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Vocabulary 10th Grade Review 01-06 Flashcards

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Besiege

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verb - to surround or torment, as in war – or with requests, work, annoyances or the like

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Melodramatic

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adjective - overly dramatic; emotional or sentimental

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Whimsical

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adjective - odd, often in an amusing way; fanciful; full of curious ideas;
noun - whimsy;
adverb - whimsically

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Bayou

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noun - a marshy inlet or outlet of a river or lake, especially in parts of the southern U.S.

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Amiable

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adjective - friendly, agreeable; good-natured;

adverb - amiably

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Imperturbable

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adjective - incapable of being upset, agitate, or perturbed; not easily excited

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Euphoria

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noun - feeling of great well-being;

adjective - euphoric

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Visage

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noun - a face or facial expression

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Revile

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verb - to subject to verbal abuse; to swear at or say bad comments to

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Malleable

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adjective - able to be changed easily; adaptive; capable of being shaped by hammering or pressing;
noun - malleable

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Improvise

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verb - to perform without previous preparation; to compose on the spur of the moment, or on the spot
noun - improvisation

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Grimace

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verb - to make a face showing pain, annoyance etc;

noun - a twisting of the face to show pain, annoyance, etc.

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Spurn

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verb - to reject; to push or kick away or trample on (like burn, as in “to get burned”!)

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Demure

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adjective - shy and modest; reserve;

adverb - demurely

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Grandiloquent

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adjective - speaking or expressed in a lofty or pompous style;
adverb - grandiloquently

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Erudite

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adjective - scholarly, “learn-ed,” extremely intelligent; acquired by learning (as opposed to innate)

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Succumb

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verb - to yield or give in to an overpowering force or desire; to die

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Reverie

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noun - a state of dreamy meditation or fanciful musing; a daydream

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Olfactory

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adjective - of or relating to the sense of smell

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Sinister

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adjective - threatening or portending evil, harm, or trouble; ominous

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Anthropology

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noun - the study of the physical, cultural, and social development and behavior of human existence;
adjective - anthropological

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Evolve

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verb - to develop gradually;
adjective - evolving;
noun - evolution

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Notoriety

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noun - fame, usually in an unfavorable sense; a bad reputation;
adjective - notorious

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Fortitude

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noun - moral strength; patient courage in facing danger or pain; endurance

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Cajole

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verb - to urge with gentle appeal

noun - cajolery

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Acquittal

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noun - a setting-free by judgement of a court or judge;

verb - to acquit

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Inarticulate

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adjective - unable to speak clearly or to use words, unable to say what one thinks
adverb - inarticulately

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Ungainly

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adjective - lacking grace; clumsy (NOTE: not used as an adverb; use in an ungainly manner)

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Contemptuous

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adjective - showing feelings that someone doesn’t deserve respect; disdainful;
adverb - contemptuously;
noun - contempt

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Vivify

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verb - to give life to or to revive;

adjective - vivifying

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Omnipotent

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adjective - having unlimited/universal power;

noun - one who has unlimited/universal power

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Transpire

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verb - to happen, occur, or come about

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Condescend

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verb - to stoop to do something you think is beneath you;

adjective - condescending

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Assert

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verb - to express or declare firmly; to defend or claim (ex. one’s rights);
adjective - assertive

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Mentor

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noun - a wise and trusted advisor; a counselor;

verb - to mentor; to guide/instruct

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Recalcitrant

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noun - one who defies authority; refusing to obey;

adjective - disobedient, defiant

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Umber

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adjective - the dark reddish-brown color of earth

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Elite

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noun - a group or part of one seen as the best, most skilled, most powerful;
adjective - of or suitable for a select group;
noun - elitist

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Occult

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adjective - relating to or dealing with the supernatural; mysterious or secret as to be beyond human understanding;
noun - supernatural influences, agencies or phenomena

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Deft

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adjective - skillful, handy, particularly with one’s hands;

adjective - deftly

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Benchmark

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noun - a standard by which something is measured or judged

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Estivate

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verb - to pass the summer in a specific place or in a dormant, torpid state

