Gre Vocabulary 2

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abate

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v. to lessen in intensity or degree

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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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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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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 diapproval

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adroit

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adj. adept, dexterous

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adumbrate

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

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alacrity

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n. eager and enthusiastic willingness

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amalgamate

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v. to combine several elements into a whole

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amenable

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adj. agreeable; responsive to suggestion

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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

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adj. soothing

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antithetical

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adj. diametricallt opposed, as in antithesis

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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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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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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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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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arrant

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

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artless

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adj. completely without guile; natural, without artificiality

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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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audacious

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adj. 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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august

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adj. majestic, venerable

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auspice

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n. protection or support, patronage

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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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avarice

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n. greed, especially for wealth

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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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bane

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

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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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bedizen

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

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bellicose

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adj. belligerent, pugnacious, warlike

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blandish

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v. to coax with flattery, toady or fawn

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blithe

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adj. carefree, merry

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bolster

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v. to provide support or reinforcement

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broach

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v. 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. labrynthine, 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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capricious

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adj. inclined to change one's mine impulsively; erratic; unpredictable

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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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caustic

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adj. burning or stinging; causing corrosion

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censure

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v. to criticize severely; to officially rebuke

n. a judgement involving condemnation; the act of blaming or condemning

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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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chauvinist

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

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chimera

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n. an illusion; originaly, an imaginary fire-breathing she-monster

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coalesce

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v. to come together; to fuse or unite

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commensurate

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adj. matching, corresponding, or proprtionate in degree, size, amount or other property

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consequential

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adj. pompous, self-important
or
logically follwing; important

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contemn

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v. to scorn or despise

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contrite

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adj. regretful; penitent; seeking forgiveness

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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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countenance

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v. to approve of or tolerate
n. mien, face, composure

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cozen

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v. to deceive, begule, 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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daunt

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v. to intimidate or dismay

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dearth

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n. smallness of quantity or number; scarcity; lack

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decorum

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n. 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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denouement

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n. an outcome or solution; the unraveling of a plot

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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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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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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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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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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. to defeat, put down

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discordant

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adj. conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound

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disparage

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v. to slight or belittle

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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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distrait

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v. distracted; absent-minded, especially due to anxiety

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doggerel

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n. trivial, poorly constructed verse

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dogmatic

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adj. authoritateively 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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eccentric

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adj. departing 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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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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exit

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enervate

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v. to weaken to reduce in vitality

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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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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, particurlarly in food and drink; gourmand, sybarite

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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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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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erudite

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adj. very learned; scholarly

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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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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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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 unbraid

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exculpate

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v. exonerate; to clear of blame

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exhort

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v. to incite, to make urgent appeals

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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