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Colloquial

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local and informal (used of language)

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Dotard

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foolish old man

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Furrow

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groove

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Instigator

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troublemaker; person who entices others to do something

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Misnomer

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wrong name

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Percipient

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perceptive; insightful

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Quaff

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drink down quickly

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Staunch

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loyal; faithful; dependable

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Vilification

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blackening someone’s name

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Atrophy

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waste away from lack of use

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Collusion

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plotting and planning

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Drawl

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speak slowly with words running together

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Furtive

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hidden and secret

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Insurgent

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a rebel

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Misogynist

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hater of women

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Perdition

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damnation

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Quagmire

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marsh; bog

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Vindicate

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prove right; remove blame

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Attenuate

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weaken

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Commandeer

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take possession of

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Drivel

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nonsense

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Futile

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useless; hopeless

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Interminable

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never-ending

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Misrepresentation

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deliberately deceiving

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Peremptory

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in a commanding manner

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Quaint

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attractively unusual or old-fashioned;
picturesque
-“quaint country cottages”

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Stevedore

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dockworker

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Complacent

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self-satisfied; smug

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Droll

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dryly amusing

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Galleon

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ancient type of sailing ship

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Intermittent

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sporadic; irregular

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Mitigate

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lessen; make less severe

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Perfidy

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treachery;deceitful; untrustworthy

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Quandary

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dilemma; puzzle

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Stifle

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suppress

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Virulent

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dangerous; harmful

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Auspicious

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favorable; promising to turn out well

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Compliant

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easy to control; submissive;

-“a compliant labour force”

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Drone

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  1. monotonous noise (n); 2. to speak with no emotion (v); 3.male bee
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Gambol

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frolic; leap; bound

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41
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Intransigence

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stubbornness

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Modicum

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small amount

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Perfunctory

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superficial; cursory

44
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Quarantine

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isolation to prevent the spread of disease

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Stoic

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known for fortitude; indifferent to pleasure or pain

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Vital

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essential; alive; important

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Austere

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severe or strict in manner or attitude; having a plain and unadorned appearance; no comforts or luxuries:

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Dubious

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doubtful

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Garble

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distort; confuse; muddle

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Intransigent

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stubborn; unyielding

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Momentous

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very important

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Peripatetic

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nomadic; moving from place to place

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Quarry

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  1. something that is hunted; 2. mine for stone
54
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Stoke

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add fuel to; strengthen

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Vitriolic

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filled with bitter criticism or malice;
corrosive; strongly attacking
vitriolic attacks on the politicians

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Aversion

A

a dislike of

57
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Concatenation

A

linking into chains

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Dupe

A

to fool someone

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Garish

A

gaudy

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Intrepid

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fearless; brave; adventurous (often used for rhetorical or humorous effect): our intrepid reporter.

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Monotonous

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dull; unvarying

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Peripheral

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on the edge; not important

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Querulous

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always complaining

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Stolid

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calm, dependable, and showing little emotion or animation; impassive; dull; indifferent

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Vivacity

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liveliness; animation

66
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Balk

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hinder and prevent; hesitate over

67
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Conciliate

A

to bring together; end a dispute

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Dynamic

A

lively; vibrant; energetic

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Garner

A

gather; collect

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Inveterate

A

habitual

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Moratorium

A

temporary prohibition or halt to activity

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Perjury

A

telling lies under oath

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Quirk

A

oddity

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Stratagem

A

plot; plan; trick

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Vivify

A

enliven

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Banal

A

common; dull

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Concise

A

stated in few words

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Ebullient

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very lively; cheerful; jovial; happy

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Garrulous

A

talkative

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Invidious

A

arousing envy

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Moribund

A

on the point of death

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Pernicious

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having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way
- “the pernicious influences of the mass media”

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Ramble

A

wander aimlessly

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Strident

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loud and harsh; grating

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Vociferous

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noisy; loud in speech

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Banality

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ordinariness; dullness

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Condescend

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talk down to

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Eccentric

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unusual; quirky; odd

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Gaunt

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emaciated; bony and angular

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Inviolable

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cannot be invaded

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Morose

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gloomy; bad tempered; sullen

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Persnickety

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fastidious; fussy

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Ramifications

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branches; subdivisions of a complex system; outcomes

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Stringent

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strict or severe

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Volatile

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dangerously unstable; evaporates easily

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Smug

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having or showing an excessive pride in oneself or one’s achievements

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groove

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a long, narrow cut or depression in a hard material; an established routine or habit

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fortitude

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courage in pain or adversity

99
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Vindictive

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having or showing a strong or unreasoning desire for revenge

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Dependable

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Trustworthy and reliable

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Cursory

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Hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed

102
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Gaudy

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Extravagantly bright or showy, typically so as to be tasteless

103
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Garish

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Obtrusively bright and showy; lurid

104
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Rod

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a thin straight bar, especially of wood or metal.

105
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Spindly

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long or tall and thin - weak or insubstantial in construction

106
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Grovel

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lie or crawl abjectly on the ground with one’s face downwards

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