Vocab!

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austere

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severe or stern in manner; without adornment or luxury, simple, plain; harsh or sour in flavor

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forbidding, rigorour puritanical, subdued

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beneficent

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performing acts of kindness or charity; conferring benefits, doing good

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adj. charitable

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cadaverous

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pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse

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adj. corpselike, wasted, haggard

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concoct

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to prepare by combining ingredients, make up (as a dish); to devise, invent, fabricate

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v. create, fashion rustle up

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(adj.) coarse, unfeeling; stupid

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crass

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crude, vulgar, tasteless

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(v.) to lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade, adulterate; to cause to deteriorate

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debase

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cheapen, corrupt, depreciate

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(v.) to commit sacrilege upon, treat irreverently; to contaminate, pollute

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desecrate

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profane, defile, violate

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disconcert

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(v.) to confuse; to disturb the composure of

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(adj.) grand in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompous affectation or grandeur absurdly exaggerated

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grandiose

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majestic, bombastic, highflautin

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inconsequential

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(adj) trifling, unimportant

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(n.) a breaking of a law or obligation

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infraction

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violation, trandgression, offense

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mitigate

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(v.) to make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity -- lesslessen, relieve, diminish

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(v.) to rob of goods by open force (as in war), plunder
(N.) the act of looting; booty

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pillage

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v. ravage sack loot n. booty

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(v.) to talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion

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prate

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chatter, prattle, blab

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punctilious

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(adj) very careful and exact, attentive to fine points of etiquette or propriety precise

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(adj.) inspiring fear or awe; scold, chastise

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redoubtable

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punctilious

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(adj) very careful and exact, attentive to fine points of etiquette or propriety precise

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(adj.) inspiring fear or awe; fearsome, awesome

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redoubtable

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reprove

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(v.) to find fault with, scold, chastise

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(n.) compensation - act of restoring someone or something to the rightful owner

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restitution

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stalwart

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(adj.) strong and sturdy; brave; resolute
(n.) a brave, strong person

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(adj.) defenseless, unprotected, esposed, unguarded

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vulnerable

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acrimonious

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(adj) stinging, bitter in temper or tone -- biting, peevish

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(adj.) resembling a cow or ox, sluggish, unresponsive

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bovine

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consternation

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(n.) dismay, confusion, bewilderment, shock

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corpulent

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(adj.) fat, having a large, bulky body, over weight, heavy, obese, stout

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(v.) to deny responsibility for , disown, disclaim

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disavow

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dispassionate

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(adj.) free from emotion, disinterested

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(n.) dissagreement, strife, contention

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dissension

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dissipate

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(v.) to cause to disappear, disperse, to scatter

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(v.) To remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse, purify, censor

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expurgate

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gauntlet

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(n.) dare, provocation, punishment, a challenge, an ordeal

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(adj.) based on an assumption or guess; used as a direct investigation, assumed, supposed

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hypothetical

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ignoble

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(adj.) mean, low, base, unworthy, dishonorable

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(v) to call into question, to attak as false, challenge, deny, query, question

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impugn

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intemperate

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(adj.) immoderate, lacking in self-control, excessive, extreme, unrestrained

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(n.) hated, contempt, disgrace resulting from hateful conduct, shame

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odium

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perfidy

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(n.) faithlessness, treachery, betrayal, disloyalty, treason

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(v.) to place in a lower position, to assign, refer turn over, banish, transfer

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relegate

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squeamish

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(adj) inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset, queasy, delicate, oversensitive

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(adj) subordinate in capacity or role, submissively obident, useful

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subservient

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susceptible

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(adj.) open to; easily influenced, lacking in resistance, vulnerable

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(v.) to make less in amount, degree, etc.; to subside, become less, diminish, decrease

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abate

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adulation

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(n.) praise or flattery that is excessive, adoration, idolization

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(n.) an object of intense dislike, abomination

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anathema

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astute

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(adj) shrewd, crafty, judicious, showing practical wisdom

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(n.) a greedy desire, particularly for wealth, cupidity

