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165 Cards in this Set
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ABASE
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TO HUMBLE OR DISGRACE
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ABJURE
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PROMISE OR SWEAR TO GIVE UP
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ABNEGATE
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TO DENY OR RENOUNCE
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ADVENTITIOUS
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ACCIDENTAL, CASUAL He found this adventitious meeting withhis friend extremely fortunate.
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ARROGATE
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TO ASSUME, OR CLAIM AS ONE'S OWN; TO TAKE OVER WITHOUT DUECAUSE..to make undue claims to, from vanity or baseless pretensions to right or merit; as, the pope arrogated dominion overkings.
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BALK
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FOIL
To stop short and refuse to go on: The horse balked at the jump.To refuse obstinately or abruptly: She balked at the very idea of compromise. |
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BILK
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FRUSTRATE OR DISAPPOINT; TO DECEIVE OR DEFRAUD..
TO ELUDE |
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BLUSTER
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BOAST OR MAKE THREATS LOUDLY
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BROCADE
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RICH, FIGURED FABRIC
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BROMIDE
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A DULL PERSON OR IDEA
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CADGE
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TO BEG, TO GET BY BEGGIN
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COFFER
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STRONGBOX, CHEST FOR MONEY
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CONSEQUENTIAL
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POMPOUS, SELF IMPORTANT
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CONSTRUE
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TO EXPLAIN OR INTERPRET
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CONTUMACIOUS
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DISOBEDIENT; RESISTING AUTHORITY The contumacious mobshouted defiantly at the police.
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CURMUDGEON
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CRANKY PERSON
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DEBAUCH
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TO CORRUPT, SEDUCE FROM VIRTUE OR DUTY, INDULGE
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DEMUR
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TO QUESTION OR OPPOSE
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DOCKET
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Calender of court cases.A brief entry of the court proceedings. The book containing such entries. A summary of a document A list of things to be done.directions for assembling or operating.
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DUDGEON
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ANGRY INDIGNATION Higgins was so frustrated by such a basic error that he stormed out of the arena for the mid-session intervalin high dudgeon.
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ECUMENICAL
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ENCOMPASSING A WIDE VARIETY OF FAITHS OR BELIEFS, OFTEN IN REFERENCET O RELIGION.. (AFFECTED OR EXAGGERATED EARNESTNESS,ESPECIALLY IN CHOICE AND USE OF LANGUAGE.)
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EDACIOUS
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VORACIOUS, DEVOURING devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"
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EFFECTUAL
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EFFICIENT
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EFFETE
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DEPLETED OF VITALITYb
MARKED BY SELF-INDULGENCE,TRIVIALITY, OR DECADENCE, OVERREFINED;EFFEMINATE. |
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ELEEMOSYNARY
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PERTAINING TO CHARITY; CHARITABLE.
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EQUABLE
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STEADY, REGULAR
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ESURIENT
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HUNGRY, GREEDY
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ETIOLOGY
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THE STUDY OF CAUSES
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EVINCE
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TO SHOW CLEARLY
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EXIGUOUS
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SMALL, MINUTE
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PHARISICAL
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HYPOCRITICALLY SELF-RIGHTEOUS AND CONDEMNATORY, SANCTIMONIOUS
making a show of religion without the spirit of it |
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PITTANCE
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MEAGER AMOUNT OR WAGE
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PLANGENT
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POUNDING, THUNDERING, RESOUNDING, WAILING SOUND
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PLEBIAN
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CRUDE, LOWER-CLASS, VULGAR
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PONTIFICATE
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TO SPEAK IN A PRETENTIOUS MANNER
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PREDICATE
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TO FOUND OR BASE ON
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PRIVATION
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LACK OF USUAL NECESSETIES OR COMFORTS
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PROPOUND
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TO OFFER FOR CONSIDERATION; TO EXHIBIT (PROPOUND AN ARGUMENT)
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QUALIFY
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TO LIMIT he qualified the harshness of his criticisms by smiling as he said them
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QUIXOTIC
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GENEROUS, UNSELFISH
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QUIZZICAL
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BANTERING, COMICAL, HUMOROUSLY SERIOUS
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PROGENITOR
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A direct ancestor. An originator of a line of descent; a precursor. An originator; (ex: of the new music)
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PONDEROUS
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Having great weight. Unwieldy from weight or bulk. Lacking grace or fluency; labored and dull: a ponderous speech.
