Drill 1

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Abhorred

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regard with disgust and hatred

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Clandestine

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kept secret or done secretively

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Minutiae

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the small, precise, or trivial details of something

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August

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respected and impressive

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Pugnacious

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eager or quick to argue, quarrel, or fight

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Epithet

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Title, label

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Feckless

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irresponsible.

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Temporal

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relating to worldly as opposed to spiritual affairs; secular, relating to time

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Mediocrity

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ordinariness

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Profiteering

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make an excessive or unfair profit

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Specious

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Misleading, deceptive, plausible but false

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Sedulous

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(of a person or action) showing dedication and diligence

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Obfuscate

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make obscure, unclear

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Vituperative

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bitter and abusive

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Covet

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Desire, crave

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Succinct

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concise, short, brief, compact

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Perspicacious

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having a ready insight into and understanding of things

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Spurious

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False or fake

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Extemporaneous

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Spoken or done without preparation

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Sanctimonious

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Holier than thou

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Seditious

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Provocative

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Hubris

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excessive pride or self-confidence

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Facetious

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treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humour; flippant

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Adulation

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excessive admiration or praise

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Camaraderie

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Friendship

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Rancor

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bitterness or resentfulness

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Alacrity

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brisk and cheerful readiness, willingness, eagerness

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Chicanery

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the use of deception or subterfuge to achieve one's purpose

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Effusive

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Unrestrained, lavish, extravagant

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Apposite

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appropriate

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Bombastic

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high-sounding but with little meaning; inflated, pompous

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Tenuous

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Extremely feeble or fragile

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Nigh

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Near, almost

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Crafty

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Cunning

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Squander

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Waste, misuse

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Profligate

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recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources.

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Panegyric

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A public speech or published text in praise of someone or something.

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Banal

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Trite, repeated too often , boring

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Recondite

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Little known

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Weltering

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Confusion

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Fortification

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A defensive wall or other reinforcement built to strengthen a place against attack.

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Appraisal

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Judgement, summing up

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Accretion

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Accumulation

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Forswearing

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agree to give up or do without, renounce

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Dissipate

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Disappear or cause to disappear

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Sycophant

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A person who acts obsequiously towards someone important in order to gain advantage.

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Obsequious - flatter

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Resolute

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admirably purposeful, determined, and unwavering

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Addle

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unable to think clearly; confused.

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Placate

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make (someone) less angry or hostile.

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Repudiate

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Reject

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Odious

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extremely unpleasant; repulsive.

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Eloquent

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fluent or persuasive in speaking or writing.

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Garner

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gather or collect

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Abnegation

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Renounce

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Castigate

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To reprimand harshly

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Vacillate

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waver between different opinions or actions; be indecisive.

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Adumbration

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To outline or sketch, to overshadow

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Oblivious

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Unaware

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Malevolence

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State of being hostile

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Equanimity

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calmness and composure, especially in a difficult situation.