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Abrogate

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To abolish, usually by authority

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abjure

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To reject, renounce

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Acerbic

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Biting, bitter in tone or taste

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Acrimony

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Bitterness, discord

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Acumen

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Keen insight

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Adumbrate

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The sketch out in a vague way

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Alacrity

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Eagerness, speed

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Anathema

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A cursed, detested person

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Antipathy

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A strong dislike, repugnance

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Approbation

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Praise

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Arrogate

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To take without justification

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Ascetic

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Practicing restraint as a means of self discipline, usually religious

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Aspersion

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A curse, expression of ill-will

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Assiduous

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Hard-working, diligent

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Blandish

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To coax by using flattery

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Boon

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A gift or blessing

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Brusque

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Short, abrupt, dismissive

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Buffet

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To strike with force; an arrangement of food set out on a table

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Burnish

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To polish, shine

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Buttress

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To support, hold up; something that offers support

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Cacophony

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Tremendous noise, disharmonious sound

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Cajole

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To urge, coax

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Calumny

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An attempt to spoil someone else’s reputation by spreading lies

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Capricious

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Subject to whim, fickle

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Clemency

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Mercy

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Cogent

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Intellectually convincing

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Concomitant

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Accompanying in a subordinate fashion

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Conflagration

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Great fire

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Contrite

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Penitent, eager to be forgiven

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Conundrum

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Puzzle, problem

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Credulity

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Readiness to believe

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Cupidity

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Greed, strong desire

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Cursory

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Brief to the point of being superficial

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Decry

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To criticize openly

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Defile

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To make unclean, impure

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Deleterious

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Harmful

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Demure

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Quiet, modest, reserved

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Deprecate

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To belittle, depreciate

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Deride

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To laugh at mockingly, scorn

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Desecrate

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To violate the sacredness of a thing or place

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Desiccated

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Dried up, dehydrated

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Diaphanous

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Light, airy, transparent

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Diffident

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Shy, quiet, modest

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Discursive

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Rambling, lacking order

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Dissemble

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To conceal, fake

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Dither

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To be indecisive

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Ebullient

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Extremely lively, enthusiastic

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Effrontery

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Impudence, nerve, insolence

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Effulgent

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Radiant, splendorous

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Egregious

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Extremely bad

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Enervate

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To weaken, exhaust

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Ephemeral

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Short-lived, fleeting

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Eschew

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To shun, avoid

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Evanescent

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Fleeting, momentary

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Evince

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To show, reveal

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Exculpate

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To free from guilt or blame, exonerate

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Execrable

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Loathsome, detestable

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Exigent

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Urgent, critical

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Expiate

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To make amends for, atone

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Expunge

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To obliterate, eradicate

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Extant

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Existing, not destroyed or lost

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Extol

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To praise, revere

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Fallacious

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Incorrect, misleading

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Fastidious

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Meticulous, demanding, having high and often unattainable standards

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Fatuous

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Silly, foolish

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Fecund

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Fruitful, fertile

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Feral

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Wild, savage

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Fetid

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Having a foul odor

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Florid

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Flowery, ornate

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Fractitious

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Troublesome or irritable

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Garrulous

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Talkative, wordy

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Grandiloquence

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Lofty, pompous language

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Gregarious

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Drawn to the company of others, sociable

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Hackneyed

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Unoriginal, trite

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Hapless

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Unlucky

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Harangue

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A ranting speech; to give such a speech

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Hegemony

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Domination over others

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Iconoclast

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One who attacks common beliefs or institutions

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Ignominious

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Humiliating, disgracing

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Impassive

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Stoic, not susceptible to suffering

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Imperious

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Commanding, domineering

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Inpertinent

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Rude, insolent

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Impervious

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Impenetrable, incapable of being affected

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Impetuous

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Rash, hastily done

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Impinge

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To impact, affect, make an impression; to encroach, infringe

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Implacable

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Incapable of being appeased or mitigated

