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abate
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decrease
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abdicate
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to give up powers
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abeyance
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temporary suppression or suspension
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aberrant
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different, to stand out from group
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abject
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miserable, pityful
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abject poverty
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abjure
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to reject or abandon formally
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abscission
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act of cutting natural separation of leaf
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abscond
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to depart secretly
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abstemious
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moderate in appetite
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abstinence
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giving up of certain pleasures
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abysmal
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very bad
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accretion
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growth in size or increase in amount
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accrue
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to accumulate, grow by additions
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accrual of principal or interest
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adamant
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uncompromising, unyielding
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adjunct
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something added attached or joined
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admonish
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to caution or reprimand, scold gently or warn
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mother admonished her child for doing wrong
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a
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to make corrupt or impure
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aesthetic
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relating to beauty or arts
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affectation
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unnatural or artificial behavior usually intended to impress
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his english accent is an affectation, he affected more to be of an artist than he really was
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affinity
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fondness, liking, sympathy, similarity
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aggrandize
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to make larger or greater, exaggerate
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He tried to aggrandize the event by telling lies
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aggregate
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amounting to a whole
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alacrity
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cheerful willingness, eagerness, speed
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He could hardly wait for his parents to leave he carried their luggage out to the car with great alacrity
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alchemy
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medival chemical philosophy based on changing metal into gold, a seemingly magical power or process of transmutation
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allay
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to lessen , ease, soothe(similar to alleviate)
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alleviate
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to relieve, improve partially
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alloy
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combination a mixture of two or more metals
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allure
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power to entice by charm
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she is so alluring
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amalgamate
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to combine into a unified whole
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ambiguous
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unclear or doubtful in meaning
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ambivalence
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state of having conflicting emotional attitudes
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ambrosia
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something delicious; the food of god
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ameliorate
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to improve, to make better
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prisoners condition was ameliorated when they were provided with color TV
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amenable
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agreeable, cooperative, suited
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amenity
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something that increases comfort, attractive
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amulet
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ornament worn has a charm against evil spirit
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anachronism
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something out of proper time
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analgesic
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medication that reduces or eliminates pain
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analogous
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comparable
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anarchy
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absence of government, state of disorder
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anodyne
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something that calms or soothes pain
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anamolous
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irregular, deviating from normal
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antecedent
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something that comes before
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antediluvian
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prehistoric(ante + diluvian = before + flood)
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antipathy
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dislike, hostility
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apathy
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indiffrence
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apex
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highest point
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apogee
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point in an orbit most distant from the body being orbited; the highest point
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apothegm
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a terse, witty saying(apo + phthengesthai = from + to utter)
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appease
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pacify, placate
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appelation
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name, designation
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apposite
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strikingly appropriate and relevent
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apprise
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to inform
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let me apprise you of current information
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approbation
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approval, praise
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appropriate
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to make possesion of for ones own use;confiscate
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apropose
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relevent
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arabesque
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ornate design featuring intertwined curves; a ballet position in which one leg is extended in back while the other supports the weight
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archeology
