Eng Vocab

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Altruistic

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Unselfishly concerned for the welfare of others, generous.

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Ambivalent

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Having contrary feelings or attitudes, uncertain as to course of action.

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Angular

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Lean; sharp cornered; gaunt

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Arrogant

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Overbearingly assuming; insolently proud

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Aversion

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Strong disinclination, disliking

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Discern

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To differentiate between two or more things

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Disdain

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Intense dislike; to treat with scorn or contempt, to reject as unworthy

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Disparage

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To degrade, to speak of someone or something in a derogatory manner

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Disparity

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Inequality, the condition or fact of being unequal in age, rank, or degree

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Embellish

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To decorate, to make beautiful with ornamentation

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Engender

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To cause, to produce, to create

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Innocuous

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Harmless, producing no injury

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Insipid

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Boring and stupid

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Lament

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To mourn or to express sorrow in a demonstrative manner

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Jack's Lament - nightmare before Christmas

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Laud

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To praise, to extol

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Obscure

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Difficult to see, vague

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Ostentatious

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Showy, pretentious

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Prodigal

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Wasteful, a person given to extravagance

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Repudiate

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To reject, to disown, to disavow

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Reticence

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Restraint in speech, reluctance to speak

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Revere

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To honor, to regard with respect

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Serene

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Calm, placid

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Subtle

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Delicate, elusive, not obvious

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Superfluous

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Beyond what is needed or required, an overflow

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Taciturn

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Quiet, not verbose

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Antithesis

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A direct opposite, a contrast

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Ascend

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To move upward, to rise from a lower station

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Austere

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Strict, stern; unadorned, ascetic

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Fastidious

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Reflecting a meticulous or demanding attitude, critical to an extreme

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Furtive

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Secret in an underhanded way, stealthy

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Gregarious

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Sociable and outgoing

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Hypocrite

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One who is insecure or deceitful

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"Saying one thing and then doing the other is the mark of a hypocrite."

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Innate

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Existing from birth, inborn

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Lethargic

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Sluggish, languid

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Melancholy

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Depression of spirits

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Opaqe

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Not allowing the passage of light, not transparent; hard to understand

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Prolific

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Abundantly fruitful, marked by great productivity

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Reprove

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To scold or to rebuke for a misdeed usually with kindly intent

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Autonomous

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Independent, self- contained

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Symmetry

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Balanced proportions

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Tranquil

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Peaceful, calm

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Venerate

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To honor, to revere

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Abtruse

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Difficult to understand, recondite, concealed

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Affable

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Friendly, courteous, amiable

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Audacity

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Excessive boldness, rashness, daring

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Contrite

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Extremely apologetic, remorseful, repentant

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Credulous

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Believing on slight evidence, gullible

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Depravity

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Moral corruption, a wicked or perverse act

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Deprecate

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To disapprove regretfully, to belittle, to express mild disapproval

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Banal

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Common, ordinary, lacking freshness, hackneyed

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Didactic

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Instructive, designed to teach

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Dormant

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Inactive, sleeping

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Enigmatic

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Mysterious, inexplicable, puzzling

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Erudite

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Scholarly

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Exotic

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Foreign, unfamiliar

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Fuse

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To mix or to join (usually by melting)

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Immutable

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Unchanging

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Incorrigible

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Incapable of being reformed or improved

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Loathe

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To detest

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Mitigate

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To cause to become less harsh or hostile; to make less severe

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Benign

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Not causing harm, of gentle disposition, beneficial

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Nullify

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To cause not to be in effect, to negate

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Pacifistic

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Opposed to war or use of force

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Pretentious

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Making an extravagant outward show, self-important

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Prologue

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Introductory remarks in a speech, play or literary work, introductory action

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Recant

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To withdraw or to repudiate a statement or belief, revoke

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Servile

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Overly submissive

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Trepidation

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Fear, trembling, agitation

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Vilify

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To malign, to defame, to utter abusive statements against

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Capricious

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Changing suddenly, fickle

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Dawdle

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To waste time, to spend time idly, to move in a lackadaisical manner

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Defamation

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Act of harming or ruining another's reputation

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Esoteric

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Understood only by a small group or a select few

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Exacerbate

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To aggravate, to irritate, to vex

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Extol

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To praise, to glorify

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