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Assent

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In agreement with

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Debilitate

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To weaken, or to remove the strength from something

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Exonerate

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To clear from blame

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Augur

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To predict the future

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Anodyne

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To bring relief

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Soporific

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To bring sleep

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Rapt

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Someone who is extremely attentive

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Derisive

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Someone who is extremely critical

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Troupe

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Full of performers

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Callous

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Lack compassion, insensitive, arrogant or haughty

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Expurgate

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To remove/purge obscenity in written material before publication

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Seam

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A layer of rock or coal

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Intractable

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Does not like to obey

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Miserly

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Does not like to spend money

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Implode

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When too much pressure is applied to something

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Explode

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When something combusts

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Boorish

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A person with no manners

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Intransigent

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Unwilling or refusing to change one’s views or to agree about something. Posses no moderation

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Proffer

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Impose, hold out (something) to someone for acceptance; offer.

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Virile

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Having strength, energy, and a strong sex drive.

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Impuissant

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Unable to take effective action; powerless.

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Sweltering

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Hot

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Elucidate

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To give understanding

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Belie

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To contradict

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Emendations

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Amendments or add-ons

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Zenith

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High Point

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Populist

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One who appeals to the mass of common people, in art or politics

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Parvenu

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A person of obscure origin who has gained wealth, influence, or celebrity (Gatsby)

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Fop

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A man who is vain about his dress

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Dandy

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Looked good

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Dilettante

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A jack-of-all-trades, lacked focus in his career choices, and remains an amateur at everything

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Prolix

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Person is wordy, one who talks a lot; a prolix speech is long and drawn out.

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Magnanimity

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Generosity and nobility in spirit

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Concupiscence

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Strong sexual desire

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Perversity

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Corruption, deviance from the normal or moral

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Churlishness

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Stubborn behavior

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Undermine

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Damage or weaken (someone or something), esp. gradually or insidiously. Erode the base or foundation of (a rock formation)

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Brusqueness

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Abrupt, impolite treatment

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Vindicate

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To confirm or justify

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Bravado

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Boastfulness, based on false courage

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Adumbrates

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To foreshadow, to sketch out in advance

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Cloying

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Too sweet or excessively flattering

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Acerbic

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Sour or bitter in taste or manner

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Banality

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Trite and or unoriginal , no intellectual intensity

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Emaciated

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Extremely lean, starving

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Euphony

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Pleasing combination or sounds

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Cacophony

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Mixture of harsh and discordant sounds

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Ephemeral

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Short-lived or transitory

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Perennial

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Reappearing each year

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Ascetic

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One who abstains to a high degree

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Libertine

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One who is highly unrestrained sexually or morally

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Laconic

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Person is one of few words and therefore does not prate (babble)

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Sagacious

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A wise person

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Cogent

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Clear and to the point

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Abstruse

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Hard to understand

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Dearth

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Lack of something

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Cornucopia

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Endless supply

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Inerrant

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Without error

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Pedagogical

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Scholarly and boring

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Culpable

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A guilty person deserving to be punished

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Censure

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Punishment, condemnation

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Meritorious

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Something that merits some sort of reward

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Contumacious

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Stubbornly rebellious or disobedient

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Obdurate

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Stubborn and unbending

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Malleable

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Easy to bend or shape

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Loquacious

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Excessively talking

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Encomium

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Expression or high praise

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Euphemism

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A nice way of saying something thats not so nice

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Epitaph

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A statement about a deceased person which epitomizes his or her life

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Aphorism

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A terse statement of a general truth

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Diatribe

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Bitter and harsh criticism

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Allusion

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A reference

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Conglomeration

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Gathering together

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Ennui

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Boredom

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Stupendous

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Astonishingly impressive

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Heinous

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Implies flagrant conspicuousness that excites hatred or horror

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Astound

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Shock and surprise

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Avocation

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A hobby, an interest in which one gives spare time

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Respite

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Putting off, postpone or delay a form of punishment

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Profession

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Occupation

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Adulterated

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Corrupted or impure

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Ribald

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Irreverent or vulgar

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Chaste

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Pure

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Cataclysm

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Deluge or flood

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Debacle

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A humiliating rout (a defeat resulting in a retreat)

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Augmentation

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Expansion, enlargement, dialation

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Taciturn

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Silent and uncommunicative

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Reticent

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Habitually silent

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Reserved

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Restrained, in control, and silent

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Effusive

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Overly demonstrative, gushing and unrestrained

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Tautologous

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Redundant

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Incongruous

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Contradictory

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Melange

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A mixture of elements

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Effuvium

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An offensive odor

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Ignominious

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Meaning dishonorable

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Magnanimous

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Nobility of spirit

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Adventitious

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Not innate

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Facile

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Easy

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Onerous

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Difficult or heavy, oppressive and burdensome

