Regular La Vocabulary

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juggernaut

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N. an over powering force

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chicanery

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N. the use of trickery

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verbatim

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Adj. word for word

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perfunctory

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Adj. lacking interest, care, or enthusiasm, hasty

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digress

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V. to go off topic

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vexatious

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Adj. tending to cause frustration or worry

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presume

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V. to suppose based on probability

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diffident

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Adj. timid, shy, unconfident

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heinous

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Adj. utterly wicked

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evanescent

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Adj. fading away, vanishing

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pariah

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N. social outcast

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fickle

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Adj. changeable in love or affection

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innate

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Adj. inborn

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portentous

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Adj. ominous

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plethora

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N. a large or excessive amount of something

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perjury

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N. false testimony

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glut

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N. a large or excessive amount of something

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prodigal

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Adj. wastefully extravagant

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gumption

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N. initiative, courage

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trifle

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V. to deal with lightly or without due respect

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ubiquitous

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Adj. seemingly everywhere

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pun

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N. play on words

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ambiguous

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Adj. unclear, having more than one possible interpretation

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impetuous

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Adj. impulsive

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unscrupulous

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Adj. unprincipled, dishonest

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transgression

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N. the act of going beyond certain limits

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disingenuous

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Adj. insincere

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acquiesce

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V. to agree

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Loquacious

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Adj. talkative

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beguile

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v. to trick

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fastidious

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adj. exessis particular

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ensue

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v. happen or occur afterward as a result

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candid

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adj. truthful, straight forward

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municipal

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adj. of or related to a city

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philanthorpy

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n. the desire to promote the welfare of others

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misanthropy

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n. dislike of humankind

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pontificate

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v. to speak in a pompous manner

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pompous

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adj . verly self improtant

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gesticulate

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v. to speak using gestures

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gesticulate

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v. to speak using gestures

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vehement

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adj. poassionate; tense

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auspicious

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adj. favotable, promising

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penultimate

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adj. second to last

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trepidation

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n tremulious fear

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composure

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n. the state of feeling calm or in control of oneself

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behoove

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v. to be in one's best intrest

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propitios

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adj. indicating a good chance of success; favorable

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appall

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v. to greatly dismay or horrify

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facetious

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adj. treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor

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effect

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n. the result of a conseuence

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affect

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v. to act upon with resulting consequence

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compliment

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v. politely praise someone for something

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complement

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v. to complete or bring to perfection

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epitome

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n. a typical example of a person or class

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kowtow

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v. to grovel or act servile to

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presevere

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v. continue in a coure of action despite great challenges

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tenacious

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adj. keeping a firm hold on something

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nostalgia

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n. a sentimental longing for the past

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dignity

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n. the quality of being worthy of honor; self-respect

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stealthy

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adj. marked by secrecy, atended to aviod notice

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independent

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adj. thinking or acting for oneself; solo