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1
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Indolence

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inactivity resulting from a dislike of work

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Politic

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smoothly agreeable

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Cloying

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overly sweet

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Adumbration

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foreshadowing

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5
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Avarice

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extreme greed

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Dubious

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doubtful

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7
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Rakish

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jaunty, dashing

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Jaunty

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lively and/or cheerful

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9
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Tepid

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showing little enthusiasm

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10
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Conviviality

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readiness, agreeableness

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11
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Temerity

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recklessness

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12
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Ineluctable

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unavailable

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13
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Diminution

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making physically smaller

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14
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Ennui

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boredome

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15
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Japery

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good natured teasing

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16
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Disavowal

A

rejection

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17
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Approbation

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consent or approval

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18
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Plunder

A

take something wrongfully

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19
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Castigate

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to be ruled out

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20
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Indignant

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angered at something unjust

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21
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Prudent

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showing care or thought for the future

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22
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Promulgate

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promote or make widely known

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23
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Defected

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to go to the other side

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24
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Acquiesced

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agree

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25
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Callow

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immature

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26
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Ominous

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threatening

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27
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Enigmatic

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difficult to interpret or understand

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28
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Vacuous

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empty, showing a lack of knowlege

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29
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Prescient

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farsighted

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30
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Ingenuous

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sincere

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31
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Ingenious

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brilliant

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32
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Lexicon

A

specific word, vocabulary of a person

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33
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Verbiage

A

specific wording, excessive speech

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34
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Hurly-burly

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commotion

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35
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Edfice

A

building

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36
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Vistas

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a pleasing view

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37
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Nascent

A

just born

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38
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Implacable

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can’t placate

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39
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Balk

A

to refuse to comply

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40
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Peccadilloes

A

minor faults

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41
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Pell-mell

A

unstructured situations

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42
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Helter-skelter

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unstructured situations

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43
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Nugatory

A

of no value or importance, trifling

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44
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Preponderance

A

excess

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45
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Prolixity

A

excess

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46
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Ersatz

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artificial or inferior

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47
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Abhor

48
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Attenuate

49
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Disconcerting

A

causing an emotional disturbance

50
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Imperious

A

assuming power without justification

51
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Obsequious

A

ingratiating in a servile way, fawning

52
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Idylic

A

excellent and/or delightful

53
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Abatement

54
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Revelry

A

marry-making

55
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Homage

A

expression of respect

56
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Paean

57
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Rebuff

A

to criticize

58
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Aggrandizement

A

make something look greater or stronger

59
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Avaricious

A

extreme greed

60
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Pusillanimous

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cowardly, timid by nature

61
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Surly

62
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Indigenous

63
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Ambled

A

walk leisurely

64
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Lamented

A

mourn, to express regret

65
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Ignominy

66
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Constancy

A

faithfulness

67
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Piquant

A

attracts or delighting

68
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Emblazon

A

display in a celebratory way

69
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Allay

A

lessen or relieve

70
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Indemnified

A

compensate, prevent future loss

71
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Pervasive

A

covers a lot of space

72
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Lascivious

A

obscene or vulgar

73
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Gratuitous

74
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Diluvial

A

relating to a flood

75
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Trifling

A

insignificant

76
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Accession

77
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Behest

A

a strongly worded request

78
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Interdiction

A

prohibition

79
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Captious

A

easily displeased

80
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Dissolute

A

morally corrupt

81
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Irascible

A

easily angered

82
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Profligate

A

morally corrupt, someone who spends recklessly

83
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Nettlesome

84
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Olfactory

85
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Cloying

A

excessively sweet

86
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Saccharin

A

excessively sweet

87
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Dejected

88
Q

Fetid

A

a really gross smell

89
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Malodorous

A

a really gross smell

90
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Supercilious

91
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Maladroit

A

awkward, clumsy

92
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Aloof

A

standoffish, remote in manner

93
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Incipient

A

at an early age

94
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Nascent

A

beginning to develop

95
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Piddling

A

negligible, of small importance

96
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Prodigal

97
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Vagrant

98
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Impecunious

A

impoverished, poor

99
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Indignant

A

impoverished, poor

100
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Fulsome

A

over the top

101
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Effulgent

102
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Effusive

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expressing feelings of gratitude, gushing

103
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Unctuous

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excessively smug

104
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Staid

105
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Equanimous

106
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Placid

107
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Lassitude

108
Q

Penchant

A

tendency, strong habitual liking

109
Q

Dissembling

A

concealing one’s true motives

110
Q

Conceded

111
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Acceded

112
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Genial

113
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Hoary

A

old in terms of age, grayish white

114
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Septuagenarian

A

someone age 70-79

115
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Pusillanimously

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