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unwieldy

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awkward; cumbersome; unmanageable

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undulating

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moving with a wavelike motion.

The Hilo Hula Festival was an undulating sea of green skirts.

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vertigo

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severe dizziness

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tract

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region of land (often imprecisely described); pamphelt

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vouchsafe

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grant; choose to give in reply; permit.

Occasionally the rock star would drift out onto the balcony and vouchsafe the crowd below a glimpse of her celebrated features.

The professor voucesafed not a word to the students’ questions about what would be on the test.

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wry

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twisted; with a humorous twist.

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vacuous

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empty; inane.

The vacuous remarks of the politician annoyed the audience, who had hoped to hear more than empty platitudes.

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vestige

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trace; remains

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xenophobia

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fear or hatred of foreigners

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upshot

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outcome

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veneer

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cover; thin layer

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unconscionable

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unscrupulous; excessive.

She found the loan shark’s demands unconscionable and impossible to meet.

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unassuming

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modest

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translucent

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partly transparent

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uproarious

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marked by commotion; extremely funny; very noisy

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verve

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energy in expressing ideas, especially artistically; liveliness (In his rhymes, Dr. Seuss wrote with such verve and good humor that adults as well as children delight in the adventures of “The Cat in the Hat”.)

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yen

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longing; urge

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vociferous

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clamorous; noisy

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wan

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having a pale or sickly color; pallid

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venal

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capable of being bribed

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vignette

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picture; short literary sketch

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untenable

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indefensible; not able to be maintained.

Wayne is so contrary that, the more untenable a position is, the harder he’ll try to defend it.

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winnow

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sift; seperate the good things from the bad things

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virtuoso

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highly skilled artist

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wily

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cunning; artful

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vantage

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a position giving an advantage

They fired upon the enemy fron behind trees, walls and any other point of vantage they could find.

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vehement

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forceful; intensely emotional; with marked vigor/

Alfred became so vehement in describing what was wrong with the Internal Revenue Service that he began jumping up and down and frothing at the mouth.

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traduce

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expose to slander

vs. villify

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vise

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tool for holding work in place

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vapid

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dull and unimaginative; insipid and flavorless.

“Boring!” said Jessica, as she suffered through yet another vapid lecture about Dead White Male Poets.

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verbatim

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word for word

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wax

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increase; grow

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vitriolic

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corrosive; sarcastic

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transmute

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change; convert to something different

He was unable to transmute his dreams into actualities.

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usurp

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seize another’s power or rank

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transgression

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violation of a law; sin

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venial

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forgivable; trivial

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volition

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action of making a consious choice.

She selected this dress of her own volition.

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vivacious

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animated; lively

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virile

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manly

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visceral

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felt in one’s inner organs (She disliked the visceral sensations she had whenever she rode the roller coaster.)

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transient

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momentary; temporary; staying for a short time

43
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vilify

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slander

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vagrant

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a homeless wanderer

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unctuous

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oil; bland; insincerely suave.

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unseemly

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unbecoming; indecent; in poor taste.

When he put whoopie cushions on all the seats in the funeral parlor; hsi conduct was most unseemly.

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uncouth

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outlandish; clumsy; boorish.

Most biographers portray Lincoln as an uncouth and ungainly young man.

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unsightly

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Although James was an experienced emergency room nurse, he occasionally became queasy when faced with a particularly unsightly injury.

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yore

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time past

He dreamt of the elegant homes of yore, but gave no thought to their inelegant plumbing

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zenith

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point directly overhead; summit

When the sun was at its zenith, the glare was not as strong as at sunrise and sunset.

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unstinting

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giving generously; not holding back.

The dean praised the donor of the new sceience building for her unstinting generosity.

52
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wane

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decrease in size or strength

53
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ventriloquist

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someone who can make his or her voice seem to come from another person or thing

54
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vernacular

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living language; natural style (Cut out those old-fashioned thee’s and thou’s and write in the vernacular.)

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unwitting

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unintentional; not knowing

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verdant

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green; lush in vegetation

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transcendent

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surpassing; exceeding ordinary limits; superior

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torrid

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hot or scorching; passionate

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virulent

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extremely poisonous; hostile; bitter (Laid up with a virulent case of measles, Vera blamed her doctors because her recovery took so long. In fact, she became quite virulent on the subject of the quality of modern medical care.)

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vituperative

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abusive; scolding

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venturesome

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bold (A group of venture some women were the first to scale Mt. Annapurna)

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verity

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n. quality of being true; lasting truth or principle

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vacillate

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waver; fluctuate

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urbane

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suave; refined; elegant

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whelp

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young wolf, tiger, dog etc.

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visionary

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produced by imagination; fanciful; mystical

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unimpeachable

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blameless and exemplary

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verbose

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wordy

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valedictory

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pertaining to farewell

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unequivocal

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plain; obvious; unmistakable.

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variegated

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many-colored

Without her glasses, Gretchen saw the fields of tulips as a variegated blur.

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tractable

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docile; easily managed

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vendetta

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blood feud

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verbiage

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pompous array of words

75
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unobstrusive

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inconspicuous; not blatant

Reluctant to attract notice, the governess took a chair in a far corner of the room and tried to be as unobstrusive as possible.

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unprepossessing

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unattactive

During adolescence many attractive young people somehow aquire the false notion that their appearance is unprepossessing.

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waggish

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mischeivous; humorous; tricky.

He was a prankster who, unfortunately. often overlooked the damage he could cause with his waggish tricks.

wag, N.

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unfrock

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to strip a priest or minister of chruch authority/

To disbar a lawyer, to unfrock a priest, to suspend a doctor’s liscense to practice–these are extreme steps that the authoritieis should take only after careful consideration.

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veracity

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truthfulness

80
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torpor

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lethargy; sluggishness; dormancy.

81
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vogue

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popular fashion

82
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valor

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bravery

83
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vicarious

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acting as a substitute; done by a deputy (Although Violet was too meek to talk back to anybody, she got a vicarious kick out of Rita’s sharp retorts.)

84
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upbraid

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severely scold; reprimand

85
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vicissitude

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change of fortunes

86
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unmitigated

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unrelieved or immoderate; absolute

After four days of unmitigaed heat, I was ready to collapse from heat prostration.

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wanton

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unrestrained; willfully malicious; unchaste.

Pointing to the stack of bills, SHeldon criticized Sarah for her wanton expenditures. In response, Sarah accused Shelodn of making an unfounded, wanton attack.

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vindicate

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clear from blame, exonerate, justify or support

89
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zephyr

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gentle reeze; west wind

When these zephyrs blow, it is good to be in an open boat under a full-sail.

90
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venerate

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revere

91
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yoke

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join together, unite

92
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vanguard

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advance guard of a military force; forefront of a movement

93
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unfetter

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liberate; free from chains

94
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virtual

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in essence; for practical purposes (She is a virtual financial wizard when it comes to money matters)

95
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torrent

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rushing stream; flood

96
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touchstone

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stone used to test the finess of gold alloys; criterion

What touchstone can be used to measure the chracter of a person?

97
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viable

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practical or workable; capable of maintaining life

98
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verisimilitude

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appearance of truth; likelihood (Critics praised her for the verisimilitude of her performance as Lady Macbeth. She was completely believable.)

99
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vigilance

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watchfulness

100
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tortuous

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winding; full of curves.

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