Gre Vocabulary

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aberrant

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adj deviating from the norm

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tenacity

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n the quality of adherence or persistence to something valued

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tenacious

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adj stubborn, refusing to give up or let go of something

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tendentious

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adj biased, showing marked tendencies

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tender

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v to offer formally

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tenuous

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adj having little substance or strength, flimsy, weak

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terse

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adj brief and concise in wording

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timorous

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adj timid, fearful, diffident

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tirade

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n a long and extremely critical speech, harsh denunciation

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toady

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n sycophant, flatterer, yes-man

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torpid

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adj lethargic, sluggish, dormant

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torpor

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n a state of inactivity or lethargy

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torque

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n a force that causes rotation

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torrid

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adj scorching, ardent, passionate, hurried

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tortuous

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adj winding, twisting, excessively complicated

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torturous

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adj relating to or causing torture

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tout

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v to publicly praise or promote

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tractable

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adj docile, obedient, easily led

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transient

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adj fleeting, passing quickly, brief

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transience

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n the state of being transient (fleeting, passing quickly, brief)

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travesty (n)

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n mockery, caricature, parody

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travesty (v)

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v to imitate in such a way as to ridicule

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trenchant

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adj sharply perceptive, keen, penetrating, biting, clear cut

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truculent

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adj fierce, scathing, eager to fight

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tumid

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adj swollen

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turbid

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adj muddy, having sediment stirred up, clouded to the point of being opaque, in a state of turmoil

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turgid

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adj swollen, bloated, pompous, excessively ornate

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turpitude

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n depravity, baseness

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tyro

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n novice, beginner in learning

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ubiquitous

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adj existing everywhere at the same time, constantly encountered, widespread

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umbrage

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n offense, resentment

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undulate

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v to move in wavelike fashion, fluctuate

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unfeigned

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adj genuine, not false or hypocritical

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untenable

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adj indefensible, not viable, uninhabitable

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untoward

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adj troublesome, unruly, unseemly, adverse

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upbraid

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v to scold, censure, rebuke, chastise

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urbane

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adj sophisticated, refined, elegant

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usury

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n charging an exorbitant or illegal rate of interest

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vacillate

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v to waver indecisively between one course of action or opinion and another, sway from one side to the other

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variegated

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adj multicolored, characterized by a variety of patches of different color

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vaunt

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v to brag or boast

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venal

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adj capable of being bought or bribed, mercenary

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venality

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n the use of position for personal gain

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venerate

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v to revere

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veneration

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n respect or reverence

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veracity

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n truthfulness, honest

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verisimilitude

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n appearing true or real

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veritable

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adj authentic, real genuine

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vexation

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n annoyance, irritation

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vigilant

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adj alertly watchful

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vilify

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v to defame, characterize harshly

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virulent

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adj extremely harmful or poisonous, bitterly hostile or antagonistic

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virulence

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n extreme harmfulness or bitterness

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viscous

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adj thick, sticky

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vitiate

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v to reduce the value of, debase, spoil, make ineffective

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vituperate

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v to use harsh condemnatory language; abuse or censure severely

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volatile

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adj readily changing to a vapor; changeable, fickle, explosive

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voracious

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adj having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit, ravenous

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waft (n)

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n a light breeze, a puff

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waft (v)

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v to send floating through the air or over water

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waver

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v to move to and fro, to sway; to be unsettled in opinion

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welter (v)

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v to writhe, to toss about, to be in turmoil

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welter (n)

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n state of turmoil or chaotic jumble

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wend

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v to go, proceed, walk

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zealous

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adj fervent, ardent, impassioned

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abate

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v to lessen in intensity

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abatement

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n a lessening in amount or degree

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aberrant

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adj deviating from the norm

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abjure

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v to renounce or reject solemnly; to recant; to avoid

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abrogate

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v to abolish or annul by authority; put down

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abscission

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n act of cutting off or removing

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abscond

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v to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide

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accolade

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n an expression of praise; an award

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accretion

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n growth, increase by successive addition, building up

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acerbic

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adj having a sour or bitter taste or character

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acumen

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n quick, keen, or accurate knowledge or insight

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admonish

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v to reprove; to express warning or disapproval

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adroit

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adj adept, dexterous

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maladroit

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adj clumsy or bungling

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adulation

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n excessive praise; intense adoration

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adulterate

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v to reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients

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unadulterated

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adj pure

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adumbrate

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v to foreshadow vaguely, intimate, suggest, or outline sketchily

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aesthetic

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adj dealing with, appreciative of, or responsive to art or the beautiful

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aggrandize

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v to increase in intensity, power, or prestige; to make appear greater

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alacrity

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n eager and enthusiastic willingness

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alchemy

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n a medieval science aimed at the transmutation of metals, especially base metals into gold; any magical or wonderful transformation

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alloy (v)

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v to commingle; to debase by mixing with something inferior

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alloy (n)

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n the mixture of one material with another, generally inferior

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unalloyed

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adj pure

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amalgamate

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v to combine several elements into a whole

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ameliorate

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v to make better or more tolerable

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amenable

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adj agreeable; responsive to suggestion

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anachronism

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n something or someone out of place in terms of historical or chronological context

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anathema

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n a solemn or ecclesiastical (religious) curse; accursed or thoroughly loathed person or thing

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anodyne (adj)

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adj soothing

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anodyne (n)

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n something that assuages or allays pain, or comforts

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anomaly

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n derivation from the normal order, form, or rule; abnormality

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antipathy

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n aversion, dislike

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antipathetic

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adj showing a strong aversion

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antithetical

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adj diametrically opposed, as in antithesis

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antithesis

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n the opposite of something

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apocryphal

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adj of dubious authenticity or origin; spurious

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apogee

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n farthest or highest point; culmination; zenith

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perigee

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n the lowest or closest point, or the nadir

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apostate

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n one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions, a betrayer of a cause

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apotheosis

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n deification, glorification to godliness, the perfect example

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apposite

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adj appropriate, pertinent, relevant, apropos

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apprise

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v give notice to, inform

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approbation

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n an expression of approval or praise

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approbate

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v to approve something officially

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appropriate

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v to take for one's own use, confiscate

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arabesque

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n complex, ornate design

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arcane

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adj mysterious, abstruse, esoteric, knowable only to initiates

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arcana (pl), arcanum (sin)

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n deep secrets usually used in the plural

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archaic

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adj outdated; associated with an earlier, perhaps more primitive time

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arduous

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adj strenuous, taxing, requiring significant effort

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arrant

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adj impudent; in every way, being completely such, barefaced, utter

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arrest

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v to suspend; to engage

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arresting

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adj holding one's attention

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artless

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adj completely without guile; natural, without artificiality