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study of material evidence of past human life
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ardor
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great emotion or passion
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his ardor for combat cooled down once he started experiencing the horrors of the war
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arduous
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extremely difficult; laborious
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climbing the mountain was arduous
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argot
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specialized vocabulary used by group, jargon
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arrest
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to stop; to seize
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artifact
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item made by human craft
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artless
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guileless, natural
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ascetic
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one who practices self-denial
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asperity
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severity;harshness;irritability
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doesn’t like the asperity of experimental music
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aspersion
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slander; false rumour
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I don’t think anyone is casting aspersions on you
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assiduous
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diligent hardworking
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assuage
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to make less severe, pacify (suage = sweet)
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astringent
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harsh, severe
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asylum
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place of refuge or shelter
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embassy serves as asylum for countrys nationals in need of help
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atavism
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reappearance of characteristics in an organism after several generation of absence; return of trait (atavus = ancestor)
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attenuate
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to weaken(tenure = to make thin)
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signal attenuation
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audacious
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bold, daring
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austere
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stern, unadorned, simple
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autonomous
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self- governing, independent
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avarice
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greed;love for wealth
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fable of king midas ia a good example of how avarice destroys a person
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aver
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to affirm, declare to be true(ad + verus = to + true)
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He averred that he was innocent
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avocation
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secondary vocation
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avuncular
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like an uncle, benevolent and tolerant
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axiomatic
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taken for granted, self evident truth
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bacchanalian
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pertaining to riotous or drunken festivity; pertaining to revelry
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banal
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commonplace, trite, boring
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that conversation was so banal
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banter
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playful conversation; witty or teaseful conversation
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good friends usually banter
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bard
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court poet
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bawdy
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obscene
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the play was bawdy
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beatify
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to sanctify; to bless; to ascribe virtue to
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she was beatified by pope
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bedizen
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to dress in a vulgar, showy manner
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an elderly actress bedizening herself with makeup and jewellery
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behemoth
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huge creature; anything very large and powerful
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new SUV is a gas-guzzling behemoth
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belie
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contradict; misrepresent; give false impression
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his smile belied the grief he was feeling
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beneficient
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doing good, kindly
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bifurcate
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to divide into two(bi + forca = two + fork )
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blandishment
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flattery, adulation , ingratiate
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blandished her into doing their work for them by complimenting her shamelessly
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blasé
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bored because of frquent indulgence, unconcerned
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thay seemed blasé about their marriage break up
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bolster
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to give a boost to; support; prop up
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bolster the confidence
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bombastic
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pompous, using inflated language
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bombastic essay
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boorish
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rude, insensitive
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boorish behavior, such as yelling for servent in restaurant
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bovine
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cowlike
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brazen
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shameless, bold
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brazen nature of notorious bank robber
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broach
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to mention for the first time
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no one knew how to broach in a GD
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bucolic
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characteristics of countryside, rustic, (bouvus = cow), pastoral
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enjoyed bucolic splendor of farmland
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burgeon
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to grow and flourish(burjon = bud)
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spring flowers burgeoned
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burnish
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to polish (literally to make brown)
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buttress
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to reinforce, to support
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buttress joint
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cacophonous
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unpleasant or harsh sounding
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cadge
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to beg, sponge
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cadge money
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callous
