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World lit. Vocab Flashcards

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To prove to be false or erroneous as an opinion or charge

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Refute

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A written declaration upon an oath made before an authorized official

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Affidavit

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Lacking some element or characteristic

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Deficient

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A person who questions an interrogator

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Interlocutor

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Giving forth utterances as if by authority

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Oracular

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Strongly emotional intense or passionate

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Vehement

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Of little or no weight or worth

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Frivolous

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Contemptuously rude or impertinent behavior or speech

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Insolence

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Fervor for a person cause or object eager desire or endeavor enthusiastic diligence ardor

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Zeal

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Full of, characterized by, or showing malice, malevolent, spiteful

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Malicious

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To deprive a person of a right of citizenship mainly the right to vote

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Disenfranchise

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To pray or petition humbly

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Supplicate

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The willful giving of false testimony under oath or affirmation before a competent tribunal upon a point material to a legal inquiry

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Perjury

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Deficient in veneration or respect

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Irreverent

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To give urgent advice recommendation or warnings

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Exhort

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Not within proper or reasonable limits

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Inordinate

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To criticize in a derogatory manner

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Denigrate

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18
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To speak abusively

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Revile

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reverence for God or devout fulfillment of religious obligations

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Piety

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Pleasing in appearance, attractive

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Comely

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Characterized by lack of order or planning

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Haphazard

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To move or act with haste

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Hasten

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To inprision

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Incarcerate

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A seeking for truth info or knowledge

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Inquiry

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To deprive something of value or effectiveness

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Nullify

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To find fault with or reproach severely

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Upbraid

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Agreeable suitable pleasing in nature

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Congenial

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Concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading

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Deceit

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29
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To establish in the favor or good graces of someone especially by effort

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Ingratiate

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30
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Being in that place over there

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Yonder

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A traveler especially on foot

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Wayfarer

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Any cause of impairment, destruction, ruin, or frustration

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Blight

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The means by which atonement or reparation is made

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Expiation

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34
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Authority rightful status independence or prerogative

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Sovereignty

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A person who is habitually inactive or lazy

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Sluggard

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To stop as an obstacle and refuse to proceed or to do something specified

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Balk

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A false and malicious statement designed to injure the reputation of someone or something

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Calumny

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38
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To plan with ingenuity, devise, invent

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Contrive

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39
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Soothsayer or prophet

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Augur

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A disagreement marked by a temporary or permanent break in friendly relations

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Quarrel

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A traveler, especially on foot

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Wayfarer

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Any cause of impairment, destruction, ruin, or frustration

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Blight

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The means by which atonement or reparation is made

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Expiation

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Authority, rightful status, independence, or prerogative

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Sovereignty

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45
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A person who is habitually inactive or lazy

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Sluggard

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To stop as at an obstacle and refuse to proceed or to do something specified

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Balk

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47
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A false and malicious statement designed to injure the reputation of someone or something

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Calumny

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To plan with ingenuity; devise; invent

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Contrive

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Soothsayer or prophet

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Augur

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A disagreement marked by a temporary or permanent break in friendly relations

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Quarrel

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51
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a strong feeling of dislike, opposition, repugnance, or antipathy (usually followed by to)

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Aversion

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52
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outward aspect or appearance; the slightest appearance or trace

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Semblance

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53
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to attribute or ascribe

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Impute

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54
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to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure

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Reproach

55
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to accustom (a person, the mind, etc.), as to a particular situation

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Habituated

56
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abundance of money, property, and other material goods; riches; wealth.

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Affluence

57
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to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate

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Perturb

58
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to indicate in advance; to foreshadow or presage, as an omen does

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Portend

59
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high in station, rank, or repute; prominent; distinguished

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Eminent

60
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to confuse or puzzle completely; perplex

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bewilder

61
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utterly hopeless, miserable, humiliating, or wretched

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abject

62
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haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression

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supercilious

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disturbed, as in one’s composure or self-possession; perturbed; ruffled

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disconcerted

64
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to perplex or amaze, especially by a sudden disturbance or surprise; bewilder; confuse

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confound

65
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a disposition or bent, especially of the mind or will; a liking or preference

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inclination

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anxious or concerned (usually followed by about, for, etc., or a clause)

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solicitous

67
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to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc,; toughen or harden, habituate (usually followed by to)

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Inure

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to affect with sharp irritation and resentment, especially by some wound to pride; to excite (interest, curiosity, etc.)

