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stealthy

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furtive; surreptitious

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clamorous

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vociferous; raucous

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enfranchise

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give voting rights

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hamper

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hinder; obstruct

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noxious

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harmful; poisonous; lethal

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kindle

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to start a fire

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bilk

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cheat; defraud

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covert

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hidden; undercover

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engender

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cause

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hangar

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storage area (like garage) for a plane

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approbation

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approval or praise

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meander

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(of a river or road) follow a winding course

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amble

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saunter

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equivocal

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ambiguous

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meager

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lacking; paltry

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encumber

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restrict

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pinion

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bind; fetter

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abstruse

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obscure

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germane

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relevant

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inculcate

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instill

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ascertain

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fathom; deduce

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judicious

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sensible; shrewd

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penurious

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destitute

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temerity

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audacity

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trite

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banal; hackeyned

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voluble

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effusive

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sonorous

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resonant

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proliferate

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burgeon

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paucity

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scarcity

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capricious

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mercurial; fanciful

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conscientious

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punctilious; sedulous

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curmudgeon

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a surly person

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diffuse

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spread

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alacrity

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eagerness; enthusiasm; quickness

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deleterious

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harmful

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postulate

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hypothesize; propose

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tractable

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obedient; dutiful; polite

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abasement

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humiliation; degradation

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harangue

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noisy, attacking speech

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abrogate

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cancel; deny; repeal

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plaudit

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statement giving strong praise

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ensconce

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establish firmly in a position

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obdurate

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stubborn

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reprieve

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a respite; postponement of a sentence

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tawdry

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of little value; gaudy

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enshroud

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cover

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obfuscate

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deliberately make something difficult to understand

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repudiate

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shun; eschew

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incur

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become subject to (something unwelcome or unpleasant) as a result of one’s own behavior or actions

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blithe

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free-spirited; carefree

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rescind

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retract; repeal

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temper

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to moderate; soften

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blunderbuss

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a clumsy person

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acquiesce

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give in

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bombast

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arrogant, pompous language

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curtail

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cut short

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epicure

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someone who appreciates good food and drink

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lampoon

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ridicule; spoof

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tenuous

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flimsy; not solid

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acrid

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sharp; pungent

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boorish

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ill-mannerede

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epistle

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letter

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heresy

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against orthodox opinion

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lance

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spear; spike; javelin

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respite

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a break; intermission

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terse

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concise; to the point

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acrophobia

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fear of heights

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debility

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weakness; incapacity

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epistolary

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concerned with letters; through correspondence

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resplendent

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shining; glowing

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languid

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tired; slow

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acuity

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sharpness (mental or visual)

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braggart

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someone who boasts

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hidebound

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rigid in opinions

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languish

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decay; fade away; get weaker

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obsequious

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servile; submissive

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restorative

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a tonic

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equivocate

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speak ambiguously; avoid telling the truth

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larceny

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theft; robbery; stealing

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ponderous

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weighty; slow and heavy

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timorous

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cowardly; fearful

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adroit

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skilful/skillful

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largess

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generosity

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pontificate

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speak pompously or dogmatically

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bristle

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to show irritation

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obstreperous

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noisy and boisterous

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portend

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foretell

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titter

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giggle quietly

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broach

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start to discuss; approach

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deference

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respect

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portent

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a warning sign; omen

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tome

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large book

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defoliate

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cause leaves to fall off

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espouse

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promote; take up; support

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torpid

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inactive; lazy; stagnant

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bulwark

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fortification; barricade; wall

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defunct

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no longer in existence

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posterity

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future generations

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torpor

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dormancy; sluggishness; inactivity

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affable

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friendly; social; easygoing

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officious

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domineering; intrusive; meddlesome

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totter

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walk unsteadily

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burnish

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polish

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euphony

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pleasant sounds

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levity

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flippancy; joking about serious matters

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allay

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to lessen

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byline

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the line that tells you who wrote an article

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demur

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hesitate; refuse

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ignominious

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shameful

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liniment

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soothing lotion

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ruse

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trick; stratagem

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lithe

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flexible; supple

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cacophony

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discordant loud noises

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cajole

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coax

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onerous

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burdensome; hard to undertake

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preamble

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introductory material

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sacrosanct

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very holy; inviolable

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traverse

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to move across

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deplore

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regret

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exculpate

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free someone from blame; pardon; acquit

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illusory

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deceptive; false; misleading

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precarious

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unstable; risky

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onus

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burden

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sagacious

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wise

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trepidation

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fear

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callow

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immature

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execrable

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very, very bad

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immoderate

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excessive; extreme

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precedent

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a previous occurrence used as a guide

