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Aver v

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To affirm, declare confidently
+ assert, asseverate, avouch
- deny, disavow, repudiate, disclaim

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Abet v

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To encourage, assist, aid, support (especially in something wrong or unworthy)
- hamper, hinder, impede

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Blatant adj

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Noisy in a coarse, offensive way;
Obvious or conspicuous, especially in an unfavorable sense
+ flagrant, glaring, egregious
- inconsequential, trifling, piddling

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Broach v

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To bring up or begin to talk about 
To announce, introduce 
To break the surface of the water 
To open a keg or cask to take the liquid 
(n) a pit for roasting 
A tool for tapping casks
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Buttress v

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To support, strengthen
(N) a supporting structure
+ bolster, reinforce, brace, shore up
- undermine, weaken, impair

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Carousal n

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Noisy revelry or merrymaking ( often with a suggesting of heavy drinking)
+ drinking bout, drunken revel, binge

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Collate v

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To compare critically in order to note differences, similarities…
To arrange in order for some specific purpose
+ sort out, cross-check, rearrange

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Connoisseur n

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An expert
+ authority, savant, pundit
-ignoramus, philistine, yahoo

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Disconsolate adj

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Deeply unhappy or dejected
Without hope, beyond consolation
+ grief-stricken, inconsolable, comfortless
- cheerful, blithe, buoyant, jaunty

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Encumber v

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To weigh down or burden ( with difficulties, cares, debt)
To fill up, block up, hinder
+ overload, saddle, hamper, clog
- unburden, unload, relieve

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Foment v

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To promote trouble or rebellion
To apply warm liquid to 
To warm 
\+ instigate, incite, stir up 
- quell, quash, squelch, suppress
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Grisly adj

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frightful, horrible, ghastly
+ gruesome, gory, hideous
- pleasant, delightful, attractive

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Herculean adj

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Characterized by great strength
Very hard to do in the sense of requiring unusual strength
+ mighty, powerful, arduous, onerous, colossal
- puny, Lilliputian, bantam

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Impassive adj

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showing no feeling or emotion
Inanimate, motionless
+ emotionless, stoic, unemotional, insensible
- emotional, passionate, excitable

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Inauspicious adj

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Unfavorable, suggesting bad luck for the future
+ Unpropitious, unpromising, untimely
- propitious, favorable

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Incontrovertible adj

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Unquestionable, beyond dispute
+ incontestable, indisputable, indubitable
- debatable, dubious

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Nonplussed adj

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puzzled, not knowing what to do, at a loss
+ perplexed, baffled, stumped, flabbergasted
- poised, confident, assured

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Opportune adj

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Suitable or convenient for a particular purpose
Occurring at an appropriate time
+ timely, appropriate, felicitous
- untimely, inconvenient

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Prolific adj

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abundantly productive 
abundant 
profuse 
\+ fruitful, fecund, proliferous 
- barren, unproductive, sterile, sparse
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rejoinder n

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a reply to a reply, especially from the defendant in a legal suit
+ answer, reply, response, riposte, retort

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amenable adj

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willing to follow advice or authority
tractable, submissive, responsive 
liable to be held responsible 
\+ agreeable, compliant, docile
- unresponsive, resistant, recalcitrant
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berate v

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to scold sharply
+ chide, rebuke, reprove, reprimand
- praise, compliment, pat on the back

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carnage n

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large-scale slaughter or loss of life

+ butchery, bloodbath, massacre

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credulous adj

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too ready to believe, easily deceived
+ gullible
- dubious, skeptical

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criterion n

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a rule, test
a standard for judgement or evaluation
+yardstick, touchstone, gauge, canon

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deplete v

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to use up as a result of spending or consumption
to diminish greatly
+ exhaust, empty, drain, bankrupt
- replenish, refill, restock, resupply

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expatiate v

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to expand on, write or talk at length or in detail
to move about freely
+ elaborate, enlarge, descant, wander, roam
- sketch rougly, summarize, condense, adumbrate

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extraneous adj

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coming from the outside, foreign
present but not essential or relevant
+ incidental, extrinsic
- intrinsic, relevant, pertinent, germane

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inception n

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the beginning, start, earliest stage of some process, institution etc
+ commencement, inauguration, outset
- completion, conclusion, termination

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infirmity n

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a weakness or ailment ( physical, mental, moral…)

+ affliction , malady, defect

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jejune adj

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lacking in nutritive value 
lacking in interest or substance 
immature, juvenile 
\+ valipid, insipid, puerile, childish 
- stimulating, mature
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obdurate adj

