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Aberrant (adj)

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Deviating from the norm

noun form: aberration

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Abscond (v)

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To depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide

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Alacrity (n)

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Eager and enthusiastic willingness

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Anomaly (n)

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Deviation from the normal order, form, or rule; abnormality

adj form: anomalous

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Approbation (n)

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An expression of approval or praise

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Arduous (adj)

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Strenuous, taxing; requiring significant effort

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Assuage (v)

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To ease or lessen; to appease or pacify

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Audacious (adj)

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Daring and fearless; recklessly bold

noun form: audacity

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Austere (adj)

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Without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic

noun form: austerity

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Axiomatic (adj)

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Taken as a given; possession self-evident truth

noun form: axiom

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Canonical (adj)

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Following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards
(noun form: canon)

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Capricious (adj)

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Inclined to change one’s mind impulsively; erratic, unpredictable

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Censure (v)

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To criticize severely; to officially rebuke

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Chicanery (n)

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Trickery or subterfuge

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Connoisseur (n)

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An informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert

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Convoluted (adj)

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Complex or complicated

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Disabuse (v)

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To undeceive; to set right

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Discordant (adj)

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Conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound

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Disparate (adj)

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Fundamentally distant or dissimilar

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Effrontery (n)

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Extreme boldness; presumptuousness

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Eloquent (adj)

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Well-spoken, expressive, articulate

noun form: eloquence

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Enervate (v)

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To weaken; to reduce in vitality

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Ennui (n)

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Dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy

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Equivocate (v)

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To use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent

adj form: equivocal

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Erudite (adj)

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Very learned; scholarly

noun form: erudition

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Exculpate (v)

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Exonerate; to clear of blame

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Exigent (adj)

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Urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention

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Extemporaneous (adj)

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Improvised; done without preparation

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Filibuster (n)

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Intentional obstruction, especially using prolonged speech making to delay legislative action

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Fulminate (v)

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To loudly attack or denounce

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Ingenuous (adj)

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Artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication

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Inured (adj)

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Accustomed to accepting something undesirable

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Irascible (adj)

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Easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts

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Laud (v)

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To praise highly

(adj form: laudatory

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Lucid (v)

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Clear; easily understood

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Magnanimity (n)

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The quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, especially in forgiving
(adj form: magnanimous)

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Martial (adj)

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Associated with war and the armed forces

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Mundane (adj)

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Of the world; typical or concerned with the ordinary

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Nascent (adj)

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Coming into being; in early developmental stages

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Nebulous (adj)

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Vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form

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Neologism (n)

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A new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses

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Noxious (adj)

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Harmful, injurious

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Obtuse (adj)

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Lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression

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Obviate (v)

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To anticipate and make unnecessary

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Onerous (adj)

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Troubling; burdensome

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Paean (n)

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A song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving

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Parody (n)

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A humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, especially in literature and art

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Perennial (adj)

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Recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly

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Perfidy (n)

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Intentional breach of faith; treachery

adj form: perfidious

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Perfunctory (adj)

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Cursory; done without care of interest

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Perspicacious (adj)

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Acutely perceptive; having keen discernment

noun form: perspicacity

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Prattle (v)

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To babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner

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Precipitate (adj)

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Acting with excessive haste of impulse

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Precipitate (v)

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To cause or happen before anticipated or require

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Predilection (n)

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A disposition in favor of something; preference

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Prescience (n)

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Foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring
(adj form: prescient)

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Prevaricate (v)

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To deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead

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Qualms (n)

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Misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy

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Recant (v)

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To retract; especially a previously held belief

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Refute (v)

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To disprove; to successfully argue against

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Relegate (v)

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To forcibly assign, especially to a lower place or position

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Reticent (adj)

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Quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings

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Solicitous (adj)

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Concerned and attentive; eager

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Sordid (adj)

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Characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul

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Sporadic (adj)

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Occur I only occasionally, or in scattered instances

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Squander (v)

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To waste by spending or using irresponsibly

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Static (adj)

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Not moving, active, or in motion; at rest

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Stupefy (v)

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To stun, baffle, or amaze

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Stymie (v)

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To block; to thwart

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Synthesis (n)

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The combination of parts to make a whole

verb form: synthesize

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Torque (n)

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A force that causes rotation

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Tortuous (adj)

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Winding, twisting; excessively complicated

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Veracity (n)

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Truthfulness, honesty

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Virulent (adj)

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Extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic

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Voracious (adj)

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Having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous

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Waver (v)

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To move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion

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