Level 0A Words Flashcards
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abdicate
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to step down from a position of power or responsibility
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absolute
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total; unlimited; perfect
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abstinent
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abstaining; voluntarily not doing something, especially something pleasant that is bad for you or has a bad reputation.
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abstract
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theoretical; impersonal
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abstruse
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hard to understand
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accolade
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an award; an honor
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accost
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to approach and speak to someone
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acquiesce
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to comply passively; to accept; to assent; to agree
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acrid
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harsh; like acid
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acute
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sharp; shrewd
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adage
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an old saying; a familiar bit of wisdom
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adamant
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stubborn; unyielding; completely inflexible
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adamantine
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same as adamant
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address
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to speak to; to direct one’s attention to
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adherent
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follower; supporter; believer
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adverse
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unfavorable; antagonistic
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affinity
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sympathy; attraction; kinship; similarity
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affluent
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rich; prosperous
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agenda
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program; the things to be done
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aggregate
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sum total; a collection of separate things mixed together
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agnostic
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one who believes that the existence of a god can be neither proven nor disproven
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agrarian
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related to land; relating to the management or farming of land
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alacrity
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cheerful eagerness or readiness to respond
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allege
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to assert without proof
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allocate
to distribute; to assign; to allot
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alloy
a combination of two or more things, usually metals
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allusion
an indirect reference (often to a literary work); a hint
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aloof
uninvolved; standing off; keeping one's distance
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ambience
atmosphere; mood; feeling
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ambiguous
unclear in meaning; confusing; capable of being interpreted in different ways
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ambivalent
undecided; neutral; wishy-washy
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amenity
pleasantness; attractive or comfortable feature; bathroom
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amiable
friendly; agreeable
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amnesty
an official pardon for a group of people who have violated a law or policy
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amoral
lacking a sense of right and wrong; neither good nor bad; neither moral nor immoral; without moral feelings
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amorous
feeling loving, especially in a sexual sense; in love; relating to love
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amorphous
shapeless; without a regular or stable shape; bloblike
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analogy
a comparison of one thing to another; similarity
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anarchy
absence of government or control; lawlessness; disorder
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anecdote
a short account of a humorous or revealing incident
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anguish
agonizing physical or mental pain
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anomaly
an aberration; an irregularity; a deviation
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antecedent
someone or something that went before; something that provides a model for something that came after it
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antipathy
firm dislike; a dislike
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apathy
lack of interest; lack of feeling
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aphorism
a brief, often witty saying; a proverb
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apocalypse
a prophetic revelation, especially one concerning the end of the world
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appreciate
to increase in value
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apprehensive
worried; anxious
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appropriate
to take without permission; to set aside for a particular use (gov't); also see misappropriate, expropriate (to take possession of property for official use)
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aptitude
capacity for learning; natural ability
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arbiter
one who decides; a judge
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arbitrary
random; capricious
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arcane
mysterious; known only to a select few
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archaic
extremely old; ancient; outdated
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archetype
an original model or pattern
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aristocratic
of noble birth; snobbish
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artful
crafty; wily; sly
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ascetic
hermitlike; practicing self-denial
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assimilate
to take in; to absorb; to learn thoroughly
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attenuate
to make thin
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attrition
gradual wearing away, weakening, or loss; a natural or expected decrease in numbers or size
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audacity
boldness; recless daring; impertinence
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augment
to make bigger; to add to; to increase
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autocratic
ruling with absolute authority; extremely bossy
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autonomous
acting independently
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averse
to be opposed to something
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avow
to claim; to declare boldly; to admit (disavow=deny claim)
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awry
off course; twisted to one side
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axiom
a self-evident rule or truth; a widely accepted saying
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bane
poison; torment; cause of harm
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bastion
a stronghold; fortress; fortified place
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beget
to give birth to; to create; to lead to; to cause
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belabor
to go over repeatedly or to an absurd extent
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beleaguer
to surround; to besiege; to harass
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bemused
confused; bewildered
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benefactor
one who provides help, especially in the form of a gift or donation
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benevolent
generous; kind; doing good deeds
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benign
gentle; not harmful; kind; mild
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bequest
something left to someone in a will
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beset
to harass; to surround
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biannual
happening twice per year
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biennial
happening once every two years
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blasphemy
irreverence; an insult to something held sacred; profanity
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blatant
unpleasantly or offensively noisy; glaring
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blight
a disease in plants; anything that injures or destroys
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blithe
careful; cheerful
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bourgeois
middle class; especially in a pejorative sense; boringly conventional
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bovine
cow related; cowlike
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broach
to open up a subject for discussion, often a delicate subject
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bureaucracy
a system of government administration consisting of numerous bureaus or offices, especially one run according to inflexible and inefficient rules; any large administrative system characterized by inefficiency, lots of rules, and red tape
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burlesque
a ludicrous, mocking, or exaggerated imitation
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cadence
rhythm; the rise and fall of sounds
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cajole
to persuade someone to do something he or she doesn't want to do
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callow
immature
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candor
truthfulness; sincere honesty
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canine
dog related
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capitalism
free enterprise; an economic system in which businesses are owned by private citizens (not by the government) and in which the resulting products and services are sold with relatively little government control.
