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abatement

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decrease in force

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absolutist

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one in favor of total control by a ruler

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accost

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to approach and speak to

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acrimonious

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bitter, as in feeling, language or tone

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adulation

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excessive praise

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afforded

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allowed

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alechemist

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medieval chemist who claimed to turn ordinary metals into gold

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allusion

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subtle reference

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ambivalent

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undecided; having opposing feelings

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analgesic

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painkiller

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annex

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  1. addition to a building

2. to add or attach

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anomaly

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unusual event or thing

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antidote

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cure

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aprocryphal

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false; of doubtful origin

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approbatory

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approving; praising

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archipelago

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group of islands

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arson

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crime involving fire

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assailable

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able to be attacked; vulnerable

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asunder

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not whole; in two or more parts

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august

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dignified; serious

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avarice

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greed

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bandit

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thief

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bask

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to enjoy; to lie in a pleasant warmth

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beguile

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to fool

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bellow

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  1. noise a bull makes

2. to yell

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benevolence

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love of mankind; goodness

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bessech

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to request urgently

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bilk

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to steal; to cheat

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blight

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widespread disease

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boon

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a benefit

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bridle

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  1. strap used to steer horses

2. to become angry

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buffoon

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goofy; silly person

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buttress

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  1. part of a building that supports the wall structure

2. to suport

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calcified

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hardened

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capitulate

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to give in; to agree

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catacomb

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cave; underground cemetery

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cauldron

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big pot

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celerity

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speed

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cessation

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ending

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chasten

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to punish; to discipline

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chisel

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steel tool for cutting or shaping

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cirumscribe

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  1. to limit

2. to outline

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clamor

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noise

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coalesce

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to come together

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cognate

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something related by birth or origin

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coiffure

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harido

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comatose

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unconscious; in a coma

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commotion

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disturbance

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concede

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to admit as true

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conduit

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a channel or vehicle for transporting something

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confluence

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a flowing togehter

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conjecture

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guess

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constrict

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to make narrower

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contraband

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illegally transported goods

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convoluted

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hard to understand; complicated; twisted

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corrugate

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bumpy; with ridges and grooves; wrinkled

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craven

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cowardly

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cryptic

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hidden; secret

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curmudgeon

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cranky, irritable old man

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dawdle

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to waste time; to move slowly

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debility

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weakness

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decry

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to insult publicly

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defile

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to dirty

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delectable

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delicious

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deplore

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to regret deeply; to mourn

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derisive

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ridiculing; mocking

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destitute

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very poor

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devious

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dishonest; sneaky

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diaphanous

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  1. see-through

2. delicate, fragile

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diffuse

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to spread out

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diminution

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decrease; lessening

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disarray

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mess; confusion; disorder

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diconcerting

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upsetting

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disparage

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to criticize, to put down

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disquietude

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uneasiness, anxiety

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dissonance

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lack of harmony; disagreement

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diurnal

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during the daytime

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dogmatic

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extremely opinionated; preachy; arrogant

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double-dealer

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liar; hypocrite

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drivel

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nonsense

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dupe

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  1. one who is easily cheated

2. to cheat someone

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eddy

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a current moving against the main current; swirling water

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effervescent

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bubbly

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egg on

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to encourage; to urge someone to continue

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eloquence

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excellence in speech

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embark

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  1. to go abroad a vessel

2. to begin a project

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embryonic

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early stage of growth

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enchant

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to charm

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enigmatic

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unclear; mysterious

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entreaty

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request

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eon

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very long period

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equitable

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fair; equal

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espouse

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to support

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euphemism

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a word used to replace an offensive word

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excruciating

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very painful; extreme

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exhume

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to dig up

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expiate

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to make up for or to pay the penalty for

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extradite

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to turn someone over to the law of another country

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exult

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to rejoice greatly

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facile

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easily accomplished or understood

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fatalist

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someone who believes that life is predetermined

