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RGRE 06/10

BOOR

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a rude or insensitive person; lout; yokel

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BROACH

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bring up; announce; begin to talk about

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BROOK

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to tolerate; endure; countenance

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BUCOLIC

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rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants

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BURGEON

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to grow rapidly or flourish

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BURNISH

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to polish; rub to a shine

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BYZANTINE

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labyrinthine; complex

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CACOPHONY

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harsh; jarring; discordant sound; dissonance

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CADGE

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to sponge; beg; or mooch

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CAJOLE

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to inveigle; coax; wheedle; sweet-talk

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CALUMNIATE

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to slander; make a false accusation

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CANON

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an established set of principles or code of laws; often religious in nature

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CAPRICIOUS

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inclined to change one’s mind impulsively; erratic; unpredictable

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CARDINAL

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of basic importance or consequence; primary

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CARET

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an insertion mark (^) used by editors and proofreaders

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CARNALITY

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something relating to the body or flesh

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CASTIGATION

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severe criticism or punishment

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CATALYST

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a substance hat accelerates the rate of a chemical reaction without itself changing; a person or thing that causes change

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CAUSALITY

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the relationship between cause and effect

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CAUSTIC

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burning or stinging; causing corrosion

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CENSURE

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to criticize severely; to officially rebuke

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CENSURE

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a judgment involving condemnation; the act of blaming or condemning

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CHAOS

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a condition of confusion or unpredictability

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CHARY

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wary; cautious; sparing

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CHASTEN

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to chastise or correct; subdue

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CHAUVINIST

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one blindly devoted to a group of which one is a member

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CHIC

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stylish and fashionable; sophistication in dress

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CHICANERY

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trickery or subterfuge

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CHIMERA

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an illusion

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CHOLERIC

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tending toward anger

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CHURLISH

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boorish; vulgar; loutish; difficult and intractable

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COALESCE

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to come together; to fuse or unite

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CODA

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concluding section to a musical or literary piece; something that concludes or completes

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COGENT

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appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing

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COLOR

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to change as if by dyeing; influence; distort; or gloss over

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COMMENSURATE

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matching; corresponding; or proportionate in degree; size; amount; or other property

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COMPLAISANCE

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the willingness to comply with the wishes of others

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CONFOUND

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to cause to be confused; to frustrate

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CONNOISSEUR

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an informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert

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CONSEQUENTIAL

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pompous; self-important

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CONTEMN

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to scorn or despise

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CONTENTIOUS

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argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement

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CONTIGUOUS

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sharing a border; touching; adjacent

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CONTRITE

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regretful; penitent; seeking forgiveness

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CONVENTION

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a generally agreed-upon practice or attitude

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CONVOLUTED

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complex or complicated

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CORRIGIBLE

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capable of being set right; correctable; reparable

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COUNTENANCE

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to approve of or tolerate

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COZEN

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to deceive; beguile; hoodwink

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RGRE 06/10

CRAVEN

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contemptibly fainthearted; pusillanimous; lacking any courage

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CREDULOUS

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tending to believe too readily; gullible

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RGRE 06/10

CRESCENDO

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a gradual increase in intensity; particularly in music

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CULPABLE

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deserving blame

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CYNICISM

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an attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness

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DAMP

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to diminish the intensity or check something; such as a sound or feeling

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DAUNT

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to intimidate or dismay

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DEARTH

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smallness of quantity or number; scarcity; lack

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DEBACLE

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rout; fiasco; complete failure

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DECORUM

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politeness or appropriateness of conduct or behavior

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DELETERIOUS

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injurious; harmful

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DEMUR

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to question or oppose

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DENIGRATE

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blacken; belittle; sully; defame; disparage

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DENOUEMENT

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an outcome or solution; the unraveling of a plot

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DEPRECATE

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to disparage or belittle

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DEPREDATE

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to plunder; pillage; ravage or destroy; to exploit in a predatory manner

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DERISION

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scorn; ridicule; contemptuous treatment

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DERIVATIVE

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unoriginal; obtained from another source

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DESICCATE

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to dry out or dehydrate; to make dry or dull

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DESUETUDE

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disuse

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DESULTORY

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random; thoughtless; marked by a lack of plan or purpose

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DETRACTION

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slandering; verbal attack; aspersion