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Impudent

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Casually rude, insolent, impertinent

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Inchoate

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Unformed or formless, in a beginning stage

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Incontrovertible

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Indisputable

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Indefatigable

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Incapable of defeat, failure or decay

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Ineffable

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Unspeakable, incapable of being expressed through words

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Inexorable

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Incapable of being persuaded or placated

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Ingenuous

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Not devious, innocent

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Inimical

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Hostile

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Iniquity

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Wickedness or sin

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Insidious

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Appealing but imperceptibly harmful, seductive

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Intransigent

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Refusing to compromise, often on an extreme opinion

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Inure

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To cause someone or something to become accustomed to a sitaution

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Invective

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An angry verbal attack

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Inveterate

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Stubbornly established by habit

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Jubilant

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Extremely joyful, happy

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Juxtaposition

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The act of placing two things next to each other for implicit comparison

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Laconic

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Terse in speech or writing

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Languid

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Sluggish from fatigue or weakness

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Largess

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The generous giving of lavish gifts

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Latent

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Hidden, but capable of being exposed

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Legerdemain

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Deception, slight-of-hand

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Licentious

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Displaying a lack of moral or legal restraints

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Limpid

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Clear, transparent

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Maelstrom

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A destructive whirlpool which rapidly sucks in objects

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Magnamious

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Noble, generous

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Malediction

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A curse

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Malevolent

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Wanting harm to befall others

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Manifold

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Diverse, varied

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Maudlin

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Weakly sentimental

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Mawkish

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Characterized by sick sentimentality

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Mendacious

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Having a lying, false character

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Mercurial

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Characterized by rapid change or temperamentality

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Modicum

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A small amount of something

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Morass

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A wet swampy bog; figuratively, something that traps and confuses

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Multifarious

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Having great diversity or variety

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Munificence

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Generosity in giving

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Myriad

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Consisting of a very great number

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Nadir

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The lowest point of something

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Nascent

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In the process of being born or coming into existence

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Nefarious

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Heinously villainous

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Neophyte

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Someone who is young or inexperienced

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Obdurate

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I’m yielding to persuasion or moral influences

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Obfuscate

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To render incomprehensible

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Oblique

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Diverging from a straight line or course, not straightforward

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Obsequious

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Excessively compliant or submissive

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Obstreperous

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Noisy, unruly

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Obtuse

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Lacking quickness of sensibility or intellect

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Odious

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Instilling hatred or intense displeasure

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Officious

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Offering one’s services when they are neither wanted nor needed

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Opulent

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Characterized by rich abundance and verging on ostentation

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Ostensible

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Appearing as such, seemingly

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Palliate

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To reduce the severity of

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Pallid

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Lacking color

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Panacea

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A remedy for all ills or difficulties

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Paragon

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A model of excellence or perfection

