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iconoclast

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one who attacks popular beliefs or institutions

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ideology

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a system of social or political ideas

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illicit

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illegal; not permitted

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immigration

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moving into a country

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imminent

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just about to happen

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immutable

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unchangeable

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impartial

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fair; not favoring one side or the other; unbiased

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impeccable

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flawless; entirely without sin

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imperial

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like an emperor or an empire

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impertinent

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disrespectful

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impervious

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not allowing anything to pass through; impenetrable

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impious

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opposite of pious

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implacable

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unable to be appeased

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implement

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to carry out

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implicit

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indirectly expressed or implied

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impotent

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powerless; helpless; omnipotent means all-powerful.

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impropriety

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improperness; bad manners

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improvident

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not preparing for the future (antonym of provident)

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inaugurate

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to begin officially; to induct formally into office

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incandescent

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bright; brilliant; giving off heat or light

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incantation

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a chant; the repetition of statements or phrases in a way reminiscent of a chant

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incessant

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unceasing

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incipient

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beginning; emerging

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incongruous

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not harmonious; not consistent

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incorrigible

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incapable of being reformed

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incredulous

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doubtful

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increment

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an increase; one in a series of increases

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indifferent

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not caring one way or another; apathetic; mediocre

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indigent

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poor

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indignant

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angry, especially as a result of something unjust or unworthy; insulted

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indiscreet

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imprudent, especially to say or do things that you shouldn’t; not showing discrection

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indiscrete

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not separate

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indolent

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lazy

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indubitable

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beyond doubt

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indulgent

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lenient; yielding to desire

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inept

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clumsy; incompetent; gauche

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inert

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inactive; sluggish; not reacting chemically

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infamous

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shamefully wicked; having an extremely bad reputation; disgraceful

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infatuated

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foolish; foolishly passionate or attacted; made foolish; foolishly in love

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infer

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to conclude; to deduce

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inherent

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part of the essential nature of something; intrinsic

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injunction

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a command or order, especially a court order

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insatiable

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hard or impossible to satisfy; greedy; avaricious

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inscrutable

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mysterious, impossible to understand

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insidious

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treacherous; sneaky

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insinuate

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to hint; to creep in

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insolent

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arrogant; insulting

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instigate

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to provoke; to stir up

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insurgent

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a rebel; someone who revolts against a government

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integral

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essential

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intractable

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uncontrollable; stubborn; disobedient

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intransigent

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uncompromising; stubborn

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intrinsic

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part of the essential nature of something; inherent

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introspective

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tending to think about oneself; examining one’s feelings

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invective

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insulting or abusive speech

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inveterate

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habitual; firm in habit; deeply rooted;

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ireparable

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not repairable

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ironic

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meaning the opposite of what you seem to say; using words to mean something other than what they seem to mean

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irreproachable

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to be beyond fault

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irreverence

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to be mildly disrespectful

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irrevocable

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irreversible

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itinerant

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moving from place to place

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juxtapose

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to place side by side

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kinetic

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having to do with motion; lively; active

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labyrinth

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a maze; something like a maze

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lamentable

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regrettable

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lampoon

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to satirize; to mock; to parody

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languish

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to become weak, listless, or depressed

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latent

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present but not visible or apparent; potential

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legacy

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something handed down from the past; a bequest

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lethargy

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sluggishness; laziness; drowsiness; indifference

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libel

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a written or published falsehood that injures the reputation of, or defames, someone (Slander is similar, but refers to spoken falsehood)

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litigate

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to try in court; to engage in legal proceedings

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lucid

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clear; easy to understand

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luminous

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giving off light; glowing; bright

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malaise

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feeling uneasy or queasy

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malefactor

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evildoer

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malfeasance

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an illegal act, especially by a public official

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manifest

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visible; evident

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manifesto

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a public declaration of beliefs or principles, usually political ones

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martial

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warlike; having to do with combat

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martyr

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someone who gives up his or her life in pursuit of a cause, especially a religious one; one who suffers for a cause; one who makes a show of suffering in order to arouse sympathy

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matriculate

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to enroll, especially at a college

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maverick

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a nonconformist; a rebel

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maverick

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non-conforming; rebellious

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maxim

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a fundamental principle; an old saying

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mediate

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to help settle differences

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mendacious

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lying; dishonest

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mentor

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a teacher, tutor, counselor, or coach; especially in business, an experienced person who shows an inexperienced person the ropes.

