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Abase
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lower; humiliate
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Abash
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to embarrass
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Abate
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to lessen
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Abominate
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to loathe; hate
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Abstruse
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profound; difficult to understand
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Accentuate
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to stress; emphasize
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Acclivity
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sharp incline of a hill
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Accolade
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award; honor
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Accost
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to approach and speak to
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Adroit
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skillful
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Adulate
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to flatter and praise so much it's sickening
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Adulterate
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to make impure
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Adumbrate
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to foreshadow by disclosing only partially
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Adverse
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hostile; opposed; unfavorable
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Advocate
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to urge; recommend
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Aesthetic
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artistic; pertaining to a sense of what is beautiful
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Affected
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fake
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Affinity
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attraction
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Affluent
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rich
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Affray
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public brawl
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Agape
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open-mouthed
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Aghast
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horrified
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Agile
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able to move in a quick and easy fashion
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Alacrity
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cheerful promptness
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Alias
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a false name
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Alimentary
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supplying nourishment
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Allay
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to soothe; to make more bearable
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Alleged
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stated without proof
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Alleviate
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to make more bearable
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Allude
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to refer indirectly
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Allusion
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a reference to something
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Altercation
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a violent dispute
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Amass
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to collect to get a bunch of
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Ambulatory
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able to walk
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Ameliorate
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to improve a bad situation
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Amity
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peaceful relations; friendship
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Amok
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freaked out and violently pissed off
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amorphous
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shapeless
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anthropoid
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humanlike
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antipathy
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hatred; aversion; dislike
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Apathetic
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indifferent; showing lack of interest
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Apathy
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indifference; lack of interest
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Apex
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tip; peak; summit; way up there
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Appease
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to soothe; placate
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Arbitrary
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chosen at random or without apparent reason
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Ardor
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heat; passion; zeal
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Askew
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crooked; off to one side
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Assuage
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to ease; pacify
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Astute
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shrewd; wise; observing
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Attribute
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(n.) a characteristic, usually a good one
(v.) to explain by indicating a cause |
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Atypical
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not typical
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Audacity
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boldness
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August
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majestic; awe-inspiring
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Austerity
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severity; strictness
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Averse
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opposed; unwilling
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Avuncular
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a funky word meaning "like an uncle"
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Awry
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twisted; crooked; out of whack; askew; wrong
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Bacchanalian
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orgiastic; like wild drunken revelry
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Baleful
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something that exerts an evil influence or foreshadows evil
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Baneful
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something that really is poisonous or deadly
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Barrister
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lawyer
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Bawdy
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obscene; coarse; humorous
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Beatific
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displaying or imparting joy
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Begrudge
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to envy, to resent
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Beguile
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trick
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Belated
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delayed; late
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Bellicose
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violent; warlike
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Benevolent
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kind
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Berate
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to scold severely
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Bereft
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lacking something needed
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Biennial
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every two years
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blandishment
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flattery
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Blighted
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ruined; destroyed; withered
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Boisterous
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rowdy
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Bombastic
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grandiloquent (wordy, pompous) in speech or writing
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Braggadocio
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cockiness; a braggart
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Brevity
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briefness
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Brusque
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Brief; curt; gruff; discourteous
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Bucolic
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pastoral; typical of farms and rural life
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Bumptious
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self-assertive
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Burgeon
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to grow; sprout; flourish
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Burnish
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to polish
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Cache
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hiding place
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Cacophonous
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sounding discordant; terrible and generally unpleasant to listen to; to the opposite of euphonious
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Cajole
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to coax
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Callous
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unfeeling; unsympathetic
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Calumniate
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to slander
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Calumny
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slander; defamation
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Candor
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frankness; candidness
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Cantankerous
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ill-natured; quarrelsome
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Capacious
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spacious
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Capitulate
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to surrender
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Capricious
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unpredictable; following whim