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Asinine

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Stupid

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Fatuous

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Foolish

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Idiosyncratic

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Following of ones own peculiar temperament. A structural or behavioral characteristic peculiar to an individual or group

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Nadir

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Low point

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Zephyr

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A breeze

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Fealty

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Loyalty that one pledges to a lord through a vow or oath

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Fidelity

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Faithfulness one pledges to one’s spouse through a marriage vow

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Beatific

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Manifesting bliss and joy

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Melancholy

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Sad

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Turgid

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Swollen and distended or congested (in the air)

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Bilious

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Ill-tempered and suffering (as from too much bile)

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Deflated

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Reduce the amount of, to let air out

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Lexicographer

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One who works with words, one who writes a dictionary

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Nepotism

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Favoritism granted in politics or business to relatives

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Canaille

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A mob, a pack of the lowest class of people (the rabble)

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Fulgurant

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Resembling lightning

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Fulminant

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Attacking suddenly

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Paucity

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The lack of

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Sanative

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Curative and healing

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Edifice

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A building

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Facade

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The front part of a building or any part that fces a street or other open area

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Dorsal

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On, of, or near the back

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Ventral

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Having to do with the belly

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Anachronism

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The act of putting some thing, person, or event where it does not belong

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Peculation

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The act of embezzling

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Consonance

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In agreement, harmony, accordance

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Coalesce

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Blend, mixing

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Unctuous

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Fawning or ingratiating - excessive flattery

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Brusque

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Rude or abrupt

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Gauche

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Lacking social grace or awkward

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Suave

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Well-mannered and smooth

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Bumptious

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Self assertive or proud to an irritating degree. Impertinent - not showing proper respect, rude

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Deleterious

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Venial

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Forgivanle

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Hedonic

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Pertaining to pleasure

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Ineffable

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Difficult to describe, to put into words

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Peccadillo

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Small offense

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Heinous

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Abominable, outrageous and unforgivable behavior

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Prodigal

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Extravagant expenditures (spending a lot of money)

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Tarrying

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Frugal

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The habit of saving money

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Viable

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Capable of life

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Moribund

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Dying or in the process of dying

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Viands

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Food or provisions

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Convey

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To carry or transfer

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Benevolence

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The will to do good

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Philanthropy

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The act of giving, specifically money, on a large scale

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Lenity

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Virulence

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Extreme Bitterness

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Haunt

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Appearing continuously

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Penurious

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Suggests extreme frugality resulting in hoarding. Extremely poor, poverty stricken

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Recumbent

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Lying down

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Volatile

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Explosive, impulsive and mercurial

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Propensity

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Irresistible attachment to a thing

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Supineness

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Apathetic passivity

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Avidity

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Consuming greed

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Factious

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Inclined to dispute

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Bellicose

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Aggressive

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Desultory

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Without a plan

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Fortuitous

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Happening by accident or chance

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Probity

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Tried and proven honesty

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Perfidy

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Faithfulness

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Abeyance

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Act of suspending

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Predilection

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Act of having positive feelings toward something

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Factitious

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Artificial

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Pedantic

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Manner that makes a display of learning

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Mordant

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Biting or stinging

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Proclivity

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A strong inclination towards a particular thing

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Tweeter

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A small loud speaker for reproducing high frequency sounds

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Woofer

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A large loudspeaker for reproducing low frequency sounds

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Trepidation

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Sagacity

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The mental capacity to discern character

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Corpulent

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Solid, dense, fleshy, or fat

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Vociferate

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Cry out loudly

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Abject

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Miserable or wretched

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Fervor

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A degree of warmth

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Modicum

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A small portion

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Caloric

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Refers to heat

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Frigidity

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Refers to coldness

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Invidious

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Likely to give offense, tending to excite ill will

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Repugnant

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Means distasteful, repellent, hostile

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Obscure

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Not clearly understood

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Randsomed

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Redeemed, delivered

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Reconcilable

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Capable of being brought into harmony

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Exalted

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Noble or elevated

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Espouse

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To support and promote a theory

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Exude

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To ooze or to radiate

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Tractable

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Obedient (Biddable)

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Torpid

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Truculent

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Eager or quick to argue

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Contrite

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Feeling or expressing remorse (sorry)

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Repudiate

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To deny something that is untrue

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Passel

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A fairly large group

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Frailty

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Any type of imperfection

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Vice

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A serious imperfection

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Pernicious

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Having a harmful effect, esp. in a gradual or subtle way.

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Epicure

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Connoisseur of fine foods

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Carouse

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Merry individuals carouse, engaging in revelry

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Pensive

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Individuals that contemplate or engage in deep thought

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Neophyte

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A beginner or novice

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Bungler

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Someone who lacks adeptness and is inept or insufficient in performing a task

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Stasis (Evolutionary)

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Long period of morphological stability in species

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Arbitrator

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Settles or mediates a dispute

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Nebulous

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In the form of a cloud or haze; hazy.