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ALOOF
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Without sympathy; unfavorably.
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INDIGNANT
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WRATHFUL; passionate; irate; feeling wrath, as when a person is exasperated by unworthy or unjust treatment, by a mean action, or by a degrading accusation.
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IDEOLOGUE
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An advocate of a particular ideology, especially an official exponent of that ideology.
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SIGNAL (adj)
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Notably out of the ordinary: "a signal feat."
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REBARBATIVE
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IRRITATING, REPELLANT
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REBUFF
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BLUNT REJECTION an abrupt setback to progress or action.
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RELEGATE
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TO FORCIBLY ASSIGN, ESP. TO A LOWER PLACE OR POSITION
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RENITENT
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RESISTING PRESSURE, OBSTINATE
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REPUDIATE
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DISOWN, REFUSE TO ACCEPT OR PAY the psychic repudiated her claims when it became obvious her client had not won the lottery To reject the validity or authority of: Chaucer... not only came to doubt the worth of his extraordinary body of work, but repudiated it (Joyce Carol Oates). To reject emphatically as unfounded,untrue, or unjust: repudiatedthe accusation. To refuse to recognizeor pay: repudiate a debt. To disown (a child, for example). To refuse to have any dealings with.
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SANCTIMONY
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SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS, HYPOCRITICAL, WITH FALSE PIETY
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SEPULCHRAL
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TYPICAL OF A PLACE OF BURIAL
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SLATE
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PROPOSE; CRITICIZE
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SOLECISM
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GRAMMATICAL MISTAKE
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SOLIPCISM
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BELIEF THAT THE SELF IS THE ONLY TRUE REALITY
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STRICTURE
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SOMETHING THAT RESTRAINS, NEGATIVE CRITICISM
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STULTIFY
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TO IMPAIR OR REDUCE TO USELESSNESSTo cause to appear stupid, inconsistent, or ridiculous. Law. To allege or prove insane and so not legally responsible.
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SUBLIMATE
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TO REPRESS IMPULSESTo divert the energy associated with (an unacceptable impulse ordrive) into a personally and socially acceptable activity.
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SUBVERSIVE
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TENDING TO OVERTHROW OR RUIN
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SUBVERT
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TO UNDERMINE OR CORRUPT
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SUPEREROGATORY
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NONESSENTIAL
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TOUT
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TO SOLICIT CUSTOMERS, VOTES, OR PATRONAGE, ESPECIALLY IN A BRAZENWAY
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UNEXCEPTIONABLE
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ENTIRELY ACCEPTABLE; NOT OFFERING ANY BASIS FOR CRITICISM
"a judge's ethics should be unexceptionable" (*UNEXCEPTIONAL: run-of-the-mill) |
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UNINITIATED
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NOT FAMILIAR WITH AN AREA OF STUDY
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UNTOWARD
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UNFORTUNATE, INCONVENIENT, UNRULY, UNSEEMLY, TROUBLESOME
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UPSHOT
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OUTCOME; FINAL RESULT
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VICISSITUDE
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MALLEABLE/CHANGEABLECHANGE (FROM GOOD TO BAD); CHANGE OF FORTUNE, UPS AND DOWNS
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WRANGLE
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LOUD QUARREL
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FACTITIOUS
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ARTIFICIAL; SHAM
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FEY
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OTHERWORLDLY, DOOMED, APPROACHING DEATH, UNDER A SPELLCRAZY,CLAIRVOYANT
FAY: fairylike, magical |
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FINICAL
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TOO FUSSY ABOUT FOOD, CLOTHING, ETC.
