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203 Cards in this Set
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Pristine
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Fresh and clean
uncorrupted |
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Vituperate
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verbally abuse
berate |
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Obviate
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prevent
to make unnecessary |
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Ambiguous
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doubtful or uncertain
able to be interpreted in several ways |
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Disparate
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fundamentally different
entirely unlike |
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Inure
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harden
become used to accustom |
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Disabuse
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to free from error
to set right |
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Ebullient
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exhilarating
full of enthusiasm and high spirits |
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Doctrinaire
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rigid devotion to theories without regards to practicality
dogmatic |
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Specious
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deceptively attractive
seemingly plausible but fallacious |
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Penury
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oppressive lack of resources
severe poverty |
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Exigent
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urgent
requiring immediate action |
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Cortege
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retinue (entourage)
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Antipathy
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aversion
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Demur
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object
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Discrimination
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insight
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Provisional
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tentative
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Bon Mot
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witticism
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Hypothesis
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Assumption
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Proviso
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condition
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Macabre
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gruesome
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Latent
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dormant
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Arroyo
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gully
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Effrontery
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impudence
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Meticulous
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extremely careful
Fastidious painstaking |
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Effigy
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stuffed doll
likeness of a person |
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Fortuitous
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happening by chance
fortunate |
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Dilettante
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someone withan amateurish and superficial interest in a topic
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Spartan
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highly, self-disciplined
frugal austere |
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Sacrosanct
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extremely sacred
beyond criticism |
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Sagacious
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shrewd
wise |
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Salient
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prominent
of notable significance |
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Sanguine
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ruddy
cheerfully optimistic |
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Replete
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abundantly supplied
complete |
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Zephyr
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a gentle breeze
something airy or unsubstantial |
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Zenith
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the point of culmination
peak |
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Unconscionable
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unscrupulous
shockingly unfair or unjust |
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Verdant
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green with vegetation
inexperienced |
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Vernal
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related to spring
fresh |
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Vicissitude
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a change or variation
ups and downs |
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Vex
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to annoy
irritate puzzle confuse |
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Variegated
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varied
marked with different colors |
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Ingratiate
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to work one's way into another's favor
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impecunious
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poor
having no money |
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Stipulate
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specify
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Glib
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fluent in insincere manner
offhand casual |
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Connivance
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collusion
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Emolument
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Compensation
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Ignominy
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disgrace
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Apposite
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appropriate
fitting suitable |
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Derisive
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Expressing ridicule
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Blandishment
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Praise
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Raucous
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Harsh
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Epitome
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summary
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Abraded
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worn away
eroded |
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Gerontocracy
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government by the aged
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Maculated
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spotted
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Quisling
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traitor
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Sedulity
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thoroughness
perseverance |
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Seine
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type of fishing net
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Tender
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to offer
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Waffle
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talk nonsense
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Homiletics
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art of preaching or giving sermons
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Impugn
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challenge
question someone's honor etc |
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Incubus
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encumbrance
nightmarish thing |
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Lope
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run with long strides
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Macerate
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soften or break up by soaking
weaken |
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Nostrum
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remedy
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Saw
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tool
wise saying |
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Sibyl
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prophetess
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Brook
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stream
tolerate |
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Emboss
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decorate with a raised design
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Liturgy
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form of worship
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Nexus
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connection
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Odometer
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instrument to measure distance covered
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Purchase
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grip
buy |
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Quotidian
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daily
routine |
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Seminal
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essential
formative |
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Agog
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amazed
wide eyed enthusiasm |
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Epithet
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A descriptive word or phrase
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Fracas
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fight
disturbance |
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Milk
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squeeze
obtain by application of pressure |
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Frieze
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decorative border
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Gist
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essence
main point |
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Plodding
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walking slowly and heavily
uninspired |
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Esoterica
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obscure details
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Prohibitive
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prohibiting
exorbitantly expensive |
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Chantey
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type of song sung by sailors
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Personification
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represent something as a person
a concrete example of |
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Ferrous
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concerned with iron or its compounds
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Table (v)
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put down for future discussion
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Resilience
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resistance
ability to spring back |
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Vagary
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unpredictable or erratic
whimsical, wild, unusual |
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Discountenance
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disallow
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Pith
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center
soft part of stem essence |
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Sinistral
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left handed or counterclockwise
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Trenchant
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Acute, sharp or incisive
forceful effective |
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Transitory
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temporary
lasting a brief time |
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Intrepid
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fearless
resolutely courageous |
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Keen
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having a sharp edge
intellectually sharp perceptive |
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Monotony
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no variation
tediously the same |
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Myopic
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lacking foresight
having a narrow view or short range perspective |
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Nominal
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existing in name only
negligible |
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Opaque
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impossible to see through
preventing the passage of light |
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Ossify
