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macabre

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(adj) suggesting the horror of death and decay; gruesome

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insolvent

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(adj) unable to pay one’s bills; bankrupt

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demure vs demur

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demure: (adj) to be modest and shy

Demur: to voice objection

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peruse

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(v) to read very carefully

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err

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(v) to make an error

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retiring

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(adj) to be shy, and to be inclined to retract from company

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reprobate

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(n) a person without morals who is disapproved of

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miser

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

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tender

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(v) to offer up something formally

Ex: government tendering money

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affable

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(adj) likeable; easy to talk to

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voracious

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(adj) very hungry approaching an activity with gusto

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profuse

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(adj) plentiful; pouring out in abundance

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indict

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(v) to formally charge or accuse of wrong-doing (indicted)

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underwrite

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(v) to support financially

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telltale

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(adj) revealing

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screed

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(n) an abusive rant (often tedious)

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thoroughgoing

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(adj) very through; complete

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serendipity

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(n) the instance in which an accidental, fortunate discovery is made

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remiss

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(adj) to be negligent in one’s duty

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indigenous

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(adj) originating in a certain area

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replete

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(adj) completely stocked or furnished with something

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disparate

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(adj) two things are fundamentally different

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cogent

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(adj) clear and persuasive

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errant

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(adj) to be wandering; not sticking to a circumscribed path

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cadaverous

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(adj) emaciated; gaunt

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raft

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(n) a large number of something

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aboveboard

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(adj) open and honest

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fleece

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(v) to deceive

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start

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(v) to suddenly move in a particular direction

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imponderable

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(adj) impossible to estimate or figure out

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amok

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(adverb) frenzied state

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exhort

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(v) to strongly urge on; encourage

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chauvinist

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(n) a person who believes in the superiority of their group

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checkered

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(adj) marked by disreputable or unfortunate happenings

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corroborate

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(v) to confirm or lend support to (usually and idea or claim)

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beatific

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(adj) blissfully happy

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paucity

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(n) a lack of something

Ex: a paucity of jobs

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stem

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(v) to hold back or limit the flow or growth of something

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sanguine

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(adj) cheerful, optimistic

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sanctimonious

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(adj) making a show of being pious; holier-than-thou

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virago

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(n) an ill-tempered or violent women

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wax

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(v) to gradually increase in size or intensity

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extenuating

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(adj) making less guilty or more forgivable

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melee

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(n) a wild, confusing fight or struggle

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scintillating

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(adj) describes someone who is brilliant and lively

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obdurate

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(adj) unable to be persuaded or moved emotionally; stubborn; unyielding

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inclement

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(adj) unpleasant, stormy (of weather); (adj) used of persons or behavior; showing no mercy

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pithy

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(adj) concise and full of meaning

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plodding

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(adj) slow and laborous

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transitory

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(adj) lasting a very short time

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dearth

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(n) a lack or shortage

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renege

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(v) to fail to fulfill a promise or obligation

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raffish

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(adj) marked by a carefree unconventionally or disreputableness

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fete

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(v) to celebrate a person

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muted

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(adj) softened, subdued

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endemic

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(adj) native; originating where it was found

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disenfranchise

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(v) to deprive of voting rights

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ingenuity

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(n) the power of creative imagination

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consummate

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(adj) having or revealing supreme mastery or skill

Ex: the consummate musician

(v) to make perfect and complete in every respect

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boon

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(n) a desirable state

adj) very close and convivial (boon companion

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convivial

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(adj) describing a lively atmosphere

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vacuous

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(adj) devoid of intelligence, matter, or significance

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facetious

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(adj) cleverly amusing in tone

Ex: Facetious behavior will not be tolerated in sex ed.

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benign

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(adj) kind

(adj) non dangerous to health

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buck

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(v) to resist

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credence

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(n) belief in something

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rankle

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(v) gnaw into; make resentful or angry

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smattering

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(n) a slight or superficial understanding of a subject; a small amount of something

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glib

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(adj) speaking with ease but without sincerity (of a person)

Ex: the more glib the salesperson, the worse the product

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tumult

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(n) a state of chaos, noise or confusion

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martial

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(adj) suggesting war or military life

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precedent

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(n) an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time

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whimsical

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(adj) determined by impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason

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illicit

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(adj) contrary to or forbidden by law

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derisive

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(adj) abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule

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urbane

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(adj) showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience

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genteel

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(adj) marked by refinement in taste and manners

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enmity

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(n) a state of deep-seated ill-will

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unprecedented

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(adj) something novel, never been done before

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elude

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(v) to escape understanding

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travail

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(n) use of physical or mental energy; hard work; agony or anguish

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presumption

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(n) an assumption that is taken for granted

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

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eke

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(v) to live off meager resources, to scrape by

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malevolent

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(adj) wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; arising from intense ill will or hatred

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foible

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(n) a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual

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aphoristic

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(adj) something that is concise and instructive of a general truth or principal

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exemplify

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(v) be characteristic of

(v) clarify by giving an example of

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devolve

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(v) to pass on or delegate to another

v) grow worse (into

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placid

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(adj) not easily irritated

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credulity

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(n) tendency to believe readily

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brusquely

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(adverb) in a blunt, direct manner

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humdrum

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(adj) dull and lacking excitment

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prevail

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(v) to be widespread in a particular area at a particular time; be current
(v) prove superior

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wanton

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(adj) without check or limitation; showing no moral restraints to one’s anger, desire or appetites

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industrious

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(adj) characterized by hard work and perseverance

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preempt

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(v) take the place of or have precedence over

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insipid

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(asj) dull or uninteresting

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rakish

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(adj) marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness

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rile

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(v) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

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coalesce

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(v) to fuse or cause to grow together

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cavalier

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(adj) given to haughty disregard of others

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buttress

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(v) make stronger or defensible

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incumbent

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(adj) necessary (for someone) as a duty or responsibility

Ex: the success is ultimately incumbent on the CEO

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behoove

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(v) to be one’s duty or obligation

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profusion

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(n) the property of being extremely abundant

Ex: a profusion of reporters

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glean

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(v) to collect information bit by bit

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ascribe

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(v) to attribute or credit to

Ex: History ascribes _____ to _____

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perquisite

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(n) a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (hereditary or official right for example)

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sordid

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(adj) involving ignoble actions and motives; arousing moral distaste and contempt; foul and run-down and repulsive

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sordid

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(adj) involving ignoble actions and motives; arousing moral distaste and contempt; foul and run-down and repulsive

Ex: all the sordid details of the interaction

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aphorism

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(n) a short instructive saying about a general truth

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relegate

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(v) to assign to a lower position

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decimation

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(n) destroying or killing a large part of the populations

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compound

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(v) make more intense, stronger, or more marked

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malodorous

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(adj) having an unpleasant smell

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staid

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(adj) characterized by dignity and propriety

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boorish

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(adj) ill-mannered and coarse or contemptible in behavior or appearance

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dispatch

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(n) the property of being prompt and efficient

Ex: She finished her thesis with dispatch

(v) dispose of rapidly and without delay and efficiently

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