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Soporific

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Adj. inducing sleep

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Implore

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Verb. to beg for urgently or entreat

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Specious

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Adj. false

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Flustered

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Adj. worked up; not calm

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Arbitrary

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Adjective. determined by chance whim, or impulse

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Flourish

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V. To grow well or luxuriantly to thrive

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Resurgence

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N. A continuing after interruption; a renewal

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Retrograde

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N. Moving or tending backward

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Succumb

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V. To submit to an overpowering force or yield to an overwhelming desire

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Demur

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V. To voice opposition, object; to delay

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Impart

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To grant a share of; bestow

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Harried

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Adj. disturbed or distressed by or as if by repeated attacks; harrased

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Exhortation

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N. A speech or discourse that encourages

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Sinecure

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N. A position of office that requires little or no work but provides a salary

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Pecuniary

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Adjective. of or relating to money

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Torpid

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Adj. lethargic; apathetic

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Avarice

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N. Immoderate desire for wealth; cupidity

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Abhor

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V. To regard with horror or loathing; detest

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Bigot

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N. One who is strongly partial to ones own group, religion, race, or politics and is intolerant of those who differ

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Counterfeit

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V. To make a pretense of; feign

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Enfranchise

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V. To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote

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Hamper

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V. To prevent the free movement, action, or progress of

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Kindle

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V. To arouse (an emotion), to set fire to; ignite

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Noxious

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Adj. harmful, poisonous, or very unpleasant

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Placid

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Adj. calm and peaceful, with little movement or activity

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Erudite

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Adj. characterized by erudition; learned

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Prudent

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Adj. caution in practical affairs; discretion of circumspection

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Usurp

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V. To take the place of (another) without legal authority; supplant

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Ambivalent

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Adj. exhibiting or feeling ambivalence

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Candid

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Adj. free from prejudice; impartial

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Sardonic

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Adj. scornfully or cynically mocking

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Pedantic

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adj. characterized by a narrow, often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules

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Polemical

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Adj. of or relating to controversy, argument, or refutation

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Affluence

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N. A plentiful supply of material goods; wealth

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Lascivious

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Adj. given to or expressing lust; lecherous

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Shrewd

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Adj. having or showing sharp powers of judgment; astute

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Retrospective

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Adj. looking back on, contemplating, or directed to the past

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Conjecture

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N. Inference or judgement based on inconclusive or incomplete evidence; guesswork

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Apophasis

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N. Rhetorical device of mentioning a subject by stating that it will not be mentioned

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Profligate

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Adj. recklessly wasteful; wildly extravagant

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Apologist

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N. A person who argues in defense or justification of something, such as a doctrine, policy, or institution

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Obdurate

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Adj. hardened against feeling; hard hearted

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Filial

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Adj. having or assuming the relationship of child or offspring to parent

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Egalitarianism

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N. A social and political philosophy asserting the equality of all men, especially in their access to the right las and privileges of their society

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Castigate

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V. To criticize severely

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Pernicious

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Adj. causing great harm; destructive

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Impudence

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Offensively bold behavior

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Ineluctable

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Adj. not to be avoided or escaped; inevitable

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Inchoate

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Adj. undeveloped; immature; rudimentary

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Intimate

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To make known subtly and indirectly; hint

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Erroneous

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Containing or derived from error; mistaken

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Exculpate

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V. To clear if guilt or blame

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Palpable

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Adj. easily perceived, obvious

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Avail

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V. To be of use or advantage; to help

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Ineffable

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Adj. incapable of being expressed

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Declaim

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V. Utter or deliver words or a speech in a rhetorical or impassioned way, as if to an audience; forcefully protest against or criticize

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Abate

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V. To reduce in amount, degree, or intensity; lessen

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Abstain

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V. To refrain from something by ones own choice

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Venerable

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Adj. commanding respect by virtue of age, dignity, character, or position

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Tenacious

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Adj. holding or tending to hold persistently to something, such as a. Point of view

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Reconciliation

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N. the act of making something compatible or consistent

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Querulous

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Adj. given to complaining; peevish

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Intrepid

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Adj. resolutely courageous; fearless

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Enervate

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V. To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of

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Demagouge

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N. Leader who obtains power by means of massive appeals to the emotions of the populace

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Benevolent

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Adj. kindly

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Contrition

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N. Sorrow and repentance

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Embezzle

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V. Defraud; steal

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Guile

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N. Cunning; craftiness

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Jingoistic

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Adj. extremely patriotic; nationalistic

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Nonchalance

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N. Calm and composed

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Phlegmatic

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Adj. calm; imperturbable

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Redress

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Adj. put right something that was wrong

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Surreptitiously

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Adv. secretly, furtively, stealthily

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Wily

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Adj. cunning

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Benign

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Adj. kindly, harmless

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Contumacious

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Adj. stubborn

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Embroil

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V. Involve in hostility or argument

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Guileless

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Adj. frank, straightforward, honest

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Jocular

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Adj. in a joking manner

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