Vocab Sem Final 9-15

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equanimity

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tranquility, composure, calmness

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gauche

Back 2

awkward, tactless, clumsy, inept

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jejune

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juvenile, lacking in nutritive value, immature

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rejoinder

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a reply to a reply, answer, response

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berate

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to scold sharply

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gist

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main point, essence, substance, the essential part

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covert

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hidden, disguised, kept secret, clandestine

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prolific

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abundant, fruitful, profuse, abundantly productive

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adulation

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parise of flattery that is excessive, adoration, idolization

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aver

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to assert, affirm, declare confidently

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mollify

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soften, make gentle, pacify, calm

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denizen

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citizen

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winsome

Back 13

winning, engaging, delifghtful, charming, attractive

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deplete

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to exhaust, empty, drain, diminish greatly

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onus

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burden, stigma, obligation

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enigmatic

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puzzling, perplexing, baffling

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dun

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to demand insistently, pester, harass
(a creditor, dark, dull, drab, dingy)

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scintillating

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sparkling, twinkling, exceptionally brilliant, stimulating, lively

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impromptu

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spontaneous, sithout preparation, imporvised

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motely

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showing a great variety, diverse
(n - a jester or his costume, fool)

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satiate

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to fully satisfy, fill to excess, full, satisfied

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paraphrase

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to restate in other words, rephrase; a rendition, version

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winsome

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charming, attractive, winning, delightful

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buttress

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to support, strengthen, bolster, reinforce, brace; a supporting structure

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foment

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instigate, incite, stur up, promote trouble or rebellion

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enthrall

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to captivate, charm, fascinate, attract, betwitch

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choleric

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easily made angry, bad-tempered, testy

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recapitulate

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to review, summarize, sum up

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egregious

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glaring, flagrant, conspiculous, standing out from the mass, blatant

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penury

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extreme poverty, bareness, insuficciency, destitution

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sanctimonious

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heartfelt, sincere, humble, making a show of virture, hypocritically moralistic, self-rightious

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carnage

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large scale slaughter or loss of life, butchery, bloodbath, massacre

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disconsolate

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deeply unhappy or dejected, without hope, grief-stricken, inconsolable

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contiguous

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adjoining, side-by-side, toughing, near

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imperious

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overbearing, arrogant, pressing

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salient

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leaping jumping or springing ofrth, prominent, standing out; aprojection or bulge, landorm that protudes

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clangor

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a loud ringing noise, din, clamor, uproar; to make such a noise

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sear

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to become dry and withered, to char or sorch the surface of, singe

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char, synonym of...

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sear!

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ostentatious

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showy, flashy, overdone, flamboyant

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herculean

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mighty, powerful, adrulous, very hard to do, characterized by great strength

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definitive

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conclusive, final, exhaustive, the limit of what can be done

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demeanor

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conduct, behavior, manner

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mawkish

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sentimentalized, mildly sickening flavor, mushy

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efficacious

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effective, producing results, potenet, powerful, efficient

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tortuous

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circuitious, serpentine, winding, twisted, crooked

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turgid

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swollen, bloated, filled to excess, inflated, overblown

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avarice

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a greedy desire, cupidity