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spurious

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adjective

false, fake, illegitimate

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confer

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verb
grant, bestow;
discuss, exchange opinions

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recondite

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adjective

esoteric, abstruse, obscure

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recalcitrant

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adjective

uncooperative, intractable

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ignominy

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noun

public shame, disgrace

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aberrant

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adjective

deviant, divergent, abnormal

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consternation

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noun

feelings of anxiety or dismay, typically at something unexpected

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facetious

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adjective

flippant, frivolous

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aloof

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adjective

uninterested, distant

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portend

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verb

to presage, forshadow

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incredulous

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adjective

skeptical, unbelieving

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resigned

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adjective

given up, accepted fate

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13
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concede

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verb
to admit after denying or resisting
surrender, yield

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barbarous

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adjective

cruel, uncivilized

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supplant

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verb

to replace

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supplicate

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verb

to humbly ask

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relegate

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verb

to downgrade, demote

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consummate

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adjective
showing a high degree of skill
complete and perfect

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fastidious

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adjective

difficult to please

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stymie

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verb

to prevent

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enervate

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verb

to weaken

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expostulate

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verb

to express strong disapproval or disagreement

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expound

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verb

to present and explain in detail

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foray

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noun

a raid or attack

25
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jaunt

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noun

a short journey

26
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jest

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noun

a thing said or done for amusement, a joke

27
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juggernaut

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a huge, powerful, and overwhelming force or institution

28
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pedestrian

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lacking excitement, dull

29
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inexorable

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adjective

unstoppable

30
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affable

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adjective

friendly

31
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chagrin

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noun/verb

distress or humilation

32
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harbinger

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noun

an indicator or forerunner

33
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beleaguer

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verb

to lay siege to, beset with difficulties

34
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perfunctory

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adjective

carried out with minimum effort, desultory

35
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bohemian

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adjective

unconventional

36
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transient

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adjective

ephemeral

37
Q

prerogative

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noun

a right or privilege exclusive to a particular individual or class

38
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dirge

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noun

a lament for the dead

39
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surfeit

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noun

an excessive amount of something

40
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spate

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noun

a large number of similar things or events appearing or occurring in quick succession

41
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evince

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verb

to be evidence of, reveal, indicate

42
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picayune

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adjective

petty, worthless

43
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inane

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adjective

silly, stupid

44
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demerit

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noun

a feature or fact deserving censure

45
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dereliction

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noun
the state of having been abandoned and become dilapidated;
the shameful failure to fulfill one’s obligations

46
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leery

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adjective

cautious, wary

47
Q

forbear

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verb

to refrain

48
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perticatious

A

adjective

tenacious, untenable

49
Q

vitriolic

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adjective

filled with bitter criticism or malice

50
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ruffian

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noun

a thug, outlaw

51
Q

bungler

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noun

an amateur

52
Q

salient

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adjective

most noticeable or important

53
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squalid

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adjective
dirty, unpleasant;
showing a lack of morals

54
Q

feckless

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adjective

lacking initiative or strength of character; irresponsible

55
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sinuous

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adjective

lithe and supple

56
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contentious

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adjective

causing or likely to cause an argument; controversial

57
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irascible

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adjective

easily angered

58
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inimical

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adjective

harmful

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