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194 Cards in this Set
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to reduce in amount, degree, or severity
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ABATE
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to leave secretly
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ABSCOND
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to choose not to do something
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ABSTAIN
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an extremely deep hole
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ABYSS
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to make impure
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ADULTERATE
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to speak in favor of
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ADVOCATE
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concerning the appreciation of beauty
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AESTHETIC
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to increase in power, influence, and reputation
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AGGRANDIZE
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to make more bearable
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ALLEVIATE
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to combine; to mix together
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AMALGAMATE
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doubtful or uncertain; able to be interpreted several ways
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AMBIGUOUS
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to make better; to improve
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AMELIORATE
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something out of place in time
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ANACHRONISM
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similar or alike in some ways; equivalent to
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ANALOGOUS
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deviation from what is normal
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ANOMALY
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to annoy or provoke to anger
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ANTAGONIZE
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extreme dislike
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ANTIPATHY
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lack of interest or emotion
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APATHY
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to judge a dispute between two opposing parties
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ARBITRATE
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ancient, old-fashioned
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ARCHAIC
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intense and passionate feeling
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ARDOR
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able to speak clearly and expressively
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ARTICULATE
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to make something unpleasant less severe
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ASSUAGE
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to reduce in force or degree; to weaken
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ATtENUATE
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fearless and daring
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AUDACIOUS
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severe or stern in appearance; undecorated
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AUSTERE
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predictable, cliched, boring
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BANAL
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to support; to prop up
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BOLSTER
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pompous in speech and manner
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BOMBASTIC
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harsh, jarring noise
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CACOPHONY
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impartial and honest in speech
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CANDID
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changing one's mind quickly and often
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CAPRICIOUS
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to punish or criticize harshly
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CASTIGATE
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something that brings about a change in something else
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CATALYST
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biting in wit
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CAUSTIC
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great disorder or confusion
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CHAOS
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someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which he or she belongs
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CHAUVINIST
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deception by means of cragt or guile
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CHICANERY
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ocnvincing and well reasoned
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COGENT
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to overlook, pardon, or disregard
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CONDONE
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intricate and complicated
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CONVOLUTED
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to provide supportiing evidence
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CORROBORATE
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too trusting; gullible
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CREDULOUS
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steadily increasing volume or force
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CRESCENDO
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appropriateness of behavior or conduct; propriety
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DECORUM
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to annoy or provoke to anger
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ANTAGONIZE
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extreme dislike
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ANTIPATHY
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lack of interest or emotion
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APATHY
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to judge a dispute between two opposing parties
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ARBITRATE
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ancient, old-fashioned
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ARCHAIC
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intense and passionate feeling
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ARDOR
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able to speak clearly and expressively
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ARTICULATE
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to make something unpleasant less severe
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ASSUAGE
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to reduce in force or degree; to weaken
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ATtENUATE
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fearless and daring
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AUDACIOUS
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severe or stern in appearance; undecorated
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AUSTERE
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predictable, cliched, boring
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BANAL
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to support; to prop up
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BOLSTER
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pompous in speech and manner
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BOMBASTIC
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harsh, jarring noise
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CACOPHONY
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respect, courtesy
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DEFERENCE
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to speak of or treat with contempt; to mock
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DERIDE
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to dry out thoroughly
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DESICCATE
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jumping form one thing to another; disconnected
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DESULTORY
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an abusive, condemnatory speech
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DIATRIBE
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lacking, self confidence
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DIFFIDENT
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to make larger; to expand
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DILATE
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intended to delay
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DILATORY
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someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic
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DILETTANTE
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a funeral hymn or mournful speech
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DIRGE
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to set right; to free from error
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DISABUSE
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to percieve; to recognize
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DISCERN
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fundamentally different; entirely unlike
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DISPARATE
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to present a false appearance; to disguise one;s real intentions or character
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DISSEMBLE
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a harsh and disagreeable combination, often of sounds
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DISSONANACE
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a firmly held opinion, often a religious belief
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DOGMA
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dictatorial in one's opinions
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DOGMATIC
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to decieve; a person who is easily deceived
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DUPE
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selecting from or made up from a vareity of sources
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ECLECTIC
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effectiveness
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EFFICACY
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a sorrowful poem or speech
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ELEGY
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persuasive and moving, especially in speech
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ELOQUENT
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to copy; to try to equal or excel
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EMULATE
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to reduce ini strength
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ENERVATE
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to producem causem or bring about
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ENGENDER
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a puzzle; a mystery
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ENIGMA
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to count, list, or itemize
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ENUMERATE
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lasting a short time
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EPHEMERAL
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to use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead
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EQUIVOCATE
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wandering and unpredictable
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ERRATIC
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learned, scholarly, bookish
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ERUDITE
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known or understood by only a few
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ESOTERIC
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admirable
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ESTIMABLE
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speech in praise of someone
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EULOGY
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use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one
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EUPHEMISM
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to make worse
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EXACERBATE
