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1
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Abolitionist

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One who opposes slavery

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Acclimatization

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Becoming used to something; getting comfortable

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Acquiesce

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To agree; to give in

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Adjunct

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Something attached to a main body

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Aesthetic

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Having to do with art or beauty

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Air

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To bring out into the open

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Allegory

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Symbolic story

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Altruism

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Goodness; selflessness; generosity

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Amorphous

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Without shape

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Anecdote

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A short and amusing story

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Annulment

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Cancellation

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Anterior

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Placed in front; earlier

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Aperture

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Opening; hole

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Apprehensive

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Worried

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Arcane

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Mysterious; secret

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Aristocratic

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High-class; as in the qualities of nobility

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Ascetic

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  1. (n) a person who refuses bodily pleasures

2. (adj) without luxuries

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Assuage

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To clam down; to soothe

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Audacity

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Nerve; boldness; gall

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Autocratic

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Favoring complete rule by one person

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Avow

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To swear by

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Balk

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To hesitate suddenly

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Barracks

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Housing for soldiers

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Becalmed

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Made peaceful or still

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Bellicose

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Warlike in manner

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Berate

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To scold; to criticize

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Bicker

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To argue about unimportant things

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Abase

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To lower; to humble

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Bland

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Without any taste

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Blunderbuss

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Old fashioned shotgun

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Bourgeois

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Middle-class; conformist and materialistic

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Browbeat

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To intimidate; to bully

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Burnish

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To polish; to shine

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Cacophonous

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Harsh-sounding; not harmonious

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Callow

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Immature; inexperienced

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Castigate

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To punish or criticize harshly

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Catharsis

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Sudden emotional relief

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Caustic

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Unkind; bitter; sarcastic

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Ceremonious

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Formal

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Charted

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Planned; plotted; mapped

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Cherubic

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Angelic; like a baby

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Circuitous

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Roundabout; not straightforward

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Cite

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To quote

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Clemency

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Mercy

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Coerce

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To force someone to do something

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Coherent

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Logical; clear

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Colloquial

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Informal but common speech

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Commend

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To praise

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Compliant

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Giving in to others; obedient

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Condescend

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To talk down to; to patronize

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Confiscate

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To take away; to seize

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Congenial

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Pleasant; friendly

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Conscript

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To force into service (usually military)

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Contentious

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Argumentative

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Contusion

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Bruise

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Corpulent

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Fat

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Cosmopolitan

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  1. Sophisticated

2. From the city

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Crest

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Peak; top

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Cupidity

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Greed

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Dart

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To move quickly

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Debauchery

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Corruption; physical self indulgence

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Decorum

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Proper behavior

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Defector

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One who leaves his or her side to join the enemy

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Defy

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To resist openly

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Demographer

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An expert on population statistics

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Deprecate

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To criticize

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Despise

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To hate

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Determinate

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Definite; limited

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Dialect

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Regional variety of a language

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Didactic

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Intended to teach; preachy

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Dilapidated

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Run-down; needing repairs

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Dirge

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Funeral song

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Disbursement

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Spending

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Disenfranchise

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To take away someone’s right to vote

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Dispassionate

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Neutral; objective

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Dissent

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Disagreement; difference in opinion

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Dither

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To be indecisive

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Doctrine

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Something taught ( as in the principles of a religion)

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Dormant

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  1. Asleep

2. Inactive

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Drape

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To cover loosely

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Drudgery

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Boring work

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Ebullient

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Bubbly; high-spirited

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Edifying

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Enlightening; uplifting

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Elicit

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To bring out

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Emaciated

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Very thin

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Embody

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To express; to give concrete form to

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Emulate

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To imitate someone who is admired

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Endemic

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Limited to, but widespread in, a particular place

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Enthrall

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To fascinate

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Enunciate

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To pronounce clearly

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Equanimity

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Calmness

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Eschew

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To avoid

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Ethos

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Values of a culture

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Exacerbate

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To make worse

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Exemplary

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Praiseworthy; serving as an excellent example

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Expatriate

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To remove one from his/her homeland

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Extemporize

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To preform without rehearsal

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Extricate

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To remove (ex. From difficulty)

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Facade

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  1. The front of a building

2. Surface appearance

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Fallow

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Unplowed; not fertile

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Feint

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An action intended to mislead an opponent

