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Anomaly
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Deviation From what is Normal
Albino animals may display too great an ANOMALY in their coloring to attract normally colored mates |
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Assuage
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To make something unpleasant less sever
Serena used aspirin to ASSUAGE her pounding headache. |
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Enigma
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A puzzle; A mystery
Speaking in riddles and dressed in old robes, the artist gained a reputation as something of an ENIGMA. |
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Equivocal
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To use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead
When faced with criticism of his policies, the politician EQUIVOCATED and left all parties thinking she agreed with them |
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Erudite
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Learned, Scholarly, bookish
The annual meeting of Philosophy professors was a gathering of the most ERUDITE, well-published individuals in the field. |
