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Abstract |
not concrete; non-figurative |
When I opened the board game, I was completely confused by the abstract instructions. |
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Superfluous |
extra; unnessary |
It would be superfluous to buy her more stuffed animals when she already has 14 of them. |
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Prosaic |
unimaginative; dull; ordinary |
I am going to be prosaic today and just buy Cheerios today instead of Captain Crunch. |
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Transitory |
short-lived; temporary |
This sucker is transitory. |
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Ambiguous |
open to more than one interruption; unclear |
The recipe was ambiguous and confusing. |
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Inherent |
inborn; built in |
The color of her eyes was inherent. |
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Auspicious |
favorable; promising |
Going to dinner with my mo for her birthday was auspicious. |
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Benevolent |
well-meaning; generous |
The offer was too benevolent to pass up. |
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Candor |
sincerity; openness |
Her candor was really appreciated when i was feeling down. |
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Comprehensive |
broad or complete in scope or content |
Math is such a comprehensive subject. |
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Contemporary |
current; modern; from the same |
The music was contemporary. |
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Maverick |
one who resists adherence to a group |
The man getting arrested was a maverick because he had been arrested so many times. |
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Apathetic |
feeling or showing little emotion |
I was apathetic when my friend lost 5 dollars. |
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Stoic |
indifferent to pleasure or pain; impassive |
His stoic personality was the thing that kept her interest perked. |
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Esoteric |
known only to a select group |
The boys knew that their plan to attack their sisters was esoteric. |
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Plausible |
seemingly valid or acceptable; credible |
The way she talked about her dog made it seem plausible that it was a girl. |
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Ambivalent |
simultaneously feeling opposing feelings; uncertain |
I was very ambivalent when the strange man asked me if I wanted candy. |
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Innovative |
introducing something new |
He was talking about the innovative project that he was working on. |
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Dubious |
doubtful of unlikely authenticity |
It was dubious for me that the clay jar was actually from an old Aztec hut. |
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Objectivity |
judgement uninfluenced by emotion |
The judge said that he was going to examine the problem with objectivity. |
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Paramount |
of chief concern or importance |
Getting to the crime scene was paramount. |
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Novel |
strikingly new or unusual |
His idea about how schools should work is novel. |
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Gratuitous |
given freely; unearned; unwarrented |
The chocolate for the kid who was throwing a fit in Walmart was gratuitous. |
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Conviction |
a fixed or strong belief |
He grew up in the Catholic church so he felt a conviction towards it. |
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Aesthetic |
having to do with the appreciation of beauty |
I was feeling very aesthetic towards the woman who walked passed me on the street. |
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Diligent |
marked by painstaking effort; hard-working |
She was working very diligently on her project. |
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Eclectic |
made up of variety of sources of styles |
The outfit he was wearing was very eclectic. |
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Mollify |
to calm or soothe |
My dad was trying to mollify me when we put my dog down. |
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Tenuous |
having little substance or strength; unsure; weak |
I was tenuous about whether or not I should go to bed early. |
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Alleviate |
to ease a pain or burden |
The hydrocodone alleviated my pain when I got my wisdom teeth removed. |
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Dismal |
depressing; dreary |
The weather outside was dismal. |
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Commence |
to begin; start |
The race will commence at 3:00. |
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Victuals |
food supplies; provisions |
We had enough victuals to get through the winter. |
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Ransom |
the sum or price paid or demanded to redeem from captivity, detention; by paying a demanded price |
The man was demanding a $100,000 ransom for my little sister. |
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Enchantment |
the art, act, or instance of magical influence |
The way she danced made it seem like she was in an enchantment. |
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Raspy |
harsh; grating |
Her voice was raspy from smoking too many cigarettes. |
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Counterfeit |
made in imitation so as to be passed off fraudulently or deceptively as genuine; forged |
The money he paid with was counterfeit. |
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Temperance |
moderation or self-restraint in action, statement, etc.; self-control |
He had an amazing temperance considering the big plate of cookies in front of him. |
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Abolish |
to do away with |
We abolished the cake before Tyler even got home. |
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Hail |
to call out to in order to greet, stop, or attract attention |
I hailed a taxi so I could get through Chicago without the worry of driving myself. |
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Abreast |
side by side and facing the same way |
The couple was abreast while looking at the river. |
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Solemn |
formal; serious; not cheerful |
Her face was very solemn at her brother's funeral. |
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Pensive |
reflecting; in serious thought |
He sat with a pensive look on his face. |
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Loll |
sit, lie, or stand in a lazy, relaxed way |
I laid down in a loll because I was tired. |
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Disposition |
a tendency to act in a specified way |
Her disposition was to be loud and obnoxious. |
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Vindicate |
freed from blame |
The judge vindicated my friend for something she didn't do. |
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Speculate |
to form a theory or conjecture about a subject without firm evidence |
I speculated that the party wouldn't be fun. |
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Brash |
vulgarly self-assertive; hasty; rash |
She was very brash in the way she talked. |
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Lament |
to mourn (a death or loss) |
When my grandma died, I lamented with my family. |
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Bygone |
a thing dating from an earlier time |
Can we just forget and forgive each other's bygones? |
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Vulnerable |
susceptible to physical or emotional injury |
Children are very vulnerable to people who have something they want. |
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Reserved |
the keeping of one's feelings, thoughts, or affairs to oneself; self-restraint |
The girl who always sits by herself and reads is reserved.
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Feigned |
to give a false appearance of: feign sleep |
"I feel fine!" who said the girl who had a feigned look on her face. |
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Levity |
lightness of manner or speech, especially when inappropriate |
For some reason, he had such a levity in the way he spoke at the presidential dinner. |
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Plagiaristic |
copied and passed of as your own |
Her paper was plagiarized because she took it from me. |
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Marred |
something that has been damaged, disfigured, or blemished |
My face is marred now that I have become a teenager. |
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Perpetual |
continuing without interruption; prolonged |
His speech was very perpetual. |
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Bizarre |
out of the ordinary; odd |
Today, some people thought my Crocs were bizarre. |
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Acute |
keenly perceptive or discerning; extremely sharp or severe |
Those scissors are acute. |
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Reproach |
to bring shame upon; disgrace |
My family thinks I am a reproach. |
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Turbulence |
a state of violet disturbance and disorder; wild or disruptive activity |
The turbulence of the plane scared the passengers. |
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Supercilious |
having or showing arrogant superiority; haughty; vein |
The football player was very supercilious about himself. |
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Fractiousness |
a trait of being disobedient and lacking discipline; unruly |
The fractiousness from his voice was very rude. |
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Wistfully |
unfulfilled longing or yearning; pensively sad; melancholy |
I sat down wistfully, wanting someone to hang out with. |
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Vista |
a distance view seen through an opening, as between rows of buildings or trees |
I saw her dancing through the vista in the forest. |
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Pungent |
sharpe or irritating to the taste or smell; acrid |
The pungent smell was overwhelming and I fainted. |
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Deft |
quick and skillful; adroit |
He got all his chores done in a deft way. |
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Reciprocal |
performed, experienced, or felt by both sides; mutual |
we had reciprocal feelings about the idea of having a rat as a pet. |
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Languid |
lacking energy or vitality; sluggish; listless |
After shoveling snow for 4 hours, I was very languid. |
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Fervent |
having or showing great emotion or zeal; ardent |
When her grandma died she was fervent. |