English Vocab (October 27, 2007)

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Belligerent

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Warlike, given to waging war; Aggressively Hostile

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Besmirch

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to soil; tarnish; discolor

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Caustic

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capable of burning, corroding, or destroying living tissue.; sarcastic

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Clamor

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a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people; a vehement expression of desire or dissatisfaction

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Copious

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large in quantity or number; abundant; plentiful

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Crux

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a vital, basic, decisive, or pivotal point, a cross

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Defer

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to put off (action, consideration, etc.) to a future time; to exempt temporarily from induction into military service

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Deify

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to make a god of; exalt to the rank of a deity

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Derogatory

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tending to lessen the merit or reputation of a person or thing

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Entice

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to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure

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Erudite

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characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly

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Flamboyant

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strikingly bold or brilliant; showy, conspicuously dashing and colorful; elaborate

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Gist

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the main or essential part of a matter

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Meticulous

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taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise; thorough

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Palpitate

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to pulsate with unusual rapidity from exertion, emotion, disease, etc

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Paradox

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a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth

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Permeable

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That can be permeated or penetrated, especially by liquids or gases

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Provincial

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belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local; manners, viewpoints, etc., considered characteristic of unsophisticated inhabitants of a province

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Pugilist

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a person who fights with the fists; a boxer, usually a professional

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Raucous

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harsh; strident; grating, rowdy, disorderly

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Receptive

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able or quick to receive knowledge, ideas, etc

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Repugnance

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strong distaste, aversion, or objection; antipathy

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Retentive

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tending or serving to retain something

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Sanctimonious

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a hypocritical show of religious devotion, piety, righteousness, feigning piety etc

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Scenario

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an imagined or projected sequence of events, esp. any of several detailed plans or possibilities

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Seemly

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suitable or appropriate; fitting, of good taste; pleasing, handsome (Ryan McGuire)

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Sobriety

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the state or quality of being sober

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Soluble

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capable of being dissolved or liquefied; able to be solved etc

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Spartan

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sternly disciplined and rigorously simple, frugal, or austere

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Stagnant

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not flowing or running, as water, air, etc, stale or foul from standing; inactive, sluggish, or dull

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Steadfast

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fixed in direction; steadily directed; firm in purpose, resolved

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Sycophant

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a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite

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Tacit

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understood without being openly expressed; implied, unspoken

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Tantamount

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equivalent, as in value, force, effect, or signification

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Temerity

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reckless boldness; rashness

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Thrive

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to prosper; be fortunate or successful; to grow, flourish

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Travail

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painfully difficult or burdensome work; toil

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Truculence

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fierce; cruel; savagely brutal

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Unctuous

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of the nature of or characteristic of an unguent or ointment; oily; greasy, excessively smooth/suave

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Unrequited

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not returned or reciprocated, not satisfied

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Valor

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boldness or determination in facing great danger, esp. in battle; heroic courage; bravery

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Vanguard

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the foremost division or the front part of an army; advance guard the forefront in any movement, field, activity

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Vehement

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zealous; ardent; impassioned strongly emotional/passionate

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Verbatim

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in exactly the same words; word for word

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Vertigo

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dizzying sensation of tilting within stable surroundings or of being in tilting or spinning surroundings

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Wallow

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to roll about or lie in water, snow, mud etc.; to live self-indulgently/luxuriously

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Wistful

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characterized by melancholy; longing; yearning

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Wither

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to shrivel; fade; decay, lose freshness of youth

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Yen

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To have a strong desire or inclination; yearn

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Zephyr

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a gentle, mild breeze; any of various things of fine, light quality, as fabric, yarn