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PREEMPT

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to replace; to supersede; to appropriate

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PREEN

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to dress up; primp; groom oneself with elaborate care; in animals; to clean fur or feathers

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PRESCIENCE

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knowing of events prior to their occurring

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PRESUMPTUOUS

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overstepping bounds; as of propriety or courtesy; taking liberties

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PREVARICATE

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to deliberately avoid the truth; mislead

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PRISTINE

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pure; uncorrupted; clean

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PRIZE

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to pry; press or force with a lever

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PROBITY

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adherence to highest principles; uprightness

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PROCLIVITY

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a natural predisposition or inclination

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PRODIGAL

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recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish

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PRODIGIOUS

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abundant in size; force; or extent; extraordinary

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PROFLIGATE

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excessively wasteful; recklessly extravagant

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PROFUSE

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given or coming forth abundantly; extravagant

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PROLIFIC

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producing large volumes or amounts; productive

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PROLIX

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long-winded; verbose

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PROPENSITY

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a natural inclination or tendency; penchant

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PROPINQUITY

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nearness in time or place; affinity of nature; kinship

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PROPITIATE

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to appease or pacify

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PROPITIOUS

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auspicious; favorable

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PROPRIETY

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appropriateness; conformity with standards of acceptable behavior

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PROSAIC

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dull; unimaginative

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PROSCRIBE

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to outlaw or prohibit

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PROVIDENT

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frugal; looking to the future

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PUERILE

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childish; immature

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PUGNACIOUS

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contentious; quarrelsome; given to fighting; belligerent

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PUNCTILIOUS

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precise; paying attention to trivialities; especially in regard to etiquette

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PUNDIT

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an authority on a subject; one who gives opinions

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PUNGENT

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characterized by a strong; sharp smell or taste; penetrating; to the point

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PUSILLANIMOUS

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cowardly; craven

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PUTREFY

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to rot; decay and give off a foul odor; become gangrenous

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QUAFF

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to drink deeply

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QUAIL

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to shrink back in fear; lose courage

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QUALIFY

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to limit

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QUALMS

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misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy

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QUERIES

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questions; inquiries; reservations

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QUERULOUS

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prone to complaining or grumbling; quarrelsome

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QUIESCENCE

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stillness; motionlessness; quality of being at rest

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QUOTIDIAN

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occurring or recurring daily; commonplace

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RAIL

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to complain about bitterly

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RAMIFY

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to be divided or subdivided; branch out

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RANCOROUS

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characterized by bitter; long-lasting resentment

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RAPACIOUS

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voracious; greedy; plundering; subsisting on prey

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RAREFY

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to make or become thin; less dense; refine

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REBUS

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riddle; a representation of words by pictures or symbols that sound like words

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RECALCITRANT

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obstinately defiant of authority or guidance; difficult to manage

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RECANT

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to retract; especially a previously held belief

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RECAPITULATE

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to summarize; to repeat concisely

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RECONDITE

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hidden; concealed; difficult to understand; obscure

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RECONNOITER

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to engage in reconnaissance; make a preliminary inspection of

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RGRE 08/10

RECUMBENT

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leaning; resting; prone

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REDOLENT

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fragrant; suggestive or evocative

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REDOUBTABLE

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that is to be feared; commanding or evoking respect

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REFULGENT

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radiant; shiny; brilliant

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REFUTE

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to disprove; successfully argue against

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REGALE

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to delight or entertain; feast

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RELEGATE

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to forcibly assign; especially to a lower place or position

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REMONSTRATE

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to protest; object

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RENEGE

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to fail to honor a commitment; go back on a promise

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RENT

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torn; split; apart; pierced as by a sound

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REPINE

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to feel or express dejection or discontent; long for

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REPUDIATE

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to refuse to have anything to do with; disown

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RESCIND

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to invalidate; repeal; retract

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RESOLUTE

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adamant; steadfast; determined

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RETICENT

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quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings

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REVERENT

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marked by; feeling; or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect

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RHETORIC

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the art or study of effective use of language for communication and persuasion

