English Vocab For The Final

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Abject

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degraded, cringing, servile

wretched, miserable, ignorable
lofty, noble, exalted

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Abrogate

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to repeal, cancel, declare null and void

annul, revoke
reaffirm, renew, ratify

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Abstruse

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extremely difficult to understand

esoteric, occult
simple, straightforward

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Acquisitive

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Able to get and retain ideas or information, concerned with acquiring wealth or property

greedy, grasping, retentive
altruistic, unrententive

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Acuity

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sharpness (particulary in the mind or senses)

keenness, acuteness
dullness, obtuseness

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Amenity

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that which is pleasant or agreeable, attractive features or customs or etc.

unpleasantness, disagreeableness

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Askance

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with suspicion, distust, or dissaproval

distrustfully, suspiciously, skeptically

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Asperity

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roughness, severity, bitterness or tartness

rigor, harshness
mildness, blandness, softness, lenience

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Beatific

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blissful, rendering or making blessed

rapturous, ecstatic, transcendent
disconsolate, dejected, doleful

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Bucolic

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characteristics of the countryside, rural, pastoral

rustic
urban, metropolitan

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Cacophonous

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harsh-sounding, raucous, discordant, dissonant

harmonious, meoldious, mellifluous

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Canard

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a false rumor, a fabricated story

hoax

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Captious

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excessively ready to find fault in

faultfinding, nit-picking, carping
uncritical

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Cavort

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to romp or prance around exuberantly, to make merry

gambol

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Celerity

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swiftness, rapidty or motion or action

promptness, alacrity, speed
slowness, sluggishness, dilatoriness

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Charlatan

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one who feigns knowledge or ability, a pretender, imposter, quack

fraud, mountebank

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Chicanery

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trickery, deceptice practices or tactics

fair dealing

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Complicity

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involvement in wrongdoing, the state of being an accompliance

connivance, collusion
noninvolvement, innocence

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Contrite

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regretful for some misdeed or sin, throughly penitent

remorseful, rueful
unapologetic

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Deign

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to think it appropriate or suitable to one's dignity to do something, to condescend

deem, stoop

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Demur

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to object or take exception to, an objection

protest, object to
assent to, consent to, accept, agree to

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Depraved

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marked by evil or corruption, deviod of moral principles

perverted, degenerate, vicious, corrupt
moral, virtuous, upright, uncorrupted

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Diatribe

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a bitter and prolonged verbal attack

harangue, tirade
panegyric, encomium, eulogy

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Dilettante

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a dabbler in the arts, one who engages in an activity in an amateurish, trifiling way, superficial

amateur, trifler
professional

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Dissidence

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a difference in opinon, discontent

disagreement, dissent, disaffection
agreement, harmony, concord

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Ephemeral

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lasting only a short itme, short-lived

fleeting, transient, evanescent, transitory
durable, long-lasting, permanent, perpetual

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Esoteric

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intended for or understood by only a select few, private, secret

occult, cryptic, arcane, recondite
accessuble, comprehensible, intelligible

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Espouse

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to take up and support, to become attached to, to adopt, to marry

embrace, wed
renounce, disavow, repudiate

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Ethereal

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light, airy, delicate, heavenly

heavenely, celestial, gossamer
infernal, hellish, thick, heavy

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Evince

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to display clearly, to make evident, to provoke

exhibit, manifest, occasion

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Fatuous

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stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way

silly, vapid, inane, doltish, vacuous
sensible, intelligent, perceptive, bright

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Febrile

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feverish, frenetic

leisurely, relaxed

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Fecund

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fruitful in offspring or vegetation, intelluctually productive

fertile, teeming, prolific
infertile, barren, unproductive

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Felicitous

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appropriate, apt, well chosen, maked by well-being or good fortune, happy

fortunate, well-put
inappropriate, inept, graceless, unhappy

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Foible

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a weak point, failing, minor flaw

shortcoming, defect, quirk
forte, virtue

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Frenetic

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frenzied, highly agitated

frantic, overwrought
calm, controlled, relaxed, leisurely

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Germane

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relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting

pertinent
irrelevant, extraneous, inappropriate

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Gregarious

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living together in a herd or group, sociable, seeking the company of others

