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adjunct
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something added but not essential; temporary
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adjunct professor
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allure
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to attract, facinate, or charm
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Beer specials allure poor college students
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anneal
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to heat, to prvent internal stress; to stregthen
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She was not prepared, she needed time to anneal her opinion
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arrant
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notorious, thorough
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Linsdey Lohen is an arrant fool
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benevolent
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expressing goodwill
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charities are benevolent organizations
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boon
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a favor, something to be thankful for
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A margarita is a boon to disomniacs
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bucolic
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rural; pertaining to shepherds
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cauterize
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to burn with a hot iron
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Pigs our cauterized with our logo
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cavil
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to raise trivial objections
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Lauren cavils at decision I make
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celerity
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swift, speed
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choleric
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extremely irritable
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I am moody, I have a choleric disposition.
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contiguous
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touching, in contact, close proximity
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he served two contiguous temrs in office.
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cow
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to frighten with threats
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the victim was cowed by the man's harsh words.
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cupidity
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eager or excessive desire
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I recently realized feelings of cupidity for jarrod.
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denizen
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ihabitant, resident
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I am a denizen of Durkins.
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dispomania
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desire for a drink
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Emily suffers from diomania, she likes to drink.
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dontrinair
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someone who tries to apply a theory, impractical theorist
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I am not a doctrinaire, I like logical explainations.
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embellish
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to beautify or enchance
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equanimity
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mental or emotional stability
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I feel a sense of equanimity when I am with Jarrod.
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exhort
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to urge, advise, or caution
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My friend exhorted my desire to date Jarrod again.
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expiate
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to atone for, make amends
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On Yom Kippur I expiate my sins.
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gerontocratic
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government by old people
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Many condos in Boca Raton have a gerontocratic board of directors.
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haggard
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having a gaunt or exhausted appearance, wild looking
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Haggard is a great way to describe Haggardy.
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hummock
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a ridge or hill, a mound of earth
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Squirrell Hill has a hummocky disposition.
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immolate
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to sacrifice
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Abraham was ordered to immolate Issac.
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inimical
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unfriendly, harmful, unfavorable.
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The situation with Jarrod has had an inimical effect on my happiness.
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invective
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a violent denunciation, an insulting expression
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Sumit often makes invective jokes about Jews.
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lechery
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excessive indulgence, unrestrained
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Jarrod and I have mutual feeling of lechery.
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machination
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crafty schemes
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Snapped depicts stories of deadly machinations.
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melee
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one to one battle, a confused conflict or mingling
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Bars are breeding grounds for melees, people were smashing beer bottles for fun.
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neologism
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a new owrd, meaning, or phrase
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Google is a neoglogistical word spawned from the creation of the internet.
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obloquy
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discredit, disgrace, or blame publicly
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I have had enogh oblogquiries for a lifetime, it is why I had write.
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odious
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deserving hatred, highly offensive, disgusting
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The odious portapotties made me not want to pee.
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pernicious
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causing harm or ruin, deadly, hurtful
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Pernicious women are featured on Snapped.
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prodigious
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extrodinary in size, abnormal, monstrous
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running a marathon is a prodigious feat.
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prosody
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study of poetic measures
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I do not wish to take a class about prosodies, I hate poems and language structure.
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provisional
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serving for the time, adopted tenatively
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Jazzy was a provisional member of Vox, now he is full time.
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quail
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to lose courage, shrink with fear
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I quail when people touch my neck.
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quiescence
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being at rest, quiet, still
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Paralyzed with sadness, I quiescently sat on the beach after speaking with Jarrod.
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scotch
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to cut or gash, to injure, to block or prop, to stamp out
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The idea for the feedback product was scotched after my presentation.
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sophistry
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subtle, tricky reasoning, a false argument
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The reasons I broke up with Jarrod were a sophistry, I was just scared.
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tensile
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capable of being streched, pertaining to tension
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The budget was spent tesilely, every penny was used wisely.
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vagrant
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a person who wanders, a person without support
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Lauren vagrantly navigates through the office, no one wants to talk to her.
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virago
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a loud voice, ill-tempered, a scolding woman
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Bobby, a virago, ruled the sorority house with an iron fist.
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