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aberrant

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deviating from normal or correct

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abscond

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to leave secretly and hide, often to avoid the law

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aggrandize

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tomake greater, to increase, to exaggerate

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amalgamate

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to unite or mix (n. amalgamation)

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ambrosial

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extremely pleasing to the senses, divine (as related to the gods) or delicious (n. ambrosia)

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anachronism

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a person or artifact appearing after its own time or out of chronological order (adj. anachronistic)

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anomalous

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peculiar, unique, contrary to the norma (n. anomaly)

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antediluvian

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ancient, outmoded, (literally before the flood)

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antipathy

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hostility toward, objection, or aversion to

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arbitrate

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to settle a dispute (n. arbitration)

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assuage

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to make less severe, to appease or satisfy

ex. the letter assuaged their fears
(ex. studying assuaged her desire for vocab words)

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audacious

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extremely bold, fearless (n. audacity)

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aver

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to declare

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banal

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commonplace or trite, lacking originality (n. banality)

ex. songs with banal lyrics

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barefaced

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unconcealed, shameless, or brazen

ex. you didn’t need to see look very hard to know the truth – it was a barefaced lie

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blandishment

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speech or action intended to coax someone into doing something (ex: the son’s speech was full of blandishments as he tried to coax her into letting him go to the party)

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bombast

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pompous speech, high sounding language with little meaning (adj. bombastic)

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burgeon

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to grow or flourish, a bud of new growth (adj. burgeoning)

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buttress

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to support, a support

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cadge

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to get something by taking advantage of someone (especially one’s friendships), to beg
(ex. she cadged money from her sister)

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caprice

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impulse, sudden change in mood (adj. capricious)

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castigate

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reprimand, chastise severely

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caustic

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capable of dissolving by chemical action, highly critical

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chicanery

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deception by trickery

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conflageration

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a great fire

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corporeal

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of or having to do with material, as opposed to spiritual, tangible

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corporal

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of the body (corporal punishment), a commissioned officer

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corroborate

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to strengthen or support (ex: the witness corroborated his story) (n. corroboration)

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craven

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cowardly, a coward

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culpable

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deserving of blame (n. culpability)

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dearth

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lack, scarcity

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deference

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submission or courteous yielding (ex. he held his tongue in deference to his father)

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deprecation

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belittlement (v. deprecate)

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depredation

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act of preying upon or plundering

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descry

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to make clear, to say

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desiccate

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to dry out thoroughly (adj. desiccated)

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diatribe

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forceful and bitter abusive denunciation

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diffident

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lacking self-confidence, modest

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disabuse

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to free a person from falsehood or error (ex: we had to disabuse her of the notion that she was invited)

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disparaging

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belittling (v. disparage, n. disparagement)

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dispassionate

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calm, unbiased, objective

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dissemble

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to conceal one’s real motive, to feign

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dogged

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stubborn or determined

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efficacy

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effectiveness, capability to produce a desired effect

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effluent

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quality of flowing out, something that flows out (n. effluence) (ex. the stream is an effluence from the river)

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emollient

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softening, something that softens (ex. the cream is full of emollients)

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encomium

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a formal eulogy or speech of praise

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enervate

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to weaken or destroy the strength of (ex. the heat enervated everyone)

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engender

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to give rise to, to propagate (ex. his slip engendered much laughter)

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enigma

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puzzle, mystery

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ephemeral

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lasting only a brief time, fleeting

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equivocal

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ambiguous, unclear, open to more than one interpretation

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erudite

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scholarly, displaying deep intensive learning

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exculpate

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to demonstrate or prove to be blameless (ex. the evidence exculpated the defendant)

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exorbitant

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exceeding customary or normal limits particularly in quantity or price (ex. the cab fare was exorbitant)

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extant

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in existence, still existing

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fathom

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a measure of length (6 feet) used in nautical settings

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fawn

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to seek favor or attention, to act subserviently (adj. fawning)

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feign

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to give false appearance or impression, to fake

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fervid, fervent

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highly emotional, burning hot or glowing