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thick skinned, insensitive
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calumny
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false and malicious accusation; slander
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calumnious blog
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canard
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false, deliberately misleading story
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popular canard
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canon
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a established set of principles; a basis or standard for judgement;a group of literary works (kanon in Greek)
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cant
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insincere talk, language of perticular group
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medical cant
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cantankerous
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irritable, ill-humored
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cantankerous old man
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capricious
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fickle
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captious
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fault finding; intended to entrap, as in an argument
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cardinal
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a foremost important(heart most important organ of body)
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carnal
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of related to flesh or body; sensual, lecherous, lascivious, lubricious
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carnal pleasure
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carping
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to find fault; complain querulously
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cartography
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science of making maps
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caste
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social stratification
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castigation
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severe punishment or criticism
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cataclysm
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violent upheavel that causes great destruction and change
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catalyst
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something that causes change
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categorical
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without exceptions, unqualified, absolute
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Though the captain claimed he was never, never sick at sea, he finally qualified his categorical denial
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caucus
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private meeting of members of a party
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caucus was held to decide the head
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causal
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involving a cause
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caustic
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burning, stinging, causing corrosion
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celestial
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concerned with sky or heavens; sublime
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centrifugal
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moving away from center
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centripetal
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moving or directed towards a center
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champion
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to defend or support
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chasten
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to correct by punishment; to restrain or subdue (castigate)
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God chastens
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chicanery
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trickery; fraud
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chivalry
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the qualities idealized by knighthood such as bravery and gallantry toward women
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churlish
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rude, boorish, lack of civility or graciousness
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It would be churlish not to congratulate him
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circuitous
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roundabout
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circuitous route
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clairvoyant
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one who can predict the future; psychic (clair + voir = clear + see)
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clairvoyant powers
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clamor
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noisy outcry
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clamorous argument
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clique
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small, exclusive group
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high school clique
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cloister
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to confine, seclude (like claustram);monastery or convent
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nuns lived in cloister
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coagulate
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thicken, congeal
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coalesce
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to cause to become one
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coda
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concluding part of a litrerary or musical composition (opposite of overture)
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play coda
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codify
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to systematize, arrange
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cognizant
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informed, conscious, aware
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collage
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artistic composition of materials pasted over a surface; an assemblage of diverse elements
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commensurate
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proportional
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commensurate job
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compendium
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brief, comprehensive summary(com + pendere = weight together)(epitome)
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complacent
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self-satisfied
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complaisant
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overly polite; willingness to comply with wishes of others
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complement
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something that completes or make up a whole
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compliant
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yielding
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compunction
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regret, remorse
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concave
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curving inwards
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conciliatory
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making peace; attempting to resolve a dispute
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divorced couple felt conciliatory
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concoct
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prepare by combining raw materials (com + coquera = cook together)
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concoct a recipe
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concomitant
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existing concurrently
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condone
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to overlook voluntarily; forgive
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confound
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to baffle; perplex; mix up
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congenial
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having same, nature, taste;pleasant
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congenial companion, congenial atmosphere
