60 Vocab Words

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Idiosyncrasies

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A mode of behavior or way of thought peculiar to an individual

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Metropolis

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The capital or chief city of a country or region

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Camaraderie

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Mutual trust and friendship among people who spend a lot of time together

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Advent

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The arrival of notable person,thing,event

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Aesthetic

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Appreciation of beauty

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Extol

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Praise enthusiastically

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Inclement

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Unpleasantly cold or wet

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Munificent

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Larger or more generous than is usual or necessary (of a gift or sum of money)

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Exemplary

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Serving as a desirable model;representing the best of its kind

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Apprise

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Inform or tell ( someone)

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Ostensible

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Stated or appearing to be true,but not necessarily

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Condescending

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Having or showing a feeling of patronizing superiority

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Inundate

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Overwhelm(someone) with things or people to be dealt with

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Spontaneous

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Performed or occurring as a result of a sudden inner impulse or inclination and without premeditation or external stimulus

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Surly

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Bad tempered and unfriendly

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Invectives

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Insulting,abusive,or highly critical language

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Meander

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(Of a river or road) follow a winding course

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Multifarious

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Many and of various types

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Affluent

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Having a great deal of money,wealthy ( especially of a group or area)

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Inconsequential

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Not important or significant

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Obtuse

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Annoyingly insensitive or slow to understand

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Truculent

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Eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant

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Misogynistic

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Strongly prejudiced against women

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Prohibition

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The action of forbidding something;especially by law

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Eldritch

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Weird and sinister or ghostly

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Nebulous

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In the form of a cloud or haze;hazy

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Incorrigible

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(Of a person or their tendencies) not able to be corrected,improved,or reformed

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Recalcitrant

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Having an obstinately uncooperative attitude toward authority or discipline

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Conflagration

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An extensive fire which destroys a great deal of land or property

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Quixotic

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Exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical

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Contrive

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Create or bring about ( an object or a situation) by deliberate use of skill and artifice

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Pseudonym

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A fictitious name, especially one used by an author

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Sagacity

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The quality of being sagacious

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Craven

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Contemptibly lacking in courage; cowardly

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Umbrage

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Offense or annoyance

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Circumvent

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Find a way around(am obstacle)

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Deference

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Humble submission and respect

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Obstreperous

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Noisy and difficult to control

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Pretentious

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Attempting to impress by affecting greater importance,talent,culture than is actually possessed

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Emulate

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Match or surpass(a person or achievement) typically by imitation

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Erstwhile

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Former

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Nonchalant

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Feeling or appearing casually calm and relaxed,not displaying anxiety,interest,enthusiasm

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Intuitive

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Using or based on what one feels to be true even without conscious reasoning ,instinctive

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Libel

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A published false statement that is damaging to a person‘s reputation a written defamation

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Rudimentary

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Involving or limited to basic principles

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Beguile

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Charm or enchant (someone) sometimes in a deceptive way

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Fatuous

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Silly and pointless

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Averse

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Having a strong dislike of or opposition to something

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Trepidation

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A feeling of fear or agitation about something that may happen

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Inevitable

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Certain to happen,unavoidable

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Brevity

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Concise and exact use of words in writing or speech

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Caveat

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A warning or proviso of specific stipulations,conditions,or limitations

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Pensive

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Engaged in involving or reflecting deep or serious thought

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Correspondence

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A close similarity connection or equivalence

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Prolific

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Producing much fruit or foliage or many offspring(of a plant animal or person)

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Surreptitious

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Kept secret especially because it would not be approved of

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Ubiquitous

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Present appearing or found everywhere

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Veracity

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Conformity to facts;accuracy

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Prudent

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Acting with or showing care and thought for the future

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Behemoth

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A huge or monstrous creature