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1
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Abate

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to lessen in intensity or degree

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Accolade

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an expression of praise

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Adulation

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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

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to make better or more tolerable

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Avarice

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greed esp for wealth

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Axiom

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a universally recognized principle

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Ascetic

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Self-discipline

Self-denial

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Burgeon

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to grow rapidly or flourish

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Bucolic

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rustic and pastoral

characteristic of rural areas and thier inhabitants

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Cacophony

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harsh, jarring, discordant sound

dissonance form

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Canon

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an established set of principles or code of laws

often religious in nature

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Castigation

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severe criticism or punishment

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Catalyst

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a person or thing that causes change

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Caustic

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burning or stinging

causing corrosion

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Chary

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wary
Every cautious
Not giving freely- sparing

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Cogent

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appealing forcibly to the mind or reason

convincing

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Complaisance

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the willingness to comply with the wishes of others

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Contentious

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argumentative
quarrelsome
causing controversy or disagreement

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Contrite

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regretful

seeking forgiveness

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Culpable

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deserving blame

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Dearth

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smallness of quantity or number
scarcity
a lack

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Demur

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to question or oppose

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Didactic

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intended to teach or instruct

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Discretion

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cautious reserve in speech

ability to make responsible decisions

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Disinterested

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free of bias or self interest

impartial

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Penurious

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penny pinching
excessively thrifty
ungenerous

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Oscillation

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the act or state of swinging back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm

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Opaque

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impenetrable by light
not reflecting light
NOT CLEAR

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Odious

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evoking intense aversion or dislike

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Morose

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sad
sullen
melancholy

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Inveigle

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to obtain by deception or flattery

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Intransigent

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refusing to compromise

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Innocuous

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harmless, causing no damage

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Inert

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unmoving, lethargic, sluggish

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Incipient

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beginning to come into being or to become apparent

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Impecunious

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lacking funds

without money

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Hyperbole

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an exaggerated statement

often used as a figure of speech

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Heretical

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Departure from accepted beliefs or standards

Unorthodox

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Harangue

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to deliver a pompous speech or tirade

a long pompous speech

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Gregarious

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sociable

outgoing

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Furtive

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SNEAKY
CARRIES THINGS AWAY LIKE THIEF

marked by stealth
covert
surreptitious

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Fallacy

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an incorrect notion

a mistaken belief

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Facetious

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playful

humorous

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Exonerate

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to remove blame

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Eulogy

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a speech honoring the dead

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Esoteric

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intended for or understood by a specific, small group

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Ephemeral

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brief

fleeting

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Enigmatic

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mysterious
obscure
difficult to understand

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Empirical

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based on observation or experience

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Emollient

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soothing espectially to the skin
making less harsh
an agent that softens or smoothes the skin

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Elegy

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a mournful poem esp one lamenting the dead

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Eclectic

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composed of elements drawn from various sources

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Ebullience

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the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings

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Dogmatic

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expressing a rigid opinion based on unproved or improvable principles

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Pernicious

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extremely harmful

potentially causing death

57
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Peruse

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to examine with great care

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Pious

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extremely devout

showing strong religious devotion

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Precursor

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one that precedes or announces another

60
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Preen

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to dress up
to primp
to groom oneself with elaborate care

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Prodigious

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abundant in size, force, or extent

extraordinary

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Prolific

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produces large volumes or amounts

productive

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Putrefy

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to rot

to decay and give off a foul odor

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Quaff

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to drink deeply

65
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Quiescence

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stillness
motionlessness
quality of being at rest

66
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Redoubtable

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awe-inspiring

worthy of honor

67
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Sanction

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authoritative permission or approval
a penalty intended to enforce compliance
to give permission or authority to

68
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Satire

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a literary work that ridicules or criticizes a human vice through humor or derision

69
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Squalid

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sordid

wretched and dirty as from neglect

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Stoic

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indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain

steadfast

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Supplant

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to take the place of

to supersede

72
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Torpid

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lethargic
sluggish
dormant

73
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Ubiquitous

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existing everywhere at the same time
constantly encountered
widespread

74
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Urbane

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sophisticated
refined
elegant

75
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Vilify

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to defame

to characterize harshly

76
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Viscous

A

thick

sticky

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