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Cupidity
(kyoo-PIH-dih-tee) |
greed; strong desire
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Palatial
(puh-LAY-shuhl) |
relating to a palace; magnificent
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Incarnadine
(in-CAR-nuh-deen) |
blood-red in color
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Amortize
(uh-MOHR-tiez) |
to diminish by installment payments
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Turgid
(TUHR-jihd) |
swollen as from fluid; bloated
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Jettison
(JEHT-ih-zuhn)(JEHT-ih-suhn) |
to discard; to get rid of as unnecessary or encumbering
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Coterie
(KOH-tuh-ree)(koh-tuh-REE) |
an intimate group of persons with a similar purpose
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Invidious
(ihn-VIHD-ee-uhs) |
envious, obnoxious, or offensive; likely to promote ill-will
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Epicure
(eh-pih-KYOOR)(EH-pih-kyuhr) |
person with refined taste in food and wine
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Investiture
(in-VES-tuh-chur) |
ceremony conferring authority
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Anodyne
(AAN-nuh-dien) |
something that calms or soothes pain
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Cosset
(KAH-suht) |
to pamper; treat with great care
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Trenchant
(TREHN-chuhnt) |
acute, sharp, or incisive; forceful; effective
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Stentorian
(stehn-TOHR-ee-yehn) |
extremely loud
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Probity
(PROH-bih-tee) |
complete honesty and integrity
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Approbation
(aa-pruh-BAY-shuhn) |
approval and praise
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Irascible
(ih-RAH-suh-buhl) |
easily made angry
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Arrogate
(AA-ruh-gayt) |
to claim without justification; to claim for oneself without right
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Scintilla
(sihn-TIHL-uh) |
trace amount
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Winsome
(WIHN-suhm) |
charming; happily engaging
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Alacrity
(uh-LAAK-crih-tee) |
speed or quickness
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Quiescent
(kwie-EH-sihnt) |
motionless
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Umbrage
(UHM-brihj) |
offense; resentment
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Parley
(PAR-lee) |
discussion, usually between enemies
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Quotidian
(kwo-TIH-dee-uhn) |
occurring daily; commonplace
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Canard
(kuh-NARD) |
a lie
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Demagogue
(DEH-muh-gahg)(DEH-muh-gawg) |
a leader or rabble-rouser, usually appealing to emotion or prejudice
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Ribald
(RIH-buhld) |
humorous in a vulgar way
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Desultory
(dehs-UHL-tohr-ee)(DEHZ-uhl-tohr-ee) |
jumping from one thing to another; disconnected
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Blithe
(blieth) |
joyful, cheerful, or without appropriate thought
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Sobriquet
(SOH-brih-keht) |
nickname
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Zephyr
(ZEH-fuhr) |
a gentle breeze; something airy or unsubstantial
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Noisome
(NOY-suhm) |
stinking; putrid
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Fecund
(fee-kuhnd)(FEH-kuhnd) |
fertile; fruitful; productive
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Fallow
(FAA-loh) |
dormant; unused
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Numismatics
(nu-miz-MAA-tiks) |
coin collecting
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Aberrant
(uh-BER-unt) |
deviating from what is normal or expected
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Abjure
(aab-JUR) |
to reject; abandon formally
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Intrepid
(ihn-TREH-pihd) |
fearless; resolutely courageous
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Itinerant
(ie-TIHN-uhr-uhnt) |
wandering from place to place; unsettled
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Arbitrate
(AHR-bih-trayt) |
to judge a dispute between two opposing parties
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Lachrymose
(LAAK-ruh-mohs) |
tearful
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Garrulous
(GAAR-uh-luhs)(GAAR-yuh-luhs) |
tending to talk a lot
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Abscond
(aab-SKAHND) |
to leave secretly
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Puerile
(PYOO-ruhl) |
childish, immature, or silly
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Jingoism
(JING-goh-ihz-uhm) |
belligerent support for one's country
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Bonhomie
(bah-nuh-MEE) |
good-natured geniality; atmosphere of good cheer
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Profligate
(PRAA-flih-guht) |
corrupt; degenerate
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Intransigent
(ihn-TRAAN-suh-juhnt) (ihn-TRAAN-zuh-juhnt) |
uncompromising; refusing to be reconciled
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Abstemious
(aab-STEE-me-uhs) |
moderate in appetite
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Specious
(SPEE-shuhs) |
deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious
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Querulous
(KWEHR-yoo-luhs) |
inclined to complain; irritable
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Fatuous
(FAH-choo-uhs) |
stupid; foolishly self-satisfied
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Mercurial
(muhr-KYOOR-ee-uhl) |
quick, shrewd, and unpredictable
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Militate
(MIHL-ih-tayt) |
to operate against; work against
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Ossify
(AH-sih-fie) |
