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171 Cards in this Set
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Asperity
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Sharpness or harshness of manner.
Roughness of surface; unevenness |
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Bane
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A person or thing that destroys or causes harm
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Imbue
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To fill completely with a feeling or idea; to inspire
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Penchant
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A strong attraction or leaning.
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Rudiment
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Basic principle or skill
An undeveloped or beginning stage. |
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Adjudicate
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To judge
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Countenance
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Exprression on a person's face.
Support or approval |
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Expedite
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To speed up a process; facilitate.
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Gratuitous
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Not called for; unnecessary
Without charge; free |
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Percedent
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An act, statement, that may serve as an example of justification for a later one
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Inalienable
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Not able to be taken or given away.
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Indiscriminate
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Not marked by carful distinctions; haphazard.
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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; slander.
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Perpetrate
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To commit as a crime or another antisoical act.
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Rancor
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A deep long-held feeling of hattred or bitterness.
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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 idolize
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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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Endow
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Provide with a quality 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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Tutelage
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Protection or guardianship.
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Acrimony
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Bitterness of temper and manner or hostility.
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Ambivalent
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Having mixed feelings about something or someone.
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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 ususally due to lack of nourishment; scrawny.
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Enclave
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A region or community enclosed within a larger territory.
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Exacerbate
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To make more sever, bitter, to produce.
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Inexorable
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Not to be persuaded, stopped, or move by plea; relentless.
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Poignant
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Painfully moving,affectingm or touching.
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Proselytize
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To convent someone to a faith, belief, or cause.
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Ameliorate
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To make better; improve.
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Berate
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To citicize vigorously.
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Circumvent
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To avoid through craftiness
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Compunction
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A feeling of unseasiness or anxiey caused by gilt.
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Condone
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To overlook without punishment
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Diminutive
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Very small
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Euphemism
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A polite term used to avoid directly naming something considered offensive
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Infirmity
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Physical or mental weakness
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Repast
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Food and drink; meal
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Servitude
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A lack of freedom; forced labor.
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Castigate
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To punish by criticizing sharply; to berate.
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Colloquial
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Characterized by informal language.
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Epitaph
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The words craved on a tombstone in memoery of the deceased.
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Inter
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To put in a grave; to bury
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Lacerate
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To tear or cut roughly.
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Largesse
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Act of giving generously; gift
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Omnivorous
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Easting all kinds of food both animal and vegetable
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Permeate
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To spread throughout; to pass through
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Rendition
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An interpretation or trnaslation; performance.
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Resurgence
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A rising again to life, use, acceptance, or prominence; revival
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Stipend
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Regualr and fixed amount of pay for work done or to help over living or work expenses.
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Subservient
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Serving or acting in a subordinate manners; servile.
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Permeate
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To spread throughout; pass through
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Resurgence
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A rising again to life, use, acceptance, or prominence, revival
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Stipend
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Regular and fixed amount of pay
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Subservient
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Serving or acting in a lower manner.
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Beset
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Sourround or attack repeatedly.
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Cede
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To give up or transfer by a formal agreement
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Circuitous
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Roundabout; indirect
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Desultory
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Proceeding or carried out in an aimless way.
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Galvanize
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To excite or arouse action.
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Implement
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A tool or instrument
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Vanguard
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Leading or forward position in a movement
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Constrain
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Confine or hold back by force or necessity.
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Flotilla
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Fleet of boats or small ships
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Gossamer
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Thin sheer fabric or fine filmu substance
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Incur
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To bring upon oneself something undesirable
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Ligquidate
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convert into money
to get rid of |
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Misnomer
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A name that does not fit.
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Onerous
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Oppressive
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Pnademonium
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State of great confusion or uproar.
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Axiom
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Statement that requires no proof because its truth is obvious.
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Churlish
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Lacking good manners.
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Derivative
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Something that grows out of or result from an earlier form or condition.
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Disparage
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To critizine in a negative manner.
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Dissipate
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To break up and spread out thinly as to disappear.
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Esoteric
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Not generally known or understood - familiar to only a small number of people.
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Vagary
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Departure from the normal whim or unpredictable action.
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Agrarian
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Having to do with farming
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Burgeon
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To grow and expand rapidly
Flourish |
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Cataclysm
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Sudden and violent change
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Denigrate
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Attack the reputation of.
