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Fidelity
(Infidelity,Perfidy, Perfidious) |
faithfullness; loyalty
disloyalty disloyalty; untrustworthiness disloyal; untrustworthy -->Fidel Castro--> untrustworthy, disloyal to his country |
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Forbearance
(Forbear) |
patience; tolerance
to hold back; to be patient --> To bear "something"--> to withstand something--> tolerance |
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Foster
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to help grow
--> foster families help children without real parents grow up. |
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Galvanize
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to stimulate sudden action
--> Galv--> in Wow need to stimulate action in AV so that everyone goes and kills galv first. |
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Hygiene
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healthful cleanliness
-->?? |
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Impetuous
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impulsive; acting on sudden urges
--> Impe--> Impu--> impulsive |
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Impetus
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motivation; driving force
--> ?? |
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Inclusive
(Inclusion) |
willing to include others
including others; being included --> Inclu--> include |
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Ingenuous
(Disingenuous) |
innocent; naive, straightforward
insincere; deceptive --> Genu--> genuine "leather"--> deceptive |
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Insight
(Insightful) |
a sudden, deep understanding
deeply perceptive --> sight--> when you see something and study it eventually itll lead to a deep understanding of it. |
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Integral
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important
--> Integral part--> important part |
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Integrate
(Unintegrated, Disintegrate) |
to combine
seperated to break into small pieces --> to integrate schools--> to combine--> disintegrate--> to fall apart |
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Integrity
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honest; sincerity
completeness; wholeness -->Your moral integrity--> your honesty or sincerity |
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Intensify
(Intensity) |
to strengthen; to increase
high degree of concentration of force --> intense--> extremely hard--> need to strengthen constantly |
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Intercede
(Intercession) |
to act as a middleman; to settle an arguement
mediation --> ?? |
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Jibe
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to agree; to fit together well
-->?? |
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Just
(Injustice) |
fair; honorable
a violation of what is right; unfairness --> justice system--> court system which decides whether people are fair or honorable |
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Mainstream
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dominant trend
commonly accepted --> main--> dominant. |
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Mediate
(Mediator, Unmediated) |
to settle and argument
one who settles an argument direct; without a middle person -->?? |
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Mingle
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to combine
--> "single and ready to mingle--> ready to "combine" |
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Pertain
(Pertinent, Impertinent) |
to relate
relevant; appropriate irrelevant disrespectful --> Pertain to--> to be relevant to. |
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Placid
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peaceful; calm
--> lake placid is named for its calm and peaceful aura |
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Pliant
(Pliable, Pliancy) |
bendable
submissive capable of being bent or shaped bendability submissiveness --> Comlpiant--> means willing--> submissiveness--> bendability |
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Poignant
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emotionally moving
--> Stagnant--> unmoving--> opposite--> moving "emotionally" |
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Promote
(Demote) |
to support publicaly; to help
succeed to give a more advanced job to lower in rank --> Pro--> success in a support--> pro's are promoted by companies to show they support their careers. |
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Proponent
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a supporter
--> ponent--> opponent--> opposite--> supporter. |
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Propriety
(Impropriety) |
proper behavior
improper behavior --> Propr--> proper--> proper behavior |
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Rapport
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harmonious relationship
--> Rap--> in a rap the words have to have a harmonious consistency to sound good. |
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Reciprocal
(Reciprocate, Reciprocity) |
given to each other; mutual
to give in return mutual exchange --> Recip--> Reci--> recieve--> given something--> mutual exchange |
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Reconcile
(Irreconcilable) |
to settle and arugment; to make up with someone
to make consistent inconsisten; permanently disagreeing -->?? |
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Resilient
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recovering easily from change or difficulty
-->Res--> Rec--> recover. |
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Resolve
(Resolute, Irresolute, Resolution) |
to decide; to settle
firm or determined; unwavering undecided; indecisive purpose; determination settlement of a problem --> solve--> to decide |
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Revel
