List A5 Flashcards
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tyranny
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n. arbitrary or unrestrained exercise of power; despotic abuse of authority
n. tyrant
adj. tyrannical
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interlocutor
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n. someone who takes part in a conversation, esp. formally
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hospitable
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adj. Friendly, kind, and solicitous toward guests; receptive or open
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melee
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n. a noisy, confused fight
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acrimony
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n. bitter, sharp hostility in speech or behavior
adj. acrimonious
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martial
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adj. warlike
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fitful
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adj. occurring in irregular outbursts; occurring in spurts
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rapport
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n. concord; trustful relationship; harmony
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nihilism
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n. a belief that rejects all moral or religious values; the belief that the destruction of political or social institutions is necessary for future improvement
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pejorative
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adj. downgrading, demeaning
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chasten
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v. to correct by punishment or criticism; to restrain
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officious
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adj. interfering; trying to give unwanted advice
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cataclysm
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n. a disastrous event, usually one that brings about great change
adj. cataclysmic
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mandate
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n. a command; an order
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colloquy
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n. a conversation, esp. a formal one
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plausible
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adj. appearing worthy of belief or trust
n. plausibility
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demur
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v. to object; to disagree with something
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conviction
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n. a strong belief or opinion
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prowess
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n. superior skill or ability
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reproof
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n. an expression of disapproval; a rebuke
v. reprove
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crop
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v. to cut or bite the ends off; to trim
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theology
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n. the study of the nature of God and religious truth
n. theologian
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own
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v. to admit, esp. taking personal responsibility for one’s own actions or thoughts
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qualm
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n. a sudden feeling of sickness; an uneasy feeling about the moral rightness of an action
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circumlocution
n. an indirect or wordy way of expressing an idea
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lachrymose
adj. causing tears; weeping or inclined to weep
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start
v. to move suddenly or involuntarily
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surly
adj. sullen and rude
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covet
v. to desire strongly
| adj. covetous
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comport
v. to conduct or behave oneself; to be compatible or in agreement with
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grapple
v. to struggle with something; to grip and hold
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awry
adv. away from the correct course; wrong; deviant
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pliant
adj. easily bent; pliable; adaptable or compliant
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paean
n. a song of joy, triumph, or praise
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tribulation
n. a great misery or distress
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fetter
v. to confine, restrain, or keep down; n. chains; shackles
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graphic
adj. described in vivid and explicit detail
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coerce
v. to force by threat or intimidation
| n. coercion
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contemplate
v. to look at or think about carefully; to consider as a possibility
n. contemplation
adj. contemplative
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auspicious
adj. marked by favorable circumstances
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comply
v. to yield or act in accordance with requests, conditions, etc.
adj. compliant
n. compliance
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abide
v. to tolerate
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repugnant
adj. causing disgust or aversion; distasteful; offensive
| n. repugnance
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depreciate
v. to reduce in price or value
| n. depreciation
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desolate
adj. left alone; lonely; deserted
| n. desolation
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hefty
adj. heavy
| n. heft
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haunt
v. to visit often or continually
| n. haunts
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decadence
n. a period of decline, as in morals
| n. decadent
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disposition
n. personality; temperament
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ultimatum
n. a final demand of statement of terms
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humane
adj. kind; compassionate
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debacle
n. an overwhelming defeat or failure
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contingent
adj. unpredictable because dependent on chance; dependent on something uncertain
n. contingency
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speculate
v. to form an idea without having definite or complete evidence
n. speculation
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renege
v. to fail or carry out a promise
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exact
v. to demand and obtain by force or authority
| n. exaction
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exalt
v. to raise in status or character; to increase the effect or intensity of
adj. exalted
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distort
