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135 Cards in this Set
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Apropos
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appropriate to the situation
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Diffidence
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shyness
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Demagogue
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person appealing not to reasons
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Proliferate
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grow reproduce by rapid multification
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Erudite
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learned scholarly
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Seminal
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like a seed constituting a source originative
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Myriad
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very great number
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Barren
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not good enough, unable to have young ones, without value
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Assuage
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make smooth (pain desire) less
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Nascent
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coming into existence emerging
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Apostate
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one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions
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Compunction
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feeling of regret for ones action
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Exigency
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emergency, an urgent situation
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Fecund
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Fertile
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Florid
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very much ornamented naturally red (ex. of face)
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Prolix
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tiring because too long
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Aberrant
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turning away from what is right, true
deviating from what is normal or typical |
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Abstemious
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Characterized by abstinece
abstaining from alcohol |
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Abstract
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thought of apart from any particular instances or material objects; not concrete
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Acquiesce
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agree, consent.
to agree or consent quietly wihtout protest, but without enthusiasm |
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Admonition
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an admonishing, or warning to correct some fault
a mild rebuke; reprimand |
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Allocation
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Authoritative or hortary address
a formal speech |
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Ambiguity
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The quality or state of being ambiguous
statement |
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Amelioration
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to make or become better; improve
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Anesthetize
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To cause anesthesia in; give an anesthetic to
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Apotheosis
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the act of raising a person to the status of a god; deificiation
a glorified idea |
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Ascetic
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Severe
a person who leads a life of contemplation an rigorous self-denial/religious purpose |
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Atypical
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not typical, not characteristic; abnormal
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Augment
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to make greater; as in size quantity, strength; enlarge
to add an augment to |
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Baffle
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to confuse so as to keep from understanding or solving; puzzle; confound
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Banality
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Belonging to feudal serfs dull or stale as becaues of overuse trite; hackneyes; commonplace; insipid
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Begrudge
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envy
to feel ill will or resentment at the possession or employment of something |
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Beguile
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to mislead by cheating or tricky; deceive
to deprive by deceit; cheat |
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Belligerence
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at war, designating or of a state recognized under international law as being engaged in a war
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Bilk
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to balk or thwart
to cheat or swindle; defraud to bilk the police |
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Bolster
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A long narrow cushion or pillow
a soft pad for easing pressure on any part of the body |
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Braggart
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an offensively boastful person
bragging boastful |
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Brash
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Brittle or fragile, as some wood
offensively bold; pushing, presumptouous, impudent |
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Candid
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free from prejudice or bias; fair; just; impartical
very honest or frank in waht one says or write- Frank |
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Causative
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Producing an effect; causing
expressing causation; as certain verbs |
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Cavil
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to object when there is little to no reason to do so; resort to trival fault finding
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Censure
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a condemnation as wrong; strong disapproval
critize a judgment or resolution a person for misconduct |
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Chary
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not taking chances; careful; caution
not giving freely; sparing cheap |
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Cloture
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closing device (in Parliament) to end a debate by voting
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Cogent
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forceful and to the point, as a reason or argument; compelling; convincing
valid |
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Commend
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entrust
to put in the care of another to mention as worthy of attention; recommend |
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Commendation
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the act of commanding esp. recommendation or praise
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Corrigible
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capable of being corrected, improved, or reformed
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Crass
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Grossly stupid, dull or obtuse
tasteless, insensitive, coarse. Money-grubbing |
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Credit
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belief or trust; confidence; faith
ascribe |
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Dearth
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an inadequate supply.
lack of |
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Desiccate
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to dry completely
to preserve (food) by drying |
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Dichotomous
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Division into two parts, groups or classes esp when these are sharply distinguished or opposed
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Diminish
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to make or make seem, smaller; reduce in size, degree, importance, lessen
decrease |
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Disparity
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inequality or difference, as in rank amount or quality
unlikeness, incongruity |
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Dissolution
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a breaking up iont part; disintegreated
termination death,dismissal of assembly |
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Docile
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easily taught
easily led or managed obedient |
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Electrify
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to charge with electricity
to supply with electric power |
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Embitter
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to excite bitter feelings in
to make bitter |
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Enervate
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lacking physical, mental or moral vigor
unnerve-to lessen the vital strength of |
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Engaging
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tending to draw favorable attention or interest
attractive |
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Enliven
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to give life, action or spirit to
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Ensnare
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to take in or as if in a snarl
catch |
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Enthrall
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to hold in or reduce to slavery
to hold spellbound charm |
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Entice
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to attract artfully or adroitly or by arousing hope or desire
tempt-lure |
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Entrench
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to place within or surround with a trench for defense
encroach furrow |
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Eradicate
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to pull up by the roots
to do away with as completely as if by pulling by roots- exterminate |
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Erratic
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having no fixed course
wandering, nomadic eccentric, strange lack of consistency |
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Erroneous
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Mistaken
constaining or characterized by error |
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Exonerate
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to relieve of a responsibilty, obligation or hardship
to clear accusation or blame |
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Expository
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of relating to or containing exposition
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Fledging
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a young bird
able to fly, trained, experienced. an immature/inexperienced |
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Gaucheness
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lacking social experience or grace
cruel, crudely made or done not tactful, awkward |
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Grandoise
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characterized by affection of grandeur or splendor or absurb exaggeration. Really grand
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Hallow
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To make holy or set apart for holy use.
