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Anomaly
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deviation from what's normal; ABERRANCE, ABBERATION, ABNORMALITY, DEVIANCE, IRREGULARITY, PRETERNATURALNESS
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Equivocate
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to use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead; AMBIGUOUS, EVASIVE, WAFFLING
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Equivocal
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undecided, trying to deceive
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Lucid
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clear and easily understopd; Lucidity (clarity); Lucent (glowing with light)
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Precipitate
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to trthow violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation; ABRUPT, HASY, HEADLONG, HURRIED, ILL-CONSIDERED, IMPETUOUS, HURRIED, IMPULSIVE, PROMPT, RASH, RECKLESS, SUDDEN
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Precipitous
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very steep
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Precipice
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steep cliff
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Assuage
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to make something unpleasant less severe; ALLAY, COMFORT, ALLEVIATE, APPEASE, EASE, CONCILIATE, LIGHTEN, MITIGATE, MOLLIFY, PACIFY, PALLIATE, PLACATE, PROPITIATE, RELIEVE, SOOTHE, SWEETEN
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Erudite
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Learned, scholarly, bookish, extensive knwoledge or learning; SCHOLASTIC, LEARNED, WISE
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Opaque
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impossible to see through; preventing the passage of light; OPACITY (being obscure or indecipherable); OBSCURE
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Prodigal
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Lavish, wasteful, exessive or reckless spending; EXTRAVAGANT, LAVISH, PROFILGATE, SPENDTHRIFT
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Enigma
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a puaalze, a mystery; CONUNDRUM, PERPLEXITY
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Fervid
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intensely emotional; feverish; FERVENT (enthusiastic); FERVOR (passion); BRUNING, IMPASSIONED, PASSIONATE, VEHEMENT, ZEALOUS
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Placate
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to soothe or pacify; PLACID (tolerant, calm); IMPLACABLE (unable to be made peaceful)
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Zeal
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passion, excitement; ZEALOUT (fanatic); ARDENCY, FERVOR, FIRE, PASSION
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Abstain
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choose not to do something; FORBEAR, REFRAIN, WITHOLD
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Audacious
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fearless and daring; ADVENTURESOME, AGGRESSIVE, ASSERTIVE, BOLD, BRAVE, COURAGEOUS, DARING, DAUNTLESS, DOUGHTY, FEARLESS, GALLANT, GAME, HEROIC, INTREPID, METTLESOME, PLUCKY, STOUT, STOUTHEARTED
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DESICCATE
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to dry out thoroughly; DESICCANT (something that removes water from another substance); DRY, PARCH, DEHYDRATE
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Gullible
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GULL (person who's easily tricked); CREDULOUS, EXPLOITABLE, NAIVE
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Laudable
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to give praise, to glorify; ACCLAIM, COMPLIMENT, APPLAUD, COMMEND, EXALT, EXTOL, HAIL, PRAISE
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Pedant
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someone who shows off learning; excessive display of learning; PEDANTIC
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Vacillate
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to sway physically; to be indecisive; DITHER, FALTER, FLUCTUATE, OSCILLATE, WAVER
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Adulterate
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to make impure; DOCTOR, UNADULTERATED (pure), ADULTERY - illicit relationship or affair
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Capricious
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changing one's mind quickly and often; CAPRICE (whim, sudden fancy); ARIBTRARY, CHANCE, CHANGEABLE, ERRATIC, FICKLE, INCONSTANT, MERCURIAL, RANDOM, WHIMSICAL, WILLFUL
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Engender
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to produce, cause, or bring about; BEGET, PROLIFERATE, GENERATE, REPRODUCE, PROCREATE, SPAWN
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Homogenous
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of a similar kind; HOMOGENIZED (thoroughly mixed together); CONSISTENT, UNVARYING, STANDARDIZED, UNIFORM
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Loquacious
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talkative; EFFUSIVE, GARRULOUS, VERBOSE
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Pragmatic
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practical as opposed to idealistic; REALISTIC, RATIONAL
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Volatile
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easily aroused or changeable; lively or explosive; CAPRICIOUS, ERRATIC, INCONSISTENT, INCONSTANT, FICKLE, MERCURIAL, TERMPERAMENTAL
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Apathy
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lack of interest or emotion; COOLNESS, DISINTEREST, DISREGARD
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CORROBORATE
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provide supporting evidence; AUTHENTICATE, BACK, BEAR OUT, BUTTRESS, CONFIRM, SUBSTANTIATE, VALIDATE, VERIFY
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Ephemeral
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lasting a short time; EVANESCENT, FLEETIONG, MOMENTARY, TRANSIENT
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Laconic
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using few words; CONCISE, CURT, PITHY, TERSE, TACITURN
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Mitigate
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to soften, to lessen; ALLAY, ALLEVIATE, ASSUAGE, EASE, LIGHTEN, MODERATE, MOLLIFY, PALLIATE, TEMPER
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Propriety
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correct behavior; obedience to rules and customs; APPROPRIATE, DECENCY, DECORUM, MODESTY, SEEMLINESS
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Advocate
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BACK, CHAMPION, SUPPORT
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Cacophony
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harsh, jarring noise; DISCORD, CHAOS, DISHARMONY, NOISE, CLAMOR, DIN
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Enervate
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to reduce in strength; UNNERVE (to deprive of strength or courage); DEBILIITATE, ENFEEBLE, SAP, WEAKEN
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Ingenous
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showing innocence or childlike simplicity; ARTLESS, GUILELESS, INNOCENT, NAIVE, SIMPLE, UNAFFECTED; INGENUE (naive girl or young woman); DISINGENOUS (giving a false impression of innocence)
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Misanthrope
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a person who dislikes others
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Paradox
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a contradiction or dilemma; INCONGRUITY, AMBIGUITY
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VENERATE
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to respect deeply; VERNABLE (old, worthy of respect); ADORE, HONOR, IDOLIZE, REVERE
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Antipathy
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extreme dislike; ANIMOSITY, ANIMUS, ANTAGONISM, AVERSION, ENMITY, HOSTILITY, REPELLENCEf
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Deride
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to speak of or treat with contempt; to mock; DERISION (mockery and taunts)
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Eulogy
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speech in praise of someone; COMMEND, EXTOL, LAUD
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Lethargic
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indifferent or slow, sluggish manner; APATHETIC, LANGUID, LACKADAISICAL, LISTLESS, TORPID
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Obdurate
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hardened in feeling; resistant to persuasion; INFLEXIBLE, INTRANSIGENT, RECALCITRANT, TENACIOUS, UNYIELDING
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Philanthropic
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charity, desire or effort to promote goodness; HUMANITARIANISM, ALTRUISM
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Waver
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to fluctuate between choices; DITHER, FALTER, FLUCTUATE, OSCILLATE, VACILLATE
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Bolster
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to support; to prop up; BRACE, BUTTRESS, PROP, SUPPORT, SUSTAIN, UNDERPIN, UPHOLD
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Dissonance
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harsh and dsagreeable combination, often of sounds; CLASH, CONTENTION, DISCORD, DISSENSION, DISSENT, DISSIDENCE, FRICTION, STRIFE, VARIANCE
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Garrulous
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tending to talk a lot; EFFUSIVE, LOQUACIOUS
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Malleable
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capable of being shaped; ADAPTABLE, DUCTILE, PLASTIC, PLIABLE, PLIANT
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Ostention
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excessive showiness; OSTENSIBLE (apparent); CONSPICUOUSNESS, FLASHINESS, PRETENTIOUSNESS, SHOWINESS
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Prevaricate
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to lie or deviate from the truth; EQUIVOCATE, LIE, PERJURE
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Abate
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to reduce in amount, degree, or severity; EBB, MODERATE, SUBSIDE, LAPSE, RELENT, WANE, LET UP, SLACKEN
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Abscond
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to leave secretly; FLEE, DECAMP, ESCAPE
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Abyss
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extremely deep hole; CHASM, VOID, ABYSMAL (extremely bad)
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Aesthetic
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conerning the appreciation of beauty; ARTISTIC, TASTEFUL
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Aggrandize
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to increase in power, influence, and reputation; AMPLIFY, APOTHEOSIZE, AUGMENT, DIGNIFY, ELEVATE, ENGLARGE, ENNOBLE, EXALT, GLORIFY, MAGNIFY, SWELL, UPLIFT, WAX
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Alleviate
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to make more bearable; ALLAY, EASE, ASSUAGE, LESSEN, MITIATE, PALLIATE, COMFORT, LIGHTEN, RELIEVE
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Amalgamate
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to combine; to mix together; mix of two metals; ADMIX, BLEND, COMBINE, COMMINGLE, COMMIX, COMPUND, FUSE, INTERMINGLE, INTERMIX, MERGE, MINGLE, MIX
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ameliorate
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to make better; to improve; AMEND, BETTER, IMPROVE, PACIFY, UPGRADE
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Anachronism
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something out of place in time; ARCHAISM, INCONGRUITY
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Analagous
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similar or alike in some way; equivalent to; ALIKE, COMPARABLE, CORRESPONDING, EQUIVALENT, HOMOGENOUS, PARALLEL, SIMILAR
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Antagonize
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annoy or provoke anger; CLASH, CONFLICT, INCITE, IRRITATE, OPPOSE, PESTER, PROVOKE, VEX
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Arbitrate
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judge a dispute between two opposing parties; Arbitration (process where conflict is resolved); ADJUDGE, ADJUDICATE, DECIDE, DETERMINE, JUDGE, MODERATE, REFEREE, RULE
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Archaic
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old fashioned; ARCHAISM (outdated word/phrase); ANCIENT, ANTEDILUVIAN, ANTIQUE, BYGONE, DATED, DOWDY, FUSTY, OBSOLETE, OLD-FASHIONED, OUTDATED, OUTMODED, PASSE, PREHISTORIC, STALE, SUPERANNUATED, SUPERSEDED, VINTAGE
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ardor
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intesne and passionate feeling; DEVOTION, ENTHUSIASM, FERVENCY, FERVIDITY, FERVIDENESS, FERVOR, FIRE, PASSIO, ZEAL, ZEALOUSNESS
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articulate
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speak clearly and expressively; ELOQUENT, EXPRESSIVE, FLUENT, LUCID, SILVER-TONGUED, SMOOTH-SPOKEN
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Attenuate
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to reduce in force or degree; to weaken; DEBILITATE, DEVIATALIZE, DILUATE, ENERVATE, ENFEEBLE, RAREFY, SAP, THIN, UNDERMINE, UNDO, UNNERVE, WATER, WEAKEn
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Austere
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severe or stern in appearnace; undecorated; AUSTERITY(severity, especially povery); BLEAK, DOUR, GRIM, HARD, HARSH, SEVERE
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Banal
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predictable, cliched, boring; BLAND, BROMIDIC, CLISCHED, COMMONPLACE, FATUOUS, HACKNEYED, INNOCUOUS, INSIPID, JEJUNE, MUSTY, PLATITUDINOUS, PROSAIC, QUOTIDIAN, SHOPWORN, STALE, STEREOTYPIC, THREADBARE, TIMEWORN, TIRED, TRITE, VAPID, WORN-OUT
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bombastic
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pompus in speech and manner; BLOATED, DECLAMATORY, FUSTIAN, GRANDILOQUENT, GRANDIOSE, HIGH-FLOWN, MAGNILOQUENT, OROTUND, PRETENTIOUS, REHTORICAL, SELF-IMPORTANT
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candid
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impartial and honest in speech; DIRECT, FORTHRIGHT, FRANK, HONEST, OPEN, SINCERE, STRAIGHTFORWARD, UNDISGUISEd
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castigate
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to punish or criticize harshly; ADMONISH, CHASTISE, CHIDE, REBUKE, REPRIMAND, REPROACH
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Caustic
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biting in wit; ACERBIC, BITING, MORDANT, TRENCHANT
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Chaos
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great disorder or confusion; CLUTTER, DISARRANGEMENT, DISARRAY, DISORDER, DISORGANIZATION, JUMBLE, MESS, MUDDLE, SCRAMBLE, SNARL, TOPSY-TURVINESS, TURMOIL
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Chauvinist
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someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which he or she belongs; PARTISAN
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Chicanery
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deception by means of craft or guile; ARTIFICE, CONNIVING, CRAFTINESS, DECEPTION, DEVIOUSNESS, MISREPRESENTATION, PETTIFOGGERY, SHADINESS, SNEAKINESS, SOPHISTRY, SUBTERFUGE, UNDERHANDEDNESS
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Cogent
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convincing and well-reasoned; COGITATE(think deeply); CONVINGIN, PERSUASIVE, SOLID, SOUND, TELLING, VALID
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Condone
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overlook, pardon, or disregard; EXCULPATE, EXCUSE, PARDON, REMIT
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convoluted
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intricate and complicated; BYZANTINE, COMPLEX, ELABORATE, INTRICATE, KNOTTY, LABRYINTHINE, PERPLEXING, TANGLED
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credulous
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too trusting; gullible; NAIVE, SUSCEPTIBLE, TRUSTING
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crescendo
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steadily increasing volume or force
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Decorum
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appropriateness of beahvior or conduct; propriety; DECOROUS(conforming to acceptable standards); CORRECTNESS, DECENCY, ETIQUETTE, MANNERS, MORES, PROPRIETY, SEEMLINESS
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Deference
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respect, courtesy, DEFER(to delay, show someone deference), DEFERENT(courteous and respectful); HONOR, HOMAGE, OBEISANCE, RESPECT, REVERENCE, VENERATION
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Derisive
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in a mocking manner; GIBE, JEER, MOCK, RIDICULE, SCOFF, SNEER, TAUNT
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Desultory
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jumping from one thing to another; disconnected; AIMLESS, DISCONNECTED, ERRATIC, HAPHAZARD, INDICSCRIMINATE, OBJECTLESS, PUPOSELESS, RANDOM, STRAY, UNCONSIDERED, UNPLANNED
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diatribe
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an abusive, condemnatory speech; FULM INATION, HARANGUE, INVECTIVE, JEREMIAD, MALEDICTION, OBLOQUY, TIRADE
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Diffident
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lacking self-confidence; BACKWARD, BASHFUL, OCY, DEMURE, MODEST, RETIRING, SELF-EFFACING, SHY, TIMID
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Dilate
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make larger; expand; AMPLIFY, DEVELOP, ELABORATE, ENLARGE, EXPLAND, EXPATIATE
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Dilettante
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someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic; AMATEUR, DABBLER, SUPERFICIAL, TYRO
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Dirge
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a funeral hymn or mournful speech; ELEGY, LAMENT
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Disabuse
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to set right; to free from eerror; CORRECT, UNDECEIVE
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Discern
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to perceieve, recongnize; DISCERNMENT(taste and cultivation); CATCH, DESCRY, DETECT, DIFFERENTIATE, DISCRIMINATE, DISTINGUISH, ESPY, GLIMPSE, KNOW, SEPARATE, SPOT, SPY, TELL
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Disparate
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fundamentally different; entirely unlike; DIFFERENT, DISSIMILAR, DIVERGENT, DIVERSE, VARIANT, VARIOUS
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Dissemble
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to present a false appearance; to disguise one's real intentions or character; ACT, AFFECT, ASSUME, CAMOUFLAGE, CLOAK, COUNTERFEIT, COVER UP, DISGUISE, DISSIMULATE, FAKE, FEIGN, MASK, MASQUERADE, POSE, PRETEND, PUT ON, SHAM, SIMULATE
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Dogma
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firmly held opinion, often a religious belief; CREED, DOCTRINE, TEACHING, TENET
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Dogmatic
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dictatorial in one's opinions; AUTHORITARIAN, BOSSY, DISTATORIAL, DOCTRINAIRE, DOMINEERING, IMPERIOUS, MAGISTERIAL, MASTERFUL, OVERBEARING, PEREMPTORY
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Dupe
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to decieve; person who's easily deceived; BEGUILE, BETRAY, BLUFF, COZEN, DECEIVE, DELUDE, FOOL, HOODWINK, HUMBUG, MISLEAD, TAKE IN, TRICK
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Eclectic
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made up of a variety of sources; SLECTIVE, CATHOLIC, BROAD
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Efficacy
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effectivness; DYNAMISM, EFFECTIVENESS, EFFICIENCY, FORCE, POWER, PRODUCTIVENESS, PROFICIENCY, STRENGTH, VIGOR
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Elegy
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sorrowful poem or speech; ELGIAC(like an elegy; mournful); DIRGE, LAMENT
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Emulate
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to copy; to try to equal or excel; APE, IMITATE, SIMULATE
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Enumerate
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to count, list, or itemize; CATALOG, INDEX, TABULATE
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Erratic
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wandering and unpredictable; CAPRICIOUS, INCONSTANT, IRRESOLUTE, WHIMSICAL
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Esoteric
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known or understood by only a few; ABSTRUSE, ARCANE, OBSCURE
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Estimable
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admirable; COMMENDABLE, CREDITABLE, HONORABLE, LAUDABLE, MERITORIOUS, PRAISEWORTHY, RESPECTABLE, VENERABLE, WORTHY
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euphemism
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use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one (i.e. "The funeral director preferred to use the EUPHEMISM "sleeping" instead of the word "dead"); CIRCUMLOCUTION, WHITEWASH
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Exculpate
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to clear from blame; prove innocent; ABSOLVE, ACQUIT, CLEAR, EXONERATE, VINDICATE
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Exigent
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urgent, requiring immediate action; CRITICAL, IMPERATIVE, NEEDED, URGENT
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Exonerate
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to clear of blame; ABSOLVE, ACQUITE, CLEAR, EXCULPATE, VINDICATE
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Explicit
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clearly stated or shown; CANDID, FRANK, STRAIGHTFORWARD, UNEQUIVOCAL
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Fanatical
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excessively enthusiastic, extreme, unquestioned devotion; EXTREMIST, FIERY, FRENZIED, ZEALOUS
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Fawn
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to grovel; BOOTLICK, GROVEL, TOADY, PANDER
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Florid
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excessively decorated or embellished; BAROQUE, ELABORATE, FLAMBOYANT, ORNATE, OSTENTATIOUS, ROCOCO
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Foment
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to arouse or incite; AGITATE, IMPASSION, INFLAME, INSTIGATE, KINDLE
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Frugality
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thrifty or cheap; ECONOMICAL, PARSIMONY, PRUDENCE, SPARING
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Gregarious
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outgoing, sociable; AFFABLE, CONGENIAL, COMMUNICATIVE, SOCIABLE
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Guile
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deceit or trickery; ARTIFICE, CHICANERY, CONNIVERY, DUPLICITY, Guileless (innocent, without trickery)
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Iconoclast
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one who opposed established beliefs, customs, and institutions; MAVERICK, NONCOMFORMIST, REBEL, REVOLUTIONARY
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Imperturbable
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not capable of being disturbed; COMPSED, DISPASSIONATE, IMPASSIVE, SERENE, STOICAL
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Impervious
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impossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected; RESISTANT, IMPREGNABLE
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Impetuous
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quick to act without thinking; IMPETUS(impulse), IMPULSIVE, PRECIPITATE, RASH, RECKLESS, SPONTANEOUS
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implacable
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unable to be calmed down or made peaceful; INEXORABLE, INSTRANSIGENT, IRRECONCILABLE, RELENTLESS, REMOSELESS, UNFORGIVING, UNRELENTING
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Inchoate
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not fully formed; disorganized; AMORPHOUS, INCOHERENT, INCOMPLETE, UNORGANIZED
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Inimical
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hostile, unfriendly; ADVERSE, ANTAGONISTIC, DISSIDENT, RECALCITRANT
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Innocuous
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harmless; BENIGN, HARMLESS, INOFFENSIVE
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Insipid
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lacking interest or flavor; BANAL, BLAND, DULL, STALE, VAPID
