally

197
Q

Lament

A

v to mourn

198
Q

Largess

A

n generous giving of gifts or the gifts themselves ; generosity ; philanthropy

199
Q

Libel

A

n a written or published falsehood that injures the reputation of or defames someone ;

200
Q

Livid

A

Furiously angry, enraged

201
Q

Lugubrious

A

a exaggeratedly mournful

202
Q

Lurk

A

be out of view ready to attack

203
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Magnanimous

A

a forgiving ; unresentful ; noble in spirit ; generous

204
Q

Manacle

A

chains for the hands or feet

205
Q

Marshal

A

v to arrange in order ; to gather together for the purpose of doing something ;

206
Q

Martial

A

a warlike ; having to do with combat

207
Q

Massacre

A

cruel killing of a large number of people

208
Q

Matriculate

A

v to enroll especially at a college

209
Q

Matriculation

A

be admitted enter a university as a student

210
Q

Mediate

A

v to help settle differences

211
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Mendacity

A

dishonesty

212
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Mercurial

A

a emotionally unpredictable ; rapidly changing in mood

213
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Mince

A

pronounce or speak affectedly euphemize

214
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Misanthrope

A

one who hates mankind

215
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Miser

A

person who loves wealth and spends little

216
Q

Moderation

A

quality of being limited not extreme

217
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Monolithic

A

a massive solid uniform and unyielding

218
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Negligent

A

taking too little care

219
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Nibble

A

show some inclination to accept (an offer)

220
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Nonplused

A

greatly surprised

221
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Oblivion

A

n total forgetfulness ; the state of being forgotten ;

222
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Obtuse

A

a insensitive ; blockheaded

223
Q

Obviate

A

make unnecessary; get rid of

224
Q

Occlude

A

shut; close

225
Q

Onus

A

responsilibilty,burden

226
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Opaque

A

a impossible to see through ; impossible to understand

227
Q

Orison

A

prayer

228
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Ossify

A

to turn to bone to settle rigidly into an idea

229
Q

Ostentation

A

display to obtain admiration or envy

230
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Painstaking

A

a extremely careful ; taking pains =pains-taking = taking pains

231
Q

Palate

A

roof of the mouth sense of taste

232
Q

Palpability

A

can be felt touched understood

233
Q

Paradigm

A

n a model or example ;

234
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Paragon

A

model of perfection

235
Q

Partisan

A

n one who supports a particular person cause or idea

236
Q

Patent

A

a obvious

237
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Pathological

A

pertaining to disease

238
Q

Patriarch

A

n the male head of a family or tribe

239
Q

Pejorative

A

a negative ; disparaging negative disparaging

240
Q

Pellucid

A

transparent easy to understand

241
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Penitent

A

a sorry ; repentant ; contrite sorry repentant contrite

242
Q

Peremptory

A

a final ; categorical ; dictatorial categorical

243
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Perfunctory

A

a unenthusiastic ; careless careless; unenthusiastic

244
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Perquisite

A

n a privilege that goes along with a job ; a perk =perk

245
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Pertinent

A

a relevant ; dealing with the matter at hand … relevant

246
Q

Peruse

A

v to read carefully

247
Q

Pervade

A

v to spread throughout

248
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Phlegmatic

A

calm; not easily disturbed

249
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Pileous

A

Covered with hair

250
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Pious

A

a reverent or devout ; outwardly and sometimes falsely reverent or devout ; hypocritical

251
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Plead

A

address a court of law as an advocate

252
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Pliant

A

pliable easily bent shaped or twisted

253
Q

Plod

A

continue doing something without resting

254
Q

Postulate

A

n something accepted as true without proof ; and axiom

255
Q

Precept

A

n a rule to live by ; a principle establishing a certain kind of action or behavior ; a maxim maxim;

256
Q

Precepts

A

rules establishing standards of conduct

257
Q

Precipitate adj.

A

rash, premature, hasty, sudden

258
Q

Precipitous

A

a steep steep;

259
Q

Precursors

A

a person or thing that precedes, as in a process or job.

260
Q

Preeminent

A

a better than anyone else ; outstanding ; supreme

261
Q

Preen

A

tidy/show self-satisfaction

262
Q

Premise

A

n an assumption ; the basis for a conclusion

263
Q

Presentiment

A

anticipatory fear; premonition

264
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Presumption

A

arrogance

265
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Presumptuous

A

arrogant; taking liberties

266
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Prodigal

A

a wastefully extravagant ;

267
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Profane

A

a not having to do with religion; irreverent; blasphemous

268
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Profligacy

A

shameless immorality

269
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Profligate

A

a extravagantly wasteful and usually wildly immoral

270
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Profundity

A

depth

271
Q

Proliferate

A

v to spread or grow rapidly

272
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Propitiatory

A

conciliatory appeasing mitigating

273
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Proponent

A

n an advocate; a supporter of a position ;

274
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Protagonist

A

n the leading character in a novel play or other work; a leader or champion

275
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Provoke

A

make angry vax

276
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Proximity

A

n nearness

277
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Prudent

A

a careful; having foresight

278
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Pulchritude

A

Physical beauty

279
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Pundit

A

pedant authority on a subject

280
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Purported

A

a rumored; claimed

281
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Pusillanimous

A

cowardly craven

282
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Quaff

A

drink deeply

283
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Qualify

A

v to modify or restrict

284
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Quiescence

A

state of being passive/motionless

285
Q

Quixotic

A

a romantic or idealistic to a foolish or impractical degree

286
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Raconteur

A

person who tells anecdotes

287
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Raffish

A

low vulgar base tawdry

288
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Ramify

A

to be divided or subdivided to branch out

289
Q

Rancorous

A

feeling bitterness spitefulness

290
Q

Rarefied

A

made less dense (of a gas)

