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180 Cards in this Set
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Zeal
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Passion, excitement
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Whimsical
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Acting in a fanciful or capricious manner; unpredictable
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Waver
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To fluctuate between choices
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Volatile
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Easily aroused or changeable; lively or explosive
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Vex
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to annoy
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Verbose
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wordy
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veracity
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filled with truth an accuracy
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venerate
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to respect deeply
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vacillate
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to sway physically
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transitory
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temporary, lasting a brief time
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torpor
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extreme mental and physical sluggishness
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tirade
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long harsh speech or verbal attack
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taciturn
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silent, not talkative
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tacit
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done without using words
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sublime
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lofty or grand
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stolid
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unemotional, lacking sensitivity
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stigma
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a mark of shame or discredit
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specious
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deceptivly attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious
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soporific
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causing sleep or lethargy
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satiate
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to satisfy fully or overindulge
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rhetoric
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effective writing or speaking
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reticent
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silent, reserved
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repudiate
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to reject the vlaidity
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rarefy
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to make thinner or sparser
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quiescent
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motionless
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pungent
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sharp, irritating to the senses
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precipitate
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to throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation
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prevaricate
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to lie or deviate from the truth
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pristine
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fresh and clean; uncorrupted
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prodigal
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lavish, wasteful
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proliferated
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to increase in number quickly
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propitiate
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to concilliate; to appeae
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propriety
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correct behavior, obedience to rules and customs
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prudence
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wisdom, caution, or restraint
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perfidious
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willing to betray one's trust
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perfunctory
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done in a routine way; indifferent
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permeate
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to penetrate
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philanthropy
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charity, a desire or effort to promote goodness
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placate
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to soothe or pacify
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plastic
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able to be molded, altered or bent
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plethora
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access
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pragmatic
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practical as opposed to idealistic
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occlude
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to stop up ; prevent the passage of
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onerous
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troublesome and oppressive, burdensome
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opaque
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impossible to see thru; preventing the passage of light
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opprobrium
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public disgrace
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ostentation
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excessive showiness
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paradox
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a contradiction or dilemma
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paragon
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model of excellence or perfection
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pedant
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someone who shows off learning
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misanthrope
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a person who dislikes others
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mitigate
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to soften; to lessen
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mollify
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to calm or make less severe
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monotony
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lack of variation
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naive
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lacking sophistication or experience
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monotony
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lack of variation
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obdurate
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stubborn, hardened feeling; resistant to persuasion
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obsequious
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overly submissive and eager to please, fawn, complaisant
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obstinate
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stubborn, unyielding
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obviate
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to prevent; to make unnecessary
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lethargic
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acting in an indifferent or slow, sluggish manner
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loquacious
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talkative
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lucid
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clear and easily understood
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luminous
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bright, brilliant, glowing
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malinger
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to evade responsibility by pretending to be ill
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malleable
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capable of being shaped
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metaphor
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a figure of speech comparing two different things; a symbol
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meticulous
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extremely careful about details
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inimical
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Hostile, unfriendly
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innocuous
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harmless
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Insipid
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lacking of flavor or interest
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Intransigent
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uncompromising; refusing to be reconciled
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Inundate
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to overwhelm; to cover with water
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Irascible
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easily made angry
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Laconic
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using few words
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Lament
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to express sorrow; to grieve
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Laud
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to give praise
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Lavish
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To give unsparingly; extremely generous or extravagant
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Homogenous
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of a similar kind
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Iconoclast
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one who opposes established beliefs, customs and institutions
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Imperturbable
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not capable of being disturbed
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Impervious
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impossible to penetrate, incapable of being affected
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Impetuous
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quick to act without thinking
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Implacable
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unable to be calmed down or made peaceful
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Inchoate
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not fully formed; rudimentary
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Ingenuous
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showing innocence or childlike simplicity
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Fawn
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grovel
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Fervid
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Intensely emotional; feverish
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Florid
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excessively decorated or embellished
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Foment
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To arouse or incite
