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equitable

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adjective: fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience

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insufferable

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adjective: intolerable, difficult to endure

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flummox

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verb: be a mystery or bewildering to

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propitiate

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verb: to placate or appease

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telling

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adjective: significant and revealing of another factor

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solecism

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noun: a socially awkward or tactless act

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zeitgeist

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noun: spirit of the times

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blinkered

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adjective: to have a limited outlook or understanding

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retiring

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

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benighted

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adjective: fallen into a state of ignorance

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expound

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verb: add details or explanation; clarify the meaning; state in depth

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becoming

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adjective: appropriate, and matches nicely

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mendicant

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noun: a pauper who lives by begging

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unstinting

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adjective: very generous

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appurtenant

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adjective: supply added support

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spurn

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verb: reject with contempt

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malingerer

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noun: someone shirking their duty by pretending to be sick or incapacitated

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palaver

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verb: speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly

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insidious

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adjective: working in a subtle but destructive way

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splenetic

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adjective: very irritable

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ferret

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verb: to search for something persistently

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transmute

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verb: change or alter in form, appearance, or nature

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juxtapose

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verb: place side by side

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corollary

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noun: a practical consequence that follows naturally

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jocular

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adjective: characterized by jokes and good humor

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stolid

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adjective: having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited

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unforthcoming

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adjective: uncooperative, not willing to give up information

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finagle

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verb: achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods

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extrapolate

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verb: draw from specific cases for more general cases

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replete

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adjective: completely stocked or furnished with something

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melee

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noun: a wild, confusing fight or struggle

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recrimination

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noun: mutual accusations

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bowdlerize

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verb: edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate

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celerity

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noun: speed, rapidity

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dictatorial

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adjective: expecting unquestioning obedience; characteristic of an absolute ruler

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inveterate

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adjective: habitual

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veracious

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adjective:truthful

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unconscionable

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adjective: unreasonable; unscrupulous; excessive

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supercilious

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adjective: haughty and disdainful; looking down on others

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gambit

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noun: a maneuver or risk in a game or conversation, designed to secure an advantage

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flounder

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verb: behave awkwardly; have difficulties

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solicitude

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noun: a feeling of excessive concern

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turgid

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adjective: (of language) pompous and tedious

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travesty

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noun: an absurd presentation of something; a mockery

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adamant

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adjective: refusing to change one’s mind

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penurious

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adjective: lacking money; poor
adjective: miserly

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demean

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verb: to insult; to cause someone to lose dignity or respect

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admonitory

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adjective: serving to warn; expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective

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infelicitous

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adjective: inappropriate

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supplant

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verb: take the place or move into the position of

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boon

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noun: a desirable state
adjective: very close and convivial

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foolhardy

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adjective: marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences

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fete

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verb: to celebrate a person

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schadenfreude

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noun: joy from watching the suffering of others

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venial

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adjective: easily excused or forgiven; pardonable

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pastoral

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adjective: relating to the countryside in a pleasant sense

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exalt

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verb: praise or glorify

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plodding

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adjective: (of movement) slow and laborious

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construe

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verb: interpreted in a particular way

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implicate

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verb: convey a meaning; imply
verb: to indicate in wrongdoing, usually a crime

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vaunted

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adjective: highly or widely praised or boasted about

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buck

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verb: resist

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enervate

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verb:to sap energy from

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forlorn

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adjective: marked by or showing hopelessness

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misogynist

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noun: a person who dislikes women in particular

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gerrymander

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verb: to manipulate voting districts in order to favor a particular political party

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cupidity

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noun: greed for money

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complicit

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adjective: Associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature.

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propitious

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adjective: presenting favorable circumstances; likely to result in or show signs of success

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venality

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noun:the condition of being susceptible to bribes or corruption

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virago

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noun: an ill-tempered or violent woman

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empathetic

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adjective: showing understanding and ready comprehension of other peoples’ states and emotions

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eponym

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noun: the name derived from a person (real or imaginary); the person for whom something is named

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presentiment

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noun: a feeling of evil to come

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asperity

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noun: harshness of manner

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verisimilitude

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noun: the appearance of truth

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cosseted

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verb: treat with excessive indulgence

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replete

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adjective: completely stocked or furnished with something

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recrudesce

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verb: to break out or happen again

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gauche

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adjective: lacking social polish

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tender

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verb: offer up something formally

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hamstrung

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verb: made ineffective or powerless

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veritable

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adjective: truthfully, without a doubt

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doughty

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adjective: brave; bold; courageous

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approbatory

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adjective: expressing praise or approval

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forthcoming

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adjective: available when required or as promised
adjective: at ease in talking to others

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hedge

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verb: to limit or qualify a statement; to avoid making a direct statement

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sardonic

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adjective: disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking

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morph

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verb: To undergo dramatic change in a seamless and barely noticeable fashion.