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Pariah

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An outcast

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Parsimony

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Frugality, stinginess

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Pathos

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An emotion of sympathy

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Paucity

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Small in quantity

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Pejorative

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Derogatory, uncomplimentary

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Pellucid

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Easily intelligible, clear

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Penurious

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Miserly, stingy

148
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Perfidious

A

Disloyal, unfaithful

149
Q

Perfunctory

A

Showing little interest or enthusiasm

150
Q

Pernicious

A

Extremely destructive or harmful

151
Q

Perspicacity

A

Shrewdness, perceptiveness

152
Q

Pertinacious

A

Stubbornly persistent

153
Q

Petulance

A

Rudeness, irritability

154
Q

Pithy

A

Concisely meaningful

155
Q

Platitude

A

An uninspired remark, cliché

156
Q

Plethora

A

An abundance, excess

157
Q

Polemic

A

An aggressive argument against a specific opinion

158
Q

Portent

A

An omen

159
Q

Precocious

A

Advanced, developing ahead of time

160
Q

Prescient

A

To have foreknowledge of events

161
Q

Primeval

A

Original, ancient

162
Q

Probity

A

Virtue, integrity

163
Q

Proclivity

A

A strong inclination toward something

164
Q

Promulgate

A

To proclaim, make known

165
Q

Propensity

A

An inclination, preference

166
Q

Propitious

A

Favorable

167
Q

Prosaic

A

Plain, lacking liveliness

168
Q

Proscribe

A

To condemn, outlaw

169
Q

Protean

A

Able to change shape; displaying great variety

170
Q

Prurient

A

Eliciting or possessing an extraordinary interest in sex

171
Q

Puerile

A

Juvenile, immature

172
Q

Pugnacious

A

Quarrelsome, combative

173
Q

Pulchritude

A

Physical beauty

174
Q

Punctilious

A

Eager to follow rules or conventions

175
Q

Quagmire

A

A difficult situation

176
Q

Querulous

A

Whiny, complaining

177
Q

Quixotic

A

Idealistic, impractical

178
Q

Rancor

A

Deep, bitter resentment

179
Q

Rebuke

A

To scold, criticize

180
Q

Recalcitrant

A

Defiant, unapologetic

181
Q

Rectitude

A

Uprightness, extreme morality

182
Q

Replete

A

Full, abundant

183
Q

Reprobate

A

Evil, unprincipled

184
Q

Reprove

A

To scold, rebuke

185
Q

Repudiate

A

To reject, refused to except

186
Q

Rescind

A

To take back, repeal

187
Q

Restive

A

Resistant, stubborn, inpatient

188
Q

Ribald

A

Coarsely, crudely humorous

189
Q

Rife

A

Abundant

190
Q

Ruse

A

A trick

191
Q

Sacrosanct

A

Holy, something that should not be criticized

192
Q

Sagacity

A

Shrewdness, soundness of perspective

193
Q

Salient

A

Significant, conspicuous

194
Q

Sanctimonious

A

Giving a hypocritical appearance of piety

195
Q

Sanguine

A

Optimistic, cheery

196
Q

Scurrilous

A

Vulgar, course

197
Q

Serendipity

A

Luck, finding good things without looking for them

198
Q

Servile

A

Subservient

199
Q

Solicitous

A

Concerned, attentive

200
Q

Solipsistic

A

Believing that oneself is all that exists

201
Q

Somnolent

A

Sleepy, drowsy

202
Q

Spurious

A

False but designed to seem plausible

203
Q

Staid

A

Sedate, serious, self-restrained

204
Q

Stolid

A

Expressing little sensibility, unemotional

205
Q

Stupefy

A

To astonish, make insensible

206
Q

Surfiet