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mercenary

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a hired soldier; someone who will do anything for money

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metamorphosis

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a magical changee in form; a striking or sudden change

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minuscule

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very tiny; minute

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minute

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very tiny; minuscule

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minutiae

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small details of something (see minute)

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misanthropic

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hating mankind

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misconsture

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to misinterpret

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misogynist

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one who hates women

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mollify

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to soften; to soothe; to pacify

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monolithic

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massive, solid, uniform, and unyielding

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mortify

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to humiliate

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myopia

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nearsightedness; lack of foresight

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narcissism

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excessive love of one’s body or oneself

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nefarious

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evil; flagrantly wicked

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neologism

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a new word or phrase; a new usage of a word

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nihilism

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the belief that there are no values or morals in the universe

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nominal

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in name only; insignificant; A-OK (during rocket launches)

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novel

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new; original

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oaf

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stupid or silly person

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oblique

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indirect; at an angle

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oblivion

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total forgetfulness; the state of being forgotten

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obscure

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unknown; hard to understand; dark

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obsequious

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fawning; subservient

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obtuse

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insensitive; blockheaded

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onerous

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burdensome; oppressive

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opaque

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impossible to see through; impossible to understand

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opponent

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antonym of proponent

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opulent

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luxurious

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ostensible

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apparent (but misleading); professed

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pacify

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to calm someone down; to placate

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palpable

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capable of being touched; obvious; tangible

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paltry

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insignificant; worthless

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paradigm

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a model or example

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paradigmatic

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exemplary

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paradox

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a true statement or phenomenon that nonetheless seems to contradict itself; an untrue statement or phenomenon that nonetheless seems logical

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parity

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equality

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paternal

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fatherly; fatherlike

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pathology

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the science of diseases

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patriarch

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the male head of a family or tribe

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patrician

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a person of noble birth; an aristocrat

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patronize

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to treat as an inferior; to condescend to; (To patronize a restaurant means to go there frequently.)

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peccadillo

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a minor offense

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pedantic

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boringly scholarly or academic

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pensive

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thoughtful and sad

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periphery

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the outside edge of something

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perjury

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lying under oath

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pertinent

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relevant; dealing with the matter at hand

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peruse

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to read carefully

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pervade

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to spread throughout

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philanthropy

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love of mankind, especially by doing good deeds

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philistine

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a smugly ignorant person with no appreciation of intellectual or artistic matters

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pious

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reverent or devout; outwardly (and sometimes falsely) reverent or devout; hypocritical

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piscine

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fish related

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pivotal

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crucial

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placate

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to pacify; to appease; to soothe

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plaintiff

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a person who takes someone to court

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platitudinous

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full of platitudes, as in a speech

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plethora

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an excess

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polarize

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to break up into opposing factions or groupings

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Definition:

polemic

A

a powerful argument made in refutation of something

150
Q

Definition:

porcine

A

pig related

151
Q

Definition:

portent

A

an omen; a sign of something coming in the future

152
Q

Definition:

portentous

A

ominous or filled with portent; pompous or self-consciously serious; serious or ominous-sounding; amazing or prodigious

153
Q

Definition:

postulate

A

something accepted as true without proof; an axiom

154
Q

Definition:

precedent

A

an earlier example or model of something

155
Q

Definition:

precept

A

a rule to live by; a principle establishing a certain kind of action or behavior; a maxim

