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Abandon

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Complete lack of inhibition/restraint

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Abrasive

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Showing little concern for the feelings of others

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Abreast

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Up to date with the latest news or info

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Abridge

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Shorting without losing the sense

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Abstruse

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Difficult to understand

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Acerbic

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Sharply or bitingly satirical

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Acquisitive

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Excessively interested in acquiring money

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Acumen

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Superior insight

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Acute

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Experienced to a severe degree

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Acute/Shrewd

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Showing a perceptive understanding or insight

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Adroit

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Skilled

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Affected

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Seeming artificial and designed to impress

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Aghast

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Filled with horror and shock

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Alacrity

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Cheerful readiness

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Aloof

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Uninvolved and uninterested

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Aplomb

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Complete self assurance

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Apposite

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Pertinent or appropiate

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Arcane

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Mysterious, understood by few

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Assidous

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Showing great perseverance

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Astonish/Astound

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Surprise greatly

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Avert

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Prevent or ward off

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Banal

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Lacking in originality, obvious and boring

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Bearing

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Relation/relevance

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Beguile

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Enchant/charm in a deceptive way, trick into doing something (also pass time pleasantly)

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Beholden

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Owing thanks or having a duty to someone in return for help

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Bemuse

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Puzzle, confuse or bewilder someone

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Belie

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Fail to give a true notion or impression

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Blemish

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To spoil the appearance of something otherwise perfect

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Blight

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Have a severely detrimental effect on

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Blithe

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Show a casual indifference considered to be improper

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Blunt

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Uncompromisingly fortright

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Bolster

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Prop up, strenghten

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Boon

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Something helpful or beneficial

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Braggart

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A person that boasts about achievements

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Brandish

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Wave as a threat or in anger/excitement

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Brazen

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Bold and without shame

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Bridle

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Put something under control

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Bucolic

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Relating to the pleasant aspects of country life

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Buoyant

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Cheerful

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Callous

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Showing no sympathy for others

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Canny

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Showing good judgement

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Circumscribe

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Restrict within limits

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Circumstantial

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Pointing indirectly to someone’s guilt but not directly proving it

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Clangor

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Continuous loud banging/ringing

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Clerical

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Related to office work (or to the church)

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Cogent

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Logical, clear, convincing

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Commensurate

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In proportion. According to size or degree

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Complacent

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Showing smug or uncritical self-satisfaction

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Acquiescent

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Accepting something, often unwillingly

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Condone

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Accept/allow to continue

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Conspicuous

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Standing out as clearly visible

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Cope

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Deal effectively with something difficult

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Cow

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Cause someone to submit to one’s wishes through intimidation

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Crafty

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Clever at achieving one’s objectives through deception or indirect means

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Crestfallen

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Sad and disappointed

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Cunning

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Showing skill in achieving your ends by deceit or evasion

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Cursory

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Hasty and not detailed

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Curtail

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Make less by cutting away some part

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Daunt

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Make someone feel intimidated

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Debacle

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Sudden collapse into disaster

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Debase

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Reduce in value, quality or character

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Deferential

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Respectfully submissive to the desires/opinions of others

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Deft

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Capable, skilfull, clever in action

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Deleterious

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Harmful or injurious (especially to health)

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Delineate

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Describe or portray in great detail

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Demur

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Raise doubts/objections; show reluctance

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Devious

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Not straight nor direct; winding; roundabout

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Diffident

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Modest or shy

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Discomfit

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Make someone feel uneasy or embarrased

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Disgruntle

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To make irritably dissatisfied

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Disgruntle

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To make irritably dissatisfied

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72
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Dissemble

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To hide behind a false semblance; conceal the true nature of

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Dissolution

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Debauched (corrupt) living; dissipation

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Dubious

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Having or showing doubt; skeptical

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Duplicity

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Deceitful speech or action

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Conceited

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Having too high an opinion of oneself

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Elate

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To make extremely happy or proud

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Enfeeble

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To take away the strength of

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Entail

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Involve something as necessary or inevitable part or consequence

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Entreaty

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An earnest/humble request

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Equivocal

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Open to more than one interpretation; ambiguous

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Ertswhile

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Former; of an earlier time

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Estrange

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Cause someone to no longer be close or affectionate to someone

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Evanescent

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Tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing; fleeting

