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1
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Aberrant

ab-er-rant

In both groups over-eating was associated with more aberrant behavior.

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Deviating from the norm

Synonyms: Deviant; Abnormal

Mneumonic: A bear ain’t abnormal, but this word is!

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Abscond

abˈskänd

The suspect absconded to Canada.

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To steal off and hide; avoid detection hurriedly

Synonyms: Escape; Flee; Bolt

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Alacrity

uh·la·kruh·tee

She accepted the invitation with alacrity.

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Eager and enthusiastic willingness

Synonyms: Eagerness; Willingness; Enthusiasm

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Anomaly

uh·naa·muh·lee

There are a number of anomalies in the present system.

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Deviation from the normal order, form, or rule; abnormality

Synonyms: Oddity; Irregularity; Abnormality

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Approbation

a·pruh·bay·shn

They do not get very much approbation for a poor performance.

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An expression of approval or praise

Synonyms: Approval; Praise; Endorsement

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Arduous

aar·joo·uhs

It was an arduous seven-hour journey to get there

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Strenuous, taxing; requiring significant effort

Synonyms: Taxing; Hard; Onerous

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Assuage

uh·swayj

She looked for a way to assuage the pain.

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To ease or lessen; to appease or pacify

Synonyms: Relieve; Alleviate; Soothe

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Audacious

aa·day·shuhs

The adventurer was audacious!

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Daring and fearless; recklessly bold

Synonyms: Bold; Daring; Brave

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Austere

aa·steer

The house was cold and austere.

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Severely simple; bare; severely strict

Synonyms: Plain; Simple; Harsh

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Axiomatic

ak·see·uh·ma·tuhk

It is nearly axiomatic that voters in an election prefer the the more likable candidate.

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Taken as a given; Possessing self-evident truth

Synonyms: Unquestionable; Undeniable; Accepted

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Canonical

kuh·naa·nuh·kl

The canonical Gospels of the New Testament.

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Following or in agreement with accepted traditional standards

Synonyms: Official; Lawful; Approved

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Capricious

kuh·pri·shuhs

Sometimes he is sweet, sometimes scary; he is very capricious.

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Inclined to change one’s mind impulsively; Erratic

Synonyms: Impulsive; Unstable; Fickle

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Censure

sen·shr

They paid the price in social ostracism and family censure.

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To criticize severely; to officially rebuke

Synonyms: Condemn; Criticize; Chastise

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Chicanery

shi·kay·nr·ee

The shady lawyer used chicanery often.

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Trickery or subterfuge; Use of trickey for legal, financial, or political purposes

Synonyms: Deceptiion; Deceit

Mneumonic: This word is the name of a Better Call Saul episode, and Saul does chicanery a lot.

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Connoisseur

kaa·nuh·sur

He is a connoisseur of good food and wine.

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An informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert

Synonyms: Expert of; Specialist in

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Convoluted

kaan·vuh·loo·tuhd

This assignment is so convoluted!

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Complex or complicated

Synonyms: Intricate; Elaborate; Complex

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Disabuse

di·suh·byooz

He quickly disabused me after the study.

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To undeceive; to set right

Synonyms: Disillusion; Correct; Undeceive

Mneumonic: I have to disabuse people (undeceive) after my research study.

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Discordant

duhs·kor·dnt

  1. They were discordant with one another.
  2. Bombs, guns, and negines mingled in discordant sound.
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Conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound

Synonyms: In disagreement; At odds OR Unharminous; Unmelodic

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Disparate

di·spr·uht

The two men could not be any more disparate.

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Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar

Synonyms: Contrasting; Different; Differing

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Effrontery

i·fruhn·tr·ee

With brazen effrontery, they painted themselves as martyrs for freedom.

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Extreme boldness; Presumptuousness

Synonyms: Rude; Inappropriate; Brave

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Eloquent

eh·luh·kwnt

The man gave an eloquent speech to his team.

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Well-spoken, expressive, articulate

Synonyms: Articulate; Persuasive; Silver-tongued

Mneumonic: Sorta sounds like elagant and means almost the same, just more focused on speech rather than appearance.

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Enervate

eh-ner-vate

The heat enervated us all.

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To weaken; to reduce in vitality

Synonyms: Exhaust; Fatigue; Drain

Mneumonic: Ener in enervate is like Energy. Weaken energy / drain.

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Ennui

aan·wee

He succumbed to ennui and despair

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Dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom

Synonyms: Boredom; Lethargy

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Equivocate

uh·kwi·vuh·kayt

The applicant seemed to be equivocating when we asked him about his last job.