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Intransigent
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uncompromising; refusing to be reconciled; IMPLACABLE, INEXORABLE, IRRECONCILABLE, OBDURATE, OBSTINATE, REMORSELESS, RIGID, UNBENDING, UNRELENTING, UNYIELDING
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Inundate
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to overwhelm; cover with water; DELUGE, DROWN, ENGULF, FLOOD, SUBMERGE
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Irascible
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easily made angry; CNATANKEROUS, IRRITABLE, ORNERY, TESTY, IRATE(angry)
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Lament
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express sorrow; to grive; BEWAIL, DEPLORE, GRIEVE, MOURN
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Laud
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give praise; to glorify; ACCLAIM, APPLAUD, COMMEND, COMPLIMENT, EXALT, EXTOL, HAIL, PRAISE
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Lavish
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to give unsparingly; extremely genours or extravagant; BESTOW, CONFER, EXUBERANT, EXTRAVAGANT, OPULENT, PROFUSE, PRODIGAL, LUXURIANT, SUPERABUNDANT
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Luminous
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bright, brilliant, glowing; INCANDESCENT, LUCENT, LUSTROUS, RADIANT, RESPLENDENT; ILLUMINATe(shine light on), LUMINARY(an inspiring person)
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Malinger
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to evade responsibility by pretending to be ill; SHIRK, SLACK, LINGER(to be slow in leaving)
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Meticulous
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extremely careful about details; CONSCIENTIOUS, PRECISE, SCRUPULOUS
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Misanthrope
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person who dislikes others
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Mollify
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to calm or make less severe; APPEASE, ASSUAGE, CONCILIATE, PACIFY
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Monotony
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lack of variation; DRONE, TEDIUM, MONOTONE(sound made at same tone or pitch)
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Naive
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lacking sophistication or experience; ARTLESS, CREDULOUS, GUILELESS, INGENUOUS, SIMPLE, UNAFFECTED
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Obsequious
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overly submissive and eager to please; COMPLIANT, DEFERENTIAL, SERVILE, SUBSERVIENT; OBEISANCE(physical show of respect or submission, such as bow)
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Obstinate
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stubborn, unyielding; INTRANSIGENT, MULISH, PERSISTENT, PERTINACIOUS, STUBBORN, TENACIOUS
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Obviate
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to prevent; make unecessary; FORESTALL, PRECLUDE, PROHIBIT
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Occlude
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to stop up; to prevent the passage of; BARRICADE, BLOCK, CLOSE, OBSTRUCT
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Onerous
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troublesome and oppressive; burdensome; ARDUOUS, BACKBREAKING, BURDENSOME, CUMBERSOME, DIFFICULT, EXACTING, FORMIDABLE, HARD, LABORIOUS, OPPRESSIVE, RIGOROUS, TAXING, TRYING
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Opprobrium
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public disgrace; DISCREDIT, DISGRACE, DISHONOR, DISREPUTE, IGNOMINY, INFAMY, OBLOQUY, SHAME
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Paragon
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model of excellence or perfection; APOTHEOSIS, IDEAL, QUITNESSENCE, STANDARD
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Perfidious
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willing to betray one's trust; DISLOYAL, FAITHLESS, TREACHEROUS, TRAITOROUS; PERFIDY(deceit, treachery)
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Perfunctory
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done in a routine way; indifferent; APATHETIC, AUTOMATIC, MECHANICAL
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Permeate
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to penetrate; IMBUE, INFUSE, SUFFUSE
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Plastic
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able to be molded, altered, or bent; ADAPTABLE, DUCTILE, MALLEABLE, PLIANT
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Plethora
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excess; GLUT, OVERABUNDANCE, SUPERFLUITY, SURFEIT
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Pristine
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fresh and clean; uncorrupted; INNOCENT, UNDAMAGED
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Proliferate
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to increase in number quickly; BREED, MULTIPLY, PROCREATE, PROPAGATE, REPRODUCE, SPAWN
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Propitiate
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to conciliate; to appease; APPEASE, CONCILIATE, MOLLIFY, PACIFY, PLACATE; PROPITIOUS(advantageous, favorable)
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Prudence
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wisdom, caution, or restraint; ASTUTENESS, CIRCUMSPECTION, DISCRETION, FRUGALITY, JUDICIOUSNESS, PROVIDENCE, THRIFT
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Pungent
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sharp and irritating to the senses; ACRID, CAUSTIC, PIQUANT, POIGNANT, STINGING
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Quiescent
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Motionless; LATENT, DORMANT; QUIESCENCE(state of rest or inacitivity)
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Rarefy
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to make things thinner or sparser; ATTENUATE, THIN; RAREFACTION(process of making something less dense)
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Repudiate
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to reject the validity of; DENY, DISAVOW, DISCLAIM, DISOWN, RENOUNCE
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Reticient
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silent, reserved; COOL, INTROVERTED, LACONIC, STANDOFFISH, TACITURN, UNDEMONSTRATIVE
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Rhetoric
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effective writing or speaking; ELOQUENCE, ORATORY
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Satiate
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to satisfy fully or overindulge; CLOY, GLUT, GORGE, SURFEIT; SATE(to fully satisfy or overindulge); INSATIABLE(incapable of being satisfied)
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Soporific
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causing sleep or lethargy; HYPNOTIC, NARCOTIC, SLUMBEROUS, SOMNOLENT; SOPOR(deep sleep)
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Specious
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deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious; ILLUSORY, OSTENSIBLE, PLAUSIABLE, SPURIOUS, SOPHISTICAL,
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Stigma
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mark of shame or discredit; BLEMISH, BLOT, OPPROBRIUM, STAIN, TAINT
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Stolid
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unemotional; lacking sensitivity; APATHETIC, IMPASSIVE, INDIFFERENT, PHLEGMATIC, STOICAL, UNCONCERNED
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Sublime
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lofty or grand; AUGUST, EXALTER, GLORIOUS, GRAND, MAGNIFICENT, MAJESTIC, NOBLE, REGAL, RESPLENDENT, SUPERB; Sublimate(to elevate or convert into something of higher worth; subliminal-existing outsdie cons. awarness)
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Tacit
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done without using words; IMPLICIT, IMPLIED, UNDECLARED< UNSAID, UNUTTERED; Taciturn - silent, not talkative
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Taciturn
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silent, not talkative; LACONIC, RETICENT
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Tirade
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long, harsh speech or verbal attack; DIATRIBE, FULMINATION, HARANGUE, OBLOQUY, REVILEMENT, VILIFICATION
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Torpor
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extreme mental and physical sluggishness; APATHY, LANGUOR; TORPID(sluggish, lacking movement)
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Transitory
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temporary, lasting a brief time; EPHEMERAL, EVANESCENT, FLEETING, IMPERMANENT, MOMENTARY; TRANSIT(to pass through; to change or make a transition); TRANSIENT(passing quickly in and out of existence, one who stays a short time)
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Veracity
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filled with truth and accuracy; CANDOR, EXACTITUDE, FIDELITY, PROBITY; VERITY(truth); VERACIOUS(truthful, accurate)
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Verbose
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wordy; LONG-WINDED, LOQUACIOUS, PROLIX, SUPERFLUOUS; VERBIAGE(using lots of words that are usually superflous)
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Vex
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to annoy; ANNOY, BOTHER, CHAFE, EXASPERATE, IRK, NETTLE, PEEVE, PROVOKE; VEXATION(feeling of irritation)
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Whimsical
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acting in a fanciful or capricious manner; unpredictable; CAPRICIOUS, ERRATIC, FRIVOLOUS, FLIPPANT
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Abase
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to humble; disgrace
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Abash
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to embarass
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Abatement
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decrease; reduction
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Abdicate
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to give up a position, right, or power
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Aberration
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something different from te usual or normal
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Abet
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to aid, act as accomplice
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Abeyance
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temporary suppression or suspension
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Abhor
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to loathe, detest
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Abiding
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enduring, continuing
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Abject
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miserable, painful
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Abjure
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to reject, abandon formally
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Ablution
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act of cleansing
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abnegate
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to deny, renounce
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abominate
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to hate
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Abortive
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interrupted while incomplete
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Abridge
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to condense, shorten
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Abrogate
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to abolish or invalidate by authority
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Abrupt
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sudden, unexpected
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Absolve
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to forgive, free from blame
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Abstemious
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moderate in appetite
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Abstruse
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difficult to comprehend
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Abut
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to touch, to be in contact with
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Accede
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to express approval; agree to
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Accessible
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attainable, available; approachable
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Accessory
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attachment, ornament, accomplice, partner
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Accolade
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praise, distinction
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Accord
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to reconcile, come to an agreement
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Accost
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to approach and speak to someone
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Accretion
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growth in size or increase in amount
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Accrue
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to accumulate, grow by additions
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Acerbic
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bitter, sharp in taste or temper
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Acidulous
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sour in taste or manner
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Acme
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highest point, summit
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Acquiesce
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to agree, comply quietly
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Acquittal
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release from blame
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Acrid
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harsh, bitter
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Acrimony
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bitterness, animosity
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Acumen
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sharpness of insight
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Adage
|
old saying or proverb
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Adjunct
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something added, attached or joined
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Admonish
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to caution or reprimand
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Adroit
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skillful, accomplished, hihly competent
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Adulation
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high praise
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Adumbrate
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to sketch, outline in a shadowy way
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Adventitious
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accidental
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Aerie
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nook or nest built high in the air
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Affable
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friendly, easy to approach
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Affected
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(adj) pretentious, phony
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Affront
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personal offense, insult
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Aggregate
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collective mass or sum; total
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Aggrieve
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to afflict, distress
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Agnostic
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one doubting that people can know God
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Agrarian
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relating to farming or rural matters
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Alacriy
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cheerful willingness, eagerness; speed
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Alchemy
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medieval chemical philsophy based on a quest to change metal into gold
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Alias
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assumed name
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Allay
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to lessen, ease, or soothe
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Allegory
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symbolic representation
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Alliteration
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repetition of the beginning sounds of words
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Allocation
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allowance, portion, share
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Allure
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to entice by charm; attract
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Allusion
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indirect reference
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Aloof
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detached, indifferent
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Ambidextrous
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able to use both hands equally well
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Ambivalence
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attitude of uncertainty; conflicting emotion
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Ambulatory
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itinerant; related to walking around
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Amenable
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agreeable; cooperative
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Amend
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to improve or correct flaws in
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Amenity
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pleasantness; something increasing comfort
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amiable
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friendly, pleasant, likeable
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Amicable
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friendly, agreeable
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Amity
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friendship
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Amorous
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strongly attracted to love; showing love
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Amorphous
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having no definite form
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Amortize
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to diminish by installment payments
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Ample
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abundant, plentiful
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Amulet
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ornament worn as a charm against evil spirits
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Anachronistic
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outdated
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Analgesia
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a lessening of pain
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Anathema
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ban, curse; something shunned or disliked
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Ancillary
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accessory, subordinate, helping
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Annul
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to cancel, nullify, void, or make legally invalid
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Anodyne
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something that clams or soothes pain
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Antagonist
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foe, opponent, adversary
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Antecedent
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(adj) coming before in place or time
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Antediluvian
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prehistoric, ancient beyond measure
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Antepenultimate
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third from last
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Anterior
|
preceding, previous, before, prior
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Anthropomorphic
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attributing human qualities to nonhumans
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Antithesis
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exact opposite or direct contrast
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Apace
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done quickly
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Apathetic
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indifferent, unconcerned
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Aperture
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an opening or hole
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Aphasia
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inability to speak or use words
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Aphelion
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point in a planet's orbit that is farthest from the sun
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Aphorism
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old saying or short pithy statement
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Aplomb
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poise, confidence
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Apocryphal
|
not genuine; fictional
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Apostate
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one who renounces a religious faith
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Apostrophe
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speech to the reader or someone not present
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Apothegm
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a short, instructive saying
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Apotheosis
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glorification, glorified ideal
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Appease
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to satisfy, placate, clam, pacifiy
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Append
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to attach
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Apprehension
|
act of comprehending; fear, forboding
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Apprise
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to give notice of; inform
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Approbation
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praise; official approval
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Appropriate
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(v) to take possession of
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Arable
|
suitable for cultivation
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Arbitrary
|
depending solely on individual will; inconsistent
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Arbitrator
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mediator, navigator
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Arboreal
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relating to trees; living in trees
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Arboretum
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place where trees are displayed and studied
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Arcane
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secret, obscure, known only to a few
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Achipelago
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large group of islands
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Ardent
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passionate, enthusiastic, fervent
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Arduous
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extremely difficult, laborious
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Arid
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extremely dry or deathly boring
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Arrogate
