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Adage

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n:a proverb or short statement expressing a general truth.
“the old adage “out of sight out of mind.””

synonyms: saying, maxim, axiom, proverb, aphorism, saw, dictum, byword, precept, motto, truism, platitude, cliché, apophthegm, commonplace

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Harrow

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v: cause distress to.
“Todd could take it, whereas I’m harrowed by it”

synonyms: distress, trouble, bother, afflict, grieve, torment, disturb, pain, hurt, mortify

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Deleterious

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a: causing harm or damage.
“divorce is assumed to have deleterious effects on children”
synonyms: harmful, damaging, detrimental, injurious;

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Preponderance

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n:the quality or fact of being greater in number, quantity, or importance.
“the preponderance of women among older people”
synonyms: prevalence, predominance, dominance

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Accolade

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n: an award or privilege granted as a special honor or as an acknowledgment of merit.
“the ultimate official accolade of a visit by the president”
synonyms: honor, privilege, award, gift, title

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Portent

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n: a sign or warning that something, especially something momentous or calamitous, is likely to happen.
“they believed that wild birds in the house were portents of death”
synonyms: omen, sign, signal, token, forewarning, warning, danger sign

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Prodigious

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a: remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree.
“the stove consumed a prodigious amount of fuel”
synonyms: enormous, huge, colossal, immense, vast, great, massive, gigantic, mammoth, tremendous, inordinate, monumental

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Inure

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v: accustom (someone) to something, especially something unpleasant.
“these children have been inured to violence”
synonyms: harden, toughen, season, temper, condition

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denouement

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n: the climax of a chain of events, usually when something is decided or made clear.
“I waited by the eighteenth green to see the denouement”
synonyms: outcome, upshot, consequence, result, end

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Ineluctable

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a: unable to be resisted or avoided; inescapable.

“the ineluctable facts of history”

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Plangent

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a: full of lamentation

or according to google: (of a sound) loud, reverberating, and often melancholy.
synonyms: melancholy, mournful, plaintive; sonorous, resonant

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nugatory

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a: of no value or importance.
“a nugatory and pointless observation”
synonyms: worthless, unimportant, inconsequential, valueless, trifling, trivial, insignificant, meaningless

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antediluvian

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a: ridiculously old-fashioned.
“they maintain antediluvian sex-role stereotypes”
synonyms: out of date, outdated, outmoded, old-fashioned, antiquated

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Pusillanimous

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a: showing a lack of courage or determination; timid.
synonyms: timid, timorous, cowardly, fearful, faint-hearted, lily-livered, spineless, craven, shrinking;

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Jejune

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a: naive, simplistic, and superficial/ vapid and immature

“their entirely predictable and usually jejune opinions”

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Demarcate

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v: set the boundaries or limits of.

“plots of land demarcated by barbed wire”

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Apocryphal

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a: (of a story or statement) of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being true.
“an apocryphal story about a former president”
synonyms: fictitious, made-up, untrue, fabricated, false, spurious

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Capricious

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a: given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior.
“a capricious and often brutal administration”
synonyms: fickle, inconstant, changeable, variable, mercurial, volatile, unpredictable, temperamental

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Decorous

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a: in keeping with good taste and propriety; polite and restrained.
“dancing with decorous space between partners”
synonyms: proper, seemly, decent, becoming, befitting, tasteful;

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Oscillate

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v: move or swing back and forth at a regular speed.
“a pendulum oscillates about its lowest point”
synonyms: swing, swing back and forth, swing to and fro, sway

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Inveterate

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a: having a particular habit, activity, or interest that is long-established and unlikely to change.
“he was an inveterate gambler”
synonyms: ingrained, deep-seated, deep-rooted, entrenched, congenital, ineradicable, incurable
“inveterate corruption

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Timorous

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a: showing or suffering from nervousness, fear, or a lack of confidence/ conditions of life are fearful
“a timorous voice”

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Cow

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v: cause (someone) to submit to one’s wishes by intimidation.
“the intellectuals had been cowed into silence”
synonyms: intimidate, daunt, browbeat, bully, tyrannize, scare, terrorize, frighten, dishearten, unnerve, subdue

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Turgid

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swollen and distended or congested/ complex
“a turgid and fast-moving river”
synonyms: swollen, distended, tumescent, engorged, bloated, tumid
“the tissues become turgid”

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lachrymose

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a: tearful or given to weeping.