to respect greatly devote |
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Harbinger
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a person sent ahaed to provide lodgings- forerunner
one that pioneers in or initiates a major change |
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Immutable
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not capable of or susceptible to change
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Indolence
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inclination to laziness
Sloth |
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Indolent
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causing a little or no pain
lazy |
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Industrious
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skillful, ingenious
constantly, regularly or habitually active or occupied diligent, busy |
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Inescapable
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incapable of being estimated or computed
inevitable |
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Inquisitiveness
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curious-given to examination or investigation
inclined to ask questions |
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Insouciant
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unconcerned, carefree
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Lackadasical
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Lacking life, spirit or zest
languid |
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Lackluster
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lacking in sheen, brillance or vitality, dull, mediocre
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Loquacity
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the quality or state of being very talkative
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Lugubrious
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exaggeratedly or affectedly mournful
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Luminary
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a person of prominence or brillant achievement
a body that gives light one of the celestial bodies |
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Malevolence
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wishing to do evil
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Mealymouthed
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not plain and straightforward
devious |
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Mince
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pronounce or speak affectedly euphemize
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Mirth
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gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter
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Miser
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a mean grasping person
one who is extremly stingy with money |
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Mollify
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to soothe in temper or disposition. appease
to reduce the rigidity soften. pacify |
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Nefarious
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flagrantly wicked or impious. evil, vicious
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Neologism
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a new word, usuage or expression
meaningless word coined by a psychotic |
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Nonchalance
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the quality or state of being nonchalant- cool
having an air of easy unconcern or indifference |
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Obliquity
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Deviation from moral rectitude or sound thinking. deviation from parallelism or perpendicularity
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Occlude
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to close up or block off
obstruct conceal |
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Parsimonious
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exhibiting or marked by parsimony- frugal to the point of stinginess.sparing, restrained. stingy
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Parsimony
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the quality of being careful with money or resources. economy in the use of means to an end. stingy
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Perceptible
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capable of being perceived esp. by the senses
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Pious
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dutiful to parents devoted to religion
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Platitude
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a trite or banal statement unoriginality
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Postulate
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demand, claim. to assuer or claim as true, existent, or necessary;
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Pragmatic
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busy, officious, opinionated. relating to matters of fact or pratical affairs often to the exclusion of intellecutal
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Precipitate
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to throw violently
hurl to bring about esp. abruptly |
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Prevaricate
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to deviate from the truth
lie |
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Protract
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delay, defer. to prolong in time or space.
Continue, to extend forward or outward. extend |
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Protrusion
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the act of protruding; the state of being protruded. Projected
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Provision
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the act or process of providing.
a stock of needed materials or supplies. stipulation |
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Quiescence
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state of being passive/motionless
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Quixotic
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foolishly impractical esp. in the pursuit of ideals; imaginary
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Recalcitrant
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obstinately defiant of authority or restraint.
difficult to manage or operate. unruly |
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Redoubtable
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causing fear or alarm
formidable casuing fear. illustrious, eminent worthy or respect |
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Resolute
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marked by firm determination. resolved. faithful
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Restiveness
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stubborn resisting control. balky, impatient, uneasiness, fidgety, contrary
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Sage
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wise through reflection and experience. grave, solemn. wisdom, prudence and good judgment
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Scad
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a large number or quantity.
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Sobriety
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the quality or state of being sober
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Spunk
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a woody tinder, mettle, pluck, spirit, liveliness
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Spur
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a pointed device secured to a rider's heel and used to urge ont he horse. stimulus
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Stilted
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pompous, lofty, formal, stiff. hang the curve beginning at some distance above the impost
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Stupefy
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to make stupid, groggy or insensible. astonish, astound
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Sumptuous
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extremely cost, rich, luxurious, or magnificient
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Synchronous
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happening, existing or arising at precisely the same time. synchronism
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Taciturnity
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temperamentally disinclined to talk.
silent |
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Tractable
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capable of being easily led, taught or controlled; docile. easily handled, managed. obedient
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Transience
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passing esp quickly into and out of existence
transitory |
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Trepidation
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a tremulous motion. tremor. fear, timourous uncertain agitation. apprehension
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Unambigious
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not ambiguous
clear precise |
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Undermine
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to excavate the earth beneath; sap. tow wash away supporting material
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Verbose
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containing more words than necessary. wordy. given to wordiness
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Voluminous
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consisting of many folds. winding. filling or capable of filling a large volume or several volumes
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Zealot
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a member of a fanatical sect arising in Judea during the 1st cent. Ad. a zealous person fanatical partisan
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