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Amortize

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(v) To gradually and systematically write off (such as debt).

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Cower

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(v) To shrink or cringe in fear.

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Dissonance

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(n) Harsh, unpleasantly conflicting, or cacophonous sounds; Inconsistency or lack of agreement.

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Baleful

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(adj.) Harmful in influence or intent; Foreboding, ominous.

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Distended

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(adj.) Extended, expanded, or increased in sixe or volute; Swollen.

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Paradox

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(n) A seemingle false or contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true.

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Preternatural

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(adj.) Exceeding the ntural, normal or regular; extraordinary; Existing outside of or beyond the normal course of nature; Supernatural.

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Preen

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(v) (Of animals) To smooth and clean one’s fur or feathers; To dress with great care or primp; To gloat, congratulate oneself, or swell with pride.

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Lambaste

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(v) To berate, criticize, or reprimant harshly; To beat or whip.

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Lassitude

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(n) Weariness or fatuge; Listlessness or indolence.

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Divest

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(v) To deprive or dispossess of property, ownership, title; to sell off, as an investment; To strip of clothing or equipment.

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Levity

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(n) Lightness or unseriousness of manner, mind or character, to the point of being inappropriate; frivolity; Fickleness or inconstancy.

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Prodigal

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(adj.) Wastefully, rechlessly extravagant or spendthrift; Lavish, profuse or yielding in abundance.

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Banal

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(adj.) Without originality or freshness.

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Laggard

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(adj.) Slow, sluggish or lagging behind.

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Profligate

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(adj.) Utterly dissolute; Wildly extravagant or wasteful.

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Exigent

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(adj.) Urgent, pressing, demanding immediate action; Demanding a good deal or too much.

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Profundity

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(n) Something proground; intellectual, mental, or emotional depth.

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Libertine

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(n) One who is dissolute, debauched or without moral restraint; One who is unconventional in religious matters.

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Lethargy

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(n) A state of sluggishness, inactivity, laziness, or indifference; Unusually intense drowsiness or sleepiness.

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Prolix

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(adj.) Excessively long or tediously drawn-out; Excessively wordy.

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Ford

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(n) A shallow place in a body of water where one can cross on foot or by horse, etc.
(v) To cross over a body of water, such as a river, in this way.

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Limpid

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(adj.) Clear or transparent; Simple, transparent, or easily understood (as in stule or speech); Untroubled or serene.

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Proscribe

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(v) To prohibit or forbid; To condemn as dangerous or harmful; To banish; to publish the name of a convicted outlaw.

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List

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(v) To lean to one side, as a ship.

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Pungency

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(n) The state or quality of being acrid in smell; biting, caustic, sharp, or incisive.

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Loll

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(v) To move or rest in a reclined, indolent manner; to droop or hang.

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Loquacious

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(adj.) Excessively talkative or garrulous; wordy.

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Emaciation

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(n) Extreme thinness due to starvation, undernourishment or illness.

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Quell

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(v) To suppress, subdue or put down forcefully; To calm or pacify.

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Pique

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(n) A feeling of offense or wounded pride; resentment.

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Lull

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(v) To soothe or put to sleep; To deceive or cause to feel a false sense of saftey or security.

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Canon

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(n) That which is standard, approved or sactioned, especially in regards to scripture or literature; A rule, principal or law.

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Quack

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(n) One who fraudulently claims to have medical skills; a charlatan.

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Lumber

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(v) To move in a clumsy, heavy, slow way; to move with a rumbling noise.

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Macerate

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(v) To make soft or dissolve by soaking; to emaciate.

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Desultory

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(adj.) Lacking in consistency or oder; unplanned or fitufl; Random or diconnected from the main subject.

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Epicure

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(n) Someone with refuned, discriminating taste, especially in food or wine; a connoisseur.

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Rebuff

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(v) To reject or criticize bluntly or abruptly; to snub; To check, repel or drive off.

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Recant

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(v) To formally repudiate or retract a former statement or belif; To openly admit error.

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Recondite

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(adj.) Challending to those of average understanding or knowledge; abstruse or deep; Concealed or hidden.

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Soporific

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(adj.) Tending to cause sleep or dull alertness; Sleepy, lethargic, or drowsy.

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Belie

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(v) To contradict or show to be false; To misrepresent or give a false impression of.

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Redoubtable

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(adj.) Causing fear; alarming or formidable; Illustious; worthy of respect.

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Meander

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(v) To ramble or wander aimlessly and without urgency; To take a winding, indirect course.

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Mendacious

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(adj.) Lysing, dishonest; misleading.

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Mercurial

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(adj.) Changeable, volatile, or given to rapid shifts in mood; Having qualities associated with greek god Mercury, incl. cleverness, eloquence, and theivishness.

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Metaphysical

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(adj.) Concerned with abstract though, related to metaphysics (branch of philosophy concerned wtih explaining the nature of being and of the world); very subtle or abstruse.

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Metamorphose

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(v) To change or be transformed utterly in form or appearance; To cause or subject to a metamorphosis.

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Shyster

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(n) A person who uses petty or unethical practices, esp. a lawyer who does this.

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Mimetic

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(adj.) Imitative, relating to mimicry.

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Crepuscular

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(adj.) Like twilight, dim.

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Ecumenical

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(adj.) Universal; woldwide in scope

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Rococo

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(n) A style of art originating in the 18th century France marked by elaborate ornamentation (an abundance of scrolls, foliage, etc.); Extremely elaborate or complicated.

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