Powerful Magic

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tumultuous

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commotion

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temperance

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moderation in action, thought, or feeling: RESTRAINT

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precarious

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uncertain, dangerous

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ascertain

/a-ser-TAIN/

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Find out with certainty

be ascertained = find out

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radical

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of root
fundamental
extreme

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deliberate

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on purpose

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commend

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praise
recommend
entrust

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Inhibited

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Shy

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Martinet

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Name of a French General, who so a strict disciplinarian

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Polyglot

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Speaking many languages

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Fabrication

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Lie, making things up

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Dissemble

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Cover things up

Never mince his word, Antonio was the perfect dissembler; even an outright fabrication was delivered with aplomb.

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Hackneyed

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lacking in freshness or originality

TRITE

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Ignominy

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Disgrace

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Concoct

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Concoct a recipe

Concoct an explanation: FABRICATE

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Pauper

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Poor person

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Unseemly

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Inappropriate

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repudiation

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refuasal, denial

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retaliatory

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retaliate: to get revenge

reprisal

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Contingency

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Accidental incidence

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Precipitate

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Reckless
Sediment
Expedite

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Revelry

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Merrymaking, partying

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Lament

Lamentable

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Deplorable

Mournful

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Pundit

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Expert

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Unqualified

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Absolute

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Modicum

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A small portion Not even a modicum of civility.

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Anemic

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Anemia: bloodlessness Anemic: lack of vitality

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remiss

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negligence it was very remiss of me not to do sth.

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frivolity /fre-VO-liti/

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LEVITY | lacking seriousness

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penitential

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penitent, sinful, regretful

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pellucidity

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pel = per TRANSLUCENT LUCID: easy to understand

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propensity

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habit, inclination

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prey to

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impressionable

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imminent

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coming soon, impending

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purview

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range to be within the purview of something...

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salient

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major, principal to summarize the salient points of

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plethora

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superfluous there is a plethora of something

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moratorium

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stop, pause

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imperative

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the first imperative is ... | have an imperative urge to do ...

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specious

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superficially plausible: specious logic | deceptively attractive

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liable

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probable, prone to

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dividend

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bonus

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decamp

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abscond | to decamp with sth. from sw. to sw.

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inundation

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flooding | we see an inundation of campaign posters

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glut

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a glut of sth. on the market | the roads are glutted with cars

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celerity

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swift, moving fast | CELEBRITY

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leniency

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adj. clement | n. lenience

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obeisant

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v. OBEY n. obeisance: a gesture showing deferential respect. She made a deep obeisance.

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desiccate

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desiccated coconut | a desiccated history of ideas

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amortize

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Loan fees can be amortized over the life of the mortgage.

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tenet, precept

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the tenets of classical liberalism. Children learn far more by example than by precept. adj. preceptive

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nefarious

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the nefarious activities of the organized-crime syndicates.

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pernicious | penurious

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a pernicious lie, a pernicious disease | parsimonious

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vociferous

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strident: loud and harsh, grating

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impassioned | impassive

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enthusiastic | nonchalant

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involute

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involved, intricate

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recreant

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pusillanimous, coward

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meretricious

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pretentious, gaudy | meretric-: prostitute

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viridian

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a bluish-green pigment | 铬绿

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svelte

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slender and elegant LITHE: flexible SUAVE, URBANE

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hedonistic

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ONLY THE BEST THING EVER!

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beseech | importune

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implore, entreat

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wheedle

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wheedle sb. into doing sth. wheedle sth. out of sb. COAX

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gaffe

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blunder | an unforgivable social gaffe

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impecunious

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penurious parsimonious destitute

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decrepitude

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adj. decrepit: old, ruined

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temerity

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no one has the temerity to question his conclusion

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rostrum | rostra

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platform

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extraction

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be British by extraction = of British descent

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disconsolate

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melancholy

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fallow

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to lie fallow = hibernate

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corollary

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natural consequence | the huge increase in unemployment is the corollary of the expenditure cuts.

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insouciance

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no worries

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senility

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being senile | senile decay

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stifle

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suffocate, stop a stifled cry High taxes are stifling private enterprise

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taper

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n. a slander candle v. diminish, gradually lessen impact started to taper off

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quintessential

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typical

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apotheosis

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deification, a divine status

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obstreperous

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clamorous, vociferous

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lament

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mourn, deplore, wailing

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lurid

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gruesome, shocking, ghastly

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perpetrate

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COMMIT | Who perpetrated this dreadful deed?

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lurid

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GRUESOME, SHOCKING

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corollary

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natural consequence

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surmise

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n. & v. CONJECTURE; IMAGINE, INFER | We can only surmise what happened.