Top 50 Words - 6/30/2015

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Alacrity

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Eager willingness to do something

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Prosaic

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dull and lack of imagination

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Veracity

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truthfulness

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voracious

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very hungry

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Paucity

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Lack of something

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Maintain

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to assert

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Contrite

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to feel remorse

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Laconic/Reticent

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One who says very few words

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Pugnacious

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Person who likes to aggressively argue about everything

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Disparate

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2 things fundamentally different

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Egregious

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outstandingly bad,shocking

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Innocuous

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harmless

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Candid

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Honest,strightforwrd

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Erratic

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unpredictable (wildly), strange, unconventional

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Bleak

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depressing/dull

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Profuse

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abundant,plentiful

lavish, extravagant

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Contentious

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one who likes to argue (came from contend)

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Equivocate

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One who speaks vaguely with intention to mislead or deceive

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Ambivalent

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having a conflicting emotion

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Sedulous

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doing work diligently or carefully

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Stem

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1. To hold back or to limit the flow or growth of something

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Blinkered

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to have a limited outlook or understanding

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Check

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to stop flow or growth of something

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Checkered

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period of discreditable incidents

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Raft

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a large number of something

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Involved

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complicated, difficult to comprehend

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Retiring

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shy

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Expansive

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communicative

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Moment

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significant,important

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Base

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lower class

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Imbibe

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1. to drink

2. intake knowledge or information

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Inundate

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1. Flood

2. overwhelmed with too many people or things

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Scintillating

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1. gives off spark

2. brilliant and lively

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Benighted

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1. darkness

2. state of ignorence

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Galvanized

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motivate to action

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Hedge

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avoid making a direct statement

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Flush

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turns red (face)

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Fell

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incredibly evil person

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Arch

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deliberately teasing someone

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Beg

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1. beg for money or fortune

2. Avoid a question which may provide unwanted assumption

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Tender

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1. soft

2. to offer something

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Intimate

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to suggest something subtly

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Wanting

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lacking

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Becoming

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nicely

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Fleece

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to decive

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Telling

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significant or stand out

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Wax

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to increase

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Qualify

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to limit (statement or opinion)