A

An overabundant supply or indulgence

207
Q

Surmise

A

To infer with little evidence

208
Q

Surreptitious

A

Stealthy

209
Q

Sycophant

A

One who flatters for self-gain

210
Q

Tacit

A

Expressed without words

211
Q

Taciturn

A

Not inclined to talk

212
Q

Tantamount

A

Equivalent in value or significance

213
Q

Temerity

A

Audacity, recklessness

214
Q

Tenuous

A

Having little substance or strength

215
Q

Timorous

A

Timid, fearful

216
Q

Torpid

A

Lethargic, dormant, lacking motion

217
Q

Tractable

A

Easily controlled

218
Q

Transient

A

Passing through briefly; passing in and out of existence

219
Q

Transmute

A

To change or alter in form

220
Q

Trenchant

A

Effective, articulate, clear-cut

221
Q

Truculent

A

Ready to fight, cruel

222
Q

Turgid

A

Swollen, excessively embellished style or language

223
Q

Turpitude

A

Depravity, moral corruption

224
Q

Ubiquitous

A

Existing everywhere, widespread

225
Q

Umbrage

A

Resentment, offense

226
Q

Unctuous

A

Smooth or greasy in texture, appearance, manner

227
Q

Undulate

A

To move in waves

228
Q

Upbraid

A

To criticize or scold severely

229
Q

Usurp

A

To seize by force, take possession of without right

230
Q

Vacillate

A

To fluctuate, hesitate

231
Q

Vacuous

A

Lack of content or ideas, stupid

232
Q

Vapid

A

Lacking liveliness, dull

233
Q

Variegated

A

Diversified, distinctly marked

234
Q

Venerate

A

To regard with respect or to honor

235
Q

Veracity

A

Truthfulness, accuracy

236
Q

Verdant

A

Green in tint or color

237
Q

Vex

A

To confuse or annoy

238
Q

Vicarious

A

Experiencing through another

239
Q

Vicissitude

A

Event that occurs by chance

240
Q

Vilify

A

To lower in importance, defame

241
Q

Viscous

A

Not free flowing, syrupy

242
Q

Vitriolic

A

Having a caustic quality

243
Q

Vituperate

A

To berate

244
Q

Wanton

A

Undisciplined, lewd, lustful

245
Q

Winsome

A

Charming, pleasing

246
Q

Wistful

A

Full of yearning; musingly sad

247
Q

Wizened

A

Dry, shrunken, wrinkled

248
Q

Zenith

A

The highest point, cumulating point

249
Q

Zephyr

A

A gentle breeze

250
Q

Palliate

A

To reduce the severity of

251
Q

Pallid

A

Lacking color

252
Q

Panacea

A

A remedy for all ills or difficulties

253
Q

Paragon

A

A model of excellence or perfection

254
Q

Pariah

A

An outcast

255
Q

Parsimony

A

Frugality, stinginess

256
Q

Pathos

A

An emotion of sympathy

257
Q

Paucity

A

Small in quantity

258
Q

Pejorative

A

Derogatory, uncomplimentary

259
Q

Pellucid

A

Easily intelligible, clear

260
Q

Penurious

A

Miserly, stingy

261
Q

Perfidious

A

Disloyal, unfaithful

262
Q

Perfunctory

A

Showing little interest or enthusiasm

263
Q

Pernicious

A

Extremely destructive or harmful

264
Q

Perspicacity

A

Shrewdness, perceptiveness

265
Q

Pertinacious

A

Stubbornly persistent

266
Q

Petulance

A

Rudeness, irritability

267
Q

Pithy

A

Concisely meaningful

268
Q

Platitude

A

An uninspired remark, cliché

269
Q

Plethora

A

An abundance, excess

270
Q

Polemic

A

An aggressive argument against a specific opinion

271
Q

Portent

A

An omen

272
Q

Precocious

A

Advanced, developing ahead of time

273
Q

Prescient

A

To have foreknowledge of events

274
Q

Primeval

A

Original, ancient

275
Q

Probity

A

Virtue, integrity

276
Q

Proclivity

A

A strong inclination toward something

277
Q

Promulgate

A

To proclaim, make known

278
Q

Propensity

A

An inclination, preference

279
Q

Propitious

A

Favorable

280
Q

Prosaic

A

Plain, lacking liveliness

281
Q

Proscribe

A

To condemn, outlaw

282
Q

Protean

A

Able to change shape; displaying great variety

283
Q

Prurient

A

Eliciting or possessing an extraordinary interest in sex

284
Q

Puerile

A

Juvenile, immature

