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Abscond

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To leave secretly

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Adulterate

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To make impure

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Advocate

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To speak in favor of

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Aggrandize

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To increase in power, influence and reputation

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Amalgamate

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To combine, to mix together

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Anachronism

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Something out of place in time

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Antipathy

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Extreme dislike

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Arbitrate

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To judge a dispute between two opposing parties

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Ardor

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Intense and passionate feeling

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Attenuate

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To reduce in force or degree, to weaken

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Audacious

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Fearless and daring

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Banal

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Predictable, cliched, boring

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Bombastic

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Pompous in speech and manner

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Capricious

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Changing one’s mind quickly and often

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Catalyst

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Something that brings about a change in something else

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Caustic

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Biting wit

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Chauvinist

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Someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which he or she belong

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Chicanery

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Deception by means of craft or guile

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Cogent

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Convincing and well reasoned

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Condone

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To overlook, pardon or disregard

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Corroborate

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To provide supporting evidence

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Credulous

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Too trusting; gullible

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Crescendo

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Steadily increasing volume or force

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Decorum

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Propriety; appropriateness of behavior or conduct

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Deference

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Respect, courtesy

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Deride

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To speak of or treat with contempt; to mock

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Desultory

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Jumping from one thing to another; disconnected

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Diatribe

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An abusive, condemnatory speech

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Diffident

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Lacking self confidence

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Dilate

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To make larger; to expand

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Dilatory

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Intended to delay

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Dilettante

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Someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic

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Dirge

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A funeral hymn or mournful speech

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Disabuse

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To set right; to free from error

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Discern

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To perceive; to recognize

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Disparate

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Fundamentally different; entirely unlike

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Dissemble

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To present a false appearance; to disguise one’s real intentions or character

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Dissonance

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A harsh and disagreeable combination, often of sounds

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Dogma

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A firmly held opinion,often a religious belief

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Dogmatic

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Dictatorial in one’s oninions

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Efficacy

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Effectiveness

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Elegy

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A sorrowful poem or speech

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Eloquent

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Persuasive and moving, especially in speech

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Emulate

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To copy; to try to equal or excel

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Enervate

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To reduce in strength

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Engender

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To produce, cause, or bring about

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Equivocate

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To use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead

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Erudite

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Learned, scholarly, bookish

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Esoteric

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Known or understood by only a few

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Estimable

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Admirable

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Eulogy

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Speech in praise of someone

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Euphemism

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Use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one

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Exculpate

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To clear from blame; prove innocent

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Exigent

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Urgent; requiring immediate action

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Exonerate

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To clear from blame

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Explicit

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Clearly stated or shown; forthright in expression

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Fanatical

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Acting excessively enthusiastic; filled with extreme, unquestioned devotion

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Fawn

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To grovel

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Fervid

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Intensely emotional; feverish

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Florid

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Excessively decorated or embellished

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Foment

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To arouse or excite

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Garrulous

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Tending to talk a lot

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Gregarious

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Outgoing, sociable

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Guile

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Deceit or trickery

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Iconoclast

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One who opposes established beliefs, customs and institutions

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Imperturbable

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Not capable of being disrupted

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Impervious

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Impossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected

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Impetuous

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Quick to act wihtout thinking

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Implacable

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Unable to be calmed down or made peaceful

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Inchoate

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Not fully formed; disorganized

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Ingenuous

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Showing innoved or childlike simplicity

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Inimical

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Hostile, unfriendly

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Innocuous

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Harmless

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Insipid

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Lacking interest or flavor

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Intransigent

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Uncompromising; refusing to be reconciled

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Inundate

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To overwhelm; to cover with water

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Irascible

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Easily made angry

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Laconic

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Using few words

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Lavish

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To give unsparingly (v); extremely generous or extravagant (adj.)

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Loquacious

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Talkative

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Lucid

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Clear and easily understood

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Luminous

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Bright, brilliant, glowing

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Malinger

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To evade responsibility

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Malleable

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Capable of being shaped

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Misanthrope

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A person who dislikes others

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Mollify

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To calm or make less severe

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Obdurate

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Hardened in feeling; resistant to persuasion

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Obsequious

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Overly submissive and eager to please

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Obviate

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To prevent; to make unnecessary

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Occlude

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To stop up; to prevent the passage of

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Onerous

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Troublesome and oppressive; burdensome

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Opaque

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Impossible to see through; preventing the passage of light

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Opprobrium

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Public disgrace

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Ostentation

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Excessive showiness

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Paragon

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Model of excellence or perfection

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Pedant

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Someone who shows off learning

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Perfidious

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Willing to betray one’s trust

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Perfunctory

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Done in a routine way; indifferent

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Permeate

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To penetrate

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Placate

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To soothe or pacify

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Plastic

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Able to be molded, altered, or bent

