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ABANDON
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To give up completely; relinquish, forgo, forsake
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The passengers ABANDONED the sinking ship.
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BANAL
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Lacking in freshness, originality, or vigor; commonplace, hackneyed, prosaic, trite, stereotyped, vapid
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The artist was bored by the BANAL remarks of the critics.
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CABAL
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A small group of persons engaged in plotting; junto, faction
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A CABAL or prominent persons united to overthrow the government.
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DEARTH
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Scarcity, few
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A DEARTH of news, brought about by censorship.
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ECCLESIASTIC
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Pertaining to the clergy or the church.
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The Pope is recognized as the ultimate authority in ECCLESIASTIC matters.
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FACADE
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Front or face, especially of a building
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The older buildings have a FACADE of marble.
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GARNISH
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To trim or decorate.
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The chef GARNISHED the dish attractively with greens.
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HAIL
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To greet; accost, salute
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The crowed HAILED the returning hero.
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IDIOSYNCRASY
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A personal peculiarity; eccentricity, foible, mannerisms, crotchet, aberrations, quirk, singularity
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Wearing white was one o f Whistler's IDIOSYNCRASIES.
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JARGON
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Confused, unintelligible talk; special vocabulary used only by members of a group or trade.
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"Variety" is a newspaper written in theatrical JARGON.
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KALEIDOSCOPIC
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Constantly changing or varying in pattern or scenes.
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The top of the Empire State building offers a KALEIDOSCOPIC view of New York.
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LABYRINTH
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A structure or intricate passage out of which it is difficult to find one's way; maze
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The couple spent days trying to find their way out of the LABYRINTH.
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MACHIAVELLIAN
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Sacrificing moral principles in order to obtain power; politically cunning; crafty, unscrupulous.
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The CEO was accused of using MACHIAVELLIAN practices in order to obtain the merger.
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NAUTICAL
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Pertaining to ships or navigation; marine, naval, maritime.
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The sailor was eager to embark on his NAUTICAL career.
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OBDURATE
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Hard-hearted; stubborn; unyielding, inflexible
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The OBDURATE criminal refused to confess.
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PANACEA
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A remedy for all ills; nostrum.
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Scientists and doctors continue to search for a PANACEA.
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QUASH
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To crush; to render void; suppress, extinguish, quell, annul
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The dictator was quick to QUASH the rebellion.
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RACONTEUR
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A skilled storyteller.
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The children were held spellbound by a superb RACONTEUR.
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SACROSANCT
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Very holy; a shrine; consecrated, inviolable, hallowed.
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The relics of saints are SACROSANCT.
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TANGIBLE
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Real, actual; material, veritable, perceptible, substantial
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The skeptic needed TANGIBLE evidence before she could believe.
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UBIQUITOUS
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Existing everywhere; omnipresent, universal.
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The common cold is a UBIQUITOUS complaint.
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VANQUISH
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To subdue or conquer.
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The army VANQUISHED its enemies with heavy losses to both sides.
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WAIVE
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To give up; to do without; relinquish, forgo, forsake
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The daughter WAIVED her rights to her parents estate.
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ZEALOUS
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Full of enthusiasm or eagerness; perfunctory.
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He was a ZEALOUS student, always first to arrive to class.
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ABASH
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To lose self-confidence; to confuse, put to shame; fluster, disconcert, discomfit, discompose
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The senator was ABASHED before the assembled congress when his bill failed to pass.
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