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to demand, claim arrogantly
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Artisan
|
craftsperson; expert
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Artless
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open and honest
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Ascendancy
|
state of rising, ascending; power or control
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Ascertain
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to determine, discover, make certain of
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Ascetic
|
(adj) self-denying, abstinent, auustere
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Ashen
|
resembling ashes; deathly pale
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Asinine
|
lacking intelligence or sound judgement
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Askance
|
scornfully
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Askew
|
crooked, tilted
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Asperity
|
harshness, roughness
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Aspersion
|
false rumor, damaging report, slander
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Assail
|
to attack, assault
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Assay
|
to analyze or estimate
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Assent
|
to express agreement
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Assert
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to affirm, attest
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Assiduous
|
diligent, persistent,m hardworking
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Assignation
|
appointment for lover's meeting; assignment
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Assonance
|
resemblance in sound, especially in vowel sounds; partial rhyme
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Assuage
|
to make less severe, ease, relieve
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Astral
|
exalted, elevated in position; relating to the stars
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Astringent
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harsh, severe, stern
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Astute
|
having good judgement
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Asunder
|
into different parts
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Atrophy
|
to waste away, wither from disuse
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Attenuate
|
to make thin or slender; weaken
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Attest
|
to testify, stand as proof of, bear witness
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Audacious
|
bold, daring, fearless
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Autocrat
|
dictator
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Auxiliary
|
supplementary, reserve
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Avarice
|
greed
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Aver
|
to declare to be true, affirm
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Averse
|
being disinclined toward something
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Avert
|
to turn (something) away; prevent
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Aviary
|
large enclosure housing birds
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Avow
|
to state openly or declare
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Awry
|
crooked, askew, amiss
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Axiom
|
premise, postulate, self-evident truth
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Bacchanalian
|
drunkenly festive
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Baleful
|
harmful, with evil intentions
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Balk
|
to refuse, shirk; prevent
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Balm
|
soothing, healing influence
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Bane
|
something causing ruin, death, or destruction
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Banter
|
playful conversation
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Base
|
being of low value or positiono
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Bastion
|
fortification, stronghold
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Bay
|
(v) to bar, especially in a deep, prolonged way
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Beatific
|
appearing to be saintly, angelic
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Becalm
|
to make calm or still; keep motionless by lack of wind
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Becloud
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to confuse; darken with clouds
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Beguile
|
to deceive, mislead; charm
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Behemoth
|
huge creature
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Belabor
|
to insist repeatedly or harp on
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Beleaguer
|
to harass plague
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Belfry
|
bell tower, room in which a bell is hung
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Belie
|
to misrepresent; expose as false
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Bellicose
|
warlike, aggressive
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Belligerent
|
hostile, tending to fight
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Bellow
|
to roar, shout
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Bemuse
|
to confuse, stupefy; plunge deep into thought
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Benchmark
|
standard of measure
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Beneficent
|
kindly, charitable, doing good deeds; producing good effects
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Benighted
|
unenlightened
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Benign
|
kindly, gentle or harmless
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Benison
|
blessing
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Bent
|
a natural inclinication toward something
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Bequeath
|
to give or leave through a will; to hand down
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Berate
|
to scold harshly
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Beseeach
|
to beg, plead, implore
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Besmear
|
to smear
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Bespatter
|
to spatter
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bestow
|
to give as a gift
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Betoken
|
to indicate, signify, give evidence of
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Bevy
|
group
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Bibliophile
|
book lover
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Bifurcate
|
divide into two parts
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Bilious
|
bad-natured
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Bilk
|
to cheat, defraud
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Billet
|
board and lodging for troops
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Biped
|
two-footed animal
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Bisect
|
to cut into two (usually) equal parts
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Blanch
|
to pale; take the color out of
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Blandish
|
to coax with flattery
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Blasphemous
|
cursing, profane, irreverent
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Blight
|
(v) to afflict, destroy
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Blithe
|
joyful, cheerful, or without appropriate thought
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Bludgeon
|
to hit wiht a short heavy club
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Bluster
|
to boast or make threats loudly
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Boisterous
|
rowdy, loud, unrestrained
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Bonanza
|
extremely large amount; something profitable
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Bonhomie
|
good natured geniality; atmosphere of good cheer
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Boon
|
blessing, something to be thankful for
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Boor
|
crude person, one lacking manners or taste
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Bourgeois
|
middle-class
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Brazen
|
bold, shameless, impudent; of or like brass
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Brevity
|
the quality of being brief in time
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Brigand
|
bandit, outlaw
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Broach
|
to mention or suggest for the first time
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Bromide
|
dull, commonplace person or idea
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Brusque
|
rough and abrupt in manner
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Buffet
|
(v) to strike, hit
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Bulwark
|
defense wall; anything servinng as defense
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Burgeon
|
to sprout or flourish
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Burnish
|
to polish, make smooth and bright
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Bursar
|
treasurer
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Buttress
|
(v) to reinforce or support
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Byway
|
back road
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Cabal
|
secret group seeking to overturn something
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Cadence
|
rhythmic flow of poetry; marching beat
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Cajole
|
to flatter, coax, persuade
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Calmitous
|
disastrous, catastrophic
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Callow
|
immature, lacking sophistication
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Calumny
|
false and malicious accusation, misrepresentation, slander
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Candor
|
honesty of expression
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Canny
|
smart; founded on common sens
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Canonize
|
to declare a person a saint; raise o the highest honors
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Canvass
|
to examine thoroughly; conduct a poll
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Capacious
|
large, roomy; extensive
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Capitulate
|
to submit completely, surrender
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Careen
|
to lean to one side
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Carom
|
to strike and rebound
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Carp
|
(v) to find fault, complain constantly
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Cast
|
(n)copy, replica; (v) to fling, to throw
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Cataclysmic
|
disastrous
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Categorical
|
absolute, without exception
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Catharsis
|
purification, cleansing
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Catholic
|
universal; braod, expansive
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Caucus
|
smaller group within an organization; a meeting of such a group
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Caulk
|
to make watertight
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Cavalcade
|
a procession
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Cavalier
|
carefree, happy; with lordly disdain
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Cavil
|
to raise trivial objections
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Cavort
|
to frolic, frisk
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Cede
|
to surrender possession of something
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Celerity
|
quick moving or acting
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Censorious
|
severely critical
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Centripetal
|
directed or moving toward the center
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Centripetal
|
directed or moving toward the center
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Certitude
|
assurance, certainty
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Cessation
|
temporary or complete hal
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Chagrin
|
shame, embarassment, humiliation
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Champ
|
(v) chew noisily
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Champion
|
(v) to d
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Charlatan
|
quack, fake
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Chary
|
watchful, cautious, extremely shy
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Chastise
|
to punish, discipline, scold
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Chattel
|
piece of personal property
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Cheeky
|
lacking prudence or discretion
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Chide
|
to scold, express disapproval
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Chimerical
|
fanciful, imaginary, visionary; impossible
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Choleric
|
easily angered, short-tempered
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Chortle
|
to chuckle
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Chromatic
|
relating to color
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Churlish
|
rude
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Circuitous
|
roundabout
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Circumnavigate
|
to saill completely around
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Circumscribe
|
to encircle; set limits on, confine
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Circumspectr
|
cautious, wary
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Circumvent
|
to go around; avoid
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Cistern
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tank for rainwater
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Citadel
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fortress or stronghold
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Civility
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courtesy; politeness
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Clamor
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noisy outcry
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Cladestine
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secretive, concealed for a darker purpose
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Cleave
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to split or sperate; to stick, cling, adhere
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Clemency
|
merciful leniency
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Clement
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mild
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Cloister
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(v) to confine, seclude
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cloying
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indulging to excess
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coagulate
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to clot or change from a liquid to a solid
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coalesce
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to grow together or cause to unite as one
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coddle
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to baby, treat indulgently
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Coffer
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strongbox, large chest for money
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Cognate
|
related, similar, akin
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Cognomen
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family name; any name, especially a nickname
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Collate
|
to arrange in an order
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Collateral
|
accompanying
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Colloquial
|
characterisitc of informal speech
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Colloquy
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dialogue or conversation, conference
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Collusion
|
collaboration, complicity, consipracy
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Comeliness
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physical grace and beatury
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Commensurate
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proportional
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Commodious
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roomy, spacious
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Compatriot
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fellow countryman
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Compendious
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summarizing completely and briefly
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Complacent
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self-satisfied, smug, affable
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Complaisant
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agreeable, friendly
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Complicity
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knowing partnership in wrongdoing
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Compunctious
|
feeling guilty or having misgivings
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Compunction
|
feeling of uneasiness caused by guilt or regret
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Concatenate
|
linked together
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Concede
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to yield, admit
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Concerto
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musical composition for orchestra and soloist
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Conciliatory
|
overcoming distrust or hostility
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Concomitant
|
accompanying something
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Concord
|
agreement
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Conduit
|
tube, pipe, or similar passage
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Confection
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something sweet to eat
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Conflaguration
|
big, destructive fire
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Confluence
|
meeting place; meeting of two streams
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Confound
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to baffle, perplex
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Congeal
|
to become thick or solid, as liquid freezing
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Congenial
|
similar in tastes and habits
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Congenital
|
existing since birth
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Congruity
|
correspondence, harmony, agreement
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Conjecture
|
speculation, prediction
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Conjoin
|
to join together
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Conjugal
|
pertaining to marriage
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Conjure
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to evoke evil spirit or cast spell
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Connive
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to conspire, scheme
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Consanguineous
|
of the same origin; related by blood
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Consign
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to commit, entrust
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Consonant
|
(adj) consistent with, in agreement with
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Constituent
|
component, part; citizin, voter
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Construe
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to explain or interpret
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Consummate
|
(adj) accomplished, complete, perfect; (v) to complete, fulfill
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Contentious
|
quarrelsome, disagreeable, belligerent
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Continence
|
self-constrol, self-restraint
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Contravene
|
to contradict, deny, act contrary to
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Contrite
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deeply sorrowful and repentant for a wrong
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Contumacious
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rebellious
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Contusion
|
bruse
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Convalescence
|
gradual recovery after an illness
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Convene
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to meet, come together, assemble
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Convivial
|
sociable; fond of eating, drinking and people
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Convoke
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to call together, summon
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Copious
|
abundant, plentiful
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Coquette
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woman who flirts
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Corporeal
|
having to with the body; tangible, material
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Corpulence
|
obsity, fatness, bulkiness
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Corrode
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to weaken or destory
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Corrugate
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to mold in a shape with parallel grooves and ridges
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Cosmography
|
science that deals with the nature of the universe
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Cosmopolitan
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sophisticated, free from local prejudices
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Cosset
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to pamper, treat with great care
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Coterie
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Group of people with a comman intrest or purpose
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Countenance
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(n) facial expression; look of approval or support; to favor or support
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Counterman
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to annul, cancel, make a contrary order
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Countervail
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to counteract, to exert force against
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Coven
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group of witches
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Covet
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to strongly desire something possessed by another
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Cower
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to cringe in fear
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Crass
|
crude, unrefined
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Credence
|
acceptance of soemthing as true or real
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Creed
|
statement of belief
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Cryptic
|
puzzling
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Culmination
|
climax, final stage
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Culpable
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guilty, resonsbile for wrong
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Cupidity
|
greed
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Curator
|
caretaker and overseer of an exhibition, esp, in a museum
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Curmudgeon
|
cranky person
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Cursory
|
hastily done, superficial
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Curt
|
abrupt, blunt
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Curtail
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to shorten
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Cygnet
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young swan
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Cynic
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person who distrusts the motives of others
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Dally
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to act playfully or waste time
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Daunt
|
to discourage, itimidate
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Dearth
|
lack, scarcity, insufficient
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Debase
|
degrade or lower in quality
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Debauch
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to corrupt, seduce from virtue or duty; indulge
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Debutante
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young woman making debut in high society
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Decadence
|
decline or decay, deteriotation
