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affable

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succor

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din

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aegis

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acclimate

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arbitrage

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chagrin

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miser

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clairvoyant

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remedial

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epistle

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fornicate

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mar

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seminal

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fait accompli

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denizen

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connote

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persona non grata

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circumscribe

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presuppose

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presupposition

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obfuscate

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tome

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venerate

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filial

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disapprobation

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reticent

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interpose

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myrrh

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vaunt

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unscrupulous

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mimesis

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baseness

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debase

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purgation

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wantonness

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intemperance

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proscribe

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entreat

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prolixity

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maxim

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chide

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aphorism

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sultry

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sultriness

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incipient

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nascent

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triage

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antipathy

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hearken

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licentiousness

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licentious

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ordain

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pernicious

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prudent

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supple

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ensign

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entwine

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clemency

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days of yore

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a time long ago

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of yore

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(literary) of long ago or former times (used in nostalgic or mock-nostalgic recollection)

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serendipity

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anagram

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fire and brimestone

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brimestone

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(n) an alternative name for sulfur

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peradventure

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(archaic, humorous) (adv.) perhaps; (n.) uncertainty or doubt as to whether something is the case

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alabaster

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iniquity

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victual

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chargé d’affaires

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(n.) a diplomatic official who temporarily takes the place of an ambassador

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pro tempore

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for the time being

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shew

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hubbub

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malefactor

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auspicious

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cogent

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semantic

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impugn

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surreptitiously

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accede

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duplicity

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bodacious

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vehement

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beget

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vagabond

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countenance

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wroth

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enmity

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contrive

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interpose

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assured

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yew

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purveyor

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epithet

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propitiate

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elegiac

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vestibule

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triad

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remiss

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irreverent

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palanquin

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umbrage

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sully

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emissary

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immolation

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ebullient

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ossify

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convalescence

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anachronism

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obsequious

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joie de vivre

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(n.) exuberant enjoyment of life

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raison d’être

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(n.) the most important reason or purpose for someone or something’s existence

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non compos mentis

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(adj.) not sane or in one’s right mind

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caprice

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specter

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milieu

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ostensibly

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quintessential

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vapid

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chagrin

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antrhopic

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vagrant

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Hanlon’s razor

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Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.

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Occam’s razor

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The principle that in explaining a thing no more assumptions should be made than are necessary.

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sojourner

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convivial

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caterwaul

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pièce de résistance

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(n.) (esp. with reference to creative work or a meal) the most important or remarkable feature

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affable

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abate

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blatant

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succor

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truism

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nimrod

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anthology

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ineffable

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cacophony

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egress

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ingress

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letters of marque

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redux

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conundrum

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rout

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metropole

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entwinement

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obviate

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repast

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catamite

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cataclysm

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cadre

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curmudgeon

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paragon

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apoplectic

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denouement

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blithely

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forsake

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cur

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(n.) an aggressive dog or one that is in poor condition, especially a mongrel

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boon

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compass

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redoubtable

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adorn

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importune

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wassail

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engender

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interlocutor

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kleptocrat

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gamut

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hyponym

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indelible

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banal

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extolment

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heraldry

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obstinate

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premadonna

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fealty

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honorbound

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erudite

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plebiscite

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contrition

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irascible

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happenstance

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cincture

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fain

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vixen

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denigrate

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knavery

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sullenly

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guile

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archon

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squalor

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(n.) the state of being extremely dirty and unpleasant, especially as a result of poverty or neglect

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prodigious

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contumely

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implacable

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gainsay

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vouchsafe

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quorum

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(n.) the minimum number of members of an assembly or society that must be present at any of its meetings to make the proceedings of that meeting valid

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rapport

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(n.) a close and harmonious relationship in which the people or groups concerned understand each other’s feelings or ideas and communicate well

Advanced English Vocabulary (10 decks)

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