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Disparage
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to belittle, to say uncomplimentary things about, usually in a somewhat indirect way
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dis + par + in the garage
barage with negative things in the garage |
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disparate
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different, incompatible, unequal
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dis + par
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ebullient
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boiling, bubbling
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eclectic
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choosing the best from many sources; drawn from many sources
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empirical
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relying on experience or observation, not merely theoretical
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endemic
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native, restricted to a particular region or era, indigenous
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enervate
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reduce the strength or energy of, especially to do so gradually
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enigma
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a mystery
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night time
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ephemeral
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lasting a very short time
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equivocate
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to mislead by saying confusing or ambiguous things
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vocalizing non- equating things
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esoteric
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understood by only a select few
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soteriology
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exacerbate
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to make worse
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ex - acer
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exonerate
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to free completely from blame
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ex - honor (after the humiliation)
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flout
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to disregard something out of disrespect
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treat something like it floats
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fortuitous
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accidental, occurring by chance
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fortune
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furtive
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secretive, sly
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fugitive is sly
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garrulous
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talkative, chatty
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ruly
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grandiloquent
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pompous; using a lot of big, fancy words in an attempt to sound impressive
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grand + loq
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hackneyed
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overused
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jokes are not funny where the person himself is hitting himself on the knee.
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hegemony
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leadership, especially of one nation over another.
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hug- um but it still makes no differencd
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hyperbole
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an exaggeration used as a figure of speech
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impetuous
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impulsive, extremely impatient
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pet
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incipient
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beginning, emerging
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cip
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innocuous
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harmless, banal
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magnanimous
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forgiving, unresentful
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mag + anim
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maverick
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a nonconformist, a rebel
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divulge
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to disclose something secret
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di-sclose something "vulgar"
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elegy
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a mournful poem, about the dead
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eulogy
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a speech honoring the dead
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eulogy longer than elegy. The longer one is the speech |
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emollient
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soothing, especially for skin
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e + moll
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