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pique

69
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a mechanical contrivance; gadget; device

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Contraption

70
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subject to, led by, or indicative of a sudden, off notion or unpredictable change; erratic

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capricious

71
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to cast (onself) face down on the ground in humility, submission, or adoration

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prostrate

72
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an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women

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cad

73
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dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc.

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decorum

74
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a particular occupation, business, or profession; calling

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vocation

75
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to free or release from entanglement; disengage

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extricate

76
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to dry thoroughly; dry up

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desiccate

77
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a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief

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respite

78
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emitting rays of light; shining or bright

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Radiant

79
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high pitched and piercing in sound quality

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Shrill

80
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To strike or blot out, erase, or obliterate

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Expunge

81
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morally ignoble or base, vile

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Sordid

82
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characterized by a hearty joyous humor or a spirit of good fellowship

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Jovial

83
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pretentious or conspicuous show of wealth or importance, a display intended to impress others

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Ostentation

84
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to praise or extol

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Exalt

85
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mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner

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Lugubrious

86
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at the outer or lower limits, minimal for requirements, almost insufficient

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Marginal

87
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immoderate in indulgence of appetite or passion

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intemperate

88
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to pass or move over, along, or through

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traverse

89
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a decline of mental faculties, especially as associated with old age; senility

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dotage

90
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accustomed; used (usually followed by an infinitive)

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wont

91
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the arrangement and union of the constituent parts of anything; constitution; structure

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contexture

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firmly or stubbornly adhering to one’s purpose, opinion, etc; not yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty

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obstinate

93
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mental or emotional stability or composure, especially under tension or strain; calmness; equilibrium

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equanimity

94
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generous in forgiving an insult or injury; free from petty resentfulness or vindictiveness

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magnanimous

95
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sluggish inactivity or inertia

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torpor

96
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chief in importance or impact; supreme; preeminent:

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paramount

97
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reserved or reticent; indifferent; disinterested:

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aloof

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constant in application or effort; working diligently at a task;persevering; industrious; attentive:

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assiduous

99
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pertaining to, consisting of, or representing the earth

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terrestrial

100
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having or showing acute mental discernment and keen practical sense;shrewd:

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sagacious

101
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any disorder or disease of the body, especially one that is chronic ordeepseated

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malady

102
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lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow:

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languid

103
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to deprive of force or strength; destroy the vigor of; weaken.

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enervate

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to linger over, emphasize, or ponder in thought, speech, or writing(often followed by on or upon):

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dwell

105
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an artifice or expedient used to evade a rule, escape a consequence, hide something, etc.

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subterfuge

106
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the state of being behind or late, especially in the fulfillment of a duty,promise, obligation, or the like:

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arrears

107
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any prohibitory act or decree of a court or an administrative officer.

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interdict

108
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a sheath for a sword or the like.

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scabbard

109
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a scolding, vicious woman; hag; shrew.

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harridan

110
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a recess or small room adjacent to or opening out of a room:

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alcove

111
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a building or area containing many tenants in limited or crowded quarters.

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warren

112
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to treat tenderly; nurse or tend indulgently; pamper:

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coddle

113
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to mend, as torn clothing, with rows of stitches, sometimes by crossing and interweaving rows to span a gap.

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darn

114
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a community of persons devoted to religious life under a superior.

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convent

115
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lack of energy or vitality; sluggishness.

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languor

116
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a hypothetical tendency for the universe to attain a state of maximum homogeneity in which all matter is at a uniform temperature (heat death)

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entropy

117
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the world or universe regarded as an orderly, harmonious system.

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cosmos

118
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to scatter in various directions; disperse; dispel.

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dissipate

119
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a Euclidean space of dimension greater than three.

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hyperspace

120
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an indefinitely long period of time; age.

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eon

121
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an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard:

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lapse

122
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to spread or scatter widely or thinly;

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diffuse

123
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the point in the orbit of a planet or a comet at which it is farthest from the sun.

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aphelion

124
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a direct or exact opposite.

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antipode

125
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inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd:

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Lascivious

126
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given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed

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Rapacious

127
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a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money

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Miser

128
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wise or judicious in practical affairs; sagacious; discreet or circumspect; sober

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Prudent

129
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extreme or excessive economy or frugality; stinginess

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Parsimony

130
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the aggregate of one’s property

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Patrimony

131
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the feeling with which a person regards anything considered mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn

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Contempt

132
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to seize and hold (a position, office, power, etc.) by force or without legal right

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Usurp

133
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not satisfied or content with currently prevailing conditions or circumstances

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Malcontent

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