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Attest

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to bear witness to

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vindicate

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clear of accusation, blame, or suspicion

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ail

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cause pain

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enfeeble

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to weaken

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convalesce

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recover health after illness; recuperate

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recuperate

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convalesce; recover health after illness

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Debilitate

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to make weak or feeble; enfeeble

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Reminiscent

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awakening memories of something similar

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redolent

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having a pleasant odor

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pungent

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sharp biting or acrid especially in taste or smell

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truculent

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fierce and cruel; aggressive; deadly, destructive; scathingly harsh:
Edward’s truculent attitude toward his girlfriends is the reason why they are apart today.

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panegyrize

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to praise a person or event in a formal speech or in writing; to praise highly

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phlegmatic

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showing little emotion, apathetic

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preposterous

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contrary to nature or reason

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vacillate

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to be indecisive; to waver back and forth

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waver

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vacillate

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timorous

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timid, shy, full of apprehension, fearful

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deplore

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to feel or express regret or disapproval

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savory

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pleasant or agreeable in taste or smell

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ambrosial

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pleasant or agreeable in taste or smell

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dilettantish

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showing frivolous or superficial interest; dabble

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eclectic

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choosing from various sources

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dilate

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to make or become larger or wider; to expand upon

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metastasized

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spread throughout the body

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piquant

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having an agreeably pungent taste

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indolent

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having or showing a disposition to avoid exertion, lazy, slothful

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queasy

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feeling nausea

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meticulous

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extremely careful; particular about details

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boast

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Speak with excessive pride

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scruple

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an ethical or moral principle that inhibits action

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reproach

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express criticism towards

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apogee

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highest point, pinnacle

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Apex

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the highest point (of something), pinnacle

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encroach

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To intrude gradually upon the rights of another; to trespass

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contemplate

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to consider carefully and thoughtfully

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Tarnish

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make or become dull or discolored; N.

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anecdotal/anecdote

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consisting of things that people have said, and not facts/a short account of an incident in someone’s life

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depilate

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remove hair

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Sanguine

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cheerfully optimistic

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intrigue

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to arouse the curiosity or interest

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recalcitrant

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stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority`

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extravagant

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recklessly wasteful

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prodigal

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wastefully or recklessly extravagant

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lucre

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wealth

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penury

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extreme poverty

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avarice

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extreme greed for material wealth

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adumbrate

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foreshadow

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aggrandize

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increase in power, wealth, or rank

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dubious

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doubtful

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demur

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to express disagreement or refuse to do something

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relish

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strongly like something

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exuberant

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full of happiness,extremely good excitement, and energy:

a warm and exuberant personality

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rakish

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confidently careless and informal

jaunty; stylish; sporty; morally corrupt; dissolute; Ex. He wore his hat at a rakish and jaunty angle.

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convivial

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friendly and agreeable

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temerity

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fearless daring,rashness, boldness, state of being intrepid

recklessness; a foolish disregard of danger

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tepid

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moderately warm

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ineluctable

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unavoidable, inescapable, inevitable

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diffident

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shy and without any confidence:

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impeccable

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faultless; flawless; irreproachable: impeccable manners.

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avowal

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a statement in which you declare or admit something that you believe, support or intend to do.
They were imprisoned for their avowal of anti-government beliefs.

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japery

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good-natured mockery

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languish

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become week, feeble

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indignant

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angered at something unjust or wrong.

Consumers are indignant at/about the high prices charged by car dealers.

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relinquish

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surrender, give up, let go of.

relinquish to the power of another

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promulgate

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to announce; to make known

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acquiesce

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submit or comply silently or without protest;

67
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ominous

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threatening

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meticulous

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very careful, and giving great attention to detail:

This book is the result of meticulous research.

69
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lexicon

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the vocabulary of a particular language

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verbiage

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pompous array of words; too many unnecessary words; wordiness:
His explanation was wrapped up in so much technical verbiage that I simply couldn’t understand it.

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peripheral

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on or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary.

not as important as someone or something else

72
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nascent

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beginning to exist or develop:

a nascent democracy

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falter

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to hesitate or waver in action

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strut

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walk proudly and pompously

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peccadillo

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a minor offense, fault:

He dismissed what had happened as a mere peccadillo.

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superfluous

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being more than is sufficient or required; excessive. unnecessary or needless:
superfluous details/information

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nugatory

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of no real value; trifling; worthless.trivial, insignificant, frivolous:
a nugatory amount

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preponderant

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superior in weight, force, influence, numbers:

Music does not play a very preponderant role in the school’s teaching.

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prolix

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extended to great, unnecessary, or tedious length; long and wordy:
The author’s prolix style has done nothing to encourage sales of the book.

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jejune

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childish:

He made jejune generalizations about how all students were lazy and never did any work.

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exacerbate

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to make worse:

Sunny weather exacerbates the effects of pollution.

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extort

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take by force, threat/ blackmail:

he extorted the police by threatening to kill the hostages.

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abhor

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to regard with extreme repugnance or aversion; detest utterly; loathe; abominate:
the citizens abhorred their dictator ruler.

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ambivalent

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having mixed feeling about something:

He was ambivalent about moving to London.

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taciturn

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saying very little and not seeming friendly, reticent:

he was taciturn about revealing his secrets.

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imperious

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overbearing, arrogant; seeking to dominate; pressing, compelling:
dismissed the matter with an imperious wave of her hand.

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incumbent

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someone who has an official job, especially a political one.

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ignominy

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public shame, disgrace, or dishonor:

The Workers’ Coalition experienced the ignominy of total defeat in the last election.

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obsequious

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too willing to praise or obey someone:

obsequious servants

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scourge

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a cause of affliction or calamity, epidemic:

Disease and famine are scourges of humanity.