to change into bone; to become hardened or set in a rigidly conventional pattern
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Distaff
(DIS-taf) |
the female branch of a family
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Catholic
(KAA-thuh-lihk)(KAA-thlihk) |
universal; broad and comprehensive
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Legerdemain
(lehj-uhr-duh-MAYN) |
trickery
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Peripatetic
(peh-ruh-puh-TEH-tihk) |
wandering from place to place, especially on foot
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Slake
(slayk) |
to calm down or moderate
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Lassitude
(LAAS-ih-tood) |
a state of diminished energy
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Phalanx
(FAY-laanks) |
a compact or close-knit body of people, animals, or things
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Tyro
(TIE-roh) |
beginner; novice
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Ostensible
(ah-STEHN-sih-buhl) |
apparent
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Ersatz
(UHR-sats)(uhr-SATS) |
fake
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Diurnal
(die-UHR-nuhl) |
existing during the day
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Contumacious
(kahn-tuh-MAY-shuhs) |
rebellious
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Burnish
(BUHR-nihsh) |
to polish
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Lapidary
(LAA-puh-der-ee) |
relating to precious stones or the art of cutting them
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Variegated
(VAAR-ee-uh-GAYT-ehd) |
varied; marked with different colors
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Craven
(KRAY-vuhn) |
lacking courage
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Aggrandize
(uh-GRAAN-diez)(AA-gruhn-diez) |
to increase in power, influence, and reputation
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Declivity
(dih-KLIH-vih-tee) |
downward slope
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Exculpate
(EHK-skuhl-payt)(IHK-skuhl-payt) |
to clear from blame; prove innocent
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Lionize
(LIE-uhn-iez) |
to treat as celebrity
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Inexorable
(ihn-EHK-suhr-uh-buhl) |
inflexible; unyielding
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Equivocate
(ih-KWIHV-uh-kayt) |
to use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead
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Plebeian
(plee-BEE-uhn) |
crude or coarse; characteristic of commoners
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Panegyric
(paan-uh-JEER-ihk) |
elaborate praise; formal hymn of praise
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Dilatory
(DIHL-uh-tohr-ee) |
intended to delay
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Florid
(FLOHR-ihd)(FLAHR-ihd) |
excessively decorated or embellished
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Vituperate
(vih-TOO-puhr-ayt) |
to abuse verbally; berate
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Nascent
(NAY-sehnt) |
starting to develop; coming into existence
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Palliate
(PAA-lee-ayt) |
to make less serious; ease
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Expurgate
(EHK-spuhr-gayt) |
to censor
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Prevaricate
(prih-VAAR-uh-cayt) |
to lie or deviate from the truth
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Mendacious
(mehn-DAY-shuhs) |
dishonest
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Nadir
(NAY-dihr)(NAY-duhr) |
lowest point
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Inchoate
(ihn-KOH-uht) |
not fully formed; disorganized
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Accretion
(uh-KREE-shuhn) |
a growth in size; an increase in amount
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Affected
(uh-FEHK-tihd) |
phony; artificial
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Sanguine
(SAAN-gwuhn) |
ruddy; cheerfully optimistic
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Voluble
(VAHL-yuh-buhl) |
talkative; speaking easily; glib
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Collusion
(kuh-LOO-zhuhn) |
collaboration; complicity; conspiracy
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Aerie
(AYR-ee)(EER-ee) |
a nest built high in the air; an elevated, often secluded, dwelling
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Verdant
(VUHR-duhnt) |
green with vegetation; inexperienced
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Cabal
(kuh-BAHL) |
a secret group seeking to overturn something
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Augury
(AW-gyuh-ree)(AW-guh-ree) |
prophecy; prediction of events
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Knell
(nehl) |
sound of a funeral bell; omen of death or failure
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Limpid
(LIM-pihd) |
clear; transparent
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Coffer
(KAH-fuhr) |
strongbox; large chest for money
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Perfidious
(puhr-FIH-dee-uhs) |
willing to betray one's trust
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Gambol
(GAAM-buhl) |
to dance or skip around playfully
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Perfunctory
(pur-FUHNK-tuhr-ee) |
done in a routine way; indifferent
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Obviate
(AHB-vee-ayt) |
to prevent; to make unnecessary
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Levity
(LEH-vih-tee) |
an inappropriate lack of seriousness; overly casual
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Raconteur
(raa-cahn-TUHR) |
witty, skillful storyteller
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Ford
(fohrd) |
to cross a body of water by wading
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Repast
(RIH-paast) |
meal or mealtime
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Mollify
(MAHL-uh-fie) |
to calm or make less severe
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Sacrosanct
(SAA-kroh-saankt) |
extremely sacred; beyond criticism
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