Gre Vocabulary

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Ostensible

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apparent or stated as true but not proven

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specious

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using deception to make a lie look true

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ingenuous

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honest, sincere, speaks openly

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candor

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sincere expression

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morose

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lugubrious

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dolorous

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depressed

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saturnine

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depressed

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sullen

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depressed

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sanguin

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jovial, optimistic

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saturated

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full of water

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steeped

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full of water

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imbued

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full of water

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sodden

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full of water

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negligible

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unimportant

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trifling

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unimportant

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adamant

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implacable, unrelenting, immovable

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incessant

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constant

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unremitting

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constant

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vanguard

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leading person or position

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precocious

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intellectual/emotional development is unusually advanced

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congenial

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sympathetic, kindred, harmonious

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dissident

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alien, not harmonious

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incongruous

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alien, not harmonious

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capricious

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flighty, impulsive, fickle, erratic, whimsical

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caprice

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noun for capricious; acts of erratic/impulsive behavior

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volatile

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impulsive

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mercurial

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impulsive

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creed

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religious belief

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doctrine

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religious belief

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dogma

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religious belief

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credulous

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gullible

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tawdry

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cheap and showy, sleazy

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gaudy

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cheap and showy, sleazy

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garish

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cheap and showy, sleazy

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peevish

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difficult to please, ill-humored, impatient

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arduous

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strenuous

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laborious

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strenuous

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toilsome

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strenuous

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personable

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presentable

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comely

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presentable

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resolute

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firmly determined or settled

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vacillating

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unsteady

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irresolute

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unsteady

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supposition

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assumption, theory

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conjecture

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assumption, theory

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arbitrary

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unreasoned, patternless, no control or evidence

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bequest

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legacy, inheritance

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manifold

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numerous and variety

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Multifarious

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great variety or diversity

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multitudinous

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has a great # of things or people

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pliant

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bends easily flexible

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supple

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limber flexible (material or body

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retort

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quick,cutty,witty reply swift pointed

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rejoinder

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counterreply,answer to areply

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obstinate

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stubborn,inflexible

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hidebound

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stubborn,adamant

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Fastidious

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Attentive to detail, clenliness

Cooks are fastidious, they clean up often and decorate the plates.

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Acclaim

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Praise

Acclaims can be a prize, a good/bad word can also a prize.

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Acerbic

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Bitter/sour, sharp, critical

Miranda was acerbic towards men. Acerbic food tastes bitter, and acerbic tools are sharp

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Amorphous

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Vague, not well defined

A political argument that is amorphous seems pointless or directionless.

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Anomalous

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Expected, normal

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Avaricious

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Greedy

Business managers who do unfair things for money are avaricious.

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Cloying

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Sickly sweet

Some scents, and some romance stories, are disgustingly sweet, at an unwanted strength.

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Contemptuous

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Scornful, condescending

A contemptuous tone is pessimistic, a negative feeling towards something.

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Decry

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Disparage, criticize, negatively label

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Deleterious

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Causes harm or damage

My deleterious ex-con sister is a bad influence.

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Derision

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Scornful redicule or mockery

The proposal was held in derision by members of the board.

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Disinterested

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Impartial

It's best to have a disinterested judge in a debate.

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Ebullient

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Cheerful, fervor, full of energy, boiling

The award winner was in an ebullient mood at the dinner in her honor.

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Ephemeral

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Short-term, short life cycle

Fads are ephemeral

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Ethereal

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Too delicate for this world, heavenly

an ethereal world created through the poetic imagination

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Frivolous

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Valueless, carefree, not serious

Rich people spend frivolously.

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Heretical

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Unorthodox

A church that allows homosexual marriage is heretical.

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Profligate

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Extravagant, spendthrift, wasteful

On his last day of life, he lives as a profligate; carelessly spending his last dollars wastefully, alone.

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Rudimentary

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Unfinished, immature

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Zenith

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peak

Companies compete to be the zenith of their product.

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vacillate

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waver, hesitate, think twice, oscillate

A bad leader is one who vacillates.