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Exacting

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Making great demands of one’s skill, attention, or other resources

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Exigent

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Requiring immediate attention; urgent; critical

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Expedient

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A means of attaining an end, especially if it’s convenient but immoral

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Extant

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Still in existence; current; not extinct

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Fastidious

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Very attentive to detail and accuracy

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Feckless

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Weak or incompetent; innefective

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Fester

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Becoming worse or more intense, especially through negligence

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Fickle

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Quickly changing without reason or warning, especially in allegiance

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Flout

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Openly disregard

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Foreground

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To make something the most prominent or important feature

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Forestall

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To prevent or hinder by taking action beforehand

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Forgo

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To omit or decline to take something valuable

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Fortuitous

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Happening by chance, as a coincidence

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Fractious

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Irritable and quarrelsome

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Galvanize

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To stimulate into awareness or activity

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Gawky

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Awkward; clumsy

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Germane

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Having relevance to a certain matter; pertinent

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Hackneyed

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Made commonplace by overuse

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Harbinger

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A person or thing that signals the approach of another

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Heed

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To take notice of

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Herald

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Be a sign that something is about to happen

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Herald

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Be a sign that something is about to happen

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Hidebound

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Unwilling or unable to change because of convention

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Hindrance

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An obstacle

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Hortatory

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Urging or exciting to a course of action with strong arguments

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Humdrum

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Monotonous; lacking variety

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Iconoclastic

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Attacking or breaking away from established values or tradition

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Immure

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To confine within walls

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Impecunious

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Having little money

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Impetuous

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Acting or done quickly and without thought or care

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Impolitic

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Not showing good sense or judgement

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Impudence

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Being boldly disrespectful; insolence

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Inalienable

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Not subject to transfer or removal

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Incensed

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Very angry

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Incendiary

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Tending to stir up conflict

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Indefatigable

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Persisiting tirelessly

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Indolent

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Avoidant of activity; azy

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Inestimable

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Too great to calculate

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Inimical

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Hostile

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Injudicious

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Lacking in judgement

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Interweave

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Blend closely

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Intimately

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In a way that involves detailed knowledge

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Intractable

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Not easily controlled, managed or persuaded

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Intransigent

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Refusing to alter an idea in response to others’ wishes; uncompromising

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Inveigle

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To entice by flattery or clever talk

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Irksome

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Causing annoyance; tiresome

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Irresolute

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Uncertain

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Jettison

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To throw or drop something from an aircraft or ship

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Keen

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Extremely sharp; able to cut readily and finely

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Kindred

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Related; similar in kind

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Latitude

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Scope for freedom of action or thought

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Lionize

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To view or treat someone as a celebrity or extraordinary person

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Verbose

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Given to talking too much

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Lurid

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Sensational; shocking

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Makeshift

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A temporary or improvised arrangement

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Maladroit

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Not skillful; clumsy

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Manacle

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Restrain

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Meager

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Low in quantity, extent, strenght, or richness

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Melding

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Combine

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Mercurial

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Volatile in temper

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Modish

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Fashionable

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145
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Mounting

A

Growing larger

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Murky

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Not fully explained/understood, especially with concealed dishonesty

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Nettles

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Irritate or annoy

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Nonchalant

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Not showing excitement or anxiety; cooly confident

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Noxious

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Harmful, dangerous or destructive

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Obdurate

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Stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion

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Objurgate

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Criticize sharply; berate

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Obsequious

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Servile; attentive to an excessive degree; fawning

