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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

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(n) a warning enjoining one from certain acts or practices

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Caveat emptor

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(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

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(v) to criticize harshly

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Churlish

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(adj) rude in a mean-spirited and surly way

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Compunction

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(n) a feeling of guilty or moral scruple that prevents or follows the doing of something bad

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Congenial

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(adj) agreeable, suitable, or pleasing in nature or character

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Contemporary

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(adj) occuring at the same time

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Crackdown

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(v) to start dealing with harmful or illegal behavior in a more severe way

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Credulous

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(adj) having or showing too great a readiness to believe things

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Curry favor / Curried favor

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(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

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(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

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(adj) driven to behave irrationally due to anger, dstress, or excitement

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Demurred

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(v) raise doubts or objections or show reluctance

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Deride

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(v) to laugh mockingly at; to scorn

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Desuetude

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(n) a state of disuse

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Diffident

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(adj) modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence

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Diffident

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(adj) modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidenceD

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Digress (Digression)

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(v) to deviate from or to stray; to depart from the main point in the argument

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Duress

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(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

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(adj) outstandingly bad; shocking

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Eminent

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(adj) high in station, rank, or reputation; prominent; distinguished

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Enervating

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(adj) weakening, tiring

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Ephemeral

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(adj)) momentary, transient, fleeting

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Equanimity

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(n) mental or emotional stability or composure, especially under tension or strain; calmness; equilibrium

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Equivocal

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(adj) uncertain or questionable

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Esoteric

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(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

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(adj) quickly fading, short-lived

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Exculpate

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(v) to clear from a charge of guilt or fault; free from blame; vindicate

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Exigent

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(adj) pressing, demanding

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Extant

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(adj) still in existence; surviving

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Extenuating

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(adj) excusing, lessening the seriousness of guilt or crime

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Extricate

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(v) extract, free, release, disentangle, get out, remove, withdraw, disengage; get someone/oneself off the hook

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Facile

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(adj) moving, acting, working, proceeding, etc. with ease, sometimes with superficiality

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Fastidious

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(adj) excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please

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Foist

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(v) to force upon or impose fraudulently or unjustifiably

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Garrulous

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(adj) excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters

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Germane

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(adj) relevant to a subject under consideration

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Goad

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(n) something that encourages, urges, or drives; a stimulus

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Gregarious

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(adj) (of a person) fond of company; sociable

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Grouse

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(v) to grumble, to complain

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Hackneyed

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(adj) lacking significance through having been overused; unoriginal and trite

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Histrionic

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(adj) overly theatrical or melodramatic in character or style

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Hubris

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(n) excessive pride or self-confidence

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Husband one’s resources

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(idiom) to use something very carefully and make sure that you do not waste it

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Incredulity

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(n) the state of being unwilling or unable to believe something

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Innocuous

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(adj) not harmful or offensive

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Insipid

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(adj) lacking flavor

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Intrepid

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(adj) fearless, adventurous

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Inure

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(v) accustom (someone) to something, especiallly something unpleasant

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Irate

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(adj) angry, enraged

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Labile

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(adj) readily or continually undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown

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Laconic

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(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

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(n) humor or frivolity, especially when treating a serious matter with humor or in a manner lacking due respect

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Lucidity

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(n) clarity of expression; intelligibility

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Lurid

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(adj) very vivid color, especially ro create an unpleasant, harsh, or unnatural effect

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Maverick

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(adj) unorthodox, unconventional, nonconformist

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Misnomer

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(n) a misapplied or inappropriate name or designation

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Moiety

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(n) each of two parts into which a thing is or can be divided

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Multifarious

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(adj) having many varied parts of aspects

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Nascent

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(adj) (especially of a process or organization), just coming into existence and beginning to display signs of future potential

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Nostrum

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(n) a scheme, theory device, etc., especially one to remedy social or political ills, panacea

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Obfuscate

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(v) render obscure, unclear, r unintelligible

