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Assuage

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(V) to make easier or milder, relieve, to quiet, alleviate

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Decadence

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(N) a guilt pleasure, excessive self indulgence

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Elicit

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(V) To draw forth information (verbally)

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Expostulate

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(V) To argue (with someone)

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Hiatus

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(N) a gap, break, pause

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Innuendo

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(N) a hint, or reference (often in a derogatory sense)

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Intercede

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(V) to plead on behalf of someone, to intervene

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Lurid

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(Adj) nasty, gross

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Petulant

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(Adj) whiny, annoying, complaining

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Provincial

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(Adj) narrow in mind or outlook, or country side

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Transcend

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(V) to rise above or beyond, to exceed

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Unctuous

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(Adj) way too nice to the point you think it’s insincere, fake nice

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Aplomb

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(N) poise, great self confidence

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Bombastic

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(Adj) uses big words

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Callow

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(Adj) without experience, not fully developed

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Exhort

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(V) to urge strongly

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Ingratiate

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(V) to make ones self agreeable and thus gaining acceptance by others

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Intrinsic

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(Adj) internal, natural

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Permeate

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(V) to spread through, penetrate

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Precipitate

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(V) to cause or bring about suddenly

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Stringent

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(Adj) strict, severe

A person is not stringent, rules and laws are

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Surmise

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(V) to think or believe without certain supporting evidence

“I surmise that…”

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Ascribe

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(V) to assign, to refer to

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Circuitous

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(Adj) roundabout, not direct

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Commiserate
(V) to sympathize with, empathize
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Enjoin
(V) to direct, to order
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Expiate
(V) to make amends, to lessen
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Inadvertent
(Adj) accidental
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Nominal
(Adj) so small it doesn't matter, noun form
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Proclivity
(N) a natural or habitual inclination or tendency, penchant
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Seditious
(Adj) resistant to lawful authority like government, teacher, someone in power
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Tenuous
(Adj) ish, not complete
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Vitriolic
(Adj) bitter, rude, sarcastic
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Wheedle
(V) to use flattery to gain desired end
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Affable
(Adj) pleasant
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Fetter
(N) a chain or shackle placed on feet (V) to chain or shackle Can be literally or theoretically
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Megalomania
(N) a delusion marked by a feeling of power, wealth, talent
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Surreptitious
(Adj) very sneaky, stealthy, secret
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Transgress
(V) to go beyond a limit or boundary, to sin, violate a law
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Vicarious
(Adj) experience something second hand
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Crass
Adj: unfeeling, stupid, inappropriate
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Debase
(V) insult something, degrade
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Desecrate
(V) to commit sacrilege upon, violate
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Austere
Adj: w/o adornment. Plain, simple Or Severe or stern in manner
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Concoct
(V) to prepare by combining ingredients, to make, to create
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Disconcert
(V) to frazzle, to upset, to make uncomfortable
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Inconsequential
(Adj) unimportant, nominal
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Mitigate
(V) to make milder or softer, alleviate
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Punctilious
(Adj) very careful and exact, attentive to fine points
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Reprove
(V) to find fault with, scold
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Disavow
(V) to deny responsibility for or connection with.
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Dissension
(N) disagreement, sharp difference of opinion
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Dissipate
(N) to cause to disappear, disperse, diffuse
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Gauntlet
(N) a challenge, an armored or protective glove
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Impugn
(V) to call into question, to attack as false, to deny
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Vulnerable
(Adj) open to attack, unprotected
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Restitution
(N) a form of payment for wrong doing, making good on loss or damage
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Acrimonious
(Adj) bitter, stinging in temper or tone
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Consternation
(N) confusion , shock
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Corpulent
(Adj) fat, having a large bulk body
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Intemperate
(Adj) lacking self control
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Relegate
(V) to place in a lower position
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Squeamish
Inclined to nausea
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Susceptible
(Adj) open to, easily influenced
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Adjunct
(N) something added to something else as helpful or useful, but not essential
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Hidebound
(Adj) narrow minded
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Hierarchy
(N) any system of things/people
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Liturgy
(N) a religious or rite, the form of a ritual or other public worship
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Mirage
(N) something illusory, and illusion
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Morass
(N) a patch of low, soft, wet ground, a confusing situation in which one is entrapped
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Bellwether
(N) a leader in a desperate or violent undertaking, ringleader or initiator
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Caterwaul
(V) to howl or screech like a cat | (N) a harsh or noisy cry
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Chimerical
(Adjective) absurd, wildly fantastic, impossible
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Effete
(Adjective) worn out, exhausted, sterile and unable to produce
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Fait accompli
(N) an accomplished and presumably irreversible deed, fact, or action
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Noisome
(Adjective) offensive or disgusting, foul-smelling
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Oblivious
(Adjective) forgetful, unaware
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Poltroon
(N) a coward
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Proselyte
(N) a covert, a disciple
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Quasi
(Adjective) ish, kind of
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Raillery
(N) good humored ridicule, teasing
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Ribald
(Adjective) irreverently mocking, vulgar, indecent in language
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Supine
(Adjective) lying flat on ones back, apathetic or passive
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Vignette
(N) a short description or sketch, a picture or illustration with edges that gradually shade off
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Aegis
(N) protection or sponsorship
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Apprise
(V) to inform of, to make aware of by giving oral or written notice
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Bibulous
(Adjective) fond of or indicated to drink Alcoholic
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Claque
(N) a group of hired to applaud a performer or performance
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Deracinate
(V) to pull by the roots, eradicate
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Aggrieved
(Adjective) feeling it expressing a sense of injustice
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Choleric
(Adjective) easily angered, quick tempered, testy
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Comport
(V) to behave and conduct oneself
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Interpose
(V) to place or come between, to intervene
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Temerity
(N) reckless boldness
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Amenable
(Adjective) willing to follow advice, agreeable, open to
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Qualm
(N) a feeling of uneasiness, uncomfortable
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Tortuous
(Adj) winding, twisted, crooked, complex
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Surfeit
(N) an excess or overindulgence as in eating or drinking
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Lavicious
(Adjective) gesture or manner feeling or revealing an overt and often offensive sexual desire Lustful
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Requisite
(Adjective) needed, necessity, essential, required
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Onus
(N) something that is heavy or bordensome
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Scintillating
(Adjective) sparkling, twinkling
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Pernicious
(Adjective) extremely harmful deadly fatal
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Abate
(V) to make less, subside, lessen, omit
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Palpable
(Adjective) capable of being touched or felt
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Winsome
(Adjective) charming, attractive, pleasing
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Reprobate
(N) a depressed, vicious person
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Impromptu
(Adjective) without preparation

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