GRE Week 4 - Sheet1 Flashcards
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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
enthusiasm
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Arduous
Hard; difficult
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Artless
without guile; open and honest
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Ascertain
get to know
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Assiduous
Hardworking; busy; quite diligent
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Attenuate
make thinner
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Augury
omen sign
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Avarice
Greed; excessive love of riches
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Awry
Off course; twisted to one side ;
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Balk
obstacle purposely to get on the way of
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Barren
not good enough unable to have young ones without value
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Beatify
to bless make happy or ascribe a virtue to
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Belabor
To go over repeatedly or to an absurd extent
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Bellicose
inclined to fighting
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Berate
scold sharply
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Beset
Harass; to surround
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Blandishment
flattery coaxing
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Blithe
Carefree; cheerful
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Bogus
sham counterfeit not genuine
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Boisterous
loud noisy rough lacking restraint
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Brash
hasty rush cheeky saucy
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Bucolic
Charmingly rural; rustic; country like
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Cajole
To persuade someone to do something he or she doesn't want to do
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Catholic
Universal; embracing everything
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Cerebral
Brainy; intellectually refined
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Charlatan
Fraud; quack; con man
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Chary
cautious wary
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Chastise
To inflict punishment on; to discipline
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Clot
half-solid lump formed from liquid
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Cognitive
Dealing with how we know the world around us through our senses; mental
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Collusion
Conspiracy; secret cooperation
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Commemorate
keep the memory of
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Complement
To complete or fill up; to be the perfect counterpart
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Comprise
To consist of; to be composed of cf constitute compose
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Conciliatory
Making peace; attempting to resolve a dispute through goodwill
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Concoct
invent, prepare by mixing together
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Condone
To overlook; to permit to happen
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Conjecture
To guess; to deduce or infer on slight evidence
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Conjure
To summon or bring into being as if by magic
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Connote
Suggest or imply in addition to the precise, literal meaning
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Conviction
convincing firm belief
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Corollary
something that follows; a natural consequence
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Coup
a brilliant victory or accomplishment; the violent overthrow of a government by a small internal group ;
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Cursory
hasty; superficial
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Dangle
hand or swing loosely
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Daunt
to make fearful; to intimidate
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Decorous
proper; in good taste; orderly
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Decree
order given by authority
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Decry
disapprove of
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Defame
to libel or slander; to ruin the good name of
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Defer
postpone
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Denouement
an outcome or solution the unraveling of a plot
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Derision
ridicule mockery deriding
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Descry
catch sight of see something in the distance
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Deter
discourage hinder
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Didactic
intended to teach; morally instructive; pedantic
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Diffidence
Shyness
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Diffident
timid; lacking in self-confidence
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Dilate
speak comprehensively become wider large
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Dirge
Lament with music
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Discomfit
confuse embarrass
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Discountenance
refuse to approve of
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Discredit
defame; destroy confidence in; disbelieve
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Discreet
prudent; judiciously reserved
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Disseminate
to spread the seeds of something; to scatter; to make widely known
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Dissipate
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
the breaking up or dissolving of something into parts; disintegration
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Distinguish
to tell apart; to cause to stand out
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Divergence
getting farther apart from a point
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Divestiture
taking off getting rid of giving up
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Docile
easily taught; obedient; easy to handle
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Doctrinaire
inflexibly committed to a doctrine or theory without regard to its practicality; dogmatic
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Dogmatic
arrogantly assertive of unproven ideas; stubbornly claiming that something often a system of beliefs is beyond dispute
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Dormant
A inactive; as though asleep; asleep ~volcano ~window
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Droll
jesting
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Drone
male bee person who isn't self-employed
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Dud
no use person something that fails
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Dulcet
melodious harmonious
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Dullard
a stupid, insensitive person
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Duress
threats to compel somebody
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Dwarf
person much smaller the usual size
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Earthenware
dishes made of baked clay
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Eclat
Great brilliance, as of performance or achievement
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Effluvia
outflow in a stream of particles a noxious odor or vapor
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Effrontery
impudence; shameless boldness; sheer nerve; presumptuousness
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Elicit
Vt to bring out; to call forth ~a laugh from ~a reply
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Eloquence
fluent speaking skillful use of language
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Empirical
Adj relying on experience or observation; not merely theoretical
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Encomium
