HARD Flashcards
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Aberration
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deviation not normal
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abstruse
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difficult to understand
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acrimony
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bitter animosity
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adroit
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skillful
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alacrity
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eagerness
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altruistic or altruism
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generous
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antediluvian
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very old
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ascendancy
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influence or domination
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ascetic or asceticism
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one who practices self-denial as a spiritual discipline
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august
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dignified
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avarice
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greed
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barrage
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bombardment or torrent
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belligerent
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aggressive or warlike
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berate
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scold harshly
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blighted
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destroyed
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buoyant
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cheerful or floating
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byzantine
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convoluted or complex
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cacophonous or cacophony
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discordant sound
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cantankerous (ness)
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irritable
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censorious
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harshly critical
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chagrin
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mortification
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churlish
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vulgar or boorish
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circuitous
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indirect
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clandestine
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secretive
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coalesce
blend or fuse
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compendious
succinct
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conciliate or conciliatory
compromising or apologising
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conflagration
large destructive fire
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consternation
dismay
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contentious
belligerent or quarrelsome
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convivial
sociable or lively
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credulity or credulous
the trait of trusting others too much
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debilitate
weaken(ed)
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deference or deferential
respectful submission or yielding
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deleterious
harmful
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delineate
list or explain
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demystify
make clear and comprehensible
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denigrate
belittle
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despot
dictator
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deterrent
hindrance or impediment
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didactic
(often excessively) morally instructive
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dilatory
tending to waste time
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diminutive or diminution
extremely small
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disillusionment
disenchantment or disappointment
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distaste
dislike or aversion
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doctrine
religious or political or philosophical principles/teachings
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dogmatic
tending to force one's own opinions on other people
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ebullient
enthusiastic
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egalitarian
belief in equality
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elucidate
clarify
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embitter(Ed)
make worse
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encroaching
intrusive
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encumbrance
burden
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equanimity
calmness
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erudite or erudition
scholarly
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esoteric
understood only by a few
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estrange or estrangement
alienate ro alienation
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exacting
demanding or severe requirements
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exorbitant
too expensive
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expedient
useful
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extol
praise
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extricate
disentangle
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facile
superficial or efortless
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felicitous
well-suited or happy
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flippant or flippancy
disrespectful
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florid(ity)
flushed or flowery
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flummox
confuse
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fortuitous
fortunate or lucky
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gargantuan
gigantic
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garish
tastelessly showy
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germinate
cause to grow
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grandiose
pompous or pretentious
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heresy or heretic
belief contrary to the established opinion
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histrionic
excessively dramatic or emotional
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hubris
arrogance
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idiosyncrasy or idiosyncratic
unique personal trait and quirky
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ignominy or ignominious
dishonor or humiliation
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impudence or impudent
disrespectful , insolent
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incongruity or incongruous
inappropriateness or discrepancy
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incredulous or incredulity
skeptical
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indictment
formally accused of a crime
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indomitable
too strong to be defeated
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ineptitude
incompetence
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innocuous
harmless
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inscrutable
mysterious
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insipid
dull or boring
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insular(ity)
related to or similar to an island
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intrepid
courageous
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inundate
flood
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irate
angry
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lackadaisical
lacking energy or lethargic
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laconic
concise
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languid
inactive or dreamy
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laud or laudatory
praise
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magnanimity or magnanimous
generosity or generous
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marred
scarred
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modicum
small amount
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modrose
depressed
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motley
diverse or heterogeneous
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multifarious
many types
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neophyte
beginner
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notoriety or notorious
infamous or ill famous
