English Vocabulary 2

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abate

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to reduce or lessen in degree or intensity

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abject

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being of the most contemptable kind, brought low in condition or status

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affable

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easy and pleasant to speak to

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altercation

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a vehament quarrel

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animosity

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bitter hostility or open emnity

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antecendent

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going before, preceeding

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arrears

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an unpaid or overdue debt, an unfufilled obligation

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assiduous

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constant in application or attention, busy, dilligent

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augur

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a prophet or soothsayer

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aversion

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a fixed or intense dislike

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cadence

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balenced, rhythmic flow,as of poetry or oretory

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capitulate

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to surrender, give up resistance

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caricature

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a representation in which distinctive features are deliberately exagerated to procude a comic or grotesque effect

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circuitous

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a roundabout or lengthy path

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clemency

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a disposition to show mercy, mildness

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commiserate

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to feel or express sorry or pity

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complacent

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ontented to a fault, self satisfied

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consign

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to entrust, to deliver

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conspicuous

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easy to notice, obvious

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corroborate

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to strengthen or support with other evidence, to make certain

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deference

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courtious respect, submission to the feelings of another

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deign

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to think appropriat eto one's dignity

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despondent

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feeling or expressing a dejected mood

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deffidence

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timidity or shyness

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dissipate

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to drive away, disperse

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efficacy

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power or capacity to produce a desired effect

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epoch

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a particular time in history, age

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evanescence

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the event of fading or gradually disappearing from sight

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expeditious

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aciting or done with speed and efficiency

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fidelity

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faithfulness to obligations, duties, or observences

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furtive

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characterized by stealth

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glib

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performed with a natural offhand ease

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imperitive

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expressing a command or plea, necessary

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implacable

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impossible to placate or appease

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imanimate

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lacking qualities associating with activity or life

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incorrigible

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incapable of being corrected or reformed

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incumbant

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imposed as an obligation or duty, holding an office

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infallible

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incapable of falling or erring, certain

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inscrutable

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difficult to fathom or understand

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insolent

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presumptuous and insulting in manner or speech, arrogant, rude

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inundate

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to cover with water, to overwhelm, to swamp

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juncture

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the act of joining, a point in time, a meeting point

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lethargy

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a state of sluggishness or inactivity

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levity

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lightness of manner of speech, frivolity

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lucrative

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producing wealth, profitable

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magnanimous

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courageously noble in mind and heart

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mercenary

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motivated soley by a desire for monetary or material gain

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modicum

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a token amount

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obliterate

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to do away with completely

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obsequious

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full of or exhibiting servile complience

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ominous

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menecing, threatening

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ostensible

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representing or as such, obvious

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pernicious

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tending to cause death or serious injury

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perpetuate

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to cause or continue indefinately

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pilfer

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to steal ( a small amount)

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propensity

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an innate inclination, tendency

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rejoinder

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an answer, especially to a reply

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render

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to submit or present, as for consideration, to give or make available, to portray

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retaliate

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to return like for like, especiually evil for evil

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ruminate

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to turn a matter over and over in the mind

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sagacity

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the quality of being discerning, sound in judgement, or farsighted

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sallow

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a broad covered willow, a sickly appearence, yellowish

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sanguine

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red of blood, or a healthy demenor, happy

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servile

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abjectly submissive, slavish

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spectral

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or or resembling a ghost

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stint

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a length of time spent in a particular way

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stolid

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having or revealing little emotion or sensibility

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sumptuous

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lavish

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supercilious

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feeling or showing haughty disdain

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supplicate

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to ask for humbly or earnestly, as if by praying

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tremulous

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marked by trembling

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trenchant

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forceful, effective, rigorous

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ubiquitous

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omnipresent

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vermins

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loathsome or highly offensive, small insects