Gre Words From Class Handout

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Proselyte

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Acolyte

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Acolyte

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A servile attendant, assistant, helper

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Contumacious

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Adamant

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Importunate

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Adamant

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Imprimatur

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Approbation

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Berm

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A mound of earth piled up against a wall or road

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Bumptious

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Overly and offensively self-assertive

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Bodacious

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Bumptious, brazen, audacious, overbearing

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Effloresce

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To bloom or flower, blossom

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Inveigle

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Cajole, lure, wheedle, coax

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jingoism

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excessive patriotism

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winsome

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coquettish/attractive or alluring

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deign

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to condescend, deem another one worthy in accordance with one's own sense of self-worth

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pestiferous

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deleterious

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dilatory

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intentionally causing a delay, dilly-dallying

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dint

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force, power= puissance. can also mean dent/nick

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dupe

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person who is easily fooled

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mountebank

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a fraud (person)

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sanguine

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optimistic, hopeful, cheerful

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emendation

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to correct and improve

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punctilious

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meticulous, fastidious, etc.

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provender

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fodder; course food for livestock and generally any fuel for human thought and behavior

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pabulum

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any nourishment for animals or plants

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refractory

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incorrigble

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incorrigible

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unmanageable, unruly, uncontrollable, incapable of being reformed

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jingoism

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excessive patriotism

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winsome

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coquettish/attractive or alluring

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deign

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to condescend, deem another one worthy in accordance with one's own sense of self-worth

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pestiferous

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deleterious

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dilatory

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intentionally causing a delay, dilly-dallying

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dint

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force, power= puissance. can also mean dent/nick

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dupe

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person who is easily fooled

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mountebank

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a fraud (person)

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sanguine

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optimistic, hopeful, cheerful

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emendation

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to correct and improve

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punctilious

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meticulous, fastidious, etc.

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provender

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fodder; course food for livestock and generally any fuel for human thought and behavior

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pabulum

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any nourishment for animals or plants

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refractory

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incorrigble

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incorrigible

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unmanageable, unruly, uncontrollable, incapable of being reformed

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refractory

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incorrigble

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obdurate

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incorrigble

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incumbent

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pressed or emphatically urged, curently in ofice

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ingenuous noun=ingenuousness

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acting or speakign in a candid manner, naive, unsophisticated, innocent

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ingenious noun=ingenuity

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invective

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peregrinations

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journeys or travels

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laconic

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brief and to the point (unlike taciturn or reticent, which mean not wiling to speak)

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sententious

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laconic

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lugubrious

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dismal, depressing, or mournful usually exagerratedyl so)

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mendicant

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living by begging for money or food

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mendicity or mendicancy

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act of begging

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mordant

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biting or stinging (remark/expression)

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trenchant

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mordant

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pendant

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acrimonious

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nugatory

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futile, worhtless, of no realvalue

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obdurate

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unyielding, stubborn , unmoved by persuaion, especiallywith respect tomoral influence

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recidivistic

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retuning to a life of crime

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odious

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deservign or causing hatred or scorn, detestable, ofensive

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odium

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hatred, loathing, antipathy, obloquy

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pastiche

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assortment or variety

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vaunting

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behavior of an ostentatious person

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opprobrious

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deprecatory, derisive

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prodigious

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adj. for person w/penchant for spending money

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risible

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adj. for person w/penchant for laughing

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perfidy

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intentioanl breach of faith or trust

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insouciance

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diffidence, apathy

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baleful

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eating a bale of hay is deleterious to your health; pernicious

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petulant

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irritable, grumpy, iracsible

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pusillanimous

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cowardly, faint hearted, timid, craven, timorous

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recondite

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difficult to understand, obscure

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refractory

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incorrigble

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obdurate

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incorrigble

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incumbent

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pressed or emphatically urged, curently in ofice

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ingenuous noun=ingenuousness

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acting or speakign in a candid manner, naive, unsophisticated, innocent

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ingenious noun=ingenuity

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invective

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peregrinations

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journeys or travels

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laconic

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brief and to the point (unlike taciturn or reticent, which mean not wiling to speak)

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sententious

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laconic

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lugubrious

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dismal, depressing, or mournful usually exagerratedyl so)

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mendicant

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living by begging for money or food

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mendicity or mendicancy

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act of begging

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mordant

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biting or stinging (remark/expression)

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trenchant

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mordant

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pendant

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acrimonious

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nugatory

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futile, worhtless, of no realvalue

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reconnoiter

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to investigate unknown territory ahead

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risible

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laughable, comical, ludicrous, given to or easily aroused to laughter

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sardonic

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disdainful, contemptuous, scornful

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recalcitrance

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sedition

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contumacy

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sedition

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sedulous

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diligent, persevering, untiring, indefatigable

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assiduous

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untiring, diligent, persevering, unflagging, unremitting

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solicitous

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worried, concerned, anxious, distraught (esp. over the safety and wellbeing of others)

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stentorian

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booming, resonant, thundering

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stultify

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to cause to appear foolish, to impair or to render ineffective or futile

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taciturn

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silent, reserved, uncommunicative

