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COMPENDIUM
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A comprehensive summary of a larger work.
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The encyclopedia is a COMPENDIUM of all human knowledge.
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ABRIDGE
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To shorten in period, to diminish, to lessen.
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He ABRIDGED his visit
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CURSORY
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Quick and brief.
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A CURSORY glance at a newspaper article.
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CURTAIL
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To truncate.
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There efforts to CURTAIL spending was successful.
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SYLLABUS
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Summary.
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TERSE
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Concise, brief.
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He gave a TERSE answer, a one word answer.
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SYNOPSIS
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Abstract, brief outline of something.
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APACE
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quickly, with speed.
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The construction of the new offices is proceeding APACE.
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ABRUPT
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Sudden, without notice to prepare the mind for the event.
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The party came to an ABRUPT end when the parents of out host arrived.
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HEADLONG
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Rushing forward, rash.
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A HEADLONG rush to sell.
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IMPETUOUS
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Charactarized by sudden and violent force.
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IMPETUOUS heaving waves
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PRECIPITATE
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Characterized by unthinking boldness and haste.
Hasty, rash. ACT QUICKLY |
The bridge broke and precipitated the train into the river below.
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ADVOCATE
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One who argues in support of something. Supporter.
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An ADVOCATE of civil rights.
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PROPONENT
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One who argues in support of something. Supporter.
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He was a forthright PROPONENT of the Vietnam War.
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ABET
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To back, help, support.
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He ABETTED the thief in robbing the bank.
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CORROBORATE
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To strengthen, support.
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The evidence CORROBORATEs the defendent.
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COUNTENANCE
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Approving and encouraging look.
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His countenance of sweetness
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MAINSTAY
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Basis, Foundation and support.
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ESPOUSE
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Advocate, back, promote.
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The candidate espouses Republican ideas.
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STALWART
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One who is physically and morally strong.
Robust, strong. ASSIST |
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BILIOUS
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angry or bad-tempered.
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She responded to the accusations with a BILIOUS attack on her opponent.
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DUDGEON
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A state of intense indignation.
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This woman is forever in a state of spiritual high DUDGEON, and a list of her dislikes is as long as the Omaha phone book.
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IRASCIBLE
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Prone to anger.
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His father was an irascible and boastful bully, a heavy drinker and a gambler.
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PETTISH
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Easily irritated or annoyed, angry.
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PETULANT
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having or showing a bad temper.
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He scowled and looked annoyed, a little petulant even when defending why he took the country to war.
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PIQUE
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A sudden outburst of anger.
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his temper sparked like damp firewood.
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QUERULOUS
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Habitually complaining.
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A QUERULOUS wife.
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UMBRAGE
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Offense, resentment.
Shade. BAD MOOD |
Philander was too much relieved at the happy outcome to their adventure to take UMBRAGE at the professor's cruel fling.
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WASPISH
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Easily irritated or annoyed; irascible.
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You are such a WASPISH.
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DILETTANTE
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an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge.
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FLEDGLING
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A young or inexperienced person.
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The FLEDGLING driver hit the telephone pole during his driving test.
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NEOPHYTE
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A beginner.
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a NEOPHYTE at politics.
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NOVITIATE
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The period of being a novice.
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Perhaps his mother had a reasonable distrust of the practice of Dr Todd, who must then have been in the NOVITIATE of his experimental acquirements.
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TYRO
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A beginner in learning something.
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BURGEONING
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Grow and flourish.
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The BURGEONING population.
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CALLOW
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Lacking experience of life.
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A CALLOW youth of seventeen.
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ENGENDER
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To come into existence; originate.
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Every cloud ENGENDERS not a storm.
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INCIPIENT
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Beginning to exist or appear.
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detecting INCIPIENT tumors.
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NASCENT
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Coming into existence; emerging.
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detecting NASCENT tumors.
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ACERBIC
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Sharp, biting, or acid in temper, expression, or tone.
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But more than that, he is a social critic, and an efficient one, acerbic and devastating.
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ACIDULOUS
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Somewhat sour in taste or in manner.
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ACIDULOUS humour.
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ACRIMONIOUS
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Bitter and sharp in language or tone.
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an ACRIMONIOUS debate between the two candidates.