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Frugality
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a tendency to be thrifty
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Garrulous
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tending to talk a lot, lacquacious
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Gregarious
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outgoing, sociable
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Guile
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deceit or trickery
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Gullible
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easily deceived
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Eulogy
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speech of praise
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Euphemism
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use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one
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Exacerbate
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to make worse
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Exculpate
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to clear from blame; prove innocent
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Exigent
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urgent; requiring immediate action
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Exonerate
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exculpate, to clear from blame
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Explicit
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Clearly stated or shown; forthright in expression
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Fanatical
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Acting excessively enthusiastic; filled with extreme, unquestioned devotion
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Engendered
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to produce, cause or bring about
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Enigma
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a puzzle
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Enumerate
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to count list or itemize
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Ephemeral
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lasting a short time
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Equivocal
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to use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead
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Erratic
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wandering and unpredictable
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Erudite
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Learned scholarly, bookish
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Esoteric
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Known or understood by only a few
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Estimable
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Admirable
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Chauvinistic
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someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which he or sh belongs
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Chicanery
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trickery or decpetion by means of craft or guile (sly or cunning intelligence)
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Cogent
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convincing and well reasoned
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Condone
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overlook, pardon, or disregard
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Convoluted
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intricate and complicated
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Corroborated
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to provide supporting evidence
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Credulous
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too trusting, gullible
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Crescendo
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steadily increasingly volume
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Decorum
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appropriateness of behavior or conduct; propriety
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Deference
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Respect, courtesy
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Deride
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to speak of or treat with contempt, mock
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Desiccate
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to dry out thoroughly
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Desultory
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jumping from one thing to another
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Diatribe
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an abusive, condemnatory speech
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Diffident
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lack of self confidence
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Dilate
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to make larger
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Dilatory
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intending to delay
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Dilettante
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someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic
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Dirge
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A funeral hymn or mournful speech
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Disabuse
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To set right, to free from error
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Discern
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To perceive, to recognize
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Disparate
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fundamentally different, entirely unlike
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Dissemble
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to present a false appearance, to disguise one's character or intentions
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Dissonance
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A hars and disagreeable comvinaton often of sounds
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Dogma
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A firmly held opinion, often a religious belief
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Dogmatic
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Dictatorial in one's opinions
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Dupe
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to deceive a person
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Eclectic
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selecting from or made up from a variety of sources
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Efficacy
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effectiveness
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Elegy
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a sorrowful poem or speech
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Eloquent
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persuasive speech
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Emulate
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copy, to equal or exel
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Enervate
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to reduce in strength
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Abate
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to reduce in amount , degree, or severity
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Abscond
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to leave secretly
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Abstain
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to choose not to do something
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Abyss
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a deep hole
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Adulterate
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to make impure
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Advocate
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to speak in favor of
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Aesthetic
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concerning the appreciation of beauty
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Aggrandize
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to increase in power, influence, and reputation
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Alleviate
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to make more bearable
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Amalgamate
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to mix together
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Ambiguous
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doubtful or uncertain
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Ameliorate
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to make better
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Anachronism
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something out of place in time
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Analogous
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similar or alike in some way
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Anomaly
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deviation from what is norm
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Antagonize
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to annoy or provoke to anger
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Antipathy
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Extreme dislike
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Apathy
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lack of interest
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Arbitrate
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to judge a dispute between two opposing parties
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Archaic
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ancient
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Ardor
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intense and passionate feeling
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Assuage
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to make something pleasant less severe
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Attenuate
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to reduce in force or degree, to weaken
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Audacious
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fearless and daring
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Austere
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severe or stern, undecorated
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Banal
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cliche, boring
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Bolster
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support, to prop up
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Bombastic
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pompous in speech and manner
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Cacophony
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Harsh jarring noise
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Candid
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impartial and honest in speech
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Capricious
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changing one's mind often
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Castigate
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to punish or criticize
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Catalyst
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something that brings about a change in something else
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Caustic
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harsh, bitter, biting in wit
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Chaos
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great disorder
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