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Fetter

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  1. (n) a chain

2. (v) to prevent from moving

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Finesse

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Skill; gracefulness

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Flippant

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Joking disrespectfully

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Fluster

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To embarrass; to upset

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Forswear

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To reject

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Fraught

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Filled with

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Furrow

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  1. (n) ditch or hole in the ground

2. (v) to wrinkle ( as in ones brow)

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Gag

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  1. (n) joke

2. (v) to prevent from speaking

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Gambol

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To jump or dance playfully

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Gargantuan

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Huge

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Gavel

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Hammer-like instrument used by a judge to get attention

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Gentry

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Upper class

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Gill

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A fish’s breathing organ

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Glaring

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  1. (adj) obvious

2. (v) staring angrily

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Gouge

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To put holes in

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Gratuitous

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Uncalled for; unnecessary

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Hack

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  1. (n) a writer for hire; anyone with low professional standards
  2. (v) to cut; to chop
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Hedonist

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One who loves physical pleasures (ex. Food, drink, sex, etc.)

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Heretofore

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Until now

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Iconoclast

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One who attacks established beliefs; rebel

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Impalpable

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Unable to be touched or understood

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Implacable

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Incapable of being soothed or changed

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Impudence

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Rudeness

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Incantation

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Magical chant or spell

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Incisive

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Sharp; cutting

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Incorporeal

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Without physical existence; not of the body

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Indecorum

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Lack of good manners; improper behavior

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Indignant

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Characterized by a sudden feeling of anger or shock

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Ineffectual

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Useless

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Infinitesimal

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Extremely small

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Ingenious

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Clever; resourceful

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Inlet

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Small bay; indentation in a shoreline

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Insidious

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Dangerous in a way that is difficult to see

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Intemperate

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  1. Extreme

2. Violent

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Intransigent

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Stubborn; refusing to compromise

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Invective

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Insult

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Irate

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Very angry

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Jaded

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Cynical; tired; bored

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Juxtaposition

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The placing of two things side by side

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Labyrinth

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Maze

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Lampoon

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To ridicule

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Levity

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Humor; lightheartedness

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Lilting

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Pleasantly rising and falling (as in voices or songs)

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Loquacious

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Talkative

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Maelstrom

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  1. Giant whirlpool

2. Violent storm

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Malediction

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A curse

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Manifest

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  1. (Adj) obvious

2. (v) to demonstrate

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Martyr

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One who dies or suffers for a cause or a person

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Meander

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To wander about without direction or purpose

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Mirth

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Happiness

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Momentous

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Very important

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Morbidity

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Unhealthiness; gloominess

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Mundane

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Common; ordinary; of this world; boring

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Musty

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Stale smelling

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Nebulous

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Vague; unclear; cloudy

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Nettle

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To annoy

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Nocturnal

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Relating to the night; active at night

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Oaf

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A big, clumsy, stupid person

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Obsequious

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Overly submissive; asskissing

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Officious

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Pushy; offering unwanted help or advice

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Opulence

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Wealth; abundance

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Ordination

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A ceremony for initiation of a priest

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Outlandishness

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Unconventional; absurd

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Pacifist

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A person strongly opposed to war

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Paltry

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Unimportant; insignificant; trivial

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Papyrus

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Paper made from the papyrus plant

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Parochial

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  1. Narrow-minded

2. Relating to a church parish

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Pathogenic

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Capable of causing disease

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Peccadillo

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Small crime

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Penitent

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Sorry

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Perdition

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Hell; damnation

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Perjure

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To lie under oath

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Peruse

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To read carefully

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Phoenix

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Bird that symbolizes immortality

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Pithy

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Short and to the point; full of meaning

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Platitude

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Cliché; trite or hackneyed remark

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Plight

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Bad situation

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Polemical

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Deliberately controversial

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Posterity

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Future generations

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Prattle

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Foolish or meaningless talk; babble

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Précis

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Summary

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Prestidigitation

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Magic tricks

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Prodigious

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Very big; extraordinary in degree

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Proliferation

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Rapid growth in numbers

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Propriety

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Proper behavior

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Protocol

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Rules for proper behavior

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Provisional

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Temporary

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Pulverize

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To crush

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Purse

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To bring together (ex. To purse one’s lips)

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Quack

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One who pretends to be a doctor; a dishonest person

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Quarantine

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Strict isolation to prevent the spread of disease

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Quiescence

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State of inactivity; stillness

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Rabid

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  1. Furious or mad; irrationally extreme

2. Infected by rabies

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Ramshackle

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Shaky; unstable; rickety

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Ratify

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To approve; to pass into law