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noxious
poisonous
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obdurate
stubborn
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officious
meddlesome or interfering
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ostensible
apparent or seeming
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palliate or palliative
relieve pain without curing
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partisan
someone with biased beliefs
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ebullience
the quality of being cheerful and full of energy
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penurious
cheap or stingy
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peremptory
bossy or decisive
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perfunctory
done routinely with little interest or care
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petulant
irritable
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placate
calm someone down
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pliable or pliant
easily shaped or influenced
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polemical
controversial
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prattle
babble
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prevaricator
liar
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pronouncement
formal declaration
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punctilious
meticulous or attentive to detail
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quixotic
foolish
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raucous
harsh or rowdy
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recalcitrant
stubborn
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redolent
reminiscent or having smell
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refutation or refute
arguing that a claim is false
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reprehensible
blameworthy
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reprimand
belittle
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repudiate
reject
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repugnant
offensive or disgusting
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rouse or rousing
provoke or excite
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sanctimonious
pretending to be religious or hypocritical
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sanguine
cheerfully confident or optimistic
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satiate
satisfy fully
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satire or satirical or satirize
sarcastic imitation
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scintillating
lively or effervescent
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scrupulous
very careful and precise
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servile
submissive or subservient
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slipshod
careless or sloppy
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sophistry
deceptive reasoning
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spurious
false or inauthentic
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strident
loud and harsh
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subservient
yielding
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supercilious
arrogant
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superfluous
more than necessary
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supplant
to take the place of
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sycophant
suck up or flatterer
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tenuous
insignificant or filmsy
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tirade
critical speech
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torpor
drowsiness or apathy
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tribulation
suffering
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trifling
frivolous or unimportant
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trite
common
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truculent or truculence
aggressive or bad-tempered
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uncouth
crude
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usurp
seize power without authority
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venal(ity)
willing to accept bribes
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verbose
wordy or long-winded
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virtuoso or virtuosity
one with exceptional musical skill
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virulent
poisonous
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abnegation
the denial or rejection of a doctrine or belief
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abrogate
revoke formally
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accede
yield to another's wish or opinion
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accretion
an increase by natural growth or addition
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admonish
scold or reprimand or task to task
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adumbrate
describe roughly or give main points or summary of
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aggrandize
embellish; increase the scope or power or importance of
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anachronistic
chronologically misplaced
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apocryphal
being of questionable authenticity
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approbation
official acceptance or agreement
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archetypal
of an original type after which other things are patterened
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arrogate
seize and take control without authority
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aspersion
a disparaging remark
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blandishment
flattery intended to persuade
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calumny
a false accusation of an offense
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capitulate
surrender under agreed conditions
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carouse
engage in boisterous or drunken merrymaking
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caucus
meet to select a candidate or promote a policy
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cavort
play boisterously
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circumlocution
n indirect way of expressing something
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cleave
separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
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commensurate
corresponding in size or degree or extent
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abeyance
suspended action or temporary cessation or suspension
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ablution
washing or cleansing of the body , especially as part of religious rite
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accouter
equip or provide with military equipment
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acetic
having properties of vinegar or sour
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acquiesce
assent or agree without protesting
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alcove
nook , small, recessed section of a room
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aphorism
definition or concise statement of principle
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bowdlerize
edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive or vulgar or otherwise unseemly
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enigma
a person or thing that is mysterious , puzzling, or difficult to understand
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loquacious
tending to talk a great deal
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spartan
simple, self-disciplined
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malfeasance
misconduct or wrongdoing
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feckless
lazy and irresponsible
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conciliate
to make peace with
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saturnine
gloomy
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expunge
to eliminate completely
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jingoist
a person who thinks their country is always right
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zeitgeist
spirit of times
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turpitude
depravity
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pariah
outcaste
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apostate
a person who has abandoned a religious faith or cause
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indigent
poor
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apogee
the highest point
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defray
to help pay cost of
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fractious
irritable and is likely to cause disruption
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sedulous
done diligently and carefully
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overweening
arrogant
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vicissitude
change in one's circumstances
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kowtow
to bow or act in a subservient manner
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nadir
the lowest point
