vocab Flashcards
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Precocious-
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advanced at an early age
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Tortuous -
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repeated turns and bends, circuitous
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Indignant-
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feel anger over a perceived injustice
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Hound -
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to pursue relentlessly, to dog
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moot
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undecidable, meaningless or irrelevant way
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Fallacy -
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belief based on faulty reason
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Mollify -
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to ease; placate
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patronize
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treat condescendingly
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Demure (adj)-
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modest and shy
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Screed -
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an abusive rant
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Placate -
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gain good will of, make less angry, cause to be favorably inclined
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Inveterate -
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habitual
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Calumny -
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false attack/misrepresentation
against someone
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Travesty-
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mockery, absurd presentation
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Arcane -
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requiring secret knowledge
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Pernicious-
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very harmful, working in a hidden way
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Profligate -
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corrupt, degenerate
Spending resources recklessly/wasteful
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Trite-
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overused
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Parochial -
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narrow in scope/outlook
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Demur-
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to express doubts/objections
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Impute -
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to attribute (something undesirable)
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Impudent-
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rude, brazen
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apprehension
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fearful expectation
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Askance -
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suspiciously or disapprovingly
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Dither -
act confusedly w/o clear
| Purpose
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Fetid -
foul smelling, putrid
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Husband -
use sparingly, manage economically
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Austere-
unadorned in style, harsh in manner
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dearth
lack or shortage
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Fatuous -
stupid, foolishly self satisified
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Gall -
rudeness, bitter anger
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Mendacious -
dishonest
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Belie -
to hide, misrepresent
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Espouse -
adopt/support an idea
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Amok-
frenzied or uncontrolled state
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Panoply -
impressive array
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Virago-
ill tempered or violent woman
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Banal -
repeated too often, overused, hackneyed
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scintillating
describes someone who is brilliant and lively
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Provincial-
relating to countryside; unsophisticated, narrow minded
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Platitude -
trite/obvious remark
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Intransigent-
refusing to be reconciled, unwilling to change, adamant
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Myopic -
lacking foresight, nearsighted; lacking imagination
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Slake-
calm down, moderate
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to fleece
to decieve
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Repudiate -
reject as untrue, unfounded
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Spurious-
specious, plausible but false
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Capricious-
decisions by chance not reason; unpredictable changes in mood
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consummate (adj)
having supreme mastery
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Treacherous -
inclined to betrayal, unstable/unpredictable
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fledgling(adj)
young and inexperienced
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Turgid –
swollen, bloated; pompous in language
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Quiescent-
motionless
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Scrupulous -
extreme care/effort; principled
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ascendancy
power over another
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Banality(n) -
trite remark
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ferret
to search for something persistently
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consummate(v)
make perfect and complete
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Refractory -
resistant to authority/control
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fledgling(n)
new participant
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To Reproach -
To express criticism towards
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Wanting -
lacking
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Disaffected-
discontented toward authority
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Prevaricate -
speak evasively
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respite
pause from doing something
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Deride -
to mock, jeer w/ contempt
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denigrate -
charge falsely, attack good name/reputation maliciously
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cadaverous
emaciated; gaunt
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raffish
marked by carefree unconventionality or disreputableness
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Prodigious -
great in size/force
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Bucolic -
relating to pleasant aspects of the countryside,
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Exigent-
urgent, demanding
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Pittance -
Small amount of money
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Ingratiate -
gain favor by deliberate effort
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Predilection-
a strong liking/affinity
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flounder
behave awkwardly, have difficulties
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Expound -
add details, clarify, expand
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Petulant -
easily irritated, childishly sulky
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Mawkish-
overly sentimental, maudlin
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Timorous -
timid by nature
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Gauche -
lacking social polish
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Reconcile -
to make compatible with
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Effrontery-
rude boldness, audacity
