GRE Week 5 - Sheet1 Flashcards
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Abeyance
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suspended action
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Abhor
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To hate very very much; to detest
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Absolve
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To forgive or free from blame; to free from sin; to free from an obligation
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Acclaimed
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welcomed with shouts and approval
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Acute
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Sharp; shrewd
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Adulation
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Wild or excessive admiration; flattery
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Affable
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Easy to talk to; friendly
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Aggregate
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Sum total; a collection of separate things mixed together
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Agile
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active quick-moving
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Agrarian
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Relating to land; relating to the management or farming of land
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Ale
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fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer
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Ambrosial
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extremely pleasing to taste
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Amiable
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Friendly; agreeable
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Antithetical
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direct opposing
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Apostate
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one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions
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Appease
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To soothe; to pacify by giving in to
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Apprehensive
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Worried; anxious
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Approbation
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Approval; praise
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Appropriate
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To take without permission; to set aside for a particular use
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Appropriate v.
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acquire; take possession of for one’s own use
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Arbitrary
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Random; capricious random
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Arrant
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in the highest degree
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Artful
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Wily; sly ; =crafty
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Articulate
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speak distinctly connect by joints
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Ascend
go or come up
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Ascetic
Hermit like; practicing self-denial
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Ascribe
consider to be the origin of or belonging to
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Assimilate
To take in; to absorb; to learn thoroughly
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Assuage
To soothe; to pacify; to ease the pain of; to relieve
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Assuage v.
ease or lessen (pain); satisfy (hunger); soothe (anger)
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Audacious
daring; bold
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Austere
Unadorned; stern; forbidding; without excess
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Autocratic
Ruling with absolute authority; extremely bossy
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Bandy
discuss lightly or glibly; exchange (words) heatedly
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Bastion
Stronghold; fortress; fortified place
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Beleaguer
To surround; to besiege; to harass
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Benevolence
wish or activity in doing good
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Bequest
Something left to someone in a will
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Bereft
rob or dispossess of something (material)
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Bigot
stubborn narrow-minded person
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Bilge
bulge the protuberance of a cask
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Bovine
Cow related; cow like cf canine equine feline pis cine porcine ursine
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Buoyant
able to float light-hearted
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Burgeon
To expand; to flourish
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Burnish
make shiny by rubbing; polish
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Cadge
to beg to get by begging
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Capitalism
Free enterprise
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Castigate
To criticize severely; to chastise
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Chaste
pure
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Chisel
steel tool for shaping materials
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Chronic
Constant; lasting a long time; inveterate
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Churl
bad-tempered person
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Circumlocution
An indirect expression; use of wordy or evasive language
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Clamor
shout complain with a lot of noise
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Cliche
An overused saying or idea
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Clientele
customers
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Clique
An exclusive group bound together by some shared quality or interest
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Coax
get somebody to do something by kindness
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Colloquial
Conversational; informal in language
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Commuter
person who travels regularly
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Compendium
A summary; an abridgment
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Complacent
Self-satisfied; overly pleased with oneself; contented to a fault
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Complaisant
trying to please; overly polite; obliging
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Compliant
yielding; conforming to requirements
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Conceal
hide keep secret
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Concise
Brief and to the point; succinct
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Conduce
To bring about
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Conjoin
to join together
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Connoisseur
An expert particularly in matter of art or taste
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Connotation
suggestion in addition to
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Consternation
surprise and fear dismay
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Consummate
Perfect; complete; supremely skillful
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Contrived
Artificial; labored
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Contumacious
insubordinate rebellious
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Conventional
common; customary; unexceptional
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Convivial
Fond of partying; festive
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Countenance
face; facial expression especially an encouraging one
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Covert
secret; hidden
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Craven
cowardly
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Credulity
too great a readiness to believe things
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Credulous
eager to believe; gullible
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Crush
press lose shape subdue overwhelm
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Dainty
pretty/delicate(food)/difficult to please
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Deprave
make morally bad corrupt
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Deprecate
to express disapproval of
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Desiccate
to dry out
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Deterrent
Something that discourages; hindrance
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Dichotomy
split; branching into two parts (especially contradictory ones)
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Digress
to stray from the main subject
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Disabuse
correct a false impression; undeceive
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Discern
to have insight; to see things clearly to discriminate; to differentiate
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Discordant
not harmonious; conflicting
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Disencumber
free from encumbrance
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Disparage
to belittle; to say uncomplimentary things about usually in a somewhat indirect way
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Disparate
different; incompatible; unequal
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Disparate adj.
