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Abstinence |
The practice of abstaining; doing without |
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Ambulatory |
able to walk; up and about |
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Diatribe |
a bitter and abusive critisism |
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Didactic |
intended to instruct, guide, or teach |
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Diffident |
timid, shy; lacking in confidence |
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Garrulous |
very talkative |
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Mandatory |
required; obligatory |
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Morbid |
preoccupied with gruesome or gloomy matters; grisly; horrible |
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Munificent |
very generous in giving; lavish |
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Scoff |
to show derision or mocking contempt |
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Acclaim |
to greet with loud approval or praise |
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Acquiesce |
to agree or consent without protest, but without enthusiasm |
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Assimilate |
to take in or to be taken in by a larger group |
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Delirious |
extreme mental confusion or excitement |
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Diffusion |
the process of widely spreading or scattering |
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Dimination |
the act or process of lessening or decreasing |
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Disdain |
aloof contempt or scorn; look down upon |
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Magnanimous |
noble in heart and mind; rising above pettiness or meanness |
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Malignant |
having an evil influence; very harmful; likely to cause death |
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Meander |
to wander aimlessly and idly; ramble |
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Amalgamate |
to combine |
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Ambidextrous |
equally skilled with either hand |
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Anachronism |
something or someone out of its proper time |
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Animate |
to give life or motion to |
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Anthropomorphic |
attributing human characteristics or qualities to objects, animals, or Gods. |
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Antiquated |
no longer used or useful |
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Aphorism |
a concise statement of truth or principle |
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Aplomb |
self-confidence |
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Bandy |
to give and take quickly in conversation; to toss back and forth |
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Bane |
the cause of ruin, harm, distrust, or death |
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Alleviate |
to make more bearable; to ease the pain |
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Analogous |
similar or parallel in certain ways |
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Dismantle |
to take apart; disassemble; to strip of furnishings or equipment |
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Distraught |
extremely troubled or agitated; worried |
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Dormant |
a sleep-like condition during which life processes slow down |
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Maim |
to disable; to cripple |
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Meticulous |
extremely or excessively careful about details |
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Narcissim |
excessive admiration of ones self; self-love |
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Murky |
not clear; foggy; hazy; dark or gloomy |
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Squable |
to engage in a minor quarrel; to argue noisily over a small matter |
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Animosity |
hatred or hostility that is shown openly |
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Anonimity |
the condition of being anonymous; unknown |
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Bibliophile |
one who loves books |
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Ebb |
to flow or fall, as the tide does |
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Effervescent |
highly spirited |
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Elusive |
tending to avoid; hard to capture |
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Nemesis |
anyone or anything which seems to be the cause of someone's downfall or defeat |
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Nepatism |
favoritism shown by people in high places to relatives or close friends |
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Nonchalant |
carefree and casually unconcerned or seemingly so |
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Solicitude |
the state of showing care of concern |
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Antagonism |
the state of being opposed or hostile to another |
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Ardent |
warm or intense in feeling; passionate |
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Arid |
having little or no life; very dry |
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Assuage |
to make less burdensome or less painful; to ease; relieve |
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Embellish |
to decorate or engrave by adding details; dress up |
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Engender |
to give rise to; to cause; to bring about |
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Enigma |
someone or something that is hard to figure out; a mystery |
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Menagerie |
a collection of animals that people can view |
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Nostalgia |
a bittersweet longing for the things of the past |
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Obliterate |
to do away with completely; to destroy |
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Atrophy |
the wasting away of the body, its organs, or tissue |
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Oversion |
a strong dislike for; repugnance |
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Equivocate |
to speak ambiguously in order to mislead or decieve |
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Esoderic |
intended for or understood by only a small group |
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Eulogy |
a speech or written tribute praising a person or thing especially someone who has recently died |
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Obtrusive |
intruding or offensive |
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Officious |
to be so excessively forward in offering ones service that one becomes annoying |
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Onomatopoeia |
the use or sound of a word that imitates or names what it stands for or describes |
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Overt |
not concealed; not hidden; open |
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Scrumpulous |
conscientious; attentive to details |
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Bedraggled |
wet, limp, messy |
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Behoove |
to be necessary, right, or proper for |
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Euphemism |
an inoffensive term substituted for one that is offensive |
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Evanescent |
lasting only a short time; vanishing |
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Exacerbate |
to increase the severity of; to aggravate |
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Exemplary |
worthy of imitation; commendable |
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Opaque |
