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LATITUDE

A

freedom from narrow restrictions

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SIBILANT

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hissing

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ABRADE

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to wear off or down by scraping or rubbing

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SVELTE

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slender; esp. in figure

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LISSOME

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flexible; lithe; supple

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REBUFF

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a blunt or abrupt rejection

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RAILLERY

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good-natured teasing or ridicule

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FORAY

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raid

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ADJURE

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solemn urging

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PECULATE

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steal; embezzle

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TRADUCE

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to cause humiliation or disgrace by making malicious and false statements

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APLOMB

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self-confidence

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CABAL

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a scheme or plot; a group of plotters

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DEMAGOGUE

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a person who gains power or popularity by arousing strong emotions; passions and prejudices

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ECUMENICAL

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universal; pertaining to all of Christianity

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EDACIOUS

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voracious; devouring

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EFFETE

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exhausted; self-indulgent; infertile

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INVOLUTE

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complex

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LIEN

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legal claim until a debt on it is repaid

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LIONIZE

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treat as a famous person

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MACERATE

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to separate into parts by steeping in liquid

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PALADIN

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hero

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PELLUCID

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transparent; easy to understand

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RAFFISH

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low; vulgar; base

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RECREANT

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cowardly or craven

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VAGARY

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unpredictable act or idea; caprice

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VIRAGO

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a loud; domineering woman

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WAFFLE

A

talk vaguely and without much result

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PALAVER

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idle talk

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UXORIOUS

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overly fond of one’s wife

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ONTOLOGY

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the study of the nature of existence

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PASTICHE

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artistic piece which consists of many different styles

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PREDICATE

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to proclaim; declare

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ZEITGEIST

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the general trend of culture; the spirit of time

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INEXORABLE

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unchanging; unyielding

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LEGATEE

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someone who receives a legacy

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BELEAGUER

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to surround with military forces or with troubles

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ANCILLARY

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subordinate; assisting

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CAVALIER

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haughty; disdainful; unceremonious

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PENULTIMATE

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second to last

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ANTEPENULTIMATE

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third to last

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MAVEN

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expert

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ILLICIT

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illegal

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IMMOLATE

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to kill as a sacrifice

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NUGATORY

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of no real value; trifling; worthless

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PRESTIDIGITATION

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sleight of hand; legerdemain

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ASSEVERATE

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to aver; allege; assert

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CAPTIOUS

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disposed to point out trivial faults; calculated to confuse or entrap in argument

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CAVIL

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to find fault without good reason

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AXIOMATIC

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taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth

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VAPIDITY

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dull or lacking in taste

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CONTUMACIOUS

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insubordinate; rebellious

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LUBRICIOUS

A

lewd; wanton; greasy; slippery

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