outgoing
reclusive

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Ignominy

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shame, disgrace

dishonor, humiliation, disrepute, odium
honor, glory, acclaim

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Impecunious

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having little or no money

penniless, impoverished, indigent
affluent, wealthy, prosperous, rich

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Improvident

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failing to plan ahead

extravagant
thrifty, cautious

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Incongruous

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unsuitable, incompatible

discordant, jarring
compatible, harmonious, consistent

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Inexorable

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inflexible, beyond influence, relentless, unyielding

inescapeable, inelutable, obdurate
avoidable, yielding, pliant

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Iniquity

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wickedness, sin

evil, crime
probity, rectiitude, uprightness

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Insatiable

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so great or demaning as not to be satisfied

unquenchable, ravenous, voracious

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Intransigent

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refusing to compromise, irreconcilable

uncompromising, unyielding, obdurate
lukewarm, halfhearted, yielding

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Inure

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to toughen, harden

accustom, acclimate

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Invidious

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offensive, hateful

mailcious, spiteful, prejudicial, pejorative
complimentary, flattering, ameliorative

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Inviolable

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sacred, must not be broken, injured, or damaged

sacrosanct, unassaliable
vulnerable, assailable

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Laconic

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concise, using few words

compact
garrulous, verbose

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Largesse

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generosity in giving, lavish or bountiful contributions

bounty, munificence
stinginess

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Mendacious

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gvine to lying or deception, untrue

untruthful, flase
truthful, veracious

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Misanthrope

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a person who hates or dispises people

people-hater

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Mundane

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earthly, wordly, relating to practicccal and material affairs, concerned with what is ordinary

prosaic, humdrum, routine, sublunary
heavenly, unwordly, spiritual, transcendental

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Mutable

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open to or capeable of change, fickle

changeable, variable
changeless, steadfast, constant

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Myopic

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nearsighted ,lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation, lacking foresight or discernment

shortisighted
farsighted

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Nadir

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the lowest point

rock bottom
apex, pinnacle, zenith

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Nascent

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just begininng to exist or devlop, having just come into existence

budding, incipient, embryonic
dying, moribund, senescent

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Nefarious

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wicked, depraved, deviod of moral standards

inquitous, reprehensible
virtuous, honorable, praiseworthy, meritorious

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Neophyte

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a new convert, beginner, novice

rookie
veteran

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Obsequious

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slavish attentiveness, excessively submissive

servile
assertive

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Onerous

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burdensome, involving hardship or difficulty

oppressive, wieghty
light, easy, undemanding

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Pecuniary

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consisting of or measure in money, pertaining to money

monetary, fincancial

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Pedantry

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a pretentious display of knowledge, overly rigid attention to rules and details

nit-picking

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Pejorative

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tending to make worse, expressing dissaproval or disaparagement

complimentary, ameiliorative

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Pertinacious

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very persistent, holding firmly to a set of beliefs

stubborn

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Plenary

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complete in all aspects or essentials, absolute, attended by all qualified members

unlimited, unrestricted
limited, restricted

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Progeny

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descendants, offspring, children, followrs, disciples

posterity, issue
ancestors

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Propinquity

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nearness in place or time, kinship

proximity, similarity
remoteness, distance

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Propriety

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the state of being proper, appropriateness

correctness, decorum, fitness
unseemliness, inappropriateness

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Pusillanimous

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contemptibly cowardly or mean spirited

crave, ill-livered
stoughthearted, courageous, daring

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Raiment

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clothing, garments

apparel, attire

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Rectitude

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uprightness, righteousness, correctness

probity, integrity
iniquity, heinousness

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Redolent

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fragrant, smelling strongly, tending to arouse memories or create an aura

aromatic, reminiscent
odorless

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Requite

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to make a suitable payment, as for kindness, service, or a favor, to reciprocate

reimburse, recompense, avenge

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Restive

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restless, hard to manage, balky

fidgety
docile

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Restive

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restless, hard to manage, balky

fidgety
docile

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Saturnine

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of a gloomy or surly disposition, cold or sluggish in mood

sullen, morose
lighthearted, cheerful, vivacious

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Summarily

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without delay or formality, briefly, concisely

promptly, peremptorily, abruptly

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Vituperative

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harshly abusive, severly scolding

abusive, insulting
flattering, complimentary

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Ubiquitous

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present or existing everywhere

omnipresent, universal
restricted, limited

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Tenable

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capeable of being held or defended

defensible
indefensible, unjustifiable

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Suppliant

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asking humbly and earnestly, one who makes a request humbly and earnestly, a petitioner, suitor