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To use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent

Synonyms: Be Vague; Be Ambiguous

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Erudite

eh·ruh·dite

He was very erudite when it came to this topic.

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Very learned; Scholarly

Synonyms: Scholarly; Well educated; Knowledgeable

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Exculpate

ek·skuhl·payt

The court exculpated him after a thorough investigation.

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To exonerate; to clear of blame

Synonyms: Acquit; Vindicate; Exonerate

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Exigent

ek·suh·jnt

The exigent demands of the music took a toll on her voice

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Urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention

Synonyms: Crucial; Demanding

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Extemporaneous

uhk·stem·pr·ay·nee·uhs

He gave an extemperaneous speech.

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Improvised; Done without preperation

Synonyms: Spontaneous; Unscripted

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Filibuster

fi·luh·buh·str

She has filibustered against a budget that would have cut school funding

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Intentional onstruction, especially using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action

Synonyms: Obstruction; Stonewalling; Delaying tactics

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Fulminate

ful·muh·nayt

The leader fulminated against this ruler of another nation.

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To loudly attack or denounce

Synonyms: Protest; Rage

Mneumonic: In Civ 6, you get denounced a lot. Fulminate = denounced.

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Ingenuous

uhn·jeh·nyoo·uhs

The little girl is ingenuous.

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Lacking in sophistication; Frank or candid

Synonyms: Simple; Innocent; Naive

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Inured

uh·nurd

My southern roots have inured me to the heat.

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Accustomed to accepting somethinmg undesirable

Synonyms: Hardened; Toughened; Conditioned

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Irascible

ur·a·suh·bl

My father is irascible when he is doing the bills.

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Easily angered; prone to tempermental outbursts

Synonyms: Irritable; Short-tempered

Mneumonic: My father when he is doing the bills

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Laud

laad

Many people lauded her efforts to help the poor.

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To praise highly

Synonyms: Praise; Hail; Applaud; Commend

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Lucid

loo·suhd

She writes in a very clear and lucid style.

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Clear; Easily understood

Synonyms: Understandable; Coherent

36
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Magnanimity

mag·nuh·ni·muh·tee

The rich man had no problem showing his magnanimity

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The quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, especially in forgiving

Synonyms: Generosity; Charitable

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Martial

maar·shl

Sparta was a martial society, and did away with any sickly child at birth

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Associated with war and the armed forces

Synonyms: Military; Army; Soldierly

38
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Mundane

muhn·dayn

God is not an example of something that is mundane.

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Alternative Definition: Of this earthly world

Synonyms: Wordly; Material; Earthly

Mneumonic: Baldur’s gate 3 –> God’s are not mundane, but my human character is.

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Nascent

nay·snt

The band was nascent.

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Coming into being; in early development stages

Synonyms: Growing; Developing; Just beginning

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Nebulous

neh·byoo·luhs

Through the thick mist, the figure was nebulous

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Vague; Cloudy; Lacking clearly defined form

Synonyms: Hazy; Cloudy; Fuzzy; Unclear

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Neologism

nee·aa·luh·ji·zm

The newspaper used the neologism “dinks” meaning Double Income No Kids.

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A new word, expression, or usage; the creation of a new word

Synonyms: New term; Coining a new phrase

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Noxious

naak·shuhs

He tried not to breathe in the noxious gas

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Harmful, injurious

Synonyms: Poisonous; Toxic

43
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Obtuse

aab·toos

He wondered if the doctor was being deliberately obtuse.

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Lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression

Synonyms: Stupid; Dull; Slow

Mneumonic: Will Tucker is obtuse.

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Obviate

aab·vee·ayt

A prachute can be used to obviate disaster.

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To anticipate and make unneccessary

Synonyms: Prevent; Preclude; Do away with

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Onerous

aa·nr·uhs

She faced an onerous task of telling her parents the truth.

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Troubling; Burdensome

Synonyms: Burdensome; Inconvenient; Troublesome

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Paean

Pee-en

A paean of praise for the great poets.

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A song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving

Synonyms: Psalm; Hymn; Anthem; Song of praise

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Parody

peh·ruh·dee

Scary movie is a parody movie of the horror genre.

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A humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comedic effect

Synonyms: Satire; Skit

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Perennial

pr·eh·nee·uhl

He has perennial distrust of the media.

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Recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly

Synonyms: Perpetual; Everlasting; Eternal

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Perfidy

pur·fuh·dee

It was an example of his perfidy.

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Intentional breach of faith; Treachery

Synonyms: Deceit; Disloyalty

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Perfunctory

pr·fuhngk·tr·ee

He gave a perfuctory nod.