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artful

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adj full of guile; unnatural, artificial opposite of artless

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ascetic (n)

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n one who practices rigid self-denial, especially as an act of religious devotion

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ascetic (adj)

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adj austere or stark

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asperity

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adj severity, rigor; roughness, harshness; acrimony, irritability

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aspersion

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n an act of defamation or maligning

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assiduous

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adj diligent, hard-working

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assuage

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v to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify

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astringent

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adj having a tightening effect on living tissue; harsh

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attenuate

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v to rarefy, weaken or make thinner, lessen

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audacious

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adj daring and fearless; recklessly bold

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audacity

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n the quality of being daring and fearless; recklessly bold

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augury

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n omen, portent, the reading of omens

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augur

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v to predict

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august

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adj majestic, venerable

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auspice

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n protection or support, patronage; sign or portent

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auspicious

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adj favorable, propitious, successful, prosperous

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austere

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adj without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic

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austerity

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n rigid economy

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avarice

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n greed, especially for wealth or money

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avaricious

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adj greedy

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aver

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v to state as a fact; to confirm or support

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axiom

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n a universally recognized principle; a generally accepted or common saying

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axiomatic

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adj taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth

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baleful

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adj sinister, pernicious, ominous

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bane

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adj cause of injury, source of harm; source of persistent frustration

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baneful

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adj causing harm or ruin, pernicious, destructive

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beatify

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

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beatitude

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n a state of bliss

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beatific

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adj having a blissful appearance

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bedizen

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v to adorn, especially in a cheap, showy manner; festoon, caparison

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belie

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v to give a false impression of, to misrepresent

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bellicose

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adj belligerent, pugnacious, warlike

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bent

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n leaning, inclination, proclivity, tendency

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blandish

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v to coax with flattery, toady or fawn

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brandish

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v to shake or wave menacingly

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blandishment

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n flattery intended to cajole

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blithe

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adj carefree, merry

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boisterous

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adj loud, noisy, rough, lacking restraint

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bolster

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v to provide support or reinforcement

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bombastic

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adj pompous, grandiloquent

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bombast

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n self-important or pompous writing or speech

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boor

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n a rude or insensitive person; lout; yokel

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broach

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v to bring up, announce, begin to talk about

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brook

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v to tolerate, endure, countenance

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bucolic

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adj rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants

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burgeon

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v to grow rapidly or flourish

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burnish

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v to polish, rub to a shine

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Byzantine

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adj labyrinthine, complex

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cacophony

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n harsh, jarring, discordant sound; dissonance

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cadge

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v to sponge, beg, or mooch

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cajole

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v to inveigle, coax, wheedle, sweet-talk

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calumniate

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v to slander, make a false accusation

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calumny

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n slander, aspersion

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canon

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n an established set of principles or code of laws, often religious in nature

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canonical

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adj following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards

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capricious

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adj inclined to change one's mind impulsively; erratic; unpredictable

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caprice

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n sudden change of mind or action

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cardinal

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adj of basic importance or consequence; primary

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caret

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n an insertion mark (^) used by editors and proofreaders

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castigation

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n severe criticism or punishment

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catalyst

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n a substance that accelerates the rate of a chemical reaction without itself changing; a person or thing that causes change

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catalyze

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v to bring about, to start

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caustic

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adj burning or stinging; causing corrosion

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censure v

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v to criticize severely; to officially rebuke

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censure n

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n a judgment involving condemnation; the act of condemning

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censorious

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adj tending to or expressing censure

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chary

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adj wary; cautious; sparing

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chasten

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v to chastise or correct; subdue

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chastened

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adj corrected, punished or humbled

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chauvinist

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n one blindly devoted to a group of which one is a member

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chicanery

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n trickery or subterfuge

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chimera

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n an illusion; originally, an imaginary fire-breathing she-monster

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chimerical

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adj illusory or improbable

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churlish

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adj boorish, vulgar, loutish; difficult and intractable

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churl

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n someone who is boorish, vulgar, loutish; difficult and intractable

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coalesce

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v to come together; to fuse or unite

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coda

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n concluding section to a musical or literary piece, something that concludes or completes

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cogent

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adj appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing

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color

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v to change as if by dyeing, influence, distort, or gloss over

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commensurate

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adj matching, corresponding, or proportionate in degree, size, amount or other property

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complaisance

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n the willingness to comply with the wishes of others

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complaisant

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adj showing a willingness to please

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complacent

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adj self-satisfied

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connoisseur

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n an informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert

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consequential

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adj pompous, self-important (primary definition: logically following; important)

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contemn (not condemn)

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v to scorn or despise

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condemn

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v to pronounce judgment against

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contiguous

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adj sharing a border; touching; adjacent

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contrite

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adj regretful; penitent; seeking forgiveness

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convention

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n a generally agreed-upon practice or attitude

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convoluted

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adj complex or complicated

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corrigible

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adj capable of being set right, correctable, reparable

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corrigibility

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n the capacity to be set right

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incorrigible

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adj nor reformable, uncontrollable, recalcitrant

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countenance v

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v to approve of or tolerate

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countenance n

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n mien, face, composure

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cozen

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v to deceive, beguile, hoodwink

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craven

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adj contemptibly fainthearted, pusillanimous, lacking any courage

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credulous

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adj tending to believe too readily; gullible

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culpable

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adj deserving blame

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culpability

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n blameworthiness

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cynicism

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n an attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness

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damp

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v to diminish the intensity or check something, such as a sound or feeling

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daunt

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v to intimidate or dismay

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daunting

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adj dismaying, disheartening

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dauntless

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adj fearless, undaunted, intrepid

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dearth

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n smallness of quantity or number; scarcity; lack

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debacle

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n rout, fiasco, complete failure

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decorum

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n politeness or appropriateness of conduct or behavior

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decorous

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adj something marked by politeness or appropriateness of conduct or behavior

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demur

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v to question or oppose

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denigrate

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v blacken, belittle, sully, defame, disparage

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denigration

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n the act of making comments to blacken, belittle, sully, defame, disparage

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denouement

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n an outcome or solution; the unraveling of a plot

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denouement

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n an outcome or solution; the unraveling of a plot

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deprecate

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v to disparage or belittle

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self-deprecating

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adj descriptive of someone who belittles himself or his accomplishments

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depredate

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v to plunder, pillage, ravage or destroy; to exploit in a predatory manner

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depredation

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n an attack or ravage

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derision

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n scorn, ridicule, contemptuous treatment

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deride

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v to express contempt

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derivative

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adj unoriginal, obtained from another source

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desiccate

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v to dry out or dehydrate; to make dry or dull

