special Flashcards
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Abhor
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To regard with disgust and hatred.
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Aberration
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A departure from what is normal, usual, or expected, typically unwelcome.
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Abundant
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Existing or available in large quantities; plentiful.
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Adamant
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Refusing to be persuaded or change one’s mind.
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Adversity
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Difficulties; misfortune.
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Avid
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Having or showing a keen interest in or enthusiasm for something.
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Ambivalent
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Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.
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Animosity
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Strong hostility.
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Ardent
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Enthusiastic or passionate.
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Arrogant
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Having an exaggerated sense of one’s own importance or abilities.
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Astute
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Having or showing an ability to accurately assess situations or people and turn this to one’s advantage.
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Benevolent
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Well-meaning and kindly.
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Blithe
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Casual and cheerful indifference considered to be callous or improper.
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Bombastic
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High-sounding but with little meaning; inflated.
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Capricious
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Given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior.
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Censure
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To express severe disapproval of someone or something.
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Chastise
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To reprimand severely.
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Chronic
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Persisting for a long time or constantly recurring.
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Circumvent
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To find a way around an obstacle or overcome a problem.
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Commend
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To praise formally or officially.
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Competent
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Having the necessary ability, knowledge, or skill to do something successfully.
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Complacent
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Showing smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one’s achievements.
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Condescending
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Having or showing an attitude of patronizing superiority.
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Conspicuous
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Easily seen or noticed; standing out.
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Contempt
The feeling that something or someone is worthless or deserving scorn.
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Contrite
Feeling or expressing remorse or guilt.
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Convoluted
Extremely complex and difficult to follow.
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Cordial
Warm and friendly.
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Crucial
Decisive or critical, especially in the success or failure of something.
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Cryptic
Having a meaning that is mysterious or obscure.
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Culpable
Deserving blame.
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Daunting
Seeming difficult to deal with in anticipation; intimidating.
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Deference
Humble submission and respect.
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Defiant
Openly resistant or disobedient.
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Deft
Neatly skillful and quick in one's movements.
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Deliberate
Done consciously and intentionally.
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Deplore
To feel or express strong disapproval.
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Depreciate
To diminish in value over time.
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Desolate
Deserted and empty of people.
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Despondent
In low spirits from loss of hope or courage.
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Deter
To discourage someone from doing something by instilling doubt or fear of the consequences.
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Detract
To reduce or take away the worth or value of something.
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Devout
Having deep religious commitment or piety.
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Diatribe
A forceful and bitter verbal attack.
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Diligent
Having or showing care and conscientiousness in one's work or duties.
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Discreet
Careful and circumspect in one's speech or actions to avoid causing offense.
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Divergent
Developing in different directions.
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Docile
Ready to accept control or instruction; submissive.
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Dubious
Hesitating or doubting; not to be relied upon.
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Eclectic
Deriving ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources.
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Egregious
Outstandingly bad; shocking.
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Eloquent
Fluent or persuasive in speaking or writing.
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Empathetic
Showing an ability to understand and share the feelings of others.
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Endorse
To declare one's public approval or support of something.
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Ephemeral
Lasts for a very short time.
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Eradicate
To destroy completely; put an end to.
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Erroneous
Wrong or incorrect.
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Esoteric
Intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people.
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Euphoric
Characterized by intense excitement or happiness.
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Exonerate
To clear someone of blame or fault.
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Extraneous
Irrelevant or unrelated to the subject being dealt with.
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Fickle
Likely to change opinions unpredictably.
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Flamboyant
Tending to attract attention because of their confidence, exuberance, or stylishness.
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Fleeting
Passing swiftly; vanishing quickly.
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Frugal
Sparing or economical with regard to money or food.
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Galvanize
To shock or excite someone into taking action.
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Gratuitous
Uncalled for; lacking good reason; unwarranted.
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Hackneyed
Lacking significance through having been overused; unoriginal.
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Hapless
Unfortunate or unlucky.
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Haughty
Arrogantly superior and disdainful.
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Heinous
Utterly odious or wicked.
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Hypothetical
Based on or serving as a hypothesis; supposed.
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Imminent
About to happen.
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Immutable
Unchanging over time or unable to be changed.
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Impartial
Not biased; treating all sides equally.
