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Provisional

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Temporary, tentative, for the time being

The plan for the party on Saturday is only provisional and subjected to change.

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Quiescent

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Quiet response, inactivity

Strikes were headed by groups of workers who had previously been quiescent.

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Lurid

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Sensational, shocking
The lurid details of the Holocaust were too frightening and shocking for children.
Lu ret lam be hoang so

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Truculent

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Belligerence
Hers was a truculent dog, parking at anyone passing by its territory.
Chu cu Len ! Anh cho chu biet tay

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Pugnacious

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Aggressive, eager or quick to quarrel
The increasing pugnacious demeanor of the politicians prevented the two parties from reaching a consensus.
Cho pug nay sua trong that hung hang

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Propitiate

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Proponent of Appreciation
Appease, conciliate
The ancients thought it was important to propitiate the gods with sacrifices.
Try to please sb so they aren’t angry no more

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Élan

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Great enthusiasm, vigorous spirit

The marching band played with great élan when their team had a touch down.

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Perfunctory

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Done as a habit with no interest
Though he made lots of money, he was not happy because of the perfunctory job.
Bo Phan chia roi ko muon cung phai lam

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Aplomb

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Self-assurance, confident composure.

FDR built up the nation’s spirit with his aplomb when he said “the only thing to fear is fear itself”

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Lucid

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Clear
She writes in clear and lucid style.
Lu xin nuoc trong veo

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Opaque

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Obscure, dense, hard to understand

From opacity

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Craven

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Acting in a cowardly manner

Hamlet despised himself for his craven manner, not revenging for King Hamlet at once.

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Venal

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Corrupt, dishonest

The venal politicians corrupted the whole government system.

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Feckless

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Weak, irresponsible

The feckless exploitation of the world’s natural resources will leave human irrevocable damage.

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Licentious

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Immoral, dissolute, debauched

The Joker was a licentious villain.

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Noxious

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Harmful, injurious
The inhalation of polluted air is noxious to children.
No an xi ot dau bung muon chot

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Extraneous

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Unnecessary, extra

The students are fed up with having to wade through many pages of extraneous material.

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Duplicitous

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Deliberately deceitful

The company duplicitous tax report ripped millions of dollars off the economy.

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Profligate

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Wasteful
Opposite with parsimonious, mean, stingy.
Tom and Kate Cruise led a very profligate lifestyle, spending 100000$ on Suri’s birthday.

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Epiphany

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Sudden realization, an insightful moment

When Drew Berrymore first performed on stage, she immediately had a epiphany that acting was her passion.

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Parsimonious

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Opposite of profligate

Scrooge was a parsimonious man, not even willing to spend a penny on charity.

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Vacuous

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Empty
Vacuum-ous
People are tired of the prattling, vacuous talk.

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Inane

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Empty

In-any thing there!

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Harbinger

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Sth bad is gonna happen soon

An unusually early autumn rain was a harbinger of a harsh winter.

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Presage

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A sign that sth bad is gonna happen

I glanced at the sky again to make sure the scudding clouds did not presage rain.

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Accord

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An agreement
He advised them to be having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind.
A cord to connect the two countries

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Beleaguered

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Surround with problems

Nguyen Trai soon led a relief force to the aid of the beleaguered Gia Dinh city.

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Burgeon

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Grow rapidly and expand

The Mylo Xyloto your was successfully completed and add to the ever Burgeoning list of Coldplay’s achievements.

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Imperious

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Haughty, domineering

The imperious empire wouldn’t listen to anyone’s advice.

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Petulant

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Irritable
The petulant toddler threw a temper tantrum when he doesn’t get his way.
Be Tu thay LAN gay buc boi

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Complaisant

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Amiable

Companion that is pleasant

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Fawn

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Act in a servile manner

Funny how you fawn him so he be fond of you

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Intransigent

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Obdurate

In-transforming mah sig agent !

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Chicanery

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Deliberately trickery

Cheat with canning trickery

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Conundrum

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A difficult problem

Co nun choi drum la van de Kho

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Slight

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Disrespectful remark

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Capitulate

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Surrender with protest

Cap- head/ hold: let head be taken hold and manipulated

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Apocryphal

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Of doubtful authenticity

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Idyllic

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Charmingly simple and carefree

Our vacation in the rural western town was simply idyllic

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Extemporize

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Improvise
Speak without looking at notes
MLK speech I have a dream

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Ungainly

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Awkward, clumsy

Unfortunately they appeared under rehearsed and somewhat ungainly on stage.

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Virtuperative

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Verbal abuse, bitter criticism

The criticism soon turned into a virtuperative attack.

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Nuance

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Subtle shade if meaning, slight degree of difference

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Ignominious

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Humiliating, shameful

Too disgraceful I-go-anonymous .

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Confounded

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Utterly perplexed

Nonplussed

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Interloper

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Intruder

Going around to enter

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Nonplussed

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Confounded

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Cerebral

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Intellectual rather than emotional

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Excoriating

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Expressing disapproval

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Visceral

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Intuitive rather than reasoning

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Scathing

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A loud decry , excoriating

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Florid

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Flowery in styles

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Facetious

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Treating serious problem with lack of respect, humor

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Resolute

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Determined

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Flippant

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Facetious

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Indomitable

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Resolute

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Proliferation

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Increase rapidly

Rumor about Snowball damaging the farm at night prolifi

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Perfidious

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Traitorous, deceitful

Snowball was said to be a perfidious ally with Mr. Jones.

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Grudge

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Unwilling to give or sacrifice
The animals worked like slaves that year, yet grudged no effort or sacrifice, well aware that everything was for future generation.

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Lament

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Cry of mourning

A cry of lamentation when up as the animals heard of Napoleon’s dying health.

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Incumbent

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Obliged, responsible

Mr. Pilkington felt it incumbent upon him to have a few words for Napoleon before the feast.

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