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Lachrymose

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Weeping or inclined to cry

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Noisome

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Foul smelling, offensive, noxious, harmful

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Imbroglio

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A confused or complicated disagreement, an entanglement

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Tendentious

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Advancing a definite point of view, biased, partisan

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Malingerer

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A person who pretends to be ill or incapacitated in order to avoid work or duty

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Bucolic

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Characteristic of the countryside, rustic, rural

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Palpable

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Able to be handled, touched or Felt, tangible, perceivable

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Cashe

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A hiding place used especially for strong provisions

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Unconsciousable

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Not restrained by conscience, unscrupulous, unreasonable, excessive

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Blithe

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Carefree and light hearted , cheerful, lacking concern, casual

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Copious

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Plentiful, abundant

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Docile

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easy to teach, discipline or surprise

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Composure

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Calm, self possession

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Eminent

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Towering above or standing out, prominent, noteworthy

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Exemplary

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Serving as a model example

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Salient

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Standing out from the rest, prominent

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Deprecate

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To express disapproval of, belittle

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Nuance

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A subtle or slight degree of difference

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Listless

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Lacking energy or spirit

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Arcane

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Only understood by a few, obscure

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Enthrall

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To hold spellbound, to captivate

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Austere

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Severe, stern, harsh

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Peremptory

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Putting an end to all debate or action, arrogantly self assured

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Serendipity

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The ability to make fortunate discoveries by accident, good luck

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Artifice
Clever trickery, subtle deception, a stratagem
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Duplicity
Deliberate deceptive beds
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Elicit
To bring out, to draw forth
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Sagacity
Wisdom, keen perception, sound judgement
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Vitriolic
Bitterly scathing, extremely biting or caustic, sharply sarcastic
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Surfeit
An excessive amount, to great a supply
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Assiduous
Done with constant and careful attention, persistent
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Axiom
A statement universally accepted as true, an established rule
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Venal
Open to bribery, corruptible
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Hegemony
Dominant influence of one state over others
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Expedite
To speed up, hasten
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Vicissitudes
The sudden or unexpected changes often encountered in ones life
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Feckless
Feeble, weak, ineffective, careless
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Perspicaticy
Keenness of judgement, acuteness of perception or understanding
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Shibboleth
A word or pronunciation that distinguishes one group of people from another
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Perfunctory
Done routinely with little interest or care, mechanical
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Anomaly
A deviation from the norm, an irregularity
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Bête noire
A person or thing that is strongly avoided
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Quixotic
Foolishly impractical in pursuit of idealistic goals, extravagantly chivalrous
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Upbraid
To scold sharply for some wrong doing
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Sanguine
Cheerfully confident, optimistic
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Inure
To become used to something undesirable by prolonged exposure to it
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Prosaic
Lacking in imagination, common place, dull
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Verisimilitude
The appearance of being true, lifelike quality
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Inchoate
Just begun, in the early stages
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Gossamer
Sheer, light, delicate
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Facile
Done or achieved with little effort, easy
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Evince
To show or demonstrate clearly
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Besmirk
To stain or soil ones character, dishonor
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Construe
To explain the meaning of, to interpret
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Disconsolate
Extremely dejected, gloom
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Expinte
To make amends or reparation for, to atone
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Peccadillo
A slight fault, a minor or petty sin
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Effete
Depleted of vitality, no longer productive, infertile
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Incipient
Beginning to exist or appear
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Patronize
To show favor or kindness in a condescending manner
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Trunculent
Apt to fight, fierce
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Pontificate
To express opinions or judgements in an authoritative way
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Lascivious
Characterized by lewdness or lust
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Abscond
To leave quickly or secretly and hide, often to avoid arrest
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Germane
Relevant
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True
Not interesting because of overuse, cliche
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Puerile
Juvenile, immature
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Apocryphal
Of questionable authority or authenticity
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Ascetic
A person who renounces material comforts, especially as an act of religious devotion
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Salubrious
Healthful, wholesome
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Platitude
A trite or banal remark, especially one used as if it were fresh or original
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Scion
A descendant or heir
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Boor
A rude, awkward, unrefined person
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Machinations
A crafty or secret plot
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Stymie
To thwart or stump, to block
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Kudos
Acclaim of praise for exceptional achievement
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Chicanery
Trickery, deception
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Paean
A song or fervent expression of joy or praise
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Faux pas
A social blunder
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Canal
A conspiratorial groups a secret scheme
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Panacea
A remedy for all diseases, , a cure all
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Polemic
An aggressive attack on the principles of another, a controversial argument
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Lugubrious
Mournful, gloomy
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Zeitgeist
The spirit of an age, the trend of though or feeling in a period
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Denouement
The final resolution of a dramatic plot
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Halcyon
Calm, tranquil
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Didactic
Itended to instruct, inclined to teach
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Temporal
Related to the material world, secular
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Circumscribe
To limit or restrict
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Insouciant
Calm and unbothered, carefree
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Vacuous
Empty, stupid
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Engender
To bring into existence, to give rise to
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Festoon
To adorn or hang something, such as a festoon of flowers
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Mea culpa
Acknowledgement of a personal fault
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Perfidious
Treacherous, betraying trust
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Melange
A mixture, hodgepodge
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Prognosis
Forecast or prediction
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Anemic
Lacking strength or vitality
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Placate
To quiet the anger of, to pacify
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Picayune
Of little value or importance, trivial, paltry
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Fulminate
To shout or thunder forth denunciations, decrees, etc

Grant Vocab 150-286 (1 decks)

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