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Incessant
Continuing without pause or interruption.
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Incisive
Intelligently analytical and clear-thinking.
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Indifferent
Having no particular interest or sympathy.
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Indomitable
Impossible to subdue or defeat.
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Infallible
Incapable of making mistakes or being wrong.
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Inquisitive
Having or showing curiosity.
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Insidious
Proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects.
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Instigate
To bring about or initiate an action or event.
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Integral
Essential or necessary for completeness.
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Jubilant
Feeling or expressing great happiness and triumph.
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Keen
Having or showing eagerness or enthusiasm.
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Languid
Lacking in energy or vitality; slow.
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Lucid
Expressed clearly; easy to understand.
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Malicious
Intending to do harm.
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Mediocre
Of only average quality; not very good.
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Meticulous
Showing great attention to detail.
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Nebulous
In the form of a cloud or haze; unclear or vague.
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Notorious
Famous or well known, typically for a bad quality or deed.
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Obstinate
Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or chosen course.
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Ominous
Giving the impression that something bad is going to happen.
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Ornate
Elaborately decorated.
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Pallid
Pale, typically because of poor health.
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Perplex
To cause confusion or uncertainty.
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Placate
To make someone less angry or hostile.
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Placid
Not easily upset or excited.
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Potent
Having great power, influence, or effect.
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Precarious
Not securely held or in position; dangerously likely to fall.
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Proficient
Competent or skilled in doing something.
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Prudent
Acting with or showing care and thought for the future.
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Reclusive
Avoiding the company of others; solitary.
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Refute
To prove a statement or theory to be wrong.
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Resilient
Able to recover quickly from difficult conditions.
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Scrupulous
Diligent and thorough; attentive to details.
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Skeptical
Not easily convinced; having doubts.
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Spontaneous
Performed or occurring without planning.
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Stoic
Enduring pain or hardship without showing feelings or complaining.
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Subtle
Delicate or precise; difficult to analyze.
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Surly
Bad-tempered and unfriendly.
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Tenacious
Not readily letting go of or giving up.
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Trivial
Of little value or importance.
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Vicarious
Experienced through the feelings or actions of another person.
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Vindicate
To clear someone of blame or suspicion.
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Voracious
Wanting or devouring great quantities of food or information.
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Wary
Feeling or showing caution about possible dangers.
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Zealot
A person who is fanatical and uncompromising in pursuit of their beliefs.
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Abate
To become less intense or widespread.
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Absolve
To free someone from guilt or responsibility.
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Accentuate
To make something more noticeable or prominent.
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Acumen
The ability to make good judgments and quick decisions.
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Affluent
Having a great deal of money; wealthy.
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Amicable
Characterized by friendliness and absence of discord.
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Anarchy
A state of disorder due to absence of authority.
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Animosity
Strong hostility or hatred.
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Apathy
Lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern.
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Aptitude
A natural ability to do something.
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Ascertain
To find something out for certain; make sure of.
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Aspire
To direct one’s hopes or ambitions toward achieving something.
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Assimilate
To take in and fully understand information or ideas.
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Astound
To shock or greatly surprise someone.
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Austere
Severe or strict in manner, attitude, or appearance.
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Authentic
Genuine; of undisputed origin.
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Avarice
Extreme greed for wealth or material gain.
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Avert
To turn away or prevent.
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Banal
So lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring.
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Beguile
To charm or enchant, often in a deceptive way.
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Berate
To scold or criticize someone angrily.
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Bolster
To support or strengthen; prop up.
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Brazen
Bold and without shame.
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Callous
Showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others.
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Candid
Truthful and straightforward; frank.
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Cessation
The process of ending or being brought to an end.
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Clemency
Mercy; lenience.
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Compel
To force or oblige someone to do something.
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Comprise
To consist of or be made up of.
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Conflate
To combine two or more things into one.
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Contingent
Subject to chance; dependent on something else.
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Convoluted
Extremely complex and difficult to follow.
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Credible
Believable; convincing.
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Culminate
To reach a climax or point of highest development.
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Dawdle
To waste time; to move slowly and idly.
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Deft
Neatly skillful and quick in one’s movements.
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Demeanor
Outward behavior or bearing.