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to change into bone
to become hardened or set in a rigidly conventional pattern |
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Palliate
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to make less serious
ease |
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Panache
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flamboyance or dash in style or action
verve |
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Panegyric
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elaborate praise
formal hymn of praise |
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Pejorative
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having bad connotations
disparaging |
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Pervade
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to be present throughout
to permeate |
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Fervid
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intensely emotional
feverish |
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Fatuous
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stupid
foolishly self-satisfied |
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Husband
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manage economically
to use sparingly |
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Imbue
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to infuse
dye wet or moisten |
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Ignoble
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having low moral standards
not noble in character mean |
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Turgid
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swollen as from a fluid
bloated |
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Calumny
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a false or malicious accusation
misrepresentation |
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Wraith
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a ghost or specter
a ghost of a living person seen just before his or her death |
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Solecism
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grammatical mistake
blunder in speech |
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Precipitate
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to throw violently or bring about abruptly
lacking deliberation |
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Whimsical
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unpredictable
lightly acting in a fanciful or capricious manner |
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Capricious
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sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior
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Exculpate
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to clear from blame
prove innocent |
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Cosset
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pamper
treat with great care |
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Augury
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prophecy
prediction of events |
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Abjure
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reject
abandon formally |
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Desultory
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jumping from one thing to another
disconnected |
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Arrogate
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to claim without justification
claim for oneself without right |
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Invidious
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envious obnoxious or offensive
likely to promote ill-will |
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Martinet
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strict disciplinarian
one who rigidly follows rules |
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Meretricious
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gaudy
falsely attractive |
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Militate
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to operate against
work against |
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Pare
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trim off excess
reduce |
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Peregrinate
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to wander from place to place
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Sycophant
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self-serving flatterer
yes-man |
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Stolid
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unemotional
lacking sensitivity |
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Inculcate
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to teach
impress in the mind |
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Posit
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assume as real or conceded
propose as an explanation |
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Coffer
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strongbox
large chest for money |
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Catholic
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universal
broad and comprehensive |
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Plebeian
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crude or coarse
characteristic of commoners |
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querulous
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inclined to complain
irritable |
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Politic
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shrewd and practical in managing or dealing with things
diplomatic |
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Malediction
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a curse
wish of evil upon another |
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Axiom
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premise
postulate self-evident truth |
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Dyspeptic
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suffering from indigestion
gloomy and irritable |
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Hapless
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unfortunate
having bad luck |
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Idiosyncrasy
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peculiarity of temperament
eccentricity |
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Grievous
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causing grief or sorrow
serious and distressing |
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Petulant
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irritable
rude peevish |
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Wanton
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reckless
immoral |
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Circumvent
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surround or entrap
to go around, bypass |
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Mendicant
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Beggar
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Inexorable
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unyielding
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Hertical
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unorthodox
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Profligate
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shamelessly immoral
extremely wasteful |
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Fractious
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unruly
rebellious |
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Amity
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friendship
peaceful harmony |
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Capitulate
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surrender under agreed conditions
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Disputatious
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argumentative
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Hackneyed
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made commonplace or trite
stale banal |
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Maladroit
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awkward
bungling tactless |
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Munificent
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very generous
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Nefarious
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extremely wicked or villainous
iniquitous |
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Proclivity
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natural inclination
predisposition |
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Prodigal
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wastefully extravagant
giving lavishly lavishly abundant |
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Prodigious
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extraordinary in size
wonderful or marvelous abnormal or monstrous |
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Profuse
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spending or giving freely in large amount
extravagant in great amount |
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Profusion
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abundance
great amount extravagance |
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Recalcitrant
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not obedient or compliant
hard to deal with or manage |
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Saccharine
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cloyingly agreeable or ingratiating
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Stymie
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a problem with difficulties so great to defeat any attempt to resolve it
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Sumptuous
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entailing great expense
luxurious |
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Tantamount
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equivalent
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Venturesome
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willing to undertake risky or dangerous activities
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Virulent
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actively poisonous
noxious malignant hostile |
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Whet
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sharpen
keen or eager |
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Ahistorical
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without regard for history
indifferent to tradition |
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Belie
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to show to be false
to misrepresent to act unworthy |
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Demarcation
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separation by distinct boundaries
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irresolute
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doubtful
infirm of purpose vacillating |
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Oracular
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resembling an oracle
uttered as if divinely inspired |
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Partisan
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supporter of a particular party
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Pertinacious
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holding tenaciously to a purpose
resolute stubborn |
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recapitulate
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review a summary
to restate in music |
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Resolute
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firmly resolved
determination |
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Tensile
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pertaining to tension
ductile |
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Ken
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knowledge
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Sartorial
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tailored
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Condign
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deserved
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Superciliously
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disdainfully
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Truculent
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savage
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Inveigh
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speak bitterly
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Dais
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a raised platform for a lectern or throne, etc.
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Vituperation
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abuse
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Histrionic
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overly dramatic
deliberately affected |
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Expiate
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atone for
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Mundane
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worldly
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Perspicacity
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keen
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Extraneous
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foreign
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Paroxysm
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sudden outburst
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Sapient
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having or showing great wisdom or sound judgement
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Mutinous
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revolt against authority
difficult to control |
