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Timorous

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Timid

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Concatenation

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Series of interconnected things or events

Arose as a result of a peculiar concatenation of historical circumstances

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Enviable

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Causing envy

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Hermetic

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Insulated or protect d from outside influences; esoteric
The hermetic society of the Amish
Obscure and hermetic poems
Before the modern period religion was not a separate activity hermetically sealed off from all others

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Urbane

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Suave, refined

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Modicum

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A small quantity of a particular thing, especially something considered valuable
His statement had more than a modicum of truth
More people had to be drawn into the productive process and they needed at least a modicum of education

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Riposte

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A quick and clever reply to an insult or criticism
A quick return thrust in fencing
All too often aggressive secularism has pushed religion into a violent riposte.

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Etiolated

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Enervate, debilitate, weaken

Long stressful days and sleepless nights gradually etiolated me

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Conduit

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Pipe, channel

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Prerogative

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Right, privilege

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Ineluctable

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Inevitable
Ineluctable fate
Ineluctable approach of winter

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Invidious

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Unpleasant and obnoxious ,stemming from envy
Invidious remarks (obnoxious)
Invidious comparison (likely to cause harm or resentment)
His success attracted invidious attention

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Plangent

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Loud deep sound expressing remorse 
Aching, agonized
Plangent organ music 
Plangent roar 
Strong plangent tones
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Nugatory

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Inconsequential, inoperative

Book makes nugatory contributions to scholarship on urban development

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Pedantic

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Unimaginative, dull
Old fashionedly learned
Pedantic scholars oppose study on video games

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Antediluvian

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Old fashioned, outdated
Antediluvian automobile
Antediluvian people previously unknown to history

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Pusillanimous

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Cowardly

Pusillanimous politicians vote whichever way the wind is blowing

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Jejune

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Too simple, not interesting; childish
Jejune lectures, jejune reflections on life and art
Jejune simplistic reason for studying arabic

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Pulchritudinous

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Beautiful

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Belie

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Misrepresent or disprove or hide
His bright smile belied his actual mood which was one of great sadness
The latest info belies the old theory
The security council issued false assurances that belied the true gravity of the situation

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Antedate

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Precede

Dinosaurs antedate mammoths by thousands of years

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Apocryphal

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Well known but probably not true

Such stories may be apocryphal

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Superannuated

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Old-fashioned, incapacitated/disqualified due to old age, older than the typical member of a group

Superannuated slang
Superannuated telephones
Superannuated graduate student

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Senescence

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The state or process of becoming old

Some turtles exhibit negligible senescence, showing no signs of aging even as they pass the two-century mark