v. to alter; to change into an unusual form
| n. distortion
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efface
v. to rub out, as from a surface; to erase
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torrent
n. a swift-flowing stream; an uncontrolled outpouring
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quagmire
n. wet, boggy ground; a difficult situation
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overt
adj. open; not hidden
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banish
v. to drive away; to force to leave a place by official decree
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meritocracy
n. a system in which promotion is based on individual ability or achievement
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equilibrium
n. a state of balance or equality between opposing forces
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smug
n. showing offensive satisfaction with oneself
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bilk
v. to swindle; to cheat
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n. authoritarian
n. demanding unquestioning obedience
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conducive
adj. tending to bring about
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flora
n. plants as a group, esp. of a specified region or time
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squabble
n. a noisy argument, esp. over an unimportant matter
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hedge
v. to protect against possible loss by taking compensatory measures; to avoid making a direct statement
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usurp
v. to take over by force (e.g., property or rights) without legal authority
n. usurpation
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quandary
n. a state of uncertainty, esp. about what course of action to take
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infer
v. to reason or conclude from evidence
| n. inference
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sonorous
adj. having a full, deep sound; impressive in style of speech
n. sonority
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antidote
n. a cure for a disease or poison
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munificent
adj. generous
| n. munificence
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premises
n. land and the buildings that are on it
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threadbare
adj. old and worn out
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refute
v. to disprove
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clemency
n. mercy, or leniency towards an offender
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hover
v. to float as if suspended; to be in a state of uncertainty
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brusque
adj. abrupt and curt of manner
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hoodwink
v. to deceive; to mislead
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turgid
adj. excessively ornate or complex in style; swollen, as from fluid
n. turgidity
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leviathan
n. something enormous and powerful; a sea monster
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opulence
n. extreme wealth; luxuriousness; abundance
| adj. opulent
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refuge
n. a shelter or sanctuary
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masquerade
v. to wear a disguise; to put on a false appearance
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trite
adj. worn out, used too often
| n. triteness
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subside
v. to settle down
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misanthrope
n. one who hates or mistrusts mankind
adj. misanthropic
n. misanthropy
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formidable
adj. inspiring fear or dread
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charlatan
n. a fake; one who pretends to have expert knowledge
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antithesis
n. direct contrast; opposition
| adj. antithetical
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jovial
adj. full of hearty, playful good humor
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tome
n. a large, often scholarly book
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err
v. to make a mistake
| adj. erroneous
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pretentious
adj. claiming dignity or importance, esp. when undeserved
| n. pretension
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dreary
adj. depressing or boring
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chronicle
n. a recording of events in order of time
| n. chronicler
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impale
v. to pierce with something sharp; to make helpless
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suffrage
n. the right to vote
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androgynous
adj. having both male and female characteristics
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optimum
adj. the most favorable point or condition
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sate
v. to satisfy (any appetite or desire) fully
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stricture
n. a restraint or limit
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grimace
n. a facial expression that shows disapproval or pain; v. to make such an expression
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succumb
v. to give in or yield
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ruse
n. an action or device intended to deceive
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gape
v. to open wide; to stare with the mouth open
| adj. gaping
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fickle
adj. unreliable in faith; changing in affections
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declaim
v. to recite a speech, poem, etc; to announce formally
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exert
v. to put forth or bring to bear
| n. exertion
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grave
adj. serious; dignified; formal
| n. gravity
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grovel
v. to beg; to lower oneself to please another
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obfuscate
v. to make difficult to understand; to make indistinct
| n. obfuscation
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discursive
adj. covering a wide range of subjects; rambling
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obligatory
adj. legally or morally required
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limpid
adj. perfectly clear; transparent
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divulge
v. to reveal or make known
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philander
v. of a man, to engage in sexual affairs, esp. casually
| n. philanderer
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fatalistic
adj. believing that all events are predestined and unavoidable
n. fatalism
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remiss
adj. careless in, or negligent about, attending to a task
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denigrate
v. to disgrace a reputation; to blacken; to belittle
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coherent
adj. logically consistent and orderly
n. coherence
v. cohere
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misogyny
n. hatred of women
n. misogynist
adj. misogynistic
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disingenuous
adj. not straightforward or candid; crafty
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oasis
