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175 Cards in this Set
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abate
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V. subside or moderate
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aberrant
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Adj. Abnormal or deviant
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abeyance
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n. suspended action
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abscond
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v. depart secretly and hide
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abstemious
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adj. sparing in eating and drinking, temperate
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admonish
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v. warn, reprove
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adulterate
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v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
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aesthetic
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adj. artistic; dealign with or capable of appreciating the beautiful
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aggregate
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v. gather; accumulate
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alacrity
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n. cheerful promptmess; eagerness
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alleviate
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v. relieve
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amalgamate
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v. combine; unite in one body
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ambiguous
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adj unclear or doubtful in meaning
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ambivalence
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n. The state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes
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ameliorate
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v. Improve
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anachronism
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n. something or someone misplaced in time
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analogous
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adj. comparable
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anarchy
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n. absence of governing body
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anomalous
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adj. abnormal, irregular
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antipathy
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n. aversion; dislike
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apathy
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n. lack of caring; indifference
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appease
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v. pacify or soothe; relieve
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apprise
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v. inform
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approbation
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n. approval
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appropriate
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v. acquire
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arduous
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adj. hard; strenuous
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artless
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adj. without guile; open and honest
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ascetic
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adj. practicing self-denial; austere
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assiduous
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adj. diligent
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assuage
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v. ease or lessen pain, satisfy hunger, soothe anger
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attenuate
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v. make thinner; weaken; lessen
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audacious
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adj. daring; bold
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austere
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adj. forbiddingly stern; severaly siple and unornamented
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autonomous
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adj. self governing
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aver
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v. assert confidently or declare; as used in law
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banal
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adj. hackneyed; commonplace; trite; lacking originality
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belie
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v. contradict; give a false impression.
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beneficient
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adj. kindly; doing good
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bolster
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v. support; reinforce
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bombastic
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adj. rude; insensitive
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boorish
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adj. rude; insensitive
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burgeon
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v. grow forth; send out buds
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burnish
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v. make shiny by rubbing; polish
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buttress
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v. support; prop up.
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cacophonous
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adj. discordant; inharmonious
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capricious
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adj. unpredictable; fickle
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castigation
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n. punishment; severe criticism
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catalyst
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n. agent that influences the pace of a chemical reaction while it remains unaffected and unchanged
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caustic
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adj. burning; sarcastically biting
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chicanery
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n. trickery; deception
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coagulate
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v. thicken; congeal, clot
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coda
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n. concluding section of a musical or literary composition
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cogent
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adj. convincing
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commensurate
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adj. corresponding in extent, degree, or amount; proportionate
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compendium
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v. brief, comprehensive summary
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complaisant
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adj. trying to please; overly polite; obliging
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complaint
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adj. yielding; conforming to requirements
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conciliatory
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adj. reconciling; soothing
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condone
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v. overlook; forgive; give tacit approval, excuse
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confound
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v. confuse; puzzle
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connoisseur
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n. person competent to act as a judge of art, etc.
