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Achilles' heel
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a weak-point
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he was shot in the heel and that was killed his heel was his.....
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Stentorian
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LOUD BOOMING VOICE
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operas singers have a stentorian voice
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mnemonic
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Assisting memory like a little reminder to help you out
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SOHCAHTOA --> sine cosine tangent
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Fathom
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to understand or to comprehend
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serendipity
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the ability to make lucky discoveries by chance or accident
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HEY LOOK 50000 DOLLARS ARE ON THE FLOOR YAY!!!!!!!!!!1
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Desultory
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random, unmethodical
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my brain is a desultory arrangement of ideas and thoughts
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Pariah
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Social Outcast
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Quazi Modo was a pariah of France during the french revolution
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Tawdry
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Showy and Cheap.
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Juicy Cuture's clothing is Tawdry I mean cant you just cut up a bath towel and you would have a free Juicy Sweat suit???
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Pecuniary
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Realting to money
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WATCH OUT FOR IMPECUNIOUS!!!!
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Impecunious
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having little or NO money; poor
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WATCH OUT FOR PECUNIARY! (haha deja vu)
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Monarch
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Ruler or person who holds a dominant position, especially a hereditary ruler like a king or a queen, emporor or sultan
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ALL HAIL KING ARTHUR!!!!
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Anarchy
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absence of government or law; confusion disorder
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The world will fall into a state of anarchy in the yeah 203940234 hehehe actually we will all be dead and the monkey's will rule the phone
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Hierarchy
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person or things arranged in a graded series or rank
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Matriarch
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women who rules a family, clan, tribe or group
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Patriarch
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father or leader of a family or group; a dignified old man
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Spartan
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Severe, rigorous, disciplined
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THIS IS SPARTAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Gadfly
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Person who continually annoys others
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Homage
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action showing respect and honor
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Spurn
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Scornfully refuse or reject
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pedigree
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ancestry or record of ancestry line of descent
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Pittance
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small amount or portion
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Preposterous
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ridiculous, obviously absurd, contrary to reason
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macabre
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gruesome, horrible, causing fear, suggesting the horror of death
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Farce
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ridiculous, light comedy, slapstick comedy
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Bombast
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speech or writing that sounds grand or important but has little meaning
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BaraK Obama (DIE DIE)
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Prerogative
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exclusive or special right or privlige
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Brittany Spears song name
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Derogatory
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Tending to make a person or thing seem lower or of less value; belittling; negative; discrediting
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interrogate
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question formally; closely, systematically
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Arrogant
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showing an exsessive and unpreasant sense of superiority; overbearingly proud, haughty
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Abrogate
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Abolish, repeal, cancel, legally do away with
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Chimerical
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adj. Given to wildly impossible plans, unrealistic, fanastic impractical
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Chimera anyone???
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Asinine
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adj. stupid or silly
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ASS get it like a donkey hahaha
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Bellwether
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n. leader
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Limbo
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n. place or state of neglect; period awaiting change; in between state
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ITS TIME TO PLAY.............LIMBO!!!!!
you know the game show!?? |
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Plagiarize
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v. use ideas or writing of another and present them as your own
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Titanic
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adj. Enormous in size or strength
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NEAR FAAAAR WHEREEVER YOU ARE...uuhh what were the rest of the lyrics...I will be there when my heart will go on in the end..uhhh yeah Im a lost cause here....
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Irony
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n. Expression that means the opposite of what is stated; event or result the opposite of what is expected
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Effete
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adj. Worn out, unproductive, barren
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Bob!!!!!!!!!!!!
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hyperbole
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n. obviously extravagant statement or assertion
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hey theres that ASS again! Assertion! Get it??
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diabolic
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adj. outrageously wicked; cruel; devilish
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Durable
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adj. Lasting a long time; resisting wear and decay
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endure
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v. exist, last; bear, put up with patiently
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duration
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n. time something last or continues
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duress
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n. force or threats to make someone do something
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obdurate
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adj. stubborn, unyielding, hard hearted
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A bull is obdurate
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Dunce
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n. stupid person
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charlatan
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n. deceiver who falsely claims to have knowledge or skill; impostor
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Bissy Rail idioooot
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sycophant
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n. sickeningly humble self seeking flatterer
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anachronism
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n. something out of its proper historical time; error of putting something in the wrong historical time
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Chronos
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draconian
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adj. severe harsh cruel
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draco malfoy hehe
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plummet
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v,. fall rapidly straight down
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fatal
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adj. causing or capable of causing death and destruction
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Nefarious
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adj. EXTREMELY wicked
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Vindicate
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v. Clear from blame, charges, criticism; justify
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WATCH OUT FOR VINDICTIVE
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Vindictive
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adj. revengeful
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WATCH OUT FOR VINDICATE
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indict
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v. accuse of a crime, especially to put a subject on a trial after being accused of a crime
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(in DYT)
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malediction
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n. Curse
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Diction
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n. Style or choice of words, especially in regard to pronunciation
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edict
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n. Public command or order by one in high authority; decree
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Jurisdiction
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n. Legal authority, especially in regard to its range or extent
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Venerate
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v. Regard with great respect
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Sadistic
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adj. getting pleasure from hurting others
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malapropism
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n. ridiculous or humorous misuse of words
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pragmatic
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adj. practical
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disparage
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v. refer to something as having little importance; speaking slightingly of...
