En313 World Lit Vocabulary

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Attest

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Verb
1. to affirm to be corect, true, or genuine
2. to certify by signature or oath
3. to certify in an official capacity.
4. to suppy or be evidenceof.
5. to put under oath

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Beseech

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Verb
1. to implore urgently, to beg for eagerly

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Burly

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Adjective
1. large in bodily size, stout, sturdy.

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Caliph

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Noun
1. a spiritual leader of Islam, claiming succession from Muhammad.
2. any of the former muslim rulers of baghdad and the ottoman empire.

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Carcass

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Noun
1. the dead body of an animal, especially onee slaughtered for food.
2. the dead body of a human
3. remains from which the substance or character is gone.
4. a framework or basic structure.

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Cobbler

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Noun
1. a mender or maker of shos and usually other leather goods.
2. a deep dish fruit dessert.

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Delude

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Verb
1. to mislead the mind or judgement of; decieve.
2. to mock or frustrate the hopes or aims for; to elude, evade.

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Devout

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Adjective
1. devoted to divine worship or service; religious, pious.
2. expressing devotion or piety.
3. earnest and sincere, hearty.

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Dolorously

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Adverb
Done with expression of or causing pain, or sorrow; grieviously, mournfully.

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Don

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Verb
To put on, to take on, to assume.

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Emphatically

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Adverb
1. Expresed or performed with emphasis
2. forcefully, insistently

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Feckless

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Adjective
1. Ineffective, futile, incompetent
2. having no sense of responsibility

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Fragrant

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Adjective
1. having a pleasant snt or aroma.

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Ghastly

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Adjective
1. Shockingly frightful or dreadful; horrible
2. resembling a ghost, especially in geing very pale
3. terrible; very bad

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Glower

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Verb
1. to look or stare with sullen annoyance or anger.

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Guileless

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Adjective
1. sincere, straightforward, frank, honest

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Halo

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Noun
1.the aura of glory, veneration, or sentiment surrounding the idealized person or thing.
2. a differentiated zone around a central zone
3. a circle of light appearing arounf the sun.

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Idealism

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Noun
1. the cherishing or pusuit of high or noble principles, purposes, goals

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Jostling

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Adjective
1. bumping, pushing, shoving, elbowing

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Malice

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Noun
1. Desire to inflict injury, hamr or sufferingon another, either because of deep-seated meaness or hostile impulse
2. Evil intent on the part of the person who injures others.

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Mutilate

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Verb
1. to injure disfigure or make imperfect by removing or damaging parts
2. to deprive a person or animal of a limb or essential part.

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Paddock

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Noun
1. a piece of fenced in land
2. a fencedin area usually used for grazing animals

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Parable

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Noun
1. A short fictitious story which illustrates a moral or religious message

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Paradoxically

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Adverb
1. in a manner whichis apparantly inconsistent with itself or reason though in fact true and reasonable; Counter-intuitive

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Sapling

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Noun
1. a young tree
2. a young person

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Scant

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Adjective
1. barely sufficient in amount or quantity, almost inadequet
2. barely amounting to as much as indicated

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Scrub

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Noun
1. low trees or shrubs collectively
2. a small or insignificant person
3.a domestic animal of mixed or inferior breeding, mongrel
4. an area coverd with low trees or scrubs.

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Serenely

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Adverb
1. done with utter calmand unruffled repose

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Squalid

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Adjective
1. foul and repulsive, as from neglect and lack of cleanliness; filthy, miserable

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Supplicant

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Noun
1. someone who prays to God
2. one who humbly prays for something.

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Tenant

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Noun
1. one who rents property or land

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Transfix

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Verb
1. To make or hold motionless with amazement, awe, terror.
2. to pierce through with a sharp weapon
3. to hold motionless by or as if by piercing.

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Withered

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Adjective
1. shriveled, shrunken, or faded from or as if from loss of moisture or sustenance

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Adamant

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Adjective
1. immovable especially in opposition.
A-Dam- Ant

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Admonish

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Verb
1. to repove gently but earnestly

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Amdivalence

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Noun
Val in an ambulance
1. uncertainty or indecisiveness as to which course to follow.
2.the coexistence of opposing feelings towards a person object or idea

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Appease

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1. to pacify, to buy off aggression usually at the sacrifice of principles
2. to cuse to subside

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Asylum

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Noun
1. a place offering protection, shelter

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Barrio

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Noun
1. an urban district or quarter in Spanish speaking countries

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Beau

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Noun
1.The boyfriend of a woman or girl

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Cacao

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Noun
1. topical evergreen tree whose seeds are the source of chocolate

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Chastise

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Verb
1. to criticise severely
to discipline especially by corporal punishment

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Clairvoyance

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Noun
1. suposed power to forsee the future or past. To see objects or events which can not be percieved by the senses

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Contraband

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Noun
1.anything prohibited by law from being exported or imported.
2. illegal or prohibited trade; smuggling

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Debonair

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Adjective
1. courteous, gracious, and having a sophisticated charm, suave.
2. jaunty, carefree, sprightly

