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AGGREGATE

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(v) To gather together
(n) Formed by the collection of smaller parts

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DIDACTIC

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(adj.) Designed to teach or instruct
(adj.) Intended for moral education
(adj.) Excessively given to lecturing or moralizing

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CENSURE

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(v) To criticize or express disapproval, often formally

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ANARCHY

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(n) A state of lawlessness, without government oversight or authority

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INCIPIENT

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(adj.) Coming into existence or beginning to appear

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INCURSION

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(n) An invasion, raid, or hostile entrance of another’s territory
(n) The act of entering

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ENGENDER

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(v) To give rise to, create, or cause
(v) To beget or propagate

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AUTONOMOUS

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(adj.) Independent; self-governing
(adj.) Existing or capable of functioning independently, without reliance on others

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EQUANIMITY

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(n) Calmness; mental or emotional stability under stress; balance or equilibrium

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INDETERMINATE

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(adj.) Vague or uncertain; not precisely fixed or established
(adj.) Having an infinite number of solutions

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CORRUGATED

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(adj.) Drawn or bent into folds or furrows (as in corrugated cardboard)
(adj.) Wrinkled, as in the skin or face

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UNSEEMLY

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(adj.) Not in accordance with standards of good behavior or taste

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INDIGENCE

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(n) Utter poverty, without comfort

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INDIGENOUS

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(adj.) Native to or naturally occurring in a region or environment
(adj.) Innate or natural

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SENTIENT

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(adj.) Conscious; experiencing feeling or sensation

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ESOTERIC

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(adj.) Understood by or intended for only a select group, often of people with specialized knowledge
(adj.) Confidential

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CHICANERY

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(n) Deception through subterfuge or trickery

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ESTIMABLE

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(adj.) Worthy of esteem or admiration
(adj.) Capable of being estimated

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ABERRANT

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(adj.) Deviating from the usual or proper course, especially in behavior
(adj.) Deviating from the normal or expected type; atypical

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CRASS

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(adj.) Crude, gross, and unrefined; lacking indiscrimination
(adj.) Excessively materialistic or base

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INGRATE

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(n) An ungrateful person

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CRAVEN

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(adj.) Cowardly or contemptibly fearful

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ANOMALY

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(n) Deviation from the norm; irregularity
(n) Something irregular, peculiar, abnormal, or deviating from the norm

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AVID

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(adj.) Urgently, keenly desirous to the point of greed (adj.) Marked by enthusiasm or voracious interest

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COALESCE

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(v) To grow or unite into one mass or body; to fuse

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SUMMARILY

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(adv) immediately; in a prompt or direct manner; without prior notice

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INSULARITY

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(n) The state or quality of being insular, especially the narrow point of view resulting from life in a closed, isolated community

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EXTENUATING

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(adj.) Lessening or mitigating the seriousness or extent of something

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CRYPTIC

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(adj.) Having or seeming to have hidden meaning; mysterious or mystifying
(adj.) Secret or occult; employing or using code or a cipher

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TIRADE

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(n) An angry, protracted, harshly censorious speech or rant

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DAMP

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(v) To deaden; to hold back or retard the energy of; to stifle, suffocate, or restrain

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TOUT

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(v) To solicit business, votes, etc., in a persistent or annoying way
(v) To describe or advertise boastfully; promote or praise excessively

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FALLACIOUS

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(adj.) Built on unsound logic; containing a fallacy (fallacy = logical mistake)
(adj.) Misleading or delusive

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PRAGMATIC

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(adj.) Practical; dealing in facts or real-world occurrences rather than theory or ideals

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DEBACLE

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(n) An utter disaster, collapse, or failure
(n) A rout or violent downfall

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TRIBUTE

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(n) A gift, service, or other demonstration of gratitude, admiration, or affection
(n) Evidence or something indicating a praiseworthy quality or characteristic
(n) Payment given or extracted as a sign of submission or in exchange for protection

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INUNDATE

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(v) To cover in water, as in a flood or torrential rain (v) To overwhelm

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TURBULENCE

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(n) Violent commotion or disorder

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INVEIGLE

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(v) To lure, induce, or win over by using flattery
(v) To obtain by flattery or coaxing

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FERMENT

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(v) 1. To undergo or cause fermentation (such as yogurt or other such foods) 2. To excite or agitate; to foment
(n) A state of agitation, unrest, or tumult (“the political ferment may lead to revolt”)

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ALACRITY

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(n) Cheerful willingness or promptness

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FETID

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(adj.) Offensive-smelling

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DECOROUS

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(adj.) Dignified, correct, or proper in manner or conduct

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JABBER

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(v) To talk rapidly, incoherently, or nonsensically

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JIBE

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(v) To be in harmony; agree

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GIBE

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(v) To jeer, taunt, or deride
(n) A mocking or sarcastic remark

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JOCULAR

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(adj.) Characterized by or given to playful jesting; jolly

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FECUND

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(adj.) Fruitful, fertile

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REFRACTORY

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(adj.) Stubbornly disobedient; hard to manage

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LABILE

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(adj.) Apt or likely to change

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BASE

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(adj.) Mean-spirited, contemptible, or selfish
(adj.) Showing a lack of values or ethics
(adj.) Of inferior value or quality

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PETTIFOGGER

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(n) A shifty or unethical lawyer
(n) A person who bickers or quibbles over trivial matters

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CONFABULATE

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(v) Chat; talk casually
(v) To make things up; in psychology, to fill in gaps in one’s memory with “fabulous” stories

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FETTER

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(v) Shackle, put in chains, or restrict the freedom of

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VAUNT

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(v) Brag about

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SOPHOMORIC

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(adj.) Immature; showing lack of judgment
(adj.) Pretentious and immature at the same time

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