Vocab

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addendum

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Something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book

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affable

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Easy and pleasant to speak to; approachable

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aggrandize

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To make appear greater; exaggerate

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amorphous

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Lacking definite form; shapeless

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archetype

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an original model on which something is patterned

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aura

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A distinctive but intangible quality that seems to surround a person or thing; atmosphere

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contraband

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Goods prohibited by law or treaty from being imported or exported

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erudite

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having or showing profound knowledge

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gossamer

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Something delicate, light, or flimsy

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infer

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To conclude from evidence or premises

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inscrutable

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Difficult to fathom or understand; impenetrable

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insular

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Circumscribed and detached in outlook and experience

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irrevocable

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Impossible to retract or revoke

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propensity

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An innate inclination; a tendency

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querulous

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habitually complaining

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remonstrate

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To reason or plead in protest; present an objection

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repudiate

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To reject the validity or authority of

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resilient

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Marked by the ability to recover readily

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retrench

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To cut down; reduce

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reverberate

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To have a prolonged or continuing effect

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scurrilous

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expressing offensive reproach

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sedulous

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Constant in effort or application

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sleazy

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Shabby, dirty, and vulgar; tawdry

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amnesty

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(n) a general pardon for an offence agains a government

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autonomy

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(n) Self-government, political control

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axiomatic

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(adj) self-evident, expressing a universally accepted principle or rule

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blazon

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(v) to adorn or embellish; to display conspicuously to publish or proclaim widely

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caveat

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(n) a warning or caution to prevent misunderstanding or discourage behavior

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equitable

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(adj) fair, just, embodying principles of justice

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extricate

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(v) to free from entanglements or difficulties to remove with effort

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filch

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(v) to steal, especially in a sneaky way and in petty amounts

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fractious

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(adj) tending to be troublesome, unruly, quarrelsome, contrary unpredictable

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precept

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(n) a rule of conduct or action

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salutary

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(adj) beneficial, helpful, healthful, wholesome

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scathing

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(adj) bitterly severe, withering; causing great harm

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scourge

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(v) to whip, punish severely
(n) a cause of affliction or suffering; a source of severe punishment or criticism

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sepulchral

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(adj) funeral, typical of the tomb; extremelygloomy or dismal

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sporific

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(adj)tending to cause sleep.or elthargy
(n)something that induces sleep

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straitlaced

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(adj) extremely strict in regard to moral standards and conduct; prudish, puritanical

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transient

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(adj) lasting only a short time, fleeting
(n) one who stays only a short time

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unwieldy

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(adj) not easily carried, handled, or managed because of size or complexity

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vapid

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(adj) dull, uninteresting, itresome;lacking in sharpness, flavor, liveliness, or force

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flout

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(v) to mock, treat with contempt