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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

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go or come up

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Ascetic

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Hermit like; practicing self-denial

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Ascribe

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consider to be the origin of or belonging to

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Assimilate

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To take in; to absorb; to learn thoroughly

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Assuage

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To soothe; to pacify; to ease the pain of; to relieve

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Assuage v.

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ease or lessen (pain); satisfy (hunger); soothe (anger)

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Audacious

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daring; bold

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Austere

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Unadorned; stern; forbidding; without excess

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Autocratic

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Ruling with absolute authority; extremely bossy

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Bandy

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discuss lightly or glibly; exchange (words) heatedly

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Bastion

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Stronghold; fortress; fortified place

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Beleaguer

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To surround; to besiege; to harass

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Benevolence

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wish or activity in doing good

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Bequest

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Something left to someone in a will

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Bereft

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rob or dispossess of something (material)

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Bigot

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stubborn narrow-minded person

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Bilge

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bulge the protuberance of a cask

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Bovine

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Cow related; cow like cf canine equine feline pis cine porcine ursine

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Buoyant

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able to float light-hearted

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Burgeon

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To expand; to flourish

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Burnish

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make shiny by rubbing; polish

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Cadge

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to beg to get by begging

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Capitalism

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Free enterprise

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Castigate

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To criticize severely; to chastise

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Chaste

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pure

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Chisel

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steel tool for shaping materials

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Chronic

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Constant; lasting a long time; inveterate

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Churl

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bad-tempered person

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Circumlocution

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An indirect expression; use of wordy or evasive language

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Clamor

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shout complain with a lot of noise

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Cliche

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An overused saying or idea

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Clientele

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customers

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Clique

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An exclusive group bound together by some shared quality or interest

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Coax

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get somebody to do something by kindness

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Colloquial

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Conversational; informal in language

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Commuter

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person who travels regularly

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Compendium

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A summary; an abridgment

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Complacent

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Self-satisfied; overly pleased with oneself; contented to a fault

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Complaisant

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trying to please; overly polite; obliging

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Compliant

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yielding; conforming to requirements

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Conceal

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hide keep secret

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Concise

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Brief and to the point; succinct

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Conduce

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To bring about

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Conjoin

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to join together

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Connoisseur

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An expert particularly in matter of art or taste

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Connotation

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suggestion in addition to

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Consternation

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surprise and fear dismay

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Consummate

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Perfect; complete; supremely skillful

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Contrived

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Artificial; labored

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Contumacious

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insubordinate rebellious

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Conventional

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common; customary; unexceptional

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Convivial

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Fond of partying; festive

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Countenance

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face; facial expression especially an encouraging one

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Covert

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secret; hidden

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Craven

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cowardly

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Credulity

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too great a readiness to believe things

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Credulous

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eager to believe; gullible

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Crush

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press lose shape subdue overwhelm

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Dainty

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pretty/delicate(food)/difficult to please

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Deprave

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make morally bad corrupt

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Deprecate

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to express disapproval of

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Desiccate

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to dry out

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Deterrent

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Something that discourages; hindrance

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Dichotomy

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split; branching into two parts (especially contradictory ones)

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Digress

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to stray from the main subject

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Disabuse

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correct a false impression; undeceive

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Discern

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to have insight; to see things clearly to discriminate; to differentiate

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Discordant

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not harmonious; conflicting

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Disencumber

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free from encumbrance

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Disparage

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to belittle; to say uncomplimentary things about usually in a somewhat indirect way

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Disparate

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different; incompatible; unequal

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Disparate adj.

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basically different; unrelated

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Disproof

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proof to the contrary

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Disrobe

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undress

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Dissemble v.