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desuetude

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n disuse

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desultory

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adj random; thoughtless; marked by a lack of plan or purpose

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detraction

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n slandering, verbal attack, aspersion

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diaphanous

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adj transparent, gauzy

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diatribe

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n a harsh denunciation

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didactic

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adj intended to teach or instruct

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die

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n a tool used for shaping

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diffident

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

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diffidence

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n a lack of confidence

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digress

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v to stray from the point; to go off on a tangent

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digression

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n something that has strayed from the point or gone off on a tangent

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dilatory

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adj causing delay, procrastinating

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dilettante

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n one with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge

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dilettantish

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adj frivolous or superficial (usually effort or interest)

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din

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n loud sustained noise

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disabuse

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v to undeceive; to set right

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discomfit

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v 1. to defeat, put down; to thwart the plans of 2. to embarrass or make uncomfortable

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discordant

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adj conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound

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discretion

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n cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions

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disinterested

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adj a. free from self-interest; unbiased b. uncaring (disinterested)

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uninterested

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adj 1. free from self-interest; unbiased 2. uncaring

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disparage

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v to slight or belittle

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disparaging (remarks)

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adj express a negative, usually dismissive, opinion of something or someone

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disparate

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adj fundamentally distinct or dissimilar

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dissemble

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v to disguise or conceal; to mislead

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dissolution

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n disintegration, looseness in morals

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dissolute

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adj licentious, libertine

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distrait

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v distracted; absent-minded, especially due to anxiety

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distraught

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adj extremely agitated with emotion

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divulge

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v to disclose something secret

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doggerel

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n trivial, poorly constructed verse

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dogmatic

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adj authoritatively and or arrogantly assertive of principles, which often cannot be proved; stubbornly opinionated

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dross

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n slag, waste or foreign matter, impurity, surface scum

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dulcet

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adj melodious, harmonious, mellifluous

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dynamo

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n generator; forceful, energetic person

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ebullience

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adj the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings

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eccentric

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adj departing from norms or conventions

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eccentricity

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n the quality of having departed from norms or conventions

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eclectic

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adj composed of elements drawn from various sources

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edifying

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adj enlightening, informative

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edify

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v to enlighten

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effrontery

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n extreme boldness; presumptuousness

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effusive

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adj gushing; excessively demonstrative

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egress

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n/v exit

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ingress

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n/v enter

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elegy

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n a mournful poem, especially one lamenting the dead; any mournful writing or piece of music

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eloquent

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adj well-spoken; expressive; articulate

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emollient

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adj soothing, especially to the skin; making less harsh; mollifying

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empirical

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adj based on observation or experiment

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encomium

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n glowing and enthusiastic praise; panegyric, tribute, eulogy

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endemic

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adj characteristic or often found in a particular locality, region, or people; restricted to or peculiar to that region; indigenous

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pandemic

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adj occurring over a large area or affecting an unusually large percentage of the population

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enervate

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v to weaken; to reduce in vitality

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engender

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v to cause, produce, give rise to

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enigmatic

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adj mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand

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ennui

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n dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy

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enormity

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n excessive wickedness; evilness

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enormousness

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n huge size

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ephemeral

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adj brief; fleeting, short-lived

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epicure

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n one devoted to sensual pleasure, particularly in food and drink; gourmand, sybarite

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Epicurean

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adj appropriate for one devoted to sensual pleasure, particularly in food or drink

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episodic

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adj loosely connected, not flowing logically, occurring at intervals

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epithet

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n disparaging word or phrase

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epitome

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n embodiment; quintessence

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equanimity

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n composure, self-possession

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equivocate

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v to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent

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errant

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adj traveling, itinerant, peripatetic

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inerrant

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adj infallible

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erudite

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adj very learned; scholarly

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erudition

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n profound learning or extensive knowledge, learned primarily through books

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eschew

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v to shun or avoid

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esoteric

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adj intended for or understood by a small, specific group

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essay

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v to test or try; attempt, experiment

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estimable

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adj worthy, formidable

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eulogy

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n a speech honoring the dead

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evanescent

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adj tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing

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evince

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v to show clearly, to indicate

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exacerbate

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v to make worse or more severe

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exact

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v to demand, call for, require, take

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excoriate

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v to censure scathingly, to upbraid

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exculpate

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v exonerate; to clear from blame

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exemplar

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n typical or standard specimen; paradigm, model

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exemplary

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adj worthy of imitation

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exhort

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v to incite, to make urgent appeals

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exigent

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adj urgent; pressing; requiring immediate actions or attention

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exigencies

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n urgent or pressing situations

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exonerate

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v to remove blame

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expatiate

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v discuss or write about at length; to range freely

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expiate

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v to atone or make amends for

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expurgate

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v to remove obscenity, purify, censor

Front 335

extant

Back 335

adj existing, not destroyed or lost

Front 336

extemporaneous

Back 336

adj improvised; done without preparation

Front 337

extirpate

Back 337

v to destroy, exterminate, cut out, pull out by the roots

Front 338

facetious

Back 338

adj playful; humorous; not serious

Front 339

fallacy

Back 339

n an invalid or incorrect notion; a mistaken belief

Front 340

fallow

Back 340

adj untilled, inactive, dormant

Front 341

fatuous

Back 341

adj silly, inanely foolish (often with a connotation of smugness)

Front 342

fawn

Back 342

v to flatter or praise excessively

Front 343

feckless

Back 343

adj ineffectual; irresponsible

Front 344

felicitous

Back 344

adj apt; suitably expressed, well chosen, apropos; delightful

Front 345

felicity

Back 345

n the state of or something that causes happiness

Front 346

fell (n)

Back 346

n a barren or stony hill; an animal's hide

Front 347

fell (v)

Back 347

v 1. past tense of to fall 2. to cut down

Front 348

fell (adj)

Back 348

adj cruel, savage or lethal

Front 349

fetid

Back 349

adj stinking, having a heavy bad smell

Front 350

fetter

Back 350

v to shackle, put in chains, restrain

Front 351

fetters

Back 351

n shackles that are used to bind someone's feet or ankles together; (figuratively) anything that restrains

Front 352

unfettered

Back 352

adj free or unhampered

Front 353

filibuster

Back 353

n intentional obstruction, usually using prolonged to delay legislative action

Front 354

filigree (n)

Back 354

n an ornamental work, especially of delicate lacelike patterns; resembling such a pattern

Front 355

filigree (v)

Back 355

v to adorn

Front 356

flag

Back 356

v to sag or droop, to become spiritless, to decline

Front 357

flip

Back 357

adj sarcastic, impertinent

Front 358

florid

Back 358

adj flushed with color, ruddy, ornate

Front 359

flout

Back 359

v to demonstrate contempt for

Front 360

foment

Back 360

v to stir up, incite, rouse

Front 361

forbearance

Back 361

n 1. patience, willingness to wait 2. legal term describing a creditor's agreement not to demand payment of a debt when it is due

Front 362

forbear (v)

Back 362

v to refrain from

Front 363

forbear/forebear (n)

Back 363

n an ancestor

Front 364

ford

Back 364

v to wade across the shallow part of a river or stream

Front 365

forestall

Back 365

v to act in a way to hinder, exclude or prevent an action; to circumvent or thwart

Front 366

forswear

Back 366

v to renounce, disallow, repudiate

Front 367

fortuitous

Back 367

adj happening by fortunate accident or chance

Front 368

fracas

Back 368

n noisy fight or quarrel, brawl

Front 369

fractious

Back 369

adj quarrelsome, rebellious, unruly, cranky

Front 370

froward (sp!)

