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Aback

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Surprised. Startled

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Aberration

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Abnormality. Deviation

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Abet

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To aid

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Abeyance

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Temporary postponement

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Abject

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Miserable. Wretched

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Abjure

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To give up rights

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Ablution

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A washing. Cleansing

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Abnegate

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To deny. Reject

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Aborigine

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Original inhabitant

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Aboveboard

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Honest. Frank. Open

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Abrade

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To wear away

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Abrogate

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To abolish. Repeal

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Abscond

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To leave secretly. Flee

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Abstruse

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Hard to understand

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Accede

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To agree to

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Acclivity

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Upward slope

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Accord

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Agreement

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Accost

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To approach and speak to

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Accoutrement

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Equipment. Outfit

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Acerbic

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Sharp or bitter in smell or taste. Sharpness of temper or words

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Acrimonious

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Harsh in speech or behavior

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Actuate

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To put in motion or action

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Ad infinitum

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Endless. Forever

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Addled

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Confused

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Adduce

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To give example in proving something

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Adipose

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Fatty

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Adjudicate

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To judge

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Ado

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Fuss. Trouble

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Affable

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Friendly. Agreeable

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Affectation

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Phony attitude. Insincerity

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Affront

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An insult

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Ague

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Fever. Plaque

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Alacrity

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Liveliness. Willingness

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Albatross

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A sea bird. Or a constant burden

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Alimentary

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Furnishing food or nourishment

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Allegro

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Rapid

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Aloof

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Reserved. Cool. Indifferent

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Ambulatory

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Moving about. Capable of walking

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Ambuscade

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Hidden or seek attack

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Analgesic

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Drug that removes pain

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Anathema

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A curse. Person or thing to be avoided

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Ancillary

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Helping. Subordinate

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Anemt

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Regarding. Concerning

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Anhydrous

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Without water

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Animadversion

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Criticism. Comment that opposes

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Anneal

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To heat and then cool. To toughen

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Antediluvian

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Very old fashioned. Primitive

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Antipodes

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Opposite sides

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Antithesis

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An exact opposite

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Ape

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Animal. Or to mimic

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Aperture

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An opening. Gap

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Aphorism

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A saying. Proverb

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Apiary

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Place where bees are kept

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Aplomb

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Self confidence. Poise

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Apocryphal

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Doubtful. Not authentic

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Apogee

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Farthest point away from earth

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Apoplexy

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Sudden loss of consciousness

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Apostate

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One who gives up his beliefs

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Apothegm

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Brief instructive saying

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Apparition

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Ghost

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Appellation

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A name

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Append

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To attach. Add

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Apposite

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Appropriate

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Apprise

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To inform

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Appurtenance

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Something added to another more important thing

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Apropos

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Relevant. Appropriate. Fitting

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Aquiline

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Like am ear. Curved or hooked

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Arbor

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Shaded area

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Arcane

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Mysterious

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Archipelago

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Group of islands

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Ardent

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Intensely enthusiastic

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Arraign

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To accuse

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Arrant

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Notorious. Downright

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Arroyo

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Deep ditch caused by running water

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Askance

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Preceeded by to look. Sideways. Suspiciously

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Asperity

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Harshness. Roughness

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Aspersion

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A damaging remark

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Assay

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To test. Try

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Assiduity

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Assimilate

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Asunder

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Into separate parts

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Atavistic

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Going back to behavior found in a remote ancestor

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Attenuated

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Decreased. Weakened.