warm or glowing praise eulogy panegyric
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Encumbrance
burden things that get on the way of
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Endeavor
to make an effort, to try very hard
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Enervate
V to reduce the strength or energy of especially to do so gradually
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Engender
V to bring into existence; to create; to cause produce ment
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Enmity
hatred being an enemy
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Enormity
N extreme evil; a hideous offense; immensity
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Epigram
N a brief and usually witty or satirical saying
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Equivocate
lie; mislead; attempt to conceal the truth
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Esoteric
Adj hard to understand; understood by only a select few; peculiar
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Ethereal
Adj heavenly as light and insubstantial as a gas or ether heavenly
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Evoke
call up bring out
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Exacerbate
V to make worse ;
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Exemplify
V to illustrate by example; to serve as a good example
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Exonerate
V to free completely from blame; to exculpate
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Exoneration
set someone clear (e.g.. from blame)
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Exorbitant
much too high or great
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Expatiate
to roam wander freely
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Extinct
no longer active
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Extralegal
outside the law
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Extrapolate
V to protect or deduce from something known; to infer
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Extricate
V to free from difficulty
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Facile
Adj fluent; skillful in a superficial way; easy
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Feckless
lacking purpose or vitality ineffective careless
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Ferocity
savage cruelty
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Fervid
showing earnest feeling
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Finicky
finical
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Flak
criticism/anti-aircraft guns
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Fledgling
inexperienced
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Flinch
draw move back wince
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Flout
V to disregard something out of disrespect
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Foil
prevent from carrying out contrast
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Forfeit
suffer the loss of something
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Forgo
v to do without ; to forbear
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Fortuitous
a accidental ; occurring by chance
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Frantic
wildly excited with joy pain anxiety
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Fret
worry irritation wear away
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Fringe
edge ornamental border part of hair over the forehead
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Furtive
a secretive ; sly
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Gait
a manner of walking, stepping, or running
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Germane
relevant pertinent to
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Gesticulate
v to make gestures especially when speaking or in place of speaking
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Glean
gather facts in small quantities
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Gloat
over look at with selfish delight
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Gnaw
waste away bite steadily
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Gossamer
soft light delicate material
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Gourmand
a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess
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Gravity
n seriousness
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Graze
touch or scrape lightly in passing
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Grouse
Complain or grumble (verb)
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Grovel
crawl humble oneself
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Guileless
without deceit
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Hack
cut roughly hired horse
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Harangue
long, passionate, and vehement speech
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Harrow
to distress create stress or torment
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Hierarchy
n an organization based on rank or degree ; pecking order
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Histrionic
a overly dramatic ; theatrical ;
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Hoi
polloi the masses the rabble
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Homily
n a sermon
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Hush
make or become silent
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Hyperbole
n an exaggeration used as a figure of speech ; exaggeration exaggeration
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Hypothetical
a uncertain ; unproven
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Idyllic
a charming in a rustic way ; naturally peaceful
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Ignoble
dishonorable common undignified
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Ignominy
n deep disgrace
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Imperturbable
calm; placid
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Implode
burst inward
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Inadvertently
unintentionally; by oversight; carelessly
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Incisive
a cutting right to the heart of the matter
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Incongruous
a not harmonious ; not consistent ; not appropriate not fitting in
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Incorrigibility
cannot be cured or corrected
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Incursion
a raid a sudden attack
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Indeterminate
uncertain; not clearly fixed; indefinite
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Ineptitude
quality of being unskillful
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Inexorable
a relentless ; inevitable ; unavoidable
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Infuriate
fill with fury or rage
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Inquest
Legal or judicial inquiry, especially before a jury and especially made by a coroner into the cause of someone.s death
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Insensible
unconscious; unresponsive
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Intersperse
place here and there
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Irascible
a easily angered or provoked ; irritable
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Jagged
notched
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Labyrinthine
to entangle the state of affairs
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Lachrymose
causing tears tearful
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Lambaste
attack verbally
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Lament
v to mourn
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Largess
n generous giving of gifts or the gifts themselves ; generosity ; philanthropy
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Libel
n a written or published falsehood that injures the reputation of or defames someone ;
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Livid
Furiously angry, enraged
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Lugubrious
a exaggeratedly mournful
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Lurk
be out of view ready to attack
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Magnanimous
a forgiving ; unresentful ; noble in spirit ; generous
