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To have an intense dislike or hatred for (loathe, abhor, despise, detest)

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Abominate

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The modification of the social patterns, traits, or structures of one group or society by contact with those of another; the resultant blend (adaptation)

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Acculturation

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resulting from chance rather than from an inherent cause or character; accidental, not essential; (medicine) acquired, not congenital (Extrinsic, incidental, fortuitous)

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Adventitious

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To assign or refer to (as a cause or source), attribute (Impute, credit, attribute)

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Ascribe

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Roundabout, not direct (indirect, meandering, winding)

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Circuitous

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To sympathize with, have pity or sorrow for, share a feeling of distress (feel sorry for, empathize)

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Commiserate

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To direct or order; to prescribe a course of action in an authoritative way; to prohibit (bid, charge, command, adjure)

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Enjoin

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to make easy, cause to progress faster (Accelerate, facilitate, speed up)

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Expedite

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to make amends, make up for; to avert (redeem, make amends for, atone, make reparation)

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Expiate

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A state of great excitement, agitation, or turbulence; to be in or work into such a state; to produce alcohol by chemical action (commotion, turmoil, unrest)

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Ferment

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resulting from or marked by lack of attention; unintentional, accidental (accidental, unconsidered)

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Inadvertent

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existing in name only, not real; too small to be considered or taken seriously (titular, token, trifling, inconsequential)

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Nominal

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Not decisive or definite; unwilling to take a clear position or to say yes or no (Cagey, uninformative, playing it safe, playing it close to the vest)

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Noncommittal

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To steal something that has been given into one’s trust; to take improperly for one’s own use (Embezzle, defraud, misappropriate)

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Peculate

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A natural or habitual inclination or tendency (especially of human character or behavior)(natural bent, penchant, propensity)

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proclivity

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composure or coolness, especially in trying circumstances (Poise, self-assurance)

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sangfroid

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Resistant to lawful authority; having the purpose of overthrowing an established government (mutinous, rebellious, subversive)

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Seditious

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Bitter, sarcastic; highly caustic or biting (like a strong acid)(withering, acerbic, mordant)

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Vitriolic

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thin, slender, not dense; lacking clarity or sharpness; of slight importance or significance; lacking a sound basis, poorly supported (flimsy, insubstantial, vague, hazy)

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tenuous

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To use coaxing or flattery to gain some desired end(cajole, inveigle, soft-soap, sweet-talk)

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Wheedle

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Courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to talk to
S: genial, amicable, agreeable, cordial

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Affable

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To increase in greatness, power, or wealth; to build up or intensify; to make appear greater
S: Augment, amplify, enchance, exhalt

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Aggrandize

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Shapeless, without definite form; of no particular type of character; without organization, unity, or cohesion
S: formless, unstructured, nebulous, inchoate

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Amorphous

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That which surrounds (as an atmosphere); a distinctive air or personal quality
S: ambience, atmoshpere

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Aura

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illegal traffic, smuggled goods; illegal, prohibited
S: illicit, bootleg, unlawful

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Contraband

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Scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic
S: Profoundly educated, well-read

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Erudite

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Thin, light, delicate, insubstantial; a very think, light cloth
S: Filmy, diaphanous, sheer, airy, feathery, gauzy

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Gossamer

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To find out by reasoning; to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought; to hint, suggest, imply
S: gather, deduce, presume, guess, speculate

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infer

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27
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incapable of being understood; impossible to see through physically
S: impenetrable, incomprehensible, enigmatic

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Inscrutable

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relating to, characteristic of, or situated on an island; narrow or isolated in outlook or experience
S: narrow-minded, parochial, provincial

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insular

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incapable of being changed or called back
S: irreversible, unrecallable, unalterable

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irrevocable

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A natural inclination or predilection toward
S: natural bent, proclivity, penchant

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Propensity

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Peevish, complaining, fretful
S: petulant, touchy, cranky, irritable

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Querulous

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to argue or plead with someone against something, protest against, object to
S: reason against, expostulate

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remonstrate

33
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to disown, reject, or deny the validity of
S: disavow, abjure, renounce

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Repudiate

34
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able to return to an original shape or form; able to recover quickly
S: springy, elastic, buoyant, bouncy

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Resilient

35
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to re-echo, resound; to reflect or be reflected repeatedly
S: rumble, thunder, boom, echo

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Reverberate

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coarsely abusive, vulgar or low (especially in language), foul-mouthed
S: Obscene, filthy, abusive, vituperative

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Scurrilous

37
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persistent, showing industry and determination
S: assiduous, tireless, indefatigable

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Sedulous

38
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think or flimsy in texture; cheap; shoddy or inferior in quality or character; ethically low, mean, or disreputable
S: inferior, cheesy, tawdry, tatty