basically different; unrelated
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Disproof
proof to the contrary
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Disrobe
undress
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Dissemble v.
disguise; pretend
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Distill
purify; refine; concentrate
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Distrait
distracted
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Diverge
vary; go in different directions from the same point
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Divest
strip; deprive
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Domestic
having to do with the household or family; not foreign
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Dote
show much fondness center one's attention
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Drawl
slow way of speaking
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Dupe
cheat make a fool of
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Eclectic
A choosing the best from many sources; drawn from many sources
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Egress
way out exit
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Ellipsis
ellipsoid
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Elliptical
Adj oval; missing a word or words; obscure
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Embellish
adorn; ornament; enhance, as a story
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Emigrant
a n immigrate
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Emigrate
V to move to a new country; to move a new place to live; to expatriate
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Encapsulate
enclose in capsule
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Endorse
write one's name on the back of
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Enhance
increase; improve
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Ensconce
To settle (oneself) securely or comfortably
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Entangle
put into difficulties
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Enthral
take the whole attention, enslave
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Entice
attract, lure
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Enunciate
pronounce (words)/express a theory
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Ephemeral
A lasting a very short time
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Epithet
adjective
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Equilibrium
state of being balanced
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Equipoise
equal distribution of weight equilibrium
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Erudite
Adj scholarly; deeply learned ;
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Euphemism
N a pleasant or inoffensive expression used in place of an unpleasant or offensive one
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Euphoria
elation state of pleasant excitement
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Exalt
V to raise high; to glorify
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Exculpate
clear from blame
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Exhort
V to urge strongly; to give a serious warning to
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Expatriate
V to throw someone out of his or her native land; to move away from ones native land; to emigrate
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Expedient
Adj providing an immediate advantage; serving ones immediate self-interest; practical
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Explicit
Adj clearly and directly expressed
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Exploit
brilliant achievement develop use selfishly
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Extenuate
reduce the strength of lessen seriousness partially excuse
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Extinguish
end the existence of/wipe or put out
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Extol
V to praise highly; to laud
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Fabrication
N a lie; something made up
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Facilitate
help bring about; make less difficult
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Faction
N a group usually a small part of a larger group united around some cause; disagreement within an organization
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Fallacious
false; misleading
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Fastidious
Adj meticulous; demanding; finicky
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Fatalist
N someone who believes that future events are already determined and that humans are powerless to change them
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Fatuous
Adj foolish; silly; idiotic ;
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Felon
person guilty of murder
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Figurative
Adj based on figures of speech; expressing something in terms usually for something else; metaphorical
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Finical
too fussy about food clothing etc.
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Flag
droop; grow feeble
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Flagrant
Adj glaringly bad; notorious; scandalous
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Flaunting
show off complacently
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Fleet
number of ships quick-moving
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Flop
fail/move/fall clumsily
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Florid
very much ornamented naturally red (e.g.. of face)
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Fluke
lucky stroke
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Fluster
make nervous or confused
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Forage
food for horses and cattle
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Foray
to venture
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Forbearance
patience willingness to wait
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Forge
workshop for the shaping of metal to shape metal lead
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Founder
v to fail ; to collapse ; to sink
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Fracas
noisy quarrel
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Fragrant
sweet-smelling
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Frenetic
a frantic ; frenzied
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Gaucherie
socially awkward tactless behavior
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Genre
n a type or category especially of art or writing
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Genteel
a refined ; polite ; aristocratic ; affecting refinement
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Gerontocracy
government ruled by old people
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Glut
n surplus ; an overabundance
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Goad
urge on
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Grandiose
a absurdly exaggerated
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Grumble
to complain
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Guile
n cunning ; duplicity ; artfulness
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Harbinger
n a forerunner ; a signal of ;
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Hiatus
n a break or interruption often from work ;
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Highbrow
(person) with superior tastes
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Hubris
arrogant pride
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Husk
worthless outside part of anything
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Hypocrisy
falsely making oneself appear to be good
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Ideology
n a system of social or political ideas
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Idolatry
worship of idols; excessive admiration
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Ignominious
shameful dishonorable undignified disgraceful
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Immaculate
pure faultless
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Impair
injure; hurt; worsen diminish in value
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Impartial
a fair ; not favoring one side or the other ; unbiased
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Impetuous
a impulsive ; extremely impatient ;
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Implicit
implied though not plainly expressed
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Importune
beg urgently solicit (of a prostitute)
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Inadvertent
not paying proper attention
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Inaugurate
v to begin officially ; to induct formally into office
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Inconsequential
insignificant; unimportant
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Incredulous
skeptical unwilling to believe
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Inculcate
fix firmly by repetition
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Indigent
a poor
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Indulge
gratify give way to satisfy allow oneself
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Inept
a clumsy ; incompetent ; gauche
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Inimical
harmful or unfriendly
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Inimitable
defying imitation unmatchable
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Innocuous
a harmless ; banal
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Insidious
a treacherous ; sneaky ;
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Insinuate
v to hint ; to creep in hind
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Insolent
a arrogant ; insulting
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Instigate
v to provoke ; to stir up
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Insurgent
n a rebel ; someone who revolts against a government
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Interim
as an installment
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Intransigence
unwillingness to compromise stubbornness intractability
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Intransigence n.
