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Martinet

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A strict disciplinarian

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Churlish

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Rude, unmannered

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Polyglot

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A person who knows and is able to use several languages

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Brusque

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Abrupt or offhand in speech or manner, blunt

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Perfunctory

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Something done without energy or enthusiasm, with minimum effort

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Unseemly

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Not proper or appropriate

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Aphorism

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A pithy preservation that contains a general truth. Ex. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it

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Pithy

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Concise and effective. Succinct

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Ignominy

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Public shame or disgrace

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Hackneyed

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A phrase or idea lacking significance through having been overused; dull, unoriginal, trite, worn out

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Dissemble

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To give false or misleading appearance to; conceal the truth or real nature of

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Polemical

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Strongly critical, controversial writing or speech

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Exaltation

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  1. Extreme happiness

2. Elevating someone in rank, power or character

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Notoriety

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Being famous for a bad quality

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Edifice

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  1. A large, imposing building

2. A complex system of beliefs

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Precipitate

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  1. Reckless - done without careful consideration

2. To cause an undesirable event to happen suddenly

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Coy

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Shy, reserved

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Propriety

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Good manners, respectability

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Surly

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Bad tempered, unfriendly

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Sycophantic

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Behaving in a way to gain advantage. Fawning, brown nosing

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Hapless

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Unfortunate

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Preeminent

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Distinguished, surpassing others

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Congenial

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Friendly

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Prolific

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  1. Present in large numbers

2. Marked by inventiveness or productivity ex. A prolific author

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Admonish

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To reprimand

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Maverick

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An unorthodox, independent person

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Colossus

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A person of enormous size, importance, or ability

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Delineate

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To describe or portray something exactly

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Bromide

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A trite, unoriginal idea or remark

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Ephemeral

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Lasting for a very short time. Brief

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Hermetic

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  1. Airtight

2. Of or relating to ancient tradition with alchemy, astrology

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Alchemy

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Magical process of transformation, creation or combination

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Sedulous

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Showing dedication and diligence

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Exculpate

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To show or declare that someone is not guilty of wrongdoing

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Disparage

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Regard or represent as being of little worth

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Proscribe

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To forbid, condemn, especially by law

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Intransigent

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Unwilling or refusing to change one’a views or to agree about something

Stubborn

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Abject

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Extremely bad, unpleasant, miserable

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Vitiating

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To spoil or impair the quality of

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Limpid

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Clear, unclouded

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Demotic

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Language of ordinary people, colloquial

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Labile

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Liable to change, easily altered

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Abnegation

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The act of renouncing or rejecting something

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Transgression

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An act that goes against a law, rule or code of conduct; an offense

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Misogyny

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Dislike for or prejudice against women

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Concomitant

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Naturally accompanying or associated

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Indigence

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A state of extreme poverty

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Miscellany

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A mixture

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Homily

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A sermon

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Platitude

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A remark or statement that has been used too often to be interesting; bromide

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Epithet

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A term used to characterize a person or thing, such as rosy-fingered

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Paradigm

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A typical example, a model

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Arcane

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Understood by few; mysterious or secret

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Tome

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A large, heavy, scholarly book

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Insipid

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Lacking flavor

Lacking vigor or interest

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Nefarious

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Wicked or criminal

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Desultory

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Lacking a plan, purpose or enthusiasm

Occurring randomly or occasionally

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Sportive

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Playful, lighthearted

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Commensurate

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Corresponding in size or degree; in proportion

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Purportedly

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Believed to be the case; alleged; reputed

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Felicitously

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Admirably suited, appropriate in manner or style

Marked by happiness or good fortunate

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Preternaturally

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In a supernatural manner

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Vacillating

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To alternate or waver between different opinions; to be indecisive

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Pellucid

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Clear, easily understood

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Salient

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Most noticeable or important

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Obtuse

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Annoyingly insensitive or slow to understand; ignorant, simple minded

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Obsequious

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Obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree

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Edifying

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Providing moral or intellectual instruction

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Unconscionable

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Not right or reasonable

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Paragon

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A person or thing viewed as a model of excellence

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Malign

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To speak about someone in a spitefully critical manner

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Sanctioned

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To give official permission or approval for

To impose a sanction or penalty on

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Execrable

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Extremely bad or unpleasant

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Machiavellian

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Cunning, devious, especially in politics

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Unscrupulous

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Having or showing no moral principles; not honest or fair

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Subsume

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To include or absorb in something else

“Most of these phenomena can be subsumed under two broad categories”

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Etymology

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Study of the history and origin of words and their meanings have changed over time

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Cognate

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Related, connected

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Abeyance

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Temporary suppression or suspension

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Abject

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Miserable, pitiful

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Abjure

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To reject (a belief or cause), renounce

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Abscission

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The act of cutting

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Abscond

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To depart secretly

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Abstemious

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Moderate in appetite

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Accretion

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Growth in size or increase in amount

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Adjunct

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Something added or joined

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Admonish

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To caution or reprimand

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Adulterate

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To corrupt or make impure

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Affected

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Pretentious, phony, artificial, designed to impress

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Aggrandize

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To make larger or greater

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Alacrity

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Cheerful willingness; eagerness; speed

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Alchemy

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Medieval chemical philosophy based on changing metal into gold; a seemingly magical power or process of transmutation

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Allay

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To lessen, ease, sooth

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Alloy

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A combination; mixture of two or more metals

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Allure

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The power to entice by charm

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Amalgamate

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To combine into a unified whole

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Maverick

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An unorthodox or independent minded person

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Profuse

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If something pours our in abundance

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Contentious

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Likely to cause an argument, controversial

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Equivocate

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To speak vaguely, usually with the intention to mislead or deceive.

The findings of the study were equivocal - the two researchers had divergent opinions on what the results signified

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Sedulous

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To show dedication and diligence. OPP of being sedentary

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Ambivalent

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To have mixed or conflicting emotions about something

Sam was ambivalent about studying for the GRE because it are up a lot of her time, yet she learned many words and improved reading comprehension

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Unequivocally

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To state something in such a way that there is no room for doubt

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Intransient

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Permanent, not transient

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Importune

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To press someone persistently to do something

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Jingoism

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Extreme patriotism

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Probity

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Having strong moral principles

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Volubility

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Talking fluently, incessantly

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Graft

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Corruption, bribery

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Chauvinist

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A person displaying excessive, aggressive patriotism

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Philistine

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A person who is hostile or indifferent to culture and the arts, or who has no understanding of them

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Renounce

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To formally declare one’s abandonment of

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Cravenness

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Cowardliness

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Harried

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Mollified

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Besieged

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Surrounded and harassed

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Volatile

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Changing unpredictably

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Imperiled

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Put at risk of being harmed, injured or destroyed

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Pristine

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In it’s original condition, I spoilled

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Dispersal

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A scattering of something

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Intrepid

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Sordid

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Disgraceful

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Cavil

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To criticize petty things

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Carping

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To find fault

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Respite

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Duress

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Threats, violence brought to bear on someone to do something against their will

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Gambit

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An action or opening remark typically one entailing risk, calculated to gain an advantage

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