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Duress -
under force/threat
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Raft-
large number of something
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Florid -
excessively decorated
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Rebuke -
censure, castigate, criticize harshly
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Obdurate -
hardened in feeling, unable to persuade, stubborn
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Unconscionable -
unreasonable, excessive, shockingly unfair or unjust
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Inimical-
hostile, unfriendly
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Didactic -
excessively instructive
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Auspicious -
conducive to success, favorable
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Propitious -
favorable, likely to result in success
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Circumscribe-
restrict or confine
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Gossamer -
light, delicate
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Contumacious-
rebellious
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Ambivalent -
mixed/conflicting emotions
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Credulous -
naïve, too trusting
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Impetuous-
quick to act without thinking
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boon
a desireable state
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Pallid-
pale, lacking color
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Immutable -
unable to be changed
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Admonitory -
warning/reprimanding
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Ignominious-
deserving or bringing disgrace/shame
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Indigent-
poor, needy
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Reprobate-
person w/o morals who is disapproved of
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beatific
blissfully happy
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Volubility -
verbosity (spoken/written)
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Admonish -
to warn/reprimand
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Aboveboard-
open and honest
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Nonplussed -
unsure how to respond/act
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Euphemism -
inoffensive word in place of
| vulgar one
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Abstruse –
difficult to understand
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Venality -
corruption (bribes)
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Bombastic -
pompous in speech/manner
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Tender-
to offer up formally
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Exhort -
strongly urge on, encourage
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Bilk -
defraud, cheat
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Fawn -
grovel, pander
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Juxtapose -
place side by side for contrast
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Cogent -
clear and persuasive
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Mannered -
artificial, phony in character
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Inscrutable-
unfathomable, not understood
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Querulous -
always complaining
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Inexorable -
inflexible, unyielding/ impossible to stop or prevent
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Subsume-
contain, include
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Thoroughgoing -
very thorough
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Grovel-
humble oneself demeaningly
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Vilify -
spread negative information about
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Implacable -
unable to placate, make less angry
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Fastidious -
overly concerned with details, fussy
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Incorrigible-
impervious to correction by punishment
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Errant-
wandering, not sticking to circumscribed path
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Stem -
to hold back, limit
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Delineate-
describe in detail
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Munificent -
very generous
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Recondite (adj)-
difficult to understand, esoteric
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Gainsay -
deny/contradict/oppose
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Wanton -
reckless
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Sullen -
gloomy
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Yoke -
to join together
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Efficacious -
producing intended result
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tumult
chaos, noise, confusion
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irresolute
unsure how to act or proceed
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perennial
everlasting
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whimsical
determined by impulse or whim, not be necessity or reason
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egotist
conceited, self centered person
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rankle
make resentful or angry
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genteel
marked by refinement in taste and manners
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urbane
high refinement and assurance from wide social experience
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vacuous
devoid of intelligence, matter, or significance
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facetious
cleverly amusing
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to exemplify
to be characteristic of
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peevish
easily irritated or annoyed
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smug
excessive self satisfaction
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rash
imprudently incurring risk
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exasperate
to irritate intensely
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presumption(n)
an assumption taken for granted; audacious behavior you have no right to
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goad
urge on with unpleasant comments
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foible(n)
idiosynchrasie in someone's behavior
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reservation (n)
unstated doubt
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eke
to live off meager resources, scrape by
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embellish
make more beautiful
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quip
witty remark
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unseemly
not keeping with accepted propriety standards
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credulity
naivite, tendency to believe
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incense(v)
make furious
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uncanny
suggesting supernatural, surpassing ordinary
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ascribe
attribute or credit to
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to preempt
to take the place of, have precedence over
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cavalier
haughty disregard of others
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deride
treat or speak with contempt
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wanton
unrestrained, nor moral restraint
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behoove
to be one's duty
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clemency
leniency toward offenders of law
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buttress
make stronger or defensible
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rakish ("raykish")
carefree unconventionality or disreputableness
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besmirch
damage the good name of
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begrudge
to envy, to give reluctantly
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docile
willing to be taught or led, easily managed
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emulate
strive to equal or match
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finagle
achieve by trickery