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Plethora

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Excess

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Pragmatic

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Practical as opposed to idealistic

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Precipitate

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To throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation

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Prevaricate

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To lie or deviate from the truth

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Prodigal

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Lavish, wasteful

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Proliferate

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To increase in number quickly

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Propitiate

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To conciliate; to appease

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Propriety

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Correct behavior; obedience to rules and customs

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Prudence

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Wisdom, caution, or restraint

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Pungent

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Shart and irritating to the sense

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Quiescent

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Motionless

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Rarefy

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To make thinner or sparser

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Repudiate

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To reject the validity of

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Reticent

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Silent, reserved

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Rhetoric

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Effective writing or speaking

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Satiate

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To satisfy fully or overindulge

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Soporific

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Causing sleep or lethargy

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Specious

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Deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious

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Stolid

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Unemotional; lacking sensitivity

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Sublime

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Lofty or grand

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Tacit

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Done without using word

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Taciturn

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Silent, not talkative

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Tirade

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Long, harsh speech or verbal attack

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Torpor

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Extreme mental and physical sluggishness

126
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Transitory

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Temporary, lasting a brief time

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Vacillate

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To sway physically; to be indecisive

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Venerate

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To respect deeply

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Veracity

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Filled with truth and accuracy

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Verbose

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Wordy

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Vex

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To annoy

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Whimsical

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Acting in a fanciful or capricious manner; unpredictable

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Zeal

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Passion, excitement

134
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To leave secretly

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Abscond

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To make impure

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Adulterate

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To speak in favor of

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Advocate

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To increase in power, influence and reputation

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Aggrandize

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To combine, to mix together

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Amalgamate

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Something out of place in time

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Anachronism

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Extreme dislike

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Antipathy

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To judge a dispute between two opposing parties

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Arbitrate

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Intense and passionate feeling

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Ardor

143
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To reduce in force or degree, to weaken

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Attenuate

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Fearless and daring

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Audacious

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Predictable, cliched, boring

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Banal

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Pompous in speech and manner

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Bombastic

147
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Changing one’s mind quickly and often

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Capricious

148
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Something that brings about a change in something else

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Catalyst

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Biting wit

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Caustic

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Someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which he or she belong

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Chauvinist

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Deception by means of craft or guile

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Chicanery

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Convincing and well reasoned

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Cogent

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To overlook, pardon or disregard

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Condone

154
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To provide supporting evidence

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Corroborate

155
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Too trusting; gullible

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Credulous

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Steadily increasing volume or force

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Crescendo

157
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Propriety; appropriateness of behavior or conduct

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Decorum

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Respect, courtesy

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Deference

159
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To speak of or treat with contempt; to mock

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Deride

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Jumping from one thing to another; disconnected

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Desultory

161
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An abusive, condemnatory speech

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Diatribe

162
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Lacking self confidence

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Diffident

163
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To make larger; to expand

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Dilate

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Intended to delay

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Dilatory

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Someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic

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Dilettante

166
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A funeral hymn or mournful speech

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Dirge

167
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To set right; to free from error

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Disabuse

168
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To perceive; to recognize

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Discern

169
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Fundamentally different; entirely unlike

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Disparate

170
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To present a false appearance; to disguise one’s real intentions or character

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Dissemble

171
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A harsh and disagreeable combination, often of sounds

A

Dissonance

172
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A firmly held opinion,often a religious belief

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Dogma

173
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Dictatorial in one’s oninions

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Dogmatic

174
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Effectiveness

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Efficacy

175
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A sorrowful poem or speech

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Elegy

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Persuasive and moving, especially in speech

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Eloquent

177
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To copy; to try to equal or excel

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Emulate

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To reduce in strength

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Enervate

179
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To produce, cause, or bring about

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Engender

180
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To use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead

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Equivocate

181
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Learned, scholarly, bookish

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Erudite

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Known or understood by only a few

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Esoteric

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Admirable

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Estimable

184
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Speech in praise of someone

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Eulogy

185
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Use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one

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Euphemism

186
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To clear from blame; prove innocent

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Exculpate

187
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Urgent; requiring immediate action

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Exigent

188
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To clear from blame

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Exonerate

189
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Clearly stated or shown; forthright in expression

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Explicit

190
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Acting excessively enthusiastic; filled with extreme, unquestioned devotion

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Fanatical

191
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To grovel

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Fawn

192
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Intensely emotional; feverish

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Fervid

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Excessively decorated or embellished

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Florid

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To arouse or excite

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Foment

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Tending to talk a lot

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Garrulous

196
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Outgoing, sociable

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Gregarious

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Deceit or trickery

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Guile

198
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One who opposes established beliefs, customs and institutions

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Iconoclast

199
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Not capable of being distrubed

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Imperturbable

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Impossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected

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Impervious

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