153
Q

Obviate

A

Avoid; prevent

154
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Panache

A

Confidently stylish, flamboyant manner

155
Q

Pastoral

A

Relating to the country life; rural

156
Q

Patent

A

Easily recognizable; obvious

157
Q

Pedestrian

A

Dull; lacking inspiration or excitement

158
Q

Perfunctory

A

Done quickly and as a matter of routine; performed without care

159
Q

Perspicacity

A

Astuteness; keenness of mental perception

160
Q

Phlegmatic

A

Not given to shows of emotion or interest

161
Q

Pivotal

A

Crucial; on which something is contingent

162
Q

Plod

A

To move slowly or heavily; trudge

163
Q

Portend

A

To be a sign that something bad will happen

164
Q

Precarious

A

Uncertain

165
Q

Prescience

A

Knowing something in advance

166
Q

Prevaricate

A

Act or speak in an evasive way

167
Q

Probity

A

Having strong moral principles; honesty and decency

168
Q

Prodigal

A

Spending resurces recklessly

169
Q

Profligate

A

Extravagant and wasteful

170
Q

Prolix

A

Too wordy; tediously lengthy

171
Q

Promulgate

A

Promote or make widely known

172
Q

Propped

A

Kept in position; supported

173
Q

Prosaic

A

Commonplace

174
Q

Proxy

A

A person authorized to act on behalf of another

175
Q

Punctilious

A

Showing great attention to detail

176
Q

Quandary

A

State of perplexity over what to do in a difficult sittuation

177
Q

Quixotic

A

Impractical; too idealistic; unrealistic

178
Q

Ramble

A

Talk or write at length in a confused/inconsequential way

179
Q

Recondite

A

Little known

180
Q

Recrudesce

A

To appear again after a period of dormancy

181
Q

Relish

A

Great enjoyment

182
Q

Restive

A

Unable to remain still

183
Q

Rhapsody

A

An effusively enthusiastic expression of emotion

184
Q

Row

A

Dispute

185
Q

Salubrious

A

Healthy

186
Q

Sanguine

A

Optimistic (in a difficult situation)

187
Q

Sartorial

A

Relating to tailoring or dress

188
Q

Scanty

A

Small or insufficient

189
Q

Scathe

A

Harm; injure

190
Q

Scintillating

A

Brilliantly clever or skillful

191
Q

Scrupulous

A

Adhering strictly to standards or ethics

192
Q

Scuffle

A

To briefly take part in a group fight

193
Q

Sham

A

Counterfeit

194
Q

Shirk

A

Avoid or neglect

195
Q

Shrewd

A

Astute

196
Q

Skittish

A

Easily scared

197
Q

Snare

A

Catch or trap

198
Q

Sparing

A

Economical

199
Q

Spurious

A

Fake

200
Q

Stanched

A

Stop or check (especially the flow of something)

