Gre Vocabulary Words

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Invective

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Insulting or abusive language.

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Banausic

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Relating to or concerned with earning a living.

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Guerdon

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A reward; to recompense.

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Recompense

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To give something (such as money) to (someone) as an award or payment for suffering.

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Deliquesce

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To dissolve or melt away; to become soft or liquid with age or maturity (used of some fungal structures).

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Empyreal

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Of or relating to the heavens or firmament; sublime.

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Sublime

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To cause to pass directly from the solid to vapor state; to elevate or exalt in dignity or honor; to render finer; to convert something into something of higher worth.

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Woebegone

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To be strongly afflicted with woe; being in a sorry state; exhibiting great woe, sorrow, or misery.

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Cabal

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A group of people secretly united in a plot.

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Plaintive

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Expressing suffering or sadness; having a sad sound.

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Capricious

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Changing often and quickly (as in mood or behavior); indicative of sudden, odd notion or unpredictable change.

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Laconic

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Expressing much in few words; brief and to the point.

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Insipid

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Without distinctive, interested or stimulating qualities; lacking taste or flavor.

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Pragmatic

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Concerned with practical matters.

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Iconoclast

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A person who attacks cherished beliefs or traditional institutions; someone who attacks established or traditional concepts, principles, laws, etc.

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Arduous

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Difficult to accomplish; hard to endure; requiring great exertion; hard to climb or steep.

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Profligate

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Recklessly extravagant and wasteful in the use of resources.

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Prosaic

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Not challenging; dull or lacking excitement; of or having the character or form or prose (the ordinary form of spoken or written language) rather than poetry.

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Ameliorate

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To make or become better, more bearable, or more satisfactory; to improve.

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Obsequious

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Obedient or attentive to an excessive degree; characterized by or showing deference (submission and respect).

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Fortuitous

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Happening by accident or chance; lucky or fortunate

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Orthodox

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Conforming with established or accepted standards, as in religion, behavior, or attitudes.

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Alacrity

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Cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness.

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Pellucid

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Translucently clear; clear in expression, meaning or style.

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Corroborate

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To confirm or give support to.

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Magnanimous

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Very generous or forgiving; free from petty resentfulness.

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Scrupulous

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Diligent, thorough, and extremely careful; having a strict regard for what one considers right.

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Prolific

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Producing offspring, young, or fruit; producing in large quantities or great frequency; characterized by abundant production.

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Dogmatic

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Relating to or of the nature of dogma or any strong set of principles concerning faith, morals, etc.; asserting opinions in an arrogant manner; opinionated.

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Placate

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To make someone less angry or hostile; to appease or pacify.

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Mercurial

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Subject to sudden or unpredictable changes in mood; erratic; quick-witted.

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Exacerbate

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To infuriate or make worse; to increase the severity, bitterness, or violence.

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Redundant

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Characterized by unnecessary repetition in expressing ideas; being in excess.

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Hackneyed

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Unoriginal; commonplace or stale.

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Prudent

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Acting with or showing care or thought; wise and judicious in practical affairs.

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Belie

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To disguise or contradict; to misrepresent.

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Esoteric

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Only taught to or understood by members of a special group; mysterious or obscure.

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Cacophony

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A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds; harshness in the sound of words or phrases.

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Impetuous

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Acting or done quickly without thought or care.

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Idiosyncrasy

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A way of thought peculiar to an individual; an unusual part or feature of something.

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Extant

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In existence; surviving; not destroyed or lost.

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Obscure

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Hard to perceive; vague and ambiguous.

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Didactic

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Intended for instruction; educational.

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Pithy

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Brief and to the point; forceful and meaningful in expression.

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Copious

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Abundant in supply or quantity.

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Ostentation

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Pretentious and vulgar display intended to show off.

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Adulterate

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To use cheaper, inferior, or less desirable goods in the production of something; to alter or debase.

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Vociferous

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Loud and clamorous; crying out noisily.

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Taciturn

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Reserved or uncommunicative in speech; silent in expression or manner.

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Obdurate

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Stubborn or unyielding; refusal to change one's opinion.

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Garrulous

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Excessively talkative.

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Misanthrope

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A person who hates others; a hater of humankind.

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Lionize

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To treat someone as a celebrity; to grant someone higher status.

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Imminent

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Likely to occur at only moment; impending.

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Frivolous

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Trivial or silly; lacking any serious purpose; of little or no weight or importance.

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Benign

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Having a kind disposition; not malignant.

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Dissonance

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Lack of harmony; disagreement; discord or cacophony.

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Inculpate

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To accuse or blame; to charge with fault; to incriminate.

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Docile

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Compliant or submissive; easily managed or handled.

