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tenacious

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holding fast (as to a belief); persistent

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cosmic

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pertaining to the universe; vast

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skimp

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provide or use scantily; live very economically; ex. skimp on necessities; adj. skimpy: inadequate in amount; scanty; stingy; niggardly

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adamant

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hard; inflexible

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influx

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flowing into

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veto

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vested power to reject a bill; exercise of this right; v. prevent or forbid by exercising the power of veto

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balm

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something that relieves pain; oily liquid with a pleasant smell from trees

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chasm

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abyss; very deep crack

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decimate

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kill (usually one out of ten or every tenth man); destroy or kill a large part of

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vitreous

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of glass; pertaining to or resembling glass; v. vitrify: change into glass; ex: petrify

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wade

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walk through a substance, such as water, that impedes movement

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brevity

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conciseness; shortness of duration

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conspire

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take part in a conspiracy; (of events) work together; combine; ex. Events conspired to produce great difficulties.

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corporeal

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bodily (rather than spiritual); of a bodily form; material; tangible

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acetic

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vinegary

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dally

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trifle with; toy with; treat without the necessary seriousness; procrastinate; waste time

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variegate

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change the appearance of (by marking with different colors)

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effulgent

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shining brightly; brilliant

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slacken

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slow up; loosen; make or become slack

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gambol

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romp; skip about; leap about playfully; frolic; n.

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impugn

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dispute or contradict (often in an insulting way); attack as false or questionable; challenge; gainsay; ex: fight

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meteoric

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like a meteor; swift; momentarily brilliant; ex. meteoric rise to fame; n. meteor

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babble

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chatter idly or foolishly; make continuous sounds like water running gently over rounded stone; n.

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equitable

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fair; impartial; OP. inequitable

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holster

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leather pistol case (that hangs on a belt around the waist)

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reprise

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musical repetition; repeating of a piece of music; repeat performance; recurrent action; ex. reprise in the finale; ex. constant reprises

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turpitude

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depravity; baseness; ex. moral turpitude

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provisional

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tentative; temporary

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synoptic

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providing a general overview; summary; n. synopsis

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choice

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delicate; of very fine quality

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distill

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refine (a liquid by evaporating and subsequent condensation); concentrate; separate the most important parts from; ex. distill fresh water from sea water; ex: brew

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tremor

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trembling; slight quiver (as of the earth or from nervous agitation)

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stately

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formal; ceremonious; grand in style or size; majestic

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responsiveness

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state of reacting readily to appeals, orders, etc.; adj. responsive: readily reacting; ex. responsive to treatment

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waver

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move or swing back and forth; be uncertain or unsteady in decision or movement; ex. wavering between accepting and refusing

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nomadic

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wandering; n. nomad: tribe who migrates from place to place

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septic

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of or causing sepsis; putrid; producing putrefaction; n. sepsis: poisoning of part of the body (producing pus)

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frolicsome

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prankish; gay; playful; merry; frisky

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noxious

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harmful; ex: obnoxious

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perverse

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purposely continuing to do something wrong; stubbornly wrongheaded; perverted; directed away from what is right; wicked and unacceptable; ex. perverse satisfaction; ex. Hannibal Lecter in a perverse mood; n. perversity

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placate

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pacify; bring peace to; conciliate; appease

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confide

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tell in confidence (to a person one trusts); be confident about

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minuscule(miniscule)

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extremely small

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hydrophobia

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fear of water; rabies

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elegy

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poem or song expressing lamentation (for the dead); adj. elegiacal, elegiac

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plebeian

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common; vulgar; pertaining to the common people; n. common people in ancient Rome; ex: patrician

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germane

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pertinent; bearing upon(having connection with) the case at hand; appropriate

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scale

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climb up; ascend; remove or come off in scales; n. flake of epidermis; ascending or descending series of musical tones

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canker

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any ulcerous sore; ulcer; any evil; ex: cancer

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immaculate

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spotless; flawless; absolutely clean

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sovereign

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ruler in a monarchy; adj. (of a country) independent and self-governing; having supreme power; supreme; excellent

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sidereal

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relating to stars; ex. sidereal day

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lustrous

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shining; brilliant; ex. lustrous hair

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fruitful

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producing results; profitable; prolific; producing in abundance

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palpable

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tangible; (of something bad) easily perceptible; obvious; ex. palpable blunder

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chicanery

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trickery; deception

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heckler

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person who verbally harasses others; v. heckle: verbally harass as with gibes (by interrupting a speaker or speech)

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pulchritude

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beauty; comeliness; adj. pulchritudinous

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rendezvous

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meeting place; meeting at a set time or place; v.

