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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

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Clever trickery, subtle deception, a stratagem

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Duplicity

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Deliberate deceptive beds

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Elicit

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To bring out, to draw forth

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Sagacity

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Wisdom, keen perception, sound judgement

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Vitriolic

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Bitterly scathing, extremely biting or caustic, sharply sarcastic

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Surfeit

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An excessive amount, to great a supply

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Assiduous

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Done with constant and careful attention, persistent

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Axiom

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A statement universally accepted as true, an established rule

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Venal

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Open to bribery, corruptible

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Hegemony

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Dominant influence of one state over others

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Expedite

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To speed up, hasten

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Vicissitudes

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The sudden or unexpected changes often encountered in ones life

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Feckless

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Feeble, weak, ineffective, careless

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Perspicaticy

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Keenness of judgement, acuteness of perception or understanding

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Shibboleth

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A word or pronunciation that distinguishes one group of people from another

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Perfunctory

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Done routinely with little interest or care, mechanical

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Anomaly

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A deviation from the norm, an irregularity

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Bête noire

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A person or thing that is strongly avoided

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Quixotic

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Foolishly impractical in pursuit of idealistic goals, extravagantly chivalrous

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Upbraid

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To scold sharply for some wrong doing

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Sanguine

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Cheerfully confident, optimistic

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Inure

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To become used to something undesirable by prolonged exposure to it

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Prosaic

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Lacking in imagination, common place, dull

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Verisimilitude

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The appearance of being true, lifelike quality

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Inchoate

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Just begun, in the early stages

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Gossamer

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Sheer, light, delicate

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Facile

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Done or achieved with little effort, easy

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Evince

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To show or demonstrate clearly

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Besmirk

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To stain or soil ones character, dishonor

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Construe

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To explain the meaning of, to interpret

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Disconsolate

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Extremely dejected, gloom

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Expinte

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To make amends or reparation for, to atone

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Peccadillo

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A slight fault, a minor or petty sin

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Effete

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Depleted of vitality, no longer productive, infertile

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Incipient

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Beginning to exist or appear

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Patronize

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To show favor or kindness in a condescending manner

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Trunculent

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Apt to fight, fierce

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Pontificate

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To express opinions or judgements in an authoritative way

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Lascivious

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Characterized by lewdness or lust

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Abscond

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To leave quickly or secretly and hide, often to avoid arrest

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Germane

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Relevant

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True

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Not interesting because of overuse, cliche

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Puerile

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Juvenile, immature

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Apocryphal

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Of questionable authority or authenticity

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Ascetic

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A person who renounces material comforts, especially as an act of religious devotion

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Salubrious

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Healthful, wholesome

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Platitude

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A trite or banal remark, especially one used as if it were fresh or original

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Scion

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A descendant or heir

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Boor

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A rude, awkward, unrefined person

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Machinations

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A crafty or secret plot

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Stymie

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To thwart or stump, to block

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Kudos

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Acclaim of praise for exceptional achievement

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Chicanery

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Trickery, deception

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Paean

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A song or fervent expression of joy or praise

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Faux pas

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A social blunder

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Canal

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A conspiratorial groups a secret scheme

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Panacea

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A remedy for all diseases, , a cure all

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Polemic

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An aggressive attack on the principles of another, a controversial argument

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Lugubrious

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Mournful, gloomy

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Zeitgeist

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The spirit of an age, the trend of though or feeling in a period

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Denouement

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The final resolution of a dramatic plot

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Halcyon

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Calm, tranquil

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Didactic

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Itended to instruct, inclined to teach

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Temporal

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Related to the material world, secular

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Circumscribe

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To limit or restrict

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Insouciant

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Calm and unbothered, carefree

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Vacuous

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Empty, stupid

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Engender

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To bring into existence, to give rise to

93
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Festoon

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To adorn or hang something, such as a festoon of flowers

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Mea culpa

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Acknowledgement of a personal fault

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Perfidious

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Treacherous, betraying trust

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Melange

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A mixture, hodgepodge

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Prognosis

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Forecast or prediction

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Anemic

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Lacking strength or vitality

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Placate

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To quiet the anger of, to pacify

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Picayune

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Of little value or importance, trivial, paltry

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Fulminate

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To shout or thunder forth denunciations, decrees, etc

Grant Vocab 150-286 (1 decks)

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