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acrimony
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words or behavior filled with harshness, anger, or bitterness
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affable
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friendly, easygoing
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"f"
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avarice
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greed
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nevar lasting urge
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bequeath
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to leave behind or hand down through a will; transmit
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"be"hind
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cocophony
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a collection of sounds or voices that dont blend well; harshness of sound
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capacious
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large; roomy; spacious
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s"pacious"
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choler
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anger
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ang"er"
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deprecate
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disapprove; belittle
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"depre"c"ate
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desultory
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lacking a plan; aimless
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not "de"dicated thus team falls apart.
why? |
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enervate
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to sap the strength; weaken
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weak"en", no "ener"gy
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eulogize
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to praise highly; extol
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e + l, "go"d
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foment
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to stir into action; rouse; incite
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mo"men"tum to strike
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hackneyed
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unoriginal; trite
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banal, platitude
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heed
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to notice; pay attention to
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Diana's beauty
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impetuous
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making quick decisions and taking sudden action; hasty; impulsive
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"imp" is one word
evident in battlefield in terms of orders |
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indigent
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very poor
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parts of india
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innocuous
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harmless; inoffensive
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nn vs ss one word;
match between Turkey and Brazil did not turn into an innocuous ending. |
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jaunty
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lively; perky; sprightly
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juxtapose
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to place side by side, especially for comparison or contrast
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laconic
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quiet; of few words; terse
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was not in a laconic for the night. A lot of chaos occurred.
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lament
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to express sorrow; complain
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people lament verbally at funerals to the unfortunate family of the lost one
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lofty
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of a great height; noble
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The lofty king dominated the Roman realm.
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malign
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to say evil or harmful things about someone; defame; vilify
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when you're angry, you tend to malign people. these words will break feelings.
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myriad
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a large number; many
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nefarious
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extremely evil
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"e" 4 letters
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obviate
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to eliminate the need for something; to make unnecessary
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A peaceful solution would obviate the need to argue and hold grudges for one another.
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onerous
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burdensome; oppressive
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the onerous duties of motherhood
"o" with one and flip "ne" to en 2 |
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parity
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equality or equivalence; balance among a group of rivals
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equilibrium. "p"erfect
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phlegmatic
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calm; unemotional
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A phlegmatic man will usually be more successful than the rest in job atmospheres.
a phlegmatic man at the funeral is unlikely. |
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precocious
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mature at a young age
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A precocious child, she went to university at the age of 15.
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querulous
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constantly complaining
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somewhat similar to lament.
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redolent
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strongly scented; fragrant
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"ent" = aromatic
The mountain air was redolent with the scent of pine needles. |
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salubrious
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promoting health
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He doesn't live in a very salubrious part of town. The air is horrible. They sometimes wear masks to avoid cancer.
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seditious
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trying to incite a revolt against an authority figure
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She was arrested after making a speech that the government considered to be seditious.
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specious
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having a false or misleading appearance; seemingly true, but actually false
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a specious argument, like in political debates
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tangent
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a comment that is off the main topic
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tenuous
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thin; flimsy
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"t" makes one word 4 letters, n -1= m 2nd
We were only able to make a tenuous connection between the two robberies. |
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undulate
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to move in a wavy manner
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undulating waves
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vacuous
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empty; stupid; purposeless
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a vacuous remark/question/expression/smile
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zenith
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the highest point; apex
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adroit
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skillful in the use of hands, or in handling difficult situations
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She became adroit at dealing with difficult questions.
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anathema
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a religious curse, or the thing being cursed
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banal
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boring; trite; insipid
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she just sat there making banal remarks all evening.
hackneyed, platitude |
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bombast
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speech or writing intended to impress the audience; pompous
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a bombastic preacher
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bumptious
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pushy; obnoxiously self-assertive
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convivial
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fond of parties; sociable
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a convivial atmosphere/host
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cupidity
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greed, especially for money
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similar to avarice
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disparate
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different
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"di" makes a word
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distended
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swollen; extended
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efface
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erase
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I will never efface my memories of her.
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endemic
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native to a particular country or among a particular group
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fallacious
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false; misleading
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"Fal" one word 5 letters;
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fulminate
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to explode, either with sound or anger
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I fulminated at her for being late to my freakin competition.
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hiatus
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gap; interruption; a pause
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The company expects to resume production of the vehicle again after a two-month hiatus.
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imbue
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to fill, as with a strong dye or a strong feeling
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I was imbued with sadness when the words were thrown at me.
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incredulous
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unwilling or unable to believe
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I was accepted into Harvard: such an incredulous moment.
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insipid
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dull; flat; without sparkle or flavor
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jubilant
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filled with joy
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languish
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to lose energy or motivation; to become weak or depressed
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After languishing in obscurity for many years, her early novels have recently been rediscovered.
