Sat Vocabulary

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abrogate

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abolish, repeal, nullify

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aggregate

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collection of things; sum total

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ameliorate

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to make better or more tolerable

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anachronistic

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out of place in time or history

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ancillary

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subordinate; assisting

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apostate

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one who deserts their professed principles or faith

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apotheosis

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elevation to divine status; the perfect example of something

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ascetic

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hermitlike; practicing self-denial

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augury

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a (good) omen

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auspices

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protection, support, sponsorship

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belie

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to give a false impression; to contradict

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bequest

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something lfet to someone in a will

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cabal

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group of conspirators; clique

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calipers

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pinching instrument used to determine thickness of objects, distances between surfaces

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canvass

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to campaign; to seek or solicit orders or votes

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capacitor

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device that stores energy

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captious

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ill-natured, quarrelsome

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cavil

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to quibble; to raise trivial objections

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chicanery

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trickery, deceitfulness, artifice

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cogitate

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to ponder or meditate

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conscript

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enlisted, drafted, enrolled

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coterie

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group of close associates; circle of friends

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dearth

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shortage or scarcity of something

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demagogue

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rabble-rouser, leader of the people

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demography

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statistical study of characteristics of population

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discomfit

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to frustrate or confuse

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diurnal

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daily, during the day

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draconian

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severe, harsh, cruel

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effigy

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likeness of a person, usually used to express hatred

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egregious

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extremely bad, flagrant

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endemic

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native, restricted to one area

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etymology

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study of words and their meanings

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euphonious

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melodious

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evince

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to prove

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execrate

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to curse, denounce

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expiate

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to make amends, to atone

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facile

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fluent, superficially skillful

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germane

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relevant

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goldbrick

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to swindle; a swindle

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halcyon

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peaceful, serene, carefree

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hegemony

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leadership (of one nation over another)

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hermetic

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airtight, impervious to external influence

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hubris

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excessive pride

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importune

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to beg, urge, or insist persistently

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inchoate

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incomplete

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ineffable

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incapable of being expressed or described

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jejune

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lacking maturity or significance; irrelevant

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jettison

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to throw or cast off

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lambaste

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to assault violently with words

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lexicon

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a glossary or dictionary

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liniment

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a medicinal liquid or salve for rubbing on skin

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lugubrious

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exaggeratedly mournful

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mendacious

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lying, dishonest

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misanthrope

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one who hates people

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moribund

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dying

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neologism

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new word or phrase; a new usage of a word or phrase

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neophyte

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novice, beginner

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obdurate

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stubborn, insensitive, unyielding

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obsequious

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fawning, subservient

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odometer

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measure of miles traveled

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palliative

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something providing temporary relif without getting rid of the problem

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panacea

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something that cures everything

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peccadillo

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minor offense or error

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penurious

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stingy, poor, miserly

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pernicious

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deadly, very evil

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perquisite

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a privilige that accompanies a job

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philistine

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a smugly ignorant person with no appreciation for intellectual or artistic matters

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polemic

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powerful argument to attack/refute a controversial issue

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predilection

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natural preference for something

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prescient

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knowing things before they exist/happen

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profligate

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very wasteful; wildly immoral

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promulgate

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to publicly or formally declare something

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quiescent

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motionless; still; at rest

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quotidian

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daily; everyday; ordinary

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recidivism

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the act of repeating an offense

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redolent

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fragrant

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retrenchment

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cutting down or off; reduction

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rhetoric

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the study or art of using language well; the use of undue exaggeration

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sanguine

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cheerful, optimistic

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saturnine

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gloomy, taciturn

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semantic

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pertaining to the meaning of words/symbols

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semaphore

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a system of signalling, usually with flags

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specious

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deceptively plausible or attractice; misleading

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supercilious

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haughty, patronizing

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tenable

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valid, capable of being argued successfully

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truculent

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fierce, cruel, savagely brutal

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ignominious

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humiliating

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salient

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most important

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unctuous

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fatty, oily

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fatuous

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stupid, childish

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fecund

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fertile

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viscous

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thick, gooey

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calumny

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lies

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battery

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set or series

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subsist

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survive

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obstreperous

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unruly

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officious

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impertinent

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efficacious

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effective

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scurrilous

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vulgar, offensive

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mawkwish

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overemotional

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nominal

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small, insignificant

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deluge

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to overwhelm; to swamp

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legerdemain

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trick, slight of hand

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imputing

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accusing or blaming

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onerous

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difficult

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abnegation

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self-denial

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accolade

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praise, compliment

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accretion

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buildup

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pathology

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irregularity, abnormality

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mercurial

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inconstant, changing

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seminal

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formative, decisive

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pathos

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sadness

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tractable

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obedient

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blandishments

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flattering words

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vicissitudes

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events, circumstances

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licentious

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immoral

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abscond

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run away

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paucity

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lack or small amount of

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redoubtable

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fearsome, mighty

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pellucid

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very clear and easy to understand

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abstruse

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puzzling

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iniquity

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sin, evil

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inimical

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hostile

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emollient

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something physically soothing

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rococo

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excessively ornate

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potables

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drinks

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commensurate

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appropriate, matching

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trenchant

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effective, articulate

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vituperate

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to yell at

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dilatory

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meant to delay or slow down

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reprobate

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immoral, corrupt

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probity

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goodness

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intransigent

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stubborn, inflexible

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inveterate

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confirmed

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invective

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criticism, attack

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conflagration

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fire, blaze

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proscribe

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forbid, surpress

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consign

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commit

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dissemble

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stall, evade

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turpitude

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immorality, baseness

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assiduous

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diligent, persevering

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adumbrate

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to sketch out vaguely

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impetus

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driving force