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Captious
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fault-finding
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Carrion
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rotting flesh
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Castigate
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to punish
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Cathartic
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cleansing; allowing a release of tension or emotion
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Caustic
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burning; characterized by a bitter wit
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Cauterize
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to burn tissue
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Cavil
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to raise unnecessary or trivial objections
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Celerity
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swiftness, speed
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Celibacy
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condition of being celibate
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Celibate
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with out sex; unmarried
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Censor
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(v.) to remove inappropriate stuff
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Censure
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to criticize; blame
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Cerebration
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thought
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Chagrin
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embarrassment
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Chaos
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state of utter confusion
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charlatan
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quack; someone who pretends he`s not
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Chaste
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pure; unspoiled; virginal
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Chicanery
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tricky
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Chimerical
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far out; bizarre; really heady
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Choleric
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hot-tempered; easily made '' hot under the collar''
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Churlish
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boorish; rude
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Ciliated
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having tiny hair
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Circumspect
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prudent; cautious
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Clemency
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mildness of temper - especially leniency toward an enemy or in sentencing a criminal
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Cogent
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clear;logical; well - thought - out
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Cogitate
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to think about deeply and carefully (see RUMINATE)
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Cognizant
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fully informed and aware; conscious
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Comely
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attractive; agreeable
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Comestible
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food
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commensurate
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to sympathize; be miserable together
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Comport
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to behave in particular way
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Compunction
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strong uneasiness caused by guilt (see REMORSE,CONTRITION)
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Concupiscence
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sexual desire; lust; sensuality
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Concurrent
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at the same time
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Congenital
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existing at birth
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Conjecture
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statement made without adequate evidence
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Conjugal
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pertaining to marriage
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Contort
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twist; bend
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Contrition
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remorse; repentance; bitter regret felt owing to wrongdoing
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Controversial
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of, relating to, or causing dispute
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Convoke
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to call together; to cause to assemble
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Corp-
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a root meaning ''body''
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Corporal
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of body; bodily
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Corpulent
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obese; having a fat body
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Corroborate
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to testify in agreement
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Countermand
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to cancel a command
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Covert
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concealed; secret (see)
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Cower
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to quiver; shrink from fear
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Crass
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uncultured
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Credulity
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gullibility
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Crestfallen
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dejected
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crux
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main point; central issue; heart of the matter
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Cull
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to select; weed out
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Cupidity
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greed; avarice
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Dais
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raised platform
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Daunt
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to intimidate; frighten bold, unable to be daunted
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Dauntless
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bold, unable to be daunted
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Dearth
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this word has nothing with the word death. it means scarcity (see PAUCITY)
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Debase
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to lower in quality or value ;adulterate (note the similarity to ABASE)
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Decoy
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a lure or bait
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Defenestration
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the act of throwing something out the window
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Disparage
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to belittle; to reduce in esteem
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Disseminate
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to dispense object, such as seeds, newspapers; to distribute
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Distraught
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anxious; worried; distressed Divers
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Divers
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several
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Diverse
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distinct; varied; differing
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Doleful
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sad; mournful
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Drastic
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serve
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Dynamic
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energetic; vigorous; forceful
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Ebullient
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bubbly; overflowing with excitement
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Edify
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to enlighten; educate
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Educe
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to elicit
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Efface
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to erase; rub out
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Effete
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tired;barren; decadent
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Effigy
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dummy (mannequin), usually for symbolic torturing
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Elation
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exhilaration; joy
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Emaciated
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excessively thin; weak
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Emulate
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to imitate closely
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Epitaph
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memorial text carved on a tombstone
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Epitome
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something that perfectly represents an entire class of things;embodiment (pronounced ''eh-pit-oh-me'')
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Equestrian
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pertaining to horsemanship ' on horseback
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Equipoise
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equality; balance; equilibrium
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Equivocal
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capable of two interpretations
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Erode
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to diminish or destroy by small amounts
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Erudite
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scholarly
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Eschew
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avoid; shun
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Esoteric
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known only by a few people
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Ethereal
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not of the material world
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Eulogy
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praiseful speech at a funeral
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Euphemism