n. a fertile place in a desert due to the presence of water; any place or thing offering relief from difficulty or dullness
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blatant
adj. offensively obvious; unpleasantly noisy
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sheer
afj. transparently thin; utter or complete; nearly vertical
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flux
n. flow; continuous change or movement
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dais
n. a raised platform
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frivolous
adj. of little importance
| n. frivolity
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galvanize
v. to rouse; to stir; to spur
| adj. galvanic
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mendacious
adj. lying; false, esp. habitually
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averse
adj. opposed, reluctant; repelled
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chastise
v. to punish by beating; to scold or condemn sharply
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impassive
adj. not feeling emotion; not showing emotion
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prosperity
n. wealth; good fortune
| adj. prosperous
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gnarled
adj. twisted; knotty
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oligarchy
n. a government in which only few people have power
n. oligarch
adj. oligarchic
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prudent
adj. marked by careful planning; discreet
| n. prudence
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incapacitate
adj. to make unable to function in normal activities; disable
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prevail
v. to triumph over; to be or become most common
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servile
adj. slavish; abjectly submissive
| n. servility
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carnage
n. massacre; slaughter; bloodshed
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cogent
adj. appealing forcibly to the mind; convincing
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forgery
n. something counterfeit; an illegally produced imitation
| v. forge
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treatise
n. a formal piece of writing, usually long, on a particular subject
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nexus
n. a connection or intersection
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chronic
adj. continuing for a long time; recurrent
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forbear
v. to be patient or avoid doing
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bliss
n. perfect happiness
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putative
adj. put forth or accepted as true or inadequate grounds; supposed
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deity
n. a god
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gingerly
adv. very carefully; cautiously
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loathe
v. to dislike something greatly
n. loathing
adj. loathsome
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ebullient
adj. in high spirits; boiling or seeming to boil
| n. ebullience
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chasm
n. a large gap
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eerie
adj. causing inexplicable fear or uneasiness, often because of an apparently supernatural origin
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conventional
adj. following ordinary practice; unoriginal
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fallacy
n. a false notion, esp. one based in incorrect reasoning
| adj. fallacious
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hibernate
v. to sleep through the winter
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volatile
adj. tending to vary widely; unstable; quickly evaporating
| n. volatility
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prevaricate
v. to avoid telling the truth
| n. prevarication
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encrypt
v. to put into code
| n. encryption
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nostalgia
n. a general longing for the past or to return home
| adj. nostalgic
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reimburse
v. to repay
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increment
n. an increase in quantity; v. to increase
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peruse
v. to read carefully
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arbitrate
v. to settle a dispute or a fight between two parties
| n. arbitration
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anthropomorphism
n. the attribution of human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects
adj. anthropomorphic
v. anthropomorphize
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cache
n. a hiding place for storage of provisions or valuables
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corpulent
adj. very fat; obese
| n. corpulence
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livid
adj. extremely angry; discolored, as from a bruise; pale, ashen
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austere
adj. stern or severe in appearance; without luxury
| n. austerity
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myriad
n. an indefinitely large number
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impinge
v. to have an effect on something, esp. a negative one; to encroach
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android
n. an automaton that resembles a human being
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turbid
adj. cloudy, muddy; in a state of turmoil
| n. turbidity
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dismay
v. to destroy courage or resolution; to cause to lose enthusiasm; to disillusion
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facade
n. an outward appearance; the face of a building
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cadence
n. a rhythmic beat
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encumber
v. to burden or weigh down
| n. encumbrance
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caricature
n. a drawing or description that ridiculously exaggerates features
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occasion
v. to cause; to provide an appropriate opportunity for
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impostor
n. a person using a false identity
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ingratiate
v. to bring oneself into another's favor or good graces by conscious effort
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sanctify
v. to make holy; to make legitimate or binding
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abash
v. to embarrass
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avant-garde
n. a group active in inventing and applying new techniques, esp. in the arts
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enervate
v. to weaken
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liberal
adj. generous; giving freely
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vulgar
adj. lacking refinement or taste; crude
| n. vulgarity
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fictitious
adj. not real; false
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pastiche
n. something (esp. a work of art, literature, or music) created from many different sources
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factitious
adj. produced artificially; not genuine
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malignant
adj. very harmful; threatening death; cancerous (of a tumor)
| n. malignancy
