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Abase

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To humble or disgrace

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Abate

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To reduce in amount, degree or severity

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Abdicate

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To give up a position, right or power

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Aberrant

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Deviating from normal

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Abeyance

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Temporary suppression or suspension

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Abjure

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To reject or formally abandon

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Abscond

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To leave secretly

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Abstemious

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Moderate in appetite

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Accretion

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A gradual growth in size

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Acidulous

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Sour in taste or manner

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Acme

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Highest point or level

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Aerie

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A nest build high; elevated, secluded dwelling

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Affected

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phony, artificial

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Aggrandize

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To increase in power, influence

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Alacrity

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Speed, quickness

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Ameliorate

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To make better, improve

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Amortize

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To diminish by installment payments

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Anodyne

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Something that clams or soothes pain

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Apocryphal

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Of questionable authority/authenticity

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Apostate

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One who renounces religious faith

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Approbation

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Approval, praise

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Ardor

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Intense and passionate feeling

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Arrogate

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To claim without justification

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Attenuate

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To reduce in force, to weaken

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Audacious

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Bold

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Augury

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A prophecy or prediction

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August

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Dignified, grandiose

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Axiom

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Premise, postulate, self-evident truth

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Belfry

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A bell tower

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Bevy

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A group

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Bifurcate

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To divide into 2 parts

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Bilk

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To cheat or defraud

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Blight

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To afflict or destroy

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Blithe

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Joyful, cheerful, without appropriate thought

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Bombastic

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Pompous in speech and manner

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Bonhomie

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Good-natured geniality

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Boor

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Crude person

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Burnish

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To polish

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Cabal

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A secret group seeking to overturn something

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Calumny

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A false/malicious accusation

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Canard

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A lie

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Cartography

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The science/art of making maps

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Catholic

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Universal; broad and comprehensive

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Caustic

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witty, cutting

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Chauvinist

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Someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which he or she belongs

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Chicanery

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Deception by means of craft or guile

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Cloying

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Sickly sweet, excessive

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Coalesce

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To grow together to form a single whole

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Coffer

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A large chest for money

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Collusion

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A collaboration, perhaps secretive or illegal

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Condone

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To overlook, pardon or disregard

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Contrite

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Deep sorrowful and repentant for a wrong

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Contumacious

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Rebellious

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Cosset

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To pamper, treat with great care

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Coterie

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An intimate group of people with a similar purpose

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Craven

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Lacking courage

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Credulous

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too trusting, gullible

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Crescendo

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steady increase in volume/force

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Cupidity

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Greed; strong desire

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Declivity

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A downward slope

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Decorous

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Proper, tasteful, socially corect

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Decorum

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Appropriateness of behavior

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Deleterious

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Subtly or unexpectedly harmful

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Demagogue

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A leader who appeals using emotion/prejudice

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Demur

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To express doubts, objections

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Desiccate

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To dry out

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Desultory

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Jumping from one thing to another

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Diaphanous

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Allowing light to show through, delicate

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Diatribe

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Abusive, condemnatory speech

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Dictum

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Authoritative statement

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Diffident

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Lacking self-confidence

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Dilatory

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Intended to delay

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Dilettante

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Superficial interest in a topic

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Dirge

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A mournful speech

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Disabuse

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To correct, make right

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Disparate

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Fundamentally different

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Dissemble

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To present a false appearance, to disguise one’s character/intentions

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Distaff

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The female branch of a family

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Distend

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To swell, inflate, or bloat

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Dither

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acting confused/without purpose

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Diurnal

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Active/occurring during the day

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Divine

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To foretell or know by inspiration

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Doctrinaire

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Rigidly devoted to theories without regard for practicality; dogmatic

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Dogma

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Firmly held opinion, particularly religious belief

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Dogmatic

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Dictatorial in one’s opinions

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Droll

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Amusing in a wry, subtle way

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Dyspeptic

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Indigestion, gloomy and irritable

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Ebullient

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Enthusiasm and high spirits

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Eclectic

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Made from a variety of sources

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Edify

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To instruct morally, spiritually

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Effigy

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Stuffed doll or likeness of a person

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Effrontery

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Audacity, nerve

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Elegy

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sorrowful poem or speech

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Encomium

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Warm praise

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Endemic

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Belonging/inherent to a particular area

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Enervate

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To reduce in strength

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Engender

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To produce, cause or bring about

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Enumerate

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Count, list or itemize

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Epicure

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Refined taste in food or wine

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Equivocate

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To use expressions of double meaning to mislead

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Ersatz

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fake

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Erudite

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scholarly

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Eschew

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To shun or avoid

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Esoteric

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Known or understood by few

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Estimable

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Admirable

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Ethos

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The beliefs or character of a group

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Eulogy

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A speech in praise of someone

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Euphemism

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Substituting an inoffensive word for a bad one

