English Vocab Lists #1-6

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very talkative; garrulous

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loquacious

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to release from an entanglement or difficulty; disengage

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extricate

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a markedly short-lived thing

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ephemeral

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extremely angry; furious

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livid

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characterized by nobility; majestic

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sublime

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extremely loud

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stentorian

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complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness

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probity

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excessively dramatic or emotional; affected

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histrionic

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to discuss or debate

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moot

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listlessness and dissatisfaction resulting from lack of interest; boredom

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ennui

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a small, often select group of persons who associate with one another frequently

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coterie

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to weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of

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enervate

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characterized by or subject to whim; impulsive and unpredictable

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capricious

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lacking flavor or zest; not tasty

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insipid

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to become sore or inflamed; fester

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rankle

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an exaggerated or grotesque imitation, such as a parody of a literary work

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travesty

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belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War

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antebellum

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an amusement; a diversion (usually wasteful)

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dissipation

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belonging to childhood; juvenile; immature; childish

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puerile

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modest and reserved in manner or behavior

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demure

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the act of claiming for onself the attributes and rights of God

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blasphemy

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a four-wheeled horse-drawn pleasure carriage having two or four seats

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surrey

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self-confident assurance; poise

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aplomb

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an authoritative principle, belief, or statement of ideas or opinion, especially one considered to be absolutely true

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dogma

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to make a false show of; feign

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dissemble

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habitually untalktative

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taciturn

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dryly humorous, often with a touch of irony

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wry

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offense; resentment

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umbrage

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swollen or distended, as from a fluid; bloated

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turgid

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lacking in imagination and spirit; dull

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prosaic

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great personal dishonor or humiliation

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ignominy

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talkative, voluble; disrespectful levity; speaking with ease & rapidity

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flippant

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a place or condition of ideal happiness

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Elysium

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willful neglect, as of duty or principle; the act of abandoning; abandonment

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dereliction

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melancholy; sullen

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saturnine

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a period of 14 days; two weeks

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fortnight

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in the past; at a former time; formerly

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erstwhile

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agreement; harmony; conformity or correspondence

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congruence

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heedful of circumstances and potential consequences; prudent

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circumpsect

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to substitute (one person) for another

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subrogate

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a socially awkward or tactless act

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gaffe

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to urge with gentle and repeated appeals, teasing, or flattery; wheedle

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cajole

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a roundabout expression

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circumlocution

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to make amends; atone

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expiate

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arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure

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odious

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cloudy, misty, or hazy

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nebulous

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to be discontented or low in spirits; to complain or fret; to yearn after something

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repine

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responsive to advice, authority, or suggestion; willing

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amenable

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to tear or wear off the skin of; abrade

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excoriate

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a model of excellence or perfection of a kind; a peerless example

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paragon

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lack of originality; triteness

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platitude

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travel (especially by foot)

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peregrination

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a quack remedy

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nostrum

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a teacher; an instructor

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preceptor

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a large, strong, courageous woman

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virago

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having or formed of two sides; two-sided

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bilateral

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to infer by inductive reasoning; persuasive; to cause

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induce

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lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid; reserved in manner

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diffident

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quick and changeable in temperament; volatile

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mercurial

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a name, title, or designation

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appellation

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brilliantly clever

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scintillating

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of or relating to a lower world of the dead

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infernal

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easily bent or shaped

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pliable

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possessing or displaying careful, meticulous attention to detail

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fastidious

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to affirm positively; declare

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aver

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intended to delay; tending to postpone or delay

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dilatory

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using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise

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laconic

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to exclude from a group

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ostracize

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to stimulate or shock with an electric current; electrifying or moving an audience

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galvanize

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to excite (another) by exposing something desirable while keeping it out of reach

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tantalize

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to speed up the progress of; accelerate

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expedite

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to retard or obstruct the progress of

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impede

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a mark or token of infamy, disgrace, or reproach; a small mark; a scar or birthmark

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stigma

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one who is seemingly indifferent to or unaffected by joy, grief, pleasure, or pain

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stoic

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negative or pessimistic, as from world-weariness

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cynical

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caught up in the romance of noble deeds and the pursuit of unreachable goals; idealistic without regard to practicality; capricious, impulsive

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quixotic

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to act as a go-between or liaison in sexual intrigues; function as a procurer

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pander

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a very noisy place; wild uproar or noise

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pandemonium

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to modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner

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bowdlerize

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requiring the strength of Hercules; hence, very great, difficult, or dangerous

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Herculean

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given to excessive and often trivial or rambling talk; tiresomely talkative

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garrulous

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a state of sluggishness, inactivity, and apathy

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lethargy

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precisely meaningful; forceful and brief

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pithy

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tending to make or become worse; disparaging; belittling

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pejorative

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a construction in which a single word, especially a verb or an adjective, is applied to two or more nouns when its sense is appropriate to only oneof them or to both in different ways

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zeugma

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rustic cottage or chamber; attractive dwelling or retreat

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bower

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worried unease; anxiety

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disquietude

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acting with indifference; showing little interest or care

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perfunctory

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dealing or concerned with facts or actual occurences; practical

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pragmatic

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one chosen or appointed to judge or decide a disputed issue

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arbiter

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tending to cause death or serious injury; deadly; causing great harm; destruction

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pernicious

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to make used to something undesirable, esp. by prolonged subjection; accustom

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inured

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a self-evident or universally recognized truth; maxim

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axiom

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one that indicates or foreshadows what is to come; forerunner

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harbinger

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appearance, esp. the expression of the face; the face or facial features

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countenance

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an innate inclination; tendency

