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Abscond

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(verb) to depart clandestinely; to seal off and hide

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Aberrant

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(adj.) deviating from the norm (noun form: aberration)

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Alacrity

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(noun) eager and enthusiastic willingness

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Anomaly

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

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Approbation

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(noun) an expression of approval or praise

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Arduous

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(adj.) strenuous, taxing; requiring significant effort

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Assuage

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

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Audacious

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

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Austere

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(adj.) without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic (noun form: austerity)

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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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Canonical

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(adj.) following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards (noun form: canon)

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Capricious

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(adj.) inclined to change one’s mind impulsively; erratic, unpredictable

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Censure

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(verb) to criticize severely; to officially rebuke

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Chicanery

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(noun) trickery or subterfuge

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Connoisseur

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(noun) an informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert

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Convoluted

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(adj.) complex or complicated

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Disabuse

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(verb) to undeceive; to set right

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Discordant

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(adj.) conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound

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Disparate

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(adj.) fundamentally distinct or dissimilar

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Effrontery

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(noun) extreme boldness; presumptuousness

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Eloquent

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(adj.) well-spoken, expressive, articulate (noun form: eloquence)

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Enervate

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(verb) to weaken; to reduce in vitality

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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 (adj. form: equivocal)

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Erudite
(adj.) very learned
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Exculpate
(verb) exonerate; to clear of blame
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Exigent
(adj.) urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention
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Extemporaneous
(adj.) improvised; done without preparation
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Filibuster
(noun) intentional obstruction, esp. using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action.
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Fulminate
(verb) to loudly attack or denounce
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Ingenuous
(adj.) artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication
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Inured
(adj.) accustomed to accepting something undesirable
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Irascible
(adj.) easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts
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Laud
(verb.) to praise highly (adj. form: laudatory)
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Lucid
(adj.) clear; easily understood
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Magnanimity
(noun) the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, esp. in forgiving (adj. form: magnanimous)
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Martial
(adj.) associated with war and the arm forces
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Mundane
(adj.) of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary
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Nascent
(adj.) coming into being; in early developmental stages
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Nebulous
(adj.) vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form
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Neologism
(noun) a new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses
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Noxious
(adj.) harmful, injurious
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Obtuse
(adj.) lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression
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Obviate
(verb) to anticipate and make unnecessary
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Onerous
(adj.) troubling, burdensome
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Paean
(noun) a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving
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Parody
(noun) a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, esp. in literature and art
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Perennial
(adj.) recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly
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Perfidy
(noun) intentional breach of faith; treachery (adj. form perfidious)
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Perfunctory
(adj.) cursory; done without care or interest
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Perspicacious
(adj.) acutely perceptive; having keen discernment (noun form: perspicacity)
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Prattle
(verb) to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner
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Precipitate
(verb) to cause or happen before anticipated or required
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Predilection
(noun) a disposition in favor of something; preference
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Prescience
(noun) foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring (adj. form prescient)
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Prevaricate
(verb) to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead
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Qualms
(noun) misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy
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Recant
(verb) to retract, esp. a previously held believe
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Refute
(verb) to disprove; to successfully argue against
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Relegate
(verb) to forcibly assign, esp. to a lower place or position
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Reticent
(adj.) quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings
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Solicitous
(adj.) concerned and attentive; eager
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Sordid
(adj.) characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul
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Sporadic
(adj.) occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances
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Squander
(verb) to waste by spending or using irresponsibly
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Static
(adj.) not moving, active, or in motion; at rest
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Stupefy
(verb) to stun, baffle, or amaze
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Stymie
(verb) to block; to thwart
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Synthesis
(noun) the combination of parts to make a whole (verb form: synthesize)
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Torque
(noun) a force that causes rotation
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Tortuous
(adj.)winding, twisting; excessively complicated
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Truculent
(adj.) fierce and cruel; eager to fight
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Veracity
(noun) truthfulness, honesty
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Virulent
(adj.) extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic
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Voracious
(adj.) having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous
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Waver
(verb) to move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion

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