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Ineffable

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adj. too sacred to be uttered; defying expression or description

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Dispassionate

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adj. unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice

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Esoteric

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adj. confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle

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Indignant

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adj. angered at something unjust or wrong

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Tenable

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adj defensible with evidence

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Impugn

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verb attack as false or wrong

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Mollify

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verb make less rigid or softer; make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate; cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of

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Cantankerous

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adj. bad-tempered, argumentative, and uncooperative

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Churlish

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adj. rude in a mean-spirited and surly way

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Laconic

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adj. brief and to the point; effectively cut short; using few words

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Phlegmatic

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adj. showing little emotion

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Antiquated

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adj. old-fashioned or outdated

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Scenic

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adj. used of locations; having beautiful natural scenery; of or relating to the stage or stage scenery

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Deft

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adj. demonstrating skill and cleverness (neatly skillful and quick in movement)

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Languid

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adj. lacking spirit or liveliness

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Didactic

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adj. instructive (especially excessively)

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Remiss

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adj. negligent, irresponsible

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Tenuous

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adj. very slender or fine; insubstantial

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Effusive

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adj. enthusiastic, unrestrained speech

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Esoteric

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adj. confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle

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Misnomer

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a wrong or inaccurate use of a name or term

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Chicanery

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noun the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

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Erudition

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noun profound scholarly knowledge

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Vanguard

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noun a group of people leading the way in new developments or ideas

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Municipality

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noun people living in a town or city having local self

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Contentious

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adj. involving or likely to cause controversy; inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits

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SAT IV

Impunity

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noun exemption from punishment or loss

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Impetus

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noun the act of applying force suddenly; a force that moves something along

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Precarious

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adj. affording no ease or reassurance; not secure; beset with difficulties; dangerously insecure; fraught with danger

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Ignominious

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adj. (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame; shameful ex an ignominious defeat

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SAT IV

Pervade

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verb spread or diffuse through

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Malaise

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noun physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression)

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SAT IV

Spurn

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verb reject with contempt

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Caveat

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noun (law) a formal notice filed with a court or officer to suspend a proceeding until filer is given a hearing; a warning against certain acts

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Concordance

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noun agreement of opinions; a harmonious state

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Falsifiable

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adj. capable of being tested (verified or falsified) by experiment or observation

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Transient

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Adj fleeting, inevitable dying

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Preclude

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verb to prevent, make impossible, especially beforehand; keep from happening or arising; make impossible

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SAT IV

Afford

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verb provide or supply something ex the terrace affords beautiful views

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Constituent

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adj. an abstract part of something

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Salutary

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adj. tending to promote physical well

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Stringent

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adj. demanding strict attention to rules and procedures

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Circumspect

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Adj. Cautious; wary and unwilling to take risks

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Conspicuous

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adj. clearly visible, attracting attention

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Resplendent

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adj. having great beauty and splendor

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Sapid

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adj. full of flavor

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Resolute

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adj. firm in purpose or belief; characterized by firmness and determination; characterized by quickness and firmness

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Propriety

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noun correct or appropriate behavior

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Culpable

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adj. deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious

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Dictum

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noun an authoritative declaration; an opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding

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Disrepute

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noun (“into disrepute”) the state of disgrace, dishonor, the state of being held in low esteem

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Diaphanous

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adj. so thin as to transmit light

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Variegated

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adj. having a variety of colors

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Dowager

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noun a widow holding property received from her deceased husband

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Dilettante

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adj. showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish;noun an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge

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Purveyor

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noun someone who supplies provisions (especially food)

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Decry

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verb express strong disapproval of

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Consternation

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noun fear resulting from the awareness of danger

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Derelict

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adj. failing in what duty requires; in deplorable condition;forsaken by owner or keeper; worn and broken down by hard use;noun a person unable to support himself; a ship abandoned on the high seas

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Demure

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adj. affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way

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SAT IV

Detract

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verb take away a part from; diminish

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Depose

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verb force to leave (an office); make a deposition; declare under oath

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Ignominious

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adj. (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame

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Decorous

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adj. characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct; according with custom or propriety

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Bombastic

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adj. ostentatiously lofty in style

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Unduly

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adv. to an undue degree

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Dictum

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noun an authoritative declaration; an opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding

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Inept

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adj. revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse;generally incompetent and ineffectual; not elegant or graceful in expression

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Aspersion

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a disparaging remark

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Perfidy

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noun betrayal of a trust; an act of deliberate betrayal

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Tenacious

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Tending to keep a firm hold of something; clinging or adhering closely: stubbornly unyeilding

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SAT IV

Uncanny

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adj. suggesting the operation of supernatural influences;surpassing the ordinary or normal

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Filibuster

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1An action such as a prolonged speech that obstructs progress in a legislative assembly while not technically contravening the required procedures:

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Contravene

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verb deny the truth of; go against, as of rules and laws

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Reproach

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noun a mild rebuke or criticism; disgrace or shame;verb express criticism towards

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Percolate

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noun the product of percolation; verb pass through;cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituent; prepare in a percolator; spread gradually; gain or regain energy; permeate or penetrate gradually

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Depose

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verb force to leave (an office); make a deposition; declare under oath

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Complacent

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adj. contented to a fault with oneself or one’s actions

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Abdicate

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verb give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations

