Basic Vii

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cosmopolitan

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adjective: comprising many cultures; global in reach and outlook

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chivalrous

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adjective: courteous/attentive to women
Marco's chivalrous ways, like opening doors and pulling out chairs, was much appreciated by his date.

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abysmal

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adjective: extremely bad

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relegate

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verb: assign to a lower position

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staid

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adjective: characterized by dignity and propriety;respectable

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besiege

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verb: harass, as with questions or requests; cause to feel distressed or worried

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stymie

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verb: hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of

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qualm

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adjective: uneasy feeling of doubt, fear or worry

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champion

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verb: to fight for a cause

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evasive

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adjective: deliberately vague or ambiguous

adjective: avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger or commitment

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discreet

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adjective: careful to protect one's speech or actions in order to avoid offense or gain an advantage

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constraint

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noun: something that limits or restricts

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sordid

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adjective: involving ignoble actions and motives; arousing moral distaste and contempt; foul and run-down and repulsive

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carping

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adjective: persistently petty and unjustified criticism

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maladorous

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adjective: having an unpleasant smell

Some thermally active fountains spew sulfur fumes--the air around them is sometimes so malodorous that many have to plug their noses.

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provisional

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adjective: under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon

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obliging

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adjective: kind;helpful;adjective: showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others

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morph

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verb: To undergo dramatic change in a seamless and barely noticeable fashion.

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enumerate

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verb: determine the number or amount of
The survey enumerates the number of happy workers and the number of unhappy workers.
verb: specify individually, one by one
I sat and listened as she enumerated all of the things she did not like about the past three months.

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inkling

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noun: slight knowledge

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cumbersome

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adjective: difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight

adjective: complicated

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decimation

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noun: destroying or killing a large part of the population

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compound

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verb: make more intense, stronger, or more marked

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dispatch

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noun: the property of being prompt and efficient
She finished her thesis with dispatch,

verb: dispose of rapidly and without delay and efficiently

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aphorism

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noun: a short instructive saying about a general truth

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vie

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verb: compete for something
While the other teams in the division actively vie for the championship, this team seems content simply to go through the motions of playing.

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paradoxical

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adjective: seemingly contradictory but nonetheless possibly true

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complementary

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adjective: enhancing each other's qualities (for two things or more).

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antiquated

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adjective: old-fashioned; belonging to an earlier period in time

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vanquish

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verb: defeat thoroughly

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inarticulate

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adjective: unable to express oneself

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laborious

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adjective: characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort

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miscreant

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noun: a person who breaks the law

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amply

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adverb: more than is adequate

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hamper

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verb: prevent the progress or free movement of

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colossal

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adjective: so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe

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dilapidated

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adjective: in terrible condition

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deliberate

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verb: think about carefully; weigh the pros and cons of an issue

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perquisite

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noun: exclusive right

Even as the dishwasher at the French restaurant, Josh quickly learned that he had the perquisite of being able to eat terrific food for half the price diners would pay.

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creditable

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adjective: deserving of praise but not that amazing

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misogynist

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noun: a person who dislikes women in particular

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balk

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verb: refuse to comply

The students were willing to clean up the broken glass, but when the teacher asked them to mop the entire floor, they balked, citing reasons why they needed to leave.

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boorish

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adjective: ill-mannered and coarse or contemptible in behavior or appearance

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futile

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adjective: producing no result or effect; unproductive of success

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excruciating

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adjective: extremely painful

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resignation

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noun: the acceptance of something unpleasant that can't be avoided

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differentiate

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verb: be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait (sometimes in positive sense)

verb: evolve
Animals on Madagascar differentiated from other similar animal species due to many years of isolation on the island.

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snub

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verb: refuse to acknowledge; reject outright and bluntly

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debunk

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verb: expose as false ideas and claims, especially while ridiculing

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convivial

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adjective: cheerful;lively;describing a lively atmosphere