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abscond
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(v) the depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide
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aberrant
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(a) deviating from the norm (noun form: aberration)
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alacrity
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(n) eager and enthusiastic willingness
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suicide bomber
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anomaly
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(n) deviation from the normal order, form, or rule; abnormality
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approbation
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(n) an expression of approval or praise
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kudos
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arduous
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(a) strenuous, taxing; requiring significant effort
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assuage
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(v) to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify
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stress ball
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audacious
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(a) daring and fearless; recklessly bold
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austere
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(a) withourt adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic
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axiomatic
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(a) taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth
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theoretical principles
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canonical
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(a) following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards
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capricious
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(a) inclined to change one's mind impulsively; erratic, unpredictable
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censure
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(v) to criticize severely; to officially rebuke.
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chicanery
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(n) trickery or subterfuge
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prank
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conoisseur
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(n) an informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert.
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convoluted
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(a) complex or complicated
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disabuse
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(v) to undeceive; to set right
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discordant
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(a) conflicting; dissonant or harsh
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disparate
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(a) fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
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East and West
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effrontery
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(n) extreme boldness; presumptuousness
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eloquent
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(a) well-spoken, expressive, articulate
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enervate
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(v) to weaken; reduce in vitality
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ennui
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(n) dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy
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waiting room
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equivocate
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(v) to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent
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used car salesman
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erudite
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(a) very learned; scholarly
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exculpate
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(v) exonerate; clear of blame
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exigent
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(a) urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention
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counterattack
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extemporaneous
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(a) improvised; done without preparation.
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filibuster
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(n) intentional obstruction, using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action
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fulminate
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(v) loudly attack or denouce
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uncompromising preacher
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ingenuous
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(a) artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication
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inured
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(a) accustomed to accepting something undesirable
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glass half full
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irascible
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(a) easily angered; prone to tempermental outbursts
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Jimmy
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laud
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(v) to praise highly
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kudos
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lucid
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(a) clear; easily understood
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magnanimity
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(n) the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, esp. in forgiving
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martial
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(a) associated with war and the armed forces
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mundane
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(a) of the world; typical or concerned with the ordinary
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nascent
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(a) coming into being; in early developmental stages
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nebulous
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(a) vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form
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weak argument
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neologism
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(n) a new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses
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slang
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noxious
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(a) harmful, injurious
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obtuse
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(a) lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression
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"I'll look it up in the dictionary"
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obviate
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(v) to anticipate and make unnecessary
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onerous
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(a) burdensome; troubling
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paean
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(n) a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving
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Three Cheers
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parody
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(n) a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, esp. in literature or art
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perennial
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(a) recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly
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perfidy
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(n) intentional breach of faith; treachery
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perfunctory
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(a) cursory; done without care or interest
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perspicacious
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(a) acutely perceptive; having keen discernability
a perspicacious seer |
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prattle
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(v) to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner
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precipitate
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(v) to cause or happen before anticipated or required
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Afghanistan
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predilection
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(n) a disposition in favor of something; preference
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vote
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prescience
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(n) foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring
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seer
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prevaricate
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(v) to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead
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criminal mastermind
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qualms
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(n) misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy
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recant
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(v) to retract, esp. a previously held belief
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refute
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(v) to disprove; to successfully argue against
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relegate
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(v) to forcibly assign, esp. to a lower place or position
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reticent
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(a) quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings
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solicitious
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(a) concerned and attentive; eager
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friend
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sordid
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(a) characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul
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cockroach
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sporadic
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(a) occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances
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squander
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(v) to waste by spending or using irresponsibly
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static