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Decamp
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to leave suddenly
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Decathlon
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athletic contest with ten events
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Deciduous
|
losing leaves in the fall; short-lived, temporary
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Declivity
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downward slope
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Decorous
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proper, tasteful, socially correct
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Decry
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to belittle, openly condemn
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Defamatory
|
slanderous, injurious to the reputation
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Defer
|
to submit or yield
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Defile
|
to make unclean or dishonor
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Deft
|
skillful, dexterous
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Defunct
|
no longer existing, dead, extinct
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Deleterious
|
harmful, destructive, detrimental
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Delineation
|
depiction, representation
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Delta
|
tidal deposit at teh mouth of a river
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Deluge
|
flood; to submerge, overwhelm
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Demagogue
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leader or rabble-rouser who usually ties appeals to emotion or prejudice
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Demarcation
|
borderline; act of defining or marking a boundary or distinction
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Demur
|
express doubts or objections
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Denigrate
|
slur or blacken someone's reputation
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Denounce
|
to accuse, blame
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Denude
|
to make bare, uncover, undress
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Denunciation
|
public condemnation
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Deplore
|
to express or feel disapproval of; regret strongly
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Depose
|
to remove from oa high position, as from a throne
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Depravity
|
sinfulness, moral corruption
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Deprecate
|
to belittle, disparage
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Depreciate
|
to lose value gradually
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Derivative
|
copied or adapted; not original
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Derive
|
to originate; take from a certain source
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Derogate
|
to belittle, disparage
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Descry
|
to discover or reveal
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Desecrate
|
to abuse something sacred
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Desist
|
to stop doing something
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Despondent
|
feeling discouraged and dejected
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Despot
|
tyrannical ruler
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Destitute
|
very poor, poverty-stricken
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Detached
|
seperate, unconnected
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Deter
|
to discourage; prevent from happening
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Devoid
|
totally lacking
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Dexterous
|
skilled physically or mentally
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Diabolical
|
fiendish; wicked
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Diaphanous
|
allowing light to show through; delicate
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Dictum
|
authoritative statement; popular saying
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Didactic
|
excessively instructive
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Diffract
|
to causet to seperate into parts, esp. light
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Digress
|
to turn aside; stray from main point
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Diluval
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relating to a flood
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Diminutive
|
small
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Disaffected
|
discontented and disloyal
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Disclaim
|
to deny, disavow
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Discomfit
|
to cause perplexity and embarrassment
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Discompose
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to disturb composure or serenity
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Disconsolate
|
unable to be consoled; extremely sad
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Discrete
|
distinct, seperate
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Discursive
|
wandering from topic to topic
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Disdainful
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contemptuous, scornful
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Disgorge
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to vomit, discharge violently
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Disingenuous
|
sly and crafty
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Disparage
|
to belittle, speak disrespectfully about
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Disarity
|
contrast, dissimilarity
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Dispel
|
to drive out or scatter
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Dispirit
|
to dishearten, make dejected
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Disquieted
|
feeling of anxiety, being idustrbed, lacking peace
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Disrepute
|
disgrace, dishonor
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Dissension
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difference of opinion
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Dissmulate
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to disguise or put on a false appearance
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Distaff
|
the female branch of a family
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Distend
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to swell, inflate, bloat
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Disther
|
(v) to move or act confusedly or without clear
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Diurnal
|
daily
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Divisive
|
creating disunity or conflict
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Dogged
|
persistent, stubborn
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Doldrums
|
a period of depsondency
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Doleful
|
sad, mournful
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Dolor
|
sadness
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Dolt
|
idiot, dimwits, foolish person
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Dotage
|
senile condition, mental decline
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Dotard
|
senile old person
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Doting
|
excessively fond, loving to excess
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Doughty
|
courageous
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Dour
|
sullen and gloomy; stern and severe
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Drivel
|
stupid talk; slobber
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Droll
|
amusing in a wry, subtle way
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Dross
|
waste produced dudring metal smelting; garbage
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Dudgeon
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angry indignation
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Dulcet
|
pleasant sounding, soothing to the ear
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Duplicity
|
deception, dishonesty, double-dealing
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Duress
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threat of force or intimidation; imprisonment
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Dyspeptic
|
suffering from indigestion; gloomy and irritable
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Earthy
|
crude
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Ebb
|
(v) to fade away, recede
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Ebullient
|
exhilarated, full of enthusiasm and high
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Eddy
|
air or wind current
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Edict
|
law, comman, official public order
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Edifice
|
building
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Edify
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to instruct morally or spiritually
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Efface
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to erase or make illegal
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Effervescent
|
bubbly, lively
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Effigy
|
stuffed doll; liikeness of a person
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Effluvia
|
outpouring of gases or vapors
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Effrontery
|
impudent boldness; audacity
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Effulgent
|
brilliantly shining
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Effusive
|
expressing emotion wihtout restraint
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Egregious
|
conspicuously bad
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Egress
|
exit
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Elegy
|
mournful poem, usually about the dead
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Elucidate
|
to explain, clarify
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Embellish
|
to ornament, make attractive with decoration or details; add details to a statement
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Embroil
|
to involve in; cause to fall into disorder
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Emend
|
to correct a text
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Eminent
|
celebrated, distinguished; outstanding, towering
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Emollient
|
having soothing qualities, esp. for skin
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Emotive
|
appealing to or expressing emotion
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Enchant
|
to charm or attract
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Enicpher
|
to translate a message into a code
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Encomium
|
warm praise
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encumber
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to hinder, burden, restrict motion
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Endemic
|
belonging to a particular area, inherent
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Endogamous
|
marrying within a specific group due to law or custom
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Enervate
|
to weaken, sap strength from
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Engender
|
to produce, cause, bring about
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Enigmatic
|
puzzling, inexplicable
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Enjoin
|
to urge, order, command; forbid or prohibit, as by judicial order
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Enmity
|
hostility, antagonism, ill-will
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Ennui
|
bordedom, lack of interest and energy
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Ensconce
|
to settle comfortably into a place
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Enshroud
|
to cover, ecnlose with a dark cover
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Entreat
|
to plead, beg
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Entrenched
|
established colidly
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Enumerate
|
to count, list, itemize
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Ephemeral
|
momentary, trasient, fleeting
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Epicure
|
person with refined taste in food and wine
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Epigram
|
short, witty saying or poem
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Epigraph
|
quaotation at the beginning of a literay work
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Epilogue
|
concluding sectino of a literary work
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Epithet
|
an abusive word or phrase
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Epitome
|
representative of an entire group; summary
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Epochal
|
very significant or influential; defnining an epoch or time period
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Equanimity
|
calmness, composure
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Equestrian
|
one who rides horseback
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Equine
|
relating to horses
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Equivocal
|
ambiguous, open to two interpretation
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Errant
|
straying, mistaken, roving
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Ersatz
|
fake
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Eschew
|
to abstain from, avoid
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Espouse
|
to support or advocate, to marry
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Esurient
|
hungry, greedy
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Ethereal
|
not earthly, spiritual, delicate
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Ethos
|
beleifs or character of a group
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Etymology
|
origin and history of word; study or words
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Euphony
|
pleasant, harmonious sound
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Eurythmics
|
art of harmonious bodily movement
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Evanescent
|
momentary, transitory, short-lived
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Evince
|
to show clearly, display, signify
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Excoriate
|
to denounce
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Execrable
|
utteraly detestable
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Exhort
|
to urge or incite by strong appeals
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Expatiate
|
to wander; to discuss or describe at length
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Expatriate
|
(n) one who lives outside one's native land; (v) to drive someone from his/her native land
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Expedient
|
(adj) convenient, efficient, practical
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Expiate
|
to attone for, make amends for
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Explode
|
to debunk, disprove; blow up, burst
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Exponent
|
one who champions or advocates
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Expound
|
to elaborate; to expand or increase
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Expunge
|
to erase or eliminate completely
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Expurgate
|
to censor
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Extemporaneous
|
unrehearsed, on the spur of the moment
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Extenuate
|
to lessen the seriousness, strength, or effect of
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Extol
|
to praise
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Extrapolate
|
to estimate
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Extricate
|
free from, distangle, free
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Exude
|
to give off, ooze
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Facile
|
very easy
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Facility
|
aptitude, ease in doing something
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Fascimile
|
an exact copy
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Fallacious
|
wrong, unsound, illogical
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Fallible
|
capable of failing
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Fallow
|
uncultivated, unused
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Farcical
|
absurd, ludicrous
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Fastidious
|
careful with details
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Fathom
|
(v) measure the depth of, gauge, to understand
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Fatuous
|
stupid; foolishly self-satisfied
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Fealty
|
intense loyalty
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Feckless
|
ineffectivce, careless, iresponsible
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Fecund
|
fertile, fruitful, productive
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Felicitous
|
suitable, appropriate; well-spoken
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Felicity
|
feeling great happiness
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Fell
|
(v) to chop, cut down; cruel
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Fetid
|
foul smelling, putrid
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Fetter
|
to bind, chain, confine
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Fey
|
otherworldly; doomed
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Fickle
|
unreliable
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Fidelity
|
loyalty
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Filch
|
to steal
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Filial
|
approapriate for a child
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Filibuster
|
use of obstructive tactics in a legislative assembly to prevent adoption of a measure
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Fission
|
processing of splitting into two parts
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Fitful
|
intermittent, irregular
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Fixicity
|
being fixed or stable
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Flaccid
|
limp, flabby, weak
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Flag
|
to loose energy and strength
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Flair
|
a natural inclination toward something
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Fledgling
|
young bird just learning to fly; beginner, novice
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Flippant
|
disrespectful, casual
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Flounder
|
to falter, waver; to muddle, struggle
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Flout
|
to treat contemptuously, scorn
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Flurried
|
to become agitated and confused
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Foible
|
minor weakness or character flaw
|
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Foil
|
(v) to defeat, frustrate
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Foist
|
to pass off as genuine
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Forbearance
|
patience, restraint, leniency
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Ford
|
(v) to cross a body of water at a shallow place
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Forensics
|
study of argumentation and edebate
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Forestall
|
to prevent, delay; anticipate
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Forfend
|
to prevent
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Forgo
|
to go without, to refrain from
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Forlorn
|
dreary, deserted; unhappy; hopeless, despairing, pitiful in appearance
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Forsake
|
to abandon, withdraw from
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Forswear
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to repudiate, rounance, disclaim, reject
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Forte
|
(n) strong point, something a person does well
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Fortnight
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two weeks
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Fortuitous
|
something happening by luck, fortunante
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Founder
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(v) to fall helplessly; sink
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Fracas
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noisy dispute
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Fractious
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unruly, rebellious
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Fratricide
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the killing of a brother or sister
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Fraught
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full of, accompanied by
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Frenetic
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wildly fanatic, frenzied, hectic
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Frivolous
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petty, trivial; flippant, silly
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Frond
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leaf
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Fulminate
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to explode with anger
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Fulsome
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excessive, overdone, sickneningly abundant
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Funereal
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mournful, appropriate for a funeral
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Furor
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rage, fury
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Furtive
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secret, stealthy
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Gainsay
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to deny
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Gall
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(n) bitterness; careless nerve; (v) to exasperate and irritate
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Gallant
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a very fashionable young man
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Gambol
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to dance or skip around playfully
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Game
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(adj) courageous
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Garner
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to gather and store
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Gauche
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crude, socially awkward
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Gaucherie
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a tactless or awkward act
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Genteel
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stylish, elegant in manner or appearance
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Germinate
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to begin to grow (as in a seed or idea)
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Gestation
|
growth process from conception to birth
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Gibe
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(v) to make heckling, taunting remarks
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Girth
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distance around something
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Glib
|
fluent in an insincere manner; offhand, casual
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Glower
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to glare, stare angrily and intensely
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Gnostic
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having to do with knowledge
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Goad
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to prod or urge
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Gossamer
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something liglht, delicate, or tenous
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Gouge
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scoop out; extort
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Grandiloquence
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popmpous talk, fancy but meaningless language
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Gratis
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free, costing nothing
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Gratuitous
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free, voluntary; unneccesary and unjustified
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Gratuity
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something given up voluntarily (tip)
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Gustatory
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relating to a sense of taste
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Hackneyed
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worn out by over-use
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Hallow
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to make holy; treat as sacred