156
Q

Definition:

precipitate

A

to cause to happen abruptly

157
Q

Definition:

precipitate

A

unwisely hasty or rash

158
Q

Definition:

precipitous

A

steep

159
Q

Definition:

preclude

A

to prevent something from ever happening

160
Q

Definition:

preeminent

A

better than anyone else; outstanding; supreme

161
Q

Definition:

preempt

A

to seize something by prior right

162
Q

Definition:

preemptive

A

describes an action that is undertaken in order to prevent some other action from being undertaken

163
Q

Definition:

premise

A

an assumption; the basis for a conclusion

164
Q

Definition:

prepossess

A

to preoccupy; to influence beforehand or prejudice; to make a good impresssion on beforehand

165
Q

Definition:

prerequisite

A

something required before you can get started

166
Q

Definition:

prerogative

A

a right or privilege connected exclusively with a position, a person, a class, a nation, or some other group or classification

167
Q

Definition:

prevail

A

to triumph; to overcome rivals; (with on, upon, or with) to persuade

168
Q

Definition:

prevalent

A

most widely held at the time

169
Q

Definition:

prodigal

A

wastefully extravagant

170
Q

Definition:

prodigy

A

an extremely talented child; an extraordinary accomplishment or occurrence

171
Q

Definition:

profess

A

to declare; to declare falsely or pretend

172
Q

Definition:

proficient

A

thoroughly competent; skillful; very good (at something)

173
Q

Definition:

profundity

A

deepness

174
Q

Definition:

proletariat

A

the industrial working class

175
Q

Definition:

proponent

A

an advocate; a supporter of a position

176
Q

Definition:

proprietary

A

characteristic of an owner of property; constituting property

177
Q

Definition:

proscribe

A

to outlaw; to prohibit

178
Q

Definition:

proscription

A

the act of proscribing

179
Q

Definition:

proselytize

A

to convert (someone) from one religion or doctrine to another; to recruit converts to a religion or doctrine

180
Q

Definition:

protagonist

A

the leading character in a novel, play, or other work; a leader or champion

181
Q

Definition:

protract

A

to prolong

182
Q

Definition:

provident

A

preparing for the future; providing for the future; frugal

183
Q

Definition:

provisional

A

conditional; temporary; tentative

184
Q

Definition:

purported

A

rumored; claimed

185
Q

Definition:

putative

A

commonly accepted; supposed; reputed; (word emphasizes that the reason is only supposed; not proven.)

186
Q

Definition:

qualify

A

to modify or restrict

187
Q

Definition:

qualitative

A

having to do with the quality or qualities of something (as opposed to the quantity)

188
Q

Definition:

ramification

A

a consequence; a branching out

189
Q

Definition:

rapacity

A

greed; avarice

190
Q

Definition:

rebuke

A

to criticize sharply

191
Q

Definition:

rebut

A

to contradict; to argue in opposition to; to prove to be false

192
Q

Definition:

reciprocal

A

mutual; shared; interchangeable

193
Q

Definition:

recrimination

A

a bitter counteraccusation, or the act of making a bitter counteraccusation

194
Q

Definition:

redolent

A

fragrant; suggestive

195
Q

Definition:

refute

A

to prove to be false; to disprove

196
Q

Definition:

reiterate

A

to say again; to repeat

197
Q

Definition:

relegate

A

to banish; to send away

198
Q

Definition:

relent

A

to stop or giv up

199
Q

Definition:

relentless

A

continuous; unstoppable

200
Q

Definition:

relinquish

A

to release or let go of; to surrender; to stop doing

201
Q

Definition:

remonstrate

A

to argue against; to protest; to raise objections

202
Q

Definition:

renaissance

A

a rebirth or revival

203
Q

Definition:

renascence

A

same as renaissance (alternate spelling)

204
Q

Definition:

renounce

A

to formally give up or resign; to disown; to have nothing to do with anymore

205
Q

Definition:

reparation

A

paying back; making amends; compensation

206
Q

Definition:

repercussion

A

a consequence; an indirect effect

207
Q

Definition:

replenish

A

to fill again; to resupply; to restore

208
Q

Definition:

repletion

A

being completely filled

209
Q

Definition:

reprisal

A

a military action undertaken in revenge for another; an act of taking “an eye for an eye”