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(a) not moving, active, or in motion; at rest
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stupefy
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(v) to stun, baffle, or amaze
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stymie
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(v) to block; thwart
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synthesis
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(n) the combination of parts to make a whole
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torque
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(n) a force that causes rotation
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tortuous
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(a) winding, twisting; excessively complicated
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truculent
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(a) fierce and cruel; eager to fight
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enemy
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veracity
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(n) truthfulness, honesty
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close friend
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virulent
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(a) extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic
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voracious
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(a) having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous
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the voracious boar
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waver
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(v) to move to and fo; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion
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abate
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(v) to lessen in intensity or degree
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accolade
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(n) an expression of praise
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adulation
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(n) excessive praise; intense adoration
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aesthetic
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(a) dealing with, appreciative of, or responsive to art or the beautiful
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ameliorate
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(v) to make better or more tolerable
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ascetic
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(n) one who practices rigid self-denial, esp. as an act of religious devotion
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avarice
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(n) greed, esp. for wealth
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axiom
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(n) universally recognized principle
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burgeon
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(v) to grow rapidly or flourish
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bucolic
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(a) rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants
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cacophony
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(n) harsh, jarring, discordant sound; dissonance
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canon
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(n) an established set of principles or code of laws, often religious in nature
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castigation
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(n) severe criticism or punishment
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catalyst
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(n)a substance that accelerates the rate of a chemical reaction without itself changing; a person or thing that causes change
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caustic
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(a) burning or stinging; causing corrosion
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chary
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(a) wary; cautious; sparing
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cogent
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(a) appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing
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complaisance
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(n) the willingness to comply with the wishes of others
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contentious
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(a) argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement
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contrite
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(a) regretful; penitent; seeking forgiveness
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culpable
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(a) deserving blame
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dearth
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(n) smallness of quantity or number; scarcity; a lack
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demur
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(v) to question or oppose
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didactic
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(a) intended to teach or instruct
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discretion
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(n) cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions
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disinterested
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(a) free of bias or self-interest; impartial
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dogmatic
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(a) expressing a rigid opinion based on unproved or improvable principles
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ebullience
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(n) the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings
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eclectic
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(a) composed of elements drawn from various sources
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elegy
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(n) a mournful poem, esp. one lamenting the dead
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emollient
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(a/n) soothing, esp. to the skin; making less harsh; mollifying; an agent that softens or smoothes the skin
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empirical
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(a) based on observation or experiment
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enigmatic
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(a) mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand
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ephemeral
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(a) brief; fleeting
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esoteric
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(a) intended for or understood by a small, specific group
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eulogy
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(n) a speech honoring the dead
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exonerate
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(v) to remove blame
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facetious
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(a) playful, humorous
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fallacy
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(n) an invalid or incorrect notion; a mistaken belief
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furtive
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(a) marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious
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gregarious
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(a) sociable; outgoing; enjoying the company of other people
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harangue
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(v/n) to deliver a pompous speech or tirade; a long, pompous speech
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heretical
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(a) violating accepted dogma or convention
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hyperbole
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(n) a exaggerated statement, often used a a figure of speech
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impecunious
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(a) lacking funds; without money
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incipient
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(a) beginning to come into being or to become apparent
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inert
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(a) unmoving; lethargic; sluggish
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innocuous
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(a) harmless; causing no damage
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intransigent
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(a) refusing to compromise
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inveigle
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(v) to obtain by deception or flattery
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morose
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(a) sad; sullen; melancholy
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odious
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(a) evoking intense aversion or dislike
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opaque
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(a) impenetrable by light; not reflecting light
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oscillation
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(n) the act or state of swinging back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm
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penurious
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(a) penny-pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous
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pernicious
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(a) extremely harmful; potentially causing death
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peruse
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(v) to examine with great care
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pious
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(a) extremely reverent or devout; showing strong religious devotion
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precursor
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(n) one that precedes and indicates or announces another
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preen
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(v) to dress up; to primp; to groom oneself with elaborate care
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prodigious
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(a) abundant in size, force, or extent; extraordinary
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prolific
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(a) producing large volumes or amounts; productive
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putrefy
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(v) to rot; to decay and give off a foul odor
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quaff
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(v) to drink deeply