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FLIP
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SARCASTIC, IMPERTINENT flip remarks
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FOMENT
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TO NURSE TO LIFE OR ACTIVITY; TO ENCOURAGE..(INSTIGATE) Cynical politicians may even foment conflicts among groups to advancetheirown power.
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FORFEND
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DEFENDTO AVERT, PREVENT, WARD OFF(TO FORBID)
"If one of us is missing, heaven forfend, then the king's forces are diminished" |
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FROWARD
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INTRACTABLE, NOT WILLING TO YIELD OR COMPLY, STUBBORN the froward mule wouldnt budge
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FROWZY
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SLOVENLY; UNKEMPT; DIRTY
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GALL
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BITTERNESS of feeling.RANCOR Something bitter to endure: "the gall of defeat." OUTRAGEOUS INSOLENCE; effrontery. TO CHAFE. TO VEX OR IRRITATE: "It galled me to have to wait outside."
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IMMATERIAL
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EXTRANEOUS, INCONSEQUENTIAL, NONESSENTIAL
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IMPERTINENT
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NOT TO THE POINT, IRRELEVANT, INAPPLICABLE; TRIFLING; FRIVOLOUS; NOT GOOD MANNERS.. impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup. "mentioned several impertinent facts before comingto thepoint"
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INDENTURE
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BOUND TO ANOTHER BY CONTRACT
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INDICT
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TO ACCUSE FORMALLY
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INSENSIBLE
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UNAWARE
UNCONCIOUS INDIFFERENT- NOT EMOTIONALLY RESPONSIVEIMPERCEPTABLE: "an insensible change in temperature." VERY SMALL OR GRADUAL |
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INSOLUBLE
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INSOLVABLE, DIFFUCULT TO SOLVE OR EXPLAIN "in soluble riddles"
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INSOUCIANT
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UNCONCERNED, CAREFREE, NONCHALANT
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INTERDICT
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PROHIBIT, FORBID, BAN
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INELUCTABLE
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CERTAIN, INEVITABLE
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INEXORABLE
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RELENTLESS, UNYIELDING, IMPLACABLE
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INORDINATE
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UNRESTRAINED; EXCESSIVE
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INSCRUTABLE
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INCAPABLE OF BEING DISCOVERED OR UNDERSTOOD
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INVESTITURE
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CEREMONY CONFERRING AUTHORITY (ANT: DIVESTITURE)
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LAGNIAPPE
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TRIFLING PRESENT GIVEN TO A CUSTOMER, AN UNEXPECTED BENEFIT(ALSO CALLED A "BOOT")
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LIBEL
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STATEMENT THAT DAMAGES REPUTAION
A SATIRE a false publication, as in writing,print, signs, or pictures, thatdamages a person's reputation. written statement of a plaintiff's complaints |
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LIMPID
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CLEAR AND SIMPLE, SERENE, TRANSPARENT, UNTROUBLED
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LINIMENT
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MEDICINAL LIQUID USED TO EASE PAIN
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LUBRICIOUS
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LEWD, WANTON, GREASY, SLIPPERY
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LUCUBRATE
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WRITE IN A SCHOLARLY FASHION
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MILITATE
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TO HAVE WEIGHT OR INFLUENCE ON, TO WORK AGAINST, TO ARGUE (AGAINST) the presidents advisorswarnedhim that the volatility of the situation militated againstany rash action
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NETTLE
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TO IRRITATE, STING, VEX
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NICE
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1) SCRUPULOUS/HARD TO PLEASE OVERDELICATE OR FASTIDUOUS, FUSSY
2)PRECISE, SENSITIVE TO SUBTLENESS a nice distinction; a nice sense of style. 3) WANTON |
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NONPLUSSED
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AT A TOTAL LOSS OF WHAT TO SAY OR DO
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OBLOQUY
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ABUSIVELY DETRACTIVE LANGUAGE, SHARP CRITICISM, ILL REPUTE
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OBSEQUY
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FUNERAL CEREMONY
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ONTOLOGY
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THEORY ABOUT THE NATURE OF EXISTANCE
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OROTUND
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POMPOUS
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OVERWEENING
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PRESUMPTUOUSLY ARROGANT, OVERBEARING, IMMODERATE (overweening ambition), BEING A JERK
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PALAVER
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IDLE TALK
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PECULATION
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THEFT OF MONEY OR GOODS
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PERTINACIOUS
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PERSISTANT, STUBBORN
"all the king's horses and all the king's men could not change that pertinacious little mind." |
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PERCIPIENT
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DISCERNING, ABLE TO PERCIEVE
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PHILOLOGY
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THE STUDY OF WORDS
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WANTON
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IMMORAL
LEWD CRUEL, MERCILESS MALICIOUS AND CAPRICOUS UNRESTRAINED EXCESSIVENESS: wanton extravagance; wanton depletion of oil reserves. LUXURIANT, OVERABUNDANT: wanton tresses. FROLICSOME, PLAYFUL UNDISCIPLINED, SPOILED |
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LUXURIATE
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To take luxurious pleasure; indulge oneself.