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RISIBLE

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hilarious; provoking laughter

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RUBRIC

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authoritiative rule; heading; title; or category

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RUE

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regret; feel remorse

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SAGACIOUS

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having sound judgment; perceptive; wise

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SALACIOUS

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appealing to or causing sexual desire; bawdy

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SALIENT

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prominent; protruding; conspicuous; highly relevant

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SALUBRIOUS

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promoting health or well-being

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SALUTARY

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remedial; wholesome; causing improvement

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SANCTIMONY

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self-righteousness; pretended piety

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SANCTION

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authoritiative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance

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SANGUINE

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cheerful; confident; optimistic

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SAP

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to enervate or weaken the vitality of

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SATIATE

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to overindulge; satisfy to excess

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SATIRE

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a literary work that ridicules or criticizes human vice through humor or derision

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SATURNINE

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gloomy; dark; sullen; morose

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SCURVY

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contemptible; despicable

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SEDULOUS

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diligent; persistently maintained; assiduous

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SEINE

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a large net hung out and dragged in to catch fish

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SERE

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withered; arid

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SEMINAL

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like a seed; constituting a source; originative

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SHARD

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a piece of broken pottery or glass; any small piece or part

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SIMPER

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to smirk; to say something with a silly; coy smile

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SINECURE

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position requiring little or no work and usually providing an income

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SINGULAR

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exceptional; unusual; odd

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SINUOUS

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winding; curving; moving lithely; devious

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SLAKE

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to satisfy; quench; lessen the intensity of

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SODDEN

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soaked or drenched; unimaginative; dull

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SOLDER

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to weld; fuse or join; as with a soldering gun

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SOLICITOUS

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concerned and anxious; eager

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SOLVENT

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able to meet financial obligations

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SOPHISTRY

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fallacious reasoning; plausible but faulty logic

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SOPHOMORIC

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exhibiting immaturity; lack of judgment; pretentious

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SOPORIFIC

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causing drowsiness; tending to induce sleep

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SORDID

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characterized by filth; grime; or squalor; foul

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SPARSE

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thin; not dense; arranged at widely spaced intervals

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SPECIOUS

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seeming true; but actually false; misleadingly attractive

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SPENDTHRIFT

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one who spends money wastefully

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SPLENETIC

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bad-tempered; irritable

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SPORADIC

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occurring only occasionally; or in scattered instances

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SPURIOUS

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lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit

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SQUALID

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sordid; wretched and dirty as from neglect

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SQUANDER

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to waste by spending or using irresponsibly

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STANCH

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to stop the flow of a fluid

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STATIC

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not moving; active or in motion; at rest

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STEEP

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to saturate or completely soak

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STENTORIAN

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extremely loud and powerful

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STINT

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to restrain; be sparing or frugal

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STOIC

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indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; steadfast

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STOLID

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calm; impassive

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STRIATED

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striped; grooved; or banded

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STRUT

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a sturctural support used to brace a framework

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STUPEFY

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to stun; baffle; or amaze

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STYMIE

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to block; thwart

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SUBPOENA

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a court order requiring appearance and/or testimony

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SUBTLE

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not obvious; elusive; difficult to discern; crafty or sly

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SUCCINCT

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brief; concise

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SUCCOR

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assistance; relief in time of distress

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SUNDRY

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various; miscellaneous; separate

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SUPERCILIOUS

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disdainful; arrogant; haughty; characterized by haughty scorn

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SUPERFLUOUS

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exceeding what is sufficient or necessary

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SUPINE

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inactive; lying on one’s back; apathetic; mentally or morally slack

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SUPPLANT

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to take the place of; supersede

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SUPPLIANT

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asking humbly; beseeching

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SUPPLICANT

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beggar; one who prays or begs for something

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SURFEIT

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to feed or supply in excess

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SYCOPHANT

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someone who tires to flatter or please for personal gain; parasite

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SYNTHESIS

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the combination of parts to make a whole

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TABLE

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to remove (as a parliamentary motion) from consideration

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TACITURN

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not talkative; silent

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TALISMAN

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something believed to have magic power or bestow good luck

