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Repudiated
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To divorce or separate formally from; to refuse to have anything to do with
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Disown
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Gallant
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Splendid, stately; spirited, brave; nobly chivalrous and often self-sacrificing
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He showed gallant efforts against the enemy.
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Virtuous
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Conformity to a standard of right; a particular moral excellence
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Morality
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Trivialized
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To make ordinary
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The computer, in a sense, trivialized the minds of this generation.
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Ceremonious
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According to formal usage or prescribed procedures
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She was very ceremonious about the details of conventional marriage.
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Quid Pro Quo
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Something given or received for something else
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If I call you sexy, do know that I'm expecting quid pro quo.
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Loquacious
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Full of excessive talk
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Synonym = Wordy
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Truncated
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Shortened; cut off
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Our vacation was truncated when I came down with the flu and had to stay in bed.
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Decollate
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To behead
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The guillotine sliced through the air instantly decollating the former King of France.
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Agile
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Marked by ready ability to move with quick easy grace
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Yamapi is an agile dancer.
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Obscure
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relatively unknown; or to conceal or make indistinct
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That’s a really obscure author you’ve quoted; perhaps you should pick someone more well-known.
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Ephemeral
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lasting for a markedly brief time
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Her fame was ephemeral because three days later someone broke her record for the 50-yard dash.
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fealty
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the obligation of such fidelity
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Out of fealty to his boss, who had hired him after no other employer would, Jesse stayed on with the struggling company.
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incommensurable
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lacking a basis of comparison in respect to a quality normally subject to comparison; incompatible
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The two theories are incommensurable, making any attempt at comparison across disciplines ridiculous. "Commensurable" means "having a common measure" or "corresponding in size, extent, amount, or degree."
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anathema
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someone or something intensely disliked or loathed
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his notion was anathema to me
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burgeon
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to expand; to flourish
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the purple daisies burgeoned throughout the vast countryside.
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buttress
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a support for a building or structure; to support
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he buttressed me up when i fell down.
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cabal
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a group of conspirators; the acts of such a group; a clique
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if my friends and i were considered as part of a cabal, we would be the FOBBY cabals.
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cajole
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to persuade with flattery or gentle urging
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even though i was angry with him, he successfully cajoled me into not staying angry at him.
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calipers
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a pinching instrument used for determining the thickness of objects or the distance between surfaces
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i wiped the calipers with my t-shirt after using it in science class for our lab.
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candor
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sincerity, honesty
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one particular characteristic of roberta that i truly admire is her candor.
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canon
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a rule or law, especially a religious one; a body of rules or laws; an authoritative list; the set of works by an author that are accepted as authentic
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many famous pianists/composers have pieces that are bundled together and labeled as (musical) canons.
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cantankerous
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ill-natured, contentious
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koki is not really that cantankerous; he doesn't tend to start arguments.
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contentious
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exhibiting an often perverse and wearisome tendency to quarrels and disputes
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a man of a most contentious nature
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canvass
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to campaign; to seek or solicit orders, votes, etc
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the NYAE event was canvassed by the sexy co-publicity officers.
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capacitor
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a device that stores energy
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my body works like a capacitor; i'm filled with energy until very late at night.
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capitulate
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to surrender, give up, or give in
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i capitulated to my mom's lecture once again --reducing myself to shameful tears.
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capricious
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unpredictable, likely to change at any moment
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mommy's mood can be extremely capricious; you never know if she's happy or mad or sad.
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captious
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ill-natured, quarrelsome
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synonym of belligerent and cantankerous
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carp
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to complain or find fault with someone
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i try my best to not carp about the people that annoy me because i don't want to be a hypocrite.
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cartography
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the study and creation of maps
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would you like to study cartography? i see you looking at maps all the time...
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castigate
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to criticize severely; to chastise
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mom castigates me whenever i'm driving the car.
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catalyst
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anyone or anything that makes something happen without being directly involved
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koki indirectly became a catalyst of an argument when his name was brought up in their conversation, since both of the girls liked him.
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catharsis
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purification that brings emotional relief or renewal
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whenever i take time to write in my diary, i seem to undergo catharsis or something because it brings my mood up.
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cavil
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to quibble; to raise trivial objections
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mimia's caviling to my orders frustrated me.
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censure
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to condemn severely for doing something bad
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for lying to me, i will censure you by taking away all of my trust that i've ever entrusted to you.
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chagrin
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humiliation; embarrassed disappointment
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after being harshly rejected by the guy i liked, i fell into a deep daze of chagrin.
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chicanery
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trickery, deceitfulness, artifice (especially legal or political)
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i won't put up with any more of your chicanery! i'm sick and tired of feeling hurt from all your lies!
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chimerical
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imaginary, given to fantasy
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maybe my feelings for him are, instead of real, just chimerical? i'm just making him something that i want.
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choleric
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hot-tempered, quick to anger
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i consider myself a rather choleric person. i don't tolerate things very well.
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circumvent
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to go around
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he always circumvents the question by giving a vague answer.
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closefisted
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stingy
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synonym is frugal
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coalesce
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to come together as one, to fuse, to unite
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i wonder if it's at all possible for my crush's feelings to coalesce with my own?
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cogitate
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to ponder; to meditate; to think carefully about
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i cogitated over whether or not i should just ask him out, but in the end i did not come to any conclusion.
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colloquial
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ordinary, informal in relationship to speech
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when you talk to your teachers, you must refrain from using colloquial phrases or vernaculars which you use among your friends.
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conscript
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enlisted, drafted, or enrolled; usually refers to mandatory military service
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in korea, all males are supposed to be miliarily conscripted by the government or something..?
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corroborate
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to confirm; to back up with evidence
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i thought for a long time about him and her having something for each other, but for the longest time i thought that it was just me thinking too much. however, when i received his straightforward answer ... my suspicion was corroborated.
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coterie
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a group of close associates; a circle of friends
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it would seem that i can't really feel lonely seeing as i'm constantly surrounded by my coterie. however, i do feel isolated at times.
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craven
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cowardly, afraid
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he shows craven characteristics whenever it comes down to the girl that he likes.
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coy
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shy, reluctant to make a commitment
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i can't say that you're exactly coy, but i can say that you're one confusing person!
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