KAPLAN cards Flashcards
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Guile
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Deceit; trickery (varka)
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Edify
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Enlighten
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Equivocate
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To use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead
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Exponent
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One who champions or advocates; representative
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Fetid
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Smrdljiv, truo
Foul-smelling; putrid
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Frenetic
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Frantic, frenzied, pomaman
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Ford
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Preći peške preko reke
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Glower
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To glare or stare angrily and intensely; frown
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Hegemony
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The domination of one state or group over its allies
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Eschew
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To shun; to avoid (as sth wrong or distasteful)
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Fatuous
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Stupid, absurd, foolishly self-satisfied
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Encomium
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Warm praise, euology, panegyric
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Esoteric
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Known or understood only by a few
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Frugality
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Tending to be thrufty or cheap
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Flag
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To decline in vigor, strength, or interest
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Expurgate
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To censor
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Erratic
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Wandering and unpredictable
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Ethos
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Beliefs or character of a group
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Iconoclast
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One who opposes established beliefs, customs and institutions
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Emulate
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To copy, to try to equal or excel, imitate
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Epicure
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Person with refined taste in food and wine
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Exigent
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Urgent, requiring immediate action
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Ersatz
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Fake
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Fallow
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Dormant (skriven), unused
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Florid
Excessively decorated or embellished
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Furtive
Secret, stealthy
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Embellish
To add ornamental or fictitious details
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Estimable
Admirable
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Fecund
Fertile, fruitful, productive
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Gestation
Growth in process from conception to birth
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Erudite
Learned, scholarly, bookish
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Fractious
Unruly (neukrotiv), rebellious
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Effrontery
Audacity, impudent boldness
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Hapless
Unfortunate, having bad luck
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Enervate
To reduce in strength
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Foment
To arouse or incite (pobuditi ili podstaći)
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Gambol
To dance or skip around playfully
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Hoary
Very old, posedeo od godina
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Fervid
Zealous, intensely emotional, feverish
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Fanatical
Acting excessively enthusiastic, filled with extreme, unquestioned devotion
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Glib
Fluent in an insincere manner; offhand; casual
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Effigy
Stuffed doll, likeness of a person
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Ebullient
Exhilarated, full of enthusiasm and high spirits
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Eclectic
Selecting from or made up from a variety of sourced
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Lament
To express sorrow, to grieve
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Juncture
Point of time, especially where two things are joined
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Invidious
Envious, obnoxious, or offensive; likely to promote ill-will
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Interregnum
Period between reigns (vladavina)
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Ingratiate
Flatter; to gain favor with another by deliberate effort; to seek to please somebody so as to gain an advantage
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Impugn
To call into question; to attack verbally
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Impasse
Stalemate; blocked path; dilemma with no solution
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Languid
Nezainteresovan (indifferent); lacking energy; slow
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Kindle
To set fire or ignite, excite or inspire
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Itinerant
Wandering from place to place; unsettled; nomadic
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Intransigent
Uncompromising; refusing to be reconciled
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Iniquity
Sin; evil act
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Inchoate
Not fully formed; disorganized
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Imperturbable
Not capable of being disturbed
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Laconic
Using few words
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Judicious
Sensible; showing good judgement
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Investiture
Ceremony conferring authority (krunisanje)
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Inter
To bury
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Ingrate
Ungrateful person
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Imprecation
A curse
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Imbue
To infuse, dye, wet or moisten
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Lampoon
To ridicule with satire; tease; ismejavati
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Keen
Having a sharp edge; intellectually sharp; perceptive
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Irascible
Easily made angry
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Intractable
Not easily managed or manipulated
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Inimical
Hostile; unfriendly
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Incarnadine
Pocrveneti; blood-red in color
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Impecunious
Poor, having no money
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Lachrymose
Tearful
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Jocular
Playful, humorous
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Invective
Abusive language
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Insurrection
Rebellion
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Ingenuous
Showing innocence or childlike simplicity
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Implacable
Unable to calm down or made peaceful
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Ignoble
Having low moral standards, not noble in character, mean
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Larceny
Theft of property
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Knell
Sound of funeral bell; omen of death or failure
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Jettison
To discard; eject; to get rid of as unnecessary or encumbering
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Inundate
To overwhelm; to cover with water
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Inquest
An investigationn, an inquiry
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Impetuous
Impulsive; quick to act without thinking
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Kudos
Fame, glory, or honor
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Jingoism
Beligerent support od one’s country; nacionalizam
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Inure
Become used to; to harden; accustom
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Insipid
Lacking interest or flavor; dull
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Inexorable
Nepopustljiv (unyielding), inflexible
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Impious
Not devout in religion
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Idiosyncrasy
Eccentricity
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Lapidary
Relating to precious stones or the art of cutting them
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Intrepid
Fearless; resolutely courageous
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Inculcate
To teach; impress in mind; da ne kažem isprati mozak
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Impervious