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Hamlet
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small village
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Hapless
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unfortuante, bad luck
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Harangue
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pompous speech
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Harbinger
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precursor, sign of something to come
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Harrowing
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extremeley distressing, terrifying
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Haughty
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arrogant and condescending
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Headlong
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recklessly
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Hector
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a bully, braggart
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Hegemony
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leadership, domination, usually by a country
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Heinous
|
shocking, wicked, terrible
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Hemicycle
|
semicurcular form or structure
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Hermetic
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tightly sealed
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Heterodox
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unorthodox, not widely accepted
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Hew
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to cut with an ax
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Hidebound
|
excessively rigid; dry and stiff
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Hinterland
|
wildnerness
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Hoary
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very old; whitish or gray from age
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Homonym
|
word identical in pronunciation but different in meaning
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Hone
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to sharpen
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Hyperbole
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purposeful exaggeration for effect
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Idealism
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pursuit of noble goals
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Idiosyncrasy
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peculiarity of temperament, eccentricity
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Ignoble
|
dishonorable, not noble in character
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Ignominious
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an ignorant person
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Ilk
|
type or kind
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Illustrious
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famous, renowned
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Imbue
|
to infuse; dye, wet, moisten
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Immaterial
|
extraneous, inconsequential, nonessential; not consisting of matter
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Immunological
|
relating to the immune system
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Immure
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to imprison
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Impasse
|
blocked path, dilemma with no solution
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Impassive
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showing no emotion
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Impecunious
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poor, having no money
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Imperious
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arrogantly self-assured, domineering, over-bearing
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Impertinent
|
rude
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Impious
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not devout in religion
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Implicate
|
to involve in a crime, incriminate
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Impolitic
|
unwise
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Importune
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to ask repeatedly, beg
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Imposing
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dignified, grand
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Impotent
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powerless, ineffective, lacking strength
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Impound
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to seize and confine
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Imprecation
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curse
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Impregnable
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totally safe from attack, able to resist defeat
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Impromptu
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spontaneous, without rehearsal
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Improvident
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without planning or foresight, negligent
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Imprudent
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unwise
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Impugn
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to call into question, attack verbally
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Inane
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foolish, silly, lacking significance
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Incandescent
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shining brightly
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Incarnadine
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blood-red in color
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Incendiary
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combustible, flammable, burning easily
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Incense
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(v)to infuriate, enrage
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Incessant
|
continuous, never ceasing
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Incipient
|
beginning to exit or appear; in an initial stage
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Incisive
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percpetive, penetrating
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Incontrovertible
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unquestionable, beyond dispute
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Incorrigible
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incapable of being corrected
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Incredulous
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skeptical, doubtful
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Inculcate
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to teach, impress in the mind
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Inculpate
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to blame, charge with a crime
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Incumbent
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(adj) holding a specified office, often political; required, obligatory
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Incursion
|
sudden invasion
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Indefatigable
|
never tired
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Indefensible
|
inexcusable, unforgivable
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Indelible
|
permanent, not erasable
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Indenture
|
bound to another by contract
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Indict
|
to accuse formally, charge with a crime
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Indigent
|
very poor
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Indignant
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angry, incensed, offended
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Indolent
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habitually lazy, idle
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Indomitable
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fearless, unconquerable
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Indubitable
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unquestionable
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Induce
|
to persuade; bring about
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Inept
|
clumsy, akward
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Inert
|
unable to move, tending to inactivity
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Inexorable
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inflexible, unyielding
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Inextricable
|
incapable of being disentangled
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Infamy
|
reputation for bad deeds
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Infernal
|
hellish, diabolical
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Infinitesimal
|
extremely tiny
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Infirmity
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disease, ailment
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Infringe
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to encroach, trespsass, to transgress, violate
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Ingenious
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original, clever, inventive
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Ingrate
|
ungrateful person
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Ingratiate
|
to bring oneself purposefuly into another's good graces
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Ingress
|
entrance
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Iniquity
|
sin, evil act
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Injunction
|
command, order
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inkling
|
hint; vauge idea
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Innovate
|
invent, modernize, revolutionize
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Innuendo
|
indirect and subtle criticism, insinuation
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Inquest
|
investigation; court or legal proceeding
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Inscrutable
|
impossible to understand fully
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Insentient
|
unfeeling, unconscious
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Insidious
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sly, treacherous, devious
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Insolent
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insulting and arrogant
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Insolvent
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bankrupt, can't pay one's debt
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Insular
|
detached, isolated
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Insuperable
|
insurmountable, unconquerable
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Insurgent
|
(adj) rebellious, insubordinate
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Insurrection
|
rebellion
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Intemperate
|
not moderate
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Inter
|
to bury
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interdict
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to forbid, prohibit
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Interlocutor
|
someone taking part in a dialogue
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Interloper
|
trespasser; meddler in others' affairs
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Internecine
|
deadly to both sides
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Interpolate
|
to insert; change by adding new words or material
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Interpose
|
to insert; to intervene
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Interregnum
|
interval between reigns
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Intersperse
|
to distribute among, mix with
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Interstice
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a space between things
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Intimation
|
clue, suggestion
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Intractable
|
not easily managed
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Intramural
|
within an institution (i.e. a school)
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Intrepid
|
fearless
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Inure
|
to harden; accustom; become used to
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Invariable
|
constant, not changing
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Invective
|
verbal abuse
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Inveigh
|
protest strongly
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Investiture
|
ceremony conferring authority
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Inveterate
|
confirmed, long-standing, deeply rooted
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Invidious
|
likely to provoke ill will, offensive
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Inviolable
|
safe from assault or violtation
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Iridescent
|
showing many colors
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Irrevocable
|
conclusive, irreversible
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Itinerant
|
wandering from place to place, unsettled
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Itineraryy
|
route of a traveler's journey
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iota
|
very tiny amount
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Jaded
|
tired by excess or overuse; slightly cynical
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Jangling
|
clashing, jarring; harshly unpleasant sound
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Jettison
|
to cast off, throw cargo overboard
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Jibe
|
to shift suddenly from one side to the other
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Jingoism
|
belligerent support of one's country
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Jocular
|
jovial, playful, humorous
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Jubilee
|
special anniversary
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Judicious
|
sensible, showing good judgement
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Juggernaut
|
huge force destroying everything in its path
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Jurisprudence
|
philosophy of law
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Juxtaposition
|
side-by-side placement
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Keen
|
having sharp edge, intellectually perceptive
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Kinetic
|
related to motion; movement
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Kismet
|
fate
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Knell
|
sound of a funeral bell; omen of death or failure
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Lachrymose
|
tearful
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Lackluster
|
dull
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Laggard
|
dawdler, loafer, lazy person
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Lambaste
|
disapprove angrily
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Lampoon
|
(v) to attck with satire, mock harshly
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Languid
|
lacking energy, indifferent, slow
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Languor
|
listlessness
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Lapidary
|
precious stones
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Larder
|
place where food is stored
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Largess
|
generosity; gift
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Lascivious
|
lewd, lustful
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Lassitude
|
lethargy, sluggishness
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Latitude
|
freedom of action or choice
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Legerdemain
|
trickery
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Levity
|
humor, frivolity, gaiety
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Lexicon
|
dictionary, list of words
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Libertarian
|
one who believes in unrestricted freedom
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Libertine
|
without moral restraint
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Libinous
|
lustful
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Licentious
|
immoral; unrestrained by society
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Lien
|
right to possess and sell the property of a debtor
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Limpid
|
clear and simple; serene; transparent
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Lineage
|
ancestry
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Liniment
|
medicinal liquid used externally to ease pain
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Lionize
|
to treat as a celebrity
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Lissome
|
easily flexed, limber, agile
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Listless
|
lacking energy and enthusiasm
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Lithe
|
moving and bending with ease; graceful
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Litigation
|
lawsuit
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Livid
|
discolored from a bruise; reddened with anger
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Lodged
|
fixed in one position
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Lofty
|
noble, elevated in position
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Low
|
(v) to make a sound like a cow, moo
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Lugubrious
|
sorrowful, mournful
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Lull
|
to soothe
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Lumber
|
(v) to move slowly and awkwardly
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Lurid
|
harshly shocking, sensational; glowing
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Macabre
|
gruesome, producing horror
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Machination
|
plot or scheme
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Macrobiotics
|
art of prolongin life by special diet of organic, nonmeat substances
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Maelstrom
|
whirlpool; turmoil; agitated state of mind
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Magnanimous
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generous, noble in spirit
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Magnate
|
powerful or influential person
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Mainstay
|
chief support
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Maladroit
|
clumsy, tactless
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Malady
|
illness
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Malapropism
|
humorous misuse of a word
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Malediction
|
curse
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Malefactor
|
evil-doer; culprit
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Malice
|
animosity, spite, hatred
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Malodorous
|
foul-smelling
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Manifest
|
obvious
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Mannered
|
artificial or stilted in character
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Manumission
|
release from slavery
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Mar
|
to damage, deface; spoil
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Martial
|
warlike, pertaining to the military
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Martinet
|
strict disciplinarian, one who rigidly follows rules
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Masquerade
|
disguise; action that conceals the truth
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Matriculate
|
to enroll as a member of a college or university
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Matrilineal
|
tracing ancestry through mother's line rather than father's
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Maudlin
|
overly sentimental
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Maverick
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person who resists adherence to a group
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Mawkish
|
sickeningly sentimental
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Megalith
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huge stone used in prehistoric structures
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Megalomania
|
mental state with delusions of wealth and power
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Menagerie
|
various animals kept together for exhibition
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Mendacious
|
dishonest
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Mendacity
|
a lie, falsehood
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Mendicant
|
beggar
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Mercenary
|
(adj) motivated only by greed; (n) soldier for hire in foreign countries
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Mercurial
|
quick, shrewd, and unpredictable
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Meretricious
|
gaudy, falsely attractive
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Meridian
|
circle passing through the two poles of the earth
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Mettle
|
courageousness; endurance
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Militate
|
to operate against, work against
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Minatory
|
menacing, threatening
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Mirth
|
frivolity, gaiety, laughter
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Misapprehend
|
to misunderstand, fail to know
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Miscreant
|
one who behaves criminally
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Miserliness
|
extreme stinginess
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Misgiving
|
apprehension, doubt, sense of forboding
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Misnomer
|
an incorrect name or designation
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Missive
|
letter or note
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Mnemonic
|
relating to memory; designed to assist memory
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Modicum
|
a small amount
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Mollusk
|
sea animal with soft body
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Molt
|
(v) to shed hair, skin, or an outer layer periodically
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Momentous
|
important
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Monastic
|
extremely plain or secluded, as in a monastery
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Monolith
|
large block of stone
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Montage
|
composite picture
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Moot
|
debatable; previously decided
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Mordacious
|
caustic, biting
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Mordant
|
sarcastic
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Moribund
|
dying, decaying
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Morose
|
gloomy, sullen, or surly
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Mote
|
small particle, speck
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Motley
|
many-colored; composed of diverse parts
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Mottle
|
to mark with spots
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Multifarious
|
diverse
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Mundance
|
worldly; commonplace
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Munificent
|
generous
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Myopic
|
near-sighted
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Myriad
|
immense number, multitude
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Nadir
|
lowest point
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Nascent
|
starting to develop, coming into existence
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Nebulous
|
vague, cloudy
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Necromancy
|
black magic
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Nefarious
|
vicious, evil
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Nemesis
|
a formidable, often victorious opponent
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Neologism
|
new word or expression
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Neonate
|
newborn
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Motley
|
many-colored; composed of diverse parts
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Mottle
|
to mark with spots
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Multifarious
|
diverse
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Mundance
|
worldly; commonplace
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Munificent
|
generous
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Myopic
|
near-sighted
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Myriad
|
immense number, multitude
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Nadir
|
lowest point