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disguise; pretend

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Distill

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purify; refine; concentrate

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Distrait

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distracted

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Diverge

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vary; go in different directions from the same point

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Divest

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strip; deprive

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Domestic

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having to do with the household or family; not foreign

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Dote

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show much fondness center one’s attention

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Drawl

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slow way of speaking

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Dupe

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cheat make a fool of

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Eclectic

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A choosing the best from many sources; drawn from many sources

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Egress

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way out exit

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Ellipsis

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ellipsoid

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Elliptical

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Adj oval; missing a word or words; obscure

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Embellish

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adorn; ornament; enhance, as a story

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Emigrant

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a n immigrate

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Emigrate

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V to move to a new country; to move a new place to live; to expatriate

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Encapsulate

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enclose in capsule

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Endorse

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write one’s name on the back of

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Enhance

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increase; improve

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Ensconce

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To settle (oneself) securely or comfortably

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Entangle

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put into difficulties

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Enthral

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take the whole attention, enslave

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Entice

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attract, lure

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Enunciate

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pronounce (words)/express a theory

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Ephemeral

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A lasting a very short time

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Epithet

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adjective

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Equilibrium

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state of being balanced

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Equipoise

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equal distribution of weight equilibrium

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Erudite

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Adj scholarly; deeply learned ;

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Euphemism

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N a pleasant or inoffensive expression used in place of an unpleasant or offensive one

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Euphoria

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elation state of pleasant excitement

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Exalt

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V to raise high; to glorify

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Exculpate

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clear from blame

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Exhort

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V to urge strongly; to give a serious warning to

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Expatriate

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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

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Adj providing an immediate advantage; serving ones immediate self-interest; practical

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Explicit

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Adj clearly and directly expressed

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Exploit

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brilliant achievement develop use selfishly

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Extenuate

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reduce the strength of lessen seriousness partially excuse

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Extinguish

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end the existence of/wipe or put out

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Extol

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V to praise highly; to laud

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Fabrication

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N a lie; something made up

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Facilitate

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help bring about; make less difficult

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Faction

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N a group usually a small part of a larger group united around some cause; disagreement within an organization

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Fallacious

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false; misleading

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Fastidious

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Adj meticulous; demanding; finicky

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Fatalist

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N someone who believes that future events are already determined and that humans are powerless to change them

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Fatuous

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Adj foolish; silly; idiotic ;

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Felon

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person guilty of murder

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Figurative

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Adj based on figures of speech; expressing something in terms usually for something else; metaphorical

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Finical

A

too fussy about food clothing etc.

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Flag

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droop; grow feeble

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Flagrant

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Adj glaringly bad; notorious; scandalous

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Flaunting

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show off complacently

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Fleet

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number of ships quick-moving

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Flop

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fail/move/fall clumsily

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Florid

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very much ornamented naturally red (e.g.. of face)

156
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Fluke

A

lucky stroke

157
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Fluster

A

make nervous or confused

158
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Forage

A

food for horses and cattle

159
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Foray

A

to venture

160
Q

Forbearance

A

patience willingness to wait

161
Q

Forge

A

workshop for the shaping of metal to shape metal lead

162
Q

Founder

A

v to fail ; to collapse ; to sink

163
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Fracas

A

noisy quarrel

164
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Fragrant

A

sweet-smelling

165
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Frenetic

A

a frantic ; frenzied

166
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Gaucherie

A

socially awkward tactless behavior

167
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Genre

A

n a type or category especially of art or writing

168
Q

Genteel

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a refined ; polite ; aristocratic ; affecting refinement

169
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Gerontocracy

A

government ruled by old people

170
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Glut

A

n surplus ; an overabundance

171
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Goad

A

urge on

172
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Grandiose

A

a absurdly exaggerated

173
Q

Grumble

A

to complain

174
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Guile

A

n cunning ; duplicity ; artfulness

175
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Harbinger

A

n a forerunner ; a signal of ;

176
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Hiatus

A

n a break or interruption often from work ;

177
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Highbrow

A

(person) with superior tastes

178
Q

Hubris

A

arrogant pride

179
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Husk

A

worthless outside part of anything

180
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Hypocrisy

A

falsely making oneself appear to be good

181
Q

Ideology

A

n a system of social or political ideas

182
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Idolatry

A

worship of idols; excessive admiration

183
Q

Ignominious

A

shameful dishonorable undignified disgraceful

184
Q

Immaculate

A

pure faultless

185
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Impair

A

injure; hurt; worsen diminish in value

186
Q

Impartial

A

a fair ; not favoring one side or the other ; unbiased

187
Q

Impetuous

A

a impulsive ; extremely impatient ;