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TAMP

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to plug; to drive in or down by a series of blows

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TAUTOLOGY

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a repetition; a redundancy; a circular argument

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TAWDRY

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cheap; gaudy; showy; tacky; indecent

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TENACITY

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the quality of adherence or persistence to something valued

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TENDENTIOUS

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biased; showing marked tendencies

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TENDER

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to offer formally

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TENUOUS

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having little substance or strength; flimsy; weak

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TERSE

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brief and concise in wording

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TIMOROUS

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timid; fearful; diffident

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TIRADE

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a long and extremely critical speech; harsh denunciation

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TOADY

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sycophant; flatterer; yes-man

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TORPID

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lethargic; sluggish; dormant

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TORQUE

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a force that causes rotation

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TORRID

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scorching; ardent; passionate; hurried

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TORTUOUS

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winding; twisting; excessively complicated

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TOUT

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to publicly praise or promote

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TRACTABLE

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docile; obedient; easily led

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TRANSIENT

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fleeting; passing quickly; brief

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TRAVESTY

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mockery; caricature; parody

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TRENCHANT

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sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating; biting; clear cut

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TRUCULENT

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fierce; scathing; eager to fight

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TUMID

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swollen

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TURBID

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muddy; having sediment stirred up; clouded to the point of being opaque; in a state of turmoil

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TURGID

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swollen; bloated; pompous; excessively ornate

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TURPITUDE

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depravity; baseness

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TYRO

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novice; beginner in learning

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UBIQUITOUS

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existing everywhere at the same time; constantly encountered; widespread

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UMBRAGE

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offense; resentment

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UNDULATE

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to move in wavelike fashion; fluctuate

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UNFEIGNED

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genuine; not false or hypocritical

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UNTENABLE

A

indefensible; not viable; uninhabitable

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UNTOWARD

A

troublesome; unruly; unseemly; adverse

169
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UPBRAID

A

to scold; censure; rebuke; chastise

170
Q

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URBANE

A

sophisticated; refined; elegant

171
Q

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USURY

A

charging an exorbitant or illegal rate of interest

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Q

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VACILLATE

A

to waver indecisively between one course of action or opinion and another; sway from one side to the other

173
Q

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VARIEGATED

A

multicolored; characterized by a variety of patches of different color

174
Q

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VAUNT

A

to brag or boast

175
Q

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VENAL

A

capable of being bought or bribed; mercenary

176
Q

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VENERATE

A

to revere

177
Q

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VERACITY

A

truthfulness; honesty

178
Q

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VERISIMILITUDE

A

appearing true or real

179
Q

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VERITABLE

A

authentic; real; genuine

180
Q

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VEXATION

A

annoyance; irritation

181
Q

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VIGILANT

A

alertly watchful

182
Q

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VILIFY

A

to defame; characterize harshly

183
Q

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VIRULENT

A

extremey harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic

184
Q

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VISCOUS

A

thick; sticky

185
Q

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VITIATE

A

to reduce the value of; debase; spoil; make ineffective

186
Q

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VITUPERATE

A

to use harsh condemnatory language; abuse or censure severely

187
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VOLATILE

A

readily changing to a vapor; changeable; fickle; explosive

188
Q

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VORACIOUS

A

having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous

189
Q

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WAFT

A

a light breeze; a puff

190
Q

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WAVER

A

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

191
Q

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WELTER

A

to writhe; to toss about; to be in turmoil

192
Q

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WEND

A

to go; proceed; walk

193
Q

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WHET

A

to sharpen or stimulate

194
Q

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WHIMSICAL

A

imaginative; unpredictable

195
Q

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ZEALOUS

A

fervent; ardent; impassioned

196
Q

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AMBIT

A

circuit or compass; also; sphere of action or influence.

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Q

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PHILANDER

A

to engage in love affairs frivolously or casually

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Q

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APOPLEXY

A

a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain

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Q

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INAMORATA

A

a woman with whom you are in love or have an intimate relationship

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Q

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RECIDIVISM

A

relapse into antisocial or criminal behavior

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