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Abstract

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Not applied to actual objects

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Acquired

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Developed or learned; not naturally occurring

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Aesthetic

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Having to do with the appreciation of beauty

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Affable

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Easygoing; friendly

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Alienate

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Remove or disassociate from ( friends, family, or homeland)

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Alleviate

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To ease a pain or burden

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Alliance

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A union of two or more groups

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Ambiguous

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Open to more than one interpretation

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Ambivalent

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Simultaneously feeling opposite things; uncertain

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Amenable

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Responsive; agreeable

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Ample

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Describing a large amount of something

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Anthology

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A collection of literary pieces

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Apathetic

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Feeling or showing little emotion

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Apparatus

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Equipment; a group of machines

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Apprehension

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Anxiety or fear about the future

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Arbiter

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A judge who decides a disputed issue

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Arbitrary

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Determined by impulse rather than reason

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Archaic

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Characteristic of an earlier period; old fashioned

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Arid

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Describing a dry, rainless climate

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Assertion

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A declaration or statement

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Assiduous

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Hardworking

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Assimilation

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To absorb; to make similar

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Astute

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Shrewd; clever

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Asylum

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A place of retreat or security

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Auspicious

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Favorable; promising

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Austere

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Without decoration; strict

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Benevolent

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Well meaning; generous; charitable

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Benign

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Kind and gentle

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Biased

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Prejudiced

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Brittle

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Easily broken when subjected to pressure

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Brusque

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Rudely abrupt

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Camaraderie

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Good will between friends

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Camouflage

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To hide by blending with surroundings

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Candor

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Sincerity; openness

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Capricious

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Impulsive and unpredictable

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Cartographer

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One who designed or makes maps

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Catalog

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(V.) to make an itemized list of

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caustic

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Bitingly sarcastic or witty

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Clandestine

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Secretive

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Clarity

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Clearness in thought or expression

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cogent

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Convincing; reasonable

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Coherent

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Logically connected

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Cohesive

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Condition of sticking together

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Compelling

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Forceful; urgently demanding attention

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Comprehensive

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Large in scope or content

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Conception

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The ability to form or understand an idea

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Condemn

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To express strong disapproval of; denounce

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Condescending

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Treating people as weak or inferior

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Conflagration

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A widespread fire

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Consensus

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General agreement

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Contemporary

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Current, modern; from the same time

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Contemptuous

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Feeling hatred; scornful

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Context

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Circumstances of a situation; environment

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Conviction

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A fixed or strong belief

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Convoluted

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Intricate; complex

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Copious

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Plentiful; having a large quantity

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Cordial

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Friendly; sincere

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Coup

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A brilliantly executed plan

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Cryptic

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Difficult to comprehend

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Decorous

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Proper; marked by good taste

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Deleterious

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Having a harmful effect; injurious

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Derived

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Copied or adapted from a source

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Despotic

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Exercising absolute power; tyrannical

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Dictatorial

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Domineering; oppressively overbearing

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Didactic

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Intended to instruct

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Dilatory

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Habitually late

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Dilettante

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One with an amateurish or superficial understanding of a field of knowledge

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Diligent

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Marked by painstaking effort; hardworking

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Discourse

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Verbal expression or exchange; conversation

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Discredit

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To cause to be doubted

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Disdain

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(n.) contempt, scorn (v.) to regard or treat with contempt; to look down on

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Disingenuous

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Not straightforward; crafty

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Disparage

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To speak of in a slighting way or negativity; to belittle

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Disparity

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Inequality in age, rank or degree; difference

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Dogged

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Stubbornly persevering

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Dogmatic

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Stubbornly adhering to insufficiency proved beliefs

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Dubious

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Doubtful; of unlikely authenticity

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Ebullience

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Intense enthusiasm

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Eclectic

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made up of a variety of sources or styles

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Effusive

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Emotionally unrestrained; gushy

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Egregious

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Conspicuously bad or offensive

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Eloquence

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The ability to speak vividly or persuasively

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Elusive

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Difficult to capture

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Embellish

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To make beautiful by ornamenting; to decorate

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Emigrate

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To leave one country and settle of another