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feckless

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adjective: lazy and irresponsible

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plucky

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adjective: marked by courage and determination

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turpitude

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noun: depravity; a depraved act

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wax

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verb: to gradually increase in size or intensity

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begrudge

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verb: to envy someone for possessing or enjoying something
verb: to give reluctantly

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litany

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noun: any long and tedious account of something

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quixotic

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adjective: wildly idealistic; impractical

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dog

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verb: to pursue relentlessly; to hound

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excoriate

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verb: to criticize very harshly

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beg

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verb: to evade or dodge (a question)

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askance

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adverb: with a look of suspicion or disapproval

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phantasmagorical

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adjective: illusive; unreal

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unassailable

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adjective: immune to attack; without flaws

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involved

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adjective:complicated, and difficult to comprehend

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refractory

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adjective: stubbornly resistant to authority or control

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simulacrum

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noun: a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture)
noun: a bad imitation

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travail

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noun: use of physical or mental energy; hard work; agony or anguish

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efficacious

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adjective: producing the intended result

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artifice

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noun: cunning tricks used to deceive others

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embroiled

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adjective: involved in argument or contention

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preemptive

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adjective: done before someone else can do it

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guffaw

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verb: laugh boisterously

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unnerve

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verb: to make nervous or upset

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expound

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verb: add details or explanation; clarify the meaning; state in depth

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sanctimonious

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adjective: making a show of being pious; holier-than-thou

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posit

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verb: assume as fact

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tenacious

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adjective: stubbornly unyielding

117
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exegesis

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noun: critical explanation or analysis, especially of a text

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semblance

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noun: an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading

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beatific

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adjective: blissfully happy

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tribulation

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noun: something, especially an event, that causes difficulty and suffering

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sybarite

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noun: a person who indulges in luxury

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chastise

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verb:to reprimand harshly

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cataclysm

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noun: an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

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chastise

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verb: to reprimand harshly

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mulct

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verb: to defraud or swindle

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noisome

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adjective: having an extremely bad smell

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exasperate

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verb: to irritate intensely

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quisling

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noun: a traitor

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fell

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adjective: terribly evil

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lascivious

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adjective: lecherous; sexually perverted

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capitulate

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noun: to surrender (usually under agreed conditions)

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ravenous

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adjective: extremely hungry; devouring or craving food in great quantities

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negligible

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adjective: so small as to be meaningless; insignificant

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firebrand

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noun: someone who deliberately creates trouble

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internecine

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adjective: (of conflict) within a group or organization

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prolixity

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noun: boring verbosity

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immaterial

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adjective: not relevant

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powwow

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noun: an informal meeting or discussion

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candid

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adjective: a straightforward and honest look at something

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hobble

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verb: to hold back the progress of something

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pyrrhic

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adjective: describing a victory that comes at such a great cost that the victory is not worthwhile

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gall

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noun: the trait of being rude and impertinent
noun: feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will

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demonstrative

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adjective: given to or marked by the open expression of emotion

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parochial

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adjective:narrowly restricted in scope or outlook

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besotted

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adjective: strongly affectionate towards
adjective: very drunk

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misattribute

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verb: To erroneously attribute; to falsely ascribe; used especially of authorship.