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fledgling

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a baby bird, an inexperienced person (novice), inexperienced

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florid

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flushed with rosy color in complexion, ornate and flowery

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floundering

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struggling (ex. the floundering business)

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garrulous

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verbose, talkative, rambling (ex. we tried to avoid our garrulous neighbor)

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guile

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skillful deceit

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guileless

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honest, straightforward

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hapless

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unfortunate

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headlong

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headfirst, impulsive, hasty, hastily (ex. they rushed headlong into marriage)

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iconoclast

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one who attacks traditional ideas or institutions

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impecunious

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penniless, poor

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imperious

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commanding

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improvidence

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an absence of foresight, failure to provide for future needs or events

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inchoate

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just begun, in initial or early stages, incomplete, disorganized

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incorrigible

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not capable of being corrected

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indelible

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permanent, not erasable, strong (ex. he made an indelible impression when he saved the girl’s dog)

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ineffable

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inexpressible in words, unspeakable

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ingenious

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ingenuous

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naive, unsophisticated, artless

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innocuous

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harmless, having no adverse affect

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insensible

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numb, unconscious

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insipid

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lacking zest or excitement

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insular

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of or pertaining to an island, lacking contact with others, uninterested in culture/people/things outside your life

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intransigent

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stubborn and immovable, unwilling to change (n. intransigence)

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irascible

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prone to outbursts of temper, easily angered

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laconic

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using few words, terse

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latent

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present or potential but not evident of active (ex. he discovered he had a latent talent for music)

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laudable

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praiseworthy, commendable (v. laud)

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leviathan

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giant whale, something very large

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loquacious

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lugubrious

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weighty, mournful, especially gloomy

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magnanimity

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generosity and nobility (adj. magnanimous)

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malevolent

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malicious, evil, having ill will

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misanthrope

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one who hates people

94
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misnomer

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incorrect name or word for something

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nefarious

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wicked, evil

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noisome

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harmful, offensive, destructive

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obdurate

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hardened against influence or feeling, intractable

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occlude

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to close or shut off, to obstruct (n. occlusion)

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ossified

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turned to bone, hardened like bones, inflexible (ex. the ossified culture failed to adapt to new economic conditions)

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panegyric

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a writing or speech in praise of a person or thing

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peccadillo

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a small sin or fault

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pedantic

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showing narrow concern for rules or formal book learning

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perfidious

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deliberately treacherous, dishonest

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petulant

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easily or frequently annoyed especially over trivial matters, childishly irritable

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phlegmatic

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not easily excited, calm, sluggish

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placate

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to calm or reduce anger by making concessions (ex. he tried to placate his mom by saying he would do the dishes)

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plastic

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related to being shaped or molded

108
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plethora

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overabundance, excessively large quantity

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ponderous

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heavy, massive, awkward, dull

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precipice

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cliff with vertical face, metaphorically a very risky circumstance

111
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precipitate

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to fall, to fall downward suddenly and dramatically, to bring something about or hasten the occurrence of something

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prevaricate

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to stray away from or evade the truth

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prodigal

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rashly wasteful

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propitiate

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to conciliate, to appease

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pulchritudinous

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pusillanimous

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cowardly or timid, petter

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quiescence

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inactivity, stillness, dormancy

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rarefy

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to make or become thin, to purify or refine

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reproof

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the act of censuring or reprimanding

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sagacious

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having sharp or powerful intellect or discernment

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sanguine

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cheerful, confident

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sate

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to satisfy fully or to excess

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saturnine

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having a gloomy or morose temperment

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savant

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very knowledgeable person, genius

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sedulous

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diligent, persevering, persistent

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specious

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seemingly true but really false, deceptively attractive

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tacit

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taciturn

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habitually not talkative silent

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tirade

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an angry speech

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turpitude

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depravity, baseness

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tyro

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beginner, person lacking experience in a specific endeavor

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venerate

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great respect or reverence

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vex

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to annoy, to perplex, to puzzle

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zeal

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enthusiastic devotion

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