291
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Rebut

A

v to contradict; to argue in opposition to; to prove to be false

292
Q

Recast

A

cast or fashion anew

293
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Recidivism

A

relapse into antisocial or criminal behavior

294
Q

Reciprocity

A

granting of privileges in return for similar

295
Q

Recitals

A

a number of performance of music

296
Q

Redeem

A

get back by payment compensate

297
Q

Relapse

A

fall back again

298
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Reminiscent

A

suggest something in the past

299
Q

Renaissance

A

n a rebirth or revival

300
Q

Renovate

A

restore something to better condition

301
Q

Repine

A

at be discontented with

302
Q

Replete

A

a completely filled; abounding ;

303
Q

Repulsive

A

causing a feeling of disgust

304
Q

Respite

A

n a period of rest or relief ;

305
Q

Reticent

A

a quiet; restrained; reluctant to speak especially about oneself

306
Q

Rhetoric

A

n the art of formal speaking or writing; inflated discourse

307
Q

Robust

A

a strong and healthy; vigorous

308
Q

Rubicund

A

red and healthy

309
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Rueful

A

dejected

310
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Ruffian

A

violent cruel man

311
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Ruminate

A

v to contemplate; to ponder; to mull over

312
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Rustic

A

a rural lacking urban comforts or sophistication; primitive rural

313
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Saccharine

A

a sweet; excessively or disgustingly sweet

314
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Sage

A

person celebrated for wisdom

315
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Sanctimonious

A

a pretending to be devout; affecting religious feeling

316
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Saturnine

A

gloomy dark sullen morose

317
Q

Scrupulous

A

a strict; careful; hesitant for ethical reasons

318
Q

Scrutinize

A

v to examine very carefully

319
Q

Seminal

A

like a seed constituting a source originative

320
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Sere

A

make hard and without feeling

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Serration

A

having a toothed edge

322
Q

Shrewd

A

astute showing sound judgement

323
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Shrill

A

sharp piercing

324
Q

Sinuous

A

winding undulating serpentine

325
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Skeptic

A

doubter; person who suspends judgment until having examined evidence supporting a point of view

326
Q

Skiff

A

small boat

327
Q

Sobriquet

A

nickname

328
Q

Sodden

A

soaked saturated

329
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Somersault

A

rolling backward or forward (not sideways) movement

330
Q

Sophistry

A

fallacious reasoning faulty logic

331
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Spawn

A

to bring forth; to produce a large number

332
Q

Sponge

A

porous rubber for washing live at once expense

333
Q

Staunch

A

firmly committed; firmly in favor of; steadfast

334
Q

Stifled

A

suppressed, kept back

335
Q

Strive

A

to make great efforts, to struggle

336
Q

Strut

A

pompous walk; supporting bar

337
Q

Stymie

A

to thwart; to get in the way of; to hinder

338
Q

Subordinate

A

lower in importance position or rank; secondary

339
Q

Subpoena

A

written order summoning a witness to appear in a low court

340
Q

Succinct

A

brief and to the point; concise

341
Q

Suffice

A

be enough

342
Q

Sullied

A

to be stained or discredited

343
Q

Sumptuous

A

magnificent

344
Q

Superficial

A

on the surface only; shallow; not thorough

345
Q

Superfluous

A

extra; unnecessary; redundant

346
Q

Surcharge

A

additional load/charge

347
Q

Surreptitious

A

sneaky; secret

348
Q

Sycophant

A

one who sucks up to others

349
Q

Tacit

A

implied; not spoken implied

350
Q

Tamp

A

tap or drive down by repeated light blows

351
Q

Telltale

A

That gives warning or information

352
Q

Temerity

A

boldness; recklessness; audacity boldness; recklessness; audacity

353
Q

Tenacious

A

persistent; stubborn; not letting go

354
Q

Tenuous

A

flimsy; extremely thin

355
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Testiness

A

witness/evidence

356
Q

Thwart

A

obstruct/frustrate

357
Q

Toady

A

obsequious flatterer

358
Q

Torpid

A

dull and slow

359
Q

Tortuous

A

winding; full of curves; devious; not straightforward

360
Q

Tout

A

to praise highly; to brag publicly about

361
Q

Trencherman

A

person who eats a lot

362
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Trickle

A

flow in drops

363
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Trifling

A

unimportant

364
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Truce

A

(agreement) stop of fighting for a time

365
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Turgid

A

excessively ornate swollen or bloated

366
Q

Turmoil

A

trouble disturbance

367
Q

Tyro

A

a beginner

368
Q

Unearth

A

discover and bring to light

369
Q

Unencumbered

A

easy-going trifle

370
Q

Unremitting

A

unceasing; unabated; relentless

371
Q

Unscathed

A

unharmed unhurt

372
Q

Untoward

A

unfortunate inconvenient

373
Q

Valiant

A

brave

374
Q

Valorous

A

brave

375
Q

Vanquish

A

conquer

376
Q

Viable

A

capable of living; workable

377
Q

Vicarious

A

experienced performed or suffered through someone else; living through the experiences of another as though they were ones own experiences

378
Q

Vigilance

A

watchfulness self-appointed group who maintain order

379
Q

Vindicate

A

to clear from all blame or suspicion; to justify

380
Q

Visceral

A

of the internal organs of the body

381
Q

Vituperate

A

curse abuse in words

382
Q

Volubility

A

fluency verbosity easy use of spoken language

383
Q

Voluble

A

fluent

384
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Wan

A

looking ill, not bright

385
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Wean

A

to turn away (from a habit)

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