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contention
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n. claim; thesis
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contentious
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adj. quarrelsome
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contrite
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adj. penitent
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conundrum
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n. riddle; difficult problem
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converge
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v. approach; tend to meet; come together
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convoluted
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adj. coiled around; involved; intricate
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craven
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adj. cowardly
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daunt
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v. intimidate
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decorum
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n. propriety; orderliness and good taste in manners
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default
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n. failure to act
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deference
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n. courteous regard for another's wish
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delineate
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v. portray; depict; sketch
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denigrate
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v. blacken
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deride
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v. ridicule; make fun of
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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. dry up
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desultory
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adj. aimless; haphazard; digressing at random
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deterrent
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n. something that discourages; hindrance
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diatribe
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n. bitter scolding; invenctive
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dichotomy
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n. split, branching into 2 parts
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diffidence
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n. shyness
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diffuse
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adj. wordy; rambling; spread out like a gas
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digression
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n. wandering away from the subject
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dirge
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n. lament with music
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disabuse
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v. correct a false impression, undeceive
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discerning
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adj. mentally quick and observant; having insight
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discordant
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adj. not harmonious; conflicting
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discredit
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v. defame, destroy confidence in; disbelieve
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discrepancy
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n. lack of consistency; difference
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discrete
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adj. separate; unconnected; consisting of distinct parts
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disingenuous
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adj. lacking genuine candor; insincere
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disinterested
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adj. unprejudiced
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disjointed
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adj. lacking conherence, separated at the joints
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dismiss
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v. eliminate from consideration; reject
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disparate
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adj. basically different; unrelated
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dissemble
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v. disguise; pretend
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disseminate
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v. distribute
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dissolution
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n. disintegration; looseness in morals
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dissonance
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n. discord; opposite of harmony
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distend
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v. expand, swell out
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distill
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v. purify; refine; concentrate
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diverge
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v. vary; go in different directions from the same point
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divest
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v. s trip; deprive
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document
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v. provide written evidence
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dogmatic
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adj. opinionated; arbitrary; doctrinal
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dormant
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adj. sleeping; lethargic; latent
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dupe
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n. someone easily fooled
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ebullient
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adj. showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm
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eclectic
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adj. selective; composed of elements drawn from disparate sources
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efficacy
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n. power to produce desired effect
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effrontery
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n. impudence; shameless boldness; sheer nerve; presumptuousness
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elegy
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n. poem or song expressing lamentation
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elicit
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v. draw out by discussion
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embellish
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v. adorn
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empirical
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adj. based on experience
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emulate
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v. imitate
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endemic
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adj. prevailing among a specific group of people or in a specific area or country
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enervate
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v. weaken
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engender
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v. cause; produce
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enhance
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v. increase; improve
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ephemeral
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adj. short-lived; fleeting
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equanimity
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n. calmness of temperament; composure
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equivocate
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v. lie; mislead; attempt to conceal the truth
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erudite
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adj. learned, scholarly
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esoteric
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n. hard to understand; known only to the chosen law
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eulogy
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n. expression of praise; often on teh occasion of someone's death
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euphemism
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n. mild expression in place on an unpleasant one
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exacerbate
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v. worsen, embitter
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exculpate
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v. clear from blame
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exigency
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n. urgent situation; pressing needs or demands
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extrapolation
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n. projection; conjecture
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facetious
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adj. joking often inappropriately
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facilitate
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v. help bring about; make less difficult
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fallacious
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adj. false, misleading
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fatuous
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adj. brainless, inane, foolish yet smug
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fawning
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adj. trying to please by behaving obsequiously, flattering or cringing
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felicitous
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adj. apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
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fervor
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n. glowing ardor; intensity of feeling
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flag
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v. droop, grow feeble
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fledgling
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adj. inexperienced
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flout
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v. reject; mock; show contempt for
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foment
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v. stir up; instigate
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forestall
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v. prevent by taking action in advance
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frugality
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n. thrift, economy
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futile
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adj. useless; hopeless
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gainsay
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v. deny
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garrulous
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adj. loquacious; wordy; talkative
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goad
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v. urge on
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gouge
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v. overcharge
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grandiloquent
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adj. pompous; bambastic
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gregarious
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adj. sociable
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guileless
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adj. without deceit
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gullible
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adj. easily deceived
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gullible
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adj. easily deceived
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harangue
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n. long passionate and vehement speech
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homogeneous
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adj. of the same kind
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hyperbole
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n. exaggeration, overstatement
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iconoclastic
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adj. attacking cherished traditions
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idolatry
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n. worship of idols; excessive admiration
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immutable
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adj. unchangeable
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impair
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v. injure; hurt
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impassive
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adj. without feeling; imperturbable; stoical
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impede
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v. hinder; block
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impermeable
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adj. impervious; not permitting passage through
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imperturbable
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adj. calm; placid
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impervious
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adj. imprentrable, incapable of begin damaged or distressed
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implacable
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adj. incapable of being pacified.
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implicit
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adj. understood but not stated
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implode
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v. burst inward
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inadvertantly
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adv. unintentionally; by oversight; carelessly
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inchoate
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adj. recently begun; rudimentary; elementary
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incongruity
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n. lack of harmony; absurdity
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inconsequential
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adj. insignificant
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incorporate
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v. introduce something
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