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Demerit

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A fault; a bad quality

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Hale

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Hearty and strong

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Contumely

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Contemptuous treatment; harsh language

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Mordant

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Sharply caustic or sarcastic, as wit or a speaker; biting

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Demur

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To hesitate; refuse

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Bequest

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Arrangement to give something at death

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Censure

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Blame

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Lope

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To run with long strides

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Obstreperous

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Noisy and boisterous

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Occlude

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To stop up; to cut off the flow

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Nostrum

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A hypocritical cure-all that may have no true efficacy

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Expostulate

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To reason earnestly with someone against something that person intends to do or has done; remonstrate; argue

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Abscission

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A cutting off; a separation

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Pith

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Essential part; the fundamental aspect; the core constituent

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Disavowal

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Denial; disclaiming; refusal

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Sweeping

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  1. Having a broad impact

2. Lacking details, very general

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Snafu

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A badly confused or ridiculously muddled situation

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Doggerel

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Trivial, poorly constructed verse

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Indemnify

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To compensate (someone) for harm or loss

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Effluvium

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A noxious, foul-smelling odor/vapor

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Penumbra

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The partial shadow that is caused by an eclipse

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Ratiocination

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The process of logical reasoning; an act of drawing conscious from premises

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Errant

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Wandering; straying from proper moral standards; moving around aimlessly

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Polemical

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Causing debate or argument

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Surfeit
An excessive amount of something
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Rebus
A puzzle in which pictures give clues
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Abstemious
Self-denying; refraining from indulging
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Pleonastic
Using of more words than are necessary to convey meaning
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Dudgeon
A fit of anger
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Perfidious
Intending to betray
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Transitory
Lasting only a short time; transient; temporary
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Acrophobia
Fear of heights
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Peregrinate
To travel or journey, especially to walk on foot; traverse
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Percipient
Insightful; perceptive
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Sensuous
Appealing to the senses
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Solicitous
Characterized by or showing interest or concern
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Abrogate
To formerly revoke an agreement or contract
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Ambrosial
Extremely pleasing to taste
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Motif
1. A recurring theme, subject, idea, etc. | 2. A distinctive and recurring form, shape, figure, etc.
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Wile
A trick, artifice, or stratagem meant to fool, trap, or entice
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Wily
Cunning
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Acrid
Sharp; pungent
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Stevedore
A dockworker
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Inexpedient
Not advisable
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Eidetic
Having extraordinarily accurate and vivid recall of visual images
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Remission
A decline; a temporary halt; the cancellation of a debt; a pardon
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Deem
To regard; to consider
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Reprobation
Severe disapproval; censure
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Arrogate
To attribute unjustly; to take without right
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Devolution
The passing of power from one person to another
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Sequacious
Following with smooth or logical regularity
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Eclipse
To surpass; to overcome
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Recourse
The act of seeking assistance or advice
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Prodigious
Having great power or size; extreme
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Seemly
Appropriate (of behavior); decorous
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Palaver
A conference or discussion; profuse and idle talk
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Shrew
A woman of violent temper and speech; termagant
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Dilettante
An amateur; a person who dabbles without serious commitment to a subject
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Augur
To indicate by signs; to predict from an omen
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Mite
A very small amount (of money), portion, or particle
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Bicameral
Two-chambered, most often referring to a legislative body
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Homely
Not good-looking; unattractive; lacking in physical beauty
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Potpourri
A mixture composed of several types of items; a heterogeneous mixture
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Petty
Trivial; not important

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