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sage

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a wise person

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exegesis

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scholarly explanation or interpretation

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precept

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guiding principle

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salacious

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lecherous; erotic

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trite

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unoriginal; dull

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candor

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frankness; openness

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loquacious

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talkative

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ordain

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  1. destine; 2. confer holy orders on a priest
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precinct

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district of a city

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sallow

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yellowish

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cantankerous

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bad-tempered; quarrelsome

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exemplify

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to serve as a good example

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impecunious

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having no money

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precipice

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steep slope

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salubrious

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health-giving

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ambulatory

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able to walk around (used of hospital patients)

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capacious

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spacious

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exhaustive

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complete and thorough

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impious

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wicked; profane

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precipitous

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done in a hurry

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salutary

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something which teaches you a lesson; beneficial

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truncate

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cut short

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ameliorate

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make better

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capitulate

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surrender; give in to

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exonerate

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acquit; absolve

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destitute

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impoverished

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ossify

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become fixed and rigid

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preclude

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prevent or make impossible

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sanctimonious

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hypocritically holy

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tumult

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uproar; noise

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carping

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constant criticism

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lummox

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clumsy person

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sanction

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give approval to

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turpitude

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depravity

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despondent

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having no hope; miserable

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expatriate

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refugee; emigrant; someone living away from his own country

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inadvertent

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not intentional

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oust

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push out of a position

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tyro

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novice; beginner

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sycophant

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yes-man

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amity

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friendship

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castigate

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scold strongly

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expedient

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convenient; practical

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incantation

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chant; invocation; prayer

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sanguine

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optimistic; cheerful

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unalloyed

A

undiluted; total

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caucus

A

type of private political meeting

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exposition

A

clear explanation

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maelstrom

A

whirlpool; storm in the ocean

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palatable

A

good to eat; agreeable

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savant

A

person with knowledge

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unctuous

A

oily; using excessive flattery

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analogous

A

comparable

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extol

A

praise

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incipient

A

just beginning

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magnanimous

A

generous; big-hearted

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palisade

A

fence made of posts

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prescient

A

having fore-knowledge

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cavalcade

A

procession of vehicles

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extradite

A

deport from one country back to the home country

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magnate

A

powerful businessman

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palliative

A

a remedy that improves but doesn’t cure

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presentiment

A

a feeling that something might happen

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celerity

A

speed

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extraneous

A

irrelevant

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dexterous

A

skilful with hands

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maladroit

A

clumsy; unskillful

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pallid

A

pale

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presumptuous

A

assuming too much; arrogant

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scrupulous

A

careful; diligent; painstaking

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unequivocal

A

clear; obvious

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censorious

A

disapproving; critical

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extrapolate

A

extend; predict on the basis of known data

203
Q

unfetter

A

set free

204
Q

annex

A

a building which is an addition to an existing building; take possession of

205
Q

censure

A

blame

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didactic

A

intended to teach; instructive

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prevaricate

A

speak misleadingly and evasively

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scuttle

A

sink

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unfrock

A

to remove a priest from his position

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malefactor

A

a wrong-doer

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paradigm

A
  1. example; 2. model; 3. way of looking at things
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falter

A

hesitate; waver

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indelible

A

cannot be wiped out

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malinger

A

deliberately avoid work; shirk

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proclivity

A

tendency towards

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charlatan

A

trickster who claims knowledge he doesn’t have

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dike

A

dam; embankment

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paragon

A

a perfect example

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unwitting

A

not deliberate; unconscious

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Q

chary

A

wary of; cautious about; reluctant to give

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dilatory

A

low; falling behind with one’s work

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paramount

A

of supreme importance

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prodigal

A

wasteful; extravagant

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sequester

A

isolate

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upbraid

A

scold; tell off; reprimand

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uproarious

A

hilarious; hysterical; very funny

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serendipity

A

fortunate coincidence; unsought discovery

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Q

prodigious

A

very large

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mallet

A
  1. wooden hammer; 2. stick used for polo
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indolence

A

laziness

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fastidious

A

overly particular; finicky

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Q

chicanery

A

trickery

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dilettante

A

person who dabbles in a subject without serious study

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fatuous

A

silly; foolish

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Q

inductee

A

novice; beginner

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Q

upshot

A

outcome

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anthropocentrism

A

putting man at the center of one’s philosophy

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chimerical

A

changeable; unstable

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Q

serrated

A

jagged; saw-like

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Q

urbane

A

sophisticated; suave

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diorama

A

model of a scene

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fecund

A

fertile

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inebriation

A

drunkenness; intoxication

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marshal

A

to gather together

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Q

parity

A

equality

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Q

servile

A

overly submissive; groveling

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usurp

A

take someone’s position (usually by force)