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Frovolity

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Noun
1. the condition of being unworthy of serious attention because lacking in seriousness

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Gaudy

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Adjective
1. briliantly or excessively showy
2. ostentaciously ornamented

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Gurney

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Noun
1. a wheeled cot or stretcher

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Immaculate

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Adjective
1. Free from Spot or Stain
2. Free from spot or flaw
3. Free from morale blemish or impurity

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Imminent

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Adjective
1. reacy to take place, hanging threatenly over one's head

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Ingenious

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Adjective
1. Inventive
2. possessing cleverness and imagination
3. clever, original, effective

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Intone

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Verb
1. to utter something inin singing tones or in monotone

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Jalousie

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Noun
1. a blind or wind made with adjustable horizontal slats for admiting light and air.

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Lament

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Verb
1. to express sorow, regret, mourning, often demonstatively

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Monolithic

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Adjective
1. made of only one massive stone
2. consisting of only one piece
3.characterized by massiveness, total uniformity, rigidity, invulnerability
4, Made up of manny massive sttones

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Offhandedly

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Adverb
1. without preparation or thought.

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Paroxysm

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Noun
1. Any suddenviolent outburst
2. a severe attack or sudden increase in intensity of a disease, usually recurring periodically

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Pique

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Verb
1. to arouse anger or resentment in, irritate

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Posthumous

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Adjective
1. arising, occuring, or continuing after one's death.
2. publiched after the death of the author
3. born after the death of the father

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Pretense

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Noun
1. pretending or feigning, make believe
2. a false show of something
3. a piece of make believe

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Porprietor

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Noun
1. the oener of a business of establishment
2. a person who has an exclusive right or title to property.

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Rosary

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Noun
1. a series of prayers following a specific order
2. the string of beads used for counting the prayers during the recitation.

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Sally

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Noun
1. a sudden rushing forth of activity
2. an excursion or trip, usually off the main course
3. a clever, witty, or fanciful remark

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Solace

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Noun
1. a source of relief or consolation
2. the alleviation or grief or anxiety

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Subversive

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Noun or Adjective
1. one who secretly, or from within, attempts to overthrow or undermine a government or political system

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Transom

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Noun
1. a horizontal cross bar between a window and a door

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Veritable

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Adjective
1. being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal or imaginary, often stress the aptness of a metaphor

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Bespectacled

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Adjective
1. wearing eye glasses

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Byline

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Noun
1. a printed line accompanying a news story, article or the like, giving the authors name.

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Cadre

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Noun
1. A small group of people especially trained for a particluar profession
2.a member of a group
3. a group of activists in a communitor other revolutionary organization.

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Cannibalize

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Verb
1. to remove part, employees, equipment, or assests inorder to use them in another place.
2. to cut into, to cause to become reduced, diminished

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Caustic

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Adjective
1. capable of destroying or eating away by chemical rection
2. marked by incisive sarcasm; scathing

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Copious

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Adjective
1. large in quantity or number
2. having an abundant supply
3. exibiting abundance or fullness of thoughts or words

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Crocheted

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Adjective
1. made by using a needlework method in which a needle having a small hook at one end draws thread or yarn through intertwined loops.

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Ebb

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Verb
1. to recede from the flood stages
2. to fall from a higher to a lower level, or from a better to worst state.

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Esoteric

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Adjective
1. intended to or likely to only be understood by a small group of people with specialized knowledge or interest

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Excursion

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Noun
1. a short trip or outing to some place, usually for a special purpose and with the intention of a prompt return
2. a trip on a train or ship at a reduced rate
3. the group of persons making such a trip

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Extrapolate

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Verb
1. to expand, project, or extend known data or experience to an unknown area, so as to arrive to a usually conjectural knowledge of the known area.

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Fastidiously

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Adjective
1. done with excessive delicacy or care; done with a meticulous sensitive, or demanding attitude
2.enacted with or due to high and often capricious standards

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Ferment

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Verb
1. to seethe with agitation or excitement
2. to undergo or cause fermentation (n.: chemical change with effervescence)

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Foment

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Verb
1.instigate or stir up (an undesirable or violent sentiment or course of action)
2. bathe (a part of the body) with warm or medicated lotions

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Freeloader

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Noun
1. someone who takes advantage of the generosity of others without sharing the cost or responsibility.

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Frenzy

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Noun
1. extreme mental agitation, wild excitement or derangement
2. a fit or spell of of violent mentall excitement
3.characteristics of or resulting from mania.

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Grimace

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Verb
1. to make an ugly or distorted facial expression usually out of disgust or disapproval.

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Haggle

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Verb
1. to wrangle, dispute or cavil
2. to bargain in a petty manner

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Indignation

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Noun
1. anger or annoyance provoked by what is precieved as unfair treatment.