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caricature
a portrait or description that is purposely distorted or exaggerated, often to prove some point about its subject.
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catalyst
in chemistry, something that changes the rate of a chemical reaction without itself being changed; anyone or anything that makes something happen without being directly involved in it.
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categorical
unconditional; absolute
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catharsis
purification that brings emotional relief
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catholic
universal; embracing everything
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caustic
like acid; corrosive
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celibacy
abstinence from sex
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charisma
a magical-seeming ability to attract followers or inspire loyalty
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charlatan
fraud; quack; con man
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chasm
a deep, gaping hole; a gorge
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chastise
to inflict punishment on; to discipline
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chimera
an illusion; a foolish fancy
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chronic
constant; lasting a long time; inveterate
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chronicle
a record of events in order of time; a history
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circumlocution
an indirect expression; use of wordy or evasive language
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circumscribe
to draw a line around; to set the limits; to define; to restrict
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civil
polite; civilized; courteous
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clement
mild (e.g. mild weather, opposite = inclement weather)
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cliché
an overused saying or idea
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clique
an exclusive group bound together by some shared quality or interest
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coalesce
to come together as one; to fuse; to unite
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coerce
to force someone to do or not to do something
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cogent
powerfully convincing
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cognitive
dealing with how we know the world around us through our senses; mental
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coherent
holding together; making sense
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colloquial
conversational; informal in language
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collusion
conspiracy; secret cooperation
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commensurate
equal; proportionate
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compelling
forceful; causing to yield
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compendium
a summary; an abridgment
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complacent
self-satisfied; overly pleased with oneself; contented to a fault
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complaisant
eager to please
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complement
to complete or fill up; to be the perfect counterpart
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comprehensive
covering or including everything
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comprise
to consist of
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conciliatory
making peace; attempting to resolve a dispute through good will
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concise
brief and to the point; succinct
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concurrent
happening at the same time; parallel
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condescend
to stoop down to someone else's level, usually in an offensive way; to patronize
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conducive
promoting
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confluence
a flowing together, especially of rivers; the place where they begin flow together
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congenial
agreeably suitable; pleasant
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congenital
a trait or condition acquired between conception and birth; innate
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conjecture
to guess; to deduce or infer on slight evidence
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conjure
to summon or bring into being as if by magic
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conniving
secretly plotting to do bad things
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connoisseur
an expert, particularly in matters of art or taste
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consecrate
to make or declare sacred
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consensus
unanimity or general agreement
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consonant
harmonious; in agreement
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constitute
to comprise
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construe
to interpret
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consummate
to complete
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consummate
perfect; complete; supremely skillful
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contentious
argumentative; quarrelsome
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contiguous
side by side; adjoining
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contingency
possibility, or something that may happen but is at least as likely not to happen
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contingent
dependent; possible
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contrite
admitting guilt; especially feeling remorseful
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contrived
artificial; labored
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conventional
common; customary; unexceptional
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convivial
fond of partying; festive
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copious
abundant; plentiful
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corrollary
something that follows; a natural consequence
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coup
a brilliant victory or accomplishment; the violent overthrow of a government by a small internal group
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covenant
a solemn agreement; a contract; a pledge
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covet
to wish for enviously
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creditable
worthy of credit or praise
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credulous
eager to believe; gullible
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criterion
a standard; basis for judgment
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cryptic
mysterious; mystifying
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culinary
relating to cooking or the kitchen
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culminate
to climax; to reach full effect
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cupidity
greedy desire for
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curmudgeon
a grumpy old man
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cursory
hasty; superficial
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cynic
one who deeply distrusts human nature; one who believes humans are motivated only by selfishness
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daunt
to make fearful; to intimidate
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dauntless
without fear or intimidation
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debacle
violent breakdown; sudden overthrow
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debauchery
wild living; excessive intemperance
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deduce
to conclude from the evidence; to infer
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deference
submission to another's will; respect; courtesy
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definitive
conclusive; providing the last word
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degenerate
to break down; to deteriorate
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delineate
to describe accurately; to draw in outline
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delude
to deceive
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deluge
a flood; an inundation
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denizen
inhabitant
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depravity
extreme wickedness or corruption
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deprecate
to express disapproval of
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derogatory
disapproving; degrading
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despondent
extremely depressed; full of despair
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destitute
extremely poor; utterly lacking
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desultory
without a plan or purpose; disconnected; random
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dialectical
relating to discussions; relating to the rules and methods of reasoning; approaching truth in the middle of opposing extremes
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dictum
an authoritative saying; an adage; a maxim; a proverb
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digress
to stray from the main subject
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dilettante
someone with superficial knowledge of the arts; an amateur; a dabbler
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discern
to have insight; to see things clearly; to discriminate; to differentiate
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discrete
unconnected; separate; distinct
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discretion
prudence
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disdain
arrogant scorn; contempt
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disinterested
not taking sides; unbiased
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disparate
different; incompatible; unequal
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disparity
inequality
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dissipate
to thin out, drift away, or dissolve; to cause to thin out, drift away, or dissolve; to waste or squander
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dissolution
the breaking up or dissolving of something into parts; disintegration
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dissonant
inharmonious
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distinguish
to tell apart; to cause to stand out
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doctrinaire
inflexibly committed to a doctrine or theory without regard to its practicality; dogmatic
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dogma
a belief
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domestic
having to do with the household or family; not foreign
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dormant
inactive; as though asleep; asleep
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duplicity
the act of being two-faced; double-dealing; deception
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Eccentric
not conventional; a little kooky; irregular
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Edify
to enlighten; to instruct, especially in moral or religious matters.
