Stifling

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Stifling

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Of heat, air or a room; very hot causing difficulties breathing, suffocating

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Ulterior

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It describes things, usually motive, objectives, reasons that are kept hidden in order to achieve particular results.

Ex. Hans didn’t love Ana, he had ulterior motives.

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Pliant

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Flexible, adaptable

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Accretion

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Gradual increase

He enjoyed tracking the slow accretion of money in his retirement account.

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Prodigal

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Wasteful, giving abundantly, lavish

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Sound the depths

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Understand

Related words: fathom, plumb

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Dovetail

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Join or fit together

Relative word: converge (move towards one another)

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Denote

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Stand as a name or symbol for

Ex. The company’s denotes quality.

Denotation is the literal meaning of a word.

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Apostate

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A person who deserts a party, cause, religion

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Rife

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Happening frequently, abundant, currently being reported

Ex. Reports of financial corruption are rife.

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Contumacious

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Rebellious; stubbornly disobedient

Related words: obstreperous, recalcitrant, refractory

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Presumptuous

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Too bold or forward

Presumptuous jerk.

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Hallmark

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A mark of indication of quality, purity,

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Dilate

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To become wider, cause to expand, to speak or write at length, elaborate upon

Pupils dialate.

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Supersede

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Replace, take the position of

Ex. Electric washing machines superseded hand-powered ones many decades ago.

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Sportive

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Playful, merry, joking around

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Assail

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Attack violently, assault

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Officious

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Excessively eager in giving unwanted advice

In other words - nosy

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Discerning

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Having good judgment or insight

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Wan

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Unnaturally pale, or showing other indications of sickness

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Propriety

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Confirming to good manners

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Mendacious

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Lying, habitually dishonest

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Illiberality

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Narrow-mindedness, bigotry, strictness or lack of generosity

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Coalesce

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Come together, unite, fuse together

A coalition is a group that has coalesced.

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Irresolute

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Not sure how to proceed, not firm in one’s decision

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Fanciful

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Whimsical, capricious, imaginary

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Paucity

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Scarcity, the state of being small in number Related word: dearth (lack)

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Inchoate

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Just begun, undeveloped

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Skittish

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Shy, uncertain, prone to act suddenly due to nervousness

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Squelch

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Crush, squash

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Scurvy

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Contemptible, mean

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Abjure

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Give up, renounce,

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Trifling

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Trivial, not very important

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Fringe

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On the margin, periphery ;the people in the group who hold the most extreme views They lived on the fringe of the big city.

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Divest

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Deprive or strip of a rank, title

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Cardinal

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Chief, most important

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Investiture

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Investing, formally giving someone a right or title

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Dither

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Act indecisively

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Approbation

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Formal approval

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Opprobrium

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Disgrace and disapproval

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Effrontery

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Shameless boldness

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Garner

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Gather, store

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Proclivity

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Inclination

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Erstwhile

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Former, previous, in the past Related words: bygone

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Transgresión

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Violation of law

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Deleterious

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Harmful

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Dilatory

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Procrastinating or stalling time, slow, late

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Impute

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Credit, attribute, lay blame or responsibility for

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Ribald

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Using or relating to obscene or vulgar humor

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Mirth

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Jollity, merriment, amusement or laughter

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Precipitate

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Cause to happen suddenly or prematurely; fling, plunge, or hurl down They considered a move to Florida for years, but the sudden destruction of their house in a hurricane precipitated their decision.

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Vim

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Pep, enthusiasm, vitality, lively spirit Ex. I m old not dead. Said grandpa, full of vim. Vim, vigor, verve, sprightly

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Palliate

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Make less serious or severe, relieve symptoms of an illness Related words: ameliorate, mitigate, extenuate. To palliate a crime is to try to make it seem not as bad, such as by introducing extenuating circumstances.

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Impassive

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Not having or not showing physical feelings or emotions

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Infallible

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Incapable of error; certain Synonym: unerring

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Magnanimous

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High-minded, Nobel, lofty, generous in forgiving others, free of resentment

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Stint

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Period of time spent doing something, or specific, limited amount of work. To be frugal, to get by on little. After a stint in combat, he was used to eating whatever he was given.

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Quiescent

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Quiet, still

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Rift

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A gap or fissure (such as in rock), a break in friendly relationship Rift as a verb is to split open

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Turpitude

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Depravity (bad), baseless of character, corrupt or depraved acts. Moral turpitude - is a legal term that describes depraved behavior.

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Dupe

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Person who is easily fooled or used; to fool or exploit

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Coda

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Final part of a musical composition; an ending You play this middle section twice, then move tot the coda.