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quiescence
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(n) stillness; motionlessness; quality of being at rest
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redoubtable
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(a) awe-inspiring; worthy of honor
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sanction
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(n/v) authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance; to give permission or authority to
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satire
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(n) a literary work that ridicules or criticizes a human vice through humor or derision
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squalid
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(a) sordid; wretched and dirty as from neglect
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stoic
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(a) indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; steadfast
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supplant
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(v) to take the place of; supercede
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torpid
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(a) lethargic; sluggish; dormant
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ubiquitous
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(a) existing everywhere at the same time; constantly encountered; widespread
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urbane
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(a) sophisticated; refined; elegant
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vilify
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(v) to defame; to characterize harshly
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viscous
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(a) thick; sticky
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acumen
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(n) keen, accurate judgement or insight
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adulterate
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(v) to reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients
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amalgamate
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(v) to combine several elements into a whole
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archaic
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(a) outdated; associated with an earlier, perhaps more primitive, time
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aver
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(v) to state as a fact; to declare or assert
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bolster
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(v) to provide support or reinforcement
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bombastic
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(a) pompous; grandiloquent
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diatribe
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(n) a harsh denouncement
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dissemble
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(v) to disguise or conceal; to mislead
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eccentric
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(a) departing from norms or conventions
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endemic
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(a) characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region, or people
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evanescent
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(a) tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing
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exacerbate
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(v) to make worse or more severe
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fervent
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(a) greatly emotional or zealous
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fortuitous
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(a) happening by accident or chance
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germane
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(a) relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject matter
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grandiloquence
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(n) pompous speech or expression
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hackneyed
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(a) overplayed; rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage
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halcyon
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(a) calm and peaceful
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hedonism
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(n) devotion to pleasurable pursuits, esp. to the pleasures of the senses
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hegemony
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(n) the consistent dominance of one state or ideology over others
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iconoclast
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(n) one who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions
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idolatrous
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(a) given to intense or excessive devotion to something
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impassive
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(a) revealing no emotion
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imperturbable
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(a) marked by extreme calm, impassivity and steadiness
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implacable
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(a) not capable of being appeased or significantly changed
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impunity
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(n) immunity from punishment or penalty
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inchoate
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(a) in an initial stage; not fully formed
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infelicitous
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(a) unfortunate; inappropriate
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insipid
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(a) without taste or flavor; lacking in spirit; bland
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loquacious
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(a) extremely talkative
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luminous
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(a) characterized by brightness and the emission of light
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malevolent
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(a) having or showing often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred
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malleable
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(a) capable of being shaped or formed; tractable; pliable
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mendacity
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(n) the condition of being untruthful; dishonesty
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meticulous
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(a) characterized by extreme care or precision; attentive to detail
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misanthrope
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(n) one who hates all other humans
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mitigate
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(v) to make or become less severe or intense; to moderate
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obdurate
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(a) unyielding; hardhearted; intractable
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obsequious
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(a)exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
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occlude
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(v) to obstruct or block
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opprobrium
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(n) disgrace; contempt; scorn
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pedagogy
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(n) the profession or principles of teaching, or instructing
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pedantic
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(a) overly concerned with the trivial details of learning or education; show-offish about one's knowledge
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penury
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(n) poverty; destitution
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pervasive
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(a) having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout
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pine
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(v) to yearn intensely; to languish; to lose vigor
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pirate
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(v) to illegally use or reproduce
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pith
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(n) the essential or central part
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pithy
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(a) precise and brief
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placate
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(v) to appease; to calm by making concessions
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platitude
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(n) a superficial remark, esp. one offered as meaningful
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plummet
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(v) to plunge or drop straight down
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polemical
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(a) controversial; argumentative
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prodigal
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(a) recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
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profuse
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(a) given or coming forth abundantly; extravagant
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queries
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(n) questions; inquiries; doubts in the mind; reservations
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querulous
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(a) prone to complaining or grumbling; peevish
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rancorous
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(a) characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment
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recalcitrant
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(a) obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage
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repudiate
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(v) to refuse to have anything to do with; disown
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rescind
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(v) to invalidate; to repeal; to retract
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reverent
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(a) marked by, feeling, or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect
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rhetoric