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to clear from blame; prove innocent
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EXCULPATE
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urgent; requiring immediate action
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EXIGENT
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to clear of blame
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EXONERATE
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clearly stated or shown; forthright in expression
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EXPLICIT
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acting, excessively enthusiastic; filled with extreme, unquestioned devotion
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FANATICAL
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to grovel
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FAWN
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intensely emotional; feverish
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FERVID
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excessively decorated or embellished
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FLORID
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to arouse or incite
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FOMENT
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a tendency to be thrifty or cheap
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FRUGALITY
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tending to talk a lot
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GARRULOUS
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outgoing, sociable
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GREGARIOUS
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deceit or trickery
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GUILE
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easily deceived
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GULIBLE
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of a similar kind
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HOMOGENOUS
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one who opposes established beliefs, customs, and instiutions
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ICONOCLAST
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not capable of being disturbed
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IMPERVIOUS
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quick to act without thinking
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IMPETUOUS
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unable to be calmed down or made peaceful
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IMPLACABLE
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not fully formed; disorganized
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INCHOATE
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showing innocence or childlike simplicity
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INGENUOUS
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hostile, unfriendly
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INIMICAL
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harmless
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INNOCUOUS
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lacking interest or flavor
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INSIPID
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uncompromising refusing to be reconciled
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INTRANSIGENT
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to overwhelm; to cover with water
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INUNDATE
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easily made angry
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IRASCIBLE
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using few words
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LACONIC
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to express sorrow; to grieve
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LAMENT
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to give praise; to glorify
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LAUD
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to give unsparingly; extremely generous or extravagant
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LAVISH
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acting in an indifferent or slow sluggish manner
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LETHARGIC
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talkative
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LOQUACIOUS
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clear and easily understood
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LUCID
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bright, brilliant, glowing
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LUMINOUS
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to evade responsibility by pretending to be ill
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MALINGER
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capable of being shaped
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MALLEABLE
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a figure of speech comparing two different things; a symbol
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METAPHOR
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extremely careful about details
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METICULOUS
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a person who dislikes others
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MISANTHROPE
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to soften; to lessen
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MITIGATE
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to calm or make less severe
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MOLLIFY
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lack of variation
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MONOTONY
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lacking sophistication or experience
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NAIVE
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hardened in felling; resistant to persuasio
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OBDURATE
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overly submissive and eager to please
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OBSEQUIOUS
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stubborn, unyielding
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OBSTINATE
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to prevent; to make unnecessary
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OBVIATE
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to stop up; to prevent the passage of
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OCCLUDE
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troublesome and oppressive; burdensome
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ONEROUS
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impossible to see through; preventing the passage of light
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OPAQUE
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public disgrace
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OPPROBRIUM
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excessive showiness
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OSTENTATION
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a contradiction or dilemma
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PARADOX
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model of excellence or perfection
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PARAGON
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someone who shows off learning
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PEDANT
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willing to betray one's trust
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PERFIDIOUS
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done in a routine way; indifferent
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PERFUNCTORY
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to penetrate
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PERMEATE
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charity; a desire or effort to promote goodness
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PHILANTHROPY
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to soothe or pacify
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PLACATE
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able to be molded, altered, or bent
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PLASTIC
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excess
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PLETHORA
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practical as opposed to idealistic
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PRAGMATIC
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to throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking dileberation
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PRECIPITATE
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to lie or deviate from the truth
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PREVARICATE
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fresh and clean; uncorrupted
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PRISTINE
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lavish, wasteful
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PRODIGAL
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to increase in number quickly
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PROLIFERATE
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to conciliate; to appease
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PROPITIATE
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correct behavior; obedience to rules and customs
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PROPRIETY
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wisdom, caution, or restraint
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PRUDENCE
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sharp and irritating to the senses
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PUNGENT
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motionless
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QUIESCENT
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to make thinner or sparser
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RAREFY
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to reject the validity of
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REPUDIATE
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silent, reserved
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RETICENT
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effective writing or speaking
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RHETORIC
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to satisfy fully or overindulge
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SATIATE
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causing sleep or lethargy
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SOPORIFIC
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deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious
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SPECIOUS
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a mark of shame or discredit
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STIGMA
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unemotional lacking sensitivity
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STOLID
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lofty or grand
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SUBLIME
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done without using words
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TACIT
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silent, not talkative
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TACITURN
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long, harsh speech or verbal attack
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TIRADE
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extreme mental and physical sluggishness
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TORPOR
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temporary, lasting a brief time
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TRANSITORY
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to sway physically; to be indecisive
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VACILLATE
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to respect deeply
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VENERATE
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filled with truth and accuracy
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VERACITY
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wordy
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VERBOSE
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to annoy
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VEX
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easily aroused or changeable; lively or explosive
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VOLATILE
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to fluctuate between choices
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WAVER
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acting in a fanciful or capricious manner; unpredictable
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WHIMSICAL
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passion, excitement
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ZEAL
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