More Gre Words

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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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AESTHETIC

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Concerning the appreciation of beauty

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AMALGAMATE

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To combine; to mix together

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ANACHRONISM

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Something out of place in time

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ARBITRATE

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To judge a dispute between two opposing parties

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ARDOR

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Intense and passionate feelings

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ARTICULATE

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Able to speak clearly and expressively

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ATTENUATE

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To reduce in force or degree; to weaken

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AUSTERE

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Severe or stern in appearance; undecorated

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BANAL

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Predictable, cliched, boring

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CANDID

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Impartial and honest in speech

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CASTIGATE

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To punish or criticize harshly

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CAUSTIC

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Biting in wit

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CHICANERY

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Deception by means of craft or guile

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COGENT

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Convincing and well reasoned

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CONDONE

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To overlook, pardon, or disregard

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CONVOLUTED

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Intricate and complicated

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CREDULOUS

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Too trusting; gullible

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CRESCENDO

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Steadily increasing volume or force

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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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DESULTORY

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Jumping from one thing to another; disconnected

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DIATRIBE

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An abusive, condemnatory speech

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DIFFIDENT

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Lacking self-confidence

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DILATORY

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Intended 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 real intentions or character

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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 who is easily deceived

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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 and moving, especially in speech

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EMULATE

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To copy; to try to equal or excel

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ENUMERATE

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To count, list, or itemize

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EQUIVOCATE

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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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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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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/EXONERATE

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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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MALINGER

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To evade responsibility by pretending to be ill

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OBSEQUIOUS

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Overly submissive and eager to please

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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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OCCLUDE

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To stop up; to prevent the passage of

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ONEROUS

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Troublesome and oppressive; burdensome

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OPPROBRIUM

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Public disgrace

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PARAGON

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Model of excellence

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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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TIRADE

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Long, harsh speech or verbal attack

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TORPOR

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Extreme mental and physical sluggishness

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TRANSITORY

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Temporary, lasting a brief time

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VERACITY

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Filled with truth and accuracy

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VERBOSE

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Wordy

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VEX

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To annoy

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DISSONANCE

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Harsh and unpleasant sounding

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DERIDE

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To mock, ridicule, make fun of

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VENERATE

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To respect deeply (adoration, honor)

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INGENUOUS

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Straightforward, open; naive and unsophisticated (showing innocence or childlike simplicity)

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PEDANT

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Someone who shows off learning

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ENGENDER

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To produce, cause, or bring about

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CORROBORATE

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To confirm, verify

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CAPRICIOUS

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Changing one's mind quickly and often

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EPHEMERAL

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lasting a short time; momentary

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ENIGMA

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A puzzle; a mystery

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ASSUAGE

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To make something unpleasant less severe

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PRECIPITATE

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To throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation

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EQUIVOCAL

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Ambiguous

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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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GREGARIOUS

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Outgoing, sociable

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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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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; disorganized

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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 interest or flavor

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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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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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PROLIFERATE

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To increase in number quickly

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PROPITIATE

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To conciiate; to appease

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PRUDENCE

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Wisdom, caution, or restraint

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PUNGENT

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Sharp and irritating to the senses

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QUIESCENT

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Motionless

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RAREFY

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To make thinner or sparser

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REPUDIATE

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To reject the validity of

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RETICENT

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Silent, reserved

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RHETORIC

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Effective writing or speaking

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SOPORIFIC

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Causing sleep or lethargy

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SPECIOUS

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Deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious

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STOLID

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Unemotional; lacking sensitvity

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SUBLIME

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Lofty or grand

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TACIT

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Done without using words

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TACITURN

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Silent, not talkative