Sat Level Nine

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bilious

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irritable as if suffering from indigestion

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vilify

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spread negative information about

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nuance

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a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude

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gawk

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look with amazement; look stupidly

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refectory

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a communal dining-hall (usually in a monastery)

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palatial

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suitable for or like a palace

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mincing

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affectedly dainty or refined

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trenchant

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having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect

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emboss

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raise in a relief

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proletarian

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a member of the working class (not necessarily employed)

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careen

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pitching dangerously to one side

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debacle

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a sound defeat

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sycophant

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a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage

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crabbed

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annoyed and irritable

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archetype

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something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies

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cryptic

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of an obscure nature

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penchant

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a strong liking

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bauble

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cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing

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mountebank

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a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes

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fawning

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attempting to win favor by flattery

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hummock

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a small natural hill

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apotheosis

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model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal

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discretionary

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(especially of funds) not earmarked; available for use as needed

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pithy

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concise and full of meaning

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comport

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behave in a certain manner

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checkered

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marked by changeable fortune

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ambrosia

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(classical mythology) the food and drink of the gods; mortals who ate it became immortal

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factious

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dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion)

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disgorge

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cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over

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filch

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make off with belongings of others

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wraith

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a mental representation of some haunting experience

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demonstrable

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capable of being demonstrated or proved

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pertinacious

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stubbornly unyielding

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emend

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make improvements or corrections to

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laggard

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someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind

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loquacious

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full of trivial conversation

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waffle

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pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness

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venial

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easily excused or forgiven

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peon

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a laborer who is obliged to do menial work

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effulgence

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the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light

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lode

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a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks

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fanfare

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a gaudy outward display

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dilettante

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showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish

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pusillanimous

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lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful

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ingrained

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(used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held

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quagmire

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a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot

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reprobation

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severe disapproval

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mannered

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having unnatural mannerisms

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squeamish

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excessively fastidious and easily disgusted

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proclivity

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a natural inclination

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miserly

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(used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity

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vapid

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lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest

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mercurial

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liable to sudden unpredictable change

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perspicuous

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(of language) transparently clear; easily understandable

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nonplus

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be a mystery or bewildering to

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enamor

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attract; cause to be enamored

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hackneyed

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repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

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spate

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(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

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pedagogue

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someone who educates young people

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acme

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the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development

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masticate

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chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth

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sinecure

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an office that involves minimal duties

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indite

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produce a literary work

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emetic

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a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting

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temporize

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draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time

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unimpeachable

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beyond doubt or reproach

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genesis

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a coming into being

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mordant

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harshly ironic or sinister

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smattering

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a small number or amount

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suavity

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the quality of being bland and gracious or ingratiating in manner

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stentorian

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used of the voice

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junket

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a trip taken by an official at public expense

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appurtenance

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a supplementary component that improves capability

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nostrum

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patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable

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immure

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lock up or confine, in or as in a jail

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astringent

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sour or bitter in taste

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unfaltering

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marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable

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tutelage

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attention and management implying responsibility for safety

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testator

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a person who makes a will

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elysian

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being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods

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fulminate

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criticize severely

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fractious

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easily irritated or annoyed

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pummel

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strike, usually with the fist

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manumit

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free from slavery or servitude

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unexceptionable

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completely acceptable; not open to exception or reproach

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triumvirate

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a group of three men responsible for public administration or civil authority

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sybarite

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a person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses

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jibe

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be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics

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magisterial

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offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power

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roseate

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of something having a dusty purplish pink color

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obloquy

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a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions

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hoodwink

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influence by slyness

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striate

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mark with striae or striations

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arrogate

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seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession

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rarefied

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of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style

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chary

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characterized by great caution and wariness

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credo

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any system of principles or beliefs

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superannuated

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too old to be useful

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impolitic

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not politic

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aspersion

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a disparaging remark