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Obstinate

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(adj) stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion

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Opulent

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(adj) wealthy

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Ostensibly

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(adv) apparently or purportedly, but perhaps not actually

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Ostentatious

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(adj) showy, displaying wealth

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Palliate

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(v) make (a disease or its symptoms) less severe or unpleasant without removing the cause

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Perdition

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(n) a state of eternal punishment and damnation

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Perfidious

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(adj) faithless, disloyal, untrustworthy

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Permeable

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(adj) allowing liquids or gases to pass through it

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Plenipotentiaries

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(n) a person who has the authority to represent his or her country, especially in another country

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Polyglot

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(n) a person who kows or can speak and write in several languages

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Polygyny

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(n) the most common and accepted form of polygamy, entailing the marriage of a man with several women

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Precipitous

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(adj) dangerously high or steep

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Prescience

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(n) the fact of knowing something before it takes place; foreknowledge

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Probity

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(adj) integrity and uprightness; honesty

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Proclivity

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(n) a tendency to choose or do somthing regularly; an inclination towards a particular thing

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Proffer

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(v) to put before a person for acceptance; offer

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Prolix

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(adj) (of speech or writing) using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy

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Prosaic (prose)

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(adj) commonplace, dull

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Proscribe

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(v) forbid, especially by law

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Protract

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(v) to draw out or lengthen, especialy in time; extend the duration of; prolong

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cious

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(adj) eager or quick to argue, quarrel, or fight

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rulous

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(adj) complaining, irritable

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Quintessential

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(adj) representing the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class

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Quotidian

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(ad) of or occurring everyday; daily

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Rancor

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(n) bitterness or resentfulness, especially when long-standing

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Rapprochement

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(n) (especially in international relations) an establishment or resumption of harmonious relations

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Replete

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(adj) abundantly supplied or provided; filled (usually followed by with)

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Risque

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(adj) slightly indecent or liable to shock, especially by being sexually suggestive

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Rogue

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(adj) a dishonest or worthless person

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Sacrosanct

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(adj) extremely sacred or inviolable

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Scoundrel

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(adj) a dishonest or unscrupulous person

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Scourge

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(v) cause great suffering to; (n) a person or thing that causes great trouble or suffering

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Solicitous

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(adj) characterized by or showing interest or concern

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Soliloquy

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(n) the act of talking while or as if alone

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Specious

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(adj) apparently good or right through lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible

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Storm in a teacup

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(idiom) great outrage or excitement about a trivial matter

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Supplant

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(v) to cause the downfall of; to remove from a position

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Surreptitious

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(adj) obtained by suppression of the truth; acting stealthily or secretly

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Sycophant

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(n) a person who act obsequiously toward someone important to gain advantage

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Tacit

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(adj) understood or implied without being stated

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Thwart

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(v) to oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose

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Toe the line

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(idiom) accept the authority, principles, or policies of a particular group, especially under pressure

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Trepidation

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(n) a feeling of fear or agitation about something that may happen

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Truculent

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(adj) eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant

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Truncate

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(v) to shorten by cutting off a part; cut short

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Ubiquitous

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(v) existing or being everywhere, especially at the same time; omnipresent

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Unctuous

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(adj) (of a person) excessively or ingratiatingly flattering; oily

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Unperturbed

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(adj) untroubled, undisturbed, unworried, unconcerned, unmoved

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Vagabond

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(adj) wandering from place to place without any settled home; nomadic

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Verbiage

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(n) speech or writing that uses too many words

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Verbose

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(adj) using or expressed in more words than are needed

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Vicissitude

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(n) a change of circumstances or fortune, typicakky one tht is unwelcome or unpleasant

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Vis-a-vis

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(adv) face-to-face, prep; in relation to; compared with

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Whet

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(v) to rub or on with some subtance; to make sharp

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Wipe the nose of

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(idiom) to cheat; to deprive of; to rob

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Zany

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(v) to mimic

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