210
Q

Definition:

reproach

A

to scold; usually in disappointment; to blame; to disgrace

211
Q

Definition:

reprove

A

to criticize mildly

212
Q

Definition:

repudiate

A

to reject; to renounce; to disown; to have nothing to do with

213
Q

Definition:

rhetoric

A

the art of formal speaking or writing; inflated discourse

214
Q

Definition:

rigorous

A

strict; harsh; severe

215
Q

Definition:

rogue

A

a criminally dishonest person; a scoundrel (often used to describe a playfully mischievous person)

216
Q

Definition:

ruminant

A

cud-chewing animal

217
Q

Definition:

rustic

A

rural; lacking urban comforts or sophistication; primitive

218
Q

Definition:

rustic

A

an unsophisticated person from the country

219
Q

Definition:

sacrilege

A

a violation of something sacred; blasphemy

220
Q

Definition:

sagacious

A

discerning; shrewd; keen in judgement; wise

221
Q

Definition:

salient

A

sticking out; conspicuous; leaping

222
Q

Definition:

sanctimonious

A

pretending to be devout; affecting religious freedom

223
Q

Definition:

sanguinary

A

bloodthirsty

224
Q

Definition:

scruple

A

qualm or moral doubt

225
Q

Definition:

scrutinize

A

to examine very carefully

226
Q

Definition:

secular

A

having nothing to do with religion or spiritual concerns

227
Q

Definition:

sedition

A

treason; the incitement of public disorder or rebellion

228
Q

Definition:

self-deprecate

A

to make little of one’s own efforts

229
Q

Definition:

self-reproach

A

filled with self-reproach = to be ashamed

230
Q

Definition:

sensory

A

having to do with the senses or sensation

231
Q

Definition:

sensual

A

to be devoted to gratifying one’s senses through physical pleasure, especially sexual pleasure

232
Q

Definition:

sensuous

A

stimulating the senses of others

233
Q

Definition:

sentient

A

able to perceive by the senses; conscious

234
Q

Definition:

sequester

A

to set or keep apart

236
Q

Definition:

slander

A

to speak badly about someone publicly; to defame; to spread malicious rumor

237
Q

Definition:

slavish

A

extremely subservient

238
Q

Definition:

sloth

A

laziness; sluggishness

239
Q

Definition:

slothful

A

lazy; sluggish

240
Q

Definition:

sobriety

A

the state of being sober; seriousness

241
Q

Definition:

solicitous

A

eager and attentive, often to the point of hovering; anxiously caring or attentive

242
Q

Definition:

solvent

A

not broke or bankrupt; able to pay one’s bills

243
Q

Definition:

spawn

A

to bring forth; to produce a large number

244
Q

Definition:

sporadic

A

stopping and starting; scattered; occuring in bursts every once in a while

245
Q

Definition:

squalor

A

filth; wretched, degraded, or repulsive living conditions

246
Q

Definition:

squander

A

to waste

247
Q

Definition:

stagnation

A

motionlessness; inactivity

248
Q

Definition:

static

A

stationary; not changing or moving

249
Q

Definition:

staunch

A

firmly committed; firmly in favor of; steadfast

250
Q

Definition:

stigmatize

A

to brand with disgrace; to set a mark of disgrace upon

251
Q

Definition:

stipulate

A

to require something as part of an agreement

252
Q

Definition:

stoic

A

indifferent (at least outwardly) to pleasure or pain, to joy or grief, to fortune or misfortune