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exegesis
critical explanation or analysis
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arrant
complete and wholly
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equivocate
to speak vaguely
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limpid
having clarity in terms of expression
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sangfroid
calmness or poise in difficult situations
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protean
readily taking on different roles
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sententious
to be moralizing
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mettlesome
filled with courage or valor
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malapropism
the confusion of a word with another word that sounds similar
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curmudgeon
a grouchy or surly person
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invective
abusive or denunciatory language
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apotheosis
exaltation to divine status
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imbroglio
a confusing and potentially embarrassing situation
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impecunious
poor
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jejune
dull or lacking flavor
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arriviste
a person who has recently reached a position of power
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cupidity
greed for money
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vituperate
to criticize harshly
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schadenfreude
joy from watching the suffering of others
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martinet
a strict disciplinarian
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bilious
always angry
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expurgate
to remove objectionable material
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parvenu
a person who has suddenly become wealthy but not socially accepted as part of a higher class
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picayune
trifiling or petty
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quisling
a traitor
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palimpsest
something that has been changed numerous times but on which traces of former iterations can still be seen
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phantasmagorical
unreal
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pyrrhic
describing a victory that comes at such a great cost that the victory is not worthwhile
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venial
pardonable
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sartorial
related to fashion or clothes
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juggernaut
a force that cannot be stopped
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remonstrate
to make objections while pleading
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mulct
to defraud or swindle
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pollyannaish
extremely optimistic
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disabuse
to persuade somebody that his or her belief is not valid
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gerrymander
to manipulate voting districts in order to favour a particular political party
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jaundiced
to be biased against due to envy or prejudice
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tendentious
likely to lean towards a controversial view
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mellifluous
smooth or sweet-sounding
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benighted
fallen into a state of ignorance
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sybarite
a person who indulges in luxury
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blinkered
to have a limited outlook or understanding
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sinecure
an office that involves minimal duties
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raconteur
a person skilled in telling anecdotes
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maunder
wander aimlessly
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moribound
being on the point of deaath
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effrontery
audacious.
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importune
beg persistently and urgently
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sagacious
having a good judgement and acute insight
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probity
integrity , strong moral principles
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hagiographic
excessively flattering toward someone's life or work
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derelict
not doing one's duties
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approbatory
expressing praise or approval
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mordant
biting and caustic in thought , manner or style
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litany
any long and tedious account of something
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solecism
a grammatical mistake in speech or writing
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recapitulation
summary
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introspection
examining one's own thoughts and feelings
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philanthropist
who loves mankind
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antidote
medicine used for disease
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euphoria
elation state of pleasant excitement
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engulf
swallow up
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chisel
steel tool for shaping materials
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eradicate
get ride of pull up by the roots
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hypocrisy
falsely making oneself appear to be good
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shard
a piece of broken pottery
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enzyme
catalyst
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grievous
serious dire grave
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fission
splitting or division
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complaisant
obliging
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encapsulate
enclose in capsule
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benefactor
person who has given help
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torque
twisting force causing rotation
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steeply
rising or falling sharply
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weigh
measure how heavy something is
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clot
half-solid lump formed from liquid
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commuter
person who travels regularly
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derivative
obtained from another source
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eloquence
fluent speaking skillful use of language
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ossified
inflexible
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defer
postpone
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flop
fail
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reiterate
say or do again several times
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succumb
yield or die
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sluggard
lazy slow-moving person
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hospitable
liking to give hospitality
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scribble
write hastily
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odor
smell
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nihilism
total rejection of all religious and moral beliefs
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fragrant
sweet-smelling
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dwarf
person much smaller than usual size
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dullard
a stupid or insensitive person
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yarn
tale story fibers for knitting
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asterisk
the mark
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relapse
fall back again
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ascend
to come up or go
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moribund
near death
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dangle
hand or swing loosely
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poseur
a person who attempts to impress by acting unlike himself
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affable
polite or friendly
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negligent
talking too little care
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brittle
easily broken
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shallow
not earnest
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catalyst
substance that causes speeding up
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clientele
customers
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extinct
no longer active
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console
give comfort or sympathy to
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impermeable
