Verbal Reasoning Flashcards
Database of medium to high level difficulty vocabulary words for the Verbal Reasoning section of the UP Law Entrance Examinations.
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Abdicate
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(v) renounce one’s throne
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Abeyance
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(n) temporary inactivity, cessation, or suspension. In Law, it means a state or condition of real property in which title is not as yet vested in a known titleholder
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Abjure
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(v) solemnly renounce (a belief, cause, or claim)
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Above-board
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(adj) legitimate, honest, open
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Abrogate
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(v) repeal or do away with (a law, right, or formal agreement)
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Acerbic
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(adj) harsh or severe, as of temper or expression
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Adagio
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(n) at slow tempo used chiefly as a direction in music
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Adroit
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(adj) cleverly skillful, resourceful, ingenious
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Adulation
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(n) high praise
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Agitprop
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(n) political (originally communist) propaganda, especially in art or literature
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Ankh
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(n) a cross having a loop for its upper vertical arm and serving especially in ancient Egypt as an emblem of life
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Apposite
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(adj) suitable, well-adapted, pertinent, relevant
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Astute
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(adj) shrewd, crafty
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Balk
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(v) hesitate or be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking
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Bellicose
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(adj) demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight
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Bequest
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(n) disposition in a will
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Beseech
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(v) ask someone urgently and fervently to do something
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Bilk
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(v) to evade payment of a debt
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Bought the farm
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(idiom)died; often refers to death in battle or by a plane crash
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Brackish
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(adj) unpleasant or distasteful
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Bravado
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(adj) pretentious, swaggering display of courage
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Buy a pig in a poke
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(idiom) something is sold or bought without the buyer knowing its true nature or value, especially when buying without inspecting the item beforehand
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Call a spade a spade
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(idiom) to address or describe the true nature of someone or something, even if it is unpleasant
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Caustic
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(adj) capable of detroying or eating away by chemical action
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Caveat
(n) a warning enjoining one from certain acts or practices
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Caveat emptor
(n) Latin for "let the buyer beware". it is a principle that the buyer alone is responsible for checking the quality and suitability of goods before making a purchase
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Censure
(v) to criticize harshly
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Churlish
(adj) rude in a mean-spirited and surly way
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Compunction
(n) a feeling of guilty or moral scruple that prevents or follows the doing of something bad
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Congenial
(adj) agreeable, suitable, or pleasing in nature or character
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Contemporary
(adj) occuring at the same time
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Crackdown
(v) to start dealing with harmful or illegal behavior in a more severe way
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Credulous
(adj) having or showing too great a readiness to believe things
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Curry favor / Curried favor
(idiom) to try to gain an advantage or to seek someone's approval, flattery, sycophantic, and servile behavior
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Dead in the water
(idiom) if something is dead in the water, it has failed, and it seems impossible that it will be successful in the future
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Demented
(adj) driven to behave irrationally due to anger, dstress, or excitement
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Demurred
(v) raise doubts or objections or show reluctance
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Deride
(v) to laugh mockingly at; to scorn
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Desuetude
(n) a state of disuse
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Diffident
(adj) modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence
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Diffident
(adj) modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidenceD
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Digress (Digression)
(v) to deviate from or to stray; to depart from the main point in the argument
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Duress
(n) threats, violence, constraints, or other action brought to bear on someone to do something against their will or better judgment
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Egregious
(adj) outstandingly bad; shocking
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Eminent
(adj) high in station, rank, or reputation; prominent; distinguished
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Enervating
(adj) weakening, tiring
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Ephemeral
(adj)) momentary, transient, fleeting
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Equanimity
(n) mental or emotional stability or composure, especially under tension or strain; calmness; equilibrium
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Equivocal
(adj) uncertain or questionable
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Esoteric
(adj) intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with specialized knowledge or interest
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Evanescent
(adj) quickly fading, short-lived
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Exculpate
(v) to clear from a charge of guilt or fault; free from blame; vindicate
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Exigent
(adj) pressing, demanding
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Extant
(adj) still in existence; surviving
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Extenuating
(adj) excusing, lessening the seriousness of guilt or crime
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Extricate
(v) extract, free, release, disentangle, get out, remove, withdraw, disengage; get someone/oneself off the hook
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Facile
(adj) moving, acting, working, proceeding, etc. with ease, sometimes with superficiality
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Fastidious
(adj) excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please
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Foist
(v) to force upon or impose fraudulently or unjustifiably
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Garrulous
(adj) excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters
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Germane
(adj) relevant to a subject under consideration
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Goad
(n) something that encourages, urges, or drives; a stimulus
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Gregarious
(adj) (of a person) fond of company; sociable
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Grouse
(v) to grumble, to complain
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Hackneyed