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staid(adj)
dignified, propriety
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resign
to accept something that cant be avoided
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convivial
describing a lively atmosphere
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malodorous
foul smelling
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aphorism
short saying about a truth, maxim
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cosmopolitan
global in reach and outlook
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snub
refuse to acknowledge, reject
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creditable
deserving of praise but not that amazing
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relegate
assign a lower position
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dispatch(v)
dispose of rapidly, efficiently
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to carp
criticize pettily, unjustified
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obliging
cheerful willingness, complaisant
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perquisite
perk, exclusive right
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sordid
foul and repulsive (morally)
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abnegate
renounce or reject
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sedulous
dedicated and diligent
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paradoxical
contradictory but possibly true
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balk
refuse to comply
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miscreant
law breaker
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arrant
utter (negative connotation)
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factious
characterized by internal dissension
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churlish
lacking manners, refinement
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chary
cautious, suspiciously reluctant to do something
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vicissitude
change in circumstance, for the worse
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lascivious
sexually perverted
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zeitgeist
spirit of the times
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fractious
likely to cause disruption
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turpitude
depravity
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overweening(adj)
arrogant, presumptuous
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expansive
communicative, social
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cow(v)
to intimidate
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feckless
lazy, irresponsible
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ponderous
weighed down, moving slowly
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prosaic
boring, prose like
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contentious
likely to argue
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alacrity
eager willingness
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saturnine
morose, gloomy
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exegesis
explanation or analysis that's critical
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attenuate
to weaken
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untoward
unfavorable, inconvenient
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byzantine
intricate and complex
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anathema
the source of someones hate
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kowtow
bow or act subservient
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supercilious
haughty and disdainful looking down others
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choleric
easily angered
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to hector
bully or intimidate
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quisling
traitor
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remonstrate
make objections while pleading
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picayune
trifling or petty
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disabuse
persuade a belief is not valid
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pollyannaish
extremely optimistic
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execrate
to curse and hiss at
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tendentious
leaning towards a controversial view
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protean
versatile
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mellifluous
smooth, sweet sounding
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expurgate
to censor
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arriviste(n)
social climber, person recently reached power
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to mulct
defraud or swindle
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phantasmagorical
illusionarily fantistic, unreal
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palimpsest
something changed numerously but traces of before can be seen
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jaundiced
prejudiced, biased
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histrionic
overly theatrical
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venial
easily forgiven, pardonable
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benight
fall into a state of ignorance
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blinkered(adj)
limited outlook or understanding
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malapropism
word confused with another that sounds the same
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arch (adj)
deliberately teasing
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parvenu
person suddenly wealthy but not accepted by higher class
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jejune
immature, childish, dull
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bilious
always angry
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fell(adj)
terribly evil
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peremptory
bossy and domineering
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to hedge
to limit or qualify
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sententious
moralizing in a pompous sense
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mettlesome
filled with courage and valor
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imbroglio
confusing, embarrassing situation
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provident
prudently providing for you interests/future
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hagiographic
excessively flattering toward someone's life or work
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to prognosticate
predict/prophesize the future
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to quail
draw back with fear or pain
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pecuniary
relating to money
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to maunder
wander aimlessly; speak rapidly non-stop about unimportant things (to palaver)
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grandiloquent
puffed up with vanity
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to importune
beg persistently urgently
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recapitulation
recap
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to enjoin
give instructions to, to direct, with authority
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prolixity
boring verbosity
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mordant
acerbic
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charlatan
flamboyant deceiver
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duplicity
deceitfulness
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temerity
fearless daring
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insouciance
lack of concern
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semblance
appearance that is deliberately misleading
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impute
to blame, attribute responsibility or fault to something
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solecism
gramatical mistake, socially awkward or tactless act
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redoubtable
inspiring fear or awe
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punctilious
precise, detail oriented
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flippant
showing in appropriate levity
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corollary
practical consequence of
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patent
glaringly obvious