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Nascent
|
starting to develop, coming into existence
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Nebulous
|
vague, cloudy
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Necromancy
|
black magic
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Nefarious
|
vicious, evil
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Nemesis
|
a formidable, often victorious opponent
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Neologism
|
new word or expression
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Neonate
|
newborn
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Neophyte
|
novice, beginner
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Nether
|
located under or below
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Nettle
|
(v) to irritate
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Nicety
|
elegant or delicate feature; minute distinction
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Niche
|
recess in wall; best position for something
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Niggling
|
trifle, petty
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Nihilism
|
belief that existence and all traditional values are meaningless
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Noisome
|
stinking, putrid
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Nomenclature
|
terms used in a particular science or discipline
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Nominal
|
existing in name only; negligible
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Non Sequitar
|
conclusion not following from apparent evidence
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Nondescript
|
lacking interesting or distinctive qualities; dull
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Nonentity
|
an insignificant person
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Novitiate
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period of being a beginner or novice
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Noxious
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harmful, unwholesome
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Nuance
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shade of meaning
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Numismatics
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coin collecting
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Obeisance
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a show of respect or submission
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Obfuscate
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to confuse, obscure
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Objurgate
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scold
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Oblique
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indirect, evasive; misleading, devious
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Obloquy
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abusive language; ill repute
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Obscure
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(adj) dim, unclear; not well known
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Obsequy
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funeral ceremony
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Obstreperous
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troublesome, boisterous, unruly
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Obtrusive
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pushy, too conspicuous
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Obtuse
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insensitive, stupid, dull
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Odious
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hateful, contemptible
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Officious
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too helpful, meddlesome
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Offshoot
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branch
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Ominous
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menacing, threatening, indicating misfortune
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Omnipotent
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having unlimted power
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Omniscient
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having infinite knowledge
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Omnivorous
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eating everything; absorbing everything
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Ontology
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theory abou tthe nature of existence
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Opine
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to express an opinion
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Opportune
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appropriate, fitting
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Opulence
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wealth
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Oracle
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person who foresees the future and gives advice
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Oration
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lecture, formal speech
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Orb
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spherical body; eye
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Orchestrate
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to arrange music for performance; to coordinate, organize
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Ornithologist
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scientist who studies birds
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Orotund
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pompous
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Ossify
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to turn to bone, to become rigid
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Ostensible
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apparent
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Ostracism
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exlusion, temporary banishment
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Ouster
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expulsion, ejection
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Overstate
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to embellish, exaggerate
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Overture
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musical introduction; proposal, offer
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Overweening
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arrogant
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Overwrought
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agitated, overdone
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Pacific
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calm, peaceful
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Pacify
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to restore calm, bring peace
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Paean
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a song of praise or thanksgiving
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Palatial
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like a palace, magnificent
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Palaver
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idle talk
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Palisade
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fence made up of stakes
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Pall
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(n) covering that darkens or obscures, coffin; (v) to lose strength or interest
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Palliate
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to make less seious, ease
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Pallid
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lacking color or liveliness
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Palpable
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obvious, real, tangible
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Paltry
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pitifully small or worthless
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Panacea
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cure-all
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Panache
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flamboyance, verve
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Pandemic
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spread over a whole area or country
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Panegyric
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elaborate praise; formal hymn of priase
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Panoply
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impressive array
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Paramount
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supreme, dominant, primary
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Parch
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to dry or shivel
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Pare
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to trim
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Pariah
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outcast
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Parity
|
equality
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Parley
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discussion, usually between enemies
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Parochial
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limited scope or outlook, provincial
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Parry
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to ward off or deflect
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Partisan
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biased in favor of, strong supporter
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Pastiche
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piece of literature or music imitating other works
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Patent
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(adj) obvious, unconcealed; (n) official document giving exclusive right to sell an invention
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Pathogenic
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causing disease
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Pathos
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pity, compassion
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Patrician
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aristocrat
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Patricide
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murder of one's father
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Patrimony
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inheritance or heritage derived from one's father
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Paucity
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scarcity, lack
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Pauper
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very poor person
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Pavilion
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tent or light building used for shetler or exhibitions
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Peccadillo
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minor sin or offense
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Peculation
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theft of money or goods
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Pedagogue
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teacher
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Pedestrian
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(adj) commonplace
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Pediment
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traingular gable on a roof or facade
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Peer
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(n)contemporary, equal, match
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Peerless
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uneqauled
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Pejorative
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having bad connotations; disparaging
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Pellucid
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transparent; translucent; easily understood
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Penance
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voluntary suffering to repent for a wrong
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Penchant
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inclination
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Penitent
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expressing sorrow for sins or offenses, repentant
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Pensive
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thoughtful
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Penultimate
|
next to last
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Penumbra
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partial shadow
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Penury
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extreme poverty
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Perambulate
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walk about
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Percipient
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discerning, able to perceive
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Perdition
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complete and utter loss; damnation
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Peregrinate
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to wander from place to place
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Peremptory
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imperative; dictatorial
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Perennial
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present throughout the years; persistent
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Perihelion
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point in orbit nearest to the sun
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Peripatetic
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moving from place to place
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Perpiphrastic
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containing too many words
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Perjure
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to tell al ie under oathe
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Pernicious
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very harmful
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Perpetuity
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continuing forever
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Personification
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act of attributing human qualities to objects or abstract qualities
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Perspicacious
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shrewd, astute, keen-witted
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Pert
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lively and bold
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Pertinacious
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persistent, stubborn
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Perturbation
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disturbance
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Perusal
|
close examination
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Pervert
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(v) to cause to change in an immoral way; to misuse
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Perstilence
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epidemic, plague
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Pettish
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fretful
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Petulance
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rudeness, peevishness
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Phalanx
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massed group of soldiers, people or things
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Philanderer
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pursuer of casual love affairs
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Philistine
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narrow-minded person, someone lacking appreciation for art or culture
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Philology
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study of words
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Phlegm
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coldness or indifference
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Phlegmatic
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calm in termperament; sluggish
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Phoenix
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mythical immortal bird that lives for 500 years, burns itself to death, and rises from its ashes
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Phonic
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relating to sound
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Picayune
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petty, of little value
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Piddling
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trivial
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Piety
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devoutness
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Pilfer
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to steal
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Pillage
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to loot, espcially during war
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Pillory
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ridicule and abuse
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Pious
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dedicated, devout, extremely religious
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Pique
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fleeting feeling of hurt pride
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Pithy
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profound, substantial; concise, succint, to the point
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Pittance
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meager amount or wage
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Placid
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calm
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Plaintive
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expressive sorrow
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Plait
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to braid
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Plangent
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loud sound; wailing sound
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Platitude
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stale, overused expression
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Plaudit
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applause
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Plebeian
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crude, vulgar; low-class
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Plenitude
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abundance, plenty
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Pliant
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pliable, yielding
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Plucky
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courageous, spunky
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Plurastic
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including a variety of groups
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Ply
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(v)to use diligently; to engage; to join together
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Pneumatic
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relating to air; worked by compressed air
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Poach
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to steal game or fish; cook in boiling liquid
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Poignant
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emotionally moving
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Polemic
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controversy, argument; verbal attack
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Polyglot
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speaker of many languages
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Politic
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shrewd and practical; diplomatic
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Ponderous
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weight, heavy, large
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Pontificate
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to speak in a pretentious manner
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Pore
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(v) to study closely or meditatively
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Portent
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omen
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Posit
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to put in position; to suggest an idea
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Posterity
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future generations; all a person's descendants
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Potentate
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monarch or ruler with great power
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Prattle
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meaningless, foolish talk
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Precarious
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uncertain
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Precept
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principle, law
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Precipice
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edge, steep overhang
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Precipitate
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(adj) sudden and unexpected
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Precipitous
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hasty, quickly; with too little caution
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Precis
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short summary of facts
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Preclude
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to rule out
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Precocious
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unusually advanced at an early age
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Predicate
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(v) to found or base on
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Predilection
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preference, liking
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Preeminent
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clebrated, distinguished
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Preponderance
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majority in number; dominance
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Prepossessing
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attractive, engaging, appealing
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Presage
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to foretell, indicate in advance
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Prescient
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having foresight
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Presentment
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premonition, sense of forboding
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Prestidigitation
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sleight of hand
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Pretext
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excuse, pretended reason
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Primeval
|
ancient, primitive
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Primordial
|
original, existing from the beginnning
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Privation
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lack of usual necessiticies or comforts
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Probity
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honesty, high-mindedness
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Proclivity
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tendency, inclination
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Procure
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to obtain
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Prodigious
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vast, enormous, extroardinary