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Grandiloquent
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Using lofty or pompous speech or expression.
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Manifold
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Having many different kinds, forms, and parts.
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Palatable
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Pleasing to the sense of taste.
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Panacea
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Cure-all.
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Scourge
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Social evil
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Aphorism
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Short statement of truth
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Catharsis
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Realeasing of the emotions often through the arts that brings about the spiritual renewal or relieving of tension.
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Cohort
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A group that is moving or working together
One who assists another especially in a criminal activity. |
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Culpable
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Dserving blame or censure.
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Diabolical
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Evil or wicked.
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Gibe
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Utter taunting, sarcastic words.
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Scurrilous
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Vulgar; coarsely abusive.
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Belie
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To give false impression of
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Carnage
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Slaughter.
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Eradicate
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To get rid of
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Flout
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To ignore in a disrespectful way
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Foment
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To stir up, to rouse, to instigate.
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Insurrection
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Rebellion
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Mitigate
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To make or become less serious or severe
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Pretext
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An effort to conceal the real intention or state of affairs.
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Somnolent
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Tending to cause sleepiness
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Stalwart
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Strong, sturdy.
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Aberration
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Departure from the norm; flaw or defect
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Antiquated
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Out of date; growing old.
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Certitude
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State of being certain of the truth of something
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Juncture
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Joining or coming together; connection occurs.
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Maelstorm
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Large and violent whirlpool
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Pillory
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To expose to public scorn or contempt
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Proliferate
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To grow, expand,multiplying at a rapid rate.
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Abominate
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To hate or loathe
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Animosity
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Intense will
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Beleaguer
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Surround with an army
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Constituent
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One of the parts that makes up a whole.
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Iniquitous
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Unjust; wicked
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inure
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To adjust to and accept unpleasent conditions
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Inveigh
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To complain or protest strongly
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Scathing
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Harshly critical
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Transpire
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To become apparent; come to light.
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Banal
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Lacking freshness trite
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Bemuse
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To confuse or bewilder
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Cognizant
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Fully aware; taking notice
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Conundrum
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Riddle whose answer is a play on words.
Puzzle or problem that is difficult to solve |
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Evanescent
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Short-lived
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Grandiose
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Impressive because of large size or scope.
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Intransigent
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Refusing to compromise or change one's position on an issue.
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Panache
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Dahs or flamboyance in style or action.
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Picayune
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Petty concern
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Promontory
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High point of land that juts out into water.
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Aggregate
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sum total
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Allocate
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Set aside for a specidic puropse
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Decorum
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Suitable, proper behavior or speech.
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Defunct
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No longer existing or functioning.
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Halcyon
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Calm,peacful, and happy.
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Hyperbole
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Extravagant exaggeration
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Ruminate
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Ponder
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Temerity
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Reckless boldness without regard to danger or opposition.
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Winnow
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Seperate and remove what is undesirable and leav what is desirable
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August
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Inspiring great respect or admiration;noble
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Auspices
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Protection, support, or guidance.
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Cavil
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To criticize unimportant things; quibble
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Curator
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A person in charge of an exhibition; overseer of a museum or library.
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Gamut
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Entire range of something
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Ineffable
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Incapable of being expressed in words.
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Mellifluous
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Sweetly flowing; pleasent to the ear.
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Mien
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Person's manner or expression.
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Amenable
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willing to take advice
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Dearth
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Shortage
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Demoralize
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Destory the morals of someone.
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Ebullient
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Bubbling with enthusiasm or hight spirits.
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Fatuous
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Foolish
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Harbinger
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Person or thing that is a symbol of what is to come.
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Incumbent
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One who occupies an office or position.
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Neophyte
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A beginner.
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Preogrative
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Speical right limited to a person, group or office; privilege
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Accost
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Approach and speak to in an aggressive way.
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Avarice
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Greed for wealth.
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Bilk
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Cheat out of what is due.
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Consummate
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Extremely skilled; perfect
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Credulous
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Willing to believe things with only slight or no evidence.
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Fortuitous
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Happening by lucky chance; accidental
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Hypothetical
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Based on something that is not actual but assumed or supposed.
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Incoherent
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Not connected;rambling
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Pleasantry
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An agreeable, causal remark
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Qualm
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Feeling of uneasiness as to weather what one is doing is right or wise; a misgiving
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