not letting light pass through; not transparent; not reflecting light |
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Opulent |
having or showing great wealth; very wealthy or rich |
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Ornate |
made with elaborate or lavish decorations |
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Sequester |
to set off or apart; separate; segregate (as in a jury); to go off by oneself |
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Bequeath |
to have something in a will to another |
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Blasphemous |
disrespectful and impious of God or sacred things |
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Fervor |
intensity of emotion, passion |
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Fledging |
a young inexperienced person; a young bird just ready to fly |
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Forlorn |
miserable; forsaken; abandoned; in pitiful condition |
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Occult |
of or dealing with magic or the supernatural; mysterious |
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Parsimonious |
stingy; tight with money; |
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Partisan |
a strong supporter of a cause |
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Serene |
peaceful and untroubled; calm |
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Solemn |
impressive; serious; grave; deserved or done according to ritual or selection |
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Blatant |
unpleasantly loud; glaringly obvious or conspicuous |
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Bludgeon |
a short heavy club with one end loaded or thicker than the other |
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Bravado |
a show or pretense of defiance of courage |
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Buffoon |
a clown or jester; a person who is always trying to be funny |
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Ghostly |
terrifying; dreadful; horrible |
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Gibe |
a derisive |
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Glutton |
a person who eats to excess |
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Paucity |
in short supply; scarcity of ideas or objects; small numbers |
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Peerless |
without equal matchless |
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Perceptive |
keen, accurate understanding |
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Sporadic |
having no patter or order; happening from time to time |
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Squalid |
sordid, miserable; very poor and run-down |
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Stoic |
seemingly indifferent to pain, grief, or pleasure |
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Stupor |
daze; a mental dullness or apathy |
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Stymie |
to block or stop; to hinder |
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Cacophony |
a harsh jarring sound |
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Callous |
lacking feeling, mercy, etc; unfeeling |
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Carp |
to find fault and complain constantly; to nag or fuss |
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Gruff |
stern. surly; hoarse; brusquely rude |
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Gullible |
easily fooled or tricked |
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Haphazard |
lacking any definite plan or order |
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Heretic |
a person who holds opinions opposed to established beliefs or doctrines |
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Perfidy |
a deliberate breach of faith; treachery |
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Peripheral |
of or located on the outside or edge away from the center; outer |
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Philistine |
a person with views that are regarded as shallow or hollow-minded |
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Succinct |
clearly expressed in few words; to the point |
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Tacit |
implied from ones action but not spoken or written |
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Sullen |
morse; sulky; somber |
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Tactless |
lacking in tact; inconsiderate of another's feelings |
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Unfathomable |
too difficult to understand; too deep to measure |
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Capitulate |
to surrender |
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Catalyst |
a substance that alters the rate at which a physical or chemical reaction takes place, usually by making it go faster |
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Caustic |
able to burn, eat away, or destroy by chemical action; sarcastic or cutting in speech; corrosive |
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Hierarchy |
a group of persons arranged in order of rank |
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Homogeneous |
having or consisting of the same parts, similar |
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Hypocritical |
insincere; false; pretense of being better than one is |
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Iconoclast |
a person who attacks and seeks to overthrow popular ideas |
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Piety |
a pious act or though; devotion to religious duties or practices |
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Placid |
clam, peacful |
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Pompous |
acting with an air of dignity, full of high sounding words or phrases; pretensious; self-important |
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Sumptous |
of a size or splendor suggesting great expense |
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Surmise |
to reach a conclusion on slight of evidence; guess, to presume |
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Surreptitous |
acting in a secret way; stealthy |
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Susceptible |
easily influenced or affected by; disposed to |
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Validate |
to confirm or support; to verify; to make official |
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Celestial |
of or related to the sky or universe; heavenly |
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Chronic |
lasting for a long time or recurring often; continuing |
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Clarivoyance |
the alleged power to see things not present to the senses |
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Impartial |
favoring no side or party more than another; without bias |
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Implausible |
not believable or acceptable |
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Inadvertent |
accidentally, unintentional; not on purpose |
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Ponderous |
very heavy; massive; unwiddly because of height |
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Pretentious |
making an exaggerated show of dignity or self importance |
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Predigious |
wonderful; amazing; of great size, power or extent; huge; monsterous |
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Profusion |
great in quanity or amount; abundance |
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Sycophant |
someone who attempts to win favor through flattery of a surperior; a "yes" man |
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Taudry |
cheap and gaudy; showy; sleazy |
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Vanguard |
the front or leading position in an army or movement |
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Vicarious |
imagined participation in another's experience |
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Vicisitude |
a sudden or unexpected change in one's life |
