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Abate

Verb

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to lessen in intensity or degree

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Accolade

Noun

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an expression of praise

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Adulation

Noun

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excessive praise; intense adoration

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Aesthetic

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dealing with, appreciative of, or responsive to art or the beautiful

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Ameliorate

Verb

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to make better or more tolerable

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Ascetic

Noun

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one who practices rigid self-denial, esp. as an act of religious devotion

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Avarice

Noun

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greed, esp. for wealth

Adj. form: Avaricious

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Axiom

Noun

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a universally recognized principle

Adj. form: Axiomatic

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Burgeon

Verb

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to grow rapidly or flourish

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Bucolic

Adj.

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rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants

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Cacophony

Noun

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harsh, jarring, discordant sound; dissonance

Adj. form: Cacophonous

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Canon

Noun

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an established set of principles or code of laws, often religious in nature

(Adj. form: Canonical)

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Castigation

Noun

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severe criticism or punishment

Verb form: Castigate

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Catalyst

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a substance that accelerates the rate of a chemical reaction without itself changing; a person or thing that causes change

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Caustic

Adj.

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burning or stinging; causing corrosion

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Chary

Adj.

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wary; cautious; sparing

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Cogent

Adj.

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appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing

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Complaisance

Noun

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the willingness to comply with the wishes of others

Adj. form: Complaisant

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Contentious

Adj.

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argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement

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Contrite

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regretful; penitent; seeking forgiveness

Noun form: Contrition

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Culpable

Adj.

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deserving blame

Noun form: Culpability

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Dearth

Noun

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smallness of quantity or number; scarcity; a lack

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Demur

Verb

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to question or oppose

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Didactic

Adj.

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intended to teach or instruct

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Discretion | Noun
cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions (Adj. form: Discrete)
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Disinterested | Adj.
free of bias or self-interest; impartial
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Dogmatic | Adj.
expressing a rigid opinion based on unproved or improvable principles (Noun form: Dogma)
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Ebullience | Noun
the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings (Adj. form: Ebullient)
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Eclectic | Adj.
composed of elements drawn from various sources
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Elegy | Noun
a mournful poem, esp. one lamenting the dead | Adj. form: Elegiac
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Emollient | Adj.)/(Noun
soothing, esp. to the skin; making less harsh; mollifying; an agent that softens or smoothes the skin
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Empirical | Adj.
based on observation or experiment
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Enigmatic | Adj.
mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand | Noun form: Enigma
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Ephemeral | Adj.
brief; fleeting
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Esoteric | Adj.
intended for or understood by a small, specific group
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Eulogy | Noun
a speech honoring the dead | Verb form: Eulogize
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Exonerate | Verb
to remove blame
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Facetious | Adj.
playful; humorous
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Fallacy | Noun
an invalid or incorrect notion; a mistaken befief | Adj. form: Fallacious
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Furtive | Adj.
marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious
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Gregarious | Adj.
sociable; outgoing; enjoying the company of other people
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Harangue | Verb)/(Noun
to deliver a pompous speech or tirade; a long, pompous speech
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Heretical | Adj.
violating accepted dogma or convention | Noun form: Heresy
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Hyperbole | Noun
an exaggerated statement, often used as a figure of speech | Adj. form: Hyperbolic
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Impecunious | Adj.
lacking funds; without money
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Incipient | Adj.
beginning to come into being or to become apparent
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Inert | Adj.
unmoving; lethargic; sluggish
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Innocuous | Adj.
harmless; causing no damage
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Intransigent | Adj.
refusing to compromise | Noun form: Intransigence
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Inveigle | Verb
to obtain by deception or flattery
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Morose | Adj.
sad; sullen; melancholy
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Odious | Adj.
evoking intense aversion or dislike
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Opaque | Adj.
impenetrable by light; not reflecting light
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Oscillation | Noun
the act or state of swinging back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm (Verb form: Oscillate)
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Penurious | Adj.
penny-pinching; excessively thrify; ungenerous
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Pernicious | Adj.
extremely harmful; potentially causing death
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Peruse | Verb
to examine with great care | Noun form: Perusal
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Pious | Adj.
extremely reverent or devout; showing strong religious devotion (Noun form: Piety)
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Precursor | Noun
one that precedes and indicates or announces another
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Preen | Verb
to dress up; to primp; to groom oneself with elaborate care
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Prodigious | Adj.
abundant in size, force or extent; extraordinary
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Prolific | Adj.
producing large volumes or amounts; productive
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Putrefy | Verb
to rot; to decay and give off a foul odor | Adj. form: Putrid
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Quaff | Verb
to drink deeply
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Quiescence | Noun
stillness; motionlessness; quality of being at rest | Adj. form: Quiescent
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Redoubtable | Adj.
awe-inspiring; worthy of honor
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Sanction | Noun)/(Verb
authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance; to give permission or authority to
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Satire | Noun
a literary work that ridicules or criticizes a human vice through humor or derision (Adj. form: Satirical)
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Squalid | Adj.
sordid; wretched and dirty as from neglect | Noun form: Squalor
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Stoic | Adj.
indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; steadfast | Noun form: Stoicism
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Supplant | Verb
to take the place of; to supersede
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Torpid | Adj.
lethargic; sluggish; dormant | Noun form: Torpor
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Ubiquitous | Adj.
existing everywhere at the same time; constantly encountered; widespread
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Urbane | Adj.
Sophisticated; refined; elegant | Noun form: Urbanity
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Vilify | Verb
to defame; to characterize harshly
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Viscous | Adj.
thick; sticky | Noun form: Viscosity

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