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Enmity (adj.)

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hostility

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Panacea (noun)

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a remedy/solution for everything; a cure-all; a nostrum

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Adamantine (adj.)

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very hard; unmoving

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Frangible (adj.)

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easily broken

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Gossamer (adj.)

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thin or fine

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Heretical (adj.)

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dissenting; deviating from the official or established

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Portentous (adj.)

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ominous

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Impute (verb)

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to assign or attribute to someone

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Vindicate (verb)

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to justify; to clear from blame

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Modish (adj.)

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fashionable

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Specious (adj.)

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fallacious, though plausible; tempting but false

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Redress (noun)

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remedy for; restitution

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Macerate (verb)

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to soften by soaking

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Redound (verb)

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to make someone look good

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Malign (verb)

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to slander; to defame

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Extant (adj.)

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existing

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Recursive (adj.)

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returning to the same point repeatedly

Lauren Simpkins’s recursive arguments are infuriating; they do not build on information presented in a discussion, and are adamantly opposed to thoughtful modification in and of themselves.

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Disparage (verb)

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to mock or belittle

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Actuate (verb)

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to put into action

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Preclude (verb)

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to prevent

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Wayward (adj.)

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willingly disobedient; capricious (in a honey-badger sense of the word)

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Inveigh (verb)

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to weigh in; to protest or advocate for strongly

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Postliminary (adj.)

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happening after

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Supervening (adj.)

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occurring after

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Maladroit (noun)

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awkward; inept

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Disparaging (adj.)

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belittling; pejorative

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Effluviate (verb)

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to give off or emanate, especially something unpleasant

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Contravene (verb)

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to go against, to contradict

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Descry (verb)

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to catch sight of

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Avuncular (adj.)

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relating to the uncle

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Hellenistic (adj.)

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relating to Greek culture

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Predilection (noun)

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tendency to think favorably about something in particular; partiality

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Rancorous (adj.)

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full of resentment or umbridge

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Mawkish (adj.)

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excessively sentimental; cloying; maudlin; bathetic

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Assimilate (verb)

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to absorb mentally; to become adjusted

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Tortuous (adj.)

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very twisted; complicated

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Consummate (verb)

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1) to fulfill; accomplish; to bring to a state of perfection

2) to complete a contract by signing or making a pledge

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Jounce (verb)

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to move joltingly or abruptly up and down; to bounce

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Espousal (noun)

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adoption of a principal; a marriage

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Gainsay (verb)

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to deny, dispute, or contradict

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Equivocal (adj.)

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doubtful; uncertain

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Occult (adj.)

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mysterious; secret; supernatural

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Blithe (adj.)

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happy

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Sententious (adj.)

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1) abounding in pithy aphorisms or maxims

2) given to excessive moralizing; self-righteous

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Recalcitrant (adj.)

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not obedient; resisting authority or control

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Sojourn (verb)

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to stay temporarily

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conciliate (verb)

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to win over; to appease

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Chimerical (adj.)

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unreal or imaginary

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artless (adj.)

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free from deceit, cunning, or craftiness; ingenuous

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Cagey (adj.)

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cautious; wary; shrewd

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Paucity (noun)

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scarcity

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Bravura (noun)

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a display of darling; a brilliant performance

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Opprobrious (adj.)

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shameful; abusive; hateful

54
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Beguiling (adj.)

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charming or enchanting, sometimes in a deceptive way

55
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Metonymy (noun)

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substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself

EX: “they counted heads;” “I need your John Hancock”

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Homonym (noun)

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when two words are pronounced or spelled the same way, but have different meanings.

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Recondite (adj.)

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little known; abstruse or obscure

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Derelict (adj./noun)

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worn and broken-down; abandoned; a person without a job/home/property

59
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Condign (adj.)

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well-deserved; fitting for the crime; adequate

60
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Syllogism (noun)

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a rule of inference; a formal logical scheme used to draw a conclusion from a set of premises. (major premise; minor premise; conclusion)

Major: All squares are rectangles
Minor: Some rectangles are rhombs
Conclusion: Some squares are rhombs

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Stalwart (adj.)

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loyal, reliable, hard-working

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Doughty (adj.)

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steadfastly courageous and resolute; valiant

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Discreet (adj.)

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prudent, cautious, having good judgment; modest or unostentatious

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Cant (n)

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a hypocritical statement; insincere in a platitudinous way

65
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Sanctimonious (adj.)

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hypocritically self-righteous

66
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Jocund (adj.)

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cheerful and lighthearted

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Meet (adj.)

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suitable; fitting; proper

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Clement (adj.)