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Euphony

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Pleasant sound

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Exculpate

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To clear from blame

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Exigent

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Urgent

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Exponent

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One who champions or advocates

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Expurgate

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To censor

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Fallow

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Dormant, unused

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Fatuous

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Stupid, foolishly self-satisfied

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Fecund

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Fertile, productive, fruitful

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Fervid

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Intensely emotional, feverish

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Fetid

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Foul-smelling, putrid

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Flag

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To decline in vigor, strength, interest

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Florid

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Excessively decorated or embellished

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Foment

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To arouse or incite

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Ford

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To cross a body of water by wading

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Forestall

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To prevent, delay, anticipate

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Fortuitous

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Happening by chance, fortunate

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Fractious

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Unruly, rebellious

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Frenetic

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Frantic, frenzied

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Furtive

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Secret, stealthy

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Gambol

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To dance or skip playfully

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Garner

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To gather/store

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Garrulous

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Talkative

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Glib

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Insincere, offhand, casual

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Glower

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To glare angrily

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Gradation

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A degree or state of the process, variation in color

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Guile

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Deceit, trickery

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Hapless

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Unfortunate, bad luck

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Hegemony

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The domination of one state over its allies

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Hermetic

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Tightly sealed

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Heterogeneous

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Diverse

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Hoary

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Very old, whitish or gray from age

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Husband

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To manage economically, to use sparingly

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Hyperbole

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Purposeful exaggeration for effect

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Iconoclast

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One who opposed established beliefs, customs and institutions

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Idiosyncracy

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Quirk

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Ignoble

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Not noble in character

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Imbue

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Infuse, dye, wet or moisten

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Impasse

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Deadlock

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Impecunious

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Poor, no money

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Impervious

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Incapable of being affected

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Impetuous

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To act without thinking

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Impious

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Not devout in religion, immoral

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Imprecation

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A curse

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Impugn

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To challenge or dispute

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Incarnadine

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Blood red in color

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Inchoate

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Disorganized

155
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Inculcate

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To teach, preach

156
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Indolent

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Habitually lazy or idle

157
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Inexorable

A

Inflexible, unyielding

158
Q

Ingenuous

A

Innocence, childlike simplicity

159
Q

Ingrate

A

Ungrateful person, cad

160
Q

Ingratiate

A

To gain favor by deliberate effort

161
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Inimical

A

Hostile, unfriendly

162
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Iniquity

A

A sin, evil act

163
Q

Inquest

A

Investigation

164
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Insipid

A

Boring, bland

165
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Insurrection

A

Rebellion

166
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Inter

A

To bury

167
Q

Interregnum

A

A period between reigns

168
Q

Intractable

A

Stubborn, unruly; not easily managed

169
Q

Intransigent

A

Uncompromising

170
Q

Intrepid

A

Brave

171
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Inure

A

To harden; accustom

172
Q

Invective

A

Abusive language

173
Q

Investiture

A

Ceremony conferring authority

174
Q

Invidious

A

obnoxious, or offensive

175
Q

Irascible

A

Easily made angry, ornery

176
Q

Itinerant

A

Nomadic

177
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Jargon

A

Nonsensical talk or specialized language

178
Q

jettison

A

To discard

179
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Jingoism

A

Belligerent support of one’s country

180
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Judicious

A

Sensible, good judgment

181
Q

Juncture

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A point of time where two things are joined

182
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Keen

A

Intellectually sharp, perceptive

183
Q

Kindle

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To set fire, excite or inspire

184
Q

Kinetic

A

Relating to motion, characterized by movement

185
Q

Knell

A

Sound of a funeral bell, omen of death or failure

186
Q

Lachrymose

A

Tearful

187
Q

Laconic

A

Using few words

188
Q

Lampoon

A

Ridicule with satire

189
Q

Languid

A

Lacking energy, indifferent, slow

190
Q

Lapidary

A

relating to precious stones or the art of cutting them

191
Q

Larceny

A

Theft of property

192
Q

Largess

A

Generous giving of money to those who seem inferior

193
Q

Lassitude

A

A state of diminished energy

194
Q

Latent

A

Potentially available but not readily apparent

195
Q

Leery

A

Suspicious

196
Q

Legerdemain

A

Trickery

197
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Levity

A

Inappropriate lack of seriousness, overly casual

198
Q

Libertine

A

A free thinker, one without moral restraint (disparagingly)

199
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Licentious

A

Immoral; unrestrained by society

200
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Limpid

A

Clean, transparent

201
Q

Lionize

A

To treat as a celebrity

202
Q

Lissome

A

Easily flexed, limber, agile

203
Q

Listless

A

Lacking energy, enthusiasm

204
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Lugubrious

A

Sorrowful, mournful, dismal

205
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Lumber

A

To move slowly, awkwardly

206
Q

Machination

A

Plot or scheme

207
Q

Maelstrom

A

Turmoil

208
Q

Magnate

A

Powerful or influential person

209
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Malediction

A

A wish of evil upon another

210
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Malinger

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To evade responsibility by pretending to be ill