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Relegate

A

Assign, consign or dismiss to an inferior rank or position

205
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Apothegm

A

To instruct, a maxim of instructive saying

206
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Conscript

A

To select for some purpose, a draft

207
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Osteopathy

A

Focuses on the disorders of the muscoskeletal system

208
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Avarice

A

The aggressive desire to do something

209
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Epistemology

A

The study of the nature of knowledge. A sub-specialty of the general field of philosophy

210
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Caterwaul

A

A type of noise that is shrill or unpleasent

211
Q

Crescendo

A

A type of musical technique, a gradual increase in musical intensity

212
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Philatist

A

Someone that collects stamps

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Q

Numismatist

A

Someone that collects coins

214
Q

Oenophilia

A

Someone that collects wine

215
Q

Enigmatic

A

Something that cannot be easily explained, mysterious

216
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Candid

A

Free of bias or malice, frank and informal

217
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Cornerstone

A

A fundamental characteristic

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Imperative

A

Essential, of vital importance

219
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Superflous

A

Unnecessary

220
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Mitigate

A

To make less severe, serious, or painful

221
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Unadorned

A

With no added academic analyses, simplifications, or idealized elements. Just plain

222
Q

Querolous

A

Complaining in a childish, skulky bad-tempered or whining manner

223
Q

Sanguine

A

Optimistic or positive, esp. in an apparently bad or difficult situation.

224
Q

Facetious

A

Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant

225
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Neurotic

A

Someone characterized by irrational mental or emotional disturbances such as anxiety or obsessive thoughts

226
Q

Treason

A

A crime classified as a felony

227
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Urbanite

A

Someone who does not live in a rural area, or in the “country”

228
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Strategem

A

A maneuver or scheme

229
Q

Ploy

A

A maneuver or scheme designed to decieve

230
Q

Terrace

A

Raised bank of earth that is constructed for agriculture

231
Q

Sparse

A

Bare or minimal

232
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Nonpartisanship

A

Not favoring any particular side or party on an issue

233
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Gustatory

A

Something related to or associated with the sense of taste

234
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Olfactory

A

Something related to or associated with the sense of smell

235
Q

Corporeal

A

Of or relating to a person’s body, bodily senses

236
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Lighting

A

It produces thunder

237
Q

Hyancith

A

A plant that produces a fragrance

238
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Mars

A

Conditions that worsen, impaired

239
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Eschew

A

Deliberately avoiding, to abstain from

240
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Janus

A

A word that has two opposite meanings

241
Q

Sanction

A

A janus word that can mean to either approve or forbid something

242
Q

Scrutinize

A

To examine carefully

243
Q

Surmised

A

Not 100% sure but inferred or conjectured

244
Q

Germinated

A

Slowly began to take shape

245
Q

Languished

A

(Of a person or other living thing) lose or lack vitality; grow weak or feeble, suffer from being forced to remain in an unpleasant place or situation.

246
Q

Burgeoned

A

Begin to grow or increase rapidly; flourish.

247
Q

Subjective

A

Existing within a person’s mind

248
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Bastion

A

A stronghold or place of sanctuary

249
Q

Ameliorate

A

To make something that is bad or unsatisfactory better

250
Q

Rectify

A

To put something right, correct. To cure completely

251
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Congenital

A

A disease that is present from birth

252
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Insinuate

A

To hint at in a indirect or devious way

253
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Testament

A

Something that serves as a sign or evidence of a specified fact, event, or quality.

254
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Eradicate

A

To remove something completely despite resistance

255
Q

Disavow

A

To deny knowledge or responsibility for something

256
Q

Caricature

A

A deliberately exaggerated representation

257
Q

Paradigm

A

A theoretical model or framework

258
Q

Allocate

A

To designate or distribute (resources or duties) to specific locations

259
Q

Disclose

A

To reveal or make known

260
Q

Apathetic/Apathy

A

Showing or feeling no interest, enthusiasm, or concern.

261
Q

Languor

A

Lack of energy

262
Q

Veracity

A

Truthfulness

263
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Admonition

A

A mild warning or bit of cautionary advice

264
Q

Equivocation

A

The use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth or to avoid committing oneself; prevarication.

265
Q

Proponent

A

A person who advocates a theory, proposal, or project

266
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Articulate

A
  1. Express (an idea or feeling) fluently and coherently

2. (of a person or a person’s words) having or showing the ability to speak fluently and coherently..

267
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Embellish

A

Make (something) more attractive by the addition of decorative details or features

268
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Accountable

A

(of a person, organization, or institution) required or expected to justify actions or decisions; responsible. Explicable and understandable

269
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Chagrin

A

Feeling of unease from disappointment or failure

270
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Err

A

Be mistaken or incorrect; make a mistake.

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