201
Q

Sullen

A

Depressed

202
Q

Surly

A

Bad tempered

203
Q

Sycophant

A

Acting servile to gain advantage

204
Q

Taciturn

A

Person that says little; reserved

205
Q

Tepid

A

Showing little enthusiasm

206
Q

Thrift

A

Using resources carefully

207
Q

Timorous

A

Nervous and with little confidence

208
Q

Trifle

A

Of little value or importance

209
Q

Trite

A

Unoriginal

210
Q

Underscore

A

Emphasize

211
Q

Unseemly

A

Not proper or appropriate

212
Q

Untapped

A

Not used

213
Q

Venal

A

Corrupt

214
Q

Vindicate

A

Clear of suspicion

215
Q

Vociferous

A

Vehement; loud; forceful

216
Q

Voluble

A

Talking readily or incessantly

217
Q

Woo

A

Seek the favour of

218
Q

Agog

A

Very curious to see something

219
Q

Artless

A

Without deception; without effort/pretentiousness; without skill

220
Q

Blowhard

A

Person that boasts in an unpleasant way

221
Q

Bombastic

A

Inflated

222
Q

Burlesque

A

Variety show; farce

223
Q

Cacophony

A

Discordant mixture of sounds

224
Q

Coda

A

Concluding event, remark, section

225
Q

Confound

A

Prove wrong

226
Q

Deign

A

Do something that one considers to be beneath someone’s dignity

227
Q

Disingenuous

A

Not sincere

228
Q

Doff

A

Remove

229
Q

Dote

A

Be extremely fond of; adore

230
Q

Endow

A

Provide with a quality or asset

231
Q

Facetious; Glib

A

Treating something serious with inappropriate humor

232
Q

Fallow

A

Inactive

233
Q

Falter; fumble

A

Move in a way that shows lack of confidence; stumble

234
Q

Flail; thresh; flounder

A

Struggle uselessly

235
Q

Forage

A

Look widely for food and provisions

236
Q

Gist

A

The substance or essence of a text

237
Q

Gossamer

A

Something very light, delicate, thin or insubstantial

238
Q

Grovel

A

Suck up

239
Q

Harangue

A

Lenghty and aggressive speech

240
Q

Indictment

A

Formal accusation or charge for a serious crime

241
Q

Listless

A

Lacking enthusiasm or energy

242
Q

Loll

A

Sit/lie/stand in a lazy way

243
Q

Mar

A

Spoil the appearance or quality of something

244
Q

Mince

A

Use polite/moderate expressions to show disapproval

245
Q

Mirth

A

Amusement

246
Q

Morose

A

Ill-tempered

247
Q

Oblique

A

Not direct; evasive

248
Q

Overwrought

A

Too complicated; exaggerated

249
Q

Pine

A

Long for the return of

250
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Posit

A

Put forward as a basis for argument

251
Q

Rue

A

Bitterly regret

252
Q

Ruminate; Mull over

A

Deeply think about something

253
Q

Strut

A

Walk in a stiff and arrogant manner

254
Q

Syncopation

A

A displacement of the beats and accents so that strong beats become weak and viceversa

255
Q

Gaudy; tawdry; garish

A

Flashy but cheap

256
Q

Terse

A

Sparing in the use of words

257
Q

Torrid

A

Full of difficulty

258
Q

Vapid

A

Bland; offering nothing stimulating

259
Q

Waffle

A

Lenghty and trivial talk/writting

260
Q

Wanton

A

Deliberate and unprovoked

261
Q

Waft

A

Pass gently through the air

262
Q

Whittle

A

Erode

263
Q

Winsome

A

Attractive; charming

264
Q

Wry

A

Sardonic

265
Q

Wizened

A

Shriveled or wrinkled with age

266
Q

Abasement

A

Humiliation; degradation

267
Q

Apprise

A

Inform or tell

268
Q

Barrage

A

Concentrated outpouring

269
Q

Bevy

A

Large group of people or things

270
Q

Boor; Oaf; Lout

A

An unrefined and ill-mannered person

271
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Chauvinism

A

Excessive loyalty or support for one’s cause/group/gender

272
Q

Circumspect

A

Unwilling to take risks

273
Q

Depravity

A

Moral corruption

274
Q

Dictum

A

Short statement that shows a general principle

275
Q

Droll

A

Amusingly curious

276
Q

Eddy

A

Move in a circular way

277
Q

Epithet

A

Adjective expressing a quality characteristic of something; smear

278
Q

Extol

A

Praise enthusiastically

279
Q

Foible

A

Minor weakness or eccentricity in someone’s character

280
Q

Gall

A

Bold and insolent behavior

281
Q

Gambit

A

Device, action or remark that is risky, designed to gain an advantage

282
Q

Goad

A

Provoke or annoy to elicit a reaction

283
Q

Gouge; swindle

A

Obtain money by deceit

284
Q

Grouse

A

Protest; complain

285
Q

Hapless

A

Unlucky

286
Q

Imbue

A

Permeate with a feeling/quality

287
Q

Inquest

A

Judicial investigation

288
Q

Laconic

A

Using very few words

289
Q

Leery

A

Cautious, circumspect

290
Q

Limpid

A

Clear and accesible

291
Q

Loquacious

A

Talkative

292
Q

Maudlin

A

Self-pityingly sentimental

293
Q

Milieu

A

Background; social environment; sphere

294
Q

Mire; embroil

A

Involve in a difficult situation

295
Q

Morose

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Gloomy; ill-tempered

296
Q

Natty

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Fashionable

297
Q

Nonplussed

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Baffled

298
Q

Paragon

A

Model; exemplar

299
Q

Parry

A

Avoid; evade

300
Q

Pithy

A

Terse; brief and vigorously expressive

301
Q

Prim; prudish

A

Puritanical

302
Q

Qualm; misgiving

A

Doubt; reservation

303
Q

Quell

A

Calm; pacify

304
Q

Quibble

A

Nitpick; argue about a trivial matter

305
Q

Recalcitrant

A

Uncooperative toward authority

306
Q

Salient

A

Most noticeable; obvious

307
Q

Soliloquy

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Act of speaking one’s thoughts aloud when alone; monologue (especially in a play)

308
Q

Subpoena

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A writ ordering a person to attend a court

309
Q

Tenet

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Principle or belief

310
Q

Tout

A

Endorse in an aggressive manner

311
Q

Urbane; debonair

A

Sophisticated, refined

312
Q

Whet

A

Excite or stimulate (desire, interest or appetite)