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Efface
to erase; to rub away the features of
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Egocentric
selfish; believing that one is the center of everything.
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Egoist
An egocentric person
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Egotist
An egoist who tells everyone how wonderful he is.
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elicit
to bring out; to call forth
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elliptical
oval; missing a word or words; obscure
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elusive
hard to pin down; evasive
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emigrate
to move to a new country; to move to a new place to live; to expatriate
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eminent
well known and respecting; standing out from all others in quality or accomplishment; outstanding
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empirical
relying on experience or observation; not merely theoretical
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emulate
to strive to equal or excel, usually through imitation
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endemic
native; restricted to a particular region or era; indigenous
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enfranchise
to grant the privileges of citizenship, especially the right to vote
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engender
to bring into existence; to create; to cause
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enormity
extreme evil; a hideous offense; immensity
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ephemeral
lasting a very short time
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epigram
a brief and usually witty or satirical saying
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epigrammatic
brief and usually witty or satirical
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epigraph
an apt quotation placed at the beginning of a book or essay
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epitaph
a commemorative inscription on a grave
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epithet
a term used to characterize the nature of something, or a disparaging term used to describe a person
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epitome
a brief summary that captures the meaning of the whole; the perfect example of something; a paradigm
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equanimity
composure; calm
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equine
horse related
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equitable
fair
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equivocate
to mislead by saying confusing or ambiguous things
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erudite
scholarly; deeply learned
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esoteric
hard to understand; understood by only a select few; peculiar
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euphemism
a pleasant or inoffensive expression used in place of an unpleasant or offensive one
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exacerbate
to make worse
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exalt
to raise high; to glorify
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exasperate
to annoy thoroughly; to make very angry; to try the patience of
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exemplify
to illustrate by example; to serve as a good example
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exhaustive
thorough; rigorous; complete; painstaking
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exhort
to urge strongly; to give a serious warning to
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exigency
an emergency; an urgency
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existential
having to do with existence; having to do with the body of thought called existentialism, which basically holds that human beings are responsible for their own actions…
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expedite
to speed up or ease the progress of
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explicit
clearly and directly expressed
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extenuating
lessening the magnitude of something, especially a crime
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extol
to praise highly; to laud
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extraneous
unnecessary; irrelevant; extra
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extrapolate
to project or deduce from something known; to infer
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extricate
to free from a difficulty
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extrovert
an open, outgoing person; a person whose attention is focused on others rather than on himself or herself
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exult
to rejoice; to celebrate
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fabrication
a lie; something made up
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facetious
humorous; not serious; clumsily humorous
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facile
fluent; skillful in a superficial way; easy
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faction
a group, usually a small part of a larger group, united around some cause; disagreement within an organization
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farcical
absurd; ludicrous
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fatalist
someone who believes that future events are already determined and that humans are powerless to change them
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fauna
animals
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felicity
happiness; skillfulness, especially at expressing things; adeptness
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feline
cat related
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fetter
to restrain; to hamper
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fidelity
faithfulness; loyalty
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figurative
based on figures of speech; expressing something in terms usually used for something else; metaphorical
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finesse
skillful maneuvering; subtlety; craftiness
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flaunt
to show off; to display ostentatiously
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flout
to disregard something out of disrespect
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foment
to stir up; to instigate
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forgo
to do without; to forbear
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forsake
to abandon; to renounce; to relinquish
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founder
to fail; to collapse; to sink
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fraternal
like brothers
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frugal
economical; penny-pinching
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futile
useless; hopeless
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Gaffe
a social mistake
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genial
pleasing, kind, sympathetic, or helpful
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Genre
a type or category, especially of art or writing
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Genteel
refined; polite; aristochratic; affecting refinement
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Gesticulate
to make gestures, especially when speaking or in place of speaking.
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Gratuitous
given freely (said of something bad); unjustified; unprovoked; uncalled for
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Gravity
seriousness
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Guile
cunning; duplicity; artfulness
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hapless
unlucky
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hedonism
the pursuit of pleasure as a way of life
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hegemony
leadership, esp one nation over another
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heresy
any belief that is strongly opposed to established beliefs
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hierarchy
an organization based on rank or degree; pecking order
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homily
a sermon
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homogeneous
uniform; made entirely of one thing
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hyperbole
an exaggeration used as a figure of speech; exaggeration
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hypothetical
uncertain; unproven