that cannot be permeated
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opaqueness
dullness or not allowing light to pass through
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disallow
refuse to allow or accept as a correct
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accolade
approval
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surcharge
additional load or charge
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conjoin
to join together
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extinguish
end the existence of or wipe or put out
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somersault
rolling backward or forward
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offhand
without preparation or forethought
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grumble
to complain
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correlate
have a mutual relation
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anguish
severe suffering
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conceal
hide keep secret
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shunned
kept away from
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premature
doing or happening something before the right time
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adulteration
poorer in quality
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combustion
process of burnign
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submerge
put under water liquid sink out of sight
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massacre
cruel killing of large number of people
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legacy
bequest or inheritance
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fragile
easily injured broken or destroyed
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sequence
succession connected line of
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suffocate
cause or have difficulty in breathing
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disrobe
undress
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curriculum
course of study
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renovate
restore something to better condition
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stray
wander lose one's way
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abide
to endure
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warrant
authority written order guarantee
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salvage
the saving of property from loss
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divergence
getting farther apart from a point
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rejuvenation
becoming young in nature or appearance
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allegiance
duty support loyalty
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vigorous
strong energetic
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narcissism
self-love
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sawdust
tiny bits of wood
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ameliorate
make better
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ingest
take in by swallowing
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moderation
quality of being limited
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enduring
lasting
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invincible
too strong to be defeated
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sanity
health of mind soundness of judgement
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turmoil
trouble disturbance
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tadpole
form of a frog when it leaves egg
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reconcile
settle a quarrel restore peace
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cryptic
secret with a hidden meaning
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sponge
porous robber for washing live at once expense
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commemorate
keep the memory of
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sadistic
cruel
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renowned
famous
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riddle
puzzling person or thing
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mischievous
causing mischief
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implicit
not plainly expressed
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disproof
proof to that contrary
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misogynist
one who hates women or female
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abysmal
extreme bad
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impromptu
without preparation
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constrict
make tight or smaller
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perish
be destroyed decay
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lambaste
attack verbally
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luminary
light-giving body
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auxiliary
supporting
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ambivalent
having both of two contrary meanings
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tonic
something giving strength or energy
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endorse
write ones name on the back of
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turbulence
being uncontrollably violent
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connoisseur
a person with good judgement
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indistinct
seen clearly marked
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limp
lacking strength
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parenthesis
sentence within another one something separated
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fidelity
loyalty accuracy
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mesmerize
hypnotize
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gullible
easily gulled
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sobriety
quality or condition of being sober
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dislodge
move force from the place occupied
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fleet
number of ships or quick moving
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articulate
speak distinctly; connect by joints
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predominate
have more power than others
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foolproof
incapable of failure or error
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suffice
be enough
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permeate
spread into every part of
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spear
weapon with a metal point on a long shaft
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presentiment
anticipatory fear
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vivacious
lively high-spirited
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coagulation
change to a thick and solid state
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liberality
free giving
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elaborate
worked out with much care in great detail
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brass
yellow metal
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immutable
that cant be changed
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forgery
counterfeit
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woo
try to win
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cordial
warm and sincere
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cumbersome
heavy and awkward to cry
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retrograde
receding
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sheath
cover for the blade
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knit
unite firmly
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unscathed
unharmed unhurt
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chortle
loud chuckle of amusement
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jabber
talk excitedly
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pivotal
great importance of something on which others are depend
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implosion
collpase
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repel
refuse to accept
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superimpose
put something on top
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centurion
leader of a unit of 100 soldiers
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calipers
mental support
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redeem
get back by payment
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boisterous
nosiy
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resuscitation
coming back to consciousness
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recitals
number of performance
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treacherous
not to be trusted
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pilferer
to steal
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foster
taking care of
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apartheid
brutal racial discrimination
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liaison
communication between two or more people or groups that work together
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exacerbate
to make something worse