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Insinuate

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verb - to hint or suggest slyly or obliquely, esp. something malicious
noun - insinuation

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Posthumous

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adjective - coming after death

adverb - posthumously

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Electorate

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noun - all persons having the right to vote

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Felonious

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adjective - of the nature of or pertaining to a felony; graver than a misdemeanor, such as a murder or burglary; wicked, base, villainous (felony)

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Felicitations

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noun - expressions of good wishes, congratulations;

adjective - felicitous

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Brioche

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noun - (FR) a light, sweet roll made of eggs, yeast and butter – recognizable by a delicious “knot on the top”

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Asunder

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adverb - into separate parts or pieces;

verb - to tear asunder

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Bawdy

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adjective - obscene, coarse, indecent, vulgar, risqué, raunchy, raucous, racy

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Ethical

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adjective - pertaining to right and wrong; conforming to certain rules or standards; moral
noun - ethics;
adverb - ethically

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Prophetic

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adjective - relating to someone or something that foretells events, as a portent; predictive

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Interminable

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adjective - having no apparent end; boringly or annoyingly continuous;
adverb - interminably

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Antiquity

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noun - ancient times; a thing/people of ancient times; the quality of being ancient (from antique)

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Flaxen

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adjective - a pale yellow color; the color of flax/straw (from flax)

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Excerpt

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noun - a selected passage or scene from a literary work or piece of music; an extract; a portion;
verb - to take out or select passages; to quote

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Analogy

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noun - a likeness between different things; a similarity; a comparison;
adjective - analogous

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Heresy

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noun - a dissenting or non-conforming view; a view-point different from accepted belief;
noun - heretic (one believes… doctrine);
adjective - heretical

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Paternal

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adjective - inherited from or related through one’s father; fatherly

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Pauper

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noun - a person who is very poor, especially one who is dependent on public charity

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Decorum

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noun - appropriateness of behavior, speech, dress

adjective - decorous

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Pestilent

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adjective - destructive to life, peace, or morals; deadly, poisonous;
noun - pestilence (think of pests)

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Engender

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verb - to produce, cause, bring about, or give existence to

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Sylvan

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adjective - of, pertaining to, or inhabiting the woods, trees, or boughs

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Lackey

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noun - a servile follower; a footman, stable hand or manservant

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Scruples

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noun - a belief about what’s right or wrong that prevents one from doing something bad; morals or ethics that act as retraining or personal control points
adjective - scrupulous

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Transfix

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verb - to hold or fasten with amazement, terror, awe

verb - to pierce; to impale

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Faustian

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adjective - selling one’s soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge, power, or something desired (after the German magician, alchemist and astrologer Johan Faust, 1480-1538)

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Harlequin

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noun - a joker, jester, or clown in comedy or pantomime, in a costume of diamond-shaped pattern or design, often with a mask, and a pointed hat

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Zephyr

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noun - a gentle, mild breeze, (in literature: the West Wind personified)

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Swagger

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verb - to walk or strut with defiance or arrogance
noun - the defiant or insolent walk on does
adjective - swaggering

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Simper

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verb - to smile in a silly, annoying, self-conscious way
noun - a silly smile
adjective - simpering

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Incorrigible

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adjective - unmanageable, uncontrollable, unruly; not able to be managed
adverb - incorrigibly

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Innate

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adjective - inborn; possessed at birth

adverb - innately

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Nemesis

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noun - that which one cannot conquer or achieve; an opponent or rival that one cannot best

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Sublime

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adjective - majestic; supreme or outstanding; elevated, lofty; inspiring awe
adverb - sublimely

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Languid

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adjective - sluggish, weary, lethargic; lacking in vigor or vitality, spirit, or interest
adverb - languidly

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Flambé

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adjective - aflame (like marshmallows in S’mores); served in a flaming liquor, esp. brandy

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Sophomoric

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adjective - being overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature

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Disheveled

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adjective - untidy; messy; unkempt; hanging loosely or disarranged
Verb - to dishevel

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Obsequious

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adjective - excessively willing to serve or to beg; groveling; submissive
adverb - obsequiously