Back 370

adj intractable, not willing to yield or comply, stubbornly disobedient

Front 371

fulminate

Back 371

v to attack loudly or denounce

Front 372

furtive

Back 372

adj marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious

Front 373

gainsay

Back 373

v to deny, dispute, contradict, oppose

Front 374

gambol

Back 374

v to skip about playfully, frolic

Front 375

garner

Back 375

v to gather and save, store up, acquire

Front 376

garrulous

Back 376

adj pointlessly talkative, talking too much

Front 377

gauche

Back 377

adj crude, awkward, tasteless

Front 378

germane

Back 378

adj relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject matter

Front 379

glib

Back 379

adj marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; lacking in depth; superficial

Front 380

gossamer

Back 380

adj delicate, insubstantial or tenuous; insincere

Front 381

grandiloquence

Back 381

n pompous speech or expression

Front 382

gregarious

Back 382

adj sociable; outgoing; enjoying the company of other people

Front 383

grouse

Back 383

v to complain or grumble

Front 384

guile

Back 384

n trickery, duplicity, cunning

Front 385

guileless

Back 385

adj naïve or free from guile

Front 386

beguile

Back 386

v to deceive by guile, or to charm

Front 387

guy

Back 387

n a rope or cord attached to something as a brace or guide

Front 388

hackneyed

Back 388

adj rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage

Front 389

halcyon

Back 389

adj calm and peaceful, prosperous

Front 390

hallow

Back 390

v to set apart as holy

Front 391

hallowed

Back 391

adj consecrated, or highly venerated

Front 392

harangue

Back 392

v to deliver a loud, pompous speech or tirade

Front 393

harrow

Back 393

v to distress, create stress or torment

Front 394

hedonism

Back 394

n devotion to pleasurable pursuits, especially to the pleasures of the senses

Front 395

hegemony

Back 395

n the consistent dominance or influence of one group, state, or ideology over others

Front 396

heretical

Back 396

adj violating accepted dogma or convention, unorthodox

Front 397

hermetic

Back 397

adj airtight, impervious to outside influence

Front 398

hermeneutic

Back 398

adj explanatory or interpretive

Front 399

heterodox

Back 399

adj unorthodox, heretical, iconoclastic

Front 400

heterodoxy

Back 400

n an idea that departs from what is accepted

Front 401

hirsute

Back 401

adj hairy, shaggy

Front 402

homily

Back 402

n a sermon or morally instructive lecture, a platitude

Front 403

homiletics

Back 403

n the art of preaching

Front 404

hyperbole

Back 404

n an exaggerated statement, often used as a figure of speech

Front 405

hyperbolic

Back 405

adj something or something that uses exaggerated statements

Front 406

iconoclast

Back 406

n one who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions

Front 407

iconoclastic

Back 407

adj attacking cherished beliefs, heretical

Front 408

idolatrous

Back 408

adj given to intense or excessive devotion to something

Front 409

idolatry

Back 409

n the worship of idols and images or blind devotion to something

Front 410

idyll

Back 410

n a carefree, light-hearted pastoral or romantic episode or experience; a literary or musical piece describing such

Front 411

idyllic

Back 411

adj simple or carefree

Front 412

ignominious

Back 412

adj shameful, dishonorable, ignoble, undignified, disgraceful

Front 413

ignominy

Back 413

n dishonor or humiliation

Front 414

imminent

Back 414

adj about to happen; impending

Front 415

eminent

Back 415

adj prominent or distinguished

Front 416

immutable

Back 416

adj not capable of change

Front 417

impassive

Back 417

adj revealing no emotion or sensibility

Front 418

impecunious

Back 418

adj lacking funds; without money

Front 419

imperious

Back 419

adj commanding, masterful, arrogant, domineering, haughty

Front 420

imperturbable

Back 420

adj marked by extreme calm, impassivity and steadiness

Front 421

impetuous

Back 421

adj hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement

Front 422

implacable

Back 422

adj not capable of being appeased or significantly changed

Front 423

importune

Back 423

v to ask incessantly, beg, nag

Front 424

importunate

Back 424

adj persistent in asking

Front 425

impugn

Back 425

v attack or assail verbally, censure, execrate, deny

Front 426

impunity

Back 426

n immunity from punishment

Front 427

impute

Back 427

v to attribute to a cause or source, ascribe, assign as a characteristic

Front 428

inchoate

Back 428

adj in an initial stage, not fully formed

Front 429

incipient

Back 429

adj beginning to come into being or to become apparent

Front 430

indefatigable

Back 430

adj not easily exhaustible, tireless, dogged

Front 431

indifferent

Back 431

adj 1. having no interest or concern, apathetic 2. showing no bias or prejudice 3. not good or bad, not too much or too little, neither right nor wrong

Front 432

indolent

Back 432

adj lazy, listless, torpid

Front 433

ineluctable

Back 433

adj certain, inevitable

Front 434

inert

Back 434

adj unmoving, lethargic, sluggish, not reactive chemically

Front 435

infelicitous

Back 435

adj unfortunate; inappropriate

Front 436

ingenuous

Back 436

adj artless, frank and candid, lacking in sophistication

Front 437

disingenuous

Back 437

adj lacking in candor, calculating, duplicitous

Front 438

ingenious

Back 438

adj characterized by skill and imagination

Front 439

inherent

Back 439

adj ingrained within one's nature, intrinsic, firmly established, essential

Front 440

inhere

Back 440

v to be ingrained within one's nature or innate to something

Front 441

inimical

Back 441

adj damaging, harmful, injurious, hostile, unfriendly

Front 442

inimitable

Back 442

adj one f a kind, peerless

Front 443

iniquity

Back 443

n wickedness, gross injustice

Front 444

iniquitous

Back 444

adj characterized by wickedness

Front 445

innervate

Back 445

v to supply with nerves, energize (usually used to describe a physiological process, as in the fibers that... the facial muscles, but it can also be used metaphorically)

