Gre Vocab Words Dec. 2009

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arrant

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impudent

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arcane

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mysterious, abstruse, esoteric, knowable only to initiates

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arabesque

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a complex, ornate design, also a dance position

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apposite

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appropriate, pertinent, relevant, apropos

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apotheosis

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deification glorification to godliness

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apostate

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one who abandons long held religious or political convictions

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apogee

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farthest or highest point, culmination, zenith

(antonym = perigee)

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apocryphal

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of dubious authenticity or origin, spurious

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anodyne

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soothing, something that assuages or allays pain or comforts

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anathema

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curse, accursed or thouroughly loathed person or thing

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adumbrate

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to foreshadow or intimate, to suggest sketchily, to obscure

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accretion

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growth, increase by successive addition, building up

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acarpous

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effete, no longer fertile, worn out

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abscission

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the act of cutting off or removing

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abrogate

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to abolish or annul by authority, to put down

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abjure

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to renounce or reject solemnly, to recant, to avoid

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wag

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wit, joker

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waffle

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to equivocate, to change one's position

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table

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to remove (as a parliamentary motion) for consideration

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strut

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the supporting structural cross-part of a wing

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scurvy

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contemptible, despicable

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quail

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to lose courage, to become frightened

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rent

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torn, past of rend, an opening or tear caused by such

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prize

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to pry, to press or force with a lever, something taken by force, spoils

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pine

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to lose vigor (as through grief), to yearn

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pied

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multicolored, usually in blotches or patches

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nice

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exacting, fastidious, extremely even excessively precise

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mince

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to pronounce or speak affectedly, to speak too carefully, to take tiny steps, to tiptoe

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milk

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to exploit, to squeeze every last ounce of

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list

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to tilt or lean to one side

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guy

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a cord or cable used to steady or guide something

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damp

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to diminish the intensity or check the vibration of a sound

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brook

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to tolerate, endure, or countenance

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appropriate

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to take for one's own use, confiscate

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alloy

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to commingle, to debase by mixing with something inferior

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arrest

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to suspend, to engage to hold one's attention

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unfettered

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not tied down, unrestrained

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treacherous

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lacking faithfulness or loyalty, traitorous, unstable

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tractable

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docile, obedient, easily led

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tortuous

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winding, twisting, excessively complicated

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prudent

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wise and careful, showing good judgment

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probity

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adherence to the highest principles, uprightness

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prodigious

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abundant in size, force, or extent, extraordinary

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magnanimity

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the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, especially forgiving

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intrepid

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steadfast and courageous

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ingenuity

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cleverness or inventiveness

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implacable

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not capable of being appeased or significantly changed

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fatuous

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silly, inanely foolish

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effrontery

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boldness, impudence, arrogance

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dogmatic

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stubbornly opinionated

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consternation

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dismay, startling distressing fear or shock that results in complete confusion

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blithe

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carefree, merry

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stint

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to restrain, to be sparing or frugal

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repudiate

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to refuse to have anything to do with, to disown

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quiescence

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stillness, quality of being at rest

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prodigal

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recklessly wasteful, extravagant, profuse, lavish

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nonplused

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baffled, in a quandary, at a loss for what to say or do

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inured

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accustomed to accepting something undesirable

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illusory

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deceptive, based upon a false belief or impression

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aversion

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intense feeling of dislike or disgust

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wheedle

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to coax, to persuade often through the use of flattery or smooth talk

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tout

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to publicly praise or promote

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propitiate

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to appease, to conciliate

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laconic

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using few words, terse

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goad

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to prod or drive forward, to urge on, incite

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glib

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marked by ease or informality, nonchalant, lacking in depth, superficial

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extemporaneous

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improvised, done without preparation

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equivocate

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to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent

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enumerate

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to list or count off individually

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disabuse

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to undeceive, to set right

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diffident

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reserved, shy, or unassuming; lacking in self-confidence

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cogent

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appealing forcibly to the mind or reason, convincing

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circumspect

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discreet, prudent, careful

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aver

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to state as a fact, to confirm or support

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apprise

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to give notice to, to inform

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disinterest

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lack of bias or involvement, impartiality

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synthesis

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the combination of parts to make a whole

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rarefy

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to make or become less dense, to refine

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propagate

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to cause to spread, multiply, or reproduce

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precipitate

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acting with excessive haste or impulse

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obviate

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to anticipate and make unnecessary

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intransigent

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refusing to compromise

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inchoate

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in an initial stage, not fully formed

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desiccate

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to dry out, to make dry or dull

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centrifuge

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a machine that spins very swiftly about a central axis, and using centrifugal force, separate substances

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spurious

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lacking authenticity or validity, false, counterfeit

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specious

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seeming true but actually being fallacious, misleadingly attractive

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recalcitrant

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obstinately defiant of authority, difficult to manage

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obdurate

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unyielding, hardhearted, intractable

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misanthrope

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one who hates all other humans

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irascible

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easily angered, prone to temperamental outbursts

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harangue

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to deliver a pompous speech or tirade

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dissemble

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to disguise or conceal, to mislead

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discomfit

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to defeat, to put down

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chicanery

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trickery or subterfuge

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bombast

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self important or pompous writing or speech

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belie

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to give a false impression of, misrepresent

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cajole

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to inveigle, coax, or wheedle

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cadge

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to sponge or mooch

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cachinnate

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to laugh loudly or too much

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bane

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cause of injury, poison, source of harm

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asperity

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sverity, rigor, roughness, harshness, acrimony, iritability

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bedizen

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to adorn, especially in a cheap, showy manner, to festoon

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beatify

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to bless, make happy, or ascribe a virtue to, to regard as saintly

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baleful

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sinister, pernicious, ominous

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auspicious

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favorable, propitious, successful, prosperous

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auspice

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protection or support, patronage

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augury

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omen, portent

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assay

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an analysis, examination, test, to put to a test

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artless

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completely without guile

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calumniate

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to slander, to make a false accusation

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preempt

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to replace, to supercede, to appropriate

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aspersion

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an act of defamation or maligning, animadversion

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asseverate

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to aver, to allege, to assert

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bilge

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bilge, the protuberance of a cask

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blandish

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to toady or fawn

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byzantine

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labyrinthine, complex

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cajole

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to inveigle, coax, or wheedle

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cadge

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to sponge or mooch

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cabal

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a scheme or plot, a group of plotters