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dirge

A

mournful song

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felicitous

A

apt

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ineffable

A

cannot be expressed in words

251
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marsupial

A

pouched mamma

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parochial

A

narrow-minded; concerned only with local matters

253
Q

circuitous

A

indirect

254
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disapprobation

A

disapproval

255
Q

martinet

A

person who believes in strict discipline

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proletarian

A

member of the working class

257
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skirmish

A

minor battle

258
Q

apocryphal

A

of doubtful origin

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circumlocution

A

using too many words; long-windedness

260
Q

parry

A

ward off; avoid

261
Q

vacillate

A

waver; hesitate

262
Q

circumscribe

A

limit

263
Q

parsimonious

A

economical; frugal; thrifty

264
Q

proponents

A

promoters; supporters

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Q

smelt

A

refine an ore

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Q

circumspect

A

cautious; considering all sides

267
Q

discordancy

A

cacophony; harshness; jarring

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fitful

A

not continuous; stopping and starting

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Q

inexorable

A

relentless

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maverick

A

loner

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prosaic

A

dull; boring; ordinary

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Q

smorgasbord

A

a Swedish buffet of cold dishes

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vagrant

A

person wandering without a home

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arable

A

can be cultivated

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circumvent

A

avoid

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discrepancy

A

something which does not match up; inconsistency

277
Q

inexpedient

A

not advisable

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Q

meager

A

in short supply

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Q

partian

A

biased; one-sided; committed to one group

280
Q

proscribe

A

forbid

281
Q

discriminate

A

to make a clear distinction; see the difference

282
Q

meander

A

wander from side to side

283
Q

pathos

A

evoking sadness or pity

284
Q

prosody

A

study of versification

285
Q

variegated

A

multicolored; speckled

286
Q

arcane

A

obscure; known only to a few people

287
Q

clamor

A

shout; scream

288
Q

discursiveness

A

long windedness; indirectness

289
Q

mellow

A

soft; melodious; ripe

290
Q

prostration

A
  1. lying face down; 2. be overcome with extreme weakness
291
Q

somnambulist

A

sleepwalker

292
Q

clandestine

A

secret; covert; stealthy

293
Q

flippant

A

making jokes about serious matters

294
Q

menagerie

A

collection of animals

295
Q

soothsayer

A

fortuneteller

296
Q

clemency

A

mercy

297
Q

disinterested

A

unbiased

298
Q

flout

A

defy; reject

299
Q

ingénue

A

naïve, unsophisticated person

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mendacious

A

given to lying

301
Q

paucity

A

shortage

302
Q

protean

A

changeable

303
Q

sophomoric

A

juvenile; immature

304
Q

venal

A

corrupt; can be bribed

305
Q

ingrave

A

ungrateful person

306
Q

mercenary

A

concerned only with money

307
Q

peccadillo

A

minor weakness; trivial offence

308
Q

veneer

A

surface coating

309
Q

fly-by-night

A

unreliable; disreputable

310
Q

inimical

A

hostile

311
Q

venerate

A

revere; worship

312
Q

specious

A

false

313
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venial

A

minor; unimportant

314
Q

provincial

A

unsophisticated; narrow-minded

315
Q

forensic

A

concerned with argument or debate (esp. for legal evidence)

316
Q

dispassionate

A

neutral; objective

317
Q

artifice

A

deception; trickery

318
Q

artisan

A

craftsman

319
Q

disseminating

A

circulating; broadcasting; spreading (information)

320
Q

fortitude

A

bravery

321
Q

peerless

A

without equal

322
Q

ascetic

A

without luxuries; severely simple

323
Q

fortuitous

A

happening by chance

324
Q

verbose

A

talkative; long-winded; rambling

325
Q

assiduous

A

thorough; diligent

326
Q

cogent

A

lucid; well argued

327
Q

fractious

A

irritable; difficult to control

328
Q

inscrutable

A

mysterious; impenetrable

329
Q

mettle

A

courage; bravery; valor

330
Q

punctilious

A

paying attention to small details

331
Q

spurious

A

false

332
Q

assuage

A

to calm

333
Q

cogitate

A

think over something; ponder

334
Q

milieu

A

environment

335
Q

purloin

A

steal

336
Q

vertigo

A

dizziness

337
Q

astute

A

perceptive; sharp-witted

338
Q

insipid

A

dull; bland; boring

339
Q

mire

A

swamp; muddy ground

340
Q

penury

A

poverty

341
Q

pusillanimous

A

cowardly

342
Q

staid

A

dull; sober; serious

343
Q

vestigial

A

not developed

344
Q

vignette

A

small sketch

345
Q

collate

A

arrange in order

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