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Vacab 1.1 Flashcards

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Blanch

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To whiten by removing color; bleach; (verb)

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Chimerical

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(Adj), unreal, imaginary, visionary

2. Wildly fanciful, highly unrealistic

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Dulcify

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(Verb)
To make more agreeable; mollify; appease

To sweeten

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Finesse

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(Noun)
Extreme delicacy or subtlety in action, performance, skill, discrimination, taste, etc.

Skill in handling a difficult or highly sensitive situation; adroit and artful management

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Grandiose

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Adj

Affectively grand or important; pompous

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Harbinger

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Noun

Something (a person) that shows what is coming

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Captious

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Adj.
Apt to notice and make much of trivial faults or defects; fault finding; difficult to please

Proceeding from a fault finding or caviling disposition

He could never praise without adding a Captious remark

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Abscond

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Verb

To depart in a sudden and secret manner, especially to avoid capture and legal prosecution

The cashier absconded the money.

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Idiosyncrasy

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Noun

An unusual way in which a particular person behaves or thinks

An unusual part or feature of something

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Machination

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Noun

Act of machinating

A scheming or crafty action or artful design intended to accomplish some usually evil end

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Mordant

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Adj

Sharply caustic or sarcastic, as wit or a speaker, biting

Burning, corrosive

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Nubile

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Adj

(Of a young woman) suitable for marriage, especially in regard to age or physical development; marriageable

(Of a young person, usually a woman) sexually developed and attractive

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Pejorative

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Adj

Having a disparaging, derogatory, or belittling effect or force

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Raiment

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Noun

Clothing, apparel, attire

This would give him food and raiment…)

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Sapient

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Adj

Having or showing great wisdom or sound judgement

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Adulterate

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To make (something, such as food or drink) impure or weaker by adding something of poor quality

Verb

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Bucolic

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Adj

Of or relating to the country or country life

Even though I was born in the city, I still prefer the quiet of a small bucolic village any day.

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Caveat

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Noun

A warning or caution; admonition

(2) law or legal notice to a court or public officer to suspend a certain proceeding until the notifier is given a hearing

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Desultory

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Adj

(1) not having a plan or purpose
(2) done without serious effort

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Diadem

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A crown that is worn especially by a king or queen as a symbol of royalty (noun)

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Emanate

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(Verb)

To come out from a source; to send (something) out; to give out something

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Garish

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Adj

Crudely or tastelessly colorful, showy, or elaborate, as clothes or decoration

(2) excessively ornate or elaborate, as buildings or writings

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Gratuitous

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Adj

Given, done, bestowed, or obtained without charge or payment; free; voluntary

(2) being without apparent reason, cause, or justification

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Felicitous

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Well suited for the occasion, as an action, manner, or expression, apt, appropriate (adj)

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Immutable

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Adj

Unable to be changed

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Impecunious

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Adj

Having little or no money, penniless, poor

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Impious

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Not pious or religious; lacking reverence for God, religious practices, ect.; irreligious; ungodly

Adj

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Onus

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Noun

A difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, ect.

(2) burden of proof

Being a leader is difficult because in this position one must bear the onus of making decisions for a group of people.

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Redolent

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Adj

Having a pleasant odor; fragrant

(2)odorous or smelling (usually followed by of)

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Sedition

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Noun

The crime of saying, writing, or doing something that encourages people to disobey their government

The leaders of the group have been arrested and charged with sedition.

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Cessation

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Noun

A temporary or complete stopping; discontinuance

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Delineate

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Verb
To trace the outline of;sketch or trace in outline;represent pictorially

To portray in words, describe or outline with precision

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Desiccate

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Verb
To dry up

To preserve (a food) by drying (dehydrate)

To drain of emotional or intellectual vitality

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Elixir

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Noun

A magical liquid that can cure illness or extend life

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Epitome

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Noun

A person or thing that is typical or possesses to a certain degree the features of a whole class

A perfect example, an example that expresses something very well

He is the epitome of goodness.

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Ebullient

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Adj

Overflowing with fervor, enthusiasm, or excitement; high-spirited

The award winner was in an ebullient mood at the dinner in her honor.

Bubbling up like a boiling liquid

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Fissure

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Noun

A narrow opening or crack

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Garrulous

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Adj

Tending to talk a lot, very talkative

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Juxtapose

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Verb

To place close together or side by side (in order to create an interesting effect) or, especially for, comparison and contrast

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Kinetic

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Adj

Pertaining to motion/the amount of physical objects

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Lachrymose

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Tending to cause tears, tending to cry often

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Languid

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Adj

Lacking in vigor or vitality, slacking or stow

Lacking in spirit or interest, listless

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Legerdemain

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Noun

Skill in using your hands to perform magic tricks

Trickery, deception

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Libertine

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Noun

A person (especially a man) who leads an immoral life and is mainly interested in sexual pleasure

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Scintillate

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To emit sparks (verb)

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Badinage

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Light, playful banter or raillery

Noun

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Bilious

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Adj

Having or causing a sick feeling in the stomach, feeing or causing nausea,

Angry or bad tempered

Very unpleasant to look at

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Blandishment

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Noun

Something, as an action or speech, that tends to flatter, coax, entice, etc

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Debauchery

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Noun

Bad or immoral behavior that involves sex, drugs, alcohol, etc

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Fastidious

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Adj

Very careful about how you do something,

Liking few things, hard to please

Wanting to always be clean, neat, etc

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Garner

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To collect or gather (something)

