Vocab

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Abscond (verb)

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To steal off and hide

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Aberrant (adj.)

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deviating from the norm

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Approbation (noun)

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An expression of approval or praise

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Arduous (adj)

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strenuous, taxing; requiring significant effort

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Audacious (adj)

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daring and fearless; recklessly bold

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Austere (adj.)

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Without adornment; bare; severely simple

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Axiomatic (adj.)

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taken as given; possessing self-evident truth

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Censure (verb)

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to criticize severely; to officially rebuke

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Chicanery (noun)

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trickery or subterfuge

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Convoluted (adj)

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Complex or complicated

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Disabuse (verb)

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to undeceive; to set right

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Effrontery (noun)

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extreme boldness; presumptuousness

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Enervate (verb)

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to weaken; to reduce in vitality

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Ennui (noun)

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dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy

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Equivocate (verb)

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to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent

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Exculpate (verb)

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Exonerate; to clear of blame

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Exigent (adj)

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urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention

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Extemporaneous (adj)

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improvised; done without preparation

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Filibuster (noun)

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intentional obstruction, esp. using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action

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Fulminate (verb)

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to loudly attack or denounce

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Ingenuous (adj)

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Artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication

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Inured (adj)

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Accustomed to accepting something undesirable

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Lucid (adj)

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clear; easily understood

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Magnanimity (noun)

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The quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, esp. in forgiving

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Nascent (adj)

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Coming into being; in early developmental stages

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Neologism (noun)

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A new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses

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Noxious (adj.)

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harmful; injurious

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Obtuse (adj)

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lacking sharpness or intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression

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Obviate (verb)

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to anticipate and make unneccessary

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Onerous (adj)

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Troubling; burdensome

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Paean (noun)

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a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving

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Perennial (adj)

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Recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly

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Perfidy (noun)

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intentional breach of faith; treachery

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Perfunctory (adj)

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cursory; done without cause or interest

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Perspicacious (adj)

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acutely perceptive; having keen discernment

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Prattle (verb)

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to babble meanlessly; to talk in an empty or idle manner

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Precipitate (adj)

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acting with excessive haste or impulse

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Prescience (noun)

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foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring

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Prevaricate (verb)

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to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead

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Relegate (verb)

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to forcibly assign, esp. to a lower place or position

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Solicitous (adj.)

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concerned and attentive; eager

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Squander (verb)

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to waste by spending or using irresponsibly

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Stymie (verb)

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to block; to thwart

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Tortuous (adj)

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winding, twisting; excessively complicated

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Truculent (adj)

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fierce and cruel; eager to fight

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Veracity (noun)

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truthfulness, honesty

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Virulent (adj)

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extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic

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Voracious (adj)

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Having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous

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Waver (verb)

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to move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion