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Bailiwick

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I never drew artwork for our presentations because that was Kelly’s bailiwick

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Malfeasance

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His malfeasance during his last term prevented any chances of re-election.

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Brouhaha

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There’s been a lot of brouhaha about her statements.

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Conundrum

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The conundrum of how an ancient people were able to build such massive structures without the benefit of today’s knowledge and technology puzzles anthropologists.

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Bravado

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His stories are always told with bravado.

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Scion

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He’s a scion of a powerful family with a lot of economic power.

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Debacle

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After the debacle of his first novel, he had trouble getting a publisher for his next book.

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Denizen

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The polar bear is an iconic denizen of the snowy Arctic

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Diatribe

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She gave a bitter diatribe about how unfair the tax system is.

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Kerfuffle

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Predictably, the royal scandal caused quite a kerfuffle on Fleet Street.

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Emote

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He stood on the stage, emoting and gesturing wildly

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Regale

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A hotel that nightly regales its guests with five-course meals prepared by a master chef.

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Brook

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He would brook no interference with his plan

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Proselytize

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The efforts of early missionaries to proselytize the Native Americans of Minnesota were largely unproductive

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Kowtow

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You can try kowtowing to the boss, but he’ll see right through you.

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Ferret

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The investigator tried to ferret out the answers.

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Preclude

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She suffered an injury that precluded the possibility of an athletic career.

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Mollify

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He tried to mollify his critics with an apology.

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Decimate

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The black plague decimated the population

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Pander

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A book that panders to the one’s emotions.

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Fastidious

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She was too fastidious to do anything that might get her dirty.

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Quizzical

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He gave me a quizzical look.

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Idiosyncratic

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Her use of “like” in every sentence made her rather idiosyncratic.

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Ebullient

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The ebullient performers made up for the lack of plot in the play

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Eclectic

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The collection includes an eclectic mix of historical artifacts.

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Onerous

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This assignment is rather onerous

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Inexorable

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The inexorable (unstoppable) rise of a political movement once the masses got on board

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Macabre

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A macabre story of murder and madness

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Pejorative

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She could only think of pejorative words to describe this assignment

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Histrionic

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A penchant for dish throwing, door slamming, and other histrionic displays of temper

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Ignominious

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Some of his friends considered the job of janitor to be an ignominious fate for the laid-off executive.

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Obfuscate

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The second explanation only obfuscated the initial instructions.

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Burgeon

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The market for collectibles has burgeoned in recent years.

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Bowdlerize

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A bowdlerized version of “Gulliver’s Travels” that purportedly makes it readable for children

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Winnow

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The least qualified applicants were winnowed out of the initial pool.

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Ostracize

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The girl was ostracized from those of her age group.

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Deprecate

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Movie critics tried to outdo one another in deprecating the comedy as the stupidest movie of the year.

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Stigmatize

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A legal system that stigmatizes juveniles as criminals

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Palliate

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Don’t try to palliate your constant lying by claiming that everybody lies

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Inveigle

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She nveigled her way into a promotion

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Remand

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The judge remanded the case for further consideration.

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Exacerbate

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The argument exacerbated the situation

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Garner

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He could not garner enough evidence

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Evince

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She evinced an interest in art at an early age.

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Rankle

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The joke about her family rankled her.

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Appropriate

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He appropriated the tasks

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Zeitgeist

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His songs perfectly captured the zeitgeist of 1960s America.

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Adamant

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We’ve tried to talk him into coming with us, but he’s adamant about staying here.

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Recant

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Church officials asked the minister to recant.

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Vet

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They vetted her thoroughly before offering her the job.

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Roil

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Financial markets have been roiled by the banking crisis.

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Enervate

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A lifetime of working in dreary jobs had enervated his very soul

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Bellwether

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She is a bellwether of fashion.

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Nemesis

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He was her nemesis.

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Coup de foudre

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She felt coup de foudre when they first met each other’s eyes.

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Anathema

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a politician who is anathema (intensely disliked) to conservatives

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Cacophony

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The cacophony of a pet store full of animals

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Sycophant

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When her career was riding high, the self-deluded actress often mistook sycophants for true friends

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Dilettante

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She writes about art not from the point of view of a true artist but from that of a committed dilettante

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Catharsis

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Singing is a catharsis for me.

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Xenophobia

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Xenophobia sometimes contributes to genocides

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Voyeur

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That voyeur was a prying observer who is sought the sordid or the scandalous

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Fleece

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Learning how to shear the fleece off a sheep

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Maladroit

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The governor has been criticized for his maladroit (not skillful) handling of the budget crisis.

