GRE2 Flashcards

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Castigated

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To reprimand (someone) severely

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Preternatural

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Beyond what is natural or normal

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Preordained

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Determine or decide an outcome beforehand

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Indemnify

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To compensate for loss or harm

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Quotidian

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Occurring daily; mundane

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Vicissitude

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A change of circumstance, usually one that is unpleasant

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Akimbo to

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Hands on hips and turned outward

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Askance to

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With an attitude or look of suspicion or dissapproval

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Lackey

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A servant, especially a liveried footman

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Dissolute

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Lax in morals

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Inimical

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Tending to obstruct or harm; hostile

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Grandiloquent

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Pompous or extravagant in style or manner that intends to impress

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Panned

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Criticized severely

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Homily

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A sermon (religious)

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Simpatico

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Someone who is likable and easy to get along with

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Inured

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Accustomed to something that is unpleasant

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Inveigle

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To persuade by means of deception or flattery

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Hector

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To talk to someone in a bullying way

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Consanguineous

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Relating to people descended from the same ancestor

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Sanguine

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Optimistic or positive in an apparently bad situation

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Coltish

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Energetic, but awkward in movements or behaviors

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Fecund

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Capable of producing an abundance of offspring; fertile

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Harbinger

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Something/someone that signals the arrival or another

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Stouter

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Strong of body; hardy. Fat.