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sententious

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adjective: to be moralizing, usually in a pompous sense

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slapdash

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adjective: carelessly and hastily put together

149
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expurgate

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verb: to remove objectionable material

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objurgate

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verb: express strong disapproval of

151
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raconteur

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noun: a person skilled in telling anecdotes

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volubility

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noun: the quality of talking or writing easily and continuously

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err

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verb: to make an error

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contrition

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noun: the feeling of remorse or guilt that comes from doing something bad

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stalwart

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adjective: dependable; inured to fatigue or hardships

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untenable

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adjective: (of theories etc) incapable of being defended or justified

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derisive

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adjective: abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule

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wanton

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adjective: without check or limitation; showing no moral restraints to one’s anger, desire, or appetites

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arrant

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adjective: complete and wholly (usually modifying a noun with negative connotation)

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compound

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verb: make more intense, stronger, or more marked

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tempered

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adjective: moderated in effect

162
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genial

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adjective: agreeable, conducive to comfort

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dispatch

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noun: the property of being prompt and efficient
verb: dispose of rapidly and without delay and efficiently

164
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maunder

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verb: wander aimlessly
verb: speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly

165
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apotheosis

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noun: exaltation to divine status; the highest point of development

166
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unimpeachable

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adjective: free of guilt; not subject to blame; beyond doubt or reproach

167
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fickle

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adjective: liable to sudden unpredictable change, esp. in affections or attachments

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parvenu

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noun: a person who has suddenly become wealthy, but not socially accepted as part of a higher class

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checkered

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adjective: one that is marked by disreputable happenings

170
Q

start

A

verb: to suddenly move in a particular direction

171
Q

raffish

A

adjective: marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness

172
Q

coterminous

A

adjective: being of equal extent or scope or duration

173
Q

anathema

A

noun: a detested person; the source of somebody’s hate

174
Q

vicarious

A

adjective: felt or undergone as if one were taking part in the experience or feelings of another

175
Q

impecunious

A

adjective: lacking money; poor

176
Q

countermand

A

verb: a contrary command cancelling or reversing a previous command

177
Q

diminutive

A

noun: to indicate smallness
adjective: very small

178
Q

bumbling

A

adjective: lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands

179
Q

chortle

A

verb: to chuckle, laugh merrily

180
Q

cadaverous

A

adjective: emaciated; gaunt

181
Q

insolvent

A

adjective: unable to pay one’s bills; bankrupt

182
Q

scintillating

A

adjective: describes someone who is brilliant and lively

183
Q

bemoan

A

verb: express discontent or a strong regret

184
Q

row

A

noun: an angry dispute

185
Q

reprobate

A

noun: a person who is disapproved of

186
Q

arriviste

A

noun: a person who has recently reached a position of power; a social climber

187
Q

untrammeled

A

adjective: not confined or limited

188
Q

flush

A

adjective: to be in abundance

189
Q

rakish

A

adjective: marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness

190
Q

atavism

A

noun: a reappearance of an earlier characteristic; throwback

191
Q

thrifty

A

adjective: spending money wisely

192
Q

malady

A

noun: a disease or sickness

193
Q

hagiographic

A

adjective: excessively flattering toward someone’s life or work

194
Q

factious

A

adjective: produced by, or characterized by internal dissension

195
Q

junta

A

noun: an aggressive takeover by a group (usually military)

196
Q

desideratum

A

noun: something desired as a necessity

197
Q

germane

A

adjective: relevant and appropriate

198
Q

pedantic

A

adjective: marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects

199
Q

aphoristic

A

adjective: something that is concise and instructive of a general truth or principle

200
Q

ascetic

A

adjective: practicing self-denial
noun: one who practices great self-denial

201
Q

polemic

A

noun: a strong verbal or written attack on someone or something.

202
Q

jocular

A

adjective: characterized by jokes and good humor

203
Q

telltale

A

adjective: revealing

204
Q

cavalier

A

adjective: given to haughty disregard of others

205
Q

dilapidated

A

adjective: in terrible condition

206
Q

screed

A

noun: an abusive rant (often tedious)

207
Q

callow

A

adjective: young and inexperienced

208
Q

exiguity

A

noun: the quality of being meager

209
Q

surly

A

adjective: inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace

210
Q

misanthrope

A

noun: a hater of mankind

211
Q

palimpsest

A

noun: something that has been changed numerous times but on which traces of former iterations can still be seen