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propensity

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putting an end to all debate or action

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peremptorily

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the determination of right and wrong in questions of conduct or conscience by the application of general principles of ethics

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casuistry

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any of numerous small, flat-bodied, wingless biting or sucking insects of the order Anoplura, many of which are external parasites on various animals, including man

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louse

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to render useless or ineffectual; cripple

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stultify

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immoral person

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rake

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the state of being depressed; melancholy

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dejection

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easy to speak to; amiable

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affable

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inference based on inconclusive or incomplete evidence; to guess

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conjecture

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a sudden outburst of emotion or action

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paroxysm

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performed, made or acquired by secret, clandestine, or stealthy means

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surreptitiously

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a quality that arouses feelings of pity, sympathy, tenderness, or sorrow

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pathos

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submission or courteous yielding to the opinion, wishes, or judgement of another

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deference

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existing or occurring concurrently; accompanying; attendant

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concomitant

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not capable of being persuaded by entreaty; unyielding

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inexorable

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to erase or make indistinct by or as if by rubbing; wipe out

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efface

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to drive out

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ferret

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disguised; feigned; appeared; to hide under a false appearance

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dissimulation

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disunion; seperated, divided

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schismatic

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given over to dissipation; dissolute; wildly extravant

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profligate

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full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning

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obsequious

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a large destructive fire

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conflagration

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to clear of guilt or blame

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exculpate

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a short addition or concluding section at the end of a literary work, often dealing with the future of its characters

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epilogue, epilog

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a rude or insensitive person

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boor

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an exhibition or display of optical effects and illusions

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phantasmagoria

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lacking vigor/energy; having a condition in which the blood is deficient in red blood cells, hemoglobin, or total volume

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anemic

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lacking congruity; not harmonious; out of place

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incongruous

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an urn with a spigot at its base used especially in Russia to boil water for tea

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samovar

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highly concentrated essence of something in its purest form; the most typical example or representative

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quintessence

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occurring by chance

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fortuitous

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marked by incisive sarcasm

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caustic

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untamed, or suggestive of a wild beast

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feral

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something foolish or stupid

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fatuity

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apathy, dullness, mental and motor inactivity

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torpor

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inferior, trashy, cheap

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paltry

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hard crisp bread originally used as ships' stores

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rusk

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bold or arrogant disregard of normal restraints

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audacity

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a vehicle used to haul goods

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dray

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unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking

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loath

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very hot and humid

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sultry

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uncertain how to act or proceed

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irresolute

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any of various forms of corporeal property (as land) or incorporeal property that is held by one person from another; a run-down, low-rent apartment

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tenement

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very flowery in style

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florid

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a usually alcoholic drink or brew

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potations

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desirous to the point of greed; urgently eager

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avid

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sunk to or existing in a low state or condition

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abject

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drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion

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languid

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extreme indulgence in sensuality

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debauchery

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easily rolling or turning

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voluble

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of, relating to, or constituting something that foreshadows a coming event

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portentous

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a long cloak or coat made of fur or lined or trimmed with fur

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pelisse

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marked by ease and informality

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glib

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having a large bulky body

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corpulent

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an expression of warm approval; praise; official approval

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approbation

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being timid or shy

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diffidence

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a light, four-wheeled open carriage, usually drawn by a pair of horses

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phaeton

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an impulsive change of mind; a sudden, unpredictable action

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caprice

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principled; conscientious and exact; painstaking

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scrupulous

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any of various light, open carriages, often with a collapsible hood, esp. a two-wheeled carriage drawn by a horse

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chaise

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the property of a metal which allows it to be drawn into wires or filaments; easily molded or shaped

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ductility

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the land belonging to a lord or nobleman, or so much land as a lord or great personage kept in his own hands, for the use and subsistence of his family

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manor

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capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; easily influenced for good or evil; tractable

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pliant

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disinclined to exert onself; habitually lazy; causing little or no pain, as a tumor; slow to heal, grow, or develop, as an ulcer; inactive

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indolent

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care or concern, as for the well-being of another; a cause of anxiety or concern

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solicitude

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steps for crossing a fence or wall; a vertical member of a panel or frame, as in a door or window sash

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stile

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lacking in importance or worth

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paltry

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appropriateness of behavior or conduct; propriety

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decorum

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a woman's slip or underskirt that is often full and trimmed with ruffles or lace; something, such a decorative valance or flounce, that resembles a woman's underskirt

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petticoat

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lacking qualities that excite, stimulate, or interest; dull; lacking flavor

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insipid

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the inclination to comply willingly with the wishes of others; amiability

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complaisance

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characterized by a strict adherence to formal rules or literal meaning at the expense of a wider view; didactic

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pedantic

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a state of vexation caused by a perceived slight or indignity; a feeling of wounded pride

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pique

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feeling or showing haughty disdain

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supercilious

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possessing or displaying careful, meticulous attention to detail

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fastidious

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elaborate praise; an encomium; formal expression of praise; a eulogy

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panegyric

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a card game for two people, playing with a deck from which all cards below the seven, aces being high, are omitted

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piquet

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a card game in which each player contributes stakes to a pool

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loo

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to predict according to present indications or signs; foretell; foreshadow; portend

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prognosticate

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unrestrained or excessive in emotional expression; gushy; profuse; overflowing

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effusive

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a restraint, limit, or restriction; adverse remark or criticism; censure; an abnormal narrowing of a duct or passage

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stricture

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air or bearing, esp. as expressive of attitude or personality

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mien

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a conclusion deduced from defective or presumptive evidence

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conjecture

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to look around, or be cautious; heedful of potential consequences; prudent

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circumspect