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Primeval
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ancient, primitive
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Primordial
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original, existing from the beginning
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Privation
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lack of usual necessitities or comforts
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Probity
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honesty, high-mindedness
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Proclivity
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tendency, inclination
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Procure
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to obtain
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Prodigious
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vast, enormous, extroadinary
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Profane
|
impure; contrary to religion or sacreligious
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Profligate
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corrupt, degenerate
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Profundity
|
great depth
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Profuse
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lavish, extravagente
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Progenitor
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originattor, forefather, ancestor in direct line
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Progeny
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offspring, children
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Prognosticate
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to predict
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Prolific
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productive, fertile
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Prolix
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tedious; wordy
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Promontory
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piece of land or rock higher than its surroundings
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Promulgate
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to make known publicly
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Propinquity
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nearness
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Propitious
|
favorable, advantageous
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Prosaic
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relating to prose; dull, commonplace
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Proscribe
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to condemn; to forbid, outlaw
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Prose
|
ordinary language used in everyday speech
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Proselytize
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to convert to a particular belieff or religion
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Prostrate
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lyaing face downward, lying flat on the ground
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Protean
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readily assuming different forms or characters
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Protestation
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declaration
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Protract
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to prolong, draw out, extend
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Provident
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prudent, frugal
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Provincial
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rustic, unsophisticated, limited in scope
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Prowess
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bravery, skill
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Proxy
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power to act as a substitute for another
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Prurient
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lustful, exhibiting lewd desires
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Puerile
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childish, immature, silly
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Pugilism
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boxing
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Pugnacious
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quarrelsome, eager and ready to fight
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Pulchritude
|
beauty
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Punctilious
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careful in observing rules or behavior or ceremony
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Pundit
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an authority or critic
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Punitive
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having to do with punishment
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Purgation
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process of cleansing, purification
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Puritanical
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adhering to a rigid moral code
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Purport
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to profess, suppose, claim
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Pusillanimous
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cowardly
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Quaff
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to drink heartily
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Quagmire
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marsh; difficult situation
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Quaternary
|
consiting of or relating to four units of members
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Quell
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to crush or subdue
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Querulous
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inclined to complain, irritable
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Quibble
|
argue about insig. and irrelevant details
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Quiescence
|
inactivity, stillness
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Quintessence
|
most typical example; concentrated essence
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Quixotic
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overly idealistc; impractical
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Quotidian
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occuring daily; commonplace
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Raconteurs
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witty, skillful storyteller
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Rail
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(v) to scold with bitter or abusive language
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Raillery
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lighthearted jesting
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Rally
|
(v) to assemble; recover, recuperate
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Ramble
|
(v) to roam;, wander, babble, digress
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Ramshackle
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likely to collapse
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Rancor
|
bitter hatred
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Rapacious
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greedy; predatory
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Rapprochement
|
having a cordial relationship
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Rapt
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deeply absorbed
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Rarefy
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to make thinner, puruer or more refined
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Ratify
|
to approve formally, confirm
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Ratiocination
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methodical, logical reasoning
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Raucous
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harsh-sounding; boisterous
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Ravine
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deep, narrow gorge
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Raze
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to tear down, demolish
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Reactionary
|
(adj) marked by extreme conservatism, esp. in politics
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Rebarbative
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irritating, repellant
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Rebuff
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blunt rejection
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Rebuke
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to reprimand, scold
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Rebut
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to refute by evidence or argument
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Recalcitrant
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resisting authority or control
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Recant
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to retract a statement, opinion, etcetera
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Recpitulate
|
to review with a brief summary
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Recondite
|
relating to obscure learning; known to only a few
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Recreant
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disloyal; cowardly
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Rectitude
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moral uprightness
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Redress
|
(n) relief from wrong or injury
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Refectory
|
room where meals are serve
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Refractory
|
obstinately resistant
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Refute
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to contradict, discredit
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Regal
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magnificent, splended, fit for royalty
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Rejoiner
|
response
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Relegate
|
to assign to a class, especially an inferior one
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Relent
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to become gentler in attitude
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Remediable
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capable of being corrected
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Remission
|
lessning, relaxation
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Remit
|
to send (usually money) as payment
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Remonstrate
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to protest or object
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Remuneration
|
pay or reward for work, trouble, etcetera
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Renascent
|
reborn, coming into being again
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Renegade
|
traitor, person abandoning a cause
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Renege
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to go back on one's word
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Renitent
|
resisting pressure, obstinate
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Rent
|
(adj) torn apart
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Repast
|
meal or mealtime
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Repeal
|
to revoke or formally withdraw
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Replete
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apologetic, guilty, remorseful
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Repose
|
relaxation, leisure
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Reprehendsible
|
blameworthy, disreputable, to criticize
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Reprise
|
repetition, esp. of a piece of music
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Reproach
|
(v) to find falut with; blame
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Reprobate
|
morally unprincipled person
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Reprove
|
to criticize or correct
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Repudiate
|
to reject as having no authority
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Requiem
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hymns or religious service for the dead
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Requite
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to return or repay
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Rescind
|
to repeal, cancel
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Resolute
|
determind; with a clear purpose
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Resolve
|
(n) determination, firmness of purpose; (v) to conclude, determine
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Respire
|
to breathe
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Respite
|
interval of relief
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Resplendent
|
splended, brilliant
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Restive
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impatient, uneasy, restless
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Reticent
|
not speaking freely; reserved
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Retinue
|
group of attendants with an impomrtant person
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Retort
|
cutting response
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Retrench
|
to regroup, reorganize
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Revelry
|
boisterous festivity
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Revile
|
to criticize with harsh language, verbally abuse
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Rhetoric
|
persuasive use of language
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Ribald
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humorous in a vulgar way
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Riddle
|
(v) to make many holes in; permeate
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Rife
|
widespread, prevalent; abundant
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Rift
|
an open space; to divide
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Riposte
|
a retort
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Robust
|
strong and healthy; hardy
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Rococo
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very highly ornamented
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Roil
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to disturb or cause disorder
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Rostrum
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stage for public speaking
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Rotund
|
round in shape; fat
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Rue
|
to regret
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Rustic
|
rural
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Sacrosanct
|
extremely sacred; beyond criticism
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Sagacious
|
shrewd, wise
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Salacious
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lustful
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Sallow
|
sickly yellow in color
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Salubrious
|
healthful
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Sanction
|
permission, support; law; penalty
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Sanguine
|
ruddy; cheerfully optimistic
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Sap
|
(v) to weaken gradually
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Sapient
|
wise
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Sardonic
|
cynical, scornfully mocking
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Saunter
|
to amble; walk in a leisurely manner
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Savant
|
learned person
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Scabbard
|
sheath for sword or dagger
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Scabrious
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dealing with indecent things; blemished
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Scantiness
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barely enough, meager
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Scathing
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harshly critical; painfully hot
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Schism
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a division or separation; disharmony
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Scintilla
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very small amount
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Scintillate
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to sparkle, flash
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Scion
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descendant, child
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Scrivener
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professional copyist
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Scrupulous
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restrained; careful and precise
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Scurrilous
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vulgar, low, indecent
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Secant
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straight line intersecting a curve at two points
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Secede
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to withdraw formally from an organizatino
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Sectarian
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narrow-minded; relating to a group or sect
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Secular
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not particularly pertaining to religion
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Sedition
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behavior promoting rebellion
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Seismology
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science of earthquakes
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Seminal
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relating to the beginning of seeds of something
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Senescent
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aging, growing old
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Sententious
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having a moralizing tone
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Sentient
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aware, conscious, able to perceive
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Sepulchral
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typical of a place of burial
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Sequester
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to remove or set aprt; put into seclusion
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Seraphic
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angelic, pure, sublime
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Serendipity
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habit of making fortunate discoveries by chance
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Serpentine
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serpent-like; twisting, winding
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Servile
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submissive, obedient
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Sheepish
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timid, meek, bashful
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Shirk
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to avoid a task due to laziness of fear
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Sidle
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to cause to turn sideways; to move along one side
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Simian
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apelike; relating to apes
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Simper
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to smirk, smile foolishly
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Sinecure
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well paying job or office that requires little or no work
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Sinuous
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winding; intricate, complex
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Skulk
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to move in a stealthy or cautious manner; sneak
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Slake
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to calm down or moderate
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Slipshod
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careless, hasty
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Slight
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to treat an unimportant; insult
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Sloth
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sluggishness, laziness
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Slough
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to discard or shed
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Smelt
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(v) to melt metal in order to refine it
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Smutty
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obscene, indecent
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Sobriquet
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nickname
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Sodden
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thoroughly soaked; saturated
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Sojourn
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visit, stay
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Solace
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comfort in distress; consolation
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Solarium
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room or glassed-in area exposed to the sun
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Solecism
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grammatical mistake
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Solicitous
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concerned, attentive; eager
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Soliloquy
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literary or dramatic speech by one character, not addressed to others
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Solipsism
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belief that the self is the only reality
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Somber
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dark and gloomy; melancholy, dismal
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Somnambulist
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sleepwalker
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Somnolent
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drowsy, sleepy; inducing sleep
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Sonic
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relating to sound
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Sonorous
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producing a full, rich sound
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Sophist
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person good at arguing deviously
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Sophistry
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deceptive reasoning or argumentation
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Sophomoric
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immature and overconfident
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Soporific
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sleepy or tending to cause sleep
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Sordid
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filthy; contemptible and corrupt
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Spartan
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austere, severe, grave; simple, bare
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Specious
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deceptively attractive
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Speculation
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contemplation; act of taking business risks for financial gain
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Sportive
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frolicsome, playful
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Sprightly
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lively, animated, energetic
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Spur
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(v) to prod