313
Q

Abeyance

A

State of temporary disuse or suspension

314
Q

Abjure

A

Disavow; solemnly renounce a cause, claim or belief

315
Q

Anodyne

A

Inoffensive; bland

316
Q

Bilk

A

Swindle; defraud. Obtain money without justification or through deceit

317
Q

Canard

A

Unfounded rumor or story

318
Q

Cloture

A

The procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote

319
Q

Conscript

A

Enlist compulsorily; draft

320
Q

Cosset

A

Care for and protect in an overindulgent way; pander to

321
Q

Coterie

A

Small group of people with shared interests/tastes

322
Q

Dilettante; tinkerer; dabbler; potterer

A

Person who cultivates an area of interest without real commitment or knowledge

323
Q

Dross

A

Worthless

324
Q

Dyspeptic

A

Irritable

325
Q

Ebullient

A

Cheerful; full of energy

326
Q

Ersatz

A

Used as an inferior substitute

327
Q

Euphony

A

The quality of being pleasing to the ear

328
Q

Fracas

A

Brawl; scuffle

329
Q

Fusillade

A

Series of shots/missiles fired in quick succession; bombardment

330
Q

Gaffe

A

Unintentional act or remark causing embarrassment to its originator

331
Q

Gainsay

A

Speak against; oppose

332
Q

Halcyon

A

Period of time in the past that was very happy and peaceful

333
Q

Idyll

A

Perfect time; honeymoon

334
Q

Ignoble

A

Dishonorable

335
Q

Impugn

A

Call into question

336
Q

Incubus

A

Cause of distress or anxiety

337
Q

Knell; chime

A

The sound of a bell, especially solemnly

338
Q

Lacuna

A

Unfilled space or interval

339
Q

Lambaste

A

Criticize harshly

340
Q

Larceny

A

Theft

341
Q

Waft

A

Gloomy

342
Q

Maelstrom

A

Situation of violent turmoil

343
Q

Munificent

A

More generous than is usual

344
Q

Nadir

A

The lowest point in the fortunes of a person

345
Q

Noisome

A

Having an extremely offensive smell

346
Q

Nostrum

A

A pet scheme or favorite remedy, especially for bringing about some reform

347
Q

Occlude

A

Stop; obstruct

348
Q

Paean

A

Song or praise or triumph

349
Q

Panoply

A

Complete or impressive collection of things

350
Q

Pastiche

A

Artistic work consisting of a medley of pieces from different sources

351
Q

Pellucid

A

Comprehensible

352
Q

Paucity

A

Scarcity

353
Q

Pique

A

Feeling of indignation from a slight

354
Q

Polemic

A

Strong verbal or written attack

355
Q

Précis

A

Synopsis

356
Q

Querulous; pettish; testy

A

Whiny; complaining in a petulant way

357
Q

Quiescence

A

Period of inactivity

358
Q

Raconteur

A

Amusing storyteller

359
Q

Repast

A

Meal; banquet

360
Q

Ribald; bawfy; risqué

A

Referral to sexual matters in a rude or irreverent way; indecent

361
Q

Sobriquet; moniker

A

Nickname

362
Q

Supine

A

Spineless; weak

363
Q

Toady

A

Servile; groveling

364
Q

Truculent

A

Defiant; aggressive

365
Q

Turgid

A

Pompous; bombastic

366
Q

Tyro

A

Novice; neophyte

367
Q

Umbrage

A

Offense; annoyance

368
Q

Upbraid

A

Find fault with; scold; rebuke

369
Q

Vitiate

A

Destroy or impair the legal validity; scrap; put an end to

370
Q

Vitriol

A

Cruel and bitter criticism

371
Q

Welter

A

A confused mass

372
Q

Winnow

A

Filter out; sift out

373
Q

Yoke

A

Tie; subjection

374
Q

Belle

A

Contradict; disguise

375
Q

Garrulous

A

Excessively talkative

376
Q

Chicanery

A

Trickery; deception

377
Q

Enervate

A

Weaken

378
Q

Auspicious

A

Favorable

379
Q

Equivocate

A

Avoid giving a clear answer

380
Q

Inchoate

A

Undeveloped; beginning

381
Q

Deride

A

Insult

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