Taylor English Iii List 1-3

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acquisitive

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able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property

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animadversion

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(n.) a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval

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banal

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hackneyed, trite, commonplace, overused

ANTONYM: fresh, new, original

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celerity

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swiftness, rapidity of motion or action

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congeal

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to change from a liquid or solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid

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decry

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(v.) to condemn, express strong disapproval; to officially depreciate

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eschew

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to avoid, shun, keep away from

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eulogy

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(n.) a formal statement of commendation; high praise

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feckless

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lacking in spirit and strength; ineffective, weak; irresponsible, unreliable

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halcyon

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(n.) a legendary bird with the kingfisher; (adj.) of or relating to the halcyon; calm, peaceful; happy, golden; prosperous, affluent

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intransigent

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refusing to compromise; irreconcilable

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maelstrom

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a whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction

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nefarious

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wicked, depraved, devoid of moral standards

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pejorative

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(adj.) tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement, derogatory, deprecatory, belittling

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piquant

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stimulating to the taste or ming; spicy, pungent

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reconnaissance

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a survey made for military purposes; any kind if preliminary inspection or examination

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summarily

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(adv) without delay or formality; briefly, concisely

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temporize

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to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise

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undulate

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to move in waves or with a wavelike motion

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verdant

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green in tint or color; immature in experience or judgement

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arrogate

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to claim or take without a right

SYN: usurp, commandeer

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articulate

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(v.) to pronounce distinctly; to express well in words; to connect by a joint; (adj.) expressed clearly and forcefully

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avid

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desirous of something to a point of greed; intensely eager

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carping

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(adj.) tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way (n.) petty, nagging criticism

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credence

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a belief, mental acceptance

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devious

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straying or wandering from the straight or direct course; done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way

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dissemble

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to disguise or conceal, deliberately give a false impression

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emulate

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to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model

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exhume

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to remove from a grave; to bring to light

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germane

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relevant, appropriate, fitting

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histrionic

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pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial; melodramatic

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invidious

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offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment

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myopic

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nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment

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propinquity

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nearness in place or time; kinship

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propriety

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(n.) the state of being proper, appropriate (pl.) standards of what is proper or socially acceptable

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substantiate

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to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete substantial form to

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suppliant

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(adj.) asking humbly and earnestly (n.) one who makes a request humbly and earnestly, a petitioner, a suitor

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tenable

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capable of being held or defended

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unwonted

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not usual or expected; not in character

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verbiage

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language that is too wordy or inflated in proportion to the sense or content, wordiness; a manner of expression

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accost

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(v.) to approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive way

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belabor

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(v.) to work on excessively; to trash soundly

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brackish

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(adj.) having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink

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cavort

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(v.) to romp or prance around exuberantly; to make merry

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coherent

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(adj.) holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful

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encomium

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(n.) a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute

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evince

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(v.) to display clearly, to make evident, to provoke

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gambit

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(n.) in chess, an opening move that involves risk or sacrifice of a minor piece in order to gain a later advantage; any opening move os this type

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incendiary

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(adj.) deliberately setting or causing fires; designed to start fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion (n.) one who deliberately sets fires, arsonist; one who causes strife

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distraught

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(adj.) very much agitated or upset as a result of emotion or mental conflict

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insatiable

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(adj.) so great or demanding as not to be satisfied

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largesse

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(n.) generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions

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murky

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(adj.) dark and gloomy, obscure; lacking clarity and precision

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overt

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(adj.) open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is readily recognized

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primordial

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(adj.) developed or created at the very beginning; going back to the most ancient times or earliest age; fundamental, basic

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sacrilege

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(n.) improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred

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taciturn

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(adj.) habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little

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talisman

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(n.) an object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers, an amulet, fetish

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utopian

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(adj.) founded upon or involving a visionary view of an ideal world; impractical

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viscous

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(adj.) having a gelatinous or gluey quality; lacking in easy movement or fluidity