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ASPERITY
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Roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate.
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the ASPERITY of northern winters.
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CAUSTIC
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Causing a burning or stinging sensation.
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Most of all, there is caustic shame for my own stupidity.
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ANOMALY
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Deviation or departure from the normal or common order.
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This, I confess, has been something of a surprise to me, and I have not yet made up my mind as to the fundamental cause of the ANOMALY.
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ASSUAGE
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To make (something burdensome or painful) less intense or severe.
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Serena used aspirin to ASSUAGE her pounding headache.
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ENIGMA
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One that is puzzling, ambiguous, or inexplicable.
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Speaking in riddles and dressed in old robes, the artist gained a reputation as something of an ENIGMA.
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EQUIVOCAL
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To use expressions of double meaning inorder to mislead.
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ERUDITE
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well-instructed, learned.
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an erudite professor.
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FERVID
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Marked by great passion or zeal.
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The fans of Maria Callas were unusually FERVID, doing anything to catch a glimpse of the great opera singer.
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LUCID
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Clear and easily understood.
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The explanations were written in a simple and LUCID manner.
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OPAQUE
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Impossible to see through; preventing the passage of light.
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The heavy buildup of dirt and grime on the windows almost made them opaque
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PLACATE
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To ease the anger or agitation of.
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He brought with him several slices of meat in order to PLACATE the Housedog.
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PRODIGAL
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Rashly or wastefully extravagant.
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distributed gifts with a PRODIGAL hand.
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ZEAL
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Marked by great passion.
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The fans of Maria Callas were unusually ZEAL, doing anything to catch a glimpse of the great opera singer.
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ABSTAIN
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To choose not to do something.
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Forty senators voted in favor of the bill, 45 voted against it, and 15 ABSTAINED.
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ADULTERATE
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To make impure by adding extraneous.
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The restaurateur made his ketchup last longer by ADULTERATING it with water.
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APATHY
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Lack of interest or concern.
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The APATHY of voters is so great that less than half the people who are eligible to vote actually bother to do so.
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AUDACIOUS
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Fearless and daring.
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Her AUDACIOUS nature allowed her to fulfill her dream of skydiving.
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COURAGEOUS
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Having or characterized by courage.
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To succeed, the artist must possess the COURAGEOUS soul.
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DAUNTLESS
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invulnerable to fear or intimidation.
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Ferguson personally, and guaranteed the intrepidity of his DAUNTLESS friend.
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BANAL
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obvious and dull.
BORING |
BANAL conversation.
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FATUOUS
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devoid of good sense or judgment.
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A FATUOUS decision.
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HACKNEYED
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repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; trite.
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repeating HACKNEYED jokes.
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INSIPID
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Lacking flavor or zest; not tasty.
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INSIPID hospital food.
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MUNDANE
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found in the ordinary course of events.
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it was a MUDANE day.
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PEDESTRIAN
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Ordinary, undistinguished.
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A PEDESTRIAN journey.
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PLATITUDE
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A trite or banal remark or statement, especially one expressed as if it were original or significant; cliche.
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How are you.
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ABATE
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To reduce in amount, degree, or severity.
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The storm ABATED.
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ABSCOND
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To leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution.
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The patron ABSCONDED from the restaurant without paying the bill by sneaking out the back door.
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ABYSS
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An extremely deep hole.
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The submarine dove into the ABYSS to chart the preciously unseen depths.
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AESTHETIC
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Concerning the appreciation of beauty.
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Followers of the AESTHETIC movement regarded the pursuit of beauty as the only true purpose of art.
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AGGRANDIZE
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To increase in power, influence, and reputation
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The supervisor sought to AGGRANDIZE himself by claiming the achievements of his staff were actually his own.
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ALLEVIATE
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To make more bearable. assuage.
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Taking the aspirin helps to ALLEVIATE a headache.
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AMALGAMATE
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To combine; to mix together.
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Giant industries AMALGAMATE with Mega Products to form Giant-Mega Products Incorporated.
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AMELIORATE
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To make better; to improve.
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The doctor was able to AMELIORATE the patient's suffering using painkillers.
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ANACHRONISM
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Something out of place in time.