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DIAPHANOUS

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transparent; gauzy

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DIATRIBE

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a harsh denunciation

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DIDACTIC

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intended to teach or instruct

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DIE

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a tool used for shaping

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DIFFIDENT

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reserved; shy; unassuming; lacking in self-confidence

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DIGRESS

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to stray from the point; to go off on a tangent

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DILATE

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to become wider or more open

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DILATORY

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causing delay; procrastinating

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DILETTANTE

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one with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge

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DIN

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loud sustained noise

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DIRGE

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a mournful song or poem for the dead

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DISABUSE

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to undeceive; to set right

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DISCOMFIT

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to defeat; put down

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DISCORDANT

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conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound

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DISCRETION

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cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions

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DISINTERESTED

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free from self-interest; unbiased

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DISPARAGE

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to slight or belittle

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DISPARATE

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fundamentally distinct or dissimilar

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DISSEMBLE

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to disguise or conceal; to mislead

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DISSOLUTION

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disintegration; looseness in morals

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DISSONANCE

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lack of harmony; conflict

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DISTRAIT

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distracted; absent-minded; especially due to anxiety

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DIVULGE

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to disclose something secret

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DOGGEREL

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trivial; poorly constructed verse

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DOGMATIC

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authoritatively and or arrogantly assertive of principles; which often cannot be proved; stubbornly opinionated

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DROSS

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slag; waste or foreign matter; impurity; surface scum

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DULCET

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melodious; harmonious; mellifluous

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DUPE

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one who is deceived

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DYNAMO

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generator; forceful; energetic person

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EBULLIENCE

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the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings

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ECCENTRIC

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departing from norms or conventions

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ECLECTIC

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composed of elements drawn from various sources

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EDIFYING

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enlightening; informative

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EFFICACY

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the ability to produce an intended result

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EFFRONTERY

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extreme boldness; presumptuousness

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EFFUSIVE

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gushing; excessively demonstrative

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ELEGY

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a mournful poem; especially one lamenting the dead; any mournful writing or piece of music

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ELOQUENT

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well-spoken; expressive; articulate

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EMOLLIENT

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soothing; especially to the skin; making less harsh; mollifying

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EMPIRICAL

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based on observation or experiment

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ENCOMIUM

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glowing and enthusiastic praise; panegyric; tribute; eulogy

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ENDEMIC

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characteristic of or often found in a particular locality; region; or people; restricted to or peculiar to that region; indigenous

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ENERVATE

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to weaken; to reduce in vitality

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ENGENDER

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to cause; produce; give rise to

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ENIGMATIC

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mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand

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ENNUI

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dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy

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ENORMITY

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excessive wickedness; evilness

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EPHEMERAL

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brief; fleeting; short-lived

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EPICURE

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one devoted to sensual pleasure; particularly in food and drink; gourmand; sybarite

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EPISODIC

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loosely connected; not flowing logically; occurring at intervals

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EPITHET

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disparaging word or phrase

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EPITOME

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embodiment; quintessence

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EQUANIMITY

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calm; composure; self-possession

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EQUABLE

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level; not able to be easily disturbed

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EQUIVOCATE

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to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent

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ERRANT

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traveling; itinerant; peripatetic

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ERRATIC

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without consistency

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ERUDITE

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very learned; scholarly

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ESCHEW

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to shun or avoid

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ESOTERIC

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intended for or understood by a small; specific group

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ESSAY

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to test or try; attempt; experiment

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ESTIMABLE

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worthy; formidable

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EULOGY

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a speech honoring the dead

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EVANESCENT

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tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing

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EVINCE

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to show clearly; to indicate

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EXACERBATE

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to make worse or more severe

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EXACT

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to demand; call for; require; take

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EXCORIATE

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to censure scathingly; to upbraid

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EXCULPATE

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exonerate; to clear of blame

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EXEMPLAR

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typical or standard specimen; paradigm; model

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EXHORT

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to incite; to make urgent appeals

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EXIGENT

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urgent; pressing; requiring immediate action or attention

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EXONERATE

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to remove blame

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EXPATIATE

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discuss or write about at length; to range freely

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EXPIATE

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to atone or make amends for

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EXPURGATE

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to remove obscenity; purify; censor

