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artless

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(adj) without cunning or deceit

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sedulous

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(adj) done diligently and carefully

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expansive

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(adj) communicative, and prone to be talking in a sociable manner

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lascivious

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(adj) lecherous; sexually perverted

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feckless

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(adj) lazy and irresponsible

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imbibe

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(v) to drink or absorb as if drinking

Ex: I imbibed Tamora Pierce’s work to such an extent I could recite all her books by heart

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apogee

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(n) the highest point

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apostate

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(n) a person who has abandoned a religious faith or cause

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hector

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(v) to bully or intimidate

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ponderous

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(adj) weighted-down; moving slowly

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exegesis

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(n) a critical explanation or analysis, especially of a text

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arrant

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(adj) complete and wholly

Ex: an arrant fool

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truculent

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(adj) having a fierce, savage nature

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saturnine

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(adj) morose and gloomy

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indigent

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(adj) poor; having very little

(n) a poor or needy person

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catholic

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(adj) of broad scope; universal

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anathema

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(n) a detested person; the source of somebody’s hate

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choleric

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(adj) prone to outbursts of temper; easily angered

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perfunctory

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(adj) done routinely and with little interest or care

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untoward

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(adj) unfavorable; inconvenient

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kowtow

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(v) to bow or act in a subservient manner

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precipitate

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(adj) hasty or rash

(v) to cause to happen

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pariah

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(n) an outcast

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supercilious

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(adj) haughty and disdainful; looking down on others

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overweening

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(adj) arrogant; presumptuous

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chary

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(adj) cautious, suspiciously reluctant to do something

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zeitgeist

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(n) spirit of the times

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byzantine

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(adj) intricate and complex

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fractious

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(adj) irritable and is likely to cause disruption

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turpitude

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(n) depravity; a depraved act

Ex: remembered for his turpitude

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imbroglio

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(n) a confusing and potentially embarrassing situation

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jejune

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(adj) dull; lacking flavor

(adj) immature; childlike

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factitious

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(adj) artificial; not natural

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sententious

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(adj) to be moralizing, usually in a pompous sense

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picayune

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(adj) trifling or petty (a person)

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venial

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(adj) easily excused or forgiven; pardonable

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bilious

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(adj) irritable; always angry

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expurgate

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(v) to remove objectionable material

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cupidity

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(n) greed for money

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peremptory

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(adj) bossy and domineering

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invective

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(n) abusive or denunciatory language

Ex: The Internet unleashes the invective in us…

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parvenu

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(n) a person who has suddenly become wealthy, but not socially accepted as part of a higher class

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limpid

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(adj) having clarity in terms of expression

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phantasmagorical

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(adj) illusive; unreal

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palimpsest

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(n) something that has been changed numerous times but on which traces of former iterations can still be seen.

Ex: The campus was a palimpsest of the schools’s checkered past: a new commons next to a dilapidated dormitory and a remodeled church next to an ancient science building.

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Pyrrhic

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(adj) describing a victory that comes at such a great cost that the victory is not worthwhile.

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jaundiced

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(adj) to be biased against due to envy or prejudice

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apotheosis

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(n) exaltation to divine status; the highest point of development

Ex: the apotheosis of my career is yet to come

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mulct

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(v) to defraud or swindle

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propitiate

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(v) to placate or appease

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impecunious

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(adj) lacking money; poor

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protean

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(adj) readily taking on different roles; versatile

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Pollyannaish

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(adj) extremely optimistic

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hedge

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(v) to limit or qualify a statement; to avoid making a direct statement

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mettlesome

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(adj) filled with courage or valor

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schadenfreude

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(n) the joy from watching the suffering of others

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fell

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(adj) terribly evil

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execrate

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(v) to curse or hiss at

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arch

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(adj) to be deliberately teasing

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quisling

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(n) a traitor

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benighted

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(adj) fallen into a state of ignorance

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histrionic

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(adj) to be overly theatrical

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tendentious

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(adj) likely to lean towards a controversial view

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sangfroid

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(n) calmness or poise in difficult situations

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blinkered

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(adj) to have a limited outlook or understanding

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remonstrate

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(v) to make objections while pleading

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sartorial

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(adj) related to fashion or clothes

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arriviste

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(n) a social climber

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excoriate

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(v) to criticize very harshly