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Cursory; Done without care or interest

Synonyms: Lazily; Hasty; Casual

51
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Perspicacious

pur·spuh·kay·shuhs

My D&D character is perspicacious

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Acutely perceptive; having keen discernment

Synonyms: Perceptive; Astute; Observant

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Prattle

pra·tl

He began to prattle about his trip to the mountains.

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To babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner

Synonyms: Chatter; Blather; Ramble

Mneumonic: Blather’s from animal crossing rambles on and on about things when you speak to him.

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Precipitate

Pre-sihp-uh-TIT

He was precipitate with his actions.

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Acting with excessive haste or impulse

Synonyms: Haste; Rash; Hurried

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Precipitate

Pre-sihp-uh-TATE

The incident precipitated a crisis

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To cause or happen before anticipated or required

Synonyms: Cause; Lead to; Bring about

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Predilection

preh·duh·lek·shn

I have a predilection for spicy food.

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A disposition in favor of something; preference

Synonyms: Liking; Preference

56
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Prescience

pree·shee·uhns

With extraordinary prescience, Jung actually predicted the Nazi eruption.

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Foreknowledge of events; knoiwing of events prior to their occuring

Synonyms: Foresight; Clairvoyance

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Prevaricate

pruh·veh·ruh·kayt

He seemed to prevaricate when questioned by police.

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To deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead

Synonyms: Beat around the bush; Be evasive

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Qualms

kwaam

He had qualms about attempting to climb this buildings

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Misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy

Synonyms: Doubt; Worry; Second thoughts

59
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Recant

ruh·kant

Heretics were burned if they did not recant

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To retract, especially a previously held belief

Synonyms: Renounce; Deny

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Refute

ruh·fyoot

The man refuted these wild claims.

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To disprove; to successfully argue against

Synonyms: Dsiprove; Rebut; Reject

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Relegate

reh·luh·gayt

The team was relegated to a lower league.

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To forcibly assign, especially to a lower place or position

Synonyms: Downgrade; Lower

Mneumonic: The relegted voiceline in chel that you always hear

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Reticent

reh·tuh·snt

The boy was reticent while at school

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Quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings

Synonyms: Reserved; Introverted; Withdrawn

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Solicitious

suh·li·suh·tuhs

She was solicitous about the wellbeing of her students

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Concerned and attentive; Eager

Synonyms: Caring; Concerned; Attentive

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Sordid

sor·duhd

Julian thinks Will’s house is Sordid

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Characterized by filth, grime or squalor; fould

Synonyms: Filthy; Dirty; Grimy

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Sporadic

spr·a·duhk

Sporadic fighting broke out

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Occuring only occasionally, or in scattered instances

Synonyms: Infrequent; Occassional; Periodical

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Squander

skwaan·dr

A rich man squanders his profits on expensive cars

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To waste by spending or using irresponsibly

Synonyms: Waste; Misuse; Misspend

67
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Static

sta·tuhk

The market became quite static

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Not moving, active or in motion; at rest

Synonyms: Fixed; Stable; Unchanged

68
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Stupefy

stoo·puh·fai

The amount I spend on video games would stupefy my father.

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To stun, baffle, or amaze

Synonyms: Astound; Stagger; Shock

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Stymie

stai·mee

These changes will stymie the new medical treatments

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To block; to thwart

Synonyms: Impede; Hamper; Hinder

70
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Synthesis

sin·thuh·suhs

The synthesis of intellect and emotion in his work

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The ocmbination of parts to make a whole

Synonyms: Blend; Mixture

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Torque

tork

The three liter engine has lots of torque

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A force that causes rotation

Synonyms: Cycle; Turning

72
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Tortuous

tor·choo·uhs

The road is tortuous
OR
We had a tortuous argument

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Winding, twisting; Excessively complicated

Synonyms: Curving; Curving; Bendy OR Convoluted

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Truculent

truh·kyuh·luhnt

His days of truculent defiance were over

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Fierce and cruel; Eager to fight

Synonyms: Aggressive; Defiant

Mneumonic: Truculence from Chel usually means you are fierce, cruel, and an asshole who is eager to fight

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Veracity

vr·a·suh·tee

The police were concerned about the veracity of the mans story.

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Truthfullness; Honesty

Synonyms: Correctness; Truthful

75
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Virulent

vee·ruh·luhnt

The spider is incredibly virulent

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Extremely hamrful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic

Synonym: Toxic; Venomous

76
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Voracious

vaw·ray·shuhs

He was voracious when it came to playing hockey

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Having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; Ravenous

Synonyms: Insatiable; Unquenchable

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Waver

way·vr

He wavered in his beliefs

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To move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion

Synonyms: Wobble; Sway; Undecided

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