Front 446

innocuous

Back 446

adj harmless; causing no damage

Front 447

inscrutable

Back 447

adj incapable of being discovered or understood, mysterious

Front 448

insensible

Back 448

adj unconscious, unresponsive, unaware, unaffected, numb

Front 449

insipid

Back 449

adj without taste or flavor, lacking in spirit, dull

Front 450

insouciant

Back 450

adj unconcerned, carefree, nonchalant

Front 451

insular

Back 451

adj parochial, narrow-minded, like an island

Front 452

interdict

Back 452

v prohibit, forbid, ban, halt

Front 453

interdiction

Back 453

n a prohibition against something

Front 454

intimate

Back 454

v to imply, suggest or insinuate

Front 455

intimation

Back 455

n a hint

Front 456

intractable

Back 456

adj not easily managed or directed, stubborn, obstinate

Front 457

intransigent

Back 457

adj refusing to compromise

Front 458

intrepid

Back 458

adj steadfast, courageous

Front 459

inured

Back 459

adj accustomed to accepting something undesirable

Front 460

inveigh

Back 460

v to attack verbally, denounce, deprecate

Front 461

inveigle

Back 461

v to obtain by deception or flattery

Front 462

inveterate

Back 462

adj deep rooted, ingrained, habitual

Front 463

irascible

Back 463

adj easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts

Front 464

itenerate

Back 464

v to travel from place to place

Front 465

itenerant

Back 465

adj traveling from place to place

Front 466

jejune

Back 466

adj vapid, uninteresting; childish, immature; lacking nutrition

Front 467

jibe

Back 467

v to agree, to be in accord

Front 468

jocose

Back 468

adj given to joking; humorous

Front 469

jocular

Back 469

adj given to joking; humorous

Front 470

jocund

Back 470

adj given to joking; high-spirited

Front 471

jocularity

Back 471

n fun characterized by humor

Front 472

kinetic

Back 472

adj having to do with motion; lively; active

Front 473

labile

Back 473

adj readily open to change, unstable

Front 474

lachrymose

Back 474

adj causing tears, tearful, showing sorrow

Front 475

laconic

Back 475

adj using few words; terse

Front 476

lassitude

Back 476

n listlessness, languor, weariness

Front 477

laud

Back 477

v to praise highly

Front 478

libertine (n)

Back 478

n someone unrestrained by morality or convention or leadint a dissolute life

Front 479

libertine (adj)

Back 479

adj characteristic of someone unrestrained by morality or convention

Front 480

limn

Back 480

v to draw, outline in detail

Front 481

limpid

Back 481

adj transparent, serene, clear and simple in style, untroubled

Front 482

list

Back 482

v to tilt or lean to one side

Front 483

loquacious

Back 483

adj extremely talkative

Front 484

lucid

Back 484

adj intelligible, sound, clear

Front 485

lumber

Back 485

v to move heavily and clumsily or with a rumbling sound

Front 486

luminous

Back 486

adj characterized by brightness and the emission of light, enlightened, clear

Front 487

magnanimity

Back 487

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

Front 488

malevolent

Back 488

adj having or showing often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred

Front 489

malinger

Back 489

v to feign illness so as to avoid work

Front 490

malleable

Back 490

adj capable of being shaped or formed, easily influenced

Front 491

martial

Back 491

adj associated with war and the armed forces

Front 492

maunder

Back 492

v to talk or move aimlessly, mutter

Front 493

maverick (n)

Back 493

n an independent individual who does not go along with a group or party

Front 494

maverick (adj)

Back 494

adj characteristic of an individual who does not go along with a group or party

Front 495

mellifluous

Back 495

adj sweetly flowing, usually used to describe words or sounds

Front 496

mendacity

Back 496

n the condition of being untruthful, dishonesty

Front 497

mendacious

Back 497

adj false, untruthful

Front 498

mendicant

Back 498

n a beggar, supplicant

Front 499

mercurial

Back 499

adj characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood

Front 500

meretricious

Back 500

adj tawdry, pretentious, attractive but false, showy, having to do with prostitution

Front 501

meticulous

Back 501

adj characterized by extreme care and precision, attentive to detail

Front 502

mettlesome

Back 502

adj courageous, high-spirited

Front 503

meddlesome

Back 503

adj inclined to interfere

Front 504

nettlesome

Back 504

adj prickly or difficult

Front 505

mettle

Back 505

n courage and stamina

Front 506

militate

Back 506

v to have weight or bearing on, to argue (usually against, occasionally for)

Front 507

milk

Back 507

v to exploit, to squeeze every last ounce of

Front 508

minatory

Back 508

adj menacing, threatening

Front 509

mince

Back 509

v pronounce or speak affectedly or too carefully, euphemize, take tiny steps, tiptoe

Front 510

misanthrope

Back 510

n one who hates humankind

Front 511

misogynist

Back 511

n one who hates women

Front 512

misogynist or misogynistic

Back 512

adj hating women

Front 513

mitigate

Back 513

v to make or become less severe or intense, moderate

Front 514

unmitigated

Back 514

adj absolute or unrelieved

Front 515

morose

Back 515

adj sad, sullen, melancholy

Front 516

multifarious

Back 516

adj varied, motley, greatly diversified

Front 517

mundane

Back 517

adj of the world, typical of or concerned with the ordinary

Front 518

nadir

Back 518

n low point, perigee

Front 519

nascent

Back 519

adj coming into being; in early developmental stages

Front 520

natty

Back 520

adj trimly neat and tidy, dapper

Front 521

nebulous

Back 521

adj vague, cloudy, lacking clearly defined form

Front 522

neologism

Back 522

n a new word, expression or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses

Front 523

neophyte

Back 523

n a recent convert; a beginner; novice

Front 524

nexus

Back 524

n a connection, tie, or link; center or focus

Front 525

nice

Back 525

adj exacting, extremely or even excessively precise; done with delicacy or skill

Front 526

noisome

Back 526

adj offensive, especially to one's sense of smell, fetid

Front 527

nonplussed

Back 527

adj baffled, in a quandry, at a loss for what to say, do or think

Front 528

nostrum

Back 528

n cure-all, placebo, questionable remedy

Front 529

noxious

Back 529

adj harmful; injurious

Front 530

obdurate

Back 530

adj unyielding, hardhearted; inflexible

Front 531

obfuscate

Back 531

v to deliberately obscure, to make confusing

Front 532

obsequious

Back 532

adj exhibiting a fawning attentiveness; subserient

Front 533

obstinate

Back 533

adj stubborn; hardhearted; uncompromising

Front 534

obstreperous

Back 534

adj noisy, loudly stubborn, boisterous

Front 535

obtain

Back 535

v to be established, accepted, or customary, prevail

Front 536

obtuse

Back 536

adj lacking sharpness of intellect, not clear or precise in thought or expression