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nice way of saying something unpleasant
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Exact
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On the SAT, the serpent will use the secondary definition of this word , which is: to demand
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Exhume
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to remove from a grave; disinter (see POSTHUMOUS)
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Exigent
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urgent; requiring immediate attention
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Fabricate
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to invent or make up something (often in order to deceive)
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Facet
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side or aspect; face of something (e.g., gemstones)
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Facetious
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joking or jesting
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Fallacious
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false; wrong; incorrect
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Fastidious
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careful about details; impossible to satisfy
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Fatuous
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insane; foolish; fatheaded
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Fawning
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groveling; overly admiring
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Feasible
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workable; plausible; possible
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Fecund
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fertile
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Fervor
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passion
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Fetid
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smelly
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Fictitious
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false; not genuine
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Filch
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to steal
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Flagrant
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deliberately conspicuous; glaring
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Flaunt
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to show off something
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Fluctuation
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irregular variation
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Foible
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weakness, flaw
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Foment
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to stir up; agitate; incite (think:when you stir something up it foams )
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Forbearance
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patience
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Formication
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spontaneous abnormal sensation of ants or other insects running over the skin
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Forte
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strong point (think: forts are strong. pronounced ''fort'' or ''for-tay''
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Frenetic
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frenzied; frantic; freaked out
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Froward
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stubborn (see OBDURATE)
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Frugal
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sparing in expense; stingy; misery
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Fulminate
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to explode; roar; denounce loudly
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Futile
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completely ineffective
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Gainsay
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to deny, dispute; say something against what someone else says
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Garbled
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screwed up
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Garrulous
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very talkative; loquacious
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Genre
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category
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Germane
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relate; appropriate
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Gestate
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to transform and grow, like a baby inside the womb
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Gesticulation
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gesture; signal
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Gibberish
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rapid, incomprehensible, or nonsensical speaking; drivel
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Gibe
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to heckle or mock; to taunt; pick on
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Gloaming
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twilight
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Gossamer
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light, delicate, or insubstantial
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Gourmet
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one who appreciates fine food and drink; epicure; connoisseur
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Grandiose
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excessively impressive; grand
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Graphic
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vivid; explicit
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Gratuitous
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unnecessary or unwarned
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Gregarious
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friendly; outgoing; sociable
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Grimace
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(n.) a twisted facial expression
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Grisly
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gory
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Gibe
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to heckle or mock; to taunt; pick on
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Gloaming
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twilight
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Gossamer
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light, delicate, or insubstantial
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Gourmet
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one who appreciates fine food and drink; epicure; connoisseur
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Grandiose
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excessively impressive; grand
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Graphic
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vivid; explicit
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Gratuitous
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unnecessary or unwarned
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Gregarious
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friendly; outgoing; sociable
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Grimace
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(n.) a twisted facial expression
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Grisly
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gory
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Gruesome
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grisly; gory
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Gruff
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rough or stern in speech or action
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Gullible
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believing anything
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Hackneyed
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overused; trite
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Haggard
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unruly; wild ; wasted; worn
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Hallowed
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holy; sacred
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Harangue
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mean, nasty, angry speech (think:a speech that is so loud it impairs your hearing)
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Harbinger
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forerunner; something that signals the approach of something; omen
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Haughty
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proud; vain; arrogant
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Hedonism
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the philosophy of trying to be happy all the time; a funky state of being in which you do your own thing and don't worry about morality
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Hedonist
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one who follows the philosophy of hedonism
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Heinous
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grossly wicked; vile; odious
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Hierarchy
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social pecking order
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Hirsute
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hairy (pronounced ''her-suit''
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Hoary
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gray and white from age; old
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Homily
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sermonlike speech
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Homonym
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a word that sounds like another word but different meaning
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Iconoclast
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destroyer of tradition
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Ignoble
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not noble
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Ignominious
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characterized by ignominy
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Ignominy
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dishonor; disgrace
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Imbibe
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to drink in; absorb
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Imbue
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to make wet; to saturate; to inspire
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Imminent
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about to occur; impending
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Immutable
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''not changeable''
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Impale
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to pierce with sharp stake or point
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Impasse
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dead end (think: impassable)
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Impassive
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without emotion; expressionless
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Impeccable
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flawless and faultless; not capable
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Impending
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about to take place (see IMMINENT)
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