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invidious

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adj. containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice

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promulgate

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v. put a law into effect by formal declaration; state or announce

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inured

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adj. made tough by habitual exposure

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parietal

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adj. of or relating to or associated with the parietal bones in the cranium

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iridescent

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adj. having a play of lustrous rainbow-like colors; varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles

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anodyne

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adj. capable of relieving pain; n. a medicine used to relieve pain

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allay

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v. satisfy (thirst); lessen the intensity of or calm

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cadge

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v. obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling; ask for and get free; be a parasite

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edifying

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adj. enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement

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teleological

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adj. of or relating to teleology

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preternatural

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adj. surpassing the ordinary or normal; existing outside of or not in accordance with nature

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sedulous

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adj. marked by care and persistent effort

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soporific

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adj. sleep inducing; inducing mental lethargy; n. a drug that induces sleep

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expiate

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v. make amends for

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sophistry

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n. a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone

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perfidy

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n. betrayal of a trust; an act of deliberate betrayal

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doughty

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adj. resolute and without fear

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implacable

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adj. incapable of being placated

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glib

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adj. artfully persuasive in speech; having only superficial plausibility; marked by lack of intellectual depth

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reticent

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adj. reluctant to draw attention to yourself; temperamentally disinclined to talk; cool and formal in manner

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urbane

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adj. showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience

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quiescent

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adj. causing no symptoms; being quiet or still or inactive; not active or activated; marked by a state of tranquil repose

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fatuous

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adj. devoid of intelligence

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prosaic

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adj. not challenging; dull and lacking excitement; lacking wit or imagination; not fanciful or imaginative

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ascetic

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adj. practicing great self-denial; pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline; n. someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline

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gauche

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adj. lacking social polish

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panegyrical

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adj. formally expressing praise

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didactic

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adj. instructive (especially excessively)

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insurgency

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n. an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict

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antedate

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v. establish something as being earlier relative to something else; be earlier in time; go back further

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superannuation

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n. the act of discharging someone because of age (especially to cause someone to retire from service on a pension); the property of being out of date and not current; a monthly payment made to someone who is retired from work

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senescence

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n. the property characteristic of old age; the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age

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intractable

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adj. not tractable; difficult to manage or mold

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nascent

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adj. being born or beginning

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predilection

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n. a predisposition in favor of something; a strong liking

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inveterate

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adj. having a habit of long standing

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timorous

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adj. timid by nature or revealing timidity

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cowed

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adj. frightened into submission or compliance

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turgid

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adj. abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas; ostentatiously lofty in style

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interdict

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n. a court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity; an ecclesiastical censure by the Roman Catholic Church withdrawing certain sacraments and Christian burial from a person or all persons in a particular district; v. destroy by firepower, such as an enemy's line of communication; command against

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expurgate

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v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate

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penury

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n. a state of extreme poverty or destitution

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indigence

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n. a state of extreme poverty or destitution

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pernicious

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adj. working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way; exceedingly harmful

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deleterious

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adj. harmful to living things

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precocity

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n. intelligence achieved far ahead of normal developmental schedules

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parsimony

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n. extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily; extreme stinginess

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ignobility

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n. the quality of being ignoble

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antipathy

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n. the object of a feeling of intense aversion; something to be avoided; a feeling of intense dislike

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probity

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n. complete and confirmed integrity; having strong moral principles

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odium

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n. state of disgrace resulting from detestable behavior; hate coupled with disgust

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cogent

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adj. powerfully persuasive

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florid

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adj. inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life; elaborately or excessively ornamented

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sanguine

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adj. confidently optimistic and cheerful; inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life; n. a blood-red color

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choleric

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adj. characterized by anger; quickly aroused to anger; easily moved to anger

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chicanery

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n. the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

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enervate

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v. weaken mentally or morally; disturb the composure of

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ennui

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n. the feeling of being bored by something tedious

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equivocate

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v. be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information

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exigent

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adj. requiring precise accuracy; demanding attention

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fulminate

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n. a salt or ester of fulminic acid; v. cause to explode violently and with loud noise; come on suddenly and intensely; criticize severely

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ingenuous

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adj. characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious; lacking in sophistication or worldliness

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noxious

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adj. injurious to physical or mental health

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obviate

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v. do away with; prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening

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coruscating

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adj. flashing, sparkling