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cosset
care for and protect in an overindulgent way
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dyspeptic
a person who suffers from indigestion or bad temper
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sobriquet
a person's nickname
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fracas
a noisy disturbance or quarrel
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gaffe
an unintentional act or remark causing embarrassment to its originator
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canard
an unfounded rumour or story
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compendium
a collection of concise but detailed information about a particular subject, especially in a book or other publication
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coterie
a small group of people with shared interests or tastes , especially one that is exclusive of other people
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Scantilla
a tiny trace or spark of a specified quality or feeling
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ersatz
not real or genuine
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frieze
a broad horizontal band of sculpted or painted decoration
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gainsay
deny or contradict
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hegemony
control by one country or organization
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impugn
dispute the truth , validity or honesty
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knell
the sound of a bell, especially when rung solemnly for a death or funeral
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lacuna
an unfilled space; a gap
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misanthropy
a dislike of humankind
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supine
lying face upwards
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paean
a song of praise or triumph
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turgid
swollen and distended or congested
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querulous
complaining in a rather petulant or whining manner
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libertine
a person especially a man who freely indulges in sensual pleasures without regard to moral principles
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libel
the act of printing a statement about somebody that isnt true and would give people a bad opinion of him or her
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heinous
utterly odious or wicked
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occlude
stop or closeup or obstruct
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quiescence
inactivity or dormancy
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pique
a feeling of irritation or resentment resulting from a slight especially to one's pride
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bucolic
relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life
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puerile
childishly silly and immature
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catharsis
the process of expressing strong feeling for example through plays or other artistic activities as a way to getting rid of anger reducing suffering
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conscript
to make somebody join the army navy or airforce
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daguerreotype
a photograph taken by an early photographic process employing on iodine-sensitized silvered plate and mercury vapour
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demagogue
a political leader who seeks support by appealing to the desires and prejudices of ordinary people rather than by using rational argument
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euphony
the quality of being pleasing to the ear
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fusillade
a series of shorts fired or missiles thrown all at the same time or in quick succession
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gerontocracy
rule by elders
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hermetic
complete and airtight
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incubus
a cause of difficulty or anxiety
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lachrymose
tearful or given to weeping
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larceny
theft of personal property
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maelstrom
a powerful whirlpool in the sea or a river
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munificent
characterized by or displaying great generosity
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nostrum
a medicine prepared by an unqualified person especially one that is not considered effective
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panoply
an extensive or impressive collection
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phalanx
a body f troops or police officer standing or moving in close formation
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umbrage
a sense of slight injury or offence often without reason
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syncopation
a temporary displacement of the regular metrical accent in music caused typically by stressing the weak beat
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rococo
denoting furniture or architecture characterized by an elaborately ornamental late baroque style of decoration prevalent in 18th-century continental Europe , with asymmetrical patterns involving motifs and scrollwork
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anodyne
not likely to cause offence or disagreement and somewhat dull
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descry
catch sight of
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hallow
honour as holy
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agile
quick-moving
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endeavor
to try very hard
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inveterate
deep-rooted, long established
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stigmatize
describe somebody scornfully
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manacle
chains for the hands or feet
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molt
lose hair or feathers before new growing
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depredation
plundering
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prune
dried plum silly person
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incumbents
offical duties
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labyrinthine
to entangle the state of affairs
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perfidy
treachery breaking of faith
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aver
justify
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nascent
emerging
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luculent
clear
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commodious
having plenty of space for what is needed
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itinerate
to travel from place to place to peregrinate
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innocuous
causing no harm
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ruffian
violent cruel man
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abrogate
repeal or annul by authority
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tepid
lukewarm
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talon
claw of a bird of prey
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quiescence
state of being passive or motionless
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exhaustive
thorough
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flinch
wince
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insurrection
rising of people to open resistance to
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ossify
to turn to bone to settle rigidly into an idea
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doleful
mournful
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unfeigned
not pretended sincere
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fixate
stare at
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prim
neat
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transgress
break go beyond (a limti)
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ascend
go or come up
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extirpate
to destroy exterminate cut out exscind
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recidivism
relapse into antisocial or criminal behaviour
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baneful
pernicious
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lurk
be out of view ready to attack
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condone
forgive
522
discredit
refuse to believe
523
covetous
eagerly desirous
524
foray
to venture
525
lumber
move in a clumsy or noisy way
526
phlegmatic
unemotional
527
barren
unable to have young ones without value
528
exigency
emergency an urgent situation
529
dud
no use person something that fails
530
forbearance
willingness to wait
531
profligate
wasteful prodigal licentious extravagant
532
feint
pretend
533
cabal
a scheme or plot a group of plotters
534
impute
to attribute to a cause or source ascribe
535
obsequious
too eager to obey or serve
536
retard
check HINDER
537
Aplomb
self-confidence
538
spurious
counterfeit
539
propitiatory
appeasing
540
maudlin
tearfully sentimental
541
tautology
a repetition a redundancy
542
dulcet
harmonious