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avarice

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culpable

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(adj.) deserving blame, worthy of condemnation, guilty, blameworthy

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(adj) tending to delay or procrastinate, stalling, slow, tardy

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dilatory

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egregious

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(adj) conspicuous, glaring, flagrant, standing out from the mass

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(v.) to speak or act in a way that allows for more than one interpretation, to talk out of both sides of ones mouth

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equlvocate

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evanescent

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(adj.) vanishing, soon passing away

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(adj.) unable to make up one's mind, hesitating, indecisive

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irresolute

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nebulous

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(adj.) cloudlike, resembling a cloud, hazy, fuzzy, cloudy, vague, murky

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(n.) one who is just a beginner at some activity requiring skill and experience, neophyte, trainee

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novice

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penury

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(n.) extreme poverty

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(adj.) done for show, inflated, striving to make big impression

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pretentious

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recapitulate

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(v.) to review a series of facts; summarize

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(v.) to revive, bring back to consciousness

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resuscitate

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slovenly

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(adj.) untidy, dirty, careless, unkempt

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(n.) something that is assumed or taken for granted with out conclusive evidence, assumption, hypothesis

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supposition

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torpid

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(adj.) inactive, sluggish, dull

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accrue

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v. to grow or accumulate over time, accumulate

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annotation

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a critical or explanatory note or comment

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bedlam

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n. a state or scene of uproar and confusion

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covert

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adj. hidden, disguised, purposefully kept secret, n. sheltered place

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adj. pleasant, courteous, lighthearted, carefree, gracious

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debonair

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v. to demand insistently, n. a creditor,
v. pester, harass

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dun

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efficacious

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adj. effective, producing results

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n. calmness, composure, refusal to panic, tranquility

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equanimity

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fortuitous

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adj. accidental, occuring by happy chance, unintentional

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(n.) essential part, main point, or essence

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gist

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gratitous

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adj. freely given; voluntary, uncalled-for

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imperious

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adj. overbearing, arrogant, domineering, compelling

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(n.) strong deunuciation or condemnation; abusive lanuage, abuse

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invective

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(adj) showing great variety, composted of different elements or many colors

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motley

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munificient

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adj. extremely generous, lavish

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procrastinate

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v. to delay put off until later

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adj. tending to produce a strong feeling or response, stimulating

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provocative

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recondite

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adj. exceeding knowledge and understanding, profound

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reprobate

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n. a depraved, vicious or unprincipled person, scoundrel, adj. wicked corrupt

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sedentary

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adj. characterized by or calling for continued sitting, remainging in one place, seated stationary

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abstemious

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adj. moderate, sparing ( as in eating or drinking ), temperate, sober

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adj. deserving of blame or correction

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censurable

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contingent

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adj. likely but not certain to happen, possible, happening by chance

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corroborate

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v. to confirm, make more certain

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n. an inhabitant, resident, one who frequents a place

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denizen

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discursive

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adj. passing aimlessly from one play or subject to another

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disseminate

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v. to scatter or spread widely, disperse, publicize, broadcast

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adj. poorly dressed, shabby; lacking smartness and good taste, tacky

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dowdy

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adj. highly colored, reddish; showy, flushed, flowery

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florid

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v. to impose by fraud; to pass off as worthy or genuine, dishoesty

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foist

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gauche

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adj. awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy

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n. an opinion different from accepted belief, unorthodox belief, heterodoxy

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heresy

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inculcate

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v. to impress on the mind by repetition, teach persistently and earnestly

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palpable

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adj. capable of being touched or felt; easily seen heard or recognized, plain, obvious

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palpable

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adj. capable of being touched or felt; easily seen heard or recognized, plain, obvious

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preceptive

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adh. having sympathetic insight or understanding, observant

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adj. extremely harmful; deadly, fatal, injusious, deleterious

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pernicious

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adj. leaping, jumping or springin forth; prominent, striking, notable

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salient

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satiate

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v. to satisfy completely, to fill to excess, adj. full satisfied

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v. to make or become dry and withered, to parch, singe

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sear

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specious

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adj. deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit, decptively plausible, casuistic