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126 Cards in this Set
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deference
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submission or courteous yielding to the opinion,
wishes, or judgment of another; courteous respect, respect |
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altruism
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unselfish concern for the welfare of others selflessness, generosity
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clemency
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a disposition to show mercy especially toward an
offender or enemy, mercy |
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consummate
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complete or perfect in every respect, perfect
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empirical
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relying on or derived from observation or experiment, relying on experience
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inexorable
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not capable of being persuaded by entreaty; relentless, relentless
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proximity
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the state, quality, sense, or fact of being near or next
to; closeness, nearness |
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incipient
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beginning to exist or appear, beginning
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vindictive
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disposed to seek revenge; revengeful, seeking revenge
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fecund
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capable of producing offspring or vegetation; fruitful, fertile
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acumen
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quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or
insight, mental sharpness |
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languish
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to be or become weak or feeble; lose strength or vigor, become weak
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vacillate
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to swing indecisively from one course of action or
opinion to another, be indecisive |
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eminent
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outstanding, as in character or performance;
distinguished, well known |
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mentor
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a wise and trusted counselor or teacher, teacher
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ascetic
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a person who renounces material comforts and leads a
life of austere self-discipline; especially as an act of religious devotion, hermit-like |
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credence
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acceptance as true or valid belief, believability
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trepidation
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a state of alarm or dread; apprehension, fear
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respite
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a usually short interval of rest or relief, period of rest
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resolute
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firm or determined; unwavering, determined
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fervor
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great warmth and intensity of emotion; passion, zeal
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tenacious
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holding or tending to hold persistently to something
such as a point of view, persistent |
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elaborate
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planned or executed with painstaking attention
to numerous parts or details, detailed; thorough |
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malignant
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showing great malevolence; highly injurious;
pernicious; threatening to life, deadly |
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bequeath
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to leave or give (property) by will, leave in will
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abeyance
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the condition of being temporarily set aside,
suspension, temporary pause |
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resignation
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unresisting acceptance of something as
inescapable; submission, reluctance acceptance of situation |
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convivial
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fond of feasting, drinking, and good company,
sociable; merry; festive, festive |
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cognizant
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exhibiting keen instinct and good judgment;
perceptive, perceptive |
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wistful
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full of wishful yearning, yearning
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minuscule
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very small; tiny, very tiny
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munificent
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showing great generosity, very generous
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egotist
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confined in attitude or interest to his own needs
or affairs, self-obsessed person |
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stricture
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a restraint, limit or restriction, restriction
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fetter
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something that serves to restrict; a restraint, restrain
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forbear
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to refrain from; resist, refrain from
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genteel
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refined in manner; well-bred and polite, refined
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permeate
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to spread through or penetrate something, penetrate
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idiosyncrasy
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a physiological or temperamental peculiarity, peculiarity
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pejorative
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a disparaging or belittling word or expression, negative term
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requisite
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required; essential, necessary
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reclusive
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seeking or preferring seclusion or isolation, hermit-like
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mediate
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to resolve or settle (differences) by working with
all the conflicting parties, help settle differences |
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delineate
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to depict in words or gestures; describe, describe accurately
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ignominy
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great personal dishonor or humiliation, deep disgrace
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mendicant
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depending on alms for a living; practicing
begging, beggar |
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neophyte
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a beginner or novice, beginner
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infamous
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having an exceedingly bad reputation;
notoriously wicked, reputation for being bad |
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usurp
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to seize another’s place, authority, or possession
wrongfully, seize wrongfully |
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inaugurate
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to cause to begin, especially officially or formally, begin officially
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gravity
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grave consequence, seriousness, or importance, seriousness
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venerate
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to regard with respect, reverence or heartfelt
deference, revere |
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cognitive
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the process of how we come to know, dealing with knowledge
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contingent
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dependent on conditions or occurrences not yet
established; conditional, dependent |
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distinguish
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to perceive as being different or distinct, tell apart
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tautological
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needless repetition of the same sense in different
words; redundancy, redundant |
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ethereal
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of the celestial spheres; heavenly, heavenly
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benevolent
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characterized by or suggestive of doing good, generous
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furtive
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characterized by stealth; surreptitious, secretive
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pompous
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characterized by excessive self esteem of
exaggerated dignity; pretentious, self-important |
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contempt
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disparaging or haughty disdain as for something
base or unworthy; scorn, reproachful disdain |
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esoteric
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intended for or understood by only a particular
group, peculiar |
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vilify
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to make vicious and defamatory statement about, defame
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segregate
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to separate or isolate from others or from a main
