Vocabulary Workshop G, 1-5, Iny

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acquisitive

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able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property; GREEDY

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arrogate

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to claim or take without right; USURP

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banal

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hackneyed, trite, commonplace; STALE

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belabor

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to work on excessively; to thrash soundly; OVERWORK

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carping

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tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty or hairsplitting way; petty, nagging criticism; NIT-PICKING

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coherent

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holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful; CONNECTED

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congeal

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to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid; SOLIDIFY

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emulate

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to imitate with the intent or equaling or surpassing the model; COPY

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encomium

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a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute; COMMENDATION

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eschew

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to avoid, shun, keep away from; ABSTAIN FROM

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germane

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relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting; PERTINENT

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insatiable

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so great or demanding as not to be satisfied; UNQUENCHABLE

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intransigent

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refusing to compromise, irreconcilable, UNCOMPROMISING

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invidious

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offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment; MALICIOUS

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largesse

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generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions; BOUNTY

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reconnaissance

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a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination; SCOUTING EXPEDITION

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substantiate

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to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to; VERIFY

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taciturn

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habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little; TIGHT-LIPPED

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temporize

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to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise; PROCRASTINATE, HEDGE

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tenable

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capable of being held or defended; DEFENSIBLE

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accost

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to approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive way; CONFRONT

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animadversion

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a comment indicating a strong criticism or disapproval; REBUKE

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avid

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desirous or something to the point of greed; intensely eager; GRASPING

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brackish

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having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink; BRINY

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celerity

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swiftness, rapidity of motion or action; SPEED

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devious

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straying or wandering from a straight or direct course; done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way; TRICKY

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gambit

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in chess, an opening move that involves risk or sacrifice of a minor piece in order to gain a later advantage; any opening move of this type; MANEUVER

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halcyon

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a legendary bird identified with the kingfisher; of or relating to the halcyon; calm, peaceful; happy, golden; prosperous, affluent; TRANQUIL

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histrionic

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pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial; melodramatic; AFFECTED, STAGY

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incendiary

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deliberately setting or causing fires; designed to start fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion; one who deliberately sets fires, arsonist; one who causes strife

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maelstrom

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a whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence or destruction; CHAOS

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myopic

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nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment; SHORTSIGHTED

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overt

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open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized; OBVIOUS

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pejorative

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tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement, derogatory, belittling

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propriety

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the state of being proper, appropriateness; standards of what is proper or socially acceptable; CORRECTNESS

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sacrilege

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improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred

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summarily

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without delay or formality; briefly, concisely; PROMPTLY

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suppliant

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asking humbly and earnestly; one who makes a request humbly and earnestly; a petitioner, suitor

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talisman

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an object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers; an amulet, fetish

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undulate

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to move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form; RIPPLE

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articulate

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to pronounce distinctly; to express well in words; to connect by a joint or joints; expressed clearly and forcefully; able to employ a language clearly and forcefully; jointed

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cavort

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to romp or prance around exhuberantly; to make merry

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credence

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belief, mental acceptance; TRUST

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decry

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to condemn, express strong disapproval; to officially depreciate; DEVALUE

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dissemble

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to disguise or conceal, deliberately give a false impression; MASK

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maelstrom

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a whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence or destruction; CHAOS

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myopic

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nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment; SHORTSIGHTED

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overt

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open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized; OBVIOUS

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pejorative

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tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement, derogatory, belittling

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propriety

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the state of being proper, appropriateness; standards of what is proper or socially acceptable; CORRECTNESS

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sacrilege

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improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred

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summarily

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without delay or formality; briefly, concisely; PROMPTLY

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suppliant

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asking humbly and earnestly; one who makes a request humbly and earnestly; a petitioner, suitor

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talisman

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an object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers; an amulet, fetish

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undulate

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to move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form; RIPPLE

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articulate

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to pronounce distinctly; to express well in words; to connect by a joint or joints; expressed clearly and forcefully; able to employ a language clearly and forcefully; jointed

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cavort

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to romp or prance around exhuberantly; to make merry

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credence

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belief, mental acceptance; TRUST

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decry

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to condemn, express strong disapproval; to officially depreciate; DEVALUE

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dissemble

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to disguise or conceal, deliberately give a false impression; MASK

