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Abate

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Become less in amount or intensity, decrease, diminish,
We waited for the storm to abate
A program to abate air pollution
To abate one’s enthusiasm

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Abdicate

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Give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations, resign
(A throne, power, responsibility, rights etc)
Some parents simply abdicate all responsibility for their children
The last french king abdicated in 1848

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Aesthetic

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Concerning of characterized by on appreciation of beauty or good taste, beautiful, artful
Some people feel that the aesthetic aspect of a painting is the most important
The products were chosen for their aesthetic appeal

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Anachronistic

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Chronologically misplaced, in a wrong time (passar inte in i tiden)
English public schools are anachronistic
The costumes were anachronistic for a Victorian play

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Arid

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Lacking sufficient water or rainfall, dry
There are many arid areas in the southern parts of Africa
An aird climate, land, farmland

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Asylum

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A shelter from danger or hardship, shelter, sanctuary, refuge
She looked at her home as a place of asylum
He applied for asylum after fleeing his home country

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Boisterous

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Full of rough and exuberant animal spirits, loud or noisy, lively, unruly
The man had a boisterous laughter that could be heard throughout the corridor
The boisterous wind had been making the sea increasingly choppy

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Brazen

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Unrestrained by convention or propriety, shameless
She brazenly kissed the stranger on the mouth
A brazen young woman

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Brusque

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Marked by rude or peremptory shortness, rude, short, impolite
She brusquely pushed the kid out of the way
With that brusque attitude he won’t be getting a job anytime soon

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Camaraderie

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The quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability, good fellow-ship, chumminess
He missed the camaraderie of army life
The camaraderie among fellow employees made the tedious work just bearable

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Capitulate

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Surrender under agreed conditions

The country was attacked from two sides and finally had to capitulate

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Clairvoyant

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Someone who has the power of clairvoyance, having a great insight or psychic powers
The fortune-teller claimed to be clairvoyant
A clairvoyant predicted that something terrible would happen to the president

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Compromise

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An accommodation in which both sides make concessions, a middle way
The political parties had come to a compromise regarding the budget
Encourage your child to reach a compromise between what he wants and what you want

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Conditional

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Imposing or depending on or containing a condition, dependent, villkorlig
(Unconditional love - ovillkorlig kärlek)
They have made us a conditional offer
His agreement to buy out house wa conditional on us leaving all the furniture in it

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Conundrum

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A difficult problem, puzzle
It was a conundrum without a solution
There is no ideal solution to this conundrum

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Convergence

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The act of converging (coming closer), the act of coming together
The policies of the two political parties have started to converge
The two girls opinions regarding global warming have started to convergence, despite coming from two different cultures

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Deleterious

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Harmful to living things, injurious, hurtful
The deleterious effects of smoking are many
These drugs have a proven deleterious effect on the nervous system

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Demagogue

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A political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudices, agitator
He was dismissed by most people as a radical demagogue
They labeled him a demagogue after last year’s election

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Divergent

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Tending to move apart in different directions, different
The political parties hold widely divergent views on the subject
The two girls opinions regarding global warming have started to convergence, despite having divergent opinions from the beginning

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Ephemeral

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Anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form
These paintings are a reminder that earthly pleasures are ephemeral
Her success as a pop singer was ephemeral

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Evansvent

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Tending to vanish like vapor, passing, brief
The evanescent triumph would soon be replaced by defeat
Talk is evansvent, writing leaves footprints

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Extenuation

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Partially excusing or justifying, lessening the seriousness of something
There were extenuating circumstances in the case which the judge took into consideration
The layer pleades his client’s youth in extenuation of the crime

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Florid

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Elaborately or excessively ornamented, ornate, flowery
Her florid writing was beautiful
Floridly decorated

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Forbearance

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A delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges; refraining from acting
His forbearance to act on the matter was frustrating
There is a limit at which forbearance ceases a virtue

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Fortuitous

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Occuring by happy chance, lucky, fortitude

Penicillin was a fortuitous discovery made by the physician Alexander Fleming

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Foster

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Providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties
She had fostered more than 100 children
The parents tried to foster a positive psychosocial environment for their child

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Hackneyed

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Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse, common, overused, unoriginal
She often used hackneyed phrases when she couldn’t think of anything to say herself
Too often used by young people, the word “like” has become hackneyed.
Every time my internet goes down, the cable company gives me a hackneyed explanation.