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derelict

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(adj) not doing one’s duties

n) abandoned (building

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pecuniary

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(adj) relating to or involving money

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bowdlerize

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(v) edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate

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gaffe

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(n) a socially awkward or tactless act

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moribund

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(adj) being on the point of death; declining rapidly losing all momentum in progress

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solecism

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(n) a mistake in grammar/speech or a socially awkward or tactless act

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probity

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(n) integrity, strong moral principals

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anodyne

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(n) something that relieves pain

(adj) inoffensive

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maunder

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(v) to wander aimlessly

(v) to speak rapidly or incessantly

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enjoin

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(v) give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority

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punctilious

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(adj) marked by precise accordance to details

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anemic

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(adj) lacking energy or vigor

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impute

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(v) to attribute (responsibility or fault) to something

Ex: I imputed my subpar performance on the test to a combination of stress and poor sleep.

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hagiographic

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(adj) excessively flattering toward someone’s life or work

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charlatan

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(n) a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks and jokes

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effrontery

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(n) audacious/arrogrant behavior that you have no right to

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prolixity

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(n) boring verbosity

Ex: My parent’s prolixity can be tiring.

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lampoon

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(v) criticize with satire

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importune

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(v) to beg persistently and urgently

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approbatory

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(adj) to express approval

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perspicacious

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(adj) acutely insightful and wise

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mordant

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(adj) biting and caustic in thought, manner, and style

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redoubtable

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(adj) inspiring fear or awe

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temerity

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(n) fearless daring

Ex: I have the temerity to apply to top schools.

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artlessness

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(n) the quality of innocence

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immure

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(v) to enclose, usually in walls

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untenable

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(adj) incapable of being defended or justified

Ex: the old theory proven wrong, became untenable to most people

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apposite

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(adj) remarkably appropriate

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patent

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(adj) glaringly obvious

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intimation

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(n) an indirect suggestion

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corollary

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(n) a practical consequence that follows naturally

Ex: A corollary of Super Storm Sandy was new sea walls for future storms.

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obstreperous

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(adj) noisily and stubbornly defiant; difficult to control

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surreptitious

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(adj) stealthy, taking pains not to be caught or detected

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subterfuge

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(n) a deception

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imperious

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(adj) arrogant superiority to and disdain toward views as unworthy

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dispensation

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(n) an exemption from a rule or obligation

Ex: White people are often given dispensation from many of society’s rules and policies.

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presentiment

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(n) a feeling of evil to come

Ex: I had a presentiment about taking the GRE

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tempestuous

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(adj) as if driven by turbulent or conflicting emotions; fluctuating and wild

Ex: tempestuous relationship

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invidious

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(adj) likely to cause resentment

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lacerate

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(v) to deeply hurt the feelings of; distress

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recrimmination

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mutual accusations

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unpropitious

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(adj) with little change of success (of a circumstance)

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machinate

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(v) to engage in plotting/a conspiracy, swear together

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inimitable

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(adj) defying imitation; matchless

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inviolate

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(adj) must be kept sacred

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broadside

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(n) a strong verbal attack

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inanity

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(n) the total lack of meaning or ideas

Ex: No point in making sense of inanity.

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antic

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(adj) ludicrously odd

Ex: the antic act was too extreme for the kids

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unprpossessing

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(adj) creating an unfavorable or neutral first impression

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deign

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(v) to do something that one considers below one’s dignity

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rapprochement

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(n) the reestablishment of cordial relations

Ex: Peter and I had a rapprochement.

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browbeat

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(v) to be bossy

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baleful

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(adj) threatening/foreshadowing evil

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ersatz

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(adj) not real or genuine; phony

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apothegm

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(n) a short, pithy instructive saying

Ex: Churchill is famous for his apothegms

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empiricism

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(n) any method that derives knowledge from experience

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ineffable

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(adj) too sacred to be uttered; defying expression or description

Ex: The numerous reasons I love Nozowa are ineffable.

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chagrin

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(n) strong feelings of embarrassment

(v) to feel shame; to hurt the pride of

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effervescent

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(adj) marked by high spirits or excitement

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chimera

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(n) something desired or wished for but it only an illusion and impossible to achieve

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untrammeled

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(adj) not confined or limited

Ex: Living untrammeled is a core American value.