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Auroral

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Rosy. Pertaining to dawn

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Auspicious

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Favorable

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Autumnal

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Mature. Declining

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Avarice

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Greed

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Aver

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To declare. Firmly state

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Avocation

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A hobby

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Avoirdupois

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Heaviness. Weight

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Bagatelle

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Thing of little value. Trifle

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Baleful

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Harmful. Menacing

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Bandy

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To exchange

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Bane

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Cause of ruin harm or distress

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Bard

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A poet

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Baroque

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Over decorated

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Bauble

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Showy but useless thing. Trinket

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Bawdy

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Indecent. Humorously obscene

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Beatitude

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State of bliss

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Berate

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To scold severely

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Besmirch

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To make dirty

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Bestride

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To mount (a horse)

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Bevy

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Large group

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Bibulous

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Absorbent. Fond of alcohol

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Bilious

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Bad tempered

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Bilk

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To cheat

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Bivouac

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Temporary shelter

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Blase

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Bored with life. Unexcited

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Bleary

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Blurred

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Blight

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Destruction. Disease

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Blithe

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Carefree

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Bluster

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To speak noisily. To boast

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Bode

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To indicate in advance

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Bombastic

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Using impressive but meaningless language

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Boon

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A benefit. Bleasing

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Boor

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Rude or impolite person

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Boreal

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Northern

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Borne

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Carried. Put up with

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Brigand

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Robber

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Broach

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To introduce a subject

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Brusque

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Abrupt in manner. Blunt

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Bucolic

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Pertaining to the countryside

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Bugbear

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Something causing fear

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Bungle

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To do things clumsily or badly

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Burgeon

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To flourish. Grow rapidly

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Burlesque

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Speech or action that treats a serious subject with ridicule

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ossify

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to change into bone, become rigid

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ostensible

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apparent, conspicuous

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omnifarious

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of all kings

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ovoid

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egg shaped

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paean

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song of praise or joy

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palatial

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magnificent

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pall

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something that conceals OR to become wearisome or unpleasant

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palliate

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to ease, lessen

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pallid

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pale, dull

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paltry

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trivieal worthless

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panache

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self confidence, showy manner

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panegyric

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expression of praise

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pang

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a sharp pain

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panoply

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suit of armor

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paragon

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a model of excellence or perfection

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parlous

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dangerous

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parochial

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local, narrow, limited

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paroxysm

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a sudden outburst, fit

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parry

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to avoid something such as a thrust

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parsimonious

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stingy, miserly

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partisan

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a strong supporter of a cause

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pathos

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pity, deep feeling

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patrimony

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inherited right, heritage

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paucity

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scarcity, lack

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peculate

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to steal

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pecuniary

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pertaining to money

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pedagogue

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a schoolteacher

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pariah

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an outcast

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pejorative

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having a negative effect, insulting

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penitent

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expressing sorrow for sin of wrongdoing

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peon

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common worker

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perdition

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damnation, ruin, hell

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peregrinate

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to travel from place to place

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peremptory

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decisive, final

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perennial

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lasting for a long time

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perfidious

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deceitful, treacherous, unfaithful

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perforce

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of necessity

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pernicious

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deadly, destructive

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petulant

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irritable, rude

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philander

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to engage in various love affairs

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philippic

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a bitter verbal attack

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philistine

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uncultured, common OR one who is uncultured, common

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picaresque

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pertaining to an adventurous wanderer

