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Dearth

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A scarcity or lack of something
“There is a dearth of evidence”
“There is a dearth amount of time left”

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Slake

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Satisfy one’s thirst
“You can always slake your thirst with some water”

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Quench

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Satisfy by drinking
“You can quench your thirst by drinking something“

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Impede

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Delay or prevent
“It will impede my academic progress”
“It impeded my performance in school“

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Hinder

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Create difficulties that in delay or obstruction
“Their journey was hindered by the snow”
“Their talking hindered my focus”

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Inducing

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Bring about or bring rise to
“It was anxiety inducing”
“The topic induced a lot of controversy”

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Crimson

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A face becoming flushed as a result of embarrassment
“My face crimsoned”

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Applicable

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Relevant or appropriate
“It is applicable to what is going on today”

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Impinge

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Have an effect or impact, especially a negative one
He never allowed his work to impinge on his private life.
“You shouldn’t let these lowbrows impinge on your self esteem”

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Incongruous

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Not in harmony
“The red jeans are a little incongruous with the look you are going for”

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Discordant

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Disagreeing or incongruous
“They played their music discordantly”

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Cacophonous

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Involving or producing a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds
“I woke up to the cacophonous sound of birds”

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Apprehend

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Perceive or understand
“Somethings are too painful to thoroughly apprehend”

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Jam-packed

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Extremely crowded or full to capacity
“His mouth was jam-packed with hotdogs”

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Chagrin

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Distress or embarrassment at having failed or been humiliated
“After finishing third in the race, I swallowed my chagrin and congratulated the winner”

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Common courtesy

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Politeness that people are expecting to show
“Offering your guest a drink demonstrates common courtesy”

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Buoyancy

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An optimistic and cheerful disposition
“She was in a buoyant mood”

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Punctual

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Happening or doing something at a proper time
“He promised more punctual and reliable services”

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Diminutive

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Extremely or unusually small
“Those with a diminutive build but imposing voice should perch in the shadows”

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Nimble

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Quick and light in movement or action
“His nimble mind calculated the answers before I could key the numbers into my calculations”

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Surreptitiously

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In a way that tries to avoid notice or attention
“She looked at him again and caught him surreptitiously smirking under his heavy gloom”

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Esoteric

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Only intended to be understood by a small number of people with a special knowledge or interest
“He has a esoteric connection of old toys and games”

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Abide

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Accept or act in accordance to a rule of decision
“We have to abide by their rules”

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Brittle

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Hard but liable to break or shatter easily
“Their confidence looks brittle”

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Wryly

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In a way that expresses dry and mocking humor
“His lips twisted wryly at the acknowledgment”

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Avert

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Turn away
“I tried to avert his attention to something else”

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Decay

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Having rotated or decomposed
“Sugar makes your teeth decay”

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Tirade

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A long angry speech of criticism
“He went on a tirade about failures of our current government”

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Deadpan

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Say something amusing while affecting a serous manner
“He delivered the joke with such deadpan that we thought at first that he was serious”

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Scrawny

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Unattractively thin
“I’m not interested in scrawny men”

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Immerse

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Involve oneself deeply in a particular activity or subject
“I immersed myself in the culture”

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Sheepishly

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In an embattled manner due to shame or lack of self esteem
“I sheepishly admitted to not doing my homework”

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Ambiguity

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Open to more than one interpretation
“His statement is full of ambiguity”

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Glib

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Fluent and voluble but insincere and shallow
“It was a glib comment”

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Ballistic

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Extremely angry
“She went ballistic on me”

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Torrent

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A syringe and fast moving stream of water or liquid
“The storm turned the stream into a raging torrent”

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Invariably

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I’m every case
“I’m invariably late”

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Dubious

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Hesitating or doubtful
“They were a little dubious about the night and it’s outcome but all agreed that it would be exciting”

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Conscientious

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Wishing to do what is right
“She has always been a very conscientious worker”

