Words From B Book 4- All Boxed

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veracious

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truthful

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venerate

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revere

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tortuous

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winding, full of curves

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tirade

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extended scolding; denunciation; harangue

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tangential

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peripheral; only slightly connected, digressing

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strut

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supporting bar or pompus walk

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stint

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*be thrifty, set limits
or
supply, alloted amt, asigned portion

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soporific

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causing sleep

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secrete

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*hide away or cache;

produce and release a substance into an organism

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satitate

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satisfy fully

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recalcitrant

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obstinately stubborn

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quiescent

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at rest, dormant, temporarily inactive

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proscribe

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ostracize, banish, outlaw

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prodigal

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wasteful, reckless with money

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probity

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uprightness; incorruptibility

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pristine

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characteristic of earlier times; primitive, unspoilled

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prevaricate

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deviate from the truth, lie

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equivocal

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ambiguous, intentionally misleading

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precarious

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uncertain,risky

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pragmatic

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practical

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placate

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pacify, concilliate

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phlegmatic

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calm, not easily disturbed

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perfidious

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treachorus, disloyal

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penury

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extreme poverty, stinginess

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pedantic

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showing off learning

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paragon

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model of perfection

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opprobrium

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infamy; villification

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onerous

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burdensome

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officious

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meddlesome; excessively pushy in offering one's services

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obviate

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to make unnecessary, to get rid of

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obdurate

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stubborn

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neophyte

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recent convert, beginner

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misanthrope

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one who hates mankind

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mendacious

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lying, dishonest

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levity

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lack of seriousness or steadiness; frivolity

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lassitude

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languor, weariness

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laconic

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brief and to the point

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irascible

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irritable; easily angered

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intractable

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unruly, stubborn, unyielding

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amoritize

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To liquidate (a debt, such as a mortgage) by installment payments or payment into a sinking fund.
To write off an expenditure for (office equipment, for example) by prorating over a certain period.

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minatory

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threatening or menacing

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occult

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-Of, relating to, or dealing with supernatural influences, agencies, or phenomena.
-Beyond the realm of human comprehension; inscrutable.
-Available only to the initiate; secret: occult lore. See Synonyms at mysterious.
-Hidden from view; concealed.

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exigent

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Requiring immediate action or remedy. See Synonyms at urgent.
Requiring much effort or expense; demanding

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philistine

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A smug, ignorant, especially middle-class person who is regarded as being indifferent or antagonistic to artistic and cultural values.
One who lacks knowledge in a specific area.

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turpitude

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1. Inherent baseness or vileness of principle, words, or actions; depravity.
2. A base act.

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equivocal

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Open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead; ambiguous. See Synonyms at ambiguous.
Of uncertain significance.
Of a doubtful or uncertain nature

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xenophobe

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A person unduly fearful or contemptuous of that which is foreign, especially of strangers or foreign peoples.

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reactionary

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extremely conservative [syn: reactionist, far-right] n : an extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism [syn: ultraconservative, extreme right-winger]

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miscreant

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An evildoer; a villain.
An infidel; a heretic