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ferret

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to find by searching persistently

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fiasco

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complete failure

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flagrant

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shocking; open and shameless

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florid

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  1. flowery; heavily decorated

2. having a rosy color

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foolhardy

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foolishly bold; reckless

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fortuitous

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accidental; lucky; happening by chance

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frivolous

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  1. silly; useless

2. extravagant

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fuse

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to join together

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gall

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  1. audacity; nerve

2. to anger

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gamely

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enthusiastically; courageously

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garner

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to gather

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genial

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friendly; nice

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germinal

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in the early stages of development

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girder

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steel beam used for support in a building

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gloat

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to brag

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gratify

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to please

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guile

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dishonesty

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hallowed

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holy

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heirloom

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old family possession passed down for generations

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hierogrphyics

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ancient writing method using pictures and symbols

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ignominy

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dishonor

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imiperturbable

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calm; difficult to upset

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impromptu

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spontaneous; without rehearsal or preparation

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inane

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silly; meaningless

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incensed

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angry

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incoherent

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difficult to understand; jumbled

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incubator

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warming device in which babies or eggs are kept

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indelible

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permanent; not eraseable

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indolence

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laziness; idleness

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inexorable

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unstoppable

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influx

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act of flowing in or increasing

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inhospitable

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  1. unfriendly

2. providing no food or shelter

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innocuous

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harmless

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insipid

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dull; lacking in energy; stupid

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interloper

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intruder; meddler

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inundate

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to flood

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inviolable

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safe from harm

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irreproachable

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blameless; beyond criticism

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jaunty

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lighthearted; playful

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lackadaisical

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lacking energy; lazy

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latent

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hidden, but capable of being devloped

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libel

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printed lies that harm someone’s reputation

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listless

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slow; lacking energy

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luminary

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a famous person

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magnate

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a powerful person (especially in business)

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maliganacy

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harmfulness

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marred

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spoiled; damaged

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maudlin

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overly sentimental

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mercurial

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  1. changeable

2. moody

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mitigate

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to make less painful; to become less severe

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monolithic

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  1. huge

2. like a single, seamless whole

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mortify

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to humiliate; to embarrass greatly

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mural

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large painting on a wall

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muzzle

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device that prevents an animal from opening its mouth

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nefarious

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wicked

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niche

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  1. space scooped out of a wall

2. a place or role that best fits a person or thing

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nonchalant

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unconcerned; cool; indifferent

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obfuscating

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confusing; clouding

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odious

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disgusting; hateful

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omniscient

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knowing everything

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oratory

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effective public speaking

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ornithologist

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one who studies birds

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outwit

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to outsmart

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palisade

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  1. line of cliffs

2. fence made out of stakes

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panache

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style; flair

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pare

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to remove or reduce by cutting

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parry

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to ward off (a punch); to deflect

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patter

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meaningless speech

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pejorative

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insulting

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penury

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poverty

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perfidy

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disloyalty; untrustworthiness

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perpetuate

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to make last

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pestilence

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disease

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pinion

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  1. wing

2. to hold someone down

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placard

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poster

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plaudit

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praise

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plunder

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to rob

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pontificate

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to speak in a “know-it-all” way

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potable

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drinkable

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precarious

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dangerous

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precocious

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matured earlier than normal; forward

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prevaricate

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to lie

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profligate

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very wasteful; extravagant

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propensity

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special liking for something; tendency; preference

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proselytizer

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one who attempts to convert others to his religion

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protrusion

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something that sticks out

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prune

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  1. a dried plum

2. to trim, as in a tree or bush

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purgation

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purification; freedom from blame

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putrid

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bad-smelling; spoiled

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quagmire

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a problem that is difficult to escape

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quell

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to quite; to pacify

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quip

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a clever or witty remark

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raconteur

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storyteller

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rancor

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hatred

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raze

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to destroy completely

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recant

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to take back one’s beliefs or remarks