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Concomitant
Naturally accompanied or associated
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Vestigal
Forming a small remnant of something much larger
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Peccadilloes
A small, unimportant offense or sin
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Verdant
Green with grass or vegetation
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Efficacious
Effective in producing an intended result; effective
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Excoriation
Harsh criticism
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Calumnies
Slander
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Obloquies
Abusive language
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Garlands
Wreath of flowers, praise/distinction
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Artifices
Clever devices used to trick/deceive others
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Duplicity
Deception; double-dealing
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Parsimony
Extreme unwillingness to spend money; really cheap
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Pulchritude
Beauty
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Minutiae
Small or precise details
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Tepid
Showing little enthusiasm; lukewarm
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Approbation
Praise
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Tortuousness
Twisted or crooked
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Probity
Having strong moral principles; honesty and decency
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Dissipation
Squandering of money or resources; debauchery
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Profligate
Recklessly extravagent
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Forbearing
Patient
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Stolid
Calm, dependable, showing no emotion
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Deportment
Behavior
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Dogma
Set of beliefs
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Capitulated
To acquisce
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Extemporization
Improvization
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Interloping
Intruding
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Woodenness
Awkwardness or stiffness
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Lurid
Brilliant in color, in a negative and unpleasant way
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Insidious
Seemingly innocuous, but actually harmful
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Picayune
Small and insignificant
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Chasten
(of a misfortune) having a humbling/restraining effect
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Choleric
Bad tempered or iritable
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Adagios
In a slow tempo
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Disposition
Personality
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Vertiginous
Dizzying
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Panegyric
Formal praise
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Ecomium
Speech of high praise
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Pastiche
A work of art made up of other pieces of art
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Perspicacity
Insight
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Craven
Contemptibly lacking in courage
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Cosseted
To care for and protect in an overindulgent way; coddle
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Wizened
Shriveled or wrinkled with age
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Incipient
Just starting out, early
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Esurient
Greedy
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Insolent
Insulting or arrogent
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Indolent
Habitually lazy or idle
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Patricians
Aristocrats
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Vagaries
Expected/inexplicable change in someone's behavior; whims
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Concilliatory
Intended to pacify or placate
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Extemporaneous
Spoken or done without preparation
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Hapless
Unfortunate, unlucky
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Munificent
Generous
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Anodyne
Alleviating pain
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Giddy
Causing dizziness
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Vertiginous
Characterized by vertigo or dizziness
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Arcane
Understood by few, mysterious
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Sated
To satisfy (a desire or someone) to the full
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Apocryphal
Doubting authenticity, though widely circulated as true
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Resplendence
A quality of almost unbelievable beauty
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Woodenness
The quality of being wooden or awkward
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Ignominious
Deserving or causing public disgrace or shame
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Inconspicuous
Not clearly visible or attracting attention at the time
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Interpolation
The insertion of something of a different nature to something else
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Strident
Loud and harsh, grating
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Expurgating
To remove matter thought to be unjustified or objectionable from a book
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Ardor
Intense or passionate feeling
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Chauvinist
A person displaying excessive or prejudiced loyalty for a group or gender; sexist
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Desiccate
To dry out thoroughly
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Desultory
Jumping from one thing to another; disconnected
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Estimable
Admirable
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Foment
To arouse or incite
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Exigent
Urgent, requiring immediate attention
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Impetuous
Quick to act without thinking
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Malinger
To evade responsibility by trying to seem ill
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Torpor
Extreme mental and physical sluggishness
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Quiscient
Motionless
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Perfidious
Willing to betray one's trust
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Vituperated
Blame or insult in strong language
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Orotund
Full, round, imposing; deep, loud
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Depilation
Remove the hair from
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Contravene
To contradict
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Canonize
To treat as illustrious or sacred
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Descry
To catch sight of
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Brusque
Abrupt of offhand in speech
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Attenuate
To weaken
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Timorous
Showing suffering from nervousness, fear, or lack of confidence
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Slake
To quench one's thirst
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Surfeit
An excessive amount of something
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Steel (verb)
To prepare or brace
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Whet
To sharpen or intensify
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Tyro
Beginner or novice
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Atrophied
Withered, shrunk, wasted away
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Consummated
Completed or fulfilled
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Billowed
Bulged (filled with air); swollen
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Jounced
To bounce up and down
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Slipshod
Lack of care, thought, or organization
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Protean
Tending or able to change frequently
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Salient
Most noticeable or important
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Eschew
To deliberately avoid using; to abstain from
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Ruminate
To think about or ponder
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Nugatory
Trifling or insignificant
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Trenchant
Incisive, sharp
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Poignant
Evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret
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Blithe
Showing a casual or cheerful indifference when inproper
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Fitfully
Intermittent, unpredictable
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Fleetly
Quickly; glide
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Abberent
Departing from an acceptable standard
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Sallow
Unhealthy yellow composition
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Rubicund
Having a red complexion (of someone's face); high colored
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Solace
Consolation or comfort
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Chimerical
Fanciful or imagined
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Finicky
Picky or choosy
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Garish
Vivid, often in an excessive or tasteless way
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Cagey
Cautious or noncommittal
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Comeliness
Beautiful
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Homeliness
Plain or unattractive
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Bravado
Fake bravery
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Bravura
Brilliant display of skill, usually in art
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Emendations
Improvements or corrections
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Derelict
In a very poor condition as a result of disuse and neglect
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Meek
Quiet, gently, submissive
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Stalwart
Loyal, reliable, hard working
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Doughty
Brave and persistent