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Gateway

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A means of access or entry to a place
“The prestigious title offered a gateway to success in the competitive world of modeling”

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Labyrinth

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A complicated irregular network of passages or paths in which it is difficult to find one’s way; a maze
“At the farm, I found it easy to get lost in the labyrinth of corn stocks”

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Precipitously

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Very steeply
“Home sales are declining precipitously”

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Heaving

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Extremely crowded
“His backyard was heaving with people”

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Purportedly

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As appears to be true, through not necessarily so, alleged
“Some purportedly punched him in the face”

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Inordinate

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Unusually or disproportionately large; excessive
“I waited an inordinate amount of time”

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Dilapidated

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(Of a building or object) in a state of disrepair or ruin as a result of age or neglect
“The abandoned building was in a dilapidated state”

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Flagrant

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Immorally wrong
“That is a flagrant violation of privacy”

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Evade

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Escape of avoid
“I tried to evade the question”

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Whittle

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Reduce something in size amount, or extent by a gradual series of steps
“His taunting whittled away my confidence”

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Bashful

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Reluctant to draw attention to oneself; shy
“They were not bashful about letting anybody know”

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Scraggly

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Ragged, thin, or untidy in form or appearance
“He had a scraggly beard”

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Spunky

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Courageous and determined
“She is a spunky little girl”

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Fiasco

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Complete failure
“The entire political campaign was a fiasco, and at the end he only drew 30% of votes”

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Precarious

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In a way that is not securely in position and is likely to fall or collapse
“The stack of books looks precarious”

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Ineluctable

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Unable to be resisted or avoided
“Perhaps there is no hope for Jerry because even after a year of rehab his drug addiction seems ineluctable”

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Rickety

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Poorly made and likely to collapse
“The stairs look rickety”

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Disembowal

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Cut open and remove the internal organs of
“He was so angry that he looked as if he was about to disembowel us”

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Mirthless

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Lacking real amusement
“Her mirthless smile”

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Contemptuous

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Expressing deep hatred or disapproval
“Her laugh was contemptuous”

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Chronic

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Persisting for a long time
“I have chronic headaches”

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Stoic

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Without showing one’s feelings or complaining about pain or hardship
“He took his parents divorce stoically”

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Irretrievably

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In a way that can’t be received or put right
“There pictures were irretrievably lost in the flood”

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Promptly

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With little or no delay; immediately
“Can came promptly on the dot of eleven”

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Albeit

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Although
“It was an amazing computer, albeit expensive”

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Quizzically

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In a questioning way
“She looked at me quizzically”

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Monopoly

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The exclusive procession or control of the supply of or trade in a commodity or service
“You have no monopoly on the truth”

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Testy

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Easily irritated; impatient and somewhat bad tempered
“My Bubbe’s cat is testy”

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Desolate

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Feeling or showing misery, unhappiness or loneliness
“He wrote a desolate novel”

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Introspection

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The examination or observation of one’s own mental and emotional processe
“He was lost in deep deep introspection”

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Cryptic

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Having a meaning thar is mysterious or obscure
“The cryptic response made her hesitate”

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Subvert

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Undermine the authority of
“They were trying to subvert her authority”

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Measly

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Contemptibly small or few
“She complained about her measly raise”

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Catty

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Gossipy
“She is kind of catty”

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Disdainful

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Showing contempt or lack of respect
“Her disdainful attitude towards old people”

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Quivering

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Trembling or shake with a slight rapid motion
“She was quivering”

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Incontestable

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Not able to be disputed
“There in so incontestable evidence that he is not guilty of this crime”

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Transcend

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Be or go beyond limits
“Music that transcends cultural boundaries”

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Enigma

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A person or thing that is mysterious, puzzling or difficult to understand
“She is something of an enigma”

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Infallible

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Incapable or making mistakes or being wrong
“She has an infallible eye for style”

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