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redoubtable

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causing fear or extreme respect

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reiterate

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to say again; to repeat

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remiss

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careless; not responsible

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repertoire

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group of skills that can be performed

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reprehensible

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blameworthy; shameful

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reprove

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to criticize

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respite

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a rest period

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retinue

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staff for a high-ranking person; team of attendants

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revere

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to respect greatly

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rhapsodize

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to express with great delight

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rigor

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  1. severity; strictness

2. strict accuracy or detail

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rotund

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round; fat

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rudimentary

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elementary; basic

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salutary

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beneficial; healthful

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sanguine

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optimistic; cheerful

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savant

A

someone who knows a lot

214
Q

scorn

A

to show dislike and disrespect

215
Q

scuttle

A

to sink a ship by cutting holes in it

216
Q

secrete

A

to give off a liquid or other substance

217
Q

seismologist

A

one who studies earthquakes

218
Q

sentinel

A

a guard

219
Q

shard

A

a fragment and piece

220
Q

sieve

A

a mesh used for straining or separating

221
Q

slacken

A
  1. to become slower

2. to loosen a rope

222
Q

slough

A
  1. a swamp; muddy hole

2. to loosen a rope

223
Q

smorgasbord

A

meal involving many different kinds of foods

224
Q

snuff

A
  1. tobacco inhaled through the nose

2. to extinguish

225
Q

somnambulist

A

sleepwalker

226
Q

sorcerer

A

one who practices witchcraft

227
Q

sparse

A

thinly spread; almost bare

228
Q

spurn

A

to reject openly

229
Q

staid

A

serious

230
Q

status quo

A

the unchanging way things are

231
Q

stifle

A

to prevent; to hold back

232
Q

stoop

A
  1. a porch

2. to bend over

233
Q

strife

A

a fight for power; discord

234
Q

stupor

A

a state of shock or dulled senses

235
Q

subsist

A

to survive barely

236
Q

succulent

A

juicy

237
Q

summit

A

highest point; top

238
Q

supersede

A

to replace

239
Q

supplicant

A

beggar

240
Q

susceptible

A

easily influenced; vulnerable

241
Q

synopsis

A

summary

242
Q

taciturn

A

not talkative; silent

243
Q

tantamount

A

equivalent

244
Q

teeming

A

overflowing

245
Q

tenuous

A

weak; poorly supported; thin

246
Q

tidings

A

news

247
Q

tome

A

a long book

248
Q

tractable

A

easily managed; obedient

249
Q

transposition

A

act of changing the position or order of something

250
Q

trite

A

stale; unoriginal; cliched; overused

251
Q

tundra

A

large treeless plain of land

252
Q

unaffected

A

sincere; down-to-earth

253
Q

undertaking

A

task or job

254
Q

unheralded

A

unannounced

255
Q

unpalatable

A

distasteful; unpleasant

256
Q

unrepentant

A

not sorry; having no regret

257
Q

unwary

A

not alert; easily fooled

258
Q

urbane

A

polite; elegantly mannered

259
Q

vagabond

A

wandere

260
Q

variegated

A
  1. multi-colored

2. various; diverse

261
Q

venerate

A

to respect greatly; to worship; to revere

262
Q

versatile

A

having many different kinds of skills; multipurpose

263
Q

viable

A

workable; alive

264
Q

villify

A

to criticize harshly

265
Q

viscous

A

sticky, gluey; thickly liquid

266
Q

vogue

A

fashion; trend

267
Q

vouchsafe

A
  1. to give graciously; to grant a special favor

2. to reply

268
Q

wanderlust

A

love of travel

269
Q

wayward

A

going against society’s expectations

270
Q

whet

A
  1. to sharpen

2. to excite; to stimulate

271
Q

wilt

A

to become limp; to droop

272
Q

wither

A

to dry up and die

SAT Vocab (9 decks)

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