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conjugal
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pertaining to marriage
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conjugal bliss
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connoisseur
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expert in matters of taste; expert knowledge or training
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conscript
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a person forcefully enrolled for military service(con + script = to write = to enroll)
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consecrate
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to declare sacred
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contend
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to assert, compete
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contentious
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likely to cause diagreement or argument, belligerent
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contentious issue
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contiguous
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touching; neighbouring; connecting without a break
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continence
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self-control; abstention from sexual activity
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contrite
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sorrowful for wrong; seeking forgiveness
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contrite tears
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contumacious
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disobedient, rebellious
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contumacious star
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conundrum
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riddle; puzzle with no solution
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convention
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practice widely observed in a group;custom
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converge
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to approach, come together, tend to meet
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convex
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curved outward
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convivial
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feast
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convival gathering
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convoluted
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twisted; complicated
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copious
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abundant, plentiful
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coquette
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woman who flirts
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cornucopia
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horn overflowing with fruit and grain; state of abundance
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cosmology
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study of universe as a totality
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covert
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secret hidden, opposite of overt
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covert operation
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covetous
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desiring something owned by others
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cozen
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to mislead by trick or fraud; deceive;prevaricate
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cozened ladies
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craven
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cowardly
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craven refusal
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credence
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acceptance of something as true
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credo
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statement of belief or principle; creed
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daunt
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to discourage;dishearten;intimidate
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dearth
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scarcity(dead + earth)
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debauchery
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corruption
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debauch public ideals
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decorum
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proper behavior, propreity, demureness(decorate)
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defame
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to malign, harm someones reputation,aspersion, vilify,slander
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default
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to fail to act
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my default browser defaults
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deference
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respect; regard for anothers wish
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defunct
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no longer existing(de + fungi = not funtional)
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delineate
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to represent or depict
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demographic
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related to population balance
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demotic
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pertaining to people
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demur
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delay; to object; to question or oppose ; reserved modest
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don’t demure now
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denigrate
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to slur someones reputation; blacken; belittle (de + niger = to blacken)
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don’t denigrate the poor
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denizen
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an inhabitant; a regular visitor
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denouement
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outcome; unraveling of the plot of a play or work or literature
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obvious denouement
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atrophied
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shrunken, wasted because of lack of use
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billowed
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swell
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ratification
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approval
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overseer
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one who oversees
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occult
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hide from sight, conceal
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trenchant
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sharpe
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intersperse
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scatter
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dubious
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doubtful
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rubicund
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ruddy, red , flushed ,
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sallow
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change in skin color due to illness
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commute
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to reduce
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commuted punishment
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camouflage
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conceal, disguise
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celerity
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swiftness, speed
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flimsy
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not firm
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reconnaissance
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exploration
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caricature
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cartoon
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vignette
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small sketch
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cameo
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small portrait, limited appearance
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cameo appearance