211
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Mannered

A

Artificial or stilted in character

212
Q

Martinet

A

Strict disciplinarian

213
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Maudlin

A

Overly sentimental

214
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Mendacious

A

Dishonest

215
Q

Mendicant

A

Begger

216
Q

Mercurial

A

Quick, schrewd, unpredicable

217
Q

Meretricious

A

Gaudy, falsely attractive

218
Q

Fastidious

A

Meticulous, painstaking

219
Q

Militate

A

To work against

220
Q

Mirth

A

Glee

221
Q

Missive

A

A written note or letter

222
Q

Mitigate

A

Soften, lessen

223
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Molt

A

To shed an outer layer

224
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Monastic

A

Extremely plain or secluded

225
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Mores

A

Fixed customs or moral attitudes

226
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Multifarious

A

Diverse

227
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Nadir

A

Lowest point

228
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Neologism

A

New word or expression

229
Q

Neophyte

A

New, beginner

230
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Nettle

A

To irritate

231
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Noisome

A

Stinking, putrid

232
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Nominal

A

existing in name only, but not putting in effort, syn: minimal, titular

233
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Nuance

A

subtle expression of meaning or quality

234
Q

Numismatics

A

Coin collecting

235
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Obdurate

A

Hardened in feeling, resistant to persuasion

236
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Oblique

A

Indirect, evasive, misleading, devious

237
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Obsequious

A

Overly submissive, eager to please

238
Q

Obviate

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To prevent/make unnecessary

239
Q

Occlude

A

To stop up, prevent passage of

240
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Officious

A

Too helpful, meddlesome

241
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Onerous

A

Burdensome

242
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Opine

A

To express an opinion

243
Q

Opprobium

A

Public disgrace

244
Q

Orotund

A

Pompous

245
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Ostensible

A

Apparent

246
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Palliate

A

To make less serious, to ease

247
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Pallid

A

Lacking color or liveliness

248
Q

Panache

A

Flamboyance, flair

249
Q

Panegyric

A

Elaborate praise

250
Q

Panoply

A

Impressive array

251
Q

Paragon

A

Model of excellence

252
Q

Pare

A

To reduce

253
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Pariah

A

Outcast

254
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Parley

A

Discussion between two enemies

255
Q

Parry

A

To ward off or reflect, especially by a quick witted answer

256
Q

Pastiche

A

Literature or music imitating other works, spoof

257
Q

Pathogenic

A

Causing disease

258
Q

Peccadillo

A

A minor sin or offense

259
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Pedant

A

Someone who shows off learning

260
Q

Penury

A

Severe poverty

261
Q

Peregrinate

A

To wander from place to place, to travel on foot

262
Q

Perfidious

A

Willing to betray trust

263
Q

Perfunctory

A

Done in a routine way, indifferent

264
Q

Peripatetic

A

Wandering from place to place, especially on foot

265
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Perspicacious

A

Astute, keen-witted

266
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Pervade

A

To permeate

267
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Phalanx

A

A close-knit body of people, animals or things

268
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Philistine

A

A person guided by materialism, disdainful of intellectual or artistic values

269
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Phlegmatic

A

Calm, unemotional in temperament

270
Q

Pithy

A

Succinct

271
Q

Plebeian

A

Crude or coarse

272
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Polemic

A

Controversy, argument, verbal attack

273
Q

Politic

A

Tactful

274
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Polyglot

A

A speaker of many languages

275
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Posit

A

Suggest, to assume as real

276
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Potentate

A

A monarch or ruler with great power

277
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Pragmatic

A

Practical

278
Q

Prattle

A

Meaningless, foolish talk

279
Q

Precipitate

A

Sudden, headlong

280
Q

Precis

A

Short summary of facts

281
Q

Prescient

A

Having foresight

282
Q

Prevaricate

A