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abate

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become less in amount or intensity, diminish:

By the weekend, the storms had abated.

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revel

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to enjoy a situation or activity very much:

He revelled in his role as team manager.

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homage

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honor or respect shown publicly:

Fans paid homage to the actress who died yesterday.

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paean

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any song of praise:

The song is a paean to solitude and independence.

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banter

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playful conversation:

we had such a nice banter as friends.

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rebuff

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to refuse someone’s suggestion or offer, in an unfriendly way:
The company has rebuffed several buyout offers.

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espouse

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to support a belief or way of life:

Both major parties have now abandoned these principles; only the bnp still espouses all of them.

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jubilant

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showing great joy:

The fans were jubilant at/about/over England’s victory.

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fawning

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extreme flattery

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pensive

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meditative, dreamily or wistfully thoughtful:

She became withdrawn and pensive, hardly speaking to anyone.

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livid

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very angry:

the parents were very livid about their son’s indecent behavior.

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amble

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to go at a slow, easy pace; stroll:

We ambled home across the fields.

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grovel

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to humble oneself, act in a fearful and servile way; to lie face downward; to indulge in something base or unworthy:
She grovelled to the producer to get that part.

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lament

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express deep regret

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dawdle

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to waste time; idle; trifle; loiter:

Stop dawdling and help me with these packages!

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resilient

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strong power to recover, strong enough to get better quickly after damage, illness, shock, (adj.):
Growth figures show that the economy is still fairly resilient.

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fortitude

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mental and emotional strength in facing difficulty:

Next day he died, having shown the greatest fortitude.

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emblazon

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v. to inscribe or decorate conspicuously:

Her name was emblazoned across the front of the theatre. cars emblazoned with the company logo

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Annihilate

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to destroy something completely:

a city annihilated by an atomic bomb

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allay

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to lessen or relieve:

I tried to allay his fears about the interview.

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extoll

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to praise highly; laud; eulogize:

to extol the beauty of Naples.

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indemnify

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to guard or secure against anticipated loss; give security against (future damage or liability):
The insurance also indemnifies the house against flooding.

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lascivious

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arousing sexual desire:

lascivious photographs

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esoteric

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understood by only few with special knowledge:

poetry full of esoteric allusions.

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behest

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strong request:

The budget proposal was adopted at the president’s behest.

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captious

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apt to notice and make much of trivial faults or defects; faultfinding:
someone who is captious is a person who always points out the faults of her friend.

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tantrum

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fit of bad temper; fit of petulance; a violent demonstration of rage or frustration; a sudden burst of ill temper:
Tom threw a tantrum in the middle of the supermarket.

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irascible

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easily provoked to anger; very irritable, petulant:

She’s becoming more and more irascible as she grows older.

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profligate

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morally corrupt, dissolute, immoral:

the state legislature was profligate in its use of the oil lease windfall

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smug

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(adj.) overly self-satisfied, self-righteous:

“I’ve never lost a match yet,” she said smugly.

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satiate/surfeit

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too much of something

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saccharine

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sugary,too sweet or too polite:

i don’t trust her saccharine smiles.

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deject

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sadden, depress, discourage:

the sad news dejects me

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fetid

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bad stinking smell:

fetid breath

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solitary

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(adj.) one who lives in solitude, alone, without companion:

the lonely boy remained solitary and was isolated from the play group.

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adroit

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skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind:

She became adroit at dealing with difficult questions.

127
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aloof

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unfriendly, at distance, reserved, not involved in something, standoffish:
He seems arrogant and aloof.

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incipient

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beginning to exist or appear; in an early stage:

incipient wrinkles

129
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stagger

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to walk, move, or stand unsteadily, to falter or begin to give way, as in an argument or fight.
to waver or begin to doubt, as in purpose or opinion; hesitate:
After staggering momentarily, he recognized that he had to make a decision.

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piddling

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amounting to very little; trifling; negligible:

a piddling sum of money. They are making piddling profits of less than £20 000.

131
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vagrant

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homeless: vagrant man

132
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impecunious

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poor, impoverished:

I first knew him as an impecunious student living in a tiny bedsit.

133
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indigent

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poor, impoverished

134
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indulge

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(v.) to give in to a wish or desire, give oneself up to:

They indulged in a bit of gossip.

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remedy

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something that cures or relieves a disease or bodily disorder; a healing medicine, application, or treatment:
The remedy for the traffic problem is to encourage people to use public transport.

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reprimand

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(v. or n.) a severe reproof or rebuke, especially a formal one by a person in authority:
Watts has already been reprimanded for disclosing confidential information.

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penchant

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a strong liking:

Miguel has a penchant for fast cars.

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effulgent

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radient:

The diamonds were simply effulgent under the Jeweler’s light.

139
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unctuous

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excessively smug, describes people or behaviour expressing too much praise, interest, friendliness, etc., in a way that is false and unpleasant:
his unctuous manner/voice/smile

140
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cryptic

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mysterious in meaning; puzzling; ambiguous: a cryptic message.

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equanimous

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calm, emotionally stable:

It was difficult to remain equanimous in the face of such impertinence.

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impertinent

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rude or not showing respect:

I hope he didn’t think me impertinent when I asked him about his private life.

143
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proliferate

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to increase in number very quickly:

Your own question is an example. Questions like this are beginning to proliferate.

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languor

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lack of physical or mental energy, lassitude

145
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lassitude

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laziness, lack of physical or mental energy:

Shareholders are blaming the company’s problems on the lassitude of the managing director.

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concede

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to acknowledge as true:

Even the company chairman concedes that the results are disappointing.

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