He has been languishing in jail for the past twenty years. The ruling party is languishing in third place in the opinion polls. |
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loath
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reluctant; unwilling
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I'm loath to spend my life in the freakin military and not have a chance to be with Diana.
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loquacious
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talkative
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Sarah is one of these.
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lugubrious
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mournful
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you're like this at funerals
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mellifluous
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smooth; sweetly flowing; sweet-sounding
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melody-like
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neophyte
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beginner; novice
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neo is new thus...
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obdurate
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stubborn; unyielding
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she won't listen and go by the ideal concepts. She is an obdurate person.
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obsequious
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behaving like a meek, spineless servant; subservient; sycophantic
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partisan
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blindly devoted to a cause or organization
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perspicacity
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mental sharpness; keen insight; shrewdness
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sre s + h + r
my perspicacity will put me in the lead when I apply for AFA |
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petulance
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grouchiness
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when you get out of bed you're like this
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repudiate
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to disown; to reject
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I repudiated numerous. I am TAKEN.
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resign
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to give in; to acquiesce; to relinquish
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g -> q 1. other q. 2 3rd g.
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sententious
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short and to the point; terse
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laconic
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spurious
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false; fake; misleading
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I try not to be spurious when I present new philosophy to seniors in ROTC
SPecial not but fake. opposite |
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succor
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help; assistance; relief
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referees in soccer provide succor throughout the game
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tantamount
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equal; comparable
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t = t
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tenacious
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strong; persistent; determined to hold on
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s"t" rong,
marines possess persistence and determination |
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ubiquitous
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existing everywhere at the same time
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u bi here u tou here
you be everywhere lol |
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unerring
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without making a mistake
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kasparov shows an unerring performance as he handles Deep Blue on a 3 hour match.
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vacillate
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to move back and forth between choices; unable to decide
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you move everywhere when you "vac"uum. You don't know which part of the carpet to cover first :0
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wax
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to grow gradually larger
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wax it every other day for 20 min
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acquiescent
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reluctantly agreeable; compliant
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amity
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friendship
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affable
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assuage
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to relieve; to ease; to pacify
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assuage the tension between one another
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blight
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decay; disease; widespread death
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His arrival cast a blight on her wedding day. :(
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capitulate
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to surrender; to yield
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Their forces capitulated five hours after the Allied bombardment of the city began.
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conundrum
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riddle; mystery
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inscrutable
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culpable
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guilty; blameworthy
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deference
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the act of yielding to someone else out of respect
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He treats her with such deference.
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deprecate
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to disapprove; to belittle
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despot
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tyrant
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Hitler was regarded as having been a enlightened despot.
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dilatory
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causing lateness; stalling
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dilatory behaviour on the battlefield will result in loss of allies.
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doleful
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extremely sad
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lugubrious, opposite of jubilant and elated
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elated
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extremely happy; overjoyed
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jubilant
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esoteric
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known to, or understood by, a limited number of people
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arcane
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ethereal
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heavenly; fine; delicately beautiful
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fastidious
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difficult to please
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furtive
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sneaky; secretive
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harbor
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to provide shelter or refuge; to hide
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heresy
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an opinion expressed in defiance of generally accepted ideas
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She committed the heresy of playing a Madonna song on a classical music station.
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inane
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silly; insignificant
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whap quizzes online were not inane. Some of them showed up on the test :)
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indolent
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lazy
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inscrutable
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mysterious
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kinetic
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in motion; active
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ludicrous
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absurd; ridiculous
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the rapper, everything he says he ends up making ludicrous comments. Retarded and unreasonable.
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malediction
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evil speech; curse
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anathema [ somewhat]
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mitigate
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to make less severe; mollify
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It is unclear how to mitigate the inflation in Turkey.
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opine
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to hold or state an opinion
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opportunist
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someone who takes advantage of the situation
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paltry
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worthless; insignificant, petty
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Student grants these days are paltry since they have to pay them so many years later. Companies don't want to deal with it anymore.
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penchant
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a strong liking; attraction
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my penchant for black and pink on diana
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pithy
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to the point; concise
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sententious
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platitude
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dull, trite statement
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hackneyed, banal
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rampant
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unrestrained; widespread
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rampant inflation in Turkey
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reticent
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quiet; uncommunicative
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laconic
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sardonic
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humorous, but humor tinged with sarcasm or disdain; cynical
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showing a lack of respect in a humorous but unkind way, often because you think that you are too important to consider or discuss a matter:
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slough
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to discard; to cast off; to shed
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snakes slough their skin
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subjugate
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to take over; to enslave
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US Resisted Hitler's subjugation.
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truculent
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aggressive; savage; cruel
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truculent teenager
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urchin
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a playful or mischievous youngster; scamp
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upbraid
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to criticize severely; to scold
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She upbraided the uprising governmental reforms in Colombia
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