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Undermine

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To hurt, weaken, or destroy, often in an underhanded or sneaky way.

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Conventional

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Based on accepted practice; traditional; customary; orthodox.

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Dismissive

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Rejecting someone’s ideas or worth, usually as beneath consideration; condescending; contemptuous.

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Aesthetic

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Relating to what is beautiful.

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Objective

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Based on facts rather than personal feelings: unbiased.

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Reconcile

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To adjust the differences between things; to reach an agreement, especially after an argument; to overcome discord.

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Speculative

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Taking a chance; risky; uncertain; cannot be confirmed.

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Accessible

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Being able to enter and approach a place.

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Decorum

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Correct behavior, proper etiquette.

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Impulsive

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Tending to act on impulse and without thought.

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Deride

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To ridicule something; to laugh at something as ridiculous; to mock.

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Suppress

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To stop something from rising or coming out by holding it down.

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Complacent

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Overly pleased with an accomplishment; overconfident.

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Reverent

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Deeply honoring or respectful; venerating.

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Disparage

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To insult or put down; to offend.

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Relevant

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Relating to the subject at hand; important or significant; pertinent.

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Prudent

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Careful; cautious; especially about money; having good judgement.

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Refute

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To prove wrong or false.

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Inevitable

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Certain to happen; unavoidable.

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Innocuous

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Harmless; not dangerous at all; not likely to provoke a strong reaction.

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Convey

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To make something known; to reveal; to communicate.

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Profound

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Wise; deep; beneath the surface.

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Ironic

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A statement or situation that conveys a second meaning at odds with the apparent meaning; humorous.

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Ambivalent

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Undecided; feeling positively and negatively towards something.

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Pragmatic

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Getting things done in an effective ways; practical.

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Innovative

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New; revolutionary.

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Rational

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Based on reason rather than emotions; logical.

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Abstract

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Based on general ideas; not solid or concrete.

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Distinct

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Clearly separate from others; not identical; different; clear.

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Felicitous

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Well-chosen; especially in appropriate; pleasing.

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Resolute

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Determined to succeed; not easily discouraged; persistent.

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Diverse

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Varying something composed of distinct or unlike elements or qualities.

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Trivial

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Unimportant; insignificant; negligible.

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Discern

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To notice; to see clearly; to distinguish; to discriminate.

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Enhance

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To strengthen; to improve.

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Redundant

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Extra, so not needed; extraneous.

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Tempered

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Mild; not severe or extreme; controlled; moderate; restrained.

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Dubious

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Doubtful, and probably untrue; implausible.

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Depict

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To represent in words or pictures; to describe a scene or situation; to show; to convey.

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Compelling

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To arouse an irresistible feeling; forceful.

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Indifferent

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Not caring about something one way or the other; apathetic.

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Embellish

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To decorate; to make beautiful or aesthetic; to make additions to, especially as in adding fictitious details to a story.

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Supplant

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To replace as better.

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Fabricate

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To make or devise something; to make up an elaborate story.

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Plausible

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Believable; likely.

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Parallel

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Something equivalent; a comparison; an analogy.

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Eradicate

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To wipe out; to eliminate; to destroy.

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Dominant

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Having great or complete power or influence over someone or something.

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Deleterious

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Harmful.

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Discord

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Disagreement; disharmony, especially among people; tension or unease between people, and often the resulting confusion.

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Futile

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Completely useless or ineffective.

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Indulgent

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Giving in to another’s wishes; permissive; lenient.

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Indignant

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Annoyed or insulted, especially about ones dignity.

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Eclectic

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Selecting from the best different sources; selective; varied.

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Vindicate

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To prove someone right in the end; to free him or her from blame; to exonerate.

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Exemplary

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Showing by being a great example.

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Inhibit

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To block; to hold back; to impede or suppress.

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Discredit

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To harm someone’s reputation; to show something should not be trusted.

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Contemporary

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Occurring at the present time; occurring at the same time in history.

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Provoke

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To arouse strong feelings in someone; to anger.

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Solicitous

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Eager to help; asking if one can help.

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Daunting

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Discouraging; intimidating; scary.