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decry
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deprecate, disparage, derogatory
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archetype
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exemplary, model
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contracetion
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preventing pregnancy(preventing conception)
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conjecture
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interpretation of sign or omen, a conclusion so drawn
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speculate
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to spy
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corroboration
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strengthening or combining
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neophyte
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tyro , beginner
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hoi polloi
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common people
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technocrats
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technical expert
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ancillary
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subordinate, supplementary, auxiliary and also accessory(ancillary of aircraft)
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succinctly
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concise, precise, brevity
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succinct manner
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jocosely
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joking, jocularly
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misnomer
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wrong name
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melange
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mixture
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sentient
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stimulus, sense
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sentient cells of brain
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fecund
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capable of producing, fertile
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fecund woman
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ethos
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ethical
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fatuous
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foolish, silly, absurd
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fiat
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saction, permission
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under the fiat of the king
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aplomb
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complete confidence
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inculcated
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urge on or fix in mind
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pope inculcated him with ideas
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pontificate
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to deliver oracular utterances or dogmatic opinions(pons + fic = bridge + maker )
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rhapsodize
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to patch together
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plumb
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lead
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plummet
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to fall perpendicularly
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meretricious
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having synthetic and spurious attractions, gaudy
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mores
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moral attitude, habits
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jurisprudence
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science or philosophy of law
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revel
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rebel
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ensue
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to succeed
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putative
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commonly accepted(reputed)
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perversion
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act of perverting
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forerunner
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premonitory sign or symptom, harbinger
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unravel
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unwind, untwist(ravel = entangle)
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don’t ravel my mind
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predisposition
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inclination, tendency
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stricture
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censure, criticism
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solace
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alleviation of grief or anxiety
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insurrection
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rebel
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chimerical
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fanciful
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meticulous
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particular, meticulous
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garish
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gaudy
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charisma
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charm or appealing
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comeliness
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beauty of external form
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chagrin
|
vexation
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holistic
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as a whole
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holistic approach
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schism
|
rift or split
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papacy schism
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blister
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wound caused by animal attacks
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snippet
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small part
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laceration
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tear
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vapid
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dull, bland
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luxuriant
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abundant and varied
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beguiling
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attractive, pleasing, intriguing
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forestall
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obstruct or hinder before hand
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overwhelm
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destroy, overpower, overturn
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sublime
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to convert to higher worth or esteem
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satiate
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saturate, surfeit
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zesty
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piquant
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masticate
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chew, ground
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masticate food
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unstinting
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very generous, not stinting or bound, (stint = bound , stop)
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fatuous
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foolish
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fatuous act
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tertoid
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monstrously deformed
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bonny
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beautiful
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felicitous
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well expressed
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consonant
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agreement
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monocoque
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constructed in single piece