Otporno; impossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected
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Fidelity
Vernost
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Decorum
Appropriateness of behaviour (being polite)
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Dupe
To deceive, a person who is easily deceived
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Dyspeptic
Gloomy and irritable
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Demagogue
One who loves to moralise, nameće svoje mišljenje
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Deleterious
Subtly or unexpectedly harmful
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Diurnal
Existing during the day
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Coterie
An intimate group of persons with a similar purpose
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Contrite
Apologetic, regretful; deeply sorrowful and repentant for a wrong
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Dither
To act confusedly or without clear purpose
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Desultory
Jumping from one thing to another; disconnected
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Diffident
Lacking self-confidence
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Discern
To percieve or recognize
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Diatribe
An obusive, conemnatory speech
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Distend
To swell, inflate or bloat
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Dilate
To make larger, to expand
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Demur
To express doubts or objections
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Cosset
To pamper, treat with great care
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Deference
Respect; courtesy
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Diaphanous
Allowing light to show through; delicate
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Dilettante
Someone with amateurish and superficial interest in a topic; amateur
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Castigate
To punnish or criticize harshly
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Convoluted
Intricate and complicated
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Dictum
Authoritative statement
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Calumny
Klevetati; false and malicious accusation
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Deride
To speak of or treat with contempt; to mock
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Cogent
Convincing and well-reasoned
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Desiccate
To dry out thoroughly
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Contumacious
Rebellious
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Credulous
Too trusting; gullible
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Accretion
A growth in size; an increase in amount
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Deface
To mar the appearance; vandalize
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Droll
Comic, entertaininy, funny, witty
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Abeyance
Temporary suppresion or suspension
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Abjure
To reject
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Dissemble
To present a false appearance; to disguuse one’s real intentions or character
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Apocryphal
Of questionable authority or aythenticity
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Aggrandize
To increase in power, influence, and reputation
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Abate
To reduce in amount, degree, or severity
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Attenuate
To reduce in force or degree, weaken
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Augury
Prophecy, prediction of events
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Blight
To afflict, destroy
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Bilk
To cheat; defraud
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Dissonance
A harsh and disagreeable combination especially of sounds
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Condone
To overlook, pardon, or disregard
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Axiom
Premise; postulate; self-evident truth
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Dilatory
Intended to delay
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Coalesce
To grow together to form a single whole
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Distaff
The female branch of a family
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Dogma
A firmly held opinion, especially a religious belief
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Ambigious
Doubtful or uncertain, can be interpreted several ways
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Disparate
Divergent, fundamentally different; entirely unlike
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Disabuse
To set right; free from error
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Aerie
A nest built high in the air, an elevated, often secluded dwelling
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Candid
Impartial and honest in speech
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Catholic
Universal; broad and comprehensive
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Assuage
To make sth unpleasant less severe
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Bifurcate
To divide into two parts
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Anodyne
Sth that calms or soothes pain
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Abase
Nepoštovanje; to humble; disgrace
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Abscond
To leave secretly
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Abstemious
Moderate in appetite
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Acidulous
Sour in taste or manner
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Cabal
A secret group seeking to overturn sth
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Dirge
A funeral hymn or mournful speech
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Collusion
Collaboration; complicity; conspiracy
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Bonhomie
Good-natured geniality; atmoshpere of good cheer; druželjubivost
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Boor
Crude person, one lacking manners or taste
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Circumspect
Cautious, aware of potential consequences
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Arbitrate
To judge a dispute between two opposing parties
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Debutante
Young woman making debut in high society
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Corroborate
To support with evidence
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Aberrant
Anomally
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Cloying
Excessive; sickly sweet
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Adulterate
To make impure
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Alacrity
Speed or quickness
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Anachronism
Sth out of place in time
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Canard
A lie
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Bombastic
Pompous in speech and manner
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Decorous
Proper; tasteful; socially correct
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Doctrinaire
Rigidly devoted to theories without regard for practicality; dogmatic
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Alleviate
To make more bearable
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Arbitrary
Determined by chance or impulse
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Bolster
To support; prop up
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Affected
Phony; artificial
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Amulet
Ornament worn as a charm against evil spirits
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Assail
To attack; assault
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Analogous
Similar or alike in some way; equivalent to
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Acme
Highest point; summit; peak
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Articulate
Able to speak clearly and expressively; eloquent
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Burnish
To polish
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Curmudgeon
Cranky person, usually old
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Cupidity
Greed; strong desire
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Craven
Lacking courage
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Advocate
To speak in favor of
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Chauvinist
Someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which it belongs
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Abstain
To choose not to do sth
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Declivity
Downward slope
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Ardor
Intense and passionate feeling
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Apostate
One who renounces a religious faith
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Arrogate
To claim without justification; to claim for oneself without right
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Dogmatic
Authoritarian, bossy, masterful, overbearing, peremptory; dictatorial in one’s opinions
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August
Dignified; grandiose
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Austere
Severe or stern in appearance; undecorated
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Blithe
Joyful, cheerful, or without appropriate thought
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Caustic
Sarcastic
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Burgeon
To grow and florish
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Amortize
To diminish by installment payments
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Connoisseur
A person with expert knowledge, or discriminating tastes