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(n) the art of study of effective use of language for communication and persuasion
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salubrious
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(a) promoting health or well-being
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solvent
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(a) able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance
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specious
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(a) seeming true, but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive; plausible but false
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spurious
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(a) lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit
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subpoena
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(n) a court order requiring appearance and/or testimony
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succinct
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(a) brief; concise
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superfluous
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(a) exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
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surfeit
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(n/v) an overabundant supply; excess; to feed or supply to excess
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tenacity
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(n) the quality of adherence to persistent determination
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tenuous
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(a) having little substance or strength; flimsy; weak
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tirade
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(n) a long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation
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transient
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(a) fleeting; passing quickly; briefly
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zealous
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(a) fervent; ardent; impassioned, devoted to a cause
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acerbic
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(a) having a sour or bitter taste or character; sharp; biting
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aggrandize
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(v) to increase in intensity, power, influence or prestige
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alchemy
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(n) a medieval science aimed as the transmutation of metals, esp. base metals into gold
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amenable
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(a) agreeable; responsive to suggestion
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anachronism
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(n) something or someone out of place in terms of historical or chronological context
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astringent
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(a/n) having a tightening affect on living tissue; harsh; severe; something with a tightening effect on tissue
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contiguous
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(a) sharing a border; touching; adjacent
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convention
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(n) a generally agreed-upon practice or attitude
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credulous
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(a) tending to believe too readily; gullible
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cynicism
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(n) an attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness
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decorum
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(n) polite or appropriate conduct or behavior
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derision
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(n) scorn, ridicule, contemptuous treatment
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desiccate
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(v) to dry out or dehydrate; to make dry or dull
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dilettante
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(n) one with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge
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disparage
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(v) to slight or belittle
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divulge
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(v) to disclose something secret
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fawn
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(v) to flatter or praise excessively
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flout
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(v) to show contempt for, as in a rule or convention
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garrulous
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(a) pointlessly talkative, talking too much
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glib
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(a) marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; lacking depth; superficial
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hubris
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(n) overbearing presumption or pride; arrogance
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imminent
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(a) about to happen; impending
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immutable
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(a) not capable of change
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impetuous
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(a) hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement
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indifferent
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(a) having no interest or concern; showing no bias or prejudice
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inimical
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(a) damaging; harmful; injurious
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intractable
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(a) not easily managed or directed; stubborn; obstinate
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intrepid
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(a) steadfast and courageous
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laconic
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(a) using few words; terse
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maverick
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(n) an independent individual who does not go along with a group or party
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mercurial
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(a) characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood
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mollify
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(v) to calm or smoothe; to reduce in emotional intensity
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neophyte
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(n) a recent convert; a beginner; novice
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obfuscate
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(v) to deliberately obscure; to make confusing
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obstinate
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(a) stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising
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ostentatious
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(a) characterized by or given to pretentious display; showy
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pervade
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(v) to permeate throughout
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phlegmatic
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(a) calm; sluggish; unemotional
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plethora
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(n) an overabundance; surplus
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pragmatic
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(a) practical rather than idealistic
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presumptuous
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(a) overstepping due bounds; taking liberties
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pristine
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(a) pure; uncorrupted; clean
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probity
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(n) adherence to highest principles; complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness
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proclivity
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(n) a natural predisposition or inclination
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profligate
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(a) excessively wasteful; recklessly extravagant
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propensity
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(n) a natural inclination or tendency, penchant
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prosaic
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(a) dull; lacking in spirit or imagination
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pungent
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(a) characterized by a strong, sharp smell or taste
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quixotic
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(a) foolishly impractical; marked by lofty romantic ideals
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quotidian
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(a) occurring or recurring daily; commonplace
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rarefy
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(v) to make or become thin, less dense; to refine
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recondite
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(a) hidden; concealed; difficult to understand; obscure
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refulgent
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(a) radiant; shiny; brilliant
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renege
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(v) to fail to honor a commitment; to go back on a promise
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sedulous
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(a) diligent; persistent; hard-working
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shard
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(n) a piece of broken pottery or glass
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soporific
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(a) causing drowsiness; tending to induce sleep
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sparse
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(a) thin; not dense; arranged at widely spaced intervals
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spendthrift
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(n) one who spends money wastefully
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subtle
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(a) not obvious; elusive; difficult to discern
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tacit
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(a) implied; not explicitly stated