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veneration

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adoration, worship, reverence

A statue of Mary is used for veneration.

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renege

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go back on your word, break a promise

I reneged on the contract at the last minute

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banal

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mundane, dull, trite

Blunt language cannot hide a banal conception.

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prosaic

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boring, everyday, dull

Art museums are prosaic.

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auspicious

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favorable, fortunate/lucky, promising, propitious

When they ate dinner, it was an auspicious time to ask for a raise in salary.

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insipid

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dull, not tasty

The diners were disappointed with the plain, insipid soup they were served.

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insidious

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menacing, sinister, subtle but dangerous

Evangelism could be mistaken for insidious intent of ruling the world.

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elegiac

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mournful, plaintive, nostalgic

Eulogies are elegiac.

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didactic

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educational, edifying, improving, moralizing

textbooks are didactic.

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renegade

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traitor, defector, betrayer, turncoat

Renegade cops are rebel cops, they may sell drugs for extra money

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craven

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spineless, timorous, pusillanimous

Some birds are craven, they are afraid of simple things like loud noises.

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laggard

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dawdler, idler, shirker

laggards are lazy.

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credulity

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gullibility, innocence

Children have more credulity when they are young

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petulance

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bad temper, peevishness, tantrums

I can't put up with spoiled children's petulance.

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fervor

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passion, zeal, vehemence

Good teachers are driven with fervor for their field.

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disparage

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sneer, vilify, denigrate, criticize

Movie critics get paid to disparage others' work.

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iridescent

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shimmering…

Erratically luminescent light.

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aggrieved

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hurt, wronged,victimized, offended

Sorry if my criticism aggrieved you. Aggrievence causes grief.

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overawe

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scare, impress, restrain

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perfunctory

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without thinking, automatic

Olfactory system is perfunctory.

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bombastic

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pompous, pretentious, overbearing, grandiloquent

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soporific

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hypnotic, monotonous

Pokemon use spores to put other pokemon to sleep.

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moribund

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declining, dying, dilapidated, not well

Mort as in death, bound to die

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destitute

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poor, insolvent

Destitute supplies are not sufficient.

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rococo

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ornate, decorative, elaborate

Rococo design is detailed and decorative.

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austere

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plain, severe, sober, ascetic (self-disciplined)

Austin Powers was not austere, he could not control himself or take his job seriously.

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epicure

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food-lover, gourmand, gastronome, connoisseur

Epicures created the epic food show on youtube, a cooking show that cured men of healthier 'girly' foods.

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denouement

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conclusion, completion, cessation

The denouement of my announcement is a denunciation of responsibility.

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founder (v)

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miscarry, misfire, fail, break down

When flounders founder they cause blunders.

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mollify

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placate, pacify, appease, soothe

Marge mollifies Maggie with her pacifier.

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exculpate

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free from blame, clear, exonerate

A Saudi prisoner must exculpate his reputation before he is decapitated.

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plebiscite

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common people's law, expression of public

We are plebes, our plebiscite is our rules and expressions.

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epitaph

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speech on a dead person, inscription on tomb

Eulogies are elegiac epitaphs.

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reticent

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reserved, restrained, quiet, tactiturn

I am only reticent around my relatives.

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improvident

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careless, irresponsible, reckless

My brothers are improvident because they never think about their futures or repurcussions.

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lithesome

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limber, willowy, pliable, lissome, pliant

stretching exercises designed to make the athlete's limbs more lithesome

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piquant

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spicy, salty, sharp, tangy, critical, biting

Piquant sounds like picante…

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caustic

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sarcastic, mordant (biting sense of humor), acerbic (witty speech), acidic tone

Joking about death is mordant, those who make those jokes must be caustic to cause such an ascerbic type of acidic laughter.

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portent

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omen, prodigy, marvel, presage (threat)

A portent is an important prediction.

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litigious

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concerned with lawsuits or litigation, controversial, touchy, contentious

Lawyers are litigious people who refer to liturgy with little legitimate reason.