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parietal
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college related
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pavonine
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iridescent
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attuned
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to bring into harmony
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cauterize
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to make insensible, inure, stolid, stoic
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promulgate
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proclaim, officially declare
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promulgated his ideas
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subverts
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over turn, overthrow, turn upside down, destroy, demolish
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expiate
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to put an end, purify
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preternatural
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supernatural
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autocrat
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a governaor ruling with absolute power
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doughty
|
able, strong,
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doughty soldier
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halcyon
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calm and peaceful
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idolatrous
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given to intense or excessive devotion to something
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impassive
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revealing no emotion
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occlude
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to obstruct or block
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pith
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essential or central part
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inchoate
|
in an initial state not fully formed
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infelicitous
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unfortunate, inappropriate
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rancorous
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long lasting bitterness, acrid, acerbic
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rancorous taste
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subpoena
|
a court order requiring appearance or testimony
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surfeit
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to feed or supply to excess
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astringent
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tightining effect on tissue
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divulge
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to disclose something secret
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flout
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to show contempt as in rule or convention
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hubris
|
overbearing presumption or pride; arrogance
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plethora
|
an overabundance; surplus
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penchant
|
proclivity, tendency, predisposition
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refulgent
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radiant, shiny, brilliant
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shard
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a piece of broken pottery or glass
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trenchent
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sharply perceptive ; keen penetrating
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untenable
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indefensive, not viable
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varigated
|
multicolored
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vexation
|
annoyance, irritation
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brandish
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to expose in a ostentatious, shameless manner
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politicians brandish
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understated
|
simply effective
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lurid |
unpleasantly bright in color,presented in vividly shocking and sensational terms |
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lax
|
relax, loosen
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ossify
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callous, harden
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tepid
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halfhearted
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steamy
|
hot and erotic
|
she is steamy
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dreadful
|
extremely bad
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food was dreadful
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abyss
|
bottomless pit
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monarchy
|
one leader
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anarchy
|
no leader
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grumpy
|
unhappy, dissatisfied, irritable
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precedent
|
antecedent
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disapprobation
|
disapproval
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confiscate
|
confiscate officially
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artful
|
crafty, wily, sly, cunning
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guileless
|
innnocent
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stern
|
sever
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adorn
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to enhance the beauty
|
Her paitings adorn the walls
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intimidate
|
frightened
|
I was intimidated by his looks
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fable
|
story
|
fable of king midas is a great example of how avarice destroys person
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revelry
|
noisy party or merrymaking
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riotous
|
nature of riot, turbulent
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trite
|
lacking originality/Freshness boring, banal
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ascribe
|
refer to supposed cause, source or author
|
ascribed their stunning military victory to good intelligence beforehand
|
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pompous
|
exhibiting self importance
|
pompous piano teacher thought that music world was lucky to have her
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canine
|
dogs
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feline
|
cats
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equine
|
horse
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piscine
|
fish
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porcine
|
pigs
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ursine
|
bears
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desecration
|
to treat irrelevently
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overt
|
open
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vagaries
|
unexpected change
|
vagaries of weather
|
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histrionic
|
dramatic behavior to attract attention
|
histrionic outburst of girls
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forego
|
to go before
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jeopardize
|
expose to danger
|
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bungling
|
awkward
|
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vertigo
|
dizzying
|
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weary
|
fatigue, exhausted(weared out )
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plucky
|
courage
|
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mirth
|
merrymaking
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frolicsome
|
full of gaiety and mirth
|
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saturnine
|
slow, sluggish, sullen , morose, (born in saturn planet)
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beaming
|
extreme joy, happiness, satisfaction
|
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rebut
|
contradict, repel, refute
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wistful
|
yearning, melancholy, pensive
|
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pensive
|
to think(to weigh), thoughfulness with sorrow
|
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rancorous
|
malevolent(rancor= enmity)
|
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tremulous
|
timid,shaky, quivering, palpitation (trembling fear)
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slake
|
ease, mitigate, allay(to slack is to less the tension in wire)