188
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Implicit

A

implied though not plainly expressed

189
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Importune

A

beg urgently solicit (of a prostitute)

190
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Inadvertent

A

not paying proper attention

191
Q

Inaugurate

A

v to begin officially ; to induct formally into office

192
Q

Inconsequential

A

insignificant; unimportant

193
Q

Incredulous

A

skeptical unwilling to believe

194
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Inculcate

A

fix firmly by repetition

195
Q

Indigent

A

a poor

196
Q

Indulge

A

gratify give way to satisfy allow oneself

197
Q

Inept

A

a clumsy ; incompetent ; gauche

198
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Inimical

A

harmful or unfriendly

199
Q

Inimitable

A

defying imitation unmatchable

200
Q

Innocuous

A

a harmless ; banal

201
Q

Insidious

A

a treacherous ; sneaky ;

202
Q

Insinuate

A

v to hint ; to creep in hind

203
Q

Insolent

A

a arrogant ; insulting

204
Q

Instigate

A

v to provoke ; to stir up

205
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Insurgent

A

n a rebel ; someone who revolts against a government

206
Q

Interim

A

as an installment

207
Q

Intransigence

A

unwillingness to compromise stubbornness intractability

208
Q

Intransigence n.

A

refusal of any compromise; stubbornness

209
Q

Intransigent

A

a uncompromising ; stubborn

210
Q

Invincible

A

too strong to be defeated

211
Q

Ire

A

anger

212
Q

Irrevocable

A

a irreversible

213
Q

Jabber

A

talk excitedly utter rapidly

214
Q

Judicious

A

a exercising sound judgment

215
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Laud

A

v to praise ; to applaud ; to extol ; to celebrate

216
Q

Levee

A

stone embankment to prevent flooding; formal reception

217
Q

Levity

A

n lightness ; frivolity ; unseriousness

218
Q

Log

A

record of a voyage or flight; record of day-to-day activities

219
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Loquacious

A

a talking a lot or too much

220
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Lucid

A

a clear ; easy to understand ;

221
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Machination

A

n scheming activity for an evil purpose

222
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Malaise

A

n a feeling of depression uneasiness or queasiness

223
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Malapropism

A

misuse of a word (for one that resembles it)

224
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Malign

A

to speak harmful untruths about someone

225
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Martyr

A

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

226
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Maverick

A

n a nonconformist ; a rebel

227
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Maxim

A

n a fundamental principle ; an old saying

228
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Mellifluous

A

a sweetly flowing

229
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Mendacious

A

a lying ; dishonest

230
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Meticulous

A

excessively careful; painstaking; scrupulous; giving great attention to details

231
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Middling

A

fairly good but not very good

232
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Mite

A

A very small amount, portion, or particle

233
Q

Molt

A

moult lose hair feathers before new growing

234
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Mundane

A

a ordinary ; pretty boring ; not heavenly and eternal

235
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Nascent

A

coming into existence emerging

236
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Negate

A

cancel out; nullify; deny

237
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Nexus

A

a connection tie or link

238
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Nihilism

A

n the belief that there are no values or morals in the universe

239
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Novel

A

a new ; original ;

240
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Oblivious

A

unaware having no memory

241
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Obtrusive

A

projecting prominent undesirably noticeable

242
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Officious

A

a annoyingly eager to help or advise

243
Q

Ominous

A

threatening

244
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Overhaul

A

examine thoroughly to learn about the condition

245
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Panacea

A

n something that cures everything

246
Q

Paternal

A

a fatherly ; fatherlike

247
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Patrician

A

n a person of noble birth ; an aristocrat ;

248
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Patronize

A

v to treat as an inferior ; to condescend to

249
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Peccadillo

A

n a minor offense

250
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Pedantic

A

a boringly scholarly or academic

251
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Perch

A

take up a high position

252
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Peregrination

A

traveling about wandering

253
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Perennial

A

a continual ; happening again and again or year after year continual

254
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Periphery

A

n the outside edge of something ;

