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Unit 2 Flashcards

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Malleable

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(adj) able to be bent, shaped, or adapted

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Mitigate

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(v) make less severe; lessen or moderate (damage, grief, pain, etc.)

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Abate

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(v) reduce, diminish

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Resolve

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(v, n) find a solution to; firmly decide to do something; decide by formal vote (verb); firmness of purpose (noun)

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crafty

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(adj) cunning, skillful in deception or underhanded schemes

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dispassionate

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(adj) unbiased, not having a selfish or personal motivation; calm, lacking emotion

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Erratic

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(adj) inconsistent, wandering, having no fixed course

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Sanction

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(n, v) permission or approval, something that gives support or authority to something else (noun); to allow, confirm, ratify (verb); OR a legal action against another country to get it to comply (noun); to place sanctions or penalties on (verb)

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adhere

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(v) stick (to), such as with glue, or to a plan or belief

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Haven

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(adj) harbor or port; refuge, safe place

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Feasible

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(adj) possible; logical or likely; suitable

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Overshadow

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(v) cast a shadow over, darken; dominate, make to seem less important

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Rescind

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(v) annul, repeal, make void

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Speculate

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(v) contemplate; make a guess or educated guess about; engage in a risky business transaction, gamble

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Secular

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(adj) not religious or holy; pertaining to worldly things

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Prodigious

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(adj) extraordinarily large, impressive, etc.

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Tractable

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(adj) easily controlled or managed, docile; easily shaped or molded

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artifact

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(n) any object made by humans, especially those from an earlier time, such as those excavated by archaeologists

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Enervate

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(v) weaken, tire

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Spate

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(n) sudden outpouring or rush; flood

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Stolid

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(adj) unemotional, showing little emotion, not easily moved

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Venerate

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(v) revere, regard with deep respect and awe

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Preamble

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(n) introductory statement, preface

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Refute

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(v) prove to be false

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deem

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(v) judge; consider

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Zeal

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(n) great fervor or enthusiasm for a cause, person, etc.; tireless diligence in furthering that cause; passion, ardor

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copious

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(adj) plentiful, bountiful

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Equitable

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(adj) fair, equal, just

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Jocular

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(adj) joking or given to joking all the time; jolly, playful

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Mendacious

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(adj) lying, habitually dishonest

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alleviate

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(v) lessen, make easier to endure

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Levy

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(v, n) collect tax from, wage war on, or enlist for military service (verb); act of collecting tax or amount owed, or the drafting of troops into military service (noun)

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Obstinate

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(adj) stubborn or hard to control

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Repudiate

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(v) reject, cast off, deny that something has authority

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connoisseur

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(n) expert, especially in the fine arts; person of educated, refined tastes

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Fleeting

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(adj) passing quickly, transitory

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contentious

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(adj) controversial; prone to causing arguments, especially gratuitous or petty ones

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didactic

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(adj) intended to instruct; teaching, or teaching a moral lesson

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Simultaneous

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(adj) at the same time

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distill

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(v) purify; extract the essential elements of

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Subjective

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(adj) existing in the mind or relating to one’s own thoughts, opinions, emotions, etc.; personal, individual, based on feelings

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Outstrip

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(v) surpass, exceed; be larger or better than; leave behind

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Viable

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(adj) capable of living (or growing, developing, etc.); practical, workable

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Nascent

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(adj) coming into existence, still developing

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anarchy

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(n) absence of law or government; chaos, disorder

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Predisposed

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(adj) having an inclination or tendency beforehand; susceptible

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Rudimentary

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(adj) elementary, relating to the basics; undeveloped, primitive

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zenith

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(n) high point, culmination

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default

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(n, v) failure to act, neglect (noun); fail to fulfill an obligation, esp. a financial one (verb)

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arduous

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(adj) very difficult, strenuous; severe, hard to endure

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Sound

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(v) measure the depth of (usually water) as with a sounding line; penetrate and discover the meaning of, understand (usually as sound the depths)

52
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Gainsay

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(v) declare false, deny; oppose

