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Parochial

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narrow-minded

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Precipitous

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hasty

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Perfidy

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lowest circle in Dante’s inferno we’re for those who has practices perfidy (betrayal)

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Gossamer

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delicate. The gossamer wings of a butterfly

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Virulent

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very bitter, very poisonous. The virulent look on his face made me certain he’d say something mean

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Viruliferous

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containing a virus

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Avocation

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something done in addition to the principal job

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Convoke

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call together

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Vociferous

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vehement shouting or calling out. vociferous cries of protest and outrage.

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Volition

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free of choice, of own will. The product has the capacity to generate revenue on its own volition

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Voracious

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eating or absorbing everything. Victor had a voracious appetite growing up

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Pertinacious

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stubborn

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Contort

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to twist. He contorted his face into a grimace of pain

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Torque

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twisting force

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Protract

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prolong. He protracted the process

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Transgress

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go over bounds of moral code

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Ulterior

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beyond what us immediately stated. Could there be an ulterior motive

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Adumbrate

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to outline partially (adumbrate a plan), or to foreshadow lightly (the social unrest that adumbrated the French Revolution)

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Penumbra

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the space outside the perfect shadow but still in partial illumination

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Usurp

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to seize and hold without right. To usurp a throne

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Convalescent-

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recovering strength from sickness or injury. I am convalescing from my muscle injury.

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Valediction

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say farewell

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Adventitious

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accidental

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Aver

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to affirm, declare to be true. He averred that he was innocent

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Senescent

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getting old (adjective). wrinkles are a part of the normal senescence that is happening in a person’s body

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Insensate

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without feeling or sensitivity. The belief that god is present in all even insensate objects

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Insentient

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incapble of feeling. Animals are not insentient

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Sentinel

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a guard that stands watch

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Sinuous

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moving in a wavy or bending manner. The river follows a sinuous trail

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Soliloquize

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talk to oneself

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Solipsism

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the belief that the only thing that can be known is one self

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Dissolute

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indifferent to moral restraints, unrestrained. A dissolute, drunken lifestyle

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Soluble

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capable of being dissolved or liquified

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Somnambulist

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sleep walker

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Somniferous

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sleep inducing

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Somniloquist

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sleep talker

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Somnolent

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sleepy, drowsy - good way. The somnolent hum of bees in summer grass

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Sophism

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superficially appealing but fallacious argument

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Perspicacious

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keen mental perception and understanding

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Apostasy

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renunciation of an object of one’s previous loyalty. He was an apostate o the church

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Destitute

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without means of substance. the charity cares for destitute children

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Astringent

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causing to tighten, or stringent taste

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Dissuade

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to advise against (opposite of persuade)

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Suave

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smooth

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Subterfuge

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act of lying or otherwise trick to escape a bad consequence

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Supercilious

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arrogant, condescending, behaving as if better than someone. Devin is very supercilious

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Contiguous

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sharing a boundary, directly touching. Contiguous vineyards in Italy

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Tactile

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touchable. The keyboard has good tactile feedback

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Risible

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causing laughter. The suggestion was downright risible

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Rubicund

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reddish

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