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Emollient

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(adj.) softening and soothing (n.) Something that softens or soothes

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Emphasize

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To give special attention to something, to stress

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Endure

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To put up with, to survive a hardship

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Enlightening

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Information; contributing to one’s awareness

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Enmity

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Mutual hatred or ill-will

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Equanimity

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The quality of being calm and even tempered; composure

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Equivocate

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To avoid making a definite statement

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Excerpt

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A selected part of passage or scene

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Exculpate

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To free from guilt or blame

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Exemplary

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Commendable; worthy of imitation

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Fabricated

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Made; concocted in order to deceive

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Facetious

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Playfully humorous

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Facile

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Done or achieved with little effort; easy

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Fastidious

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Possessing careful attention to detail; difficult to please

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Feral

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Savage; untamed

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Flagrant

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Extremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable

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Florid

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Describing flowery or elaborate speech

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Fluid

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Easily flowing

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Fractious

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Quarrelsome; unruly

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Frank

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Open and sincere in expression; straightforward

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Frenetic

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Wildly excited or active

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Futile

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Having no useful purpose; pointless

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Genre

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Describing a category of artistic endeavor

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Gratuitous

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Given freely; unearned; unwarranted

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Hackneyed

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Worn out through overuse; trite

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Harbinger

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Something that indicates what is to come; a forerunner

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Haughty

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Arrogant; vainly proud

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Heinous

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Hatefully evil; abominal

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Heirarchy

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A group organized by rank

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Hypocrisy

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The practice of pretending to be something one is not; insincerity

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Idealize

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To consider perfect

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Impartial

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Not in favor of one side of the other, unbiased

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Impede

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To slow the progress of

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Imperious

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Arrogantly domineering or overbearing

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Impinge

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Hinder; interfere with

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Implication

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The act of hinting or suggesting

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Impression

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A feeling or understanding resulting from experience

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Inconsequential

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Unimportant

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Incontrovertible

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Indisputable; not open to question

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Incorrigible

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Unable to be reformed

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Incumbent

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Imposed as a duty; obligatory

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Indifferent

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Not caring one way or the other

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Indolent

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Lazy

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Inevitable

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Certain to happen; unavoidable

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Ingrate

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An ungrateful person

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Inherent

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Inborn; built-in

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Innate

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Possessed at birth; inborn

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Innovative

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Introducing something new

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Insipid

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Uninteresting; unchallenging

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Insolent

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Insulting in manner or speech

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Integrity

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Trustworthiness; completeness

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Intrepid

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Courageous; fearless

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Intuition

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The power of knowing things without thinking; sharp insight

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Inveterate

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Long established; deep rooted; habitual

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Jurisprudence

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The philosophy of science or law

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Lament

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Express grief for; mourn

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Laudatory

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Giving praise

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Listless

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Lacking energy

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Lucid

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Easily understand; clear

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Malfeasance

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Misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official

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Malice

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Extreme ill will or spite

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Malleable

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easily shaped or formed; easily influenced

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Maverick

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One who is independent and resists adherence to a group

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Medieval

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Referring to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned

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Mediocrity

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The state or quality of being average; of moderate to low quality

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Medley

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An assortment or a mixture, especially of musical pieces

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Melancholy

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Sadness; depression

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Meticulous

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Extremely careful and precise

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Misconception

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An incorrect understanding or interpretation

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Modest

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Quiet or humble in manner or appearance

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Mollify

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To calm or soothe

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Mundane

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Commonplace; ordinary

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Mural

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A large painting applied to a wall or ceiling surface

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Naïve

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Lacking sophistication

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Narrative

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(adj.) characterized by the telling of a story (n.) a story

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Nascent

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Coming into existence; emerging

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Nocturnal

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Of or occurring in the night

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Notorious

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Known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous

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Novel

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Strikingly new or unusual

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Novice

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A beginner

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Obdurate

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Stubborn; inflexible

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Objectivity

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Treating facts without influence from personal feelings or prejudices

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Obscure

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(adj.) relatively unknown (v.) to conceal or make indistinct

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Obsolete

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No longer in use; old fashioned

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Obstinate

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Stubbornly adhering to an opinion or course of action