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Indiscreet

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Adjective
1. lacking prudence, good judgment, or circumspection

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Introvert

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Verb
1. To turn inward or in upon itself; to concentrate or direct upon oneself

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Mince

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Verb
1. to chop or cut up into small pieces.
2. to soften, moderate, or weaken ones words for the sake of courtesy or decorum
3. to perform or utter with affected elegance

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Nouveau riche

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Noun
1. people who have recently aquired wealth, usually those percieved as ostentatious or lacking taste

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Opulent

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Adjective
1. exhibitiing wealth, luxury, lavishness, often in an ostentatious manner.

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Pavilion

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Noun
1. . a light, usually open building used for shelter, concerts, exhibits, etc., as in a park or fair
2. any of a number of separate or attached buildings forming a hospital or the like
3.a small, ornamental building in a garden.
4. a large elaborate tent

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Pedantic

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Adjective
1. Ostentatious in ones learning
2. overly concerned with minute details of formalism especially in teaching.

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Poignant

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Adjective
1. Evoking a keen sense of regret
2. sharp or pungent in taste or smell.

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Polemical

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Adjective
1.of, relating to, or involving sternly critical, controversial, or disputatious writing or speech

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Provincial

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Adjective
1. belonging to some particular province
2. having characteristics of unsophisticated inhabitants of a particular region; rustic

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Quiver

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Verb
1. to shake with sudden or rapid movement

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Rapport

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Noun
1. a hamronious relationship in which the people concerned understand each others' ideas and feelings and communicate well.

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Resent

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Verb
1. to feel or show displeasure or indignation at a person from a sense of injury or insult

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Scrawl

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Verb
1. to write or draw in an awkward, careless, illegible manner

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Sporadic

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Adjective
1. occuring at regular intervals or only a few places
2. scattered or isolated

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Stagnant

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Adjective
1. not flowing in a current or stream
2. stale
3. characterized by lack of developement, advancement or progressive movement

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Superfluous

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Adjective
1. being more than is sufficient or required; excessive

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Tonic

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Noun
1. an agent or drug which increases body tone
2. a carbonated flavored beverage
3. one that restoes, invigorates, refreshes or stimulates.

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ineffable

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Adjective
1. incapable of being expressed in words
2. not to be uttered

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prolix

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Adjective
1. unduly drawn out or prolonged
2. marked by or using an excess of words

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golem

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Noun
1. an articial human in hebrew folklore endowed with life

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touchstone

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Noun
1. a fundamental or quintessential part or feature
2. a test or criterion for determining the quality or genuineness of a thing

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hebetude

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Noun
1. Dullness
2. Lethargy ( the quality or state of being lazy, sluggish, or indifferent )

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exculpate

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Verb
1. to clear from alleged fault of guilt

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palatable

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Adjective
1. agrreable or acceptable to the mind or taste

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maudlin

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Adjective
1. drunk enough to be emotionally silly
2. weakly and effusively sentimental

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foible

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Noun
1. a minor flaw or shortcoming in character or behavior
2. the part of a sword or foil blade between the middle and point

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hidebound

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Adjective
1. having inflexible or ultraconservative character
2. or a domestic animal: having a dry skin which lacks pliancy which adhers closely to the underlying flesh

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Myriad

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Noun
1. ten thousand
2. a great number

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Lexical

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Adjective
1. of or relating to words or the vocabulary of a language as distinguished from its grammar and construction

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Cognate

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Adjective
1. Of the same or similar nature
2. related by blood
3. : related by descent from the same ancestral language

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Preternatural

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Adjective
1. not found in nature
2.exceeding what is natural or regular

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Immoderate

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Adjective
1.exceeding just, usual, or suitable bounds

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Vinaceous

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Adjective
1. of the color of red wine

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Onerous

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Adjective
1. involving, imposing, or constituting a burden ; troublesome
2. having legal obligations that outweigh the advantages

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Anecdote

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Noun
1. a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident

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Parry

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Verb
1. to ward of something such as a blow
2. To evade or turnaside something especially through the use of an adroit answer

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Gauche

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Adjective
1. lacking social experience or grace
2.crudely made or done

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Pantheon

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Noun
1. a temple dedicated to the gods
2. a building serving as the burial place of or containing memorials to the famous dead of a nation
3. a group of illustrious or notable persons or things, or gods

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Feckless

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Adjective
1. worthless, irresponsible, weak.

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Flibbertigibbet

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Noun
1. a silly flighty person

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Pooh-bah

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Noun
1. a person holding many public or private offices
2. a person in high position or of great influence

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Purlieu

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Noun
1. an outlying or adjacent district
2. a frequently visited place

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Epistemic

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Adjective
1. of or relating to knowledge or knowing

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Moue

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Noun
1. a little grimace; pout

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dyed-in-the-wool

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Adjective
1. Uncompromising

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Piebald

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Adjective
1. composed of incongruent parts
2. of different colors especially spotted or blotched black and white.

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hoick

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Verb
1. to yank or pull abruptly

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Hue and cry

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Noun
1. a loud outcry formerly used in the pursuit of one who is suspected of a crime
2. the pursuit of a suspect or a written proclamation for the capture of a suspect
3. a clamor of alarm or protest