253
Q

Definition:

strata

A

layers; plural of stratum

254
Q

Definition:

stratify

A

to make into layers

255
Q

Definition:

stratum

A

a layer; a level

256
Q

Definition:

strife

A

bitter conflict; discord; a struggle or clash

257
Q

Definition:

stymie

A

to thwart; to get in the way of; to hinder

258
Q

Definition:

subjugate

A

to subdue and dominate; to enslave

259
Q

Definition:

subordinate

A

lower in importance, position, or rank; secondary

260
Q

Definition:

substantive

A

having substance; real; essential; solid; substantial

261
Q

Definition:

subtle

A

not obvious; able to make fine distinctions; ingenious; crafty

262
Q

Definition:

succinct

A

brief and to the point; concise

263
Q

Definition:

superficial

A

on the surface only; shallow; not thorough

264
Q

Definition:

surfeit

A

excess; an excessive amount; excess or overindulgence in eating or drinking

265
Q

Definition:

surrogate

A

substitute

266
Q

Definition:

synthesis

A

the combining of parts to form a whole

267
Q

Definition:

tangential

A

only superficially related to the matter at hand; not especially relevant; peripheral

268
Q

Definition:

tantamount

A

equivalent to

269
Q

Definition:

tautological

A

redundant; circular

270
Q

Definition:

temperate

A

mild; moderate; restrained

271
Q

Definition:

tenacious

A

persistent; stubborn; not letting go

272
Q

Definition:

tenet

A

a shared principle or belief

273
Q

Definition:

tentative

A

experimental; temporary; uncertain

274
Q

Definition:

theology

A

the study of god or religion

275
Q

Definition:

torpor

A

sluggishness; inactivity; apathy

276
Q

Definition:

touchstone

A

a standard; a test of authenticity or quality (originally used to test gold, etc.)

277
Q

Definition:

transcend

A

to go beyond or above; to surpass

278
Q

Definition:

transgress

A

to violate (a law); to sin

279
Q

Definition:

transient

A

not staying for a long time; temporary

280
Q

Definition:

transient

A

a person who isn’t around very long (homeless, hoboes, mendicants)

281
Q

Definition:

unconscionable

A

not controlled by conscience; unscrupulous

282
Q

Definition:

undaunted

A

without fear or intimidation

283
Q

Definition:

unprecedented

A

having no precedent, or something entirely new

284
Q

Definition:

unprepossessing

A

unimpressive (but only mildly negative)

285
Q

Definition:

unqualified

A

complete; unrestricted

286
Q

Definition:

unremitting

A

unceasing; unabated; relentless

287
Q

Definition:

unwitting

A

unintentional; ignorant; not aware

288
Q

Definition:

ursine

A

bear related

289
Q

Definition:

utilitarian

A

a person who is utilitarian

290
Q

Definition:

utopia

A

an ideal society

291
Q

Definition:

utopian

A

someone with unrealistic or impractical plans or expectations for society

292
Q

Definition:

utopian

A

unrealistically idealistic

293
Q

Definition:

vacillate

A

to be indecisive; to waver

294
Q

Definition:

venerate

A

to revere; to treat as something holy, especially because of great age

295
Q

Definition:

venial

A

trivial or pardonable

296
Q

Definition:

veracity

A

truthfulness

297
Q

Definition:

vestige

A

a remaining bit of something; a last trace

298
Q

Definition:

viable

A

capable of living; workable

299
Q

Definition:

vicissitude

A

upheaval; natural change; change in fortune

300
Q

Definition:

vindicate

A

to clear from all blame or suspicion; to justify

301
Q

Definition:

virtuoso

A

masterful

302
Q

Definition:

virulent

A

extremely poisonous; malignant; full of hate

303
Q

Definition:

visionary

A

a dreamer; someone with impractical goals or ideas about the future

304
Q

Definition:

vitriolic

A

caustic; full of bitterness

305
Q

Definition:

volatile

A

quick to evaporate; highly unstable; explosive

306
Q

Definition:

wanton

A

malicious; unjustifiable; unprovoked; egregious

307
Q

Definition:

zeal

A

fervent enthusiasm

308
Q

Definition:

zealot

A

zealous person

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