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distraught

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very much agitated or upset as a result of emotion or mental conflict; FRANTIC

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eulogy

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a formal statement of commendation; high praise; TRIBUTE

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evince

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to display clearly, to make evident, to provoke; EXHIBIT

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exhume

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to remove from a grave; to bring to light; UNCOVER, UNEARTH

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feckless

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lacking in spirit and strength; ineffective, weak; irresponsible, unreliable; INCOMPETENT

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murky

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dark and gloomy, obscure; lacking in clarity and precision; UNCLEAR, CLOUDY

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nefarious

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wicked, depraved, devoid of moral standards

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piquant

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stimulating to the taste or mind; spicy, pungent; appealingly provocative; TANGY

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primordial

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developed or created at the very beginning; going back to the most ancient times or earliest stage; fundamental, basic; PRIMEVAL

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propinquity

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nearness in place or time; kinship; SIMILARITY

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unwonted

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not usual or expected; not in character; UNEXPECTED

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utopian

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founded upon or involving a visionary view of an ideal world; impractical; IDEALISTIC

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verbiage

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language that is too wordy or inflated in proportion to the sense or content, wordiness; a manner of expression

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verdant

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green in tint or color; immature in experience or judgment; NAIVE

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viscous

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having a gelatinous or gluey quality, lacking in easy movement or fluidity; GUMMY

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atrophy

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the wasting away of a body organ or tissue; any progressive decline or failure; to waste away; WITHER

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bastion

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a fortified place, stronghold

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concord

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a statement of agreement, harmony, unanimity; a treaty, pact, covenant

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consummate

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complete or perfect in the highest degree; to bring to a state of completion or perfection; CONCLUDE

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disarray

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disorder, confusion; to throw into disorder; DISHEVEL

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exigency

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urgency, pressure; urgent demand, pressing need; an emergency; CRISIS

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flotsam

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floating debris; homeless, impoverished people; FLOATING WRECKAGE

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frenetic

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frenzied, highly agitated; FRANTIC

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glean

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to gather bit by bit; to gather small quantities of grain left in a field by the reapers; COLLECT

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grouse

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a type of game bird; a complaint; to complain, grumble

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incarcerate

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to imprison, confine, jail

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incumbent

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obligatory, required; one who holds a specific office at the time spoken of; MANDATORY

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jocular

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humorous, jesting, jolly, joking; WITTY

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ludicrous

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ridiculous, laughable, absurd; PREPOSTEROUS

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mordant

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biting or caustic in thought, manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh

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nettle

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a prickly or stinging plant; to arouse displeasure, impatience or anger; to vex or irritate severely; PEEVE

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pecuniary

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consisting of or measured in money; of or related to money

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pusillanimous

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contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited

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recumbent

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in a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting

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stratagem

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a scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent or gain an end; TRICK

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aculty

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sharpness (particularly of the mind or senses)

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delineate

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to portray, sketch or describe in accurate and vivid detail; to represent pictorially

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depraved

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marked by evil and corruption, devoid of moral principles; CORRUPT

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enervate

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to weaken or lessen the mental, moral, or physical vigor of; enfeeble, hamstring; CRIPPLE

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esoteric

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intended for or understood by only a select few, private, secret

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fecund

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fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive; PROLIFIC

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fiat

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an arbitrary order or decree; a command or act of will or consciousness

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figment

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a fabrication of the mind; an arbitrary notion; INVENTION

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garner

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to acquire as the result of effort; to gather and store away, as for future use; COLLECT

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hallow

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to set apart as holy or sacred, sanctify, consecrate; to honor greatly, revere; BLESS

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idiosyncrasy

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a peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify; QUIRK

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ignominy

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shame and disgrace; HUMILIATION

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mundane

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earthly, worldly, relating to practical and material affairs; concerned with what is ordinary; ROUTINE

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nuance

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a subtle or slight variation (as in color, meaning, quality), delicate gradation or shade of difference

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overweening

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conceited, presumptuous; excessive, immoderate; ARROGANT

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penchant

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a strong attraction or inclination

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reputed

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according to reputation or general belief; having widespread acceptance and good reputation; alleged

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sophistry

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reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound; a fallacy

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sumptuous

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costly, rich, magnificent

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ubiquitous

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present or existing everywhere; UNIVERSAL