255
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Perish

A

be destroyed decay

256
Q

Permeable

A

penetrable; porous; allowing liquids or gas to pass through

257
Q

Pertain

A

belong as a part have reference

258
Q

Petrified

A

taken away power (to think feel act)

259
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Philanthropist

A

one who loves mankind

260
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Pinch

A

be too tight take between the thumb and finger

261
Q

Pith

A

essential part force soft liquid substance

262
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Plaintive

A

a expressing sadness or sorrow

263
Q

Plea

A

request

264
Q

Plummet

A

fall sharply

265
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Preamble

A

introductory statement

266
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Precarious

A

uncertain; risky

267
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Predilection

A

n a natural preference for something

268
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Preponderance

A

greatness in number strength weight

269
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Pristine

A

a original ; unspoiled ; pure

270
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Procrastination

A

keeping on putting off

271
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Prodigy

A

n an extremely talented child; an extraordinary accomplishment or occurrence; wonder /

272
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Propagation

A

increasing the number spreading extending

273
Q

Proprietary

A

a characteristic of an owner of property; constituting property

274
Q

Prosaic

A

a dull; unimaginative; like prose as opposed to poetry

275
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Protracted

A

prolonged

276
Q

Provident

A

a preparing for the future; providing for the future; frugal

277
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Punitive

A

Punishing

278
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Purvey

A

provide supply

279
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Pyre

A

large pile of wood for burning

280
Q

Qualified

A

limited; restricted

281
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Querulous

A

a complaining; grumbling; whining ;

282
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Rant

A

use extravagant language

283
Q

Rapacious

A

a greedy; plundering; avaricious

284
Q

Rarefy

A

to make thin to make less dense to purify or refine

285
Q

Rave

A

act with excessive enthusiasm

286
Q

Rebuke

A

v to criticize sharply

287
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Recalcitrant

A

a stubbornly defiant of authority or control; disobedient

288
Q

Recant

A

v to publicly take back and deny something previously said or believed; to openly confess error

289
Q

Recuperate

A

become strong after illness loss exhaustion

290
Q

Redolent

A

a fragrant fragrant

291
Q

Regale

A

to delight or entertain to feast

292
Q

Reiterate

A

v to say again; to repeat

293
Q

Remonstrate

A

v to argue against; to protest; to raise objections

294
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Render

A

deliver provide represent

295
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Renounce

A

v to give up formally or resign; to disown; to have nothing to do with anymore

296
Q

Repel

A

refuse to accept/cause dislike

297
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Reprehensible

A

a worthy of blame or censure

298
Q

Reproach

A

v to scold usually in disappointment; to blame; to disgrace

299
Q

Requisite

A

required necessary

300
Q

Requite

A

repay give in return

301
Q

Resigned

A

unresisting submissive

302
Q

Retinue

A

following; attendants

303
Q

Retrograde

A

receding

304
Q

Rivet

A

fix take up secure metal pin

305
Q

Rudimentary

A

a basic; crude; unformed or undeveloped ;

306
Q

Sacrosanct

A

a sacred; held to be inviolable

307
Q

Sagacious

A

a discerning; shrewd; keen in judgment; wise

308
Q

Sanctimony

A

self-righteousness hypocritical with FALSE piety

309
Q

Sanity

A

health of mind soundness of judgment

310
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Sardonic

A

a mocking; scornful

311
Q

Sash

A

long strip worn round the waist

312
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Saturate

A

soak thoroughly

313
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Savant

A

person of great learning

314
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Scintillate

A

v to sparkle either literally or figuratively

315
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Scorch

A

become discolored/dry up/go at high speed

316
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Scribble

A

write hastily

317
Q

Sedition

A

n treason; the incitement of public disorder or rebellion

318
Q

Sensory

A

a having to do with the senses or sensation

319
Q

Sententious

A

short and pithy full of maxims/proverbs

320
Q

Sentient

A

a able to perceive by the senses; conscious …

321
Q

Severance

A

severing

322
Q

Shunned

A

avoided, kept away from

323
Q

Shunt

A

send from one track to another lay aside evade discussion

324
Q

Sidestep

A

step to one side

325
Q

Singular

A

unique; superior; exceptional; strange

326
Q

Slack

A

sluggish dull not tight

327
Q

Slur

A

join sounds/words (indistinct)