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sleazy

39
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A general pardon for an offense against a government; in general, any act of forgiveness or absolution

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Amnesty

40
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Self-government, political control
S: home rule

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Autonomy

41
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Self-evident, expressing a universally accepted principle or rule
S: taken for granted

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Axiomatic

42
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To adorn or embellish; to display conspicuously; to public or proclaim widely
S: broadcast, trumpet

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Blazon

43
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a warning or caution to prevent misunderstanding or discourage behavior
S: admonition, worse to the wise

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caveat

44
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Fair, just, embodying principles of justice
S: right, reasonable, evenhanded

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Equitable

45
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To free from entanglements or difficulties; to remove with effort
S: disentangle, extract, disengage

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Extricate

46
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To steal, especially in a sneaky way and in petty amounts
S; pilfer, purloin, swipe

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filch

47
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to mock, treat with contempt
S: scoff at, sneer at, snicker at, scorn

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flout

48
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tending to be troublesome; unruly, quarrelsome, contrary; unpredictable
S: refractory, recalcitrant, peevish

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Fractious

49
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Rule of conduct or action
S: principle, maxim

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precept

50
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Beneficial, helpful; healthful, wholesome
S: salubrious, curative

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Salutary

51
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bitterly severe, withering; causing great harm
S: searing, harsh, ferocious, savage

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scathing

52
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to whip, punish severely; cause of affliction or suffering; a source of severe punishment or criticism
S: flog, beat, bane, plague, pestilence

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Scourge

53
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funereal, typical of the tomb; extremely gloomy or dismal
S: doleful, lugubrious, mortuary

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Sepulchral

54
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tending to cause sleep, relating to sleepiness or lethargy; something that includes sleep
S: narcotic, anesthetic

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Soporific

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Extremely strict in regard to moral standards and conduct; prudish, puritanical
S: highly conventional, overly strict, stuffy

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Straitlaced

56
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Lasting only a short time, fleeting; one who stays only a short time
S: impermanent, ephemeral, evanescent

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Transient

57
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not easily carried, handled, or managed because of size or complexity
S: cumbersome, bulky, clumsy, impractical

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Unwieldy

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Dull, uninteresting, tiresome; lacking in sharpness, flavor, liveliness, or force
S: insipid, lifeless, colorless

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Vapid

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Abnormal, irregular, departing from the usual
S: exceptional, atypical, unusual, aberrant

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anomalous

60
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Aspersiona damaging or derogatory statement; derogatory the act of slandering or defaming
S: innuendo, calumny, denigration

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Aspersion

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Extremely strange, unusual, atypical
S: grotesque, fantastic, outlandish

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Bizarre

62
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Abrupt, blunt, with no formalities
S: Curt, tactless, ungracious, gruff, rough

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Brusque

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To coax, persuade through flattery or artifice to deceive with soothing thoughts or false promises
S: wheedle, inveigle, soft-soap, sweet-talk

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Cajole

64
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To punish severely; to criticize severely
S: chastise, rebuke, censure, upbraid

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Castigate

65
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To plan with ingenuity, invent; to bring about as the result of a scheme or plan
S: think up, devise, concoct, fabricate

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Contrive

66
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A leader who exploits popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power
S: rabble-rouser, firebrand

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demagogue

67
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to free from deception or error, set right in ideas or thinking
S: undeceive, enlighten, set straight

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disabuse

68
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weariness and dissatisfaction from lack of occupation or interest, boredom
S: languor, world-weariness, listlessness

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Ennui

69
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a chain or shackle placed on the feet (often used in plural); anything that confines or restrains; (v.) to chain or shackle; to render helpless or impotent
S: bond, restraint, bind, hamper

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fetter

70
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very wicked, offensive, hateful
S: evil, odious, abominable, outrageous

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heinous

71
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not subject to change, constant
S: unchangeable, unalterable, fixed, invariable

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immutable

72
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one who rebels or rises against authority; rising in revolt, refusing to accept authority; surging or rushing in or on S
S: revolutionary, rebellious, mutinous

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insurgent

73
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a delusion marked by a feeling of power, wealth, talent, etc., far in excess of reality
S: delusions of grandeur

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megalomania

74
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a position requiring little or no work; an easy job
S: “no show” job, cushy job, “plum”

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Sinecure

75
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Stealthy, secret, intended to escape observation; made for accomplished by fraud
S: furtive, covert, clandestine, concealed

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surreptitious

76
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to go beyond a limit or boundary; to sin, violate a law
S: overstep, exceed, trespass, err

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transgress

77
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to change from one nature, substance, or form to another
S: transform, convert, translate, metamorphose

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transmute

78
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performed, suffered, or otherwise experienced by one person in place of another
S: surrogate, substitute, imagined, secondhand

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vicarious

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