To proliferate. To grow profusely; thrive. |
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FOPPISH
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VAIN
FOP: A man who is preoccupied with and often vain about his clothes and manners; a dandy. |
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ETYMOLOGY
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the study of word origins
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REMISS
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negligent
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AGNATE
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pertaining to the father's side
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EPISTEMOLOGY
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the study of the nature of knowledge
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LANGUISH
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to lose strength, be neglected, live in miserable conditions
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JAUNDICE
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to distort or be predujiced due to envy
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REBUKE
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to reprove, scold
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SCIOLISM
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superficial knowledge
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PRIVY
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private/secret
Made a participant in knowledge of something private or secret: "was privy to classified information." |
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OBLATION
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a sacrifice
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COUCH
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to express, using words of a certain kind
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APPROBATE
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to sanction, to authorize
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MANIFEST
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OBVIOUS
TO PROVE BEYOND DOUBT "her pregnancy was made manifest by the blue line" list of cargo or passengers |
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COUCH
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to express, using words of a certain kind
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ADJURE
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to urge solemnly
(don't confuse with abjure) |
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ADDUCE
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to offer as example or proof
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PANACHE
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flair
a group of feathers |
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WATERSHED
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the point at which significant change occurs
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PERQUISITE
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a birthright
a gratuity |
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REPROACH
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to criticize
to bring shame on (n) blame or disgrace |
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SCURRILOUS
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ABUSIVE AND INSULTING
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OPPUGN
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to attack or contradict
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LITURGY
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a ritual
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PRIGGISH
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ARROGANT
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EXPOSTULATE
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to try to dissuade someone through reason
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LITANY
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a repeated series
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TEMPORAL
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SHORT-LIVED
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SUBORN
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to persuade someone to break the law
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PATRICIAN
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NOBILITY
ONE WITH REFINED TASTES AND MANNERS |
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STILTED
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stiff, artificially formal
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PAREGORIC
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soothing
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LASSITUDE
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weariness or indifference
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PARAGON
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a large unflawed diamond
the best example |
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VITUPERATE
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to scold with abusive language
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ELEGY
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mournful song or poem
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PHILISTINE
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an unrefined, crude person
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LISTLESS
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lacking energy or desire
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PREROGATIVE
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SUPERIOR ADVANTAGE
EXCLUSIVE PRIVLEDGE |
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SONOROUS
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pertaining to pompous language
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CAD
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an immoral person
A man whose behavior is unprincipled or dishonorable. |
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QUIZZICAL
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Suggesting puzzlement
Teasing; mocking: Eccentric; odd. |
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RAKE
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An immoral or dissolute person; a libertine
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OCHLOCRACY
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Government by the masses; mob rule.
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PETTIFOGGING
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deceit and trickery
Paltry; quibbling; mean. to do petty business (as a lawyer) |
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VAINGLORY
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excessive pride
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BRIGAND
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lawless fellow
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CALVALCADE
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PROCESSION ON HORSEBACK
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WINSOME
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CHEERFUL
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MAWKISH
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overly sentimental
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MALPROPISM
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misuse of a word with humorous consequences
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