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73 Cards in this Set
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Abase v.
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lower, degrade, humiliate
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1. The servant expexted to have courtsy to his master, but refused to abse himself.
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Abash v.
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Embarrass
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1. He was not at all abashed by her open admiration
2. Bash - To Hit, insult |
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Abate v.
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Subside, Moderate
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1. Rather than leaving immediately, they waited for the storm to abate.
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Abbreviate v.
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Shorten
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1. Because we were running out of time, the lecturer
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Abdicate v.
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Renounce, give up
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1. When Edward VIII abdicated the British throne, he surprised the entire world
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Abate
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Subside
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Rather than leaving immediately, they waited for the storm to abate
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Aberrant
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Abnormal
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Given the abberant nature of the data, we came to doubt the validity of the experiment
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Abeyance
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Suspended Action
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The deal was held in abeyance until her arrival
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Abscond
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Depart secretly and hide
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The teller absconded with the bonds and was not found
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Abstemious
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Sparing in eating and drinking
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Concerned whether her vegetarian son's abstemious diet provided with sufficient protien, the worried mother pressed food on him
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Admonish
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Warn
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He admonished his listeners to change their wicked ways
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Adulterate
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To make impure by adding inferior substances
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It is a crime to adulterate foods without informing the buyer
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Aesthetic
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Capable of appreciating the beautiful
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The beauty of Tiffany's stained glass appealed to alice's aesthetic sense
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Aggregate
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Sum
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The aggregate wealth of this country is staggering to imagination
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Alacrity
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Cheerful Promptness
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He showed alacrity in executing the orders of his master
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Alleviate
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Relieve
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This should alleviate the pain; of it does not, we shall have to use stronger drugs
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Amalgamate
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Unite in one body
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The unions will attempt to amalgamate their groups into one national body
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Ambiguous
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Unclear or doubtful in meaning
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His ambiguous instructions misled us; we did not know which road to take
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Ambivalence
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the state of having conflicting emotional attitudes
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Torn between loving her parents one minute and hating them the next, she was confused by the ambivalence of her feelings
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Ameliorate
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improve
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Many social workers have attempted to ameliorate the conditions of people living in the slums
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Anachronism
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something or someone misplaced in time
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Shakespeare's reference to clocks in julius ceasar is an anachronism no clocks existed in ceasar's time
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Analogous
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comparable
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She called our attention to the things that had been done in an analogous situation and recommended that we do the same
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Anarchy
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absence of governing body
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The assassination of the leaders led to a period of anarchy
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Anomalous
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Abnormal
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He was placed in the anomalous position of seeming to approve procedures that he despised
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Antipathy
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aversion
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His extreme anitpathy for dispute caused him to avoid argumentative discussions with his friends
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Apathy
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lack of caring
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A firm believer in democratic government, she could not understand the apathy of people who never bothered to vote
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Appease
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pacify
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We have discovered that, when we try to appease our enemies, we encourage them to make additional demands
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Apprised
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inform
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When he was apprised of the dangerous weather conditions, he decided to postpone his trip
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Approbation
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approval
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Wanting her parent's regard, she looked for some sign of their approbation
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Appropriate
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acquire
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The ranch owners appropriated the lands that had originally been set aside for the indian's use
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Arduous
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hard
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Her arduous efforts had sapped her energy
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Artless
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without guile
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The child's artlessness could be understood from the look in his eyes
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Ascetic
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practicing self- denial
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The wealthy man could not understand the ascetic life led by the monks
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Assiduous
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diligent
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It took him weeks of assiduous labour before he was satisfied with his protrait of his son
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Assuage
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ease
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Your messages of cheer should assuage her sufferings
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Attenuate
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make thin
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By withdrawing their forces, the generals hoped to attenuate the enemy lines
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Audacious
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daring
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Audiences cheered as the prince made his audacious, death defying leap to freedom and escaped Darth Vader's troop
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Austere
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strict
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His austere demeanor prevented us from engaging in our usual frivolous activities
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Autonomous
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self governing
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This island is a colony, however in most matters it is autonomous and recieves no orders from the mother country
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Aver
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state confidently
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I wish to aver that I am certain of success
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Banal
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hackneyed
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His frequent use of cliches made his essay seem banal
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Belie
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contradict
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His coarse, hard bitten exterior belied his innate sensitivity
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Beneficient
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kindly
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The overgenerous philanthropist had to curb his beneficient impulses before he gave away all his money and left himself nothing
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Bolster
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support
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The debators amassed file boxes full of evidence to bolster their arguments
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Bombastic
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pompous
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Puffed with conceit, the orator spoke in such a bombastic manner that we longed to deflate him
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Boorish
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rude
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Though mr. potnis constantly interrupted his wife, she ignored his boorish behaviour, for she had lost hope of teaching him country
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Burgeon
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grow forth
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In the spring, plants that burgeon are a promise of the beauty that is to come
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Burnish
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make shiny by rubbing
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The maid burnished the brass fixtures until they reflected the lamplight
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Buttress
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support
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Debators buttress their arguments with facts
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Cacophonous
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discordant
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The cacophonous sounds made during the tuning of orchestra are unbearable
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Capricious
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fickle
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The storm was capricious and changed course constantly
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Castigation
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punishment
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Ram could not bear castigation that she found in certain reviews
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Catalyst
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agent that brings about a chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged
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Many chemical reactions cannot take place without the presence of a catalyst
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Caustic
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burning
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The cirtic's caustic remarks angered the hapless actors who were the subjects of his sarcasm
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Chicanery
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trickery
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Your deceitful tactics in this case are indications of chicanery
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Coagulate
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thicken
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Even after you remove the pudding from the burner, it will continue to coagulate as it stands
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Coda
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concluding section of a musical or literary composition
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The piece concluded with a distinctive coda that strikingly brought together various motifs
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Cogent
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convincing
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She presented cogent arguments to the jury
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Commensurate
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equal in extent
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Your reward will be commensurate with your effort
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Compendium
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brief
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This text can serve as a compendium of the tremendous amount of new material being developed in this field
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Complaisant
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trying to please
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The courtier obeyed the king's orders in a complaisant manner
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Compliant
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yielding
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He was compliant and ready to go along with his friend's desires
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Conciliatory
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reconsiling
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She was still angry despite his conciliatory words
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Condone
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overlook
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Unlike Widow Douglass, who condoned Huck's minor offenses, Miss watson did nothing but scold
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Confound
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confuse
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No mystery could confound sherlock holmes for long
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Connoisseur
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person competent to act as a judge of art etc;
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She had developed into a connoisseur of fine china
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Contention
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claim
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It is our contention that, if you follow our tactics, you will boost your score in GRE
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Contentious
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quarrelsome
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We heard loud and contentious noises in the next room
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Contrite
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penitent
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Her contrite tears did not influence the judge when he imposed sentence
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Conundrum
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riddle
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During the long car ride, she invented conundrums to entertain the children
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Converge
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Come together
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Marchers converged on washington for the great save the environment march
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Convoluted
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coiled around
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His argument was so convoluted that few of us could follow it intelligently
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Craven
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cowardly
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When he saw the enemy troops advancing, he had craven impulse to run for his life
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