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appurtenant

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(adj) supplying added support

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epigram

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(n) a witty saying

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objurgate

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(v) express strong disapproval of

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solicitude

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(n) the feeling of excessive concern

Ex: I do not appreciate my mother’s solicitude.

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unstinting

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(adj) very generous

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atavism

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(n) a reappearance of an earlier characteristic; a throwback

Ex: The current bob trend is an atavism to the 1920s.

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solicitous

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(adj) showing hovering attetiveness

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enormity

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(n) an act of extreme wickedness

Ex: The enormity of the Pol Pot’s regime…

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fecund

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(adj) intellectually productive

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callow

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(adj) young and unexperienced

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conflate

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(v) to mix together different elements and concepts

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elegiac

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(adj) expressing sorrow

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conflagration

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(n) a very intense and uncontrolled fire

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pellucid

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(adj) easily understood; transparently clear

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pontificate

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(v) to talk in a dogmatic and pompous manner

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internecine

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(adj) within a group or organization (of conflict)

Ex: the regime was finally destroyed by a internecine conflict between high ranking officers

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impugn

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(v) to attack as false or wrong

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coterminous

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(adj) being of equal extent or scope or duration

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discursive

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(adj) tending to depart from the main point (of a speech or writing)

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dolorous

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(adj) showing sorrow

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bridle

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(v) to retrain the power or action or limit excess

(v) to react with anger or take offense

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desiccated

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(adj) uninteresting, lacking vitality

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afford

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(v) to provide with an opportunity

Ex: My Fulbright affords a hands-on experience in Morocco.

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obtuse

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(adj) slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; lacking insight or discernment

Ex: the most obtuse member

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turgid

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(adj) pompous and tedious (of language)

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ethereal

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(adj) characterized by lightness and insubstantially

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doughty

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(adj) brave; bold; courageous

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facile

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(adj) arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth

Ex: The professor gave facile explanations to complex social problems

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malingerer

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(n) someone shirking their duty by pretending to be sick or incapacitated

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unimpeachable

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(adj) free of guilt; not subject to blame; beyond doubt or reproach

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bromide

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(n) a trite or obvious remark

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desideratum

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(n) something desired as a necessity

Ex: The desideratum of the environmental group…

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aplomb

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(n) great coolness and composure under strain

Ex: The IMAT team acted with aplomb during natural disasters.

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stultify

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(v) to cause one, through routine, to lose energy and enthusiasm

Ex: Over the course of weeks, I felt stultified by the Quantitative GRE books.

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infelicitous

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(adj) inappropriate

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adjudicate

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(v) to serve as a judge in a competition; to arrive at a judgement or conclusion

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bereft

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(adj) unhappy in love; suffering from unrequited love

(adj) sorrowful through loss or deprivation

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exiguity

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(n) the quality of being meager

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palaver

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(v) to speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly

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splenetic

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(adj) very irritable

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misattribute

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(v) to falsely ascribe (especially of authorship)

Ex: I misattributed “Romeo & Juliette” to JR Tolken

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extrapolate

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(v) to draw from specific cases for more general cases

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promulgate

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(v) to state or announce

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verisimilitude

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(n) the appearance of truth

Ex: good novels are good because of their verisimilitude of reality

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ebullient

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(adj) joyously unrestrained

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modicum

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(n) a small or moderate or token amount

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dissipate

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(v) to squander money

(v) to disperse or scatter

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abrogate

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(v) revoke or relinquish formally; do away with

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evanescent

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(adj) tending to vanish like vapor

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cataclysm

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(n) an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

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dissemble

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(v) to conceal one’s true motives (prevaricate) usually through deceit

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dissolution

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(n) a living full of debauchery and indulgence in sensual pleasure

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trenchant

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(adj) force and vigor; especially in thought, expression, or intellect

Ex: trenchant analysis

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pillory

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(v) ridicule or expose to public scorn

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simulacrum

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(n) a representation of a person (sculpture)

(n) a bad imitation

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obtain

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(v) to be valid, applicable, true

Ex: Some cultural practices do not obtain universally.

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capitulate

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(v) to surrender (usually under agreed conditions)

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canard

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(n) a deliberately misleading fabrication

Ex: Trump’s canards

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oblique

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(adj) not straightforward; indirect

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ineluctable

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(adj) impossible to avoid or evade

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concomitant

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(adj) describing an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another

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eponym

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

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