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The aged hippie used ANACHRONISM phrases like groovy and far out that hadn't been popular for years.
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ANTAGONIZE
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To annoy or provoke to anger.
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The child discovered that he could ANTAGONIZE the cat by pulling its tail.
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ANTIPATHY
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Extreme dislike.
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The ANTIPATHY between the French and the English regulary erupted into an open warfare.
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ARBITRATE
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To judge a dispute between two opposing parties.
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Since the couple couldn't come to agreement, a judge was forced to ARBITRATE their divorce proceedings.
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ARCHAIC
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Antient, old fashioned.
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Her ARCHAIC Commodore computer couldn't run the latest version.
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ARDOR
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Intense and passionate feeling.
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Bishop's ARDOR for landscape was evident when he passionately described the beauty of the scenic Hudson Valley.
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ARTICULATE
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Able to speak clearly and expressively.
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a plan to ARTICULATE nursing programs throughout the state.
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AUSTERE
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Severe or stern in disposition or appearance. Undecorated.
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The lack of decoration makes Zen temples seem AUSTERE to the untrained eye.
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BOLSTER
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To support, to prop up.
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The presence of giant footprints BOLSTERED the argument that Sasquatch was in the area.
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BOMBASTIC
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Pompus in speech and manner.
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The dictator's speeches were mostly BOMBASTIC; his boasting and outrageous claims had no basis in fact.
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CACOPHONY
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The use of harsh or discordant sounds.
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heard a CACOPHONY of horns during the traffic jam.
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CANDID
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Impartial and honest in speech.
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In private, I gave them my CANDID opinion.
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CAPRICIOUS
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Changing one's mind quickly and often.
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Queen Elizabith I was quite CAPRICIOUS.
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CASTIGATE
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To punish or criticize harshly.
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It was not good enough to castigate him for his sins.
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CATALYST
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Something that brings about a change in something else.
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the imposition of harsh taxes was the CATALYST that finally brought on the revolution.
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CHAOS
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A condition or place of great disorder or confusion.
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In most religious traditions, God created an ordered universe from chaos.
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CHAUVINIST
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Prejudiced belief in the superiority of one's own gender, group, or kind.
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The attitude that men are inherently superior to women and therefore must be obeyed is common among male CHAUVINIST
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CHICANERY
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Deception by trickery or sophistry.
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Dishonest used car salesman often use CHICANERY to sell their beat-up old cars.
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COGENT
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Convincing and well reasoned.
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a COGENT argument.
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CONDONE
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To overlook, forgive, or disregard (an offense) without protest or censure.
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A woman of Spanish blood does not CONDONE such an injury so lightly.
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CONVOLUTED
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Intricate; complicated.
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Although manu people bought A Brief History of Time, few could follow its CONVOLUTED ideas an theories.
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CREDULOUS
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Too trusting; gullible.
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Although some four-year-olds believe in the Easter Bunny, only the most CREDULOUS nine-year-olds also believe in him.
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CRESCENDO
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A gradual increase, especially in the volume or intensity of sound in a passage.
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The CRESCENDO of tension became unbearable as Evel Knievel prepared to jump his motorcycle over the school buses.
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DECORUM
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Appropriateness of behavior or conduct; propriety.
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the formalities and DECORUMs of a military funeral
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DEFERENCE
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Courteous respect.
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his DEFERENCE to her wishes was very flattering
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DERIDE
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treat or speak of with contempt.
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He DERIDED his student's attempt to solve the biggest problem in mathematics.
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DESICCATE
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To dry out thoroughly.
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After few weeks of lying on the desert's baking sands, the cow's carcass became completely DESICCATED.
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DESULTORY
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Moving or jumping from one thing to another; disconnected.
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Diane had a DESULTORY academic record; she had changed majors 12 times in three years.
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DIATRIBE
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A bitter, abusive speech.
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The trucker bellowed a DIATRIBE at the driver who had cut him off.
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DIFFIDENT
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Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
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Steve's DIFFIDENT manner during the interview stemmed from his nervous nature and lack of experience in the field.
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DILATE
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To become wider or larger; expand.
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When you enter a darkened room, the pupils of your eyes DILATE to let in more light.
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DILATORY
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Intended to delay. Slow.
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DILATORY in his work habits.
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