285
Q

Pugnacious

A

Quarrelsome, combative

286
Q

Pulchritude

A

Physical beauty

287
Q

Punctilious

A

Eager to follow rules or conventions

288
Q

Quagmire

A

A difficult situation

289
Q

Querulous

A

Whiny, complaining

290
Q

Quixotic

A

Idealistic, impractical

291
Q

Rancor

A

Deep, bitter resentment

292
Q

Rebuke

A

To scold, criticize

293
Q

Recalcitrant

A

Defiant, unapologetic

294
Q

Rectitude

A

Uprightness, extreme morality

295
Q

Replete

A

Full, abundant

296
Q

Reprobate

A

Evil, unprincipled

297
Q

Reprove

A

To scold, rebuke

298
Q

Repudiate

A

To reject, refused to except

299
Q

Rescind

A

To take back, repeal

300
Q

Restive

A

Resistant, stubborn, inpatient

301
Q

Ribald

A

Coarsely, crudely humorous

302
Q

Rife

A

Abundant

303
Q

Ruse

A

A trick

304
Q

Sacrosanct

A

Holy, something that should not be criticized

305
Q

Sagacity

A

Shrewdness, soundness of perspective

306
Q

Salient

A

Significant, conspicuous

307
Q

Sanctimonious

A

Giving a hypocritical appearance of piety

308
Q

Sanguine

A

Optimistic, cheery

309
Q

Scurrilous

A

Vulgar, course

310
Q

Serendipity

A

Luck, finding good things without looking for them

311
Q

Servile

A

Subservient

312
Q

Solicitous

A

Concerned, attentive

313
Q

Solipsistic

A

Believing that oneself is all that exists

314
Q

Somnolent

A

Sleepy, drowsy

315
Q

Spurious

A

False but designed to seem plausible

316
Q

Staid

A

Sedate, serious, self-restrained

317
Q

Stolid

A

Expressing little sensibility, unemotional

318
Q

Stupefy

A

To astonish, make insensible

319
Q

Surfiet

A

An overabundant supply or indulgence

320
Q

Surmise

A

To infer with little evidence

321
Q

Surreptitious

A

Stealthy

322
Q

Sycophant

A

One who flatters for self-gain

323
Q

Tacit

A

Expressed without words

324
Q

Taciturn

A

Not inclined to talk

325
Q

Tantamount

A

Equivalent in value or significance

326
Q

Temerity

A

Audacity, recklessness

327
Q

Tenuous

A

Having little substance or strength

328
Q

Timorous

A

Timid, fearful

329
Q

Torpid

A

Lethargic, dormant, lacking motion

330
Q

Tractable

A

Easily controlled

331
Q

Transient

A

Passing through briefly; passing in and out of existence

332
Q

Transmute

A

To change or alter in form

333
Q

Trenchant

A

Effective, articulate, clear-cut

334
Q

Truculent

A

Ready to fight, cruel

335
Q

Turgid

A

Swollen, excessively embellished style or language

336
Q

Turpitude

A

Depravity, moral corruption

337
Q

Ubiquitous

A

Existing everywhere, widespread

338
Q

Umbrage

A

Resentment, offense

339
Q

Unctuous

A

Smooth or greasy in texture, appearance, manner

340
Q

Undulate

A

To move in waves

341
Q

Upbraid

A

To criticize or scold severely

342
Q

Usurp

A

To seize by force, take possession of without right

343
Q

Vacillate

A

To fluctuate, hesitate

344
Q

Vacuous

A

Lack of content or ideas, stupid

345
Q

Vapid

A

Lacking liveliness, dull

346
Q

Variegated

A

Diversified, distinctly marked

347
Q

Venerate

A

To regard with respect or to honor

348
Q

Veracity

A

Truthfulness, accuracy

349
Q

Verdant

A

Green in tint or color

350
Q

Vex

A

To confuse or annoy

351
Q

Vicarious

A

Experiencing through another

352
Q

Vicissitude

A

Event that occurs by chance

353
Q

Vilify

A

To lower in importance, defame

354
Q

Viscous

A

Not free flowing, syrupy

355
Q

Vitriolic

A

Having a caustic quality

356
Q

Vituperate

A

To berate

357
Q

Wanton

A

Undisciplined, lewd, lustful

358
Q

Winsome

A

Charming, pleasing

359
Q

Wistful

A

Full of yearning; musingly sad

360
Q

Wizened

A

Dry, shrunken, wrinkled

361
Q

Zenith

A

The highest point, cumulating point

362
Q

Zephyr

A

A gentle breeze

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