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Manacle
chains for the hands or feet
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Marshal
v to arrange in order ; to gather together for the purpose of doing something ;
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Martial
a warlike ; having to do with combat
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Massacre
cruel killing of a large number of people
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Matriculate
v to enroll especially at a college
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Matriculation
be admitted enter a university as a student
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Mediate
v to help settle differences
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Mendacity
dishonesty
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Mercurial
a emotionally unpredictable ; rapidly changing in mood
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Mince
pronounce or speak affectedly euphemize
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Misanthrope
one who hates mankind
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Miser
person who loves wealth and spends little
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Moderation
quality of being limited not extreme
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Monolithic
a massive solid uniform and unyielding
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Negligent
taking too little care
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Nibble
show some inclination to accept (an offer)
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Nonplused
greatly surprised
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Oblivion
n total forgetfulness ; the state of being forgotten ;
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Obtuse
a insensitive ; blockheaded
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Obviate
make unnecessary; get rid of
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Occlude
shut; close
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Onus
responsilibilty,burden
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Opaque
a impossible to see through ; impossible to understand
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Orison
prayer
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Ossify
to turn to bone to settle rigidly into an idea
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Ostentation
display to obtain admiration or envy
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Painstaking
a extremely careful ; taking pains =pains-taking = taking pains
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Palate
roof of the mouth sense of taste
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Palpability
can be felt touched understood
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Paradigm
n a model or example ;
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Paragon
model of perfection
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Partisan
n one who supports a particular person cause or idea
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Patent
a obvious
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Pathological
pertaining to disease
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Patriarch
n the male head of a family or tribe
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Pejorative
a negative ; disparaging negative disparaging
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Pellucid
transparent easy to understand
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Penitent
a sorry ; repentant ; contrite sorry repentant contrite
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Peremptory
a final ; categorical ; dictatorial categorical
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Perfunctory
a unenthusiastic ; careless careless; unenthusiastic
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Perquisite
n a privilege that goes along with a job ; a perk =perk
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Pertinent
a relevant ; dealing with the matter at hand ... relevant
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Peruse
v to read carefully
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Pervade
v to spread throughout
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Phlegmatic
calm; not easily disturbed
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Pileous
Covered with hair
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Pious
a reverent or devout ; outwardly and sometimes falsely reverent or devout ; hypocritical
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Plead
address a court of law as an advocate
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Pliant
pliable easily bent shaped or twisted
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Plod
continue doing something without resting
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Postulate
n something accepted as true without proof ; and axiom
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Precept
n a rule to live by ; a principle establishing a certain kind of action or behavior ; a maxim maxim;
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Precepts
rules establishing standards of conduct
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Precipitate adj.
rash, premature, hasty, sudden
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Precipitous
a steep steep;
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Precursors
a person or thing that precedes, as in a process or job.
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Preeminent
a better than anyone else ; outstanding ; supreme
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Preen
tidy/show self-satisfaction
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Premise
n an assumption ; the basis for a conclusion
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Presentiment
anticipatory fear; premonition
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Presumption
arrogance
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Presumptuous
arrogant; taking liberties
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Prodigal
a wastefully extravagant ;
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Profane
a not having to do with religion; irreverent; blasphemous
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Profligacy
shameless immorality
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Profligate
a extravagantly wasteful and usually wildly immoral
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Profundity
depth
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Proliferate
v to spread or grow rapidly
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Propitiatory
conciliatory appeasing mitigating
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Proponent
n an advocate; a supporter of a position ;
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Protagonist
n the leading character in a novel play or other work; a leader or champion
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Provoke
make angry vax
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Proximity
n nearness
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Prudent
a careful; having foresight
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Pulchritude
Physical beauty
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Pundit
pedant authority on a subject
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Purported
a rumored; claimed
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Pusillanimous
cowardly craven
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Quaff
drink deeply
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Qualify
v to modify or restrict
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Quiescence
state of being passive/motionless
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Quixotic
a romantic or idealistic to a foolish or impractical degree
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Raconteur
person who tells anecdotes
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Raffish
low vulgar base tawdry
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Ramify
to be divided or subdivided to branch out
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Rancorous
feeling bitterness spitefulness
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Rarefied
made less dense (of a gas)
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Rebut
v to contradict; to argue in opposition to; to prove to be false
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Recast
cast or fashion anew