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Skepticism

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Doubt

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Coherent

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Sticking together in a unified whole; orderly.

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Autonomy

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Independence; self-government.

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Comprehensive

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All-inclusive; thorough; complete.

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Ambiguous

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Unclear; capable of being interpreted in more than one way; doubtful.

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Pretentious

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Believing oneself to better than others; boastful.

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Rhetoric

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Impressive sounding, though sometimes empty, words; a formal speech.

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Ephemeral

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Short-lived; present so fleetingly as barely to exist.

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Spurious

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Not genuine; fake; false.

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Valid

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Well grounded; sound; logical; effective.

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Contempt

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Looking down on others or feeling superior to them; to feel that someone or something deserves great disrespect.

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Restrained

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Calm and collected; controlled.

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Mundane

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Relating to everyday life; uninspired.

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Impetuous

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Rash; impulsive.

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Repudiate

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To reject a person or an idea completely; to have nothing to with any longer.

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Definitive

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Settling a disputed matter finally; no longer tentative.

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Debunk

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To prove wrong or false.

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Divergent

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To separate.

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Digress

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To wander away from a topic.

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Sustain

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To hold up; to support.

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Incongruous

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Not fitting or matching.

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Diffident

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Lacking confidence; shy.

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Subtle

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So slight as to be hard to notice.

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Transient

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Passing through a place quickly; short lived.

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Serene

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Not disturbed; peaceful.

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Inconsequential

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Not worth noticing; unimportant.

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Scrutinize

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To examine something closely, especially with an aim to find faults.

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Assert

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To state a belief positively.

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Foster

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To promote; to encourage.

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Perplex

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To confuse; to mystify.

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Narrative

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An account, story, or history about something.

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Prosaic

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Ordinary; lacking imagination.

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Substantiate

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To offer supporting evidence; to help prove.

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Optimistic

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Hopeful.

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Tranquil

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Calm; peaceful.

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Denounce

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To put someone down; to blame someone.

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Condescend

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To talks down to; to act superior to.

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Partisan

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Supporting one side in a dispute, especially over political matters; biased.

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Prosperity

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Success, especially financial.

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Lucid

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Clear; easily understood.

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Advocate

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Someone who supports a cause.

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Distinguish

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To notice; to pick something out.

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Superficial

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Shallow.

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Illusory

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Seemingly real but not; deceptive; false.

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Apprehensive

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Having great doubts; nervous.

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Nostalgia

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Fondness for and missing the past.

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Benevolent

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Kind; generous.

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Sympathy

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Sharing feelings; showing concern for another.

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Corrupt

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To ruin something.

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Polemical

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Arguing a position, especially a radical one.

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Belie

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To contradict; to fail to confirm.

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Mock

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To ridicule.

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Compromised

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To make insecure or to place in danger; agreeing to something partially.

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Disdain

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Considering someone or something beneath oneself.

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Presumption

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A bold assumption; being overly bold with someone to the point of disrespect.

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Caustic

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Burning; sarcastic.

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Deferential

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Respectful.

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Subjective

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Open to interpretation; reflecting someone’s perspective.

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Capricious

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Unpredictable; whimsical.

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Animated

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Lively; vigorous.

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Endorse

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To support; to approve.

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Auspicious

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Promising; favorable.

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Exacerbate

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To make a bad situation worse.

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Obscure

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Not easily noticed; unclear; vague.

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Dogmatic

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Stubbornly opinionated; arrogantly inflexible.

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Extravagant

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Fancy; luxurious.

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Venerate

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To honor above others.

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Gregarious

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Friendly.

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Attain

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To achieve.

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Elude

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To avoid being found or caught, usually by being clever.

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Tenacious

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Persistent, especially in the face of continuing challenges; stubborn.

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Mediate

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To try to help two arguing sides reach an agreement.

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Meticulous

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Careful; thorough.

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Negligible

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Extremely small; so unimportant it can be ignored.

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Equanimity

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Calm; composure, especially under difficult circumstances.

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Mitigate

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To lessen the severity or force of something.

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Transitory

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Of short duration; brief.