328
Q

Snare

A

trap

329
Q

Soggy

A

heavy with water

330
Q

Soot

A

black powder in smoke

331
Q

Sophomoric

A

self-assured though immature affected bombastic overblown

332
Q

Soporific

A

sleeping inducing; extremely boring; very sleepy

333
Q

Stanch

A

to stop the flow of a fluid

334
Q

Static

A

stationary; not changing or moving

335
Q

Steadfast

A

loyal; faithful loyal faithful

336
Q

Stigmatize

A

to brand with disgrace; to set a mark of disgrace upon

337
Q

Sting

A

something sharp

338
Q

Stint

A

to be thrifty to set limits

339
Q

Stoic

A

indifferent at least outwardly to pleasure or pain to joy or grief to fortune or misfortune

340
Q

Stolid

A

dull; impassive; showing no emotion

341
Q

Stride

A

walk with long steps

342
Q

Strife

A

bitter conflict; discord; a struggle or clash

343
Q

Stygian

A

hence dark gloomy

344
Q

Submerge

A

put under water liquid sink out of sight

345
Q

Substantiation

A

giving facts to support (statement)

346
Q

Suffocate

A

cause or have difficulty in breathing

347
Q

Sundry

A

various miscellaneous separate

348
Q

Suppliant

A

asking humbly beseeching

349
Q

Surfeit

A

excess; an excessive amount; excess or overindulgence in eating or drinking

350
Q

Tarnished

A

lost brightness

351
Q

Taut

A

tightly stretched

352
Q

Temperance

A

abstinence from alcohol self-control moderation

353
Q

Tenacity

A

firmness persistency adhesiveness tending to hang on

354
Q

Tentative

A

experimental; temporary; uncertain

355
Q

Theology

A

the study of god or religion

356
Q

Thrift

A

care economy thriving prosperous

357
Q

Timid

A

shy easily frightened

358
Q

Torment

A

severe pain or suffering

359
Q

Treacherous

A

not to be trusted, perfidious

360
Q

Trite

A

not new

361
Q

Ulterior

A

situated beyond

362
Q

Umbrage

A

offense resentment

363
Q

Uncouth

A

rough awkward

364
Q

Unctuous

A

oily both literally and figuratively; insincere

365
Q

Undermine

A

weaken gradually at the base make something under

366
Q

Unfeigned

A

not pretended sincere

367
Q

Upbraid

A

scold reproach

368
Q

Utilitarian

A

stressing usefulness or utility above all other qualities; pragmatic

369
Q

Vacillate

A

to be indecisive; to waver ;

370
Q

Vacillation

A

being uncertain hesitating

371
Q

Variegate

A

To mark with different shade or colors

372
Q

Venal

A

capable of being bribed; willing to do anything for money; corrupt

373
Q

Veneer

A

surface appearance covering the TRUE nature

374
Q

Verdant

A

fresh and green

375
Q

Verisimilitude

A

similarity to reality; the appearance of truth; looking like real thing

376
Q

Vex

A

to annoy; to pester; to confuse

377
Q

Virago

A

a loud domineering woman a scold or nag

378
Q

Vitiate

A

to make impure; to pollute

379
Q

Vitriolic

A

caustic; full of bitterness

380
Q

Vivacious

A

lively high-spirited

381
Q

Volition

A

will; conscious choice

382
Q

Warranted

A

justified; authorized

383
Q

Wary

A

very cautious

384
Q

Weigh

A

measure hoe heavy something is

385
Q

Writ

A

written order

386
Q

Xenophile (Zen-Uh-Fahyl)

A

a person who is attracted to foreign peoples cultures

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