Verbal Advantage Level 1.2

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creed

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believe, professed faith or opinion, especially a system of religious buoys.

Hint 1

Synonyms include doctrine and dogma

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tawdry

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sheep and showy, gaudy, garish, sleazy

Hint 2

a person may wear tawdry clothing or have a tawdry reputation

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peevish

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its era double, cross, complaining, fretful, ill humored and inpatient, difficult to please.

Hint 3

There are peevish moods, peevish remarks, and peevish looks. A peeve is something that era Tates or annoys

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arduous

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very difficult, hard to achieve or accomplish, requiring great effort.

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Synonyms include strenuous, laborious, and toilsome

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personable

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attractive, pleasing in appearance, handsome, comely, fair, presentable

Hint 5

personable has come to be used to mean having a nice personality. You should avoid using the word in that way. The words soociable, affable, and amiable already suggest people who are friendly, pleasant, and approachable.

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Resolute

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firmly determined or settled, resolved, having a set opinion or purpose, steadfast, unwavering, persevering

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resolute means to decide, determined, settle once and for all

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supposition

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and assumption, theory, hypothesis

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to suppose means to assume adage true, put something forward for consideration.

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Arbitrrary

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unreasoned, based on personal feelings or preferences rather going on reason, logic, or law

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arbitrary meanns making discretionary judgments are decisions that may or may not be fair or reasonable

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monotonous

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lacking variety, tediously uniform, unvarying and dull

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monotonous means literally having one continuous sound or tone

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legacy

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something handed down from the past, an inheritance

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legacy may mean a gift of money or property provided by a will, it may also mean anything inherited or passed down through time

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manifold

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numerous and varied, consisting of many kinds, containing many elements, features, or characteristics

Hint 11

manifold emphasizes variety, and diversity

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pliant

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bending easily, flexible, adaptable, workable

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pliant and pliable usually refer to objects that are easily workable. Supple may apply to material things or to a human body

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retort

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a quick reply, especially one that is cutting or witty

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in its most precise sense, a retort is a quick reply that counters an argument

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obstinate

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stubborn, inflexible, unwilling to give in or compromise, not yielding to argument or persuasion

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synonyms include hidebound, intractable, intransigent, and adamant

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lacerate

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to care, cut roughly, rend, mangle

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lacerate may also be used figuratively to mean wound, afflict, cause pain

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omnipotent

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all-powerful, all Mikey, having unlimited power or authority

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omni- means "all"

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unscrupulous

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untrustworthy, dishonorable, deceitful, corrupt, lacking integrity or moral principles

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unscrupulous people will do almost anything, no matter how dishonorable, to get what they want

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Renaissance

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a revival, rebirth, resurgence, renewal of life or vigor

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renaissance means to be born again

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Genesis

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a coming into beginning, beginning, origin, birth, creation

Hint 19

in current usage Genesis may refer in a general sense to any creation or process of coming into being

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warrant

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to justify, give good reason for, authorize, sanction

Hint 20

warrant may also mean to guarantee, promise, give formal assurance of

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cantankerous

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difficult to deal with, disagreeable, argumentative, quick to quarrel or to exhibit ill will

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ask synonyms include contentious, malicious, and irascible

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flippant

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disrespectful in a frivolous way, treating something serious iin a trivial manner

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flippant language is inappropriately lighthearted or disrespectful

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subjugate

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to conquer, defeat, vanquish, overwhelmed completely, bring on your rigid control, make submissive, dominate, enslave

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subjugate means literally took place under a yoke

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wry

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twisted, crooked, lopsided, askew, distorted in odd, amusing way

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a person with a wry sense of humor is capable of twisting or distorting things in a laughable way

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urbane

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polished, sophisticated, suave, cosmopolitan

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the word may be used either of suave, socially refined behavior or of expression that is polished and elegant

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jargon

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specialized and often pretentious language; speech or writing that is highly technical and difficult to understand

Hint 26

jargon develops initially as a means for the members of a particular group to communicate precisely and efficiently

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prudent

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cautious, careful, planning wisely, exercising sound judgment in practical matters

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synonyms include discrete, judicious, and circumspect

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inviolable

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secure, safe from assault, infringement, or destruction, sacred, untouchable, unassailable, incorruptible

Hint 28

inviolable literally means not able to be violated

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commodious

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spacious, having plenty of room, comfortably convenient.

Hint 29

Synonyms include ample and capacious. from the Latin which means "something convenient or suitable"

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proximity

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nearness, closeness, the state of being in the vicinity of something

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proximity may be used either of persons or things to mean nearness in place, time, or relation