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marital

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pertaining to marriage

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aureole

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sun’s corona; halo; bright circle of light

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wanton

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unrestrained; gratuitously cruel; willfully malicious; unchaste; sexually improper; promiscuous; ex. wanton spending/killing; ex: having no just cause

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garish

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overbright in color; unpleasantly bright; gaudy

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casualty

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serious or fatal accident; person killed or wounded in an accident or battle

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tortuous

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winding; full of curves; ex. tortuous mountain road

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smolder

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smoulder; burn slowly without flame; be liable to break out at any moment; exist in a suppressed state; ex. smoldering anger

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dynamo

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generator for producing electricity; energetic person

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dissuade

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persuade not to do; discourage; n. dissuasion

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insolvent

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bankrupt; lacking money to pay; n. insolvency

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discomfit

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frustrate; put to rout; defeat; disconcert; embarrass; perturb

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induct

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place formally in office; install; admit as a member; initiate; n. induction: inducting; process of deriving general principles from particular facts

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fraudulent

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cheating; deceitful; ex. fraudulent means; n. fraud: deception; swindle

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imprecation

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curse; swearword

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rooster

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cock; adult male chicken

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saturnine

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morose; gloomy; ex. Do not be misled by his saturnine countenance.

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parody

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humorous imitation; spoof; takeoff; travesty; v.

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withhold

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refuse to give; hold back; ex. withholding tax

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complacency

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self-satisfaction; smugness; adj. complacent

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detonation

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explosion

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anthology

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book of literary selections by various authors; ex: omnibus

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parallel

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similar; analogous; corresponding; n. parallel line; person or thing that is parallel (to another); similarity; ex. know of no parallel to the case; ex. without parallel; v. be similar to; make parallel; ex. Your experience parallels mine; ex: unparallele

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rant

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speak violently or excitedly; rave; talk excitedly showing anger; scold; make a grandiloquent speech; ex. The priest ranted about the devil.

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insubstantial

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lacking substance; insignificant; frail; immaterial

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bog

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soft wet land; v. hinder or be hindered; ex. bogged down in the mud

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malediction

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curse

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cater

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provide food and drink (for); cater to: try to satisfy (desires of a bad kind)

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allay

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calm; pacify

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aberration

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deviation from the normal; mental disorder

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definitive

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most reliable; authorative and complete; that cannot be improved; conclusive; decisive; definite; ex. definitive decision by the supreme court

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flourish

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grow well; prosper; make sweeping gestures; wave; brandish; ex. The trees flourished in the sun. n. showy movement or gesture; embellishment or ornamentation (esp. in handwriting)

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antithesis

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contrast; direct opposite of or to; adj. antithetic or antithetical

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discrepancy

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lack of consistency or agreement as between facts; difference; ex. discrepancy between two descriptions

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labyrinth

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maze

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irrefutable

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indisputable; incontrovertible; undeniable

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artifacts

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object made by human beings, either hand-made or mass-produced

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bedraggle

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wet thoroughly; adj. bedraggled: draggled

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perfidious

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treacherous; disloyal; n. perfidy: treachery

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titular

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of a title; in name only; nominal; having the title of an office without the obligations; ex. titular head of the company

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spectrum

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colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism; broad and continuous range; ex. whole spectrum of modern thoughts

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hirsute

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hairy; having a lot of hair

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parochial

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narrow in scope or outlook; provincial; related to parishes

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reparation

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compensation (for loss or wrong); amends; ex. make reparation for the damage; ex: repair