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Spurious
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lacking authenticity; counterfeit, false
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Spurn
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to reject or refuse contemptously; scorn
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Squalid
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filthy; morally repulsive
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Squander
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to waste
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Staccato
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marked by abrupt, clear-cut sounds
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Staid
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self-restrained to the point of dullness
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Stalwart
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strong, unwavering
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Stand
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(n) group of trees
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Stasis
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motionless state; standstill
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Stately
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grand, unapproachable
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Steadfast
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immovable
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Stentorian
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extremely loud
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Stifle
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to smother or suffocate; suppress
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Stilted
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stiff, unnatural
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Stint
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(n) period of time spent doing something; (v) to be sparing or frugal
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Stockade
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enclosed area forming defensive wall
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Stoic
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indifferent to or unaffected by emotions
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Stolid
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having or showing little emotion
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Stratagem
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trick designed to deceive an enemy
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Stricture
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something that restrains; negative criticism
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Strident
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loud, harsh, unpleasantly noisy
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Stripling
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an adolescent boy
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Stultify
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impair or reduce usefulness
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Stupefy
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to dull the senses of; stun, astonish
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Stymie
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to block or thrwart
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Suave
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smoothly gracious or polite; blandly ingratiating
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Subjection
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dependence, obedience, submission
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Subjugate
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to conquer, subdue, enslave
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Sublime
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awe-inspiring; of high spiritual or moral value
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Subterfuge
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trick or tactic used to avoid something
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Subterranean
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hidden, secret; underground
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Succinct
|
terse, brief, consise
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Sufferable
|
bearable
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Sullen
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brooding, gloomy
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Sully
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to soil, stain, tarnish, tint
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Sumptuous
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lavish, splendid
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Superannuated
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too old, obsolete, outdated
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Supercilious
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arrogant, haughty, overbearing, condescending
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Supererogatory
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nonessential
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Superfluous
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extra, more than necessary
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Supersede
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to take the place of; replace
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Supplant
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to replace, substitute
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Supple
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flexible, pliant
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Supplicant
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one who asks humbly and earnestly
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Supposition
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assumption
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Surfeit
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excessive amount
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Surly
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rude and bad-tempered
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Surmise
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to moake an educated guess
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Surmount
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to conquer, overcome
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Surreptitious
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characterized by secrecy
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Swarthy
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having a dark complexion
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Sybarite
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person devoted to pleasure and luxury
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Sycophant
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self-serving flatterer, yes-man
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Symbiosis
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cooperation, mutual helfulness
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Synchronous
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happening at the same time
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Syncopation
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temporary irregularity in musical rhythm
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Synthetic
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artificial, imitation
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Tableau
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vivid description, striking incident or scene
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Tacit
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silently understood or implied
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Taciturn
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uncommunicative, not inclinded to speak much
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Talisman
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something producing a magical effect
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Tang
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sharp flavor or odor
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Tantamount
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equivalent in value or significane; amounting to
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Tawdry
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gaudy, cheap, showy
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Technocrat
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strong believer in technology; technical expert
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Temerity
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recklessness
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Temperance
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restaint, self-control, moderation
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Tempestuous
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stormy, raging, furious
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Tenable
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defensible, reasoning
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Tenacious
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stubborn, holding firm
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Tendentious
|
biased
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Tenet
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belief, doctrine
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Tensile
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capable of withstanding physical stress
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Tenuous
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weak, insubstantial
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Tepid
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lukewarm; showing little enthusiasm
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Terrestrial
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earthly; down-to-eart, commonplace
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Terse
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concise, brief, free of extra words
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Tether
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(v) to bind, tie
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Theocracy
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government by priests representing a god
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Theology
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study of God and religion
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Thrall
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person in servitude, enslaved
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Threnody
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sad poem or song
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Tidings
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news
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Timorous
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timid, shy, full of apprehension
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Titan
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person of colossal stature or achievement
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Toady
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flatterer, hanger-on, yes-man
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Tome
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book, uusually large and academic
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Tonal
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relating to pitch or sound
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Torpid
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burning hot; passionate
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Torsion
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act of twisting and turning
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Tractable
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obedient, yielding
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Trammel
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to impede or hamper
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Transcend
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to rise above, go beyond
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Transfiguration
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a change; an exalting change
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Transgress
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to trespass, violate a law
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Transitory
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short-lived, briefly existing
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Translucent
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partially transparent
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Transmute
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to change in appearance or shape
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Transpire
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to happen, occur; become known
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Travesty
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parody, exaggerated imitation, caricature
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Tremulous
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trembling, quivering; fearful, timid
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Trenchant
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acute, sharp, incisve; forceful, effective
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Trepidation
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fear and anxiety
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Triflng
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of only slight worth, trivial, insig.
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Trite
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shallow, superficial
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Trounce
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to beat severely, defeat
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Troupe
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group of actors
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Truculent
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savage and cruel; fierce; ready to fight
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Truism
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something that's obviously true
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Tryst
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agreement between lovers to meet; rendezvous
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Tumult
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state of confusion; agitation
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Turbid
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muddled; unclear
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Turgid
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swollen, bloated
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Turpitude
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inherent vileness, foulness, depravity
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Tyro
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beginner, novice
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Ubiquitous
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being everywhere simultaneously
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Umbrage
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offense, resentment
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Unadulaterated
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absolutely pure
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Unavailing
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hopeless, useless
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Unconscionable
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unscrupulous; shockingly unfair or unjust
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Unctuous
|
greasy, oily; sumg and falsely earnest
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Undulating
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moving in waves
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Unequivocal
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absolute, certain
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Unfrock
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to stip of priestly duties
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Unitiated
|
unfamiliar with an area of study
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Unobtrusive
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modest, unassuming
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Unruffled
|
poised, calm
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Unscrupulous
|
dishonest
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Unstinting
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generous
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Unsullied
|
clean
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Untoward
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not favorable; unruly
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Untrammeled
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unhampered
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Unwitting
|
uncons; unintentional
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Upbraid
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to scold sharply
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Uproarious
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loud and forceful
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Urbane
|
couteous, refined, sauve
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Usurp
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to seize by force
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Usury
|
practice of lending money at exorbitant rates
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Vacillate
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to waver, show indecision
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Vacuous
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empty, void; lacking intelligence, purposeless
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Vagrant
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poor person with no home
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Valorous
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brave, valiant
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Vapid
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tasteless, dull
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Vaunted
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boasted about, bragged about
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Venal
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willing to do wrong for money
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Vendetta
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prolonged fued marked by bitter hostility
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Venerable
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respected because of age
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Veneration
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adoration, honor, respect
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Veracious
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truthful, accurate
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Veracity
|
accuracy, truth
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Verdant
|
green with vegetation; inexperienced
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Verdure
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fresh, rich vegetation
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Verisimilitude
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quality of appearing true or real
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Verity
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truthfulness; belief viewed as true and enduring
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Vernacular
|
everyday language used by ordinary people; specialized languge of a profession
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Vernal
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related to spring
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Verve
|
energy, vitality
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Vestige
|
trace, remnant
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Vex
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to irritate, annoy; confuse, puzzle
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Viaduct
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series of elevated arches used to cross a valley
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Vicissitude
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change or variation; ups and downs
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Vie
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to compete, contend
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Vilify
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to slander, defame
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Vim
|
energy, enthusiasm
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Vindicate
|
to clear of blame; support a claim
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Vindictive
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spiteful, vengeful, unforgiving
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Virginal
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pure, chaste
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Virile
|
manly, having masculine qualities
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Virtuoso
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someone with masterly skill; expert musician
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Virulent
|
extremely poisonous; malignant; hateful
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Viscuous
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thick, syrumpy and sticky
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Vitiate
|
reduce in value or effectiveness
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Vitriolic
|
burning, caustic; sharp, bitter
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Vituperate
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to abuse verbally
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Vociferous
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loud, vocal and noisy
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Volition
|
free choice, free will; act of choosing
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Volley
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(n) flight of missiles, round of gunshots
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Voluble
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speaking much and easily, talkative; glib
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Voracious
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having a great appetite
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Waive
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to refrain from enforcing a rule; to give up a legal right
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Wan
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sickly pale
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Wane
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to dwindle, decrease
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Wanton
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undisciplined, unrestrained, reckless
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Waspish
|
rude, behaving badly
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Wax
|
to increase
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Wayward
|
erratic, unrestrained, reckless
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Weather
|
(v) to endure, undergo
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Welter
|
(n) confused mass; a jumble
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Whet
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to sharpen, stimulate
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Whimsy
|
playful or fanciful idea
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Wily
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clever, deceptive
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Windfall
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sudden, unexpected good fortane
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Winsome
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charming, happily engaging
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Wizened
|
withered, shriveled, wrinkled
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Woe
|
deep suffering or grief
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Wraith
|
a ghost
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Wrangle
|
loud quarrel
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Writ
|
written document, usually in law
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Wry
|
amusing, ironic
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Xenophobia
|
fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers
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Yoke
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to join together
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Zealot
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someone passionately devoted to a cause
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Zenith
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highest point, summit
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Zephyr
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gentle breeze
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