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Adjure

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To earnestly urge or request someone to do something.

The human rights group adjured the dictator to free the hostages.

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Abjure

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Telling everyone that you are formally giving up your vice.

If you proclaim on Facebook that you are now a vegetarian, doing so is an abjuration of your carnivore ways.

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Sonorous

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Deep sounding and resonant.

Pavarotti was known for his sonorous voice.

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Poignant

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Something that touches you emotionally.

Witnessing a family embrace after years apart is poignant.

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Sultry

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Humid, hot, torrid, expressing or arousing desire.

Adele’s sultry singing can be poignant.

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Lurid

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Gruesome. Causing shock or horror.

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Cull

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v. present participle of cull.
n. The act of culling; the process of selecting for acceptance or removal.
n. Anything separated or selected from a mass.

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Hapless

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Unfortunate.

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unscrupulous

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unethical

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chimera

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figment of imagination

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redress

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remedy

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galling

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annoying, humiliating

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Vestige

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Something that is going out of existence. A trace.

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Virulent

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Harmful, destructive.

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Valorous

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Brave, courageous

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Vanguard

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A group that forms the innovative front of any new idea or movement.

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Vouchsafe

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To give or grant someone or something in a condescending manner.

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tropes

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metaphor; tired, conventional idea

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anodynes

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something that provides relief

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heretical

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dissenting, deviating

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apocryphal

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of questionable authenticity

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ineluctable

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inescapable, inevitable

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levied

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taxed, enlisted in the military

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inveigh

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to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently

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peripatetic

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wandering from place to place

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lugubrious

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sad, mournful

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supervening

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ensuing, occurring after

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genial

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Friendly and cheerful.

(esp. of air or climate) Pleasantly mild and warm.

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sclerotic

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adjective – of or relating to the sclera of the eyeball

adjective – relating to or having sclerosis; hardened

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pillory

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noun – a wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for the wrists and neck; offenders were locked in and so exposed to public scorn

verb – punish by putting in a pillory
verb – expose to ridicule or public scorn
verb – criticize harshly or violently

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litany

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long tedious accounts

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harried

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adjective – troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances

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besiege

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verb – harass, as with questions or requests
verb – surround so as to force to give up
verb – cause to feel distressed or worried

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disbar

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verb – remove from the bar; expel from the practice of law by official action

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fete

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noun – an elaborate party (often outdoors)
noun – an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place)
verb – have a celebration

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promulgate

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verb – state or announce

verb – put a law into effect by formal declaration

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parsimony

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noun – extreme stinginess

noun – extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily

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diminution

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noun – the act of decreasing or reducing something

noun – change toward something smaller or lower

noun – the statement of a theme in notes of lesser duration (usually half the length of the original)

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inveterate

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adverb – in a habitual and longstanding manner

adjective – habitual

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din

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a loud, clamorous noise

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occult

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secret or withheld form the uninitiated; mysterious, inscrutable, difficult or impossible to comprehend; of, related to, or concerned with magic or the supernatural

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abscission

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Cutting off; sudden termination; the separation of leaves, petals, or other parts from a plant or animal

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accede

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Agree, give consent; assume power (usually as “accede to”)

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accretion

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Gradual increase; an added part or addition

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adumbrate

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Give a rough outline of; foreshadow; reveal only partially; obscure

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amortize

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Gradually pay off a debt, or gradually write off an asset

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apostle

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Pioneer of a reform movement (originally, an early follower of Jesus)

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apposite

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Highly appropriate, suitable, or relevant

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arrogate

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Claim or take presumptuously or without the right to do so

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asperity

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Rigor, severity; harshness or sharpness of tone; roughness of surface

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aspersions

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Damaging remarks, defamation, slander

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assail

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Attack violently, assault

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bevy

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Group of birds or other animals that stay close together; any large group

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bilk

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Cheat or defraud

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bonhomie

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Friendliness, open and simple good heartedness

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Brandish

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Shake, wave, or flourish, as a weapon

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brook

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Suffer or tolerate

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circumspect

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Cautious, prudent; careful to consider the circumstances and consequences

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cloying

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Disgustingly or distastefully sweet

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collude

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Conspire; cooperate for illegal or fraudulent purposes

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contumacious

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Rebellious; stubbornly disobedient

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convoke

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Call together, as to a meeting

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cosset

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Treat as a pet, pamper

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coterie

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Close or exclusive group, clique

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declivity

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Downward slope

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abate

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Reduce, diminish

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disquieting

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Disturbing, causing anxiety

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exacting

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Very severe in making demands; requiring precise attention

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gauche

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Tactless, lacking social grace, awkward, crude

69
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disquieting

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Disturbing, causing anxiety

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lampoon

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A harsh satire (noun); ridicule or satirize (verb)

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languid

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Drooping from exhaustion, sluggish, slow; lacking in spirit

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libertine

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Morally or sexually unrestrained person; freethinker (regarding religion)

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requite

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Reciprocate, repay, or revenge

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rife

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Happening frequently, abundant, currently being reported

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sacrosanct

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Sacred, inviolable, not to be trespassed on or violated; above any criticism

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sentient

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Conscious; experiencing sensation or perceiving with the senses

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spate

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Sudden outpouring or rush; flood

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supplicate

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Pray humbly; ask, beg, or seek in a humble way

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surfeit

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Excess, excessive amount, overindulgence

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ascribe

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Assign or credit to a certain cause or source

81
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demagogue

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A leader who lies and gains power by arousing the passions and especially prejudices of the people

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diaphanous

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Very sheer, fine, translucent

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dictum

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Formal or authoritative pronouncement; saying or proverb

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distaff

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Female, esp. relating to the maternal side of the family; women or women’s work; a staff that holds wool or flax for spinning

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doff

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Take off (such as clothes), put aside; remove one’s hat as a gesture

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dyspeptic

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Grumpy, pessimistic, irritable; suffering from dyspepsia (indigestion)

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edify

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Uplift, enlighten, instruct or improve in a spiritual or moral way

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effigy

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Representation or image of a person, esp. a crude facsimile used to mock a hated person

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egress

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An exit or the action of exiting

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encomium

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Warm, glowing praise, esp. a formal expression of praise

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euphony

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Pleasing or sweet sound, especially as formed by a harmonious use of words

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fracas

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Noisy disturbance or fight; brawl

93
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fulminate

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Explode, detonate; attack verbally in a vehement, thunderous way

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gambol

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Frolic; skip or leap playfully

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glower

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Stare in an angry, sullen way

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