refusal of any compromise; stubbornness
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Intransigent
a uncompromising ; stubborn
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Invincible
too strong to be defeated
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Ire
anger
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Irrevocable
a irreversible
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Jabber
talk excitedly utter rapidly
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Judicious
a exercising sound judgment
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Laud
v to praise ; to applaud ; to extol ; to celebrate
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Levee
stone embankment to prevent flooding; formal reception
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Levity
n lightness ; frivolity ; unseriousness
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Log
record of a voyage or flight; record of day-to-day activities
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Loquacious
a talking a lot or too much
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Lucid
a clear ; easy to understand ;
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Machination
n scheming activity for an evil purpose
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Malaise
n a feeling of depression uneasiness or queasiness
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Malapropism
misuse of a word (for one that resembles it)
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Malign
to speak harmful untruths about someone
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Martyr
n someone who gives up his or her life in pursuit of a cause especially a religious one ; one who suffers for a cause ; one who makes a show of suffering in order to arouse sympathy
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Maverick
n a nonconformist ; a rebel
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Maxim
n a fundamental principle ; an old saying
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Mellifluous
a sweetly flowing
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Mendacious
a lying ; dishonest
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Meticulous
excessively careful; painstaking; scrupulous; giving great attention to details
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Middling
fairly good but not very good
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Mite
A very small amount, portion, or particle
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Molt
moult lose hair feathers before new growing
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Mundane
a ordinary ; pretty boring ; not heavenly and eternal
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Nascent
coming into existence emerging
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Negate
cancel out; nullify; deny
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Nexus
a connection tie or link
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Nihilism
n the belief that there are no values or morals in the universe
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Novel
a new ; original ;
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Oblivious
unaware having no memory
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Obtrusive
projecting prominent undesirably noticeable
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Officious
a annoyingly eager to help or advise
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Ominous
threatening
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Overhaul
examine thoroughly to learn about the condition
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Panacea
n something that cures everything
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Paternal
a fatherly ; fatherlike
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Patrician
n a person of noble birth ; an aristocrat ;
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Patronize
v to treat as an inferior ; to condescend to
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Peccadillo
n a minor offense
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Pedantic
a boringly scholarly or academic
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Perch
take up a high position
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Peregrination
traveling about wandering
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Perennial
a continual ; happening again and again or year after year continual
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Periphery
n the outside edge of something ;
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Perish
be destroyed decay
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Permeable
penetrable; porous; allowing liquids or gas to pass through
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Pertain
belong as a part have reference
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Petrified
taken away power (to think feel act)
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Philanthropist
one who loves mankind
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Pinch
be too tight take between the thumb and finger
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Pith
essential part force soft liquid substance
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Plaintive
a expressing sadness or sorrow
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Plea
request
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Plummet
fall sharply
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Preamble
introductory statement
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Precarious
uncertain; risky
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Predilection
n a natural preference for something
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Preponderance
greatness in number strength weight
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Pristine
a original ; unspoiled ; pure
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Procrastination
keeping on putting off
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Prodigy
n an extremely talented child; an extraordinary accomplishment or occurrence; wonder /
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Propagation
increasing the number spreading extending
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Proprietary
a characteristic of an owner of property; constituting property
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Prosaic
a dull; unimaginative; like prose as opposed to poetry
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Protracted
prolonged
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Provident
a preparing for the future; providing for the future; frugal
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Punitive
Punishing
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Purvey
provide supply
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Pyre
large pile of wood for burning
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Qualified
limited; restricted
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Querulous
a complaining; grumbling; whining ;
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Rant
use extravagant language
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Rapacious
a greedy; plundering; avaricious
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Rarefy
to make thin to make less dense to purify or refine
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Rave
act with excessive enthusiasm
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Rebuke
v to criticize sharply
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Recalcitrant
a stubbornly defiant of authority or control; disobedient
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Recant
v to publicly take back and deny something previously said or believed; to openly confess error
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Recuperate
become strong after illness loss exhaustion
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Redolent
a fragrant fragrant
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Regale
to delight or entertain to feast
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Reiterate
v to say again; to repeat
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Remonstrate
v to argue against; to protest; to raise objections
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Render
deliver provide represent
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Renounce
