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Assuage

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(verb)
To ease or lessen; to appease or pacify

(E) To assuage her temper, they decided to give her food.

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Approbation

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(noun)
An expression of approval or praise

(E) They received her work with approbation and applause.

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Abscond

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(verb)
To depart clandestinely; to steal off & hide

(E) They decided to abscond from the party

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Convoluted

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(adj.)

Complex or complicated

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Arduous

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(adj.)
Strenuous, taxing, requrimg significant effort

(E) Migrating from one country to another is an arduous task.

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Alacrity

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(noun)
Eager & enthusiastic willingness

(E) They decided to face the feat of taking the board examinations with alacrity

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Eloquent

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(adj.)

Well-spoken, expressive, articulate

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Aberrant

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(adj.)
Deviating from the norm - noun form: aberration

(E) Not partaking in the Instagram culture is aberrant behavior

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Anomaly

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(noun)
Deviation from normal order, form, or rule; abnormality (adj. form: anomalous)

(E) Tadao Ando’s concrete box house in the middle of a traditional village was seen as an anomaly.

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Censure

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(verb)

To criticize severely; to officially rebuke

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Audacious

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(adj.)
Daring and fearless; recklessly bold (noun form: audacity)

(E) Audacious behavior would be needed for

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Effrontery

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(noun)

Extreme boldness; presumptuousness

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Enervate

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(verb)

To weaken, to reduce in vitality

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Capricious

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(adj.)

Inclined to change one’s mind impulsively; erratic, unpredictable

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Chicanery

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(noun)

Trickery or subterfuge

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Ennui

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(noun)

Dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy

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Equivocate

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(verb)

To use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent

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Erudite

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(adj.)

Very learned; scholarly (noun form: erudition)

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Exculpate

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(verb)

Exonerate; to clear of blame

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Exigent

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(adj.)

Urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action and attention

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Extemporaneous

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(adj.)

Improvised; done without preparation

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Filibuster

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(noun)

Intentional obstruction, esp. using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action

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Fulminate

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(verb)

To loudly attack or denounce

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Ingenuous

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(adj.)

Artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication

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Inured

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(adj.)

Accustomed to accepting something undesirable

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Irascible

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(adj.)

Easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts

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Laud

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(verb)

To praise highly (adj. form: laudatory)

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Lucid

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(adj.)

Clear; easily understood

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Magnanimity

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(noun)

The quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, esp. in forgiving (adj. form: magnanimous)

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Martial

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(adj.)

Associated with war and armed forces

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Mundane

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(adj.)

Of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary

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Nascent

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(adj.)

Coming into being; in early developmental stages

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Nebulous

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(adj.)

Vague, cloudy; lacking clearly defined form

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Obtuse

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(adj.)

Lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression

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Perfunctory

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(adj.)

Cursory; done without care or interest

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Discordant

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(adj.)

Conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound

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Prattle

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(verb)

To babble meaninglessly; to talk in an emlty and idle manner

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Precipitate

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(adj.)
Acting with excessive haste or impulse

(verb)
To cause or happen before anticipated or required

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Obviate

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(verb)
To anticipate and make unnecessary

(E)
Obviate the risk of serious injury

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Disparate

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(adj.)

Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar

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Connoisseur

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(noun)

An informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert

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Onerous

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(adj.)

Troubling or burdensome

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Austere

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(adj.)

Without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic

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Paean

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(noun)

A song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving

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Parody

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(noun)

A humurous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, esp. in literature and art

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Perennial

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(adj.)

Recurrent through the year or many years; occuring repeatedly

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Predilection

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(noun)

A disposition in favor of something; preference

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Prescience

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(noun)

Foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occuring (adj. form: prescient)

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Prevaricate

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(verb)

To deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead

57
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Qualms

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(noun)

Misgivings; resevations; causes for hesitancy

58
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Recant

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(verb)

To retract a previously helf belief

59
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Refute

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(verb)

To disprove; to successfully argue against

60
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Relegate

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(verb)

To forcibly assign, esp. to lower place or position

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Reticent

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(adj.)

Quiet, reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings

62
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Sporadic

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(adj.)

Occurring only ocassionally, or in scattered instances

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Static

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(adj.)

Not moving, not active or in motion; at rest

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Disabuse

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(verb)

To undeceive; to set right

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Stymie

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(verb)

To block; to thwart

66
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Tortuous

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(adj.)

Winding, twisting; excessively complicated

67
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Voracious

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(adj.)

Having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous

68
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Squander

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(verb)

To waste by spending or using irresponsibly

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Perspicacious

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(adj.)

Acutely perceptive; having keen discernment (noun form: perspicacity)

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Perfidy

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(noun)

Intentional breach of faith, treachery (adj. noun: perfidious)

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Synthesis

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(noun)

The combination of parts to make a whole (verb form: synthesize)

72
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Axiomatic

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(adj.)

Taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth (noun form: axiom)

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Neologism

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(noun)

A new word or expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or sense

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Truculent

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(adj.)

Fierce and cruel; eager to fight

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Virulent

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(adj.)

Extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic

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Waver

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(verb)

To move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion

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Torque

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(noun)

The force that causes rotation

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Veracity

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(noun)

Truthfulness, honesty

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Canonical

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(adj.)

Following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards

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Stupefy

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(verb)

To stun, baffle or amaze

81
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Solicitous

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(adj.)

Concerned and attentive; eager

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Sordid

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(adj.)

Characterized by filth, grime or squalor; foul

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Noxious

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(adj.)

Harmful, injurious

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