To lie or deviate from the truth

283
Q

Probity

A

Complete honesty and integrity

284
Q

Proclivity

A

A natural inclination

285
Q

Prodigal

A

Lavish, wasteful

286
Q

Profligate

A

Corrupt, degenerate

287
Q

Propitiate

A

To appease

288
Q

Propriety

A

The quality of behaving in a proper manner

289
Q

Prudence

A

Wisdom, caution, restraint

290
Q

Puerile

A

Childish, immature, silly

291
Q

Pugilism

A

Boxing

292
Q

Pulchritude

A

Beauty

293
Q

Pungent

A

Sharp and irritating to the senses

294
Q

Pusillanimous

A

Cowardly

295
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Querulous

A

Whiny

296
Q

Quiescent

A

Motionless

297
Q

Quixotic

A

Overly idealistic, impractical

298
Q

Quotidian

A

Occurring daily, commonplace

299
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Raconteur

A

A witty, skillful storyteller

300
Q

Rarefy

A

To become thinner or sparser; attenuate

301
Q

Redress

A

Relief from wrong or injury

302
Q

Rejoinder

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Response

303
Q

Repast

A

Meal

304
Q

Replete

A

Abounding, full

305
Q

Repose

A

Relaxation, leisure

306
Q

Repudiate

A

To deny, disclaim, renounce

307
Q

Requite

A

To return, repay, reciprocate

308
Q

Restive

A

Impatient, uneasy, restless

309
Q

Reticent

A

Silent, reserved

310
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Ribald

A

Vulgar humor

311
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Rococo

A

Ornate

312
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Rustic

A

Rural

313
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Sacrosanct

A

Sacred, beyond criticism, inviolabe

314
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Sagacious

A

Shrewd, wise; perspicacious

315
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Salient

A

Prominent, of notable significance

316
Q

Salubrious

A

Healthful

317
Q

Sanguine

A

Optimistic, rosy

318
Q

Sardonic

A

Cynical

319
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Scintilla

A

Trace amount

320
Q

Sedition

A

Behavior that promotes rebellion

321
Q

Sentient

A

Aware, conscious

322
Q

Seraphic

A

Angelic, sweet

323
Q

Sinecure

A

A well paying job that requires little work

324
Q

Slake

A

To calm down or moderate

325
Q

Sobriquet

A

Nickname

326
Q

Solecism

A

Grammatical mistake

327
Q

Soporific

A

Causing sleep or lethargy

328
Q

Spartan

A

Self-disciplined, austere

329
Q

Specious

A

Deceptively attractive

330
Q

Sportive

A

Frolicsome, playful

331
Q

Stasis

A

Inertia, standstill

332
Q

Stentorian

A

Extremely loud

333
Q

Stolid

A

Unemotional, lacking sensitivity

334
Q

Stratagem

A

A ruse, trick designed to deceive an enemy

335
Q

Sublime

A

Lofty or grand

336
Q

Sully

A

To tarnish or taint

337
Q

Supplant

A

To replace by force, to take place of

338
Q

Surfeit

A

Surplus

339
Q

Surly

A

Rude, bad-tempered

340
Q

Sybarite

A

Hedonist, devoted to pleasure, luxury

341
Q

Sycophant

A

A self-serving flatterer, a yes-man

342
Q

Symbiosis

A

Cooperation, mutual helpfulness

343
Q

Syncopation

A

Temporary irregularity in musical rhythm

344
Q

Tacit

A

Done without using words

345
Q

Taciturn

A

Silent, not talkative

346
Q

Talon

A

Claw

347
Q

Tangential

A

Digressing, diverting

348
Q

Tawdry

A

Gaudy, cheap, showy

349
Q

Terrestrial

A

Earthly, commonplace

350
Q

Toady

A

One who flatters in hope of gaining favors

351
Q

Tome

A

Large and academic book

352
Q

Torpor

A

Extreme sluggishness

353
Q

Trenchant

A

Acute, sharp, forceful

354
Q

Turgid

A

Bloated, swollen, distended

355
Q

Tyro

A

Beginner, novice

356
Q

Umbrage

A

Offense, resentment; pique; asperity

357
Q

Unequivocal

A

Absolute, certain

358
Q

Upbraid

A

To sharply scold

359
Q

Usury

A

Lending money at exorbitant rates

360
Q

Variegated

A

Varied, marked with different colors

361
Q

Venerable

A

Respected because of age

362
Q

Venerate

A

To respect deeply

363
Q

Veracity

A

Truthfulness

364
Q

Verdant

A

Green with vegetation, inexperienced

365
Q

Vernal

A

Fresh, related to spring

366
Q

Vestige

A

A trace or remnant

367
Q

Vicissitude

A

A fluctuation

368
Q

Vim

A

Vitality, energy

369
Q

Viscous

A

Thick and adhesive, a slow-flowing fluid

370
Q

Vituperate

A

To berate

371
Q

Voluble

A

Talkative, glib

372
Q

Wan

A

Sickly, pale

373
Q

Wanton

A

Unrestrained, reckless

374
Q

Whimsical

A

Capricious, fanciful, unpredictable

375
Q

Wily

A

Clever, deceptive

376
Q

Winsome

A

Charming, happily engaged

377
Q

Wizened

A

Shriveled, wrinkled, desiccated

378
Q

Wraith

A

Ghost

379
Q

Xenophobia

A

Fear/hatred of strangers

380
Q

Yoke

A

To join together

381
Q

Zealot

A

Passionately devoted to a cause

382
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Zenith

A

Point of culmination, peak, acme

383
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Zephyr

A

A gentle breeze, airy or unsubstantial

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