197
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Rebut

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To oppose

198
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Red herring

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Misleading clue

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Refute

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To reject; to disprove

200
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Relinquish

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To give up

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Repast

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Meal

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Repose

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Rest; relaxation

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Reproach

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To scold; to blame

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Repulse

A

To drive back; to repel

205
Q

Resurgence

A

Rising up again

206
Q

Retrogress

A

To go back to an earlier or simpler condition

207
Q

Revile

A

To insult

208
Q

Rider

A

An addition to a document

209
Q

Rogue

A

One who cheats or plays tricks

210
Q

Ruddiness

A

Reddish in complexion

211
Q

Runt

A

A weak, undersized animal

212
Q

Saga

A

Long story of adventure

213
Q

Salve

A
  1. (n) a soothing lotion

2. (v) to sooth

214
Q

Saunter

A

To walk slowly

215
Q

Scintillating

A

Exciting; brilliant

216
Q

Scrupulous

A

Strictly honest; moral

217
Q

Secede

A

To withdraw from an organization

218
Q

Seditionist

A

Revolutionary; rebel

219
Q

Self-effacement

A

Modesty; humility

220
Q

Serrated

A

Having sharp, notch-like edges, as on a saw or knife

221
Q

Shortchange

A

To give less than the right amount

222
Q

Skinflint

A

A cheap person

223
Q

Slothfulness

A

Laziness

224
Q

Smear

A

To ruin the reputation of

225
Q

Snarl

A

To tangle, as in string

226
Q

Soliloquy

A

A speech given by one person (usually in a play)

227
Q

Sophomoric

A

Immature

228
Q

Spangle

A

A small sparkling object

229
Q

Sporadic

A

Stopping and starting; irregular

230
Q

Squander

A

To spend wastefully

231
Q

Stasis

A

State of not moving

232
Q

Stench

A

Bad smell

233
Q

Stoke

A

To stir up and feed fuel to (a fire); to kindle

234
Q

Stratum

A

One of many layers (ex. of rock or social class)

235
Q

Stupefaction

A

Astonishment

236
Q

Subjugate

A

To conquer or oppress

237
Q

Subvert

A

To overthrow or ruin

238
Q

Sullen

A

Resentful; depressed

239
Q

Superficial

A

Shallow; on the surface

240
Q

Supplement

A
  1. (n) something added

2. (v) to add

241
Q

Surmount

A

To overcome

242
Q

Swarthy

A

Having a dark complexion or color

243
Q

Table

A

To delay considering something

244
Q

Tangential

A

Off the topic

245
Q

Tawdry

A

Cheap; gaudy

246
Q

Threadbare

A

Worn out (ex. Threadbare clothing)

247
Q

Titter

A

Short, nervous laugh; giggle

248
Q

Torrid

A
  1. Hot

2. Passionate

249
Q

Transient

A

Short-lived

250
Q

Trifle

A

To treat as unimportant

251
Q

Truncate

A

To shorten by cutting off

252
Q

Turpitude

A

Wickedness

253
Q

Ubiquitous

A

Everywhere at the same time

254
Q

Underplay

A

To play down (opposite of to exaggerate)

255
Q

Unflappable

A

Calm; having self control

256
Q

Unnerve

A

To make nervous; to upset

257
Q

Unquenchable

A

Unable to be satisfied

258
Q

Unsound

A
  1. Not logical

2. Unhealthy

259
Q

Upbraid

A

To criticize harshly

260
Q

Vacillate

A

To change back and forth

261
Q

Vanity

A

Excessive pride in ones own appearance

262
Q

Vendetta

A

Plan for revenge

263
Q

Veracity

A

Truth; accuracy

264
Q

Verve

A

Enthusiasm or energy

265
Q

Vignette

A
  1. Small picture

2. Short description or scene

266
Q

Virtuoso

A

Someone with a lot of talent

267
Q

Vivid

A
  1. Bright
  2. Strong clear
  3. Clear
268
Q

Voluminous

A

Big

269
Q

Wail

A

To cry loudly

270
Q

Warranted

A

Justified; appropriate

271
Q

Wheedle

A

To pursue by flattery

272
Q

Wholesome

A

Healthful

273
Q

Winsome

A

Winning; charming

274
Q

Workaday

A

Ordinary; common; boring

275
Q

Yearning

A

A strong desire

276
Q

Zenith

A

The highest point

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