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Hedonist

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Someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures, a pleasure seeker
The hedonist’s search for pleasure prevented him from seeing the dangers ahead
While Janice was on the cruise ship, she lived the life of a hedonist and spent most of her days in search of pleasure.

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Hypothesis

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A tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena, a theory or guess
The detective had a hypothesis about how the crime had been accomplished, but she could not prove it

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Impute

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Attribute or credit to, accredit, ascribe
It’s unfair to impute blame to the children who did not understand what they were doing
I can’t believe you dared to impute my work to yourself to cover up for your laziness!
David attempted to impute the damage of the broken window onto his innocent brother.

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Intrepid

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Invulnerable to fear or intimidation, fearless, brave
The intrepid explorer was ready to cross the seas in order to discover new lands or peoples
To be an astronaut, you must be an intrepid person who craves adventure and is not afraid of heights

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Jubilation

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A feeling of extreme joy
The death of the dictator was greeted by jubilation across the country
Your sweet little baby was the reason behind your jubilation.

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Lobbyist

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Someone who is employed to persuade legislators to vote for legislation that favors the lobbyistś employer, a persuader, an influencer
There are many lobbyists in Congress who try to persuade politicians to spend more money on their cause
The entire industry is a powerhouse of lobbyist groups

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Longevity

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The property of being long-lived, long life
Many studies have been made comparing the longevity of men and women
The longevity of the fish has probably been much exaggerated

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Opulent

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Rich and superior in quality, luxurious and grand

The spoiled young man lived an opulent lifestyle

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Orator

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A person who delivers a speech or oration, speaker
President Obama is considered to be a great orator
Though not a great orator, his speeches were weighty and impressive

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Parched

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Dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight
Showers poured down upon the parched earth
How could the ground be so parched when the air was so waterlogged?

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Perfidious

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Tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans, disloyal, unfaithful, betraying
The perfidious actions of Brutus against Julius Caesar are famously depicted in Shakespeare’s play
When questioned about his ex-wife, Eric described her as a perfidious woman who could not be faithful to any man.

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Precocious

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Characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity (especially in mental aptitude) advanced, forward
Lucy was always a precocious child, with an early passion for learning.
Trained in a hard school, he showed a precocious aptitude for war and government.

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Prosaic

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Lacking wit or imagination, straightforward, matter-of-fact
Sometimes one can ponder the monotony of our prosaic everyday life
The title of your book is so prosaic that most people are going to walk right past it in the store.

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Querulous

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Habitually complaining
The querulous old couple stayed together despite their constant bickering
If there was an award for being querulous, my aunt would win because she is always complaining about something

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Rancorous

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Showing deep-seated resentment, bitter, hostile
He was filled with rancor after losing his job
Mr. Knightly is a rancorous old man who is always unhappy and seemingly angry at everyone, even if they are strangers

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Reclusive

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Withdrawn from society; seeking solitude
She had become increasingly ill and reclusive
Virgos can be very sociable, but they also have a tendency to be reclusive if left on their own.

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Renovation

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The act of improving by renewing and restoring, renewal

The town church was in desperate need of renovation

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Sagacity

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The mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations, sound judgement, wisdom
She was a woman of great sagacity and experience
This discovery was not accidental or unforeseen, but was due to the sagacity of those who designed the voyage.

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Spontanious

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Said or done without having been planned or written in advance, unplanned, impulsive
Saving the child from the burning house was a spontaneous reaction of the parent
Sometimes spontaneous events worked out better than well-planned ones

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Spurious

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Plausible but false, “phony”, not correct

You couldn’t trust the teacher, his spurious statements were simply made up

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Superficial

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Of, affecting, or being on or near the surface, shallow
The bruise on her arm was only superficial
As I read the political article, I realized it was completely superficial and did not even discuss the major issues that are wrong with this country

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Surreptitious

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Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed, secret
They had several surreptitious conversations about their plans of escaping
The dog has his surreptitious ways of stealing table scraps behind my back.

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Venerable

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Profound honored, respected
She was a venerable old woman who many people came to for advice
The Pope is a venerable leader who is recognized for his commitment to helping others

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