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Recidivism
relapse into antisocial or criminal behavior
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Reciprocity
granting of privileges in return for similar
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Recitals
a number of performance of music
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Redeem
get back by payment compensate
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Relapse
fall back again
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Reminiscent
suggest something in the past
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Renaissance
n a rebirth or revival
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Renovate
restore something to better condition
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Repine
at be discontented with
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Replete
a completely filled; abounding ;
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Repulsive
causing a feeling of disgust
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Respite
n a period of rest or relief ;
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Reticent
a quiet; restrained; reluctant to speak especially about oneself
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Rhetoric
n the art of formal speaking or writing; inflated discourse
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Robust
a strong and healthy; vigorous
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Rubicund
red and healthy
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Rueful
dejected
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Ruffian
violent cruel man
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Ruminate
v to contemplate; to ponder; to mull over
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Rustic
a rural lacking urban comforts or sophistication; primitive rural
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Saccharine
a sweet; excessively or disgustingly sweet
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Sage
person celebrated for wisdom
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Sanctimonious
a pretending to be devout; affecting religious feeling
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Saturnine
gloomy dark sullen morose
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Scrupulous
a strict; careful; hesitant for ethical reasons
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Scrutinize
v to examine very carefully
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Seminal
like a seed constituting a source originative
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Sere
make hard and without feeling
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Serration
having a toothed edge
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Shrewd
astute showing sound judgement
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Shrill
sharp piercing
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Sinuous
winding undulating serpentine
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Skeptic
doubter; person who suspends judgment until having examined evidence supporting a point of view
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Skiff
small boat
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Sobriquet
nickname
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Sodden
soaked saturated
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Somersault
rolling backward or forward (not sideways) movement
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Sophistry
fallacious reasoning faulty logic
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Spawn
to bring forth; to produce a large number
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Sponge
porous rubber for washing live at once expense
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Staunch
firmly committed; firmly in favor of; steadfast
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Stifled
suppressed, kept back
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Strive
to make great efforts, to struggle
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Strut
pompous walk; supporting bar
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Stymie
to thwart; to get in the way of; to hinder
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Subordinate
lower in importance position or rank; secondary
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Subpoena
written order summoning a witness to appear in a low court
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Succinct
brief and to the point; concise
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Suffice
be enough
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Sullied
to be stained or discredited
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Sumptuous
magnificent
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Superficial
on the surface only; shallow; not thorough
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Superfluous
extra; unnecessary; redundant
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Surcharge
additional load/charge
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Surreptitious
sneaky; secret
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Sycophant
one who sucks up to others
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Tacit
implied; not spoken implied
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Tamp
tap or drive down by repeated light blows
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Telltale
That gives warning or information
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Temerity
boldness; recklessness; audacity boldness; recklessness; audacity
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Tenacious
persistent; stubborn; not letting go
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Tenuous
flimsy; extremely thin
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Testiness
witness/evidence
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Thwart
obstruct/frustrate
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Toady
obsequious flatterer
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Torpid
dull and slow
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Tortuous
winding; full of curves; devious; not straightforward
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Tout
to praise highly; to brag publicly about
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Trencherman
person who eats a lot
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Trickle
flow in drops
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Trifling
unimportant
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Truce
(agreement) stop of fighting for a time
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Turgid
excessively ornate swollen or bloated
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Turmoil
trouble disturbance
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Tyro
a beginner
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Unearth
discover and bring to light
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Unencumbered
easy-going trifle
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Unremitting
unceasing; unabated; relentless
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Unscathed
unharmed unhurt
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Untoward
unfortunate inconvenient
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Valiant
brave
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Valorous
brave
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Vanquish
conquer
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Viable
capable of living; workable
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Vicarious
experienced performed or suffered through someone else; living through the experiences of another as though they were ones own experiences
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Vigilance
watchfulness self-appointed group who maintain order
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Vindicate
to clear from all blame or suspicion; to justify
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Visceral
of the internal organs of the body
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Vituperate
curse abuse in words
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Volubility
fluency verbosity easy use of spoken language
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Voluble
fluent
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Wan
looking ill, not bright
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Wean
to turn away (from a habit)