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Immutable

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Un changing; not able to change.

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Evoke

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To inspire; to arouse.

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Cursory

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Hurried and superficial.

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Rancor

A

Extremely bad feelings about something.

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Authentic

A

Genuine; true.

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Reserved

A

Generally quiet and reserved in behavior.

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Intuitive

A

Knowing by instinct as opposed to rational thought.

146
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Satirize

A

To imitate so as to make fun of.

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Devoid

A

Lacking.

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Concise

A

Expressing a lot using few words; short and clear.

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Erroneous

A

Wrong; mistaken.

150
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Collaborate

A

To work together with someone as equals on a project.

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Thwart

A

To lock or impede someone’s plan, often for a long time or permanently.

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Spontaneous

A

Happening without being planned.

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Implement

A

To put into practice.

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Underscore

A

To emphasize.

155
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Explicate

A

To explain or analyze logically; to clear up any misunderstanding.

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Exasperate

A

To annoy someone to the point of frustration.

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Momentous

A

Extremely important.

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Pertinent

A

Important; relevant.

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Conspicuous

A

Obvious; easily seen.

160
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Amiable

A

Friendly; nice.

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Widespread

A

Widely spread out or shared.

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Pervasive

A

Appearing or being everywhere.

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Prophetic

A

Foretelling events.

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Cynical

A

Looking at the bad side of people’s actions.

165
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Tenuous

A

Thin; insubstantial; unable to support anything else.

166
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Innate

A

Inborn; inherited.

167
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Explicit

A

Clearly stated; in plain view.

168
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Distort

A

To twist something out of shape; to misrepresent.

169
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Challenge

A

To question or dispute the truth of validity of something.

170
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Acclaim

A

High praise.

171
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Moderate

A

Not extreme; reasonable.

172
Q

Legitimate

A

Justified by some rule or law.

173
Q

Patronize

A

To be a customer; to treat rudely.

174
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Exacting

A

Demanding; insisting on.

175
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Contentious

A

To fight; to deal with difficulty; to argue a point.

176
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Conscientious

A

Careful; diligent.

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Diligent

A

Always careful and hardworking.

178
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Deter

A

To prevent; to discourage; to impede.

179
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Initiate

A

To begin.

180
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Champion

A

To support; to fight for.

181
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Mediocre

A

Second-rate; average to poor quality.

182
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Domestic

A

Relating to the home; relating to one’s country.

183
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Pedantic

A

Overly academic about minor matters.

184
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Wary

A

Cautious; careful.

185
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Vulnerable

A

Able to be hurt.

186
Q

Opportunist

A

Someone who takes advantage of opportunities.

187
Q

Discriminating

A

Selective; making a clear distinction between things.

188
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Adept

A

Skillful

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Anachronistic

A

Out of date.

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Provincial

A

Relating to a region or province; narrow minded.

191
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Obstinate

A

Stubborn.

192
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Heresy

A

A statement, action, or belief that goes a dominant religion or system of beliefs; any belief that goes sharply against the accepted viewpoint on a subject.

193
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Articulate

A

Able to express ideas clearly.

194
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Formal

A

Standard; following rules.

195
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Detached

A

Unemotional; unbiased.

196
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Conformist

A

Someone who follows rules or conventions.

197
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Complement

A

To fit well with; to complete something.

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Intrepid

A

Brave; fearless.

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Feasible

A

Possible; workable.

200
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Proponent

A

A supporter.

201
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Reprehensible

A

Deserving great blame; wicked; evil.

202
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Extol

A

To praise highly.

203
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Compatible

A

Able to exist with something else.

204
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Radical

A

Not moderate; extremely unconventional, and almost heretical.

205
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Erratic

A

Moving in an unpredictable way.

206
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Inherent

A

Inborn; essential.

207
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Resilient

A

Quickly bouncing back; flexible under pressure.

208
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Tractable

A

Obedient; easily controlled.

209
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Clandestine

A

Secret.

210
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Commend

A

To praise.

211
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Adversity

A

A difficult, harmful, or dangerous situation.

212
Q

Convoluted

A

Complicated; twisted.