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stubborn, unyielding
+ obstinate, adamant
- yielding, tractable, flexible

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potpourri n

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a collection of diverse or miscellaneous items
a general mixture
petlas mixed with spices for scent
+hodgepodge, melange, farrago, medley

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precocious adj

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showing unusually early development (especially in talents and mental capacity )
+ forward, gifted, advanced
- backward, retarded, slow

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sadistic adj

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delighting in cruelty, excessively cruel
+ brutal, vicious, inhuman, fiendish
- masochistic, clement, humane merciful

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sententious adj

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Tính chất châm ngôn 
Lên mặt dạy đời
Trang trọng giả tạo
\+ aphoristic, epigrammatic, moralistic 
- discursive, diffuse, episodic
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supplicate v

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to beg earnestly and humbly

+ plead, petition, implore, entreat

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surfeit n

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an excess or overindulgence (drinking + eating ), causing disgust
(v) to feed or supply with anything to excess
+ (n) excess, glut (v) cloy, satiate
- (n) dearth, paucity, lack

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tortuous adj

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winding, twisted, crooked
highly involved, complex, devious
+ circuitous, serpentine, labyrinthe
- direct, straight

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turgid adj

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swollen, bloated, filled to excess
over decorated or excessive in language
+ inflated, pompous, bombastic, overblown
-muted, understated, unadorned, austere

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adamant adj

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firm in purpose or opinion, unyielding, obdurate, implacable, inflexible
(n) an extremely hard substance
+ yielding, flexible, pliable

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brouhaha n

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a confused hodgepodge of sounds, hubbub
an uproar or commotion that goes far beyond what is justified
+ frir, hullabaloo, tumult, pandemonium

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bulwark n

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a strong defense or protection
a solid wall-like structure for defense
(v0 to provide such defense or protection
+ (n) stronghold, citadel, bastion, rampart
- (n) breach, weak point in defense

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choleric adj

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easily made angry, bad-tempered
+ irascible, testy, splenetic, bilious
-affable, genia

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cloy v

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to spoil or destroy an appetite by too much indulgence, especially in sweet or rich things
to glut, satiate, surfeit
- stimulate, whet

46
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curtail v

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to cut short
to bring to a halt or end sooner than expect 
to reduce 
\+ limit, abbreviate, abridge, contract 
-protract, extend
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deference n

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courteous yielding to the wishes and ideas of another person
great respect marked by submission, as to a superior
+ respect, consideration. courtesy
- contempt, disrespect, scorn, disdain

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definitive adj

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conclusive, final, representing the limit of what can be done
+ exhaustive, authoritative
- tentative, inconclusive

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demeanor n

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the way a person behaves, overall impression made by comportment, manner…
facial appearance, mien
+ conduct, behavior, bearing, carriage

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enigmatic adj

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puzzling, perplexing, inexplicable
+ baffling, mysterious, inexplicable
- intelligible, understandable, fathomable

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impromptu adj adv

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without preparation, offhand, suddenly or hastily
+ spontaneous, improvised, unrehearsed
- rehearsed, planned, premeditated

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mawkish adj

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excessively and objectionably sentimental
having a mildly sickening flavor
+ sentimentalized, maudlin, mushy, nauseating
- unsentimental, callous, insensitive

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mollify v

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to soften, pacify
to calm, allay ( emotion ), assuage, appease, placate
to reduce in intensity
- enrage, anger, aggravate, exacerbate

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onus n

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something that is heavy or burdensome (esp an unwelcome responsibility )
+ burden, obligation, duty, stigma

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presentiment n

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a vague sense of approaching misfortune

+ foreboding, premonition, hunch

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profilgate adj

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given over to dissipation and self-indulgence
immoral
recklessly extravagant
(n) a person given to self-indulgent and wild spending
+ (adj) prodigal, improvident (N) sendthrift
- (adj) penny-pinching, frugal, economical

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remit v

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to send or hand in (money ) 
to cancel ( a penalty, punishment ), forgive, pardon 
to lesson, dimish 
to put off, postpone , defer 
\+ pay, absolve, subside, abate
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requisite adj

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needed, necessary, regarded as essential or indispensable
+ required, obligatory, incumbent
- nonessential, superfluous, optional

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sartorial adj

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of or pertaining to a tailor or his work

having to do with clothes or dress (esp men’s )

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thwart v

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to oppose succesfully
to prevent, frustrate
+ foil, baffle
- aid, assist, abet, further

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