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Accolade

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praise

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Allusion

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indirect reference

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Ambivalence

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uncertainty; having ‘mixed’ feelings

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Ambivalent

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unable to decide

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Analogy

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comparison

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Anecdote

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short account of something interesting; story

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Anomalous

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odd; not fitting the pattern

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Apparition

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ghost; something that ‘appears’

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Aspersion

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negative feeling; damaging remark

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Belligerence

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aggression

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Bombastic

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too elaborate; exaggerated

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Candid

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truthful

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Capricious

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changeable; fickle

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Cherished

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cared for; firmly-held

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Cliche

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over-used expression

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Conception

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  1. idea; view. 2. beginning of pregnancy
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Convoluted

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complicated or long-winded

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Credence

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belief

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Cryptic

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hidden

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Currency

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  1. widespread acceptance, 2. money
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Decorous

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good and correct (used of behavior)

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Denunciation

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act of speaking out against

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Derailed

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thrown off course

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Derivative

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unoriginal

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Despotic

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acting like a tyrant

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Detritus

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rubbish

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Diaphanous

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very thin and transparent

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Dictum

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often-used saying

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Dilettante

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person who dabbles in the arts

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Disdained

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showed contempt for

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Dispassionate

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unbiased; fair

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Dowager

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an elderly woman of elevate social status

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Dubious

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doubtful

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Egalitarian

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equal; believer in equality

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Elicit

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draw out (used mainly for information or feelings)

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Elliptical

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  1. shaped like an ellipse, 2. indirect
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Epitomizes

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acts as a typical example of

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Equivocate

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speak ambiguously/vaguely

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Evasiveness

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trying to avoid something

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Explicitly

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very clear; nothing hidden

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Foraging

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searching for food

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Hypothetical

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based on guesswork; not proven

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Iconoclast

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person who goes against accepted authority

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Idiosyncratic

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quirky; unique to an individual

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Imponderable

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cannot be understood

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Indecorous

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not well-behaved; lacking in dignity

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Indigence

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extreme poverty

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Inept

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clumsy

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Inherent

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inbuilt; genetic

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Intricate

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complicated

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Irrefutable

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cannot be proved wrong

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Jingoism

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using words to stir up exaggerated patriotism

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Jubilant

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joyful

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Judicious

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fair and equal

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Lament

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express regret over something

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Loquacious

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talkative; using too many words

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Mendicancy

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begging

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Metaphorical

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not literal; figurative

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Milieu

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environment; surroundings

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Mitigated

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made less severe

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Nascent

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just begun; in an early stage of development

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Nostalgia

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longing for the past

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Obtrusive

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easily seen

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Orthographical

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concerned with writing and spelling

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Ossified

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become fixed and rigid

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Ostentatious

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showy

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Palpable

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can be felt

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Pastoral

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  1. concerned with the countryside, 2. concerned with the care a pastor gives to someone
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Pedestrian

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  1. boring (adj), 2. person who walks (n)
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Perfidy

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treachery; betrayal

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Profligacy

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wasteful and immoral behavior

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Prohibitive

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very expensive

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Prudence

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wisdom; caution

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Pugnacious

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aggressive

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Purveyor

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one who sells something or causes something to spread

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Resonance

A

echo

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Respite

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break (from work etc.)

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Resurgence

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revival

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Sparse

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thin; not thick

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Stringent

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strict

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Succumbing

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giving in to; falling under the influence of

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Supercilious

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arrogant

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Tenacity

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firmness of purpose

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Transcend

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go beyond a limit

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Variegated

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multicolored

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Venerable

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worthy of respect

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Viable

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workable; able to live or grow

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Visceral

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concerned with the ‘guts’; physical rather than mental

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