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vegetate
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v. lead a dull, inactive, useless life
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adamant
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adj. unyielding, inflexible, definite
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conjugal
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adj. of marriage; pertaining to the relationship between husband and wife
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abominable
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adj. utterly disgusting or hateful
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Ominous
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adj. threatening; suggestive of future evil
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assent
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n. agreement
v. agree |
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dissent
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n disagreement
v. disagree |
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presentiment
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n. vague expectation or feeling of something about to happen
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sententious
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adj. concise and full of meaning; using or full of proverbs and old sayings in a self important, high sounding or boring way.
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hahahaha whoops lemmie see.........
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sentiment
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n. Feeling or opinion
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despotic
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adj. tyrannical oppressive
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gullible
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adj. easily deceived, tricked, cheated
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guile
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n. deceit treachery
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Hey it rhymes with smile!!! :D
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exonerate
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v. free from blame
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Cliche
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n. expression or idea that is stale from overuse
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yeah yeah I know there is an accent buuut why is a french word in an american vocab book? Have you ever thought about that?! hehe
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trite
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adj. uninteresting because of overuse; lacking originality and freshness
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Same as Cliche in a sense
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melancholy
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adj. Sad gloomy depressed
n. sadness, gloom, depression |
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choleric
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adj. Easily angered; grouchy; quick-tempered
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Tybalt, from Romeo and Juliet had a choleric attitude; yadda yadda yadda
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Phlegmatic
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adj. sluggish, not easily excited
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Pamela talked about this word in detail talking about how it is related to phlegm?EWWWWWW
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sanguine
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adj. cheerful, confident, hopeful
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consensus
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n. general agreement, majority opinion, harmony
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dissension
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n. strong disagreement, quarrling
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sensual
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adj. enjoying bodily pleasures; pertaining to the body and the senses rather than the mind or spirit
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insensible
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adj. unable to fee; unaware; unconscious
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insensitivity
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n. inability to be affected by; lack of sensitivity
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Maverick
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n. Independent person
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That penguin's name in Surfs up. His last name was something Maverick :D
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Esoteric
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adj. known or understood only by a select few
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undermine
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v. gradually weaken away; injure or destroy secretly or underhandedly; dig beneath or wear away from under
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alleviate
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v. relieve; lessen or make more bearable (pain, evil, suffering)
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bacchanal
bacchanalia |
n. wild drunken party
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hedonist
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n. one who lives only for pleasure
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nihilist (NY-uh-list)
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n. one who rejects all religious, moral and traditional values, practices, and institutions
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somnolent
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adj. sleepy, drowsy; causing sleep
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diatribe
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n. violent, angry, bitter attack in words
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Tribulation
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n. great suffering, misery or distress
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avert
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v. turn away; prevent
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divert
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v. Turn aside from a purpose, course, path; distract; amuse
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subvert
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v. overthrow; undermine
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revert
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v. return to a former condition
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vertigo
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n. diziness
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paradox
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n. seemingly self-contradictory statement (possibly true), condition, or person
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admonish
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v. warn advise, or criticize to correct a fault
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penitent
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adj. feeling sorry and willing to atone or make up for sin or wrongdoing
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accolade
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n. High praise, award, honor
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nonchalant
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adj. casually unconcerned
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banal
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adj. ordinary, uninteresting, pointless
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iridescent
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adj. showing rainbow-like colors
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cajole
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v. persuade by flattery, promises, pleasant or misleading words
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Urbane
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adj. sophisticated, smooth, polite, polished in manner
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Stymie (STY mee)
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v. Block, hinder, frustrate
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recede
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v. move backward; slope or slant backward
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secede
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v. withdraw formally from membership, especially from a political or religious association
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intercede
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v. ask or pleas for another; help settle a dispute or bring about an agreement between differing parties
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concede
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v. grant or admit as true or right; yield, give up
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precedent
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n. something said or done earlier that serves as an example or justification
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recalcitrant
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adj. stubbornly resisting authority, discipline, guidance, or treatment
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pinnacle
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n. highest point
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Siren
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n. Beautiful and dangerously fascination women who attracts and tempts men
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What about the sound that the firetrucks make!? (odysseus and the sirens who were they?? (ugly bird women in my op ewww)
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Adonis
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n. Extremely handsome young man
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HANDSOME YOUNG _______
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inexorable
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adj. unchangeable or unstoppable by pleading or begging, unyielding
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tally
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v. count up, add, record
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I am tallying up the votes.
I am what? I am _____ing the votes |
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Bizarre
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adj. very strange, odd, fantastic
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no its not like the shop. Its like seeing a purple moose with a helicopter blade for a tail
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remorse
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n. bitter and painful sense of guilt
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Spurious
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adj. not genuine
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Fervent
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adj. intense, passionate
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capitulate
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v. surrender, give up
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recapitulate
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v. summarize
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decapitate
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v. cut off the head -- behead
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per capita
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adj. or adv. for each person (of population): per person
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capitalize
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v. take advantage of or profit from
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Harbinger
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n. person or thing that signals what will follow
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opportune
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adj. timely, suitable, favorable
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skeptical
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adj. doubting, questioning
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cardinal
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adj. fundamental, chief, of basic importance
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trivial
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adj. of little importance
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meretricious
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adj. insincere; vulgarity, showily or cheaply attractive
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lampoon
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n. ridiculous or humorous attack on a person, group or institution
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fetish
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object of obsessive concern or unreasoning devotion
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zenith
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n. point in the sky directly overhead; highest point
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nadir
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n. point in the sky directly opposite the zenith and directly beneath the observer; lowest point
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elude
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v. escape, avoid, slip away
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delude
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v. mislead, fool, deceive
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allude
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v. refer indirectly, mention casually
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prelude
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n. introductory act, event, performance or musical piece; introduction
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interlude
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n. Something that comes between two events.
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