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prosaic

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dull and lacking imagination

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alacrity

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eager willingness to do something

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paucity

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lack of something

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veracity

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truthful

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contrite

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remorseful

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maintain

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assert

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pugnacious

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verbally combative; aggressively argue about everything

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laconic

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very few words

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egregious

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standing out in a bad/negative way

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disparate

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two things that are fundamentally different

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innocuous

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harmless and doesn’t produce any ill effects

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candid

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straightforward and honest

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erratic

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unpredictable; strange and unconventional

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bleak

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bare; depressing

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profuse

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abundant

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extant

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existant

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contentious

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argue

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auspicious

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favorable

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enervate

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sap energy from; weaken or get tired

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equivocate

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ambiguous; speak vaguely, usually with the intention to mislead or deceive

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ambivalent

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mixed or conflicting emotions about something

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sedulous

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showing dedication and diligence

Ex. sedulously studying for the GRE

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stem

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hold back or limit the flow or growth of something

Ex. stem the bleeding from a paper cut

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blinkered

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have a limited outlook or understanding

Ex. a small minded, blinkered approach to a project

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check

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stop its growth

Ex. weeds grew unchecked at Newcastle

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checkered

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disreputable happenings; marked by periods of varied fortune or discreditable incidents
Ex. AJs checkered past might hurt his credibility

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raft

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a large number of something

Ex. a large number of rafts is a raft of rafts

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retiring

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to be shy, and to be inclined to retract from company

Ex. Ava is a retiring child

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expansive

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communicative and prone to talking in a sociable manner

Ex. Ryan is an expansive and gregarious person

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moment

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significant and important (similar to momentous)

Ex. Weddings are moment in our lives

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base

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without moral principles; ignoble

Ex. Mike had a base work ethic at the gym

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imbibe

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to drink, usually copiously
Ex. Robin imbibed at the wedding
an intake of knowledge or information
Ex. Erudites imbibe at the library

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inundate

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to flood; to be overwhelmed by too many people or things

Ex. the office was inundated with calls

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scintillating

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someone who is brilliant and lively

Ex. Oprah is a scintillating talk show host

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benighted

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in a state of ignorance

Ex. Dori claims to be benighted during conversations

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hedge

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play safely; limit or qualify a statement; avoid making a direct statement
Ex. hedge your bets; hedge a statement

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flush

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to be in abundance; to drive out of hiding

Ex. the list of GRE words is flush with difficult ones to remember

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fell

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terribly evil

Ex. Voldemort is a fell character

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arch

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deliberately teasing

Ex. I was being arch with Robin during the wedding

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tender

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offer it up

Ex. tender your help during belay staff

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becoming

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appropriate and matches nicely

Ex. awkward pre-teens turn becoming around high school

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start

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suddenly move or dart in a particular direction

Ex. I start when I hear strange noises

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fleece

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to deceive

Ex. mom is fleeced by e-mail offers

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telling

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significant and revealing of another factor

Ex. Zeela’s slippers are very telling of her fashion sense

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wax

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to increase

Ex. the moon was waxing until it was a full moon

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