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tacit

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silent

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parity

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tantamount, commensurate, akin, cognate

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tort

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legal term denoting certain non-criminal wrongful acts

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sinuous

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twisting, curving, winding, not direct or straight, serpentine

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travesty

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a comical and ludicrous parody, portrayign something as ridiculous, a debased imtation

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trenchant

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insightful, keen, pentrating

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perspicacious

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perceptive

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turbid

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cloudy, muddy

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turpitude

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depravity, wickednedd

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truculnt

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fierce, cruel, brutal, ferocious

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dissolute

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depraved, wicked, sordid

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venal

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able to be bought, corruptible

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vicissitude

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change or ariation in the course of smthg- esp in circumstance or fortue in life

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vituperate

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scold harshly

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winnow

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separate, scatter, esp sif tout good from bad

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vagility

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innate ability to disperse

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attenuate

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to make somthg pleasant and less severe: serena used aspirin to assuage her pounding headache.

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banal

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predictable, cliched, boring: he sued banal phrases like have a nice day or another day, another dollar.

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chauvinist

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s.o. prejudiced to a group in which he or she belongs: the attitude that men are inherently superior to women an therfore must be obeyed is comon among male chauvinists.

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cogent

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convincing and well-reasoned, "swayed by the cogent argument o the defense, the jury had no choice but to acquit the defendant"

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chicanery

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deception by means of guile and craft "dishonest car salesmen often use chicanery to sell their beat up old cars"

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condone

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to OVERLOO, ignore, disregard, pardon. "some theorists believe that failing to prosecute minor crimes is the same as conding an air of lawlessness"

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credulous

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too trusting, gullible "although som four0year old beleiv int eh Easter buny, only the most credulous nine-year olds beleive in him"

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deference

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respect, courtesy

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desiccate

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to dry thoroughly out. "after a few weeks of lying on the bakign desert's sand, the cow's carcass had become completely desiccated"

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diatribe

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an abusive, condemnatory speech

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diffident

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lackign self confidence "Steve's diffident manner during ht job interview stemmed from his nervous nature and lack of experienc ein hte field"

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dilettante

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someone with an amaturish and superficial interst in a topic. "Jerrys friends were such dilettantes that they seemed to have new jobs or hobbies every week"

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disabuse

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to set right, to free from error. "Galileo's observations disabusd scholars of the notion that the sun revolved around the earth"

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dissemble

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to present a false appearance, to disguise one's real intentions or character

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enervate

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to reduce in strength

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engender

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to bring about, cause, produce. "his fear and hatred of clowns was engendered when he witnessed the death of his father at the hands o a clown"

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exculpate

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to clear from blame, prove innocent

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florid

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excessively decorated or embellished. "th epalace had been deocratedin an excessivel florid style, every surface had been carved and gilded"

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foment

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to arouse or incite. "the protestors tried to foment feeling againdt teh war through their speeches and demonstrations"

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impetuous

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quick to act without thinking. "it is not good for an investment broker to be impetuous, since much thought should be given to all th e possible outcomes"

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inchoate

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not fully formed, disorganized

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ingenuous

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showing innocence or childlike simplicity. "She was so ingenuous that her friends feared that her innocence and trustfulness would be exploited when she visited the big city"

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intransigent

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uncompromising, refusing to be reconciled. "the professor was intransigent on the deadline, insisting that everyone turn the assignment in at the same time"

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malinger

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to eade responsiblity by pretending to be ill. "a common way to avoid the draft was by malingering- pretending to be physically or mentally ill so as to avoid being taken by the army"

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obdurate

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hardened in feeling, resistant to persuasion. "the president was completely obdurate on the issue, no amoun of presuasion would change his mind"

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obsequious

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overly submissive and eager to please. "the obsequious new associate made sure to compliemnt her supervisor's tie and agree with him on every isse"

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occlude

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to stop up, to prevent the passge of "a shadow is thrown acorss the earth's surface during a solar eclipse, when the light frm the sun is occluded by the moon"

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onerous

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troublesome, burdensome, oppressive. "the assignment proved so extensive and difficult that it was onerous to the team asssigned to it"

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opprobrium

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public disgrace. "after the scheme to embezzle the elderly was made public, the treasurer resgend in utter oprobrium"

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paragon

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model of perfection or excellence. She is th paragon of what a judge should be: honest, intelligent, and just.

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precipitate

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to throw violently or bring about abruptly, lacking deliberation. "upon learning that the couple married after knowing each other for only two months, friends and family members excptected such a precipitous marriage to end in divorce"

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prevaricate

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to lie or deviate from the truth. "rather than admit that he overslept again, the amployee prevaricated and claimed that heavy traffic was the reason"

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prodigal

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lavish, wasteful. "the prodigal son quickyl wasted all of his inheritance on a lavish lifestlye devoted to pleasure"

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propitiate

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to conciliate, appease. "teh management propitiated the irate union by agreeing to raise wages for its members"

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quiescent

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motionless. "many animals are quiescent over the winter months, minimizing activity in order to conserve energy"

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rarefy

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to make thinner or sparser.

