Review

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equivocal

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(adj) not easily understood or explained

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erudite

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(adj) having or showing great knowledge

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placate

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(v) to make (someone) less angry or hostile

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pedant

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(n) a person who makes an excessive display of learning

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mitigate

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(v) to make less severe, serious, or painful

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enervate

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(v) to cause (someone or something) to feel drained of energy; weaken

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venerate

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(v) regard with great respect

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diaphanous

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(adj) allowing light to show through; delicate

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perfunctory

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(adj) done in a routine way; indifferent

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eclectic

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(adj) selecting from of made up from a variety of sources

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mores

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(n) fixed customs or manners; moral attributes

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abscond

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(v) to leave secretly

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abjure

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(v) to reject; to abandon formally

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querulous

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(adj) inclined to complain; irritable

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lugubrious

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(adj) sorrowful; mournful; dismal

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zephyr

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(n) a gentle breeze; something airy or unsubstantial

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licentious

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(adj) immoral; unrestrained by society

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dyspeptic

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(adj) suffering from indigestion; gloomy and irritable

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torpor

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(n) extreme mental and physical sluggishness

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itinerant

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(adj) wandering from place to place; unsettled

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effrontery

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(n) impudent boldness; audacity

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approbation

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(n) approval or praise

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sedition

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(n) behavior that promotes rebellion or civil disorder against the state

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inter

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(v) to bury

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intractable

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(adj) not easily managed or manipulated

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intransigent

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(adj) uncompromising, refusing to be reconciled

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inexorable

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(adj) inflexible; unyielding

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aggrandize

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(v) to increase in power, influence, and reputation

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abate

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(v) to reduce in amount, degree, or severity

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militate

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(v) to operate against, work against

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dilatory

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(adj) intending to delay

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diffident

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(adj) lacking self-confidence

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supplant

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(v) to replace another by force; to take the place of

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stolid

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(adj) unemotional; lacking sensitivity

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caustic

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(adj) biting in wit

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attenuate

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(v) to reduce in force or degree; to weaken