body or group, keep apart |
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deplete
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to decrease the fullness of; use up or empty out, reduce by use
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clandestine
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kept or done in secret, often in order to conceal
an illicit or improper purpose, secret |
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covert
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not openly practiced; avowed, engaged in,
accumulated or shown, secret |
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insurgent
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rising in revolt against civil authority or a
government in power; rebellious, rebel |
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hegemony
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the predominately influential group, leadership
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salutary
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favorable to health; wholesome, healthful
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specious
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having the ring of truth or plausibility but
actually fallacious ,deceptively plausible |
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mandatory
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required or commanded by authority; obligatory, necessary
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egalitarian
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affirming; promoting or characterized by belief
in equal political, economic, social, and civil rights for all people, believing in social equality |
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aberration
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a deviation from the proper or expected course, deviation
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animosity
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bitter hostility or open enmity; active hatred, resentment
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remorse
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moral anguish arising from repentance for past
misdeeds; bitter regret, regret |
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amorous
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being in love; enamored, feeling love
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catharsis
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a release of emotional tensions after an
overwhelming experience that restores or refreshes the spirit, relieving purification |
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sensuous
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appealing to or gratifying the senses, delighting the senses
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abnegate
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sacrifice of one’s own desires or interests, renounce
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torpor
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a state of mental or physical inactivity or
insensibility; lethargy, apathy, lethargy |
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disparage
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to speak of in a slighting way; belittle, belittle
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hierarchy
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categorization of a group of people according to power
or status, pecking order |
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anomaly
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deviation or departure from the normal or common
order, form, or rule, deviation |
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agrarian
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relating to or concerning the land and its ownership;
cultivation and tenure, relating to land |
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arbitrate
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settle the issue between parties engaged in a dispute, weigh opposing views
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pernicious
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tending to cause death or serious injury, deadly
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reticent
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inclined to keep one’s thoughts, feelings, and personal
affairs to oneself; restrained or reserved in style, restrained |
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apocryphal
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of questionable authorship or authenticity, of dubious authenticity
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aristocratic
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member of hereditary ruling class; nobility, of noble birth
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awry
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away from correct course; amiss, off course
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blatant
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unpleasantly loud and noisy, offensively noisy
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spurious
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lacking authenticity or validity in essence or origin; not
genuine, false, false |
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domestic
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of or relating to the family or household, of the household
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amnesty
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a general pardon granted by a government, especially
for political offenses, official pardon |
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congenial
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suited to one’s needs or nature; agreeable, agreeable; suited
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anguish
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agonizing physical or mental pain; torment, agonizing pain
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abridge
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to cut short; curtail, shorten
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curtail
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to cut short; abbreviate, shorten
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flagrant
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conspicuously bad, offensive or reprehensible, shocking; outstandingly
bad |
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abstract
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not applied or practical; theoretical, theoretical
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alacrity
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cheerful willingness; eagerness, cheerful eagerness
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acrid
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unpleasantly sharp, pungent, or bitter to the taste or
smell, sharp |
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amorphous
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lacking definite form; shapeless, shapeless
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antecedent
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a preceding occurrence, cause or event, what went before
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pensive
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suggestive or expressive of melancholy thoughtfulness, thoughtful and sad
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incantation
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ritual recitation of verbal charms or spells to produce a
magic effect, chant |
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acute
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keenly perceptive or discerning; penetrating, shrewd
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cadence
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the measure or beat of movement as in dancing or
marching, rhythm |
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proficient
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having or marked by an advanced degree of
competence as in an art vocation, profession, or branch of learning, thoroughly competent |
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dissipate
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to attenuate to or almost to the point of disappearing, thin out
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tenet
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an opinion, doctrine, or principle held as being true by
a person or especially by an organization, shared principle |
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garrulous
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given to excessive and often trivial or rambling talk;
tiresomely talkative, chatty |
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husbandry
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careful management or conservation of resources;
economy, thrifty management of resources |
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ostentatious
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characterized by or given to boastful showiness;
pretentious, showing off |
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apotheosis
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an exalted or glorified example, the perfect example
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astute
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having or showing shrewdness and discernment,
especially with respect to one’s own concerns, shrewd |
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flaunt
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to exhibit ostentatiously or shamelessly, show off
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bucolic
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of or characteristic of the countryside or its people;
rustic, charmingly rural |
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sanguine
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cheerfully confident; optimistic, cheerful
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exhaustive
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treating all parts or aspects without omission, thorough
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replenish
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to fill or make complete again; add a new stock or
supply to, fill again |
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adulation
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to praise or admire excessively; fawn on, admiration
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succumb
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to submit to an overpowering force or yield to an
overwhelming desire; give up or give in, yield |
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covet
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feel immoderate desire for that which is another’s, wish for enviously
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epithet
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an abusive or contemptuous word or phrase, disparaging term
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