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specious

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deceptively attractive, seemingly plausible bu fallacious

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vacillate

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to sway physically, to be indecisive. "the customer held up the line as he vacillated between ordering chocolate chip or rocy road ice cream"

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act/ag

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to do, to drive, to force, to lead. agile, agitate, litigate, prodigal, synagogue

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ad/al

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to toward near. adapt, adjacent, address, adhere, advocate, etc.

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al/ali/alter

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another, other. alias, alien, alter ego, allegory, etc.

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am

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love. amateur, enamored, amicable, amity, amenity, etc.

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ante

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before. anterior, antebellum, antediluvian

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apo

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away. apology, apostle, apocolypse, apostacy (deserting ones relgion, beliefs), etc.

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bel

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war. antebellum, belligerent, rebel, etc

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ben/bon

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good. benefit, bonus, bna fide, etc.

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cad/cid

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to fall, happen by chance. accident, conincidence, decadent (decaying), cascade, recidivist, etc.

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cap/cip/cept

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to take, to get. capture, anticipate, susceptible, percipient (discerning), etc.

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propitiate

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to conciliate, appease. "teh management propitiated the irate union by agreeing to raise wages for its members"

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quiescent

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motionless. "many animals are quiescent over the winter months, minimizing activity in order to conserve energy"

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rarefy

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to make thinner or sparser.

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specious

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deceptively attractive, seemingly plausible bu fallacious

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vacillate

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to sway physically, to be indecisive. "the customer held up the line as he vacillated between ordering chocolate chip or rocy road ice cream"

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act/ag

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to do, to drive, to force, to lead. agile, agitate, litigate, prodigal, synagogue

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ad/al

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to toward near. adapt, adjacent, address, adhere, advocate, etc.

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al/ali/alter

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another, other. alias, alien, alter ego, allegory, etc.

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am

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love. amateur, enamored, amicable, amity, amenity, etc.

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ante

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before. anterior, antebellum, antediluvian

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apo

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away. apology, apostle, apocolypse, apostacy (deserting ones relgion, beliefs), etc.

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bel

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war. antebellum, belligerent, rebel, etc

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ben/bon

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good. benefit, bonus, bna fide, etc.

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cad/cid

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to fall, happen by chance. accident, conincidence, decadent (decaying), cascade, recidivist, etc.

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cap/cip/cept

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to take, to get. capture, anticipate, susceptible, percipient (discerning), etc.

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propitiate

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to conciliate, appease. "teh management propitiated the irate union by agreeing to raise wages for its members"

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quiescent

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motionless. "many animals are quiescent over the winter months, minimizing activity in order to conserve energy"

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rarefy

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to make thinner or sparser.

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specious

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deceptively attractive, seemingly plausible bu fallacious

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vacillate

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to sway physically, to be indecisive. "the customer held up the line as he vacillated between ordering chocolate chip or rocy road ice cream"

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act/ag

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to do, to drive, to force, to lead. agile, agitate, litigate, prodigal, synagogue

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ad/al

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to toward near. adapt, adjacent, address, adhere, advocate, etc.

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al/ali/alter

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another, other. alias, alien, alter ego, allegory, etc.

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am

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love. amateur, enamored, amicable, amity, amenity, etc.

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ante

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before. anterior, antebellum, antediluvian

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apo

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away. apology, apostle, apocolypse, apostacy (deserting ones relgion, beliefs), etc.

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bel

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war. antebellum, belligerent, rebel, etc

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ben/bon

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good. benefit, bonus, bna fide, etc.

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cad/cid

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to fall, happen by chance. accident, conincidence, decadent (decaying), cascade, recidivist, etc.

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cap/cip/cept

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to take, to get. capture, anticipate, susceptible, percipient (discerning), etc.

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propitiate

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to conciliate, appease. "teh management propitiated the irate union by agreeing to raise wages for its members"

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quiescent

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motionless. "many animals are quiescent over the winter months, minimizing activity in order to conserve energy"

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rarefy

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to make thinner or sparser.

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specious

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deceptively attractive, seemingly plausible bu fallacious

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vacillate

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to sway physically, to be indecisive. "the customer held up the line as he vacillated between ordering chocolate chip or rocy road ice cream"

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act/ag

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to do, to drive, to force, to lead. agile, agitate, litigate, prodigal, synagogue

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ad/al

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to toward near. adapt, adjacent, address, adhere, advocate, etc.

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al/ali/alter

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another, other. alias, alien, alter ego, allegory, etc.

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am

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love. amateur, enamored, amicable, amity, amenity, etc.

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ante

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before. anterior, antebellum, antediluvian

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apo

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away. apology, apostle, apocolypse, apostacy (deserting ones relgion, beliefs), etc.

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bel

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war. antebellum, belligerent, rebel, etc

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ben/bon

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good. benefit, bonus, bna fide, etc.

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cad/cid

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to fall, happen by chance. accident, conincidence, decadent (decaying), cascade, recidivist, etc.

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cap/cip/cept

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to take, to get. capture, anticipate, susceptible, percipient (discerning), etc.