Advanced Sat Vocab Words

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punitive

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regarding punishment

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solipsistic

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self-centered

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tenuous

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weak

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perspicacity

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intelligence

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prurient

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lecherous

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semaphores

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signals

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solvent

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had money

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turpitude

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corruption

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patent (adj)

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apparent

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mitigated

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diminished

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quotidian

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everyday

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commensurate

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equal

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platitudes

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dull remarks

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sacrosanct

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sacred

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pejorative

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belittling, insulting

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extenuating

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makes it seem less serious or more forgivable

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battery

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abuse

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trenchant

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clear-cut

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delineate

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lay out

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pugnacious

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combative

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evinced

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revealed

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intransigent

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unyielding

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repudiating

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refusing to accept

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tenable

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able to be held

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tyro

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beginner

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maverick

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one who is independent and resists adherence to a group

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erudite

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scholarly

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sartorially

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style of dress

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accretion

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increase

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otiose

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useless

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polemics

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arguments

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poseur

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pretender

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moratorium

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an end

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disseminate

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to scatter widely

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myopic

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short-sighted

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mendacious

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dishonest

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beatific

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saintly

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vitriol

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rage

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environs

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surroundings

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debacle

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disaster

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pontificating

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preaching

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egalitarian

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democratic

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hubris

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arrogance

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convened

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called together

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ersatz

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false

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histronic

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dramatic

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miasma

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haze

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inanity

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stupidity

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protracted

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extended

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potables

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drinks

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cataclysmic

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disastrous

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raconteur

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storyteller

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turgid

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swollen

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peccadilloes

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failings

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felicitous

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fortunate

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impugn

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to oppose or attack someone or something as false

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carp

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to find fault, to be critical

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quiescent

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quiet, still, inactive

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captious

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made for the sake of quarreling

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convoluted

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intricate, complex

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abstruse

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difficult to understand

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pedantic

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concerned with book learning and formal rules

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lassitude

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a tired feeling

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phlegmatic

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calm, Phileas Fogg-like

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torpid

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sluggish

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demagogue

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rabble-rousing leader

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enervating

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weakening

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ephemeral

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momentary, fleeting

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hedonist

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pleasure-seeker

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impute

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to attribute to someone

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intrepid

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fearless, adventurous

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substantiate

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to verify, confirm

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putsch

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a revolt against a government

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prevaricate

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to lie

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rapacious

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greedy

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chicanery

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trickery

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effeminate

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feminine

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consanguinity

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kinship

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vituperating

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berating

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imbroglio

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mess

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expiate

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make amends for

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deified

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made god-like

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proscribe

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ban

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coup

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brilliant act

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balustrade

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railing

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crux

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core

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posited

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put forth

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moribund

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dying

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urbane

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elegant

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incurred

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brought on oneself

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accede

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agree

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élan

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flair

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jettison

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abandon

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extant

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existing

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ingenue

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naive young girl

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egregious

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conspicious

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picaresque

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like a story with a rough, dishonest, but appealing hero

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apogee

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peak

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osculate

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kiss

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sententious

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given to pompous moralizing

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nihilism

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extreme skepticism, everything is meaningless

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umbrage

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offense

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truculent

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ready to fight

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occlude

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to block/obstruct

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amalgam

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a mixture or blend

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byzantine

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excessively complicated

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efface

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to erase

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circumnavigate

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sail around

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sundry

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assorted

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homogeneous

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of the same kind

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circumvent

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find a way around

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circumscribe

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to restrict/limit

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execrated

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hated

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extirpate

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root out and destroy

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expurgate

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to remove objectionable content (fr. a book or other)

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ignominy

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disgrace, humiliation

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indict

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to officially charge w/ a crime

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litigious

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prone to engage in lawsuits

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parity

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equal in value (status or pay)

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rectitude

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moral righteousness

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sophistry

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plausible but misleading argument

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supplant

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to usurp a place underhandedly

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sanctimonious

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feigning piety

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didactic

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instructive

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impunity

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exemption

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ennui

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boredom

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expropriated

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taken possession of

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recondite

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obscure

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parricide

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killing a near relative