Gre Vocab 2

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obsequies

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(n) a funeral rite

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sepulchral

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(adj) relating to a tomb

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abnegate

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(v) reject oneself

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ascetic

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(n) a person who dedicates their life to extreme self-denial

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hegemonic

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(adj) having dominance

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peremptory

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(adj) leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal

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abstruse

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(adj) hard to understand

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recondite

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(adj) dealing with difficult subject matter

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turbid

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(adj) clouded

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invidious

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(adj) hateful

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odious

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(adj) detestable

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rebarbative

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(adj) causing annoyance, irritation, or aversion; repellent

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pellucid

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(adj) clear in meaning, expression, or style

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aberrant

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(adj) deviating from the ordinary, usual, or normal type; exceptional; abnormal

(n) an aberrant person, thing, group, etc

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anachronism

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(n) something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time, especially a thing or person that belongs to an earlier time

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eclectic

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(adj) selecting or choosing from various sources

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iconoclast

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(n) a person who attacks cherished beliefs, traditional institutions, etc., as being based on error or superstition

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compunction

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(n) a feeling of uneasiness or anxiety of the conscience caused by regret for doing wrong or causing pain; contrition; remorse

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expiate

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(v) to atone for; make amends or reparation for

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tantamount

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(adj) equivalent, as in value, force, effect, or signification

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apocryphal

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(adj) of doubtful authorship or authenticity

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canard

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(n) a false or baseless, usually derogatory story, report, or rumor

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chicanery

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(n) trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry

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dissemble

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(v) to give a false or misleading appearance to; conceal the truth or real nature of

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equivocate

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(v) to use ambiguous or unclear expressions, usually to avoid commitment or in order to mislead; prevaricate or hedge

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ersatz

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(adj) serving as a substitute; synthetic; artificial

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perfidy

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(n) deliberate breach of faith or trust; faithlessness; treachery

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prevaricate

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(v) to speak falsely or misleadingly; deliberately misstate or create an incorrect impression; lie

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specious

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(adj) apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible

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spurious

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(adj) not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit

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consanguine

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(adj) having the same ancestry or descent; related by blood

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distaff

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(n) a woman or women collectively

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endogamous

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(n) marriage within a specific tribe or similar social unit

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fratricide

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(n) a person who kills his or her brother

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progenitor

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(n) a biologically related ancestor

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scion

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(n) a descendant

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doctrinaire

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(adj) dogmatic about others' acceptance of one's ideas; fanatical

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partisan

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(n) an adherent or supporter of a person, group, party, or cause, especially a person who shows a biased, emotional allegiance

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tendentious

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(adj) having or showing a definite tendency, bias, or purpose

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ameliorate

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(v) to make or become better, more bearable, or more satisfactory; improve

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exculpate

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(v) to clear from a charge of guilt or fault; free from blame; vindicate

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exonerate

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(v) to clear, as of an accusation; free from guilt or blame; exculpate

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palliate

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(v) to relieve or lessen without curing; mitigate; alleviate

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redress

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(n) the setting right of what is wrong

(v) to set right; remedy or repair (wrongs, injuries, etc.)

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droll

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(adj) amusing in an odd way; whimsically humorous; waggish

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raillery

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(n) good-humored ridicule; banter

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riposte

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(n) a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke

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interregnum

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(n) any pause or interruption in continuity

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interstice

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(n) an intervening space

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altruistic

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(adj) unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others

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clement

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(adj) mild or merciful in disposition or character; lenient; compassionate

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largess

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(n) generous bestowal of gifts

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magnanimous

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(adj) generous in forgiving an insult or injury; free from petty resentfulness or vindictiveness

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munificent

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(adj) extremely liberal in giving; very generous

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philanthropic

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(adj) benevolent

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unstinting

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(v) to not be frugal

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miserly

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(adj) stingy

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penurious

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(adj) extremely stingy; parsimonious; miserly

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rapacious

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(adj) given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed

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venal

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(adj) willing to sell one's influence, especially in return for a bribe; open to bribery; mercenary

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indigent

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(adj) lacking food, clothing, and other necessities of life because of poverty; needy; poor; impoverished

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encomium

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(n) a formal expression of high praise; eulogy

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augur

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(v) to divine or predict, as from omens; prognosticate

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auspice

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(n) a divination or prognostication, originally from observing birds

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fey

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(adj) supernatural; unreal; enchanted

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presage

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(n) a presentiment or foreboding

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prognosticate

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(v) to forecast or predict (something future) from present indications or signs; prophesy

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discomfit

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(v) to confuse and deject; disconcert

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forfend

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(v) to fend off, avert, or prevent

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occlude

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(v) to close, shut, or stop up (a passage, opening, etc.)

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perspicacious

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(adj) having keen mental perception and understanding; discerning

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dolor

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(n) sorrow; grief

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elegiac

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(adj) used in, suitable for, or resembling an elegy

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lugubrious

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(adj) mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner

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threnody

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(n) a poem, speech, or song of lamentation, especially for the dead; dirge; funeral song

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intransigent

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(adj) refusing to agree or compromise; uncompromising; inflexible

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renitent

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(adj) resisting pressure; resistant

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compendious

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(adj) containing the substance of a subject, often an exclusive subject, in a brief form; concise

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pithy

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(adj) brief, forceful, and meaningful in expression; full of vigor, substance, or meaning; terse; forcible

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ephemeral

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(adj) lasting a very short time; short-lived; transitory

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craven

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(adj) cowardly; contemptibly timid

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pusillanimous

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(adj) lacking courage or resolution; cowardly; faint-hearted; timid

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recreant

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(adj) cowardly

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timorous

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(adj) full of fear

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probity

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(n) integrity and uprightness; honesty

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verity

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(n) the state or quality of being true; accordance with fact or reality

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discursive

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(adj) passing aimlessly from one subject to another; digressive; rambling

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expatiate

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(v) to enlarge in discourse or writing; be copious in description or discussion

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itinerant

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(adj) traveling from place to place, especially on a circuit, as a minister, judge, or sales representative; itinerating; journeying.

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peregrination

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(n) travel from one place to another, especially on foot

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peripatetic

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(adj) walking or traveling about; itinerant

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adulterate

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(v) to debase or make impure by adding inferior materials or elements; use cheaper, inferior, or less desirable goods in the production of (any professedly genuine article)

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enervate

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(v) to deprive of force or strength; destroy the vigor of; weaken

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obviate

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(v) to anticipate and prevent or eliminate (difficulties, disadvantages, etc.) by effective measures; render unnecessary

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stultify

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(v) to make, or cause to appear, foolish or ridiculous

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vitiate

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(v) to impair the quality of; make faulty; spoil

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aphorism

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(n) a terse saying embodying a general truth, or astute observation

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apothegm

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(n) a short, pithy, instructive saying; a terse remark or aphorism

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axiom

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(n) a self-evident truth that requires no proof

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bromide

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(n) a platitude or trite saying

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dictum

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(n) an authoritative pronouncement; judicial assertion

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epigram

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(n) any witty, ingenious, or pointed saying tersely expressed

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platitude

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(n) a flat, dull, or trite remark, especially one uttered as if it were fresh or profound

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sententious

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(adj) abounding in pithy aphorisms or maxims

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abeyance

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(n) temporary inactivity, cessation, or suspension

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abjure

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(v) to renounce, repudiate, or retract, especially with formal solemnity; recant

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abrogate

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(v) to abolish by formal or official means; annul by an authoritative act; repeal

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demur

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(v) to make objection, especially on the grounds of scruples; take exception; object

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recidivism

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(n) repeated or habitual relapse, as into crime