213
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Empathy

A

Ability to see and feel things from another person’s point of view.

214
Q

Inundate

A

To flood; to overwhelm with over abundance.

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Genial

A

Friendly; good-natured.

216
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Insolvent

A

Unable to pay.

217
Q

Impede

A

To block; to hinder.

218
Q

Equivocal

A

Intentionally unclear or ambiguous.

219
Q

Decisive

A

Quick to decide; definite.

220
Q

Transcend

A

To move beyond and often overcome.

221
Q

Prohibitive

A

Tending to prevent or impede.

222
Q

Dilatory

A

Delaying; not prompt.

223
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Divisive

A

Tending to divide parties; creating or stirring up disagreement.

224
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Tolerant

A

Accepting of differences with others; able to deal with.

225
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Cerebral

A

Intellectual.

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Cantankerous

A

Bad-tempered: irritable.

227
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Consensus

A

General agreement.

228
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Notion

A

An idea of concept, usually unproven.

229
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Compound

A

To combine; to increase.

230
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Circumscribe

A

To draw a line around: to restrict; to define.

231
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Tentative

A

Not final; dependent.

232
Q

Enigmatic

A

Puzzling; mysterious.

233
Q

Colleague

A

A coworker.

234
Q

Regenerate

A

To grow back; to regain health.

235
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Hackneyed

A

Unoriginal; overused.

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Preclude

A

To prevent; to make impossible.

237
Q

Attribute

A

To claim something as a cause, a characteristic, or an aspect of something.

238
Q

Naïve

A

Unsophisticated; innocent.

239
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Chronological

A

In order of time.

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Exorbitant

A

Excessive; unreasonable.

241
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Didactic

A

Intended to instruct.

242
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Idiosyncratic

A

A quirky or highly individualistic way of doing something or behaving; relating to an odd personal habit or characteristic.

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Banal

A

Ordinary; commonplace.

244
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Static

A

Not moving.

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Q

Extraneous

A

Unnecessary; irrelevant.

246
Q

Notorious

A

Widely known or famous, usually in a bad way.

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Abundant

A

Plentiful

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Salutary

A

Beneficial

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Ardent

A

Extremely eager and enthusiastic.

250
Q

Impenetrable

A

Unable to be penetrated or understood.

251
Q

Amicable

A

Friendly, especially after a dispute.

252
Q

Trite

A

Not original; done many times already.

253
Q

Toxic

A

Extremely harmful.

254
Q

Disparity

A

Inequality.

255
Q

Incisive

A

Sharp; clear.

256
Q

Allude

A

To hint at; to refer to indirectly.

257
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Verbose

A

Wordy.

258
Q

Account

A

A report, description, or explanation.

259
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Anecdote

A

A brief personal story, account, or illustration.

260
Q

Affectation

A

A pretentious or inauthentic way of behaving; pretending to be something.

261
Q

Resignation

A

Reluctantly accepting a less than ideal situation; giving in.

262
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Composure

A

Extreme calm and confidence.

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Florid

A

Overly decorated; flowery.

264
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Amenable

A

Cooperative; willing.

265
Q

Condone

A

To allow to happen; to forgive or overlook something wrong.

266
Q

Tedious

A

Boring; monotonous.

267
Q

Officious

A

Bossy; overly asserting one’s authority.

268
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Exploit

A

To use to advantage.

269
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Assiduous

A

Hardworking; dedicated.

270
Q

Neutral

A

Not taking sides, especially in a dispute.

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Scrupulous

A

Principled; highly moral.

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Laconic

A

Habitually using few words.

273
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Authoritarian

A

Demanding absolute obedience.

274
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Refinement

A

Elegance; improving something, often by making it pure.

275
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Incorporate

A

To include as a part within a larger whole.

276
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Predator

A

A hunter.

277
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Incredulous

A

Disbelieving; highly if not completely skeptical.

278
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Hypothesis

A

Something suppose to be true, but not yet proven.

279
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Duplicity

A

Deceitfulness; double-dealing.

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Q

Languid

A

Lazy; lacking energy.

281
Q

Orthodox

A

Traditional; conservative.