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Derogatory
Showing a critical or disrespectful attitude.
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Diligence
Careful and persistent work or effort.
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Discreet
Careful and prudent in one’s speech or actions.
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Disparity
A great difference.
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Docile
Ready to accept control or instruction; submissive.
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Dubious
Hesitating or doubting.
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Eccentric
Unconventional and slightly strange.
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Elated
Extremely happy or proud; in high spirits.
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Emphatic
Showing or giving emphasis; expressing something forcibly and clearly.
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Endearing
Inspiring affection or warmth.
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Engross
To absorb all the attention or interest of.
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Enumerate
To mention one by one.
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Erratic
Not even or regular in pattern or movement; unpredictable.
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Eulogy
A speech or piece of writing that praises someone highly, typically someone who has just died.
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Exasperate
To irritate and frustrate someone intensely.
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Feasible
Possible to do easily or conveniently.
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Feeble
Lacking physical strength, especially as a result of age or illness.
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Fervor
Intense and passionate feeling.
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Fickle
Changing frequently, especially as regards loyalty or affection.
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Fluctuate
To rise and fall irregularly in number or amount.
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Forlorn
Pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely.
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Fraught
Full of or loaded with something undesirable.
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Frivolous
Not having any serious purpose or value.
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Frugal
Sparing or economical with regard to money or food.
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Gait
A person’s manner of walking.
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Gravitas
Dignity, seriousness, or solemnity of manner.
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Hapless
Unfortunate or unlucky.
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Heed
To pay attention to; to take notice of.
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Hinder
To create difficulties for someone or something, resulting in delay or obstruction.
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Hone
To refine or perfect something over a period of time.
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Ignite
To catch fire or cause to catch fire; to spark interest or excitement.
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Impassive
Not feeling or showing emotion.
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Impeccable
In accordance with the highest standards; faultless.
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Implore
To beg someone earnestly or desperately to do something.
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Inadvertent
Not resulting from or achieved through deliberate planning.
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Incorrigible
Not able to be corrected, improved, or reformed.
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Indispensable
Absolutely necessary; essential.
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Infatuation
An intense but short-lived passion or admiration.
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Ingrained
Firmly established and difficult to change.
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Insatiable
Impossible to satisfy.
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Instill
To gradually but firmly establish an idea or attitude in someone’s mind.
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Intermittent
Occurring at irregular intervals; not continuous or steady.
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Jovial
Cheerful and friendly.
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Lament
To express sorrow or regret; to mourn.
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Lethargic
Lacking energy; sluggish.
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Malevolent
Having or showing a wish to do evil to others.
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Malleable
Easily influenced or shaped.
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Mediocre
Of only average quality; not very good.
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Melancholy
A feeling of deep sadness, typically with no obvious cause.
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Mundane
Lacking interest or excitement; dull.
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Oblivious
Not aware of or not concerned about what is happening around one.
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Ominous
Giving the impression that something bad is going to happen.
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Ornate
Elaborately or highly decorated.
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Pensive
Engaged in deep or serious thought.
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Persevere
To continue in a course of action despite difficulty or delay.
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Plummet
To fall or drop straight down at high speed.
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Poignant
Evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret.
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Pragmatic
Dealing with things sensibly and realistically.
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Prevalent
Widespread in a particular area or at a particular time.
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Propensity
A natural inclination or tendency.
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Recluse
A person who lives a solitary life and tends to avoid other people.
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Replenish
To fill something up again.
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Scrutinize
To examine or inspect closely and thoroughly.
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Shrewd
Having or showing sharp powers of judgment; astute.
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Stagnant
Not moving or flowing; motionless.
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Tangible
Perceptible by touch.
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Timid
Showing a lack of courage or confidence; easily frightened.
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Tranquil
Free from disturbance; calm.
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Transient
Temporary; lasting only for a short time.
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Uncanny
Strange or mysterious, especially in an unsettling way.
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Unyielding
Not giving way to pressure; hard or solid.
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Vigilant
Keeping careful watch for possible danger or difficulties.
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Whimsical
Playfully quaint or fanciful, especially in an appealing way.
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Wistful
Having or showing a feeling of vague or regretful longing.
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Zealous
Having or showing great enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or objective.