“she was pink-eyed and lachrymose”

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Prefix and suffix list

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http://teacher.scholastic.com/reading/bestpractices/vocabulary/pdf/prefixes_suffixes.pdf

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exhume

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v: dig out (something buried, especially a corpse) from the ground.
synonyms: disinter, dig up, unearth

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Plaintive

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a: sounding sad and mournful.
“a plaintive cry”
synonyms: mournful, sad, wistful, doleful, pathetic, pitiful, piteous, melancholy, sorrowful, unhappy, wretched, woeful, forlorn, woebegone

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Laconic

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(adj.) – brief and to the point; effectively cut short

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Insipid

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(adj.) – lacking taste or flavor

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Iconoclast

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(noun) – someone who attacks cherished beliefs or institutions

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Profligate

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(adj.) – recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources

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Prosaic

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(adj.) – not challenging; dull and lacking excitement

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Obsequious

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(adj.) – obedient or attentive to an excessive degree

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Alacrity

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(noun) – lively and cheerful readiness

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Pellucid

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(adj.) – translucently clear

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Magnanimous

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(adj.) – very generous or forgiving

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Scrupulous

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(adj.) – diligent, thorough, and extremely careful

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Prolific

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(adj.) – fruitful, present in large number Ryan is furiously prolific, releasing albums on Maple, Mr. Siebel’s label, as well as his own metallic label, Metalloid.

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Dogmatic

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(adj.) – dictatorial, opinionated

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Mercurial

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(adj.) – subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood, temperamental

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hackneyed

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(adj.) – unoriginal and trite

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prudent

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(adj.) – acting with or showing care and thought When the food manufacturer discovered toxins in a product sample case of one of its containers, it made a prudent decision to destroy all the boxes from the shipment.

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Belie

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(v.) – disguise or contradict Joe’s cheerful tone belies the grim nature of life in the Indian Countryside and her desperate desire to escape those suffocating circumstances.

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Esoteric

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(adj.) – mysterious, obscure A couple of months ago, Mr. Niobe submitted a thesis with his analysis and computations — a fairly esoteric mathematical dissent about how best to gather rational generalizations on the origin of the universe theory.

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Impetuous

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(adj.) – acting or done quickly and without thought or care Michael is methodical, barely the impetuous kind, and he has had ample time to come to a consolidated opinion of the university he wishes to apply for.

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Idiosyncrasy

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(noun) – a way of thought peculiar to an individual Modern technologies are a lot more expensive than their existing alternatives and each has its own idiosyncrasies that be conquered.

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extant

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(adj.) – in existence; surviving
Several works produced by Shakespeare during his later years are yet extant at Rome; and far surpassing the rest is his tale of two young lovers, Romeo and Juliet.

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Didactic

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(adj.) – intended to teach, educational “Though more didactic, Rama’s story of the triumph over evil and of a king’s dharma and nobility is quite powerful and enchanting.

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Pithy

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(adj.) – brief, to the point The professor was not known for talking much, but what he did say was always pithy.

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Denizen

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n: an inhabitant or occupant of a particular place.
“denizens of field and forest”
synonyms: inhabitant, resident, townsman, townswoman, native,

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Augury

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n:a sign of what will happen in the future; an omen.
“they heard the sound as an augury of death”
synonyms: omen, portent, sign, danger sign, foretoken

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Harangue

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n: a lengthy and aggressive speech.
synonyms: tirade, diatribe, lecture, polemic, rant, fulmination, broadside, attack, onslaught

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Analogous

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a: comparable in certain respects, typically in a way that makes clearer the nature of the things compared.
“they saw the relationship between a ruler and his subjects as analogous to that of father and children”
synonyms: comparable, parallel, similar, like, akin, corresponding, related, kindred, equivalent
“their lab results were analogous”

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Luminary

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n: a person who inspires or influences others, especially one prominent in a particular sphere.
“one of the luminaries of child psychiatry”
synonyms: leading light, guiding light, inspiration, role model, hero, heroine, leader, expert

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