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Implode

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(v) burst inward

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abridge

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(v) reduce or lessen; shorten by omitting parts throughout while retaining the main idea

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base

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(adj) morally low, mean, dishonorable; of little or no value; crude and unrefined; counterfeit

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Hierarchy

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(n) a ranked series; a classification of people according to rank, ability, etc.; a ruling body

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Presumptuous

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(adj) too bold or forward; going beyond that which is proper

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Hackneyed

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(adj) so commonplace as to be stale; not fresh or original

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Metamorphosis

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(n) a complete change or transformer (in biology, a change such as a caterpillar becoming a pupa and then a butterfly)

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Undermine

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(v) weaken cause to collapse by digging away at the foundation (of a building or an argument); injure or attack in a secretive or underhanded way

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buffer

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(n) something that shields, protects, absorbs shock, or cushions

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conundrum

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(n) riddle, the answer to which involves a play on words; any mystery

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catalyst

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(n) causer of change

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Tacit

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(adj) understood without being said; implied, not stated directly; silent

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Transitory

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(adj) temporary, short-lived, not lasting

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Soporific

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(adj, n) causing sleep; sleepy, drowsy (adj); something that causes sleep (noun)

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credibility

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(n) believability, trustworthiness

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Keen

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(adj) sharp, piercing; very perceptive or mentally sharp; intense (of a feeling)

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bolster

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(v) strengthen or support

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defamatory (adj.)

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slanderous, injurious to someone’s reputation

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Stark

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(adj) complete, total, utter; harsh or grim; extremely simple, severe, blunt, or plain

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Requite

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(v) reciprocate, repay, or revenge

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archaic

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(adj) characteristic of an earlier period, ancient, primitive

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Incongruous

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(adj) out of place, inappropriate, not harmonious

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Lull

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(n, v) soothe or cause to fall asleep (as in a lullaby); quiet down; make to feel secure, sometimes falsely (verb); a period of calm or quiet (noun)

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Reverent

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(adj) feeling or expressing very deep respect and awe

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Spectrum

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(n) a broad range of nevertheless related qualities or ideas, esp. those that overlap to create a continuous series (as in a color spectrum, where each color blends into the next in a continuous way)

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Trite

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(adj) lacking freshness or originality, lacking effectiveness due to overuse, cliche

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Profligate

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(adj) completely and shamelessly immoral, or extremely wasteful

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Gist

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(n) main idea, essence

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Vacillate

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(v) waver in one’s mind or opinions, be indecisive

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Divine

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(v) discover through divination or supernatural means; perceive by insight

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Stoic or Stoical

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(adj, n) indifferent to pleasure or pain, enduring without complaint (adj); person indifferent to pleasure or pain (noun)

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denigrate

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(v) belittle, attack the reputation of

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Flag

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(v) get tired, lose enthusiasm; hang limply or droop

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antagonize

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(v) make hostile or unfriendly

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benign

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(adj) harmless; favorable; kindly, gentle, or beneficial; not cancerous

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Liberal

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(adj, n) favorable to progress or reform; believing in maximum possible individual freedom; tolerant, open-minded; generous (adj); a person with such beliefs or practices (noun)

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Fanatical

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(adj) excessively devoted, enthusiastic, or zealous in an uncritical way

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Pedestrian

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(adj) ordinary, dull, commonplace

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Resolution

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(n) the quality of being firmly determined; resolving to do something; a formal judgment, esp. decided by a vote

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Indeterminate

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(adj) not fixed or determined, indefinite; vague

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Maverick

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(n) rebel, individualist, dissenter

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constrict

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(v) squeeze, compress; restrict the freedom of

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Laconic

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(adj) using few words, concise

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convoluted

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(adj) twisted; very complicated

97
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deface

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(v) vandalize, mar the appearance of

98
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disquieting

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(adj) disturbing, causing anxiety

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Lassitude

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(n) tiredness, weariness; lazy indifference

100
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assuage

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(v) make milder, relieve; soothe, pacify, or calm

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