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EXTANT

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existing; not destroyed or lost

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EXTEMPORANEOUS

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improvised; done without preparation

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EXTIRPATE

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to destroy; exterminate; cut out; pull out by the roots

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FACETIOUS

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playful; humorous; not serious

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FALLACY

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an invalid or incorrect notion; a mistaken belief

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FALLOW

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untilled; inactive; dormant

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FANATICAL

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zealous; single-mindedly obsessed with one thing

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FATUOUS

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silly; inanely foolish

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FAWN

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to flatter or praise excessively

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FECKLESS

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ineffectual; irresponsible

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FELICITOUS

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apt; suitably expressed; well chosen; apropos; delightful

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FELL

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a barren or stony hill; an animal’s hide

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FERVENT

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greatly emotional or zealous

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FETID

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stinking; having a heavy bad smell

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FETTER

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to shackle; put in chains; restrain

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FILIBUSTER

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intentional obstruction; usually using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action

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FILIGREE

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an ornamental work; especially of delicate lacelike patterns; resembling such a pattern

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FLAG

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to sag or droop; to become spiritless; to decline

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FLIP

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sarcastic; impertinent

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FLORID

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flushed with color; ruddy; ornate

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FLOUT

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to demonstrate contempt for

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RGRE 06/10

FOMENT

A

to stir up; incite; rouse

170
Q

RGRE 06/10

FORBEARANCE

A

patience; willingness to wait

171
Q

RGRE 06/10

FORD

A

to wade across the shallow part of a river or stream

172
Q

RGRE 06/10

FORESTALL

A

to act in a way to hinder; exclude or prevent an action; to circumvent or thwart

173
Q

RGRE 06/10

FORSWEAR

A

to renounce; disallow; repudiate

174
Q

RGRE 06/10

FORTUITOUS

A

happening by fortunate accident or chance

175
Q

RGRE 06/10

FRACAS

A

noisy fight or quarrel; brawl

176
Q

RGRE 06/10

FRACTIOUS

A

quarrelsome; rebellious; unruly; cranky

177
Q

RGRE 06/10

FROWARD

A

intractable; not willing to yield or comply; stubbornly disobedient

178
Q

RGRE 06/10

FULMINATE

A

to attack loudly or denounce

179
Q

RGRE 06/10

FURTIVE

A

marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious

180
Q

RGRE 06/10

GAINSAY

A

to deny; dispute; contradict; oppose

181
Q

RGRE 06/10

GAMBOL

A

to skip about playfully; frolic

182
Q

RGRE 06/10

GARNER

A

to gather and save; store up; acquire

183
Q

RGRE 06/10

GARRULOUS

A

pointlessly talkative; talking too much

184
Q

RGRE 06/10

GAUCHE

A

crude; awkward; tasteless

185
Q

RGRE 06/10

GERMANE

A

relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject matter

186
Q

RGRE 06/10

GLIB

A

marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; lacking in depth; superficial

187
Q

RGRE 06/10

GOSSAMER

A

delicate; insubstantial or tenuous; insincere

188
Q

RGRE 06/10

GRANDILOQUENCE

A

pompous speech or expression

189
Q

RGRE 06/10

GREGARIOUS

A

sociable; outgoing; enjoying the company of other people

190
Q

RGRE 06/10

GROUSE

A

to complain or grumble

191
Q

RGRE 06/10

GUILE

A

trickery; duplicity; cunning

192
Q

RGRE 06/10

HACKNEYED

A

rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage

193
Q

RGRE 06/10

HALCYON

A

calm and peaceful; prosperous

194
Q

RGRE 06/10

HALLOW

A

to set apart as holy

195
Q

RGRE 06/10

HARANGUE

A

to deliver a loud; pompous speech or tirade

196
Q

RGRE 06/10

HARROW

A

to distress; create stress or torment

197
Q

RGRE 06/10

HEDONISM

A

devotion to pleasurable pursuits; especially to the pleasures of the senses

198
Q

RGRE 06/10

HEGEMONY

A

the consistent dominance or influence of one group; state; or ideology over others

199
Q

RGRE 06/10

HERETICAL

A

violating accepted dogma or convention; unorthodox

200
Q

RGRE 06/10

HERMETIC

A

airtight; impervious to outside influence

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