212
Q

desiccated

A

adjective: uninteresting, lacking vitality

213
Q

imperious

A

adjective: having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy

214
Q

canard

A

noun: a deliberately misleading fabrication

215
Q

staid

A

adjective: characterized by dignity and propriety

216
Q

bastardization

A

noun: an act that debases or corrupts

217
Q

fractious

A

adjective: irritable and is likely to cause disruption

218
Q

sangfroid

A

noun: calmness or poise in difficult situations

219
Q

apothegm

A

noun: a short, pithy instructive saying

220
Q

effervescent

A

adjective: marked by high spirits or excitement

221
Q

stringent

A

adjective: demanding strict attention to rules and procedures

222
Q

fawn

A

verb: try to gain favor by extreme flattery

223
Q

raft

A

noun: a large number of something

224
Q

pugnacious

A

adjective: eager to fight or argue; verbally combative

225
Q

languid

A

adjective: not inclined towards physical exertion or effort; slow and relaxed

226
Q

effrontery

A

noun: audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to

227
Q

disseminate

A

verb: cause to become widely known

228
Q

immure

A

verb: to enclose, usually in walls

229
Q

bridle

A

verb: the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess
verb: anger or take offense

230
Q

querulous

A

adjective: habitually complaining

231
Q

thoroughgoing

A

adjective: very thorough; complete

232
Q

bilious

A

adjective: irritable; always angry

233
Q

malapropism

A

noun: the confusion of a word with another word that sounds similar

234
Q

mercurial

A

adjective:(of a person) prone to unexpected and unpredictable changes in mood

235
Q

arrogate

A

verb: seize and control without authority

236
Q

complaisant

A

adjective: showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others

237
Q

staunch

A

adjective: firm and dependable especially in loyalty

238
Q

quip

A

noun: a witty saying or remark
verb: to make a witty remark, to say in jest

239
Q

lugubrious

A

adjective: excessively mournful

240
Q

banish

A

verb: expel from a community, residence, or location; drive away

241
Q

bereft

A

adjective: unhappy in love; suffering from unrequited love
adjective: sorrowful through loss or deprivation

242
Q

umbrage

A

noun: a feeling of anger caused by being offended

243
Q

raillery

A

noun: light teasing

244
Q

snub

A

verb: refuse to acknowledge; reject outright and bluntly

245
Q

dispassionate

A

adjective: unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice

246
Q

eke

A

verb: To live off meager resources, to scrape by

247
Q

ersatz

A

adjective: not real or genuine; phony

248
Q

dissipate

A

verb: squander or spend money frivolously
verb: to disperse or scatter

249
Q

endemic

A

adjective: native; originating where it is found

250
Q

magisterial

A

adjective: offensively self-assured or given to exercising unwarranted power

251
Q

Pollyannaish

A

adjective: extremely optimistic

252
Q

obtuse

A

adjective: slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; lacking in insight or discernment

253
Q

inexorable

A

adjective: impossible to stop or prevent

254
Q

trite

A

adjective: repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

255
Q

miser

A

noun: a person who doesn’t like to spend money (because they are greedy)

256
Q

belie

A

verb:to give a false representation to; misrepresent

257
Q

steadfast

A

adjective: marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable

258
Q

proscribe

A

verb: command against

259
Q

avert

A

verb: turn away
verb: ward off or prevent

260
Q

inanity

A

noun: total lack of meaning or ideas

261
Q

betray

A

verb:to reveal or make known something, usually unintentionally

262
Q

picayune

A

adjective: trifling or petty (a person)

263
Q

impugn

A

verb: attack as false or wrong

264
Q

culpability

A

noun: a state of guilt

265
Q

placid

A

adjective: not easily irritated

266
Q

moment

A

noun: significant and important value

267
Q

promulgate

A

verb: state or announce

268
Q

derelict

A

adjective: (of a person) not doing one’s duties
noun: (of a building) abandoned

269
Q

punctilious

A

adjective: marked by precise accordance with details

270
Q

dovetail

A

verb: fit together tightly, as if by means of a interlocking joint

271
Q

disheartened

A

adjective: made less hopeful or enthusiastic

272
Q

entrenched

A

adjective: fixed firmly or securely

273
Q

insipid

A

adjective: dull and uninteresting

274
Q

flux

A

noun: a state of uncertainty about what should be done (usually following some important event)

275
Q

amok

A

adverb: in a frenzied or uncontrolled state

276
Q

epigram

A

noun: a witty saying

277
Q

magnanimous

A

adjective: noble and generous in spirit, especially towards a rival or someone less powerful

278
Q

peremptory

A

adjective: bossy and domineering

279
Q

anodyne

A

noun: something that soothes or relieves pain
adjective: inoffensive

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