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Collude
Conspire
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Patent
Apparent, Obvious, Noticeable esp for being incorrect or bad This is parent nonsense The patent stupidity of the proposal did not stop the city council from putting it up for a vote She was smiling with patent insincerity A patent error that should have been edited before the book was published
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Arcane
esoteric, ambiguous, mysterious/cryptic Old and arcane as the language of the law Arcane grammatical rules that are not relevant to spoken aarabic Arcane language of the rebate form deters buyers from getting a rebate She had an arcane system for filing things so I have no idea where anything is
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Garrulous
Talkative, loquacious, long-winded
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Munificent
Generous | A munificent gift
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Irresolute
Indecisive, uncertain She stood irresolute outside his door The legislative body sits irresolute and utterly useless in front of this important issue
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Fastidious
Scrupulous, very careful She chose her words with fastidious care The child seemed fastidious about getting her fingers dirty
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Laconic
Brief, concise Laconic comment, laconic press agent His laconic reply suggested a lack of interest in the topic
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Mendacity
Untruthfulness | People publicly castigated for past mendacity
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Indefatigable
Persisting tirelessly | Indefatigable defender of human rights
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Jettison
Throw from a ship or discard something no longer wanted Individuals are forced to jettison certain attitudes and behaviors He jettisoned his unwanted papers
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Apposite
Appropriate | Observations apposite to the discussion
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Germane
Relevant | Your question is not germane to the topic at hand
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Anachronistic
Attributing something to a period in which it does not belong
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Pugnacious
Combative, eager to quarrel | Pugnacious demeanor of politicians
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Acrimonious
Angry, bitter(usually speech) | An acrimonious dispute
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Turgid
Swollen, tediously pompous in languAge or style | His turgid prose
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Inveterate
Habitual, steadfast, entrenched | Inveterate gambler
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Indigence
Extreme poverty | He did valuable work toward the relief of indigence in India
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Deleterious
Harmful | Divorce has deleterious effects on children
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Pernicious
Harmful | Drugs have a pernicious influence on society
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Parsimony
Cheapness | The parsimony of QU embittered me against the country
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Antipathy
Hostility | I never encountered racial antipathy till I went to college
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Probity
Integrity Financial probity The company feels he has de,on strayed little probity in this matter
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Odium
Disgust His job made him the target of public distrust and odium During the trial he sensed his family's hostility and odium
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Maladroit
Ineffective, clumsy | He was a maladroit communicator despite having studied 6 languages
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Prepossessing
Beautiful
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Quiescent
Inert, dull, latent Quiescent loungers recovering from Thanksgiving feast Quiescent gallstones
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Gauche
Socially awkward Gauche manners It would be gauche to mention the subject
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Panegyrics
Accolade, praising someone
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Banal
Boring, ordinary Banal expressions Banal men
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Unstinting
Bighearted, generous | Volunteers unstinting with their time
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Fatuous
Silly, stupid, foolish Fatuous teenagers climbed the electric tower
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Decorous
Polite, marked by propriety Decorous behavior Decorous standards
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Decorum
Decency, conventions of polite behavior | High standards of decorum required when attending the opera
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Diffident
Hesitant, shy, u assertive | Beyoncé is actual diffident in real life despite her job as a performing artist
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Doughty
Brave, strong, valiant A doughty warrior Doughty heroes of old
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Coruscate
To Sparkle, be brilliant in style The light coruscated from the walls A coruscating future
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Soporific
Drowsy, causing drowsiness | Soporific drugs
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Teleological
Related to intelligent design
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Preternatural
Extraordinary, existing outside of nature
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Preclude
Make impossible prevent | Issued a strict schedule for household chores so as to preclude any arguments
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Mendicant
A beggar | Wretched mendicants on the streets of Calcutta
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Cadge
Beg Cadged for a cup of coffee Caged money from his sister
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Anodyne
Innocuous, not likely to upset Something that soothes The anodyne of a comfortable book
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Iridescent
Rainbow-like, shining Iridescent soap bubble Iridescent gas stain
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Monocoque
Constructed in one piece
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Pavonine
Like a pea cock
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Parietal
Related to college living
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Saturnine
Sullen | The men awaiting interrogation by the police shared a saturnine silence
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Subvert
Secretly try to ruin
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Edifying
Enlighten, inform | Edifying dialogues of Socrates
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Callous
Hardened | Callous indifference to suffering
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Repudiate
To reject, disaffirm Repudiate a contact , repudiate a vowel, repudiate a debt Repudiated her gay daughter :(
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Disburse
To pay out, Make a payment from a fund | The foundation disperses money to many worthy causes
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Pedantic
Dull, unimaginative ,prosaic
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Ardent
Fervent; eager, avid Ardent Harry Potter fan Ardent declarations of love to a woman
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Dour
Austere, grim, ungentle Dour prison guard Dour expression on her face
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Agronomy
Dealing with farm and agriculture
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Effusive
Emotional, excessive emotion or enthusiasm
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Serpentine
Winding, curving (like a serpent ) | Serpentine road
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Atrophy
Deteriorate, crumble
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Pneumatic
Filled with air OR curvy (woman's body) | Pneumatic sex symbol
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Obdurate
Stubborn | They were obdurate in their position to allow any women join them in the majlis
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Vituperate
Criticize harshly, scold, | He began vituperative the social sins of capitalism
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Adroit
Skillful, adept An adroit politician, adroit social commentary He was adroit at tax avoidance
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Venal
Corrupt, corruptible, open to bribery They ran the town according to their own venal system of law and order Why should these venal politicians care how they are rated?
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Insolvent
Unable to pay debts , bankrupt | His entire family suspects that she was insolvent
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Recreant
Cowardly; a coward or apostate | IS accused him of recreancy and beheaded him
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Obfuscate
Obscure Mere rationalizations to obfuscate rather than clarify the real issue Her work became more and more obfuscated by mathematics and jargon
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Ossification
Turning into bone Be stagnant or rigid Ossified political institutions
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Evince
Reveal, show, indicate His letters evince the excitement he felt Mans inhumanity to man is evinced in the use of torture
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Eschew
Abstain from He firmly eschewed political involvement He appealed to the crowd to Eschew violence
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Exscind
To cut off or out, excise
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Rarefied
1) thin (of air or atmosphere), less dense 2) distant from the lives and concerns of ordinary people The rarefied atmosphere of Mars allows us to see its surface Debates about the nature of knowledge can seem very rarified, especially in nascent countries that struggle to provide education to all of its citizens
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Specious
Misleading, deceptive Karen's Armstrong specious argument about secularism and its effects on the Middle East Qatars Katara culture village gives a Specious appearance of cultural heritage
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Bovine
Relating to cattle
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Noisome
Extremely offensive smell, disagreeable, odious Noisome vapors from the smoldering waste Noisome scandals
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Atavistic | Atavism
Relating to or characterized by reversion to something ancient or ancestral Recurrence of or reverting to a past style, manner, outlook, approach Atavistic fears and instincts
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Olafactory
Relating to the sense of smell | Olfactory organs
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Mephitic
Foul-smelling, noxious, malodorous | A trail of mephitic odors

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