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Abate

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To lessen in intensity or degree

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Accolade

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An expression of pride

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Adulation

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Excessive praise; intense adoration

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Aesthetic

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Dealing with, appreciative of,nor responsive to art or the beautiful

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Ameliorate

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To make better or more tolerable

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Ascetic

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One who practices rigid self-denial, ESP. As an act of religious devotion

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Avarice

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Greed, ESP. For wealth (adj. form avaricious)

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Axiom

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A university recognized principle (adj. form axiomatic)

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Burgeon

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Tomgrownrapidly or flourish

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Bucolic

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Rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants

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Cacophony

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Harsh, jarring, discordant sound, dissonance (adj. form cacophonous)

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Canon

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Annestablishednset of principles or codemofmlaws, often religious in nature (adj. canonical)

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Castigation

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Serve criticism or punishment (v. Form castigate)

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Catalyst

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Ansubstancenthat accelerates the rate of a chemical reaction without itself changing; a person or thing that causes changes

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Caustic

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Burning or stinging; causing corrosion

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Chary

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Wary; cautious sparing

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Cogent

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Appealingnforciblynto the mind or reason; convincing

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Compliance

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The willingness to comply with the wishes of others (adj. form compliant)

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Contentious

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Argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement

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Contrite

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Regretful; penitent; seeking forgiveness (n. form contrition)

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Culpable

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Deserving blame (n. culpability)

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Dearth

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Smallness of quantity or number; scarcity; a lack

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Demur

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To question or oppose

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Didactic

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Intended to teach or instruct

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Discretion

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Causes reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions (adj. form discrete)

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Disinterested

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Free of bias or self-intense; impartial

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Dogmatic

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Expressing a rigid opinion based in unproved or improvable principles (n. form dogma)

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Ebullience

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The quality of lively or enthuastic expression of thoughtsnandnfeelings (adj. ebullient)

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Eclectic

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Composed of elements drawn from various sources

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Elegy

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A mournful poem, ESP. One lamenting the dead (adj. form elegiac)

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Emollient

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Soothing ESP. To the skin; making less harsh; mollifying; an agent that of tens or smoothes the skin

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Empirical

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Based on operations or experiment

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Enigmatic

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Mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand (n. form enigma)

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Ephemeral

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Brief; fleeting

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Esoteric

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Intended for or understood by a small specific group

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Eulogy

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A speech honoring the dead (v. Form eulogize)

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Exonerate

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To remove blame

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Facetious

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Playful; humorous

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Fallacy

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An invalid or incorrec notion; a mistaken belief (adj. form fallacious)

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Furtive

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Marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious

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Gregarious

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Sociable, outgoing, enjoying the company of other people

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Harangue

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To deliver a pompous speech or tirade; a long pompous speech

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Heretical

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Violating accepted dogma or convention (n. form heresy)

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Hyperbole

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An exaggerated statement, often used as a figure of speech (adj. form hyperbolic)

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Impecunious

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Lacking funds; without money

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Incipient

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Beginning to come into being or become apparent

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Inert

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Unmoving; lethargic; sluggish

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Innocuous

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Harmless;causing no damage

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Intransigent

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Refusing to compromise (n. form intransigence)

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Inveigle

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To obtain by deception or flattery

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Morose

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Sad; sullen; melancholy

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Odious

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Evoking intense aversion or dislike

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Opaque

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Impenetrable by light; note reflecting light

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Oscillation

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The act or state of swinging back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm (v. Oscillate)

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Penurious

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Penny-pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous

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Pernicious

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Extremely harmful; potentially causing death

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Peruse

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To examine with great care ( n. form perusal)

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Pious

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Extremely reverent or devour; showing strong religious devotion (n. form piety)

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Precursor

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One that precedes and indicates or announce another

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Preen

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To dress up; to primp; to groom oneself with elaborate care

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Prodigious

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Abundant in size, force, or extent; extraordinary

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Prolific

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Producing larg volumes or amount; productive

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Putrefy

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To rot; to decay and give off a foul odor (adj. form putrid)

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Quaff

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To drink deeply

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Quiescence

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Stillness; motionless ness; quality of being at rest (adj. form quiescent)

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Redoubtable

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Awe-inspiring; worthy of honor

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Sanction

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Author active permission or approval; a penalty tended to enforce compliance; to give permission or authority to

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Satire

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A literary work that ridicules or criticizes a human vice through humor or derision (adj. form satirical)

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Squalid

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Sordid; wretched and dirty as form neglect (n. form squalor)

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Stoic

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Indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; steadfast (n. form stoicism)

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Supplant

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To take the place of; to supersede

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Torpid

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Lethargic; sluggish; dormant (n. form torpor)

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Ubiquitous

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Existing everywhere as the same time, constantly encountered; widespread

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Urbane

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Sophisticated; refined; elegant (n. form urbanity)

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Vilify

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To defame; to characterize harshly

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Viscous

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Thick; sticky (n. form viscosity)

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