v to give up formally or resign; to disown; to have nothing to do with anymore
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Repel
refuse to accept/cause dislike
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Reprehensible
a worthy of blame or censure
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Reproach
v to scold usually in disappointment; to blame; to disgrace
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Requisite
required necessary
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Requite
repay give in return
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Resigned
unresisting submissive
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Retinue
following; attendants
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Retrograde
receding
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Rivet
fix take up secure metal pin
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Rudimentary
a basic; crude; unformed or undeveloped ;
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Sacrosanct
a sacred; held to be inviolable
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Sagacious
a discerning; shrewd; keen in judgment; wise
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Sanctimony
self-righteousness hypocritical with FALSE piety
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Sanity
health of mind soundness of judgment
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Sardonic
a mocking; scornful
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Sash
long strip worn round the waist
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Saturate
soak thoroughly
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Savant
person of great learning
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Scintillate
v to sparkle either literally or figuratively
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Scorch
become discolored/dry up/go at high speed
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Scribble
write hastily
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Sedition
n treason; the incitement of public disorder or rebellion
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Sensory
a having to do with the senses or sensation
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Sententious
short and pithy full of maxims/proverbs
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Sentient
a able to perceive by the senses; conscious ...
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Severance
severing
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Shunned
avoided, kept away from
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Shunt
send from one track to another lay aside evade discussion
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Sidestep
step to one side
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Singular
unique; superior; exceptional; strange
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Slack
sluggish dull not tight
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Slur
join sounds/words (indistinct)
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Snare
trap
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Soggy
heavy with water
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Soot
black powder in smoke
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Sophomoric
self-assured though immature affected bombastic overblown
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Soporific
sleeping inducing; extremely boring; very sleepy
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Stanch
to stop the flow of a fluid
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Static
stationary; not changing or moving
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Steadfast
loyal; faithful loyal faithful
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Stigmatize
to brand with disgrace; to set a mark of disgrace upon
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Sting
something sharp
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Stint
to be thrifty to set limits
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Stoic
indifferent at least outwardly to pleasure or pain to joy or grief to fortune or misfortune
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Stolid
dull; impassive; showing no emotion
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Stride
walk with long steps
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Strife
bitter conflict; discord; a struggle or clash
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Stygian
hence dark gloomy
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Submerge
put under water liquid sink out of sight
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Substantiation
giving facts to support (statement)
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Suffocate
cause or have difficulty in breathing
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Sundry
various miscellaneous separate
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Suppliant
asking humbly beseeching
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Surfeit
excess; an excessive amount; excess or overindulgence in eating or drinking
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Tarnished
lost brightness
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Taut
tightly stretched
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Temperance
abstinence from alcohol self-control moderation
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Tenacity
firmness persistency adhesiveness tending to hang on
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Tentative
experimental; temporary; uncertain
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Theology
the study of god or religion
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Thrift
care economy thriving prosperous
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Timid
shy easily frightened
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Torment
severe pain or suffering
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Treacherous
not to be trusted, perfidious
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Trite
not new
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Ulterior
situated beyond
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Umbrage
offense resentment
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Uncouth
rough awkward
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Unctuous
oily both literally and figuratively; insincere
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Undermine
weaken gradually at the base make something under
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Unfeigned
not pretended sincere
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Upbraid
scold reproach
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Utilitarian
stressing usefulness or utility above all other qualities; pragmatic
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Vacillate
to be indecisive; to waver ;
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Vacillation
being uncertain hesitating
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Variegate
To mark with different shade or colors
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Venal
capable of being bribed; willing to do anything for money; corrupt
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Veneer
surface appearance covering the TRUE nature
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Verdant
fresh and green
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Verisimilitude
similarity to reality; the appearance of truth; looking like real thing
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Vex
to annoy; to pester; to confuse
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Virago
a loud domineering woman a scold or nag
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Vitiate
to make impure; to pollute
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Vitriolic
caustic; full of bitterness
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Vivacious
lively high-spirited
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Volition
will; conscious choice
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Warranted
justified; authorized
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Wary
very cautious
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Weigh
measure hoe heavy something is
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Writ
written order
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Xenophile (Zen-Uh-Fahyl)
a person who is attracted to foreign peoples cultures