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mild; merciful; gentle

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Flagrant (adj.)

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shockingly evident; without shame

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Enormity (noun)

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something outrageous or heinous; a sin or evil act

The enormity of the accidental murder situation was evident.

He committed quite an enormity by not only sexually harassing his female coworkers, but then lying about doing so.

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Appellation (noun)

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a name or title

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Avowal (noun)

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a statement asserting the existence or truth of something

73
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Disavowal (noun)

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a denial of any connection with or knowledge of

74
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Abrogate (verb)

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to repeal, abolish, or rescind

75
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Munificent (adj.)

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very generous

76
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genial vs. congenial

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genial: pleasant or happy
congenial: pleasant or agreeable BECAUSE that person/thing is suited to one’s inclinations or preferences

77
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Portentous (adj.)

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1) ominous; 2) pompous or overly-solemn

Secret societies at William & Mary are characteristically portentous: masks and hoods are excessively ceremonial marks of their rites and rituals, but their trivial mission statements are incongruous with this almost sacred behavior.

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Portend (verb)

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to be a sign of warning; to be a signal of; to presage; to prognosticate

79
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Prognosticate (verb)

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to foretell or prophesy (a future event)

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Penchant (noun)

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strong habitual tendency; inclination; proclivity

81
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Prerogative (noun)

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1) a right or privilege exclusive to an individual or a class; 2) a faculty or property distinguishing a person or class

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Premonition (noun)

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a strong feeling of something about to happen, especially something unpleasant

83
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Importune (verb)

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to ask for pressingly and persistently

SYN: pester; bother; pressure; molest; solicit

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Plangent (adj.)

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loud, reverberating, and often melancholy

LOS CAMPESINOS!

85
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Malfeasance (noun)

A

wrongdoing, especially by a public official

The Magna Carta guarded against malfeasance on the king’s part, among other provisions.

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Propitious (adj.)

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favorably disposed; auspicious; opportune

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Clandestine (adj.)

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kept secret or done secretively, especially due to an illicit nature

SYN: surreptitious; furtive; privy

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Hectoring (verb)

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to talk to someone in a bullying way

89
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Adjure (verb)

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to urge or request someone solemnly or earnestly to do something

I adjure you to tell me the truth.

Kate adjured me to get back together with her; it was really sad.

90
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Presentiment (noun)

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an intuitive feeling about the future, especially one of foreboding

SYN: premonition; hunch; augury; presage

91
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Picayune (adj.)

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petty; worthless

SYN: paltry; trifling; piddling

92
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insidious (adj.)

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treacherous; crafty - proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects

SYN: sly; treacherous; crafty; perfidious

93
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Lascivious (adj.)

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revealing an overt and often offensive sexual desire

He gave her a lascivious wink.

SYN: lude; lustful; lecherous; voluptuous; salacious

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Emendation (noun)

A

a correction from critical editiong

95
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Obfuscation (noun)

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bewilderment; confusion resulting from a failure to understand

I became angrily obfuscated after failing to understand the correct answer on the practice set.

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Elucidate (verb)

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to explain; to clear up

97
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Commensurate (adj.)

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corresponding in size, degree, or extent

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ascetic (adj.)

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extreme self-discipline, typically for religious reasons

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ineluctable (adj.)

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inevitable; inescapable; not able to be avoided

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truculent (adj.)

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quick to fight; pugnacious; bellicose

101
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Invective (noun vs. adj.)

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noun: insulting, abusive, critical language; a verbal attack

adj. : offensive, insulting

102
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Vassal (noun)

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servant or slave; a feudatory

103
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Patsy (noun)

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A duped person; the victim of a scam

104
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Adroit (adj.)

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clever or skillful in using the hands or mind

105
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Abnegate (verb)

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to renounce or reject (esp. something desirable)

106
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Catechize (verb)

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to teach by questioning

107
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inimitable (adj.)

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too good to be duplicated, or to exist in the plural; Sarah

108
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Callow (adj.)

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inexperienced; immature

109
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Palliation (noun)

A

an apology or excuse

110
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Promulgation (noun)

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announcement

SYN: proclamation

111
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Exhortation (noun)

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a speech intending to persuade (to do or not to do)

SYN: admonition (not to do)

112
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Intimation (noun)

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a hint or implication

113
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Explicate (verb)

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to analyze or develop an idea in detail

114
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Solipsism (noun)

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the theory that the self is all that you truly know to exist

115
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Victuals (noun)

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foor or consumable provisions

116
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Scintillating (adj.)

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1) brilliantly and excitingly clever or skillful; 2) shining brightly or sparkling

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