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Bupkes

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They received bubkes (zero) for their efforts.

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Nebbish

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The son of the powerful politician had a nebbish demeanor.

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Mensch

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She was a mensch who fit in well at TJ.

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Nosh

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Noshing on pizza

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Schlock

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A tourist trap selling schlock souvenirs

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Redact

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The book was completely different after it was redacted for publication.

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Schmooze

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People will have time to schmooze during the cocktail hour.

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Schmaltzy

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The love song was a typical example of overproduced schmaltz

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Kibbitz

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My uncle likes to kibitz (make comments) when I play cards with my cousins.

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Glitch

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Glitchy vidya suck.

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Aficionado

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An aficionado of the sci-fi series who has seen all the movies several times

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Mores

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The mores of academic life as opposed to those of the business world

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Sacrosanct

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It was a sacrosanct temple for the 3 abrahamic religions

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Effusive

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He received effusive praise

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Ribald

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A ribald tale rife with double entendres and racy innuendo

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Maudlin

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He became maudlin and started crying like a child.

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Feckless

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The CEO couldn’t rely on his feckless son.

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Sophomoric

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Freshmen are so sophomoric.

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Eschew

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A psychologist who eschews the traditional methods of psychotherapy

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Abeyance

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Our weekend plans were held in abeyance until we could get a weather forecast

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Largesse

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He relied on the largesse of friends after he lost his job.

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Aggrandize

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A movie that aggrandizes the bad guys and makes the cops look like dopes

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Aggregate

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The team with the highest aggregate score wins.

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Aspersion

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He cast aspersions on her integrity

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Assiduous

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The project required some assiduous planning.

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Assuage

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He couldn’t assuage his guilt over the divorce.

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Behemoth

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The newest SUV is a gas-guzzling behemoth that doesn’t even fit in a standard parking space

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Capitulate

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The teacher refused to capitulate: no calculators were to be used during the exam.

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Carouse

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The Old West custom of heading to the saloon at night for an all-out carouse and some poker playing

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Carp

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He’s always carping about his boss.

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Circuitous

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We took a circuitous route to the airport so as to avoid the massive traffic jam on the highway

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Cognizant

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He is cognizant of his duties as a father.

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Probity

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The defense attorney questioned the probity of the witness

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Expunge

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Her foreign language credit was expunged from her high school transcript

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Extraneous

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Extraneous roots in math

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Florid

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She had a florid (tinged in red) complexion, and if you wanted to be rude, you could say she looked like a tomato.

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Garrulous

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A garrulous boy who was in constant trouble for talking out of turn

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Harangue

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He delivered a long harangue about the evils of popular culture.

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Hegemony

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European intellectuals have long debated the consequences of the hegemony of American popular culture around the world.

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Harrowing

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A harrowing film about racism and violence

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Iconoclast

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People who break the mold are iconoclasts.

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Incendiary

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Firefighters caught the incendiary, who was watching the effects of his handiwork

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Incorrigible

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She’s an incorrigible flirt

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Enmity

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The neverending enmity between Protestants and Catholics

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Inure

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These children have been inured to violence because of anime xd

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Diaphanous

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A diaphanous dress of pale gold

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Discursive

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Students often write dull, secondhand, discursive prose

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Disparate

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They inhabit disparate worlds of though

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Dissonance

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The dissonance between what we are told and what we see with our own eyes

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Effrontery

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The little squirt had the effrontery to deny eating any cookies, even with the crumbs still on his lips

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Ennui

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The kind of ennui that comes from having too much time on one’s hands and too little will to find something productive to do.

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Erudite

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The most erudite people in medical research attended the conference

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Debauch

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The long stay on a tropical isle had debauched the ship’s crew to the point where they no longer acted liked naval professionals

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Debunk

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The article debunks the notion that life exists on Mars.

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Denigrate

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No one is trying to denigrate the importance of a good education. We all know that it is crucial for success.

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Desiccated

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Add a cup of desiccated coconut to the mix

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Compunction

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He feels no compunction about his crimes.

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Coup de grâce

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The legislature’s decision to cut funding has administered the coup de grâce to the governor’s proposal.

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Cupidity

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The evidence revealed the cupidity of the company’s directors.

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Coup d’état

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The coup d’ état prevented the bloodshed associated with most political regime changes

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