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inimitable
matchless, defying imitation
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firebrand(n)
one who deliberately creates trouble
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tempestuous
turbulent
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asperity
harshness of manner
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unpropitious
little chance of success
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recrimination
mutual accusation
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immure
to enclose in walls
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inviolate
must be kept sacred
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to dovetail
fit together tightly
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obstreperous
stubbornly defiant, difficult to control
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imperious
arrogant superiority, disdain towards "unworthy"
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apposite
appropriate
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presentiment
feeling of evil to come
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celerity
speed, rapidity
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invidious
likely to cause resentment
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magisterial
offensively self-assured, exercising unwarranted power
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dispensation
exemption from a rule/obligation
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rarefied
made more subtle, refined
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stalwart
dependable
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to hobble
hold back progress of
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unviable/inviable
not able to work, survive, succeed
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chagrine(n)
feeling embarrased
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chagrine(v)
cause to feel shame
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artifice
cunning tricks
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to recrudesce
happen again
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atavism
throwback
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epigram
witty saying
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apothegm
maxim, aphorism
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to objurgate
express strong disapproval
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to brook
put up with
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inanity(n)
a total lack of meaning or ideas
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rapprochement
reestablishing good relations
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debonair
sophisticated charm
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baleful
threatening or foreshadowing evil/tragedy
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untrammeled
not confined or limited
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to deign
do something below one's considered dignity
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arrogate
seize without authority
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chimera(n)
desired or wished for but impossible
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languish
become feeble
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gambit(n)
maneuver/risk designed to secure advantage
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besotted
very drunk, strongly affectionate
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effervescence
high spirits/excitement
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exemplar(n)
something to be imitated
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unstinting
very generous
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percipient
perceptive
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to browbeat
be bossy towards, discourage/domineer
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disingenuous
falsely frank
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solicitude
feeling of concern
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unprepossessing
unfavorable or neutral first impression
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appurtenant
supplying added support
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ineffable
to sacred to be uttered, defying description
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pith(n)
most essential part of something
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pontificate
talk dogmatically/pompously
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panegyric(n)
formal praise
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facile
lacking depth
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conflate
mix together
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proscribe
command against
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to proselytize
convert to another belief
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to transmute
change in form
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internecine
within a group (conflict)
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abjure
to reject (belief)
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solicitous
hovering attentiveness
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dessicated
uninteresting, dry
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desideratum (n)
something desired as a necessity
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inequity
injustice
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enormity (n)
an extreme act of wrong
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ethereal
lightness. insubstantiality
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hauteur (n)
superior pride in manner toward inferiors
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conflagration
intense, uncontrolled fire
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to stultify
to lose enthusiasm through routine
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coterminous
equal extent or duration
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complicit
associated with (negative activity)
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fecund
fertile, intellectually productive
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doughty
brave bold courageous
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inviolable
never to be broke, infringed, dishonored
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bromide(n)
trite/obvious remark
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assiduously
with care and persistence
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self-effacing
reluctant to draw attention to yourself
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callow
young and inexperienced
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discursive
departing from main point
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aplomb
coolness and composure
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halcyon (adj)
(past era) calm and peaceful, prosperity
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bereft
sorrowful through loss, unhappy in love
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demonstratively
open with emotion or expression
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ineluctable
inescapable
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to obtain
be valid, applicable, true
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eponym
namesake
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dissemble
conceal one's true motives
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graft(n)
corruption thru bribery
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infelicitous
inappropriate
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exiguity (n)
meagerness
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trenchant
keenness, forcefulnes
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to pillory
ridicule, expose to public scorn
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simulacrum
sculpture likeness of a person, bad imitation
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loath to (adj)
unwilling to do something (contrary to your custom)
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dissolution(n)
debauchery and indulgence
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raillery
light teasing
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verisimilitude
appearance of truth
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splenetic
very irritable
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abrogate
to do away with formally
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evanescent
vanishing like vapor
