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PRECIPITATE
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adj
acting with excessive haste or impulse |
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precipitate
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verb
to cause or happen before anticipated or required |
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precursor
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noun
one that precedes and indicates or announces another |
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predilection
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noun
a disposition in favor of something;preference |
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prolific
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adj
producing large volumes or amounts;productive |
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qualms
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noun
misgivings;reservations;causes for hesitancy |
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quiescence
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noun
stillness;motionlessness, quality of being at rest |
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recant
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verb
to retract, esp a previously held belief |
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redoubtable
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adj
awe-inspiring;worthy of honor |
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reticent
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adj
quiet;reserved;reluctant to express thoughts and feelings |
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satire
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noun
aq literary work that ridicfules or criticizes a human vice through humor or derision |
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sordid
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adj
characterized by filth, grime, or squalor,foul |
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squaldid
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adj
sordid;wretched and dirty as from neglect |
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squander
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verb
to waste by spending or using irresponsibly |
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stoic
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adj
indiffernt to or unaffected by pleasure or pain |
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stymie
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verb to
block;thwart |
The football player wanted to stymie the ball
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supplant
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verb
to take the place of;supersede |
He wanted to suplant a salad for fries
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synthesis
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noun
the combination of parts to make a whole |
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torpid
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adj
lethargic;sluggish;dormant |
The patient was torpid
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torque
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noun
a force that causes rotation |
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ubiquitous
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adj
existing everywhere at the same time;constantly encountered;widespread |
The small pox outbreak was ubiquitous
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veracity
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noun
truthfulness;honesty |
The witnesses veracity of the story was compelling
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vilify
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verb
to defame;to characterize harshly |
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virulent
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adj
extremely harmful or poisonous;bitterly hostile or antagonistic |
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churlish
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adj
boorish;vulgar;loutish;difficult and intractable |
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coalesce
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verb
to come together;to fuse or unite |
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coda
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noun
concluding section of a musical or literary piece |
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coeval
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adj
of the same period;coexisting |
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commensurate
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adj
matching;corresponding or proportionale in degree, size or amount |
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contemn
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verb
to scorn or despise |
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contumacious
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adj
insubordinate;rebellious |
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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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verb/noun
to approve of or tolerate;face;composure |
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contemn
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to scorn or despise
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cozen
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verb
to decieve;beguile or hoodwink |
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craven
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adjective
contemptibly fainthearted;;lacking any courage |
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curmudgeon
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noun
a crusty, ill tempered coot;a misanthrope |
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daunt
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verb
to cow or dismay |
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debacle
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noun
rout;fiasco;complete failure |
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decorous
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adj
correct;formal;marked by decorum |
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defelcate
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verb
to embezle;or misapporpriate |
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denigrate
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verb
to blacken;belittle;sully;defame;to disparage |
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denouement
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noun
an outcome or solution;the unraveling of a plot |
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depositon
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noun
accretion;depositing;building up layer by layer;official testimony |
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deprecate
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verb
to diparage or belittle;put down |
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depredate
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verb
to plunder;pillage, ravage, or destroy;to exploit;in a predatory manner |
The Indians plan was to depredate the village
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derivative
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adj
unoriginal;obtained from another source |
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descant
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verb
to comment at length |
The Mayors response to the question was descant
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descry
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verb
to discriminate or discern |
Many white people still descry against blacks
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desuetude
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noun
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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noun
slandering;verbal attack;aspersion |
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diaphanous
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adj
transparent;gauzy |
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diffident
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adj
reserved, shy, or unasuming;lacking in self confidence |
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digress
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verb
to stray from the point;to go off on a target |
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dilatory
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adj
causing delay;procrastinating |
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din
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noun
loud, sustained noise |
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dirge
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a song of grief or lamentation
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disaffect
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verb
estrange or alienate the affection of |
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discomfit
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verb
to defeat;to put down |
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