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ERUDITE

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(adj.) Learned, knowledgeable, or scholarly

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DIFFIDENT

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(adj.) Lacking self-confidence; shy or timid

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ESCHEW

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(v) To shun, avoid, or abstain from

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ENCOMIUM

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(n) Warm, glowing praise, especially formal praise

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SAVANT

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(n) A learned person, scholar, or sage; an idiot savant

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SEDULOUS

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(adj.) Diligent or persevering in effort or application (adj.) Done or achieved through perseverance

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HALLMARK

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(n) An outstanding or distinguishing feature; A mark indicating quality or excellence

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HAPLESS

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(adj.) Unfortunate or unlucky

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SINECURE

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(n) A paid position or office requiring little or no work

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HARROW

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(v) To disturb or torment
(v) To prepare ground for planting with a harrow (a tool designed to break up and even out plowed land)

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EXHAUSTIVE

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(adj.) Thorough; not leaving anything out
(adj.) Tending to exhaust; exhausting

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HAVEN

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(n) A place of comfort or rest; a sanctuary
(n) A port or harbor

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CLINCH

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(v) grab or hold; secure a goal (to “clinch the win”)

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STYMIE

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(v) To block, thwart, or stand in the way of

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ENIGMA

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(n) A confused jumble or mass
(v) To become deeply involved or embroiled in something
(v) To roll, writhe, or heave

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SUPPLICATE

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(v) To ask humbly of (someone); to beseech
(v) To ask for something humbly; to pray for

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ZEALOUS

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(adj.) Fervent, filled with, or motivated by passionate or excessive enthusiasm

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HYPERBOLE

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(n) Extreme exaggeration, often used for effect as a figure of speech

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TORRID

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(adj.) Parched; burning or intensely hot
(adj.) Passionate or ardent
(adj.) Fast or hurried

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IDYLL

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(n) A poem, either a short description of an idealized rural scene or a narrative dealing with romantic or heroic themes
(n) A carefree, lighthearted experience or period; a romantic interlude

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TRAVESTY

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(n) A distorted, debased, grotesque, or inferior imitation or likeness
(n) An exaggerated burlesque or imitation of a serious literary work, which is usually grotesquely incongruous

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TURPITUDE

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(n) Depravity, baseness, or vileness
(n) A corrupt act

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FERVOR

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(n) Intensity or warmth of emotion
(n) Intense heat

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CACOPHONY

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(adj.) Dissonance; jarring, harsh, or discordant sound

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FLEDGE

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(v) To care for (as a young bird) until it is ready to fly (v) To cover with or as with feathers
(v) To grow plumage needed for flight

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IMPASSIVE

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(adj.) Not revealing, expressing, or betraying emotion

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IMPECUNIOUS

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(adj.) Penniless; without money

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WARMONGER

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(n) One who advocates or attempts to incite war

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IMPEDE

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(v) To hinder or obstruct movement or progress

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ABHOR

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(v) To hate or despis; to regard with horror or repugnance

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PREVARICATE

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(v) To equivocate, lie, or stray from the truth

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DIVULGE

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(v) To reveal or make known (a secret or confidence)

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PRECURSOR

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(n) One that precedes and announces or suggests another’s approach
(n) A forerunner or predecessor; one that precedes another

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FALLOW

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(adj.) Left unplanted (soil or land); not in use

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OSTENTATIOUS

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(adj.) Given to excessive, pretentious, conspicuous display

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IMPROBITY

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(n) Dishonesty; lack of probity (probity = honesty)

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CONVERSANCE

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(n) Familiarity; the state of being able to speak about something (“converse”) knowledgeably

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QUANDARY

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(n) State of perplexity, especially regarding how to proceed

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PROPRIETY

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(n) The quality of being proper or appropriate
(n) Plural: The customs and rules of polite society

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IMPUDENT

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(adj.) Insolent; boldly disrespectful

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DWINDLE

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(v) To shrink or diminish until little remains

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IMPUGN

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(v) To challenge or attack as false or questionable

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CAPRICIOUS

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(adj.) Whimsical; governed by or subject to caprice or impulse

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INADVERTENT

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(adj.) Accidental or unintentional
(adj.) Inattentive; not fully focused or taking heed

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RECUMBENT

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(adj.) Lying down or reclining, especially in repose (adj.) Resting or idle

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IMPROMPTU

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(adj.) Done, said, or composed on the spur of the moment; improvised

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ABJURE

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(v) To renounce, recant, or repudiate, often solemnly or under oath

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PALLID

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(adj.) Abnormally pale; lacking color or vitality

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REFULGENT

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(adj.) Radiant or resplendent; shining brilliantly

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