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Muse

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noun - the goddess or power regarded as inspiring an artist, esp. a poet
verb - to reflect or to meditate silently, to gaze wonderingly or meditatively

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Bellicose

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adjective - eager to fight; hostile; warlike; pugnacious

noun - bellicosity

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Portent

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noun - an omen; a warning or premonition of something to come
adjective - portentous

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Pompous

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adjective - overly dignified; self-important with exaggerated stateliness in speech or manner

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Erratic

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adjective - lacking consistency, regularity, or uniformity

verb - to err — miscalculate, make an error

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Fraudulent

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adjective - given to or using deceit, fraud, trickery to gain unfair or dishonest advantage

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Virtuous

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adjective - having an interest in virtue, goodness and/or sincerity
noun - virtue

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Invariably

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adverb - continually, perpetually, constantly; always

adjective - invariable

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Plausible

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adjective - appearing to be true; reasonable, seemingly logical or correct

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Proximity

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noun - nearness; closeness; a neighboring area (think of approximately)

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Affiliate

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verb - to associate or unite with – often a larger group

adjective - affiliated

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Beleaguered

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adjective - harassed or beset; “stressed-out”

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Susceptible

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adjective - affected by deep emotions or strong feelings; sensitive; vulnerable

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Portly

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adjective - comfortably fat or stout; large and heavy in a somewhat stately way

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Myriad

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noun - an indefinitely vast number of persons or things

adjective - of an infinitely great number

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Rigmarole (rigamarole)

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noun - an elaborate or complicated procedure; meaningless talk

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Amnesic

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adjective - given to partial or total loss of memory; highly forgetful
noun - amnesia, amnesiac

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Assuage

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verb - to lessen the intensity of something that pains or distresses

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Rejuvenate

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verb - to make young or vigorous again; to give youthful qualities to

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Duplicitous

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adjective - being deceptive in speech or conduct; two-faced (think of duplicate)

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Unprecedented

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adjective - never before done or known before; without previous example (or precede)

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Encumber

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verb - to hinder, to weigh down; to burden

noun – encumbrance

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Ecstatic

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adjective - filled with rapture; transported by an exalted feeling of delight; overjoyed

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Badger

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verb - to pester, nag, annoy persistently;

noun - it’s also a type of animal, which can be annoying

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Atrocious

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adjective - exceedingly bad; wicked or cruel; abominable

adverb - atrociously

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Collusion

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noun (often used with IN) - a secret agreement for fraudulent or treacherous purposes; conspiracy

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Hoodwink

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verb - to deceive or trick

noun - hoodwinker

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Leviathan

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noun - anything of immense size and power: an ocean liner, a huge sea monster; behemoth

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Compassion

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noun - pity for someone else’s suffering, along with a desire to help; deep sympathy

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Ascertain

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verb - to find out; to determine, to learn; to make certain

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Deteriorate

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verb - to become worse or less valuable; to diminish

noun - deterioration

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Insipid

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adjective - flavorless; dull or unexciting; lifeless

noun - insipidness

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Kitsch

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noun - so out of style that it’s fashionable; bad art; unstylish
adjective - kitschy

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Painstaking

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adjective - very careful; diligent; requiring great care; meticulous
adverb - painstakingly

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Pristine

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adjective - having its original purity; of the earliest time or tradition
adjective - pristinely

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Annals

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noun - official historical records; chronicles

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Verandah

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noun - a large porch, sometimes partially enclosed, often surrounding a home; portico

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Addled

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adjective - confused, flustered, or muddled

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Loathe

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verb - to feel intense hatred or disgust; to detest
noun - loathing
adjective - loathsome

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Pervasive

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adjective - extending throughout, spread through every part of; permeating
verb - to pervade

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Expletive

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noun - a meaningless word; a word used to fill out a sentence; sometimes a swear word

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Lament

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verb - to regret; to express sorrow or mourning over; to grieve
noun - lamentation

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Repress

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verb - to hold back; to keep or put down; to restrain
noun - meticulous
adjective - repressive

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Composure

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noun - self-possession; calmness; manner; comportment

adjective - composed

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Banter

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noun - an exchange of light-hearted, playful, teasing remarks
verb - to exchange light remarks

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