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crinkle

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wrinkle

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melancholy

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gloomy; morose; blue; n. adj. melancholic; ex: melancholia

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evasive

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not frank; trying to hide the truth; eluding; evading; v. evade: avoid (a duty or responsibility) or escape from by deceit

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exacting

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extremely demanding; ex. exacting standard of safety

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gawk

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stare foolishly; look in open-mouthed awe

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contaminate

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pollute

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lascivious

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lustful

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uxorious

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excessively submissive or devoted to one’s wife; ex: uxor: wife

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exempt

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not subject to a duty or obligation; free from a duty; v.

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noisome

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foul smelling; very unpleasant; unwholesome

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concave

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hollow; curved inwards; OP. convex

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timidity

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lack of self-confidence or courage

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fictitious

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imaginary; non-existent; purposely invented to deceive; untrue; ex. fictitious name/boyfriend; ex: fictional

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glossary

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brief explanation of words used in the text

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hap

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chance; luck

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valediction

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saying farewell; expression of leave-taking

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slack

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moving slowly; sluggish; inactive; (of a rope) loose; negligent; lax; ex. slack season; ex. slack in one’s work; n. v.

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dingy

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(of things and place) dirty and dull; ex. dingy street/curtain

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censorious

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severely critical

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pensive

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dreamily or deeply thoughtful; sadly thoughtful; thoughtful with a hint of sadness; contemplative; ex: think over

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agitate

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stir up; disturb

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bourgeois

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middle class; selfishly materialistic; too interested in material possessions

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lookout

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act of keeping watch; high place commanding a wide view; person who keeps watch

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margin

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border; room; allowance beyond what is needed; ex. margin of safety

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pose

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assume a particular posture; put forward; present; affect a particular attitude (to impress others); ex. pose a threat; n.

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affected

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artificial; pretended

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dirge

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funeral song; slow mournful piece of music (sung over a dead person)

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relic

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surviving remnant (from an extinct culture); memento; keepsake; relics: corpse; ex. ancient relics; ex. relics of his travel; ex. His relics are buried at X.

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munificent

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very generous in giving; ex. munificent benefactor; n. munificience

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fodder

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coarse food for cattle, horses, etc.; feed for livestock; ex: food

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verdant

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green; covered with green plants or grass; lush in vegetation; ex. verdant meadows

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chide

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scold; rebuke (someone who has done wrong)

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laceration

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torn ragged wound; v. lacerate: tear (the skin as with broken glass); wound

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anesthetic

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substance that removes sensation with or without loss of consciousness; n. anesthesia

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transcribe

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copy; write a copy of; n. transcription

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esteem

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respect; value; judge; n.

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luxuriate

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take pleasure in great comfort

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chase

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ornament a metal surface by indenting; follow rapidly to catch

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bucolic

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rustic; pastoral

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gush

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(of liquid) pour out in large quantities from a hole; make an excessive display of feeling (without true feeling); ex. Blood gushed from the wound.

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equivocate

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use equivocal language to deceive people; lie; mislead; attempt to conceal the truth; n. equivocation

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spurious

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false; counterfeit; forged; illogical; ex. spurious arguments

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amend

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correct; change ; generally for the better

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berserk

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mad with violent anger; frenzied; madly excited

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insurgent

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rebellious; n.

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scrimmage

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disorderly fight between two or more people

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pious

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devout; religious; n. piety

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alienate

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make unfriendly or hostile; estrange; separate; change the ownership of

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predispose

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give an inclination toward (in advance); make susceptible to; ex. predispose people to certain cancer; n. predisposition

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platitude

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trite remark; commonplace statement; adj. platitudinous

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turmoil

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extreme confusion; great commotion and confusion; ex. throw the country into turmoil

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benefit

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advantage; anything that brings helpl, advantage, or profit; money provided by the government to the people; fund-raising public entertainment; ex. unemployment benefit; v. receive benefits; be beneficial to; give benefits

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advocacy

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support; active pleading on behalf of someone or something

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hazy

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slightly obscure; misty; unclear; n. haze: light mist or smoke; confused state of mind

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panache

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flair; manner of doing things without any difficulty (causing admiration); flamboyance; bunch of feathers (on a helmet); ex. with great panache; ex: ˆ ?®áÁáë ̵ËÈ È©?È«å ?¯??