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terse
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(a) brief and concise in wording
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tout
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(v) to publicly praise or promote
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trenchant
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(a) sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating
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unfeigned
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(a) genuine; not false or hypocritical
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untenable
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(a) indefensible; not viable; uninhabitable
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vacillate
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(v) to waver
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variegated
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(a) multicolored; characterized by a variety of patches of different color
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vexation
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(n) annoyance; irritation
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vigilant
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(a) alertly watchful
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vituperate
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(v) to use harsh, condemnatory language; to abuse or censure severely or abusively; berate
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volatile
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(a) readily changing to a vapor; changeable; fickle; explosive
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lucrative
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(a) profitable; moneymaking; remunerative
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banal
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(a) devoid of freshness or originality; hackneyed; trite
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trite
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hackneyed; banal
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cursory
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(a) going rapidly over something, without noticing details; hasty; superficial
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circumvent
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(v) to go around or bypass
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suasion
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(n) the act of advising, urging, or attempting to persuade; persuasion
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ensconce
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(v) to settle
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convalesce
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(v) to recover health and strength after illness
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munificent
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(a) extremely liberal in giving; very generous
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parsimonious
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(a) frugal or stingy
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waggish
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(a) humorous; jocular
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jocular
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(a) waggish; facetious; full of jokes
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decorum
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(n) dignity; properness
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surmise
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(v) to conjecture; contemplate; guess
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robust
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(a) strong and healthy; hardy; vigorous
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pertinacious
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(a) resolute, stubborn, obstinate
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wan
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(a) pallid; lacking color
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pallid
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(a) pale; faint or deficient in color; wan
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adroit
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(a) cleverly skillful, resourceful, or ingenious
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onus
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(n) a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden
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supernumerary
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(a) excess; additional
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paucity
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(n) smallness of quantity; scarcity; scantiness; dearth
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cavort
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(v) to bound or prance about in a sprightly manner
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diffident
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(a) lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy
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replete
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(a) abundantly supplied or provided; filled
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lassitude
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(n) weariness of body or mind from strain
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artifice
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deception, trickery
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sycophant
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flatterer, bootlicker
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deference
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courteous regard for another's wishes
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nonplussed
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halted by confusion, perplexity
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abrogate
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(v) to repeal
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exhume
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(v) to dig out of the earth
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hedge
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(v) to enclose or separate; to protect.
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alloy
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(v) to commingle; to debase by mixing with something inferior
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appropriate
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(v) to take for one's own use, confiscate
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arrest
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(v) to suspend; to engage; holding one's attention
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august
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(a) majestic, venerable
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bent (n)
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leaning, inclination, proclivity, tendency
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broach
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(v) bring up, announce, begin to talk about
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brook
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(v) to tolerate, endure, countenance
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cardinal
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(a) major, as in cardinal sin
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chauvinist
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(n) a blindly devoted patriot
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color
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(v) to change as if by dyeing, i.e., to distort, gloss or affect
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consequential
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(a) pompous, self-important
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damp
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(v) to diminish the intensity or check the vibration of a sound
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die (n)
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a tool used for shaping, as in a tool-and-die shop
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essay
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(v) to best of try; attempt, experiment
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exact
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(v) to demand, call for, require, take
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fell (v)
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to cause to fall by striking
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fell (a)
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inhumanly cruel
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flag (v)
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to sag or droop, to become spiritless, to decline
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ford (v)
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to wade across the shallow part of a river or stream
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grouse (v)
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to complain or grumble
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guy (n)
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a rope, cord, or cable attached to something as a brace or guide; to steady or reinforce using a guy
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intimate (v)
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to imply, suggest, or insinuate
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list (v)
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to tilt or lean to one side
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lumber (v)
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to move heavily and clumsily
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meet (a)
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fitting; proper
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milk (v)
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to exploit
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mince (v)
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pronounce or speak affectedly, speak to carefully; to tiptoe
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nice (a)
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exacting, fastidious, extremely precise
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obtain (a)
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to be established, accepted, or customary
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occult (a)
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hidden, concealed, beyond comprehension
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consummate
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(v) to bring to a state of perfection; fulfill
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admonish
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(v) to caution, advise, or counsel against something
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remunerate
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(v) to repay
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flippant
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(a) frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness
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puissance
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(a) power, might, or force.
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officious
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(a) meddlesome; aggressive
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