Word List 2

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Acrid

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Sharp, pungent (used of smell and tastes)

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Boorish

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ill-mannered

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Cynical

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Believing that people act only out of selfish motives

Thinking that someone else is selfish

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Epistle

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A letter (form of communication)

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Heresy

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Against orthodox opinion

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Lance

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Noun: Spear, spike, javelin

Verb: Cutting or bursting something

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Obscure

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Adjective: Difficult to understand

Verb: Partially Hidden

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Poignant

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Strongly affecting the emotions, deeply moving

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Respite

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A break, intermission, relief

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Terse

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Laconic, to the point, concise

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Acrophobia

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Fear of heights

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Bourgeois

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Middle class

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Debility

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Weakness, incapacity

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Epistolary

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Concerned with letters, through correspondence

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Hiatus

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Interruption, pause

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Languid

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Tired, slow

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Obscured

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Hidden, covered, buried

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Poised

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Calm, collected, self-possessed

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Resplendent

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Shining, glowing

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Therapeutic

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Medicinal, curative

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Acuity

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Mental or visual sharpness

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Braggart

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Someone who boasts

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Debunking

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Exposing false claims or myths

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Epitomized

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Characterized, personified, typified

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Hidebound

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Rigid in opinions, culture, tradition

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Languish

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Decay, fade away, get weaker

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Obsequious

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Ready to serve or please, submissive, servile

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Polemical

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Causing debate or argument

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Restorative

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A tonic, medicinal

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Thwart

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To frustrate

To oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose

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Adamant

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Stubborn, inflexible, forceful, obdurate

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Brawny

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Muscular

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Decathlon

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An athletic competition with ten events

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Equivocate

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Avoid telling the truth, speak ambiguously

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Hieroglyphics

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1. Picture writing

2. Writing which is difficult to read or enigmatic; cave paintings

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Larceny

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Theft, robbery, stealing

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Obsession

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A dominating concern

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Ponderous

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Weighty, slow and heavy

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Retention

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Preservation, withholding

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Timorous

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Fearful, cowardly, full of fear

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Adroit

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Skillful

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Maladroit

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Unskillful

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Brevity

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Being brief

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Decorum

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Dignified, correct behavior

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Err

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Make a mistake, make an error

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Hinder

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To obstruct, hamper

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Largess

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Generosity, being generous

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Obsolete

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No longer valid, very old

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Pontificate

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Speak pompously or dogmatically

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Reticent

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Uncommunicative, who speaks less, restrained, holding something back

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Tirade

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Stream of verbal abuse, diatribe, harangue

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Adulation

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Strong admiration, worship

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Bristle

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To show irritation, annoyed

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Decoy

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To trap, trick, bait, lure

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Erratic

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Irregular, wandering

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Histrionic

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Exaggerated, theatrical

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Laud

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Praise, applaud

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Obstreperous

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Noisy and boisterous

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Portend

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Foretell, feeling that something negative is about to happen

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Retraction

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Withdrawal, cancelation of a statement

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Titter

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To laugh and giggle quietly

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Adversity

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Hardship

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Broach

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Start to discuss, approach, Pins used in suits

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Deference

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Respect

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Esoteric

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Obscure and difficult to understand

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Hoary

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Old

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Lavish

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On a grand scale, wasteful

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Obtuse

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Mentally dull

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Portent

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A warning sign, omen

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Revere

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Worship

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Tome

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A large book

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Advocate

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Support, bolster, buttress

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Brusque

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Blunt, abrupt

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Defoliate

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Causes leaves to fall off

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Espouse

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Promote, take up, support, to marry

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Hone

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To sharpen, increase, whet

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Lax

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Careless, not strict

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Obviate

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To avoid, make unnecessary

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Poseur

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Someone who puts on an act, fake people

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Riddled

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Full of (usually full of holes), saturate

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Torpid

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Lazy, inactive, stagnant

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Aesthetic

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Concerning art or beauty

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Bulwark

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Fortification, barricade, wall

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Defunct

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No longer in existence

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Etymology

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The study of word origins

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Hyperbole

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Grossly exaggerated speech

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Legend

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1. Key to map

2. Myth or Story

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Odious

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Hateful

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Posterity

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Future generations

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Rife

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Common

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Torpor

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Slow, sluggishness, inactivity, dormancy

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Affable

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Friendly, social, easygoing

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Bureaucracy

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Officialdom

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Degradation

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Deprivation, poverty, debasement

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Eulogy

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Praise

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Hypochondriac

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A person obsessed with health

Having imaginary illnesses

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Legion

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In large numbers, myriad

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Officious

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Intrusive, domineering, meddlesome

Objectionably aggressive in offering one's unrequested and unwanted services

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Posthumous

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After death

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Rigor

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Hardship, thoroughness

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Totter

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Walk unsteadily, walking when you are drunk, collapse