Vocab Words

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Abdicate

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to renounce or relinquish a throne, right, power, claim

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arcane

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known or understood by very few; mysterious; secret;

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curt

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Rudely brief or abrupt, as in speech or manner.

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inundate

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to flood; cover or overspread with water; deluge.

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repose

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the state of reposing or being at rest; rest; sleep.

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moribund

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in a dying state; near death

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subsidize

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to secure the cooperation of by bribery; buy over

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jettison

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to throw off (something) as an obstacle or burden; discard.

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stoic

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One who is seemingly indifferent to or unaffected by joy, grief, pleasure, or pain.

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verbose

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Using or containing a great and usually an excessive number of words; wordy

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toady

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person who flatters or defers to others for self-serving reasons; a sycophant.

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procure

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To get by special effort; obtain or acquire

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guile

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insidious cunning in attaining a goal; crafty or artful deception; duplicity.

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feral

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existing in a natural state, as animals or plants; not domesticated or cultivated; wild.

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cloying

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causing or tending to cause disgust or aversion through excess:

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paragon

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an unusually large, round pearl

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vociferous

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crying out noisily; clamorous.

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dearth

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scarcity and dearness of food; famine

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engender

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to produce, cause, or give rise to: Hatred engenders violence

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obfuscate

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to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy

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pragmatic

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treating historical phenomena with special reference to their causes, antecedent conditions, and results.

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indefatigable

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incapable of being tired out; not yielding to fatigue; untiring.

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coup

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a highly successful, unexpected stroke, act, or move; a clever action or accomplishment.

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colossus

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anything colossal, gigantic, or very powerful.

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raucous

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harsh; strident; grating: raucous voices; raucous laughter

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acquiesce

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To consent or comply passively or without protest

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volatile

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evaporating rapidly; passing off readily in the form of vapor: Acetone is a volatile solvent.

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insoluble

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incapable of being dissolved: insoluble salts.

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exacerbate

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to increase the severity, bitterness, or violence of

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malign

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to speak harmful untruths about; speak evil of; slander; defame: to malign an honorable man.

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niche

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somewhere that you belongand that makes you happy, where you fit in

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idyllic

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excellent and delightful in all respects; "an idyllic spot for a picnic"

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progeny

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a descendant or offspring, as a child, plant, or animal

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coalesce

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to all come together and become one,

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impeccable

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not liable to sin; incapable of sin.

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cumbersome

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unwieldy; clumsy.

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debunk

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expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas; "The physicist debunked the psychic's claims"

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exonerate

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to clear, as of an accusation; free from guilt or blame; exculpate: He was exonerated from the accusation of cheating.

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indiginous

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originating in and characteristic of a particular region or country; native

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pariah

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any person or animal that is generally despised or avoided.