Front 537

obviate

Back 537

v to anticipate and make unnecessary

Front 538

occlude

Back 538

v to obstruct or block

Front 539

occult (adj)

Back 539

adj hidden, concealed, beyond comprehension

Front 540

occult (v)

Back 540

v to hide

Front 541

officious

Back 541

adj meddlesome, pushy in offering one's services where they are unwanted

Front 542

onerous

Back 542

adj troubling, burdensome

Front 543

opprobrium

Back 543

n disgrace, contempt, scorn

Front 544

oscillation

Back 544

n the act or state of swinging back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm

Front 545

oscillate

Back 545

v to literally move back and forth; to move back and forth between two ideas or positions

Front 546

ossified

Back 546

adj changed into bone; made rigidly conventional and unreceptive to change

Front 547

ostensible

Back 547

adj seeming, appearing as such, professed

Front 548

ostentatious

Back 548

adj characterized by or given to pretentiousness

Front 549

overweening

Back 549

adj presumptuously arrogant, overbearing, immoderate

Front 550

paean

Back 550

n a song or expression of praise and thanksgiving

Front 551

palliate

Back 551

v to make something appear less serious, gloss over, mitigate

Front 552

panegyric

Back 552

n formal expression of praise

Front 553

paradigm

Back 553

n something that serves as a model, example, or pattern; the framework of assumptions and understandings shared by a group of discipline that shapes its worldview

Front 554

pariah

Back 554

n an outcast, a rejected and despised person

Front 555

parody

Back 555

n a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, especially in literature and art, also something so bad as to be potentially mistaken for an intentional mockery

Front 556

parry

Back 556

v to block, evade or ward off, as a blow

Front 557

parsimonious

Back 557

adj cheap, miserly

Front 558

partisan (n)

Back 558

n one who is one-sided, committed to a party, biased or prejudiced

Front 559

partisan (adj)

Back 559

adj one-sided, committed to a party, biased or prejudiced

Front 560

partisan (n)

Back 560

n supported, adherent

Front 561

paucity

Back 561

adj scarcity, a lacking of

Front 562

peccadillo

Back 562

n a slight offense, literally, a minor sin

Front 563

pedagogy

Back 563

n the art or profession of training, teaching or instructing

Front 564

pedantic

Back 564

adj ostentatious displayof learning, excessive attention to minutiae and formal rules, unimaginative

Front 565

pedesrian

Back 565

adj commonplace, trite, unremarkable

Front 566

penchant

Back 566

n strong inclination, a liking

Front 567

penurious

Back 567

adj penny-pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous

Front 568

peremptory

Back 568

adj admitting of no contradiction, putting an end to further debate, haughty, imperious

Front 569

perennial

Back 569

adj recurrent through the year or many years, happening repeatedly

Front 570

perfidy

Back 570

n intentional breach of faith, treachery

Front 571

perfunctory

Back 571

adj cursory, done without care or interest

Front 572

peripatetic

Back 572

adj itenerant, traveling, nomadic

Front 573

pernicious

Back 573

adj extremely harmful, potentially causing death

Front 574

personable

Back 574

adj pleasing in appearance, attractive

Front 575

perspicacious

Back 575

adj acutely perceptive, having keen discernment

Front 576

peruse

Back 576

v to examine with great care (not to glance over quickly)

Front 577

pervade

Back 577

v to permeate throughout

Front 578

pervasive

Back 578

adj having the tendency to permeate or spead out throughout

Front 579

petrous

Back 579

adj like a rock, hard, stony

Front 580

petrify

Back 580

v to make hard or rocklike, or to paralyze with fear

Front 581

petulant

Back 581

adj impatient, irritable

Front 582

philistine

Back 582

n a crass individual guided by material rather than intellectual or artistic values

Front 583

phlegmatic

Back 583

adj calm, sluggish, unemotional, stoic

Front 584

picaresque

Back 584

adj involving clever rogues or adventurers

Front 585

picturesque

Back 585

adj picture-like, charming, or quaint

Front 586

pied

Back 586

adj multi-colored, usually in blotches

Front 587

pillory

Back 587

v to punish, hold up to public scorn

Front 588

pine

Back 588

v to yearn intensely, to languish, to lose vigor

Front 589

pious

Back 589

adj extremely reverent or devout; false or hypocritical devotion

Front 590

piquant

Back 590

adj agreeably pungent, spicy, stimulating

Front 591

pique (n)

Back 591

n resentment, feeling of irritation due to hurt pride

Front 592

pique (v)

Back 592

v to annoy or irritate, or to provoke or arouse

Front 593

pirate

Back 593

v to use or reproduce illegally

Front 594

pith

Back 594

n the essential or central part

Front 595

pithy

Back 595

adj precise and brief

Front 596

placate

Back 596

v to appease, to calm by making concessions

Front 597

plaintive

Back 597

adj mournful, melancholy, sorrowful

Front 598

plangent

Back 598

adj pounding, thundering, resounding

Front 599

plastic

Back 599

adj moldable, pliable, not rigid

Front 600

platitude

Back 600

n a superficial or trite remark, especially one offered as meaningful

Front 601

plethora

Back 601

n an overabundance, a surplus

Front 602

pluck

Back 602

n courage, spunk, fortitude

Front 603

plumb

Back 603

v to measure the depth, to examine critically

Front 604

plummet

Back 604

v to plunge or drop straight down

Front 605

poignant

Back 605

adj distressing, pertinent, touching, sstimulating, emotional

Front 606

polemical

Back 606

adj controversial, argumentative

Front 607

polemics

Back 607

n the art or practive of controversy and argumentation

Front 608

pragmatic

Back 608

adj practical rather than idealistic

Front 609

prate

Back 609

v chatter, babble; synonym of prattle

Front 610

prattle (v)

Back 610

v to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an emply and idle manner

Front 611

prattle (n)

Back 611

n meaningless babble; empty and idle talk

Front 612

precarious

Back 612

adj uncertain, risky, dangerous

Front 613

precept

Back 613

n rule establishing standards of conduct, a doctrine that is taught

Front 614

precipitate (adj)

Back 614

adj acting with excessive haste or impulse

Front 615

precipitate (v)