(Revler, Revelry) |
to enjoy deeply
one who celebrates; a partyer unrestrained enjoyment --> Revelry at Ripp--> A winter celebration |
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Revelation
(Revelatory) |
the act of revealing
revealing --> Revel--> Reveal--> revealing |
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Scrutiny
(Scrutinize, Inscrutable) |
a close, careful examination
to examine carefully mysterious; hard to understand --> ?? |
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Solidarity
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togetherness; loyatly to a group
--> solid--> if something is solid its well held together--> togetherness. |
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Staunch
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firm and dependable; loyal
--> ?? |
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Strive
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to try hard fora goal; to complete
--> strive for a goal--> try hard to achieve. |
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Suited
(Suitable) |
well matched
acceptable; appropriate --> suit--> you where a suit to a wedding because that is whats appropriate. |
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Surmount
(Insurmountable) |
to overcome
impossible to overcome --> mount--> mountain--> top--> if you climb it youve overcome it. |
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Niche
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a space scooped out of a wall
a suitable place or role --> a niche in the wall--> a small hole |
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Opt
(Option) |
to choose
choice --> Opt--> Opi--> opinion--> your personal choices on certain things in life. |
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Optimism
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hopeful attitude
-->Opt--> to choose--> choose to be happy--> optimistic |
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Overhaul
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to repair thoroughly
--> haul--> to lift--> if you drop something and it breaks you might have to repair it. |
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Overlook
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to ignore; to forgive
--> look--> look past--> to forgive |
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Parity
(Disparity) |
equality
inequality --> Pari--> Pair--> a pair of things in math are sometimes equal--> equality. |
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Partisan
(Partisanship, Nonpartisan) |
supporter of an idea or cause
having strong beliefs strong belief in an idea or cause free from party affiliation or bias --> Part--> part of--> supporter. |
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Perspicacity
(Perspicacious, Perspicuity) |
sharp, accurate perception
highly perceptive clarity; sharp, accurate perception --> ity--> clarity--> sharp. |
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Sympathy
(Sympathize) |
sharing another's feelings; compassion
to share another's feelings -->?? |
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Synergy
(Synergistic) |
combined energy
working together; cooperative --> nergy--> energy--> combined energy. |
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Synthesize
(Synthesis) |
to combine parts into a whole
the combination of parts into a whole --> size--> parts of a whole make up the size of an object. |
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Tact
(Tactful, Tactless) |
ability to avoid offending people; sensitive to others
considerate; diplomatic; proper rude; insensitive --> The Ability .....? |
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Tenacious
(Tenacity, Pertinacious) |
persistent; firm; determined
persistent determination stubbornly persistent --> If you receive a 10 from judges its likely because of your determination and persistence at getting better. |
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Tractable
(Intractable) |
easily managed; obedient
hard to manage; disobedient --> table--> a table is easily managed because it cant move, its a stagnant object. |
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Underpinning
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support; foundation
--> pin--> foundations hand out pins to let people show their support. |
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Underscore
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to emphasize
to underline --> __. that says it all--> it emphasizes it. |
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Uniform
(Uniformity) |
the same throughout
consistency; lacking variety --> in private school everyone wheres uniform so everyone is the same and there's no individuality. |
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Valid
(Validate, Invalid, Invalidate) |
logical; truthful; effective
to confirm illogical; ineffective a sickly person to make ineffective --> ?? |
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Vanquish
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to defeat; to overcome
--> quish--> squish--> to defeat. |
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Verify
(Verity, Veracity) |
to prove; to confirm
truth truth; accuracy --> ?? |
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Vigor
(Vigorous, Invigorate) |
strength; energy
strong; energetic; active to energize --> igor is large and has a lot of strength. |
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Warrant
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to justify; to deserve
--> warrant--> need a warrant to investigate a house--> basically a paper justifying the polices right to search a house. |
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Yeasayer
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one who always agrees and never criticizes
--> Yea + sayer--> one who always says yes. |
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Yield
(Unyielding) |
to give in; to submit
not bending or giving in; inflexible --> yield when driving--> to give in to letting the other car or person go first. |