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piddling

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trifling, petty

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pied

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many colored, variegated

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pillory

A

to expose to public ridicule or abuse

173
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perquisite

A

something additional to regular pay

174
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perspicacity

A

keenness of judgment

175
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perspicuity

A

clearness, as of a statement

176
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pert

A

bold, saucy

177
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pique

A

to irritaty, annoy

178
Q

pithy

A

concise, to the point

179
Q

placid

A

calm

180
Q

plaintive

A

sorrowful, sad

181
Q

platitude

A

a dull or trite remark

182
Q

plaudit

A

applause

183
Q

plenary

A

full, complete, absolute

184
Q

plight

A

a sad or dangerous situation

185
Q

plumb

A

to test, measure

186
Q

polemic

A

a controversy or argument

187
Q

poltroon

A

a coward

188
Q

portentous

A

warning, foreshadowing

189
Q

prate

A

to talk extensively and pointlessly, to babble

190
Q

precipitous

A

extremely steep

191
Q

precocious

A

prematurely developed

192
Q

predicate

A

to declare, assert

193
Q

predilection

A

a liking, preference

195
Q

preponderance

A

superiority in quantity or power

196
Q

presage

A

to indicate or warn in advance

197
Q

presentiment

A

anticipation, especially of something evil

198
Q

prevaricate

A

to lie

199
Q

privation

A

loss or lack of something essential

200
Q

prolix

A

tediously long and wordy

201
Q

promulgate

A

to announce, advocate

202
Q

propinquity

A

nearness, closeness

203
Q

propriety

A

conformity, appropriateness

204
Q

prosaic

A

dull, commonplace

205
Q

probity

A

honesty, integrity

206
Q

prodigal

A

wasteful

207
Q

prodigious

A

enormous, vast

208
Q

proffer

A

to offer

209
Q

profligate

A

shamelessly immoral, extremely wasteful

210
Q

profuse

A

abundant

211
Q

proscribe

A

to denounce, exile

212
Q

protean

A

changeable, variable

213
Q

puerile

A

childish, immature

214
Q

pugnacious

A

eager to fight, guarrelsome

215
Q

puissant

A

powerful, strong

216
Q

pulchritude

A

beauty

217
Q

pundit

A

an expert or authority, learned

218
Q

puritanical

A

strict, rigid

219
Q

purloin

A

to steal

220
Q

pusillanimous

A

cowardly, fearful

221
Q

putative

A

supposed, believed

222
Q

quash

A

to cancel, set aside

223
Q

quiddity

A

essential quality

224
Q

quidnunc

A

a gossip or busybody

225
Q

quiescent

A

at rest, motionless

226
Q

quietus

A

anything that ends an activity

227
Q

quixotic

A

extremely idealistic, not practical

228
Q

quitdian

A

daily

229
Q

rack

A

to torment

230
Q

raillery

A

good humored ridicule

231
Q

rakish

A

carefree, lively

232
Q

rankle

A

to cause irritation

233
Q

rapacious

A

taking by force, greedy

234
Q

rapt

A

completely absorbed in, overcome with joy

235
Q

ratiocinate

A

to reason

236
Q

rebuff

A

to refuse, snub

237
Q

recidivist

A

a person who goes back to crime

238
Q

recondite

A

difficult to understand, profound

239
Q

recreant

A

coward, traitor

240
Q

recumbent

A

lying down, reclining

241
Q

redress

A

to set right, to remedy

242
Q

refulgent

A

shining, glowing

243
Q

remedial

A

intended to correct

244
Q

renege

A

to go back on ones word

245
Q

reparation

A

compensation, something done to make up for a wrong or injury done

246
Q

repine

A

to complain, fret

247
Q

repudiate

A

to reject, disown

248
Q

rescind

A

to cancel, repeal

249
Q

rend

A

to split, tear apart

250
Q

reitcent

A

silent or reserved in manner

251
Q

retrench

A

to cut down or reduce expenses

252
Q

reverie

A

a daydream

253
Q

ribald

A

vulgar, indecent

254
Q

risible

A

laughable, funny

255
Q

rollicking

A

joy, carefree

256
Q

rote

A

from memory, without thought for meaning

257
Q

rue

A

to regret, be sorrowful

258
Q

saccharine

A

overly sweet

259
Q

sagacious

A

wise

260
Q

salutary

A

healthful, wholesome

261
Q

sangfroid

A

calmness, composure

262
Q

saturnine

A

gloomy, sluggish

263
Q

scurrilous

A

vulgar, coarsely abusive

264
Q

sebacceous

A

fatty

265
Q

shibboleth

A

slogan, password

266
Q

seraphic

A

angelic, pure

267
Q

sententious

A

concise, including proverbs and brief remarks

268
Q

semblance

A

outward appearance

269
Q

seedy

A

run down, shabby

270
Q

sedulous

A

hard working, dilligent

271
Q

simper

A

to smile in a silly way

272
Q

simulacrum

A

an image, likeness

273
Q

sinecure

A

job with no responsibility

274
Q

sinewy

A

tough, firm, strong

275
Q

slake

A

to lessen by satisfying, to quench (thirst, desire, anger etc)