Back 615

v to cause or happen before anticipated

Front 616

precursor

Back 616

n something that precedes and indicates or announces another

Front 617

predilection

Back 617

n a disposition in favor of something, preference

Front 618

preempt

Back 618

v to replace, to supersede, to appropriate

Front 619

preemption

Back 619

n prior appropriation of or claim to something

Front 620

preemptive

Back 620

adj characterized by preemption

Front 621

preen

Back 621

v to dress up, primp, groom oneself with elaborate care; in animals, to clean fur or feathers

Front 622

prescience

Back 622

n knowing of events prior to their occuring

Front 623

presumptuous

Back 623

adj overstepping bounds, as of propriety or courtesy; taking liberties

Front 624

prevaricate

Back 624

v to deliberately avoid the truth, mislead

Front 625

pristine

Back 625

adj pure, uncorrupted, clean

Front 626

prize

Back 626

v to pry, press or force with a lever

Front 627

probity

Back 627

adj adherence to highest principles, uprightness

Front 628

proclivity

Back 628

n a natural predisposition or inclination

Front 629

prodigal

Back 629

adj recklessly wasteful, extravagant, profuse, lavish

Front 630

prodigious

Back 630

adj abundant in size, force, or extent; extraordinary

Front 631

profligate

Back 631

adj excessively wasteful; recklessly extravagant

Front 632

profuse

Back 632

adj given or coming forth abundantly, extravagant

Front 633

profusion

Back 633

n abundance or extravagance

Front 634

proliferate

Back 634

v to grow or increase swiftly and abundantly

Front 635

prolific

Back 635

adj producing large volumes or amounts, productive

Front 636

prolix

Back 636

adj long-winded, verbose

Front 637

propensity

Back 637

n a natural inclination or tendency, penchant

Front 638

propinquity

Back 638

adj nearness in time or place, affinity of nature, kinship

Front 639

propitiate

Back 639

v to appease, conciliate

Front 640

propitious

Back 640

adj auspicious, favorable

Front 641

prosaic

Back 641

adj dull, unimaginative

Front 642

proscribe

Back 642

v to outlaw or prohibit

Front 643

proscription

Back 643

n the act of outlawing something; to outlaw or banish people; pass sentence of death

Front 644

provident

Back 644

adj frugal, looking into the future

Front 645

providential

Back 645

adj happening as if from divine intervention

Front 646

puerile

Back 646

adj childish, immature

Front 647

pugnacious

Back 647

adj contentious, quarrelsome, given to fighting, beligerent

Front 648

puncilious

Back 648

adj precise, paying attention to trivialities, especially in regard to etiquette

Front 649

pundit

Back 649

n an authority on a subject, one who gives opinions

Front 650

pungent

Back 650

adj characterized by a strong, sharp smell or taste, penetrating, to the point

Front 651

pusillanimous

Back 651

adj cowardly, craven

Front 652

putrefy

Back 652

v to rot, decay and give off a foul odor, become gangrenous

Front 653

quaff

Back 653

v to drink deeply

Front 654

quail

Back 654

v to shrink back in fear, lose courage

Front 655

qualify

Back 655

v to limit

Front 656

qualms

Back 656

n misgivings, reservations, causes for hesitancy

Front 657

queries

Back 657

n questions, inquiries, reservations

Front 658

querulous

Back 658

adj prone to complaining or grumbling, quarrelsome

Front 659

quiescence

Back 659

n stillness, motionlessness, quality of being at rest

Front 660

quiescent

Back 660

adj inactive, latent, causing no trouble, being at rest

Front 661

quixotic

Back 661

adj foolishly impractical, marked by lofty romantic ideals

Front 662

quotidian

Back 662

adj occurring or recurring daily, commonplace

Front 663

rail

Back 663

v to complain about bitterly

Front 664

ramify

Back 664

v to be divided or subdivided, branch out

Front 665

ramifications

Back 665

n the developments or consequences growing out of something

Front 666

rancorous

Back 666

adj characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment

Front 667

rancor

Back 667

n bitter, long-lasting resentment

Front 668

rapacious

Back 668

adj voracious, greedy, plundering, subsisting on prey

Front 669

rapacity

Back 669

n avarice, or the practive of extorting or exacting by injustice

Front 670

rarefy

Back 670

v to make or become thin, less dense, refine

Front 671

rebus

Back 671

n riddle, a representation of words by pictures or symbols that sound like the words

Front 672

recalcitrant

Back 672

adj obstinately defiant of authority or guidance, difficult to manage

Front 673

recant

Back 673

v to retract, especially a previously held belief

Front 674

recondite

Back 674

adj hidden, concealed, difficult to understand, obscure

Front 675

reconnoiter

Back 675

v to engage in reconnaissance, make a preliminary inspection of

Front 676

recombent

Back 676

adj leaning, resting, prone

Front 677

redolent

Back 677

adj fragrant, suggestive or evocative

Front 678

redoubtable

Back 678

adj awe-inspiring; worthy of honor

Front 679

refulgent

Back 679

adj radiant; shiny; brilliant

Front 680

refute

Back 680

v to disprove, successfully argue against

Front 681

regale

Back 681

v to delight or entertain, feast

Front 682

relegate

Back 682

v to forcibly assign, especially to a lower place or position

Front 683

remonstrate

Back 683

v to protest, object

Front 684

remonstration/remonstrance

Back 684

n objection

Front 685

renege

Back 685

v to fail to honor a commitment, go back on a promise

Front 686

rent (v)

Back 686

v torn, split apart, pierced as by a sound

Front 687

rent (n)

Back 687

n a tear or breach

Front 688

rend

Back 688

v to tear, split apart, pierce as by a sound

Front 689

repine

Back 689

v to feel or express dejection or discontent, long for

Front 690

repudiate

Back 690

v to refuse to have anything to do with, disown

Front 691

rescind

Back 691

v to invalidate, repeal, retract

Front 692

resolute

Back 692

adj adamant, steadfast, determined

Front 693

irresolute

Back 693

adj unadamant, not steadfast, undetermined

Front 694

reticent

Back 694

adj quiet, reserved, reluctant to express thoughts and feelings

Front 695

reverent

Back 695

adj marked by, feeling, or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect

Front 696

reverence

Back 696

n a strong feeling of awe and respect, and irreverence is the lack thereof

Front 697

rhetoric

Back 697

n the art or study of effective use of language for communication and persuasion (sometimes a negative connotation)

Front 698

rubric (n)

Back 698

n authoratative rule, heading, title, or category

Front 699

rubric (adj)