To get or receive (something wanted or valued)

Verb

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Gumption

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Noun

Initiative, aggressiveness, resourcefulness,

Courage and confidence

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Halcyon

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Adj

Calm, peaceful, tranquil

Rich, wealthy, prosperous

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Hegira

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Noun

A journey especially when undertaken to escape from a dangerous or undesirable situation

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Kismet

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Noun

Fate;destiny

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Foist

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Verb

To force someone to accept (something that is not good or not wanted)

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Milieu

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Noun

The physical or social setting in which people live or in which something happens or develops

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Equanimity

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Noun

Calm emotions when dealing with problems or pressure

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Paradigm

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Noun

A model or pattern for something that may be copied

A theory or a group of ideas about how something should be done, made, or thought about

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Lucubrate

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Verb, used with object)

To work, write, or study laboriously, especially at night

To write learnedly

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animosity

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Noun

A feeling of strong dislike, I’ll will, or enmity that tends to display itself in action

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Brevity

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Noun

The use of few words to say something

The quality or fact of lasting only a short period of time

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Dowager

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Noun

A woman who has inherited property of a title from her head husband

An old woman who is very formal or serious

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Chicanery

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Noun

Actions or statements that trick people into believing something that is not true; deception or trickery

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Empathy

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Noun

The feeling that you understand or share another person’s experiences and emotions, the ability to share someone else’s feelings

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Harlequin

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Noun

A mute character in traditional pantomime, typically masked and dressed in diamond-patterned costume

Joker with diamond-pattern costume

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Hoi polloi

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Noun

The common people, the masses

Ordinary people, people who are not rich, famous, etc

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Impinge

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Verb

To make an impression, have an effect or impact (usually followed by on or upon)

To encroach, infringe (usually followed by on or upon)

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Boon

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Noun

Something pleasant or helpful, a benefit or advantage to be thankful for

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Obsequious

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Adj

Too eager to help or obey someone important

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Offal

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Noun

The organs of an animal that are used for food (but considered inedible)

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Redundant

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Adj

Characterized by verbosity or unnecessary repetition in expressing ideas; prolix

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Salutary

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Adj

Favorable to or promoting health; healthful

Promoting or conducive to some beneficial purpose; wholesome (especially after something unpleasant has happened)

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Savant

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A person of profound or extreme learning, learned scholar, a person who knows a lot about a particular subject, a person with unusual mental abilities

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Sentient

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Having the power of perception by the senses; consensus (being able to see, hear, smell, taste, touch)

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Aggrandize

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Verb
To make great or greater (increase size), to make appear great or greater, praise highly, to enhance power, position, or reputation of (exploited situation to aggrandize himself)

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Bombast

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Noun

Speech or writing that is meant to sound important or impressive but is not sincere or meaningful

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Deign

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Verb

To do something that you think you should not have to do because you’re too important

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Elicit

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Verb

To get (a response, information, etc) from someone

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Endemic

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Adj

Growing or existing of a certain place or region, common in a particular area or field

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Flaunt

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Verb

To show something in a very open way, so other people will notice

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Mendacious

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Adj

Not honest, likely to tell lies, based on lies

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Obviate

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Verb

To anticipate and prevent or eliminate (difficulties, disadvantages, etc) by effective measures, render unnecessary

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Felonious

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Adj

Pertaining to the nature of a felony, wicked, base, villainous

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Pillory

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Verb

To publicly criticize (someone) in a very harsh way

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Panache

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Noun

A grand or flamboyant manner, verve, style, flair (lots of energy or style)

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Paroxysm

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Noun

A sudden, violent outburst, a fit of violent action or emotion

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Fallow

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Adj

(Of land) plowed and left unattended for a season or more

Not in use, inactive

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Saturnine

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Sluggish in temperament, gloomy, very serious and unhappy

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Truncate

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Verb

To shorten by cutting off a part, cut short

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Macaronic

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Adj

Composed of or characterized by Latin words mixed with vernacular words or non-Latin words given Latin endings

Composed of a mixture of languages

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Obtuse

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Not quick or alert in perception, feeling, intellect; not sensitive or observant; dull

Not sharp, acute, or pointed; blunt in form; not able to understand what is obvious or simple

Adj

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Egregious

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Very bad and easily noticed

Adj

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Empirical

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Based on/derived from or guided by testing or experience

Adj

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Solecism

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Noun

A mistake in speech or writing

An impolite or improper way of behaving

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Foment

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Instigate or stir up trouble

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Germane

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Adj

Closely or significantly related; relevant; pertinent

Closely related

Relating to a subject in an appropriate way

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Hallow

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Verb

To make holy; sanctify; consecrate

To honor as holy; consider sacred; venerate

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Hermetic

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Made airtight by fusion or sealing

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Hospice

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Noun

A place that provides care for people who are dying

A place where travelers can stay; especially; an inn kept by people in a religious organization

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Meretricious

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Adj

Attractive in a cheap or false way

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Orifice

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Noun

An opening or aperture, as of a tube or pipe; a mouth like opening or a hole; mouth; vent (especially hole in the body like mouth, ear, etc)

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Perdition

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Noun

The state of being in hell forever as punishment after death

The future state of the wicked

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Querulous

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Adj

Complaining in an annoyed way

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Ratiocinate

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Verb

To reason; carry out a process of reasoning

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