Wordly Wise: Lessons 1-4

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Asperity

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Sharpness or harshness of manner, roughness of surface, uneveness

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Bane

Back 2

A person or thing that destroys or causes harm.

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Buffoon

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A person who often attemps to be funny; a clown; a fool.

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Doleful

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Mournful or full or sorrow; causing grief

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Extrovert

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A person whose attention is focused on others and on what is going on around him or her

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Garish

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Excessively bright and flashy; tastelessly glaring.

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Hierarchy

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A grouop or system in which positions of power are ranked, usually from lowest to highest

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Imbue

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To fill completely with a feeling or idea; to inspire.

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Instigate

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To stir up or urge on; to provoke

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Penchant

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A strong attraction or leaning

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Rambunctious

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Behaving in a wild and unruly manner.

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Repertoire

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The list of pieces a actor, muscian, etc. isready to perform; the skills or accomplishments of a person or group

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Rudimnet

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1.A basic principle or skill
2. An undeveloped or beginning stage

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Undermine

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1. To weaken or ruin by degrees
2. To attack by indirect, secret, or underhanded means

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Unremitting

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Not stopping or slowing down; constant

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Adjudicate

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To hear and decide judicially; to judge

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Centennial

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A one-hundredth anniversary or its celebration; of or pertaining to one hundred years.

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Countenance

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1. A person's face; the expression on a person's face.
2. support or approval; to tolerate

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Disgruntle

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To make dissatisfied; to put in a bad mood.

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Equilibrium

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A state of balance

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Expedite

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To speed up a process; to facilitate.

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Gird

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1. To encircle, bind, or surround.
2. To get ready for action, to brace

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Gratuitous

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1. Not called for, unecessary.
2. Without charge; free

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Illusory

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Unreal or imagined; deceiving

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Implacable

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Incapable of being placated, soothed, or significantly changed; relentless

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Luminary

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1. A source of light, especially from the sky, such as the sun or moon
2. A person who is well known for her or his achievements; a celebrity.

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Manifesto

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A public statement explaining the intentions, motives, or views of an individual or group.

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Mesmerize

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To fascinate or hypnotize

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Precedent

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An act or statement that may serve as an example or justification for a later one.

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Spurious

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Not genuine; false

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Curtail

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To cut short or reduce.

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Discriminate

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To make or recognize clear distinctions; To treat in a less or more favorable way

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Espionage

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The act of spying, especially a government spy obtaining secrets of another government,

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Inalienable

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Not able to be taken or given away.

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Incarcerate

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To confine or to put in prison

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Indignity

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An insult to one's pride, offensive or humiliating treatment.

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Indiscriminate

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Not marked by careful distinctions; haphazard.

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Infamous

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Have a very bad reputation; notorious; disgraceful; vicious.

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Intercede

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To act or plead on another's behalf; to try to smooth the differences between two parties.

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Malign

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To say negative and unfair things about; slander; Evil; showing ill will

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Perpetrate

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To commit, as a crime or other antisocial act

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Rampant

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Threateningly wild, without restraint or control; widespread.

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Rancor

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A deep, long held feeling of hatred or bitterness.

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Reparation

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A mending or repair, a making up or payment for a wrong or damage done, especially in the case of an international war.

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Smattering

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Superficial, scattered knowledge, a small amount.

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Accolade

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An expression of approval or respect for special merit; an award.

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Adamant

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Not yeilding; firm

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Adulate

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To flatter or admire excessively; to idolize

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Altercation

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A loud and determined dispute; a noisy quarrel

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Anals

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A historical record of events, often arranged in a yearly sequence

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Assiduous

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Diligent and persistent

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Chary

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Exercising caution; hesitant

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Clique

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A small, exculsive group, a group held together by like interests or purposes.

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Decrepit

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Worn-out with use; broken down

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Endow

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To provide with a quality, a thing, or a gift of money

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Ephemeral

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Lasting a very short time

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Ingratiate

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To work to gain the favor of someone

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Pantheon

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A group of people held in high esteem for their great achievements

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Perverse

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Turned away from what is right; wicked
Stubbornly opposing what is right or reasonable; obstinate

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Tutelage

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Instruction, protection, or guardianship.

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Acrimony

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Bitterness or sharpness of temper, manner, or speech,; hositility

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Affinity

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Attraction for someone or something with which one feels a closeness or kinship

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Ambivalent

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Having mixed, often opoosing feeling about something or someone; indecisive

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Cessation

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A stopping, either final or temporary

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Emaciated

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Very thin or wasted away, especially from lack of nourishment; scrawny

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Enclave

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A distinct region or community enclosed within a larger territory

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Engender

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To bring into being, to produce

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Exacerbate

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To make more severe, bitter or violent

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Illicit

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Not allowed, improper, or unlawful

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Indigenous

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Naturally living or growing in a certain area; native

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Inexorable

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Not to be persuadede, stopped, or moved by entreaty or plea; relentless

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Infatuated

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Filled with excessive, shallow, or foolish love or desire.

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Insatiable

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Never satisfied; greedy

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Poignant

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Painfully moving, affecting, or touching

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Proselytize

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To convert someone to a faith, belief, or cause