282
Q

Ominous

A

Threatening, as an omen.

283
Q

Tacit

A

Understood without needing to be said; implied.

284
Q

Astute

A

Insightful; clever; wise.

285
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Aspect

A

The look or appearance of something, especially from a particular viewpoint.

286
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Peremptory

A

Bossy; tending to cut others off.

287
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Vignette

A

A brief description of a scene.

288
Q

Intrusive

A

Butting in; joining in without being wanted.

289
Q

Prevalent

A

Common; existing everywhere.

290
Q

Indisputable

A

Certain; absolute.

291
Q

Merit

A

Praiseworthy excellence.

292
Q

Lament

A

To regret deeply, sometimes to the point of grief.

293
Q

Exonerate

A

To free from blame.

294
Q

Terse

A

Brief and often abruptly to the point.

295
Q

Sensibility

A

Preferences; awareness; tastes.

296
Q

Evanescent

A

Fleeting; lasting only a short while.

297
Q

Renowned

A

Famous in a good way.

298
Q

Indigenous

A

Native.

299
Q

Repressed

A

Held down or held back.

300
Q

Ingenuous

A

Naïve; childlike.

301
Q

Adulation

A

Deep and perhaps excessive admiration.

302
Q

Expedient

A

Practical; useful; helpful.

303
Q

Vapid

A

Bland and uninteresting.

304
Q

Encompass

A

To include; to encircle.

305
Q

Exclusive

A

Shutting out; limited.

306
Q

Scarce

A

Rare, and often less than required.

307
Q

Engaging

A

Interesting almost to the point of exciting; tending to attract and occupy someone’s attention.

308
Q

Urbane

A

Sophisticated; having highly refined manners.

309
Q

Sanguine

A

Hopeful; optimistic.

310
Q

Sarcasm

A

Biting and often ironic and caustic remarks or attitude.

311
Q

Adversary

A

An opponent.

312
Q

Surreptitious

A

Not out in the open; sneaky.

313
Q

Vicarious

A

Living through the experience of another.

314
Q

Parochial

A

Narrow-minded; having a limited outlook.

315
Q

Revival

A

Returning to life or to use.

316
Q

Improvise

A

To deal with things as they come.

317
Q

Apathetic

A

Not caring about someone or an outcome, one way or another.

318
Q

Corroborate

A

To support or back up; to provide evidence for.

319
Q

Unprecedented

A

Without precedent; highly unusual; remarkable; never seen before.

320
Q

Alleviate

A

To lessen the pain or severity of something.

321
Q

Prominent

A

Standing out; well known.

322
Q

Circumspect

A

Careful; cautious.

323
Q

Dissipation

A

Wasting money, energy, or resources.

324
Q

Laudatory

A

(Of speech or writing) expressing praise and commendation.

325
Q

Premonition

A

A strong feeling of something about to happen, esp. something unpleasant.

326
Q

Rapacious

A

Agrees overly greedy or grasping.

327
Q

Subordinate

A

Lower in rank or position.

328
Q

Plastic

A

Capable of being shaped or formed; easily molded or influenced.

329
Q

Discriminating

A

Showing careful judgement; perceptive; astute.

330
Q

Impassive

A

Dispassionate, without feeling.

331
Q

Fatalism

A

Resigned to defeat.

332
Q

Disinterested

A

Neutral or impartial.

333
Q

Conviction

A

Certainty.

334
Q

Buoyant

A

Cheerful.

335
Q

Slight

A

Insult.

336
Q

Complex

A

Network.

337
Q

Eclipse

A

Surpass.

338
Q

Diversion

A

Entertainment.

339
Q

Gravity

A

Seriousness.

340
Q

Appropriate

A

Seize.

341
Q

Amity

A

A friendly relationship.

342
Q

Plaintive

A

Sounding sad or mournful.

343
Q

Proclivity

A

A tendency to choose or do something regularly.

344
Q

Monolithic

A

Formed of a single large block of stone.

345
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Flouted

A

Openly disregard (a rule, law, or convention).

346
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Mercenary

A

Primarily concerned with making money at the expense of others.

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