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Sporadic

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Occurring at irregular intervals; scattered or isolated.

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Prevaricate

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To deceive or stretch the truth; to deliberately misstate or create an incorrect impression.

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Chicanery

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Deception or trickery.

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Gainsay

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To deny, dispute, or contradict; to speak or act against.

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Eulogy

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Praise or exclamation; a speech or writing in praise of a person or thing (especially in honor of a deceased person)

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Belligerent

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Hostile and aggressive.

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Dispassionate

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Unfeeling or impartial; devoid of personal feeling or bias.

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Providential

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Lucky, occurring at a favorable time, opportune.

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Diffidence

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Hesitancy or lack of confidence; restrained or reserved in manner or conduct.

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Fractious

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Irritable and quarrelsome; unruly.

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Malign

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Hurtful or injurious, malicious; to slander or defame.

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Disparate

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Not allowing any comparison; essentially different in kind.

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Plausible

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Having an appearance of being reasonable or probable; worthy of confidence or trust

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Sanguine

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Optimistic or positive; reddish or ruddy.

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Venerate

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To regard with great respect; to treat or regard with reverence

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Trite

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Silly or commonplace; hackneyed.

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Succinct

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Brief and to the point; expressed in few words.

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Ingenious

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Clever, original, and inventive.

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Meticulous

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Very careful and precise; showing extreme consideration for minute details.

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Erudite

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Well-educated or cultured; characterized by great knowledge.

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Bolster

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Support or strengthen.

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Anachronism

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An error in time placement; an error in chronology in which a person, object, event, etc. is assigned to a date or period other than the correct one.

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Trivial

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Of little or no value or importance; insignificant.

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Advocate

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A person supporting an idea or cause publicly; to speak or write in favor of something.

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Conspicuous

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Obvious or easily seen; attracting special attention (as by outstanding qualities or eccentricities).

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Innocuous

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Harmless and inoffensive; not likely to irritate or offend.

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Audacious

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Reckless or daring; extremely original and without restriction to prior ideas; lively, unrestrained and uninhibited.

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Tumultuous

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Confused or disorderly; marked by disturbance and uproar.

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Reticent

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Secretive or quiet; not speaking freely; reserved.

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Fervid

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Intensely enthusiastic or passionate; heated or vehement in spirit; burning, glowing or intensely hot

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Enervate

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To weaken or wear out; to deprive or force or strength.

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Prodigal

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Wastefully extravagant; lavish; abundant; a person who spends their money with wasteful extravagance.

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Auspicious

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Conducive to success; favored by fortune; prosperous or fortunate.

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Soporific

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Causing or tending to cause sleep.

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Engender

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To cause or give rise to; to cause to come into existence

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Loquacious

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Talking or tending to talk much or freely; characterized by excessive talk.

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Equivocate

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To avoid giving a clear or direct answer to a question; to use ambiguous or unclear expressions.

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Inimical

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Tending to obstruct or harm; unfriendly or hostile.

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Superfluous

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Extra or unnecessary; being more than is sufficient or required.

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Fastidious

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Very careful and attentive; excessively particular, critical, or demanding; characterized by excessive care or delicacy.

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Recalcitrant

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Resisting authority or control; hard to deal with; disobedient or uncontrollable.

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Ephemeral

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Momentary or passing; lasting a very short time; short-lived.

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Pusillanimous

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Lacking courage or fearful; cowardly or timid.

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Vacillate

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To go back and forth or be indecisive; to waver in mind or opinion; to fluctuate.

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Ambivalent

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To have mixed feelings or be conflicted; being unable to choose between two courses of action.

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Enigma

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Difficult to interpret or understand; a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation; a person of puzzling or contradictory behavior.

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Euphoric

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Intensely happy or confident.

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Pedant

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A person who overemphasizes rules or minor details; someone who adheres to scholastic knowledge without regard to common sense.

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Profound

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Having deep insight or understanding; of deep meaning; far beneath the surface; low.

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Inchoate

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Not completed or fully developed; not organized or lacking order.

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Lethargic

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Lazy or sluggish.

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Deride

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To scoff or jeer at; to mock; to make fun of or insult.

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Eximious

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Distinguished; eminent, or excellent.

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Frowzy

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Dirty and untidy; ill-smelling.

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Syncretism

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The attempted reconciliation or union of different or opposing principles, practices, or parties.

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Suffrage

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The right to vote in political elections; a series of intercessory (on the behalf of others) prayers or petitions.

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Parochial

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Narrowly restricted in scope or outlook.

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Upbraid

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To scold.

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Censure

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To express strong disapproval.

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Amalgam

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A mixture of multiple things.

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Egregious

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Standing out in a negative way; shockingly bad.