276
Q

slough

A

to discard, shed

277
Q

sobriquet

A

nickname, assumed name

278
Q

solon

A

a wise man

279
Q

sophistry

A

a deceptive, tricky argument

280
Q

sordid

A

dirty, filthy

281
Q

sot

A

a drunkard

282
Q

specious

A

not genuine, pleasing to the eye but deceptive

283
Q

splenetic

A

bad tempered, irritable

284
Q

spurious

A

deceitful, counterfeit

285
Q

stentorian

A

very loud

286
Q

stolid

A

showing no emotion, indifferent to pleasure or pain

287
Q

subjugate

A

to conquer

288
Q

sublimate

A

to make a person act noble or moral

289
Q

succor

A

assistance, help, relief

290
Q

sumptuous

A

luxurious, lavish, extravagant

291
Q

supercilious

A

proud, haughty

292
Q

stultipfy

A

make absurd or ridiculous, render worthless

293
Q

stygian

A

dark, gloomy

294
Q

supernal

A

heavenly

295
Q

supervene

A

to take place/occur unexpectedly

296
Q

supine

A

lying on the back

297
Q

supplant

A

to replace

298
Q

surfeit

A

an excessive ammount

299
Q

susurration

A

whispering, murmuring

300
Q

sybariate

A

one who I fond of luxuries and pleasure

301
Q

tacit

A

silent, not expressed

302
Q

taciturn

A

speaking very little

303
Q

tarry

A

to linger, delay

304
Q

temerity

A

reckless boldness, rashness

305
Q

temporize

A

to be indecisive, evasive, delay an action

306
Q

terminus

A

a boundary, limit

307
Q

titter

A

to laugh in a self conscious or nervous way

308
Q

tourtuous

A

twisting, winding

309
Q

treatsie

A

a book or writing about some particular subject

310
Q

trite

A

worn out, stale, commonplace

311
Q

truckle

A

to submit, yield

312
Q

truculent

A

savage, brutal, cruel

313
Q

tryst

A

a secret meeting

314
Q

tutelage

A

instruction

315
Q

tyro

A

a beginner

316
Q

ubiquitous

A

present everywhere

317
Q

umbrage

A

a feeling of resentment

318
Q

uncouth

A

crude, clumsy

319
Q

unctuous

A

excessively polite

320
Q

unfledged

A

immature

321
Q

urbane

A

refined, suave

322
Q

vacillate

A

to sway back and forth, hesitate in making a decision

323
Q

vapid

A

uninteresting, tasteless

324
Q

vaunt

A

to brag or boast

325
Q

vehement

A

forceful, furious

326
Q

venial

A

excusable, minor

327
Q

veritable

A

true, actual, genuine

328
Q

verity

A

truth

329
Q

vertex

A

highest point, top

330
Q

vertiginous

A

whiling, dizzy, unstable

331
Q

verve

A

energy, enthusiasm

332
Q

victualds

A

food

333
Q

virago

A

a loud, bad tempered women

334
Q

wirile

A

masculine, manly

335
Q

virulent

A

deady, poisonous

336
Q

visage

A

the face, appearance

337
Q

visceral

A

pertaining to instinctive rather than intellectual motivation

338
Q

vitiate

A

to weaken, impair

339
Q

vituperate

A

to scold, criticize

340
Q

vociferous

A

loud, shouting

341
Q

waif

A

a homeless person

342
Q

wan

A

pale, weak, tired

343
Q

wangle

A

to manipulate, ovtan by scheming

344
Q

wanton

A

reckless, immoral

345
Q

wheedle

A

to coax or to persuage

346
Q

whet

A

to stimulate, make sharp

347
Q

winsome

A

pleasing, charming

348
Q

withal

A

in spiute of all, nevertheless

349
Q

wizened

A

withered, shriveled

350
Q

wroth

A

angry

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