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amnesty

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pardon (allowed by government to political criminals)

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egress

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exit; opening for going out; act of going out; OP. ingress

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virulent

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(of a disease or poison) extremely harmful or poisonous; (of a feeling) hostile; bitter; n. virulence; ex: virus; ex: venom

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authoritative

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having the weight of authority; regarded as providing knowledge that can be trusted; reliable; peremptory and dictatorial; ex. authoritative dictionary/manner; ex: definitive

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residual

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remaining; left over; of a residue; n. residue

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bedizen

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dress with vulgar finery

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canard

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unfounded false rumor; exaggerated false report

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inopportune

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untimely; inappropriate or ill-timed; poorly chosen

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ingrained

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deeply established; firmly rooted; ex. ingrained dirt/prejudice

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luscious

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pleasing to taste or smell; delicious

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ravel

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fall apart into tangles; entangle; unravel or untwist

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affirmation

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positive assertion; confirmation; solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oath; v. affirm; adj. affirmative; ex: affirmative action: positive discrimination

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lottery

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contest in which winners are selected in a drawing of lots

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unregenerate

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making no attempt to change one’s bad practices

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lope

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gallop slowly

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vehement

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forceful; intensely emotional; with marked vigor; strong; n. vehemence

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mutilate

A

maim; injure lastingly; deprive of a limb or an essential part

176
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arcade

A

a covered passageway usually lined with shops

177
Q

sultry

A

(of weather) hot; sweltering; sensual; voluptuous

178
Q

remit

A

transmit (money) in payment; free someone from a debt or punishment

179
Q

igneous

A

produced by fire; of fire; volcanic; (of rocks) formed from lava; ex. igneous meteorite

180
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curtail

A

shorten; reduce

181
Q

accomplice

A

partner in crime

182
Q

recrimination

A

countercharges; v. recriminate

183
Q

lace

A

cord used to draw and tie together two opposite edges (as of a shoe); delicate fabric made of fine threads; v. draw together by tying a lace

184
Q

intimate

A

hint; suggest; imply; adj. marked by close relationship; familiar; private; personal; ex. intimate knowledge/thoughts in the diary; n. close friend or confidant; ex: intimacy

185
Q

ponderous

A

having great weight; weighty; unwieldy; lacking lightness; dull; ex. ponderous body/style of writing

186
Q

insurmountable

A

overwhelming; unbeatable; insuperable

187
Q

sedate

A

composed (with no excitement); grave; v. administer a sedative to; ex: sedative

188
Q

perfunctory

A

done routinely and with little care; superficial; not thorough; lacking interest, care, or enthusiasm; ex. perfunctory kiss

189
Q

reek

A

emit (an unpleasant odor or smoke); give off an unpleasant odor; give out smoke; ex. reeking chimney; n. unpleasant odor; stench

190
Q

libido

A

psychic and emotional energy or urges behind human activity; sexual desire

191
Q

dorsal

A

relating to the back of an animal; ex. dorsal fin

192
Q

odds

A

chances; probability; disagreement; ex. The odds are that it will rain. ex. at odds with

193
Q

subsume

A

include (as a member of a group); encompass

194
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phlegmatic

A

calm and unexcitable; not easily disturbed; ex: phlegm: sticky mucus produced in the respiratory tract

195
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reticent

A

inclined to silence; uncommunicative; reserved; ex. He was reticent about the reasons; n. reticence

196
Q

mollify

A

soothe an angry person

197
Q

stanza

A

division of a poem (composed of two or more lines)

198
Q

rife

A

(of something bad) widespread; abundant; current

199
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aloof

A

apart; not open in one’s relationship with other people; reserved; ADv.

200
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incur

A

bring upon oneself

Barrons Vocabulary (25 decks)

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