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Ominous

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Menacing; threatening

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Omnipotent

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All powerful

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Opulent

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Exhibiting a display of great wealth

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Ornate

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Elaborately decorated

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Ostentatious

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Showy, describing a showy or pretentious display

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Paradigm

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An example or model

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Paramount

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Of chief concern or importance

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Parody

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An artistic work that imitates the style of another work for a comic effect

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Patronizing

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Treating In a condocending manner

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Pejorative

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Describing words or phrases the belittle to speak negatively of someone

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Penitent

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Expressing remorse for one’s misdeeds

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Perception

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Awareness; insight

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Permeated

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Spread or flowing throughout

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Perspective

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Point of view

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Pervasive

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Dispersed throughout

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Phenomenon

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An unusual, observable event

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Plagiarism

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The act of passing off the ideas or writing of another as one’s own

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Plausible

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Seeming valid or acceptable; credible

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Poignant

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Profoundly moving; touching

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Ponderous

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Extremely dull

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Pragmatic

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Practical

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Premonition

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A feeling about the future

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Prodigious

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Enormous

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Profound

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Having great depth or seriousness

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Proliferate

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To grow or increase rapidly

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Propriety

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Appropriateness of behavior

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Prosaic

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Unimaginative; dull

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Proximity

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Closeness

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Prudent

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Exercising good judgment or common sense

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Pugnacious

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Combative; belligerent

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Pundit

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An authority who expresses his/her opinions

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Putrid

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Rotten

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Quandary

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A state of uncertainty or perplexity

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Rancorous

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Hateful; marked by deep seeded ill will

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Rational

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Logical; motivated by reason other than feeling

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Realism

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Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy

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Reclamation

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The act of making something useful again

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Replete

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Abundantly supplied; filled to capacity

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Reprehensible

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Worthy of blame

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Rhetoric

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The art of using language effectively and persuasively

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Ruse

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A crafty trick

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Sanction

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(N.) an economic or military measure put in place to punish another country (v.) to give official au to authorization or approval

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Sedentary

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Not migratory; settled

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Serene

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Calm

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Servile

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Submissive; like a servant

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Slander

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False charges and malicious oral statements about someone

217
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Solvent

A

Able to pay one’s debts

218
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Sonorous

A

Producing a deep or full sound

219
Q

Spontaneous

A

Unplanned; naturally occurring

220
Q

Spurious

A

Not genuine; false; counterfeit

221
Q

Staid

A

Unemotional; serious

222
Q

Stoic

A

Indifferent to pleasure or pain; impassive

223
Q

Stratagem

A

A clever trick used to decisive or outwit

224
Q

Subdue

A

To restrain; to hold back

225
Q

Substantiated

A

Supported with proof or evidence; verified

226
Q

Superficial

A

Concerned only with what is on the surface or obvious; shallow

227
Q

Superfluous

A

Extra; unnecessary

228
Q

Suppressed

A

Subdued; kept from being circulated

229
Q

Surreptitious

A

Done by secretive means

230
Q

Tenacity

A

Persistence

231
Q

Tenuous

A

Having little substance or strength; shaky; unsure; weak

232
Q

Theoretical

A

Lacking application or practical application

233
Q

Timorous

A

Timid; fearful about the future

234
Q

Torpor

A

Laziness; inactivity; dullness

235
Q

Toxic

A

Poisonous

236
Q

Transient

A

Passing away with time; passing from one place to another

237
Q

Transitory

A

Short lived or temporary

238
Q

Trepidation

A

Uncertainty; apprehension

239
Q

Trivial

A

Of little importance or significance

240
Q

Truncated

A

Shortened; cut off

241
Q

Venerated

A

Highly respected

242
Q

Vilify

A

To make vicious statements about

243
Q

Vindicated

A

Freed from blame

244
Q

Virtuoso

A

A tremendously skilled artist

245
Q

Vitality

A

Energy; power to survive

246
Q

Vocation

A

An occupation of profession

247
Q

Wary

A

On guard; watchful

248
Q

Whimsical

A

Subject to erratic behavior; unpredictable

249
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Wily

A

Cunning

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