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Cloying
Sickly sweet
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Arresting
Striking, eye-catching
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Recondite
Prfound; abstruse
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Jocund
Cheerful and light hearted
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Condign
Fitting and deserved (of a punishment)
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Clement
Merciful
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Recapitulate
To summarize or restate
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Patent
Easily recognizable, obvious
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Fastidious
Very attentive to and concerned about detail
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Baseness
Lack of moral principles, bad character
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Debase
To reduce in quality or value
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Normative
Relating to a standard or a norm, usually of a character
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Jettison
To abandon or discard
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Modish
Conforming to what is presently popular or fashionable
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Pernicious
Having a harmful effect, primarily in a gradual/subtle way
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Discomfitting
Making someone feel uncomfortable or uneasy
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Evanescent
Soon vanishing; quickly fading or dissapearing
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Recrudescent
Breaking out into activity again
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Commodious
Expansive and capacious
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Sanctioned
Allowed or approved
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Luxuriant
Growing in abundance
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Decorous
Dignified and well-behaved
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Carnal
Relating to the flesh; sexual
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Wastrel
Someone who is very extravagent and wasteful in spending
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Boorish
Rough, bad mannered; coarse
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Churl
Someone who is impolite or mean-spirited
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Husbanded
Conserved
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Engrossing
Stimulating or exciting
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Wanton
(of a cruel act) deliberate and unprovoked; sexually immodest
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Staid
Primly composed; respectable; unadventurous
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Ploddingly
Slowly, laboriously
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Tepid
Lukewarm, mediocre
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Parochial
Having a limited scope or reach; relating to a church
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Truculent
Eager and willing to fight; agressively defiant
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Vapid
Uninteresting, offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging
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Saccharine
Overly sweet
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Pungent
Sharp or intense smell or taste
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Acrid
Sharply bitter
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Ardent
Passionate
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Prosaic
Commonplace, uninteresting; lacing poetic beauty
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Nebulous
Unclear or vague; in the form of a hazy cloud
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Temporal
Relating to world instead of spiritual affairs, secular
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Secular
Non-religious
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Nondescript
Vague or unclear
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Perfunctory
Hasty or superficial
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Blandishments
Flattering or pleasing words meant to persuade
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Palaver
Flattery or cajolery
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Proxlitiy
Long windedness, verbiose
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Insular
Narrow-minded
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Arduous
Difficult and tiring
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Ignoble
Dishonorable
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Unctuous
Insincere or groveling
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Headlong
Reckless or careless; with the head first
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Pusillanimous
Lacking courage
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Poltroon
Cowardly
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Parlous
Perilous
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Anodyne
Alleviating pain
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Pertinacious
Resolute or stubborn
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Diffidence
Shyness resulting from a lack of confidence
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Rectitude
Having high moral standards
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Convalescence
Recovery after an illness
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Contrition
Remorse
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Impertinence
Disrespect or imprudence
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Avowal
Public statement or declaration
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Abrogated
Abolished
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Denominated
Designated or gave name to
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Pejorative
Expressing disapproval or contempt
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Disquietude
A state of uneasiness or anxiety
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Aplomb
Self-confidence of assurance, especially in demanding situations
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Entreaty
Earnest or humble request
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Contrived
Deliberately created instead of naturally occuring
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Craven
Lacking courage, pusillanimous
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Dogma
Formal set of beliefs
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Impunity
Without threat of punishment
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Pulverous
Powdery
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Languid
Sluggish
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Invictive
Abusive speech
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Insolent
Showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect
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Indolent
Lazy
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Indignant
Showing anger at what is perceived to be unjust treatment
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Bungling
Carrying out a task clumsily so that the outcome is unsatisfactory
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Ingratiating
Intending to gain favor; sycophatic
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Munificent
Very generous
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Piecemeal
Characterized by taking small pieces throughout time; GRADUALLY
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Ensconced
Settled or nestled
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Profligated
Wildly extravagant and shameless
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Contravene
To contradict
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Descry
To catch sight of
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Convalesce
Recuperate/recover in health
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Jounced
To jolt or bounce
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Billow
To fill with air and swell; a mass
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Protean
Changing
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Slipshod
Characterized by lack of care
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Salient
Of notable significance or prominence
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Esche
To turn away from
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Truculent
Eager or quick to argue or fight
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Incessantly
Constantly
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Invoilable
Sacred and unassailable
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Repose
State of or rest; transquility
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Sojourn
Temporary stay
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Impart
To communicate
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Winsome
Charming, alluring
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Spate
Large magnitude, large number
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Rankling
Irritating or vexing
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Ponderous
Unpleasantly boring
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Effectuate
To cause
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Precipitate
To cause (something bad) to happen quickly or unexpectedly
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Fervid
Extremely enthusiastic or passionate
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Dessicate
To remove moisture from something
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Vacillate
To waver between different opinions or actions; to be indecisive
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Adulterate
To make something weaker or impure by adding something of inferior quality
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Enervate
To cause something to feel drained of energy; to weaken
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Prevaricate
To avoid telling the truth by not directly answering the question
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Reprisal
Revenge
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Recreant
Cowardly, unfaithful
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Rapturous
Extremely happy
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Portent
Forewarning
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Augury
Omens, warnings
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Buffet
To violently attack; to pound
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Credulous
Naive; guillable
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Abiding
Enduring a long time
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Liminal
Relating to a transitioning or initial stage; on the boundery
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Sumptuousness
Luxurious
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Liberality
Generous
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Abscond
Depart secretly and hide