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Jarring

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adj. making or causing a harsh and irritating sound

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Incongruous

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adj. lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness

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Embroiled

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adj. deeply involved especially in something complicated

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Constituency

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noun the body of voters who elect a representative for their area

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Preclude

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verb make impossible, especially beforehand; keep from happening or arising; make impossible

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Obsequious

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adj. attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner;attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery

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Rebuke

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noun an act or expression of criticism and censure; verbcensure severely or angrily

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Vocation

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noun the particular occupation for which you are trained;a body of people doing the same kind of work

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Conspicuous

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adj. obvious to the eye or mind; without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious

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Indict

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verb accuse formally of a crime

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Disarm

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verb remove offensive capability from; take away the weapons from; render harmless; make less hostile; win over

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Betray

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verb reveal unintentionally; deliver to an enemy by treachery; give away information about somebody; cause someone to believe an untruth; disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake; be sexually unfaithful to one’s partner in marriage

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SAT IV

reveal

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verb make clear and visible; disclose directly or through prophets; make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret;make visible

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Incessant

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adj. occurring so frequently as to seem ceaseless or uninterrupted; uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing

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Voluble

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adj. marked by a ready flow of speech

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Truculent

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adj. defiantly aggressive

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Sordid

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adj. meanly avaricious and mercenary; foul and run

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Conspicuously

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adv. in a manner tending to attract attention; in a prominent way

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Sanctimonious

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adj. excessively or hypocritically pious

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Sublime

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adj. lifted up or set high; inspiring awe; of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; worthy of adoration or reverence; verb vaporize and then condense right back again;change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting

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Adroit

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adj. quick or skillful or adept in action or thought; skillful (or showing skill) in adapting means to ends

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Abate

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verb become less in amount or intensity; make less active or intense

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Aversive

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adj. tending to repel or dissuade

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Treatise

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noun a formal exposition

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Epic

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adj. very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale); constituting or having to do with or suggestive of a literary epic; noun a long narrative poem telling of a hero’s deeds

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Cursory

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adj. hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough

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Dearth

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noun an insufficient quantity or number; an acute insufficiency

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Rarefied

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adj. reserved for an elite group; of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; having low density

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Acerbic

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adj. harsh or corrosive in tone; sour or bitter in taste

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Multifarious

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adj. having many aspects

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Maudlin

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adj. effusively or insincerely emotional

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Beguile

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verb attract; cause to be enamored; influence by slyness

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Incontestable

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adj. incapable of being contested or disputed; not open to question; obviously true

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Incisive

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adj. suitable for cutting or piercing; having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions

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Rescind

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verb annul by recalling or rescinding

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Laconic

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adj. brief and to the point; effectively cut short

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Probity

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noun complete and confirmed integrity; having strong moral principles

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Sophistry

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noun a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone

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Mirth

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noun great merriment

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Incumbent

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adj. currently holding an office; necessary (for someone) as a duty or responsibility; morally binding; lying or leaning on something else; noun the official who holds an office

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Vanquish

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verb come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

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Truculent

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adj. defiantly aggressive

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Iniquity

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noun absence of moral or spiritual values; an unjust act;morally objectionable behavior

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Bemuse

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verb cause to be confused emotionally

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Censure

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noun harsh criticism or disapproval; the state of being excommunicated; verb rebuke formally

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Consternation

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noun fear resulting from the awareness of danger

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Dismay

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noun fear resulting from the awareness of danger; the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles; verb fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised; lower someone’s spirits; make downhearted

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Revelry

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noun unrestrained merrymaking

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Beguile

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verb attract; cause to be enamored; influence by slyness

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Respite

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noun a pause from doing something (as work); a pause for relaxation; the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment; an interruption in the intensity or amount of something;a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort; verb postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution

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Effusive

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adj. extravagantly demonstrative; uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm

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Vociferous

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adj. conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry

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Reticent

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adj. reluctant to draw attention to yourself;temperamentally disinclined to talk; cool and formal in manner

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Munificent

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adj. very generous

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Expedient

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adj. serving to promote your interest; appropriate to a purpose; practical; noun a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one

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Docile

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adj. willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed;easily handled or managed; ready and willing to be taught

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Bolster

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noun a pillow that is often put across a bed underneath the regular pillows; verb support and strengthen; prop up with a pillow or bolster; add padding to

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Clandestine

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adj. conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods

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Intransigent

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adj. impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason

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Efface

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verb make inconspicuous; remove completely from recognition or memory; remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing

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Irrevocably

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adv. in an irrevocable manner

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Tonality

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noun any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music

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Premonition

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noun an early warning about a future event; a feeling of evil to come

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Capacious

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adj. large in capacity

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Caricature

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noun a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect; verb represent in or produce a caricature of

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Surmise

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noun a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence; verb infer from incomplete evidence; imagine to be the case or true or probable

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Paradigm

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noun the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time; systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word; a standard or typical example; the class of all items that can be substituted into the same position (or slot) in a grammatical sentence (are in paradigmatic relation with one another)

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Depravity

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noun a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice; moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles

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DIety

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noun a god or goddess

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Treatise

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a written work dealing formally and systematically with a subject

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Epic

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a long poem narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation

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Diffident

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Modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence

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Somber

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Dark and gloomy, grave

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Heavy-handed

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Clumsy and insensitive

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