Back 699

adj reddish or written in red

Front 700

rue

Back 700

v regret, feel remorse

Front 701

rueful

Back 701

adj expressing sorrow

Front 702

sagacious

Back 702

adj having sound judgment, perceptive, wise

Front 703

sage

Back 703

n a person recognized as having great wisdom

Front 704

salacious

Back 704

adj appealing to or causing sexual desire, bawdy

Front 705

salient

Back 705

adj prominent, protruding, conspicuous, highly relevant

Front 706

salubrious

Back 706

adj promoting health or well-being

Front 707

salutary

Back 707

adj remedial, wholesome, causing improvement

Front 708

sanctimony

Back 708

n self-righteousness, pretended piety

Front 709

sanctimonious

Back 709

adj hypocritically pretending to be pious or being excessively pious

Front 710

sanction (n)

Back 710

n authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance

Front 711

sanction (v)

Back 711

v encourage or approve; punish

Front 712

sanguine

Back 712

adj cheerful, confident, optimistic

Front 713

sap (v)

Back 713

v to enervate or weaken the vitality of; tu hit someone with a blackjack (a short, leather-covered club)

Front 714

sap (n)

Back 714

n a gullible person, a fool; a blackjack (a short, leather-covered club)

Front 715

satiate

Back 715

v to overindulge, satisfy to excess

Front 716

sate

Back 716

v to overindulge, satisfy to excess (synonym of satiate)

Front 717

satire

Back 717

n a literary work that ridicules or criticizes human vice through humor or derision

Front 718

saturnine

Back 718

adj gloomy, dark, sullen, morose

Front 719

scurvy

Back 719

adj contemptible, despicable

Front 720

sedulous

Back 720

adj diligent, persistent, hard-working

Front 721

seine (n)

Back 721

n a large net hung out and dragged to catch fish

Front 722

seine (v)

Back 722

v to fish using a large net by hanging it out to drag

Front 723

sere

Back 723

adj withered, arid

Front 724

seminal

Back 724

adj like a seed, constituting a source, originative

Front 725

shard

Back 725

n a piece of broken pottery or glass, any small pience or part

Front 726

simper (v)

Back 726

v to smirk, to say something with a silly, coy smile

Front 727

simper (n)

Back 727

n a silly smile as in when making a coy remark

Front 728

sinecure

Back 728

n position requiring little or no work and usually providing an income

Front 729

singular

Back 729

adj exceptional, unusual, odd

Front 730

sinuous

Back 730

adj winding, curving, moving lithely, devious

Front 731

slake

Back 731

v to satisfy, quench, lessen the intensity of

Front 732

sodden

Back 732

adj soaked or drenched, unimaginative, dull

Front 733

solder

Back 733

v to weld, fuse or join, as with a soldering gun

Front 734

solicitous

Back 734

adj concerned and attentive, eager

Front 735

solvent

Back 735

adj able to meet financial obligations

Front 736

sophistry

Back 736

n fallacious reasoning; plausible but faulty logic

Front 737

sophomoric

Back 737

adj exhibiting immaturity, lack of judgment, pretentious

Front 738

soporific

Back 738

adj causing drowsiness, tending to induce sleep

Front 739

sordid

Back 739

adj characterized by filth, grime, or squalor, foul

Front 740

sparse

Back 740

adj thin, not dense, arranged at widely spaced intervals

Front 741

specious

Back 741

adj seeming true, but actually false, misleadingly attractive

Front 742

spendthrift (n)

Back 742

n one who spends money wastefully

Front 743

spendthrift (adj)

Back 743

adj wasteful spending of money

Front 744

splenetic

Back 744

adj bad-tempered, irritable

Front 745

sporadic

Back 745

adj occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances

Front 746

spurious

Back 746

adj lacking authenticity or validity, false, counterfeit

Front 747

squalid

Back 747

adj sordid, wretched and dirty as from neglect

Front 748

squalor

Back 748

n a wretched or filthy condition

Front 749

squander

Back 749

v to waste by spending or using irresponsibly

Front 750

stanch (sometimes staunch)

Back 750

v to stop the flow of a fluid

Front 751

staunch (stanch)

Back 751

adj firmly committed

Front 752

static

Back 752

adj not moving, active or in motion; at rest

Front 753

steep

Back 753

v to saturate or completely soak

Front 754

stentorian

Back 754

adj extremely loud and powerful

Front 755

stint (v)

Back 755

v to restrain, be sparing or frugal

Front 756

stint (n)

Back 756

n a length of time spent in a specific way

Front 757

stinting

Back 757

adj restraining

Front 758

unstinting

Back 758

adj bestowed liberally

Front 759

stoic

Back 759

adj indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain, steadfast

Front 760

stoicism

Back 760

n indifference to pleasure or pain, steadfastness

Front 761

striated

Back 761

adj striped, grooved, or banded

Front 762

striations

Back 762

n bands, stripes, grooves

Front 763

strut (n)

Back 763

n a structural support used to brace a framework

Front 764

strut (v)

Back 764

v to brace or support

Front 765

stupefy

Back 765

v to stun, baffle or amaze

Front 766

stygian

Back 766

adj gloomy, dark (relating to the river Styx)

Front 767

stymie

Back 767

v to block, thwart

Front 768

subpoena (n)

Back 768

n a court order requiring appearance and/or testimony

Front 769

subpoena (v)

Back 769

v to produce a court order requiring appearance and/or testimony

Front 770

subtle

Back 770

adj not obvious, elusive, difficult to discern, crafty or sly

Front 771

succinct

Back 771

adj brief, concise

Front 772

succor

Back 772

n assistance, relief in time of distress

Front 773

sundry

Back 773

adj various, miscellaneous, separate

Front 774

supercilious

Back 774

adj disdainful, arrogant, haughty, characterized by haughty scorn

Front 775

superfluous

Back 775

adj exceeding what is sufficient or necessary

Front 776

supine

Back 776

adj inactive, lying on one's back, apathetic, mentally or morally slack

Front 777

prone

Back 777

adj lying face down

Front 778

supplant

Back 778

v to take the place of, supersede

Front 779

suppliant (adj)

Back 779

adj asking humbly, beseeching

Front 780

supplicant

Back 780

n beggar, one who prays or begs for something

Front 781

suppliant (n)

Back 781

n supplicant; beggar, one who prays for or begs for something

Front 782

supplicate

Back 782

v to beg or pray for something

Front 783

surfeit (v)

Back 783

v to feed or supply in excess

Front 784

surfeit (n)

Back 784

n excess, overindulgence

Front 785

sycophant

Back 785

n someone who tries to flatter or please for personal gain, parasite

Front 786

synthesis

Back 786

n the combination of parts to make a whole

Front 787

table

Back 787

v to remove (as a parliamentary motion) from consideration

Front 788

tacit

Back 788

adj implied, not explicitly stated

Front 789

taciturn

Back 789

adj not talkative, silent

Front 790

tamp

Back 790

v to plug, to drive in or down by a series of blows

Front 791

tautology

Back 791

n a repetition, a redundancy, a circular argument