(adj) lacking significance through having been overused; unoriginal and trite
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Histrionic
(adj) overly theatrical or melodramatic in character or style
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Hubris
(n) excessive pride or self-confidence
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Husband one's resources
(idiom) to use something very carefully and make sure that you do not waste it
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Incredulity
(n) the state of being unwilling or unable to believe something
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Innocuous
(adj) not harmful or offensive
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Insipid
(adj) lacking flavor
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Intrepid
(adj) fearless, adventurous
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Inure
(v) accustom (someone) to something, especiallly something unpleasant
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Irate
(adj) angry, enraged
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Labile
(adj) readily or continually undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown
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Laconic
(adj) using or involving the use of a minimum of words; concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious
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Levity
(n) humor or frivolity, especially when treating a serious matter with humor or in a manner lacking due respect
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Lucidity
(n) clarity of expression; intelligibility
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Lurid
(adj) very vivid color, especially ro create an unpleasant, harsh, or unnatural effect
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Maverick
(adj) unorthodox, unconventional, nonconformist
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Misnomer
(n) a misapplied or inappropriate name or designation
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Moiety
(n) each of two parts into which a thing is or can be divided
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Multifarious
(adj) having many varied parts of aspects
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Nascent
(adj) (especially of a process or organization), just coming into existence and beginning to display signs of future potential
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Nostrum
(n) a scheme, theory device, etc., especially one to remedy social or political ills, panacea
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Obfuscate
(v) render obscure, unclear, r unintelligible
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Obstinate
(adj) stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion
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Opulent
(adj) wealthy
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Ostensibly
(adv) apparently or purportedly, but perhaps not actually
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Ostentatious
(adj) showy, displaying wealth
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Palliate
(v) make (a disease or its symptoms) less severe or unpleasant without removing the cause
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Perdition
(n) a state of eternal punishment and damnation
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Perfidious
(adj) faithless, disloyal, untrustworthy
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Permeable
(adj) allowing liquids or gases to pass through it
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Plenipotentiaries
(n) a person who has the authority to represent his or her country, especially in another country
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Polyglot
(n) a person who kows or can speak and write in several languages
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Polygyny
(n) the most common and accepted form of polygamy, entailing the marriage of a man with several women
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Precipitous
(adj) dangerously high or steep
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Prescience
(n) the fact of knowing something before it takes place; foreknowledge
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Probity
(adj) integrity and uprightness; honesty
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Proclivity
(n) a tendency to choose or do somthing regularly; an inclination towards a particular thing
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Proffer
(v) to put before a person for acceptance; offer
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Prolix
(adj) (of speech or writing) using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy
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Prosaic (prose)
(adj) commonplace, dull
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Proscribe
(v) forbid, especially by law
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Protract
(v) to draw out or lengthen, especialy in time; extend the duration of; prolong
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cious
(adj) eager or quick to argue, quarrel, or fight
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rulous
(adj) complaining, irritable
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Quintessential
(adj) representing the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class
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Quotidian
(ad) of or occurring everyday; daily
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Rancor
(n) bitterness or resentfulness, especially when long-standing
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Rapprochement
(n) (especially in international relations) an establishment or resumption of harmonious relations
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Replete
(adj) abundantly supplied or provided; filled (usually followed by with)
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Risque
(adj) slightly indecent or liable to shock, especially by being sexually suggestive
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Rogue
(adj) a dishonest or worthless person
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Sacrosanct
(adj) extremely sacred or inviolable
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Scoundrel
(adj) a dishonest or unscrupulous person
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Scourge
(v) cause great suffering to; (n) a person or thing that causes great trouble or suffering
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Solicitous
(adj) characterized by or showing interest or concern
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Soliloquy
(n) the act of talking while or as if alone
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Specious
(adj) apparently good or right through lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible
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Storm in a teacup
(idiom) great outrage or excitement about a trivial matter
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Supplant
(v) to cause the downfall of; to remove from a position
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Surreptitious
(adj) obtained by suppression of the truth; acting stealthily or secretly
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Sycophant
(n) a person who act obsequiously toward someone important to gain advantage
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Tacit
(adj) understood or implied without being stated
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Thwart
(v) to oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose
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Toe the line
(idiom) accept the authority, principles, or policies of a particular group, especially under pressure
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Trepidation
(n) a feeling of fear or agitation about something that may happen
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Truculent
(adj) eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant
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Truncate
(v) to shorten by cutting off a part; cut short
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Ubiquitous
(v) existing or being everywhere, especially at the same time; omnipresent
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Unctuous
(adj) (of a person) excessively or ingratiatingly flattering; oily
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Unperturbed
(adj) untroubled, undisturbed, unworried, unconcerned, unmoved
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Vagabond
(adj) wandering from place to place without any settled home; nomadic
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Verbiage
(n) speech or writing that uses too many words
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Verbose
(adj) using or expressed in more words than are needed
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Vicissitude
(n) a change of circumstances or fortune, typicakky one tht is unwelcome or unpleasant
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Vis-a-vis
(adv) face-to-face, prep; in relation to; compared with
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Whet
(v) to rub or on with some subtance; to make sharp
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Wipe the nose of
(idiom) to cheat; to deprive of; to rob
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Zany
(v) to mimic
