Analogy Words Part 2

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Contrite

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Remorseful

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Florid

Back 2

Rosy, ruddy, highly colored

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Fiscal-

Back 3

Having to do with public money, financial

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Fervent-

Back 4

Hot, burning, ardent

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Convivial-

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Sociable, jovial

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Corsair-

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A privateer, a pirate; a pirate ship

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Coterie-

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A group which gathers for social purposes; social circle, clique

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Crone-

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A withered old woman

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Crypt-

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An underground chamber, vault serving as a burial place

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Diaphanous-

Back 10

delicate, transparent

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Disconcerting-

Back 11

Upsetting, frustrating

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Dissonance-

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A harsh or unpleasant sound or combination of sounds; lack of agreement, discord

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Docile-

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Teachable, tractable

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Dolt-

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A stupid, slow-witted person

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Denouement-

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The outcome of a plot in a drama or story

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Dotard-

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A person in his or her dotage or second childhood; a senile person

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Elucidate-

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To make clear, to explain

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Emporium-

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A trading center, a large store, a market place

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Entourage-

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Surroundings, environment; a group of attendants

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Estrange-

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To remove, to turn away, to alienate

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Altruism-

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Concern for the welfare of others

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Agnostic-

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A person who thinks it is impossible to know whether there is a God or future life

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Aesthetic-

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Sensitive to beauty

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Adulate-

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To flatter

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Acronym-

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A word formed from the first letters of other words

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Accolade-

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A ceremony to mark special merit; a mark of acknowledgement like a reward

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Abstinent-

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Practicing abstinence or refraining from something like food or drink

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Abrogate-

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To repeal, to cancel; to do away with

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Clement-

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Lenient, merciful, mild—usually refers to the weather

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Construe-

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To understand or explain the sense or orientation of; interpret

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Amorphous

Back 31

Shapeless

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Anachronism-

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Something occurring in the wrong time

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Artisan-

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A skilled craftsperson

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Askew-

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Not symmetrical, awry; not straight

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Belligerent-

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Hostile

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Bumptious-

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Arrogant; pushy

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Cantankerous-

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Contentious, perverse, grouchy

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Cauldron-

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A large kettle

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Charlatan-

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An imposter, a fraud or presenter

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Churlish-

Back 40

Surly, boorish, miserly, unmannerly