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whet
|
stimulate, arouse, incite, excite
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sate
|
satisfy
|
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entourage
|
subordinates, attendents(entour= surround)
|
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flag
|
to make worse
|
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|
|
WORD
|
MEANING
|
USAGE
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harried
|
troubled persistently with petty annoyances, nag
|
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|
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posit
|
assume as fact
|
einstein positted
|
|
|
dispassionate
|
unaffected by string emotion or prejudice
|
dispassionate scientist
|
|
|
craven
|
cowardly
|
crouched cravenly in corner
|
|
|
mendacity
|
tendency to be untruthful
|
mendacious child
|
|
|
nuance
|
subtle difference in meaninig or opinion or attitude
|
nuances in a case
|
|
|
disseminate
|
cause to become widely known(dis + semen = similar to sowing seeds or spreading)
|
disseminate ideas
|
|
|
elicit
|
to call forth
|
elicit feelings
|
|
|
flux
|
state of uncertainity about what should be done
|
state of flux
|
|
|
duress
|
compulsory force or threat
|
signed under duress
|
|
|
polemic
|
strong verbal or written attack on someone or something
|
professor launched into polemic
|
|
|
askance
|
with a look of suspition and disapproval
|
old couple looked askance on teenagers
|
|
|
dilatory
|
wasting time
|
lawyers use dilatory tactics
|
|
|
edifying
|
enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement
|
reading more edifies
|
|
|
imprudent
|
not wise
|
imprudent managers
|
|
|
casualty
|
disaster, serious or fatal accident
|
|
|
|
ignominious
|
deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
|
|
|
|
fastidious
|
caring lot about every details
|
|
|
|
exacerbate
|
make worse
|
exacerbated her cold
|
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|
preclude
|
make impossible
|
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|
|
obscure
|
unclear, know by very few
|
obscure actors
|
|
|
incisive
|
ability to draw fine distictions
|
incisive mind
|
|
|
lambast
|
critisize severely
|
|
|
|
glut
|
excess with supply
|
|
|
|
culminate
|
Reach a climax or point of highest development
|
|
|
|
decorous
|
characterised with good taste and manners
|
|
|
|
gossamer
|
unusual delicasy
|
gossamer wings of butterflly
|
|
|
germane
|
relevent and approproate
|
germane work
|
|
|
gainsay
|
contradict, speak against
|
|
|
|
entrench
|
fix firmly
|
entrenched habits
|
|
|
engender
|
give rise to
|
|
|
|
didactic
|
instructive
|
didactic novel
|
|
|
mawkish
|
overly sentimental, saccharine
|
mawkish movie
|
|
|
chortle
|
chuckle, laugh merrly
|
chortling people
|
|
|
impudent
|
bold
|
impudent move
|
|
|
eschew
|
to stay away from deliberately(similar to tshus in German)
|
|
|
|
inexorable
|
impossible to stop(in + ex + orare)
|
inexorable development
|
|
|
gall
|
rude, bitter anger and ill-will
|
act of gall
|
|
|
superfluous
|
more than needed
|
|
|
|
mitigate
|
to make less severe
|
|
|
|
concede
|
acknowledge defeat, surrender
|
I concede you win
|
|
|
aesthete
|
a person who professes great senstivity to beauty of art and nature
|
|
|
|
torpor
|
inactivity resulting from lethary and lack of vigor or energy
|
state of complete torpor
|
|
|
bucolic
|
relating to pleasant aspects of country(bovus + kolic = cultivating cow)
|
|
|
|
diffident
|
lacking self-confidence
|
|
|
|
perfidy
|
act of deliberate betrayal, breach of trust
|
practice perfidy
|
|
|
culpability
|
state of guilt
|
|
|
|
recondite
|
difficult to comprehend, abstruse
|
|
|
|
circumvent
|
clearly find a way out of ones duties and obligations
|
|
|
|
tantamount
|
being essentially equal to something
|
|
|
|
juxtapose
|
place side by side
|
|
|
|
vilify
|
spread negative information about, calumnious, aspersion
|
|
|
|
spurious
|
plausible but false
|
spurious claim
|
|
|
languid
|
slow and relaxed
|
languid movement
|
|
|
avericious
|
greedy
|
|
|
|
disaffected
|
discontented as towards authority
|
disaffected and rebelled
|
|
|
jingoism
|
fanatical patriotism
|
|
|
|
forlorn
|
hopelessness
|
forlorn condition
|
|
|
itinerant
|
travelling from place to place
|
itinerant preacher
|
|
|
subsume
|
consider as a general rule
|
|
|
|
panache
|
distinctive and stylish elegance
|
typical panache style
|
|
|
supplant
|
take the place or replace
|
|
|
|
travesty
|
an absurd presentation of something; mockery
|
travesty document
|
|
|
abstain
|
choose not to take part
|
abstained from rave party
|
|
|
refractory
|
stubbornly resistant to authority and control
|
refractory childern
|
|
|
tenacious
|
stubbornly unyielding
|
tenacious advocates
|
|
|
frustrate
|
hinder, prevent
|
frustrated my plan
|
|
|
heretic
|
having unorthodox opinions in any field
|
heretic opinion
|
|
|
mollify
|
placate
|
|
|
|
tortuous
|
marked by repeated turns and bends
|
tortuous debate
|
|
|
petulant
|
irritating and annoying
|
petulant girl
|
|
|
forthcoming
|
at ease in talking to others
|
not a forthcoming husband
|
|
|
apocryphal
|
well known but not true
|
apocryphal stories
|
|
|
contingent
|
gathering of person representing some larger group, posssible but not certain to occur
|
|
|
|
myopic
|
lacking foresight or imagination
|
myopic managers
|
|
|
opaque
|
not clearly understood or expressed
|
|
|
|
underscore
|
to draw a line under or emphasize
|
underscore the importance
|
|
|
exacting
|
requiring and demanding accuracy
|
|
|
|
refute
|
prove to be false or incorrect
|
|
|
|
ignoble
|
not deserving respect
|
|
|
|
largess
|
extreme generosity and giving
|
|
|
|
espouse
|
to adopt or support an idea
|
|
|
|
idiosyncrasy
|
unusual way in which a person thinks or behaves
|
|
|
|
provincial
|
characteristic of limited perspective, person lacking urban polish and refinement
|
|
|
|
implausible
|
describing a statement that is not believable
|
|
|
|
temperance
|
trait of avoiding excess
|
maitain temperance in food and drinks
|
|
|
reconcile
|
to make compatible, match
|
unable to reconcile
|
|
|
exalt
|
praise or glorify
|
exalted the rockstar
|
|
|
gauche
|
socially awkward
|
|
|
|
repudiate
|
refuse to accept or reject
|
repudiate the rumour
|
|
|
circumscribe
|
restrict or confine
|
|
|
|
propitious
|
favorable circumstances, signs of success
|
propitious signs
|
|
|
austere
|
harsh in temperament
|
austere woman
|
|
|
tractable
|
easily managed
|
|
|
|
precipitous
|
done with very great haste
|
precipitous rise
|
|
|
pedestrian
|
lacking imagination
|
pedestrian concern
|
|
|
inimical
|
hostile, not friendly
|
inimical environment
|
|
|
subversive
|
in opposition to civil authority or government
|
subversive websites
|
|
|
munificent
|
very generous
|
|
|
|
sanction
|
legal penalty for forbidden use
|
|
|
|
arcane
|
requiring secret or mysterious knowledge
|
arcane rituals
|
|
|
sporadic
|
recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances
|
sporadic signals
|
|
|
winsome
|
charming in childlike or naive way
|
winsome by nature
|
|
|
antithetical
|
sharply contrasted in character and purpose
|
|
|
|
lionize
|
assign great social importance to
|
lionize kennedy
|
|
|
rescind
|
officially cancel(re+ scin = to cut)
|
|
|
|
constituent
|
a citizen represented in a government by officials for whom he or she votes
|
|
|
|
poignant
|
emotionally touching
|
poignant moment
|
|
|
haphazard
|
lacking plan, order, or direction
|
|
|
|
inscrutable
|
not easily understood
|
|
|
|
irrevocable
|
incapable of being retracted or revoked
|
|
|
|
maverick
|
great independence and unique in thoughts
|
maverick officer
|
|
|
proclivity
|
inclination(pro + clivus = incline)
|
|
|
|
protégé
|
protected or trained
|
I was a protege prenursery
|
|
|
diminution
|
diminishing, decrease
|
|
|
|
heyday
|
the period of ones greatest popularity, vigor or prosperity
|
|
|
|
inundate
|
flood
|
paddy fields have to be inundated with water
|
|
|
vindictive
|
desire for revenge
|
|
|
|
screed
|
an abusive rant (similar to scream)
|
|
|
|
Quixotic
|
impractical, chivalrous
|
|
|
|
mesmerized
|
spellbound, enthrall
|
|
|
|
charlatan
|
fraud, faker, making showy pretences to knowledge
|
|
|
|
diabolic
|
evil, devil like
|
diabolic plan
|
|
|
nadir
|
lowest point, opposite of zenith
|
|
|
|
embroiled
|
contention, argument
|
politicians embroiled in a imbroglio situation
|
|
|
pine
|
to yearn for
|
|
|
|
hound
|
to persue relentlessly(like round)
|
|
|
|
amiable
|
friendly
|
|
|
|
loath
|
reluctant, disinclined
|
loathed to reveal his secrets
|
|
|
bleak
|
gloomy
|
bleak weather
|
|
|
lugubrious
|
mournful,
|
lugubrious experience
|
|
|
indignation
|
anger aroused bt something unjust(abhay GT)
|
|
|
|
glum
|
dreary, gloomy, morose
|
|
|
|
remiss
|
negligent in performance of ones duties
|
|
|
|
macabre
|
suggesting horror, death
|
|
|
|
insolvent
|
penniless
|
|
|
|
slapdash
|
haphazard, careless
|
built in slapdash manner
|
|
|
dog
|
to track, hound
|
pug dogs
|
|
|
pinnacle
|
acme, summit
|
|
|
|
exhort
|
warn , advice
|
speaker exhorted the graduating students
|
|
|
unnerve
|
nervous
|
|
|
|
demure
|
modest and shy
|
she felt demure in white blouse
|
|
|
reprobate
|
those disapproved of
|
|
|
|
hodgepodge
|
a confusing mixture or jumble
|
|
|
|
powwow
|
informal meeting or discussion(circling in cricket)
|
|
|
|
badger
|
to pester, to annoy, harried,
|
badgered by parents
|
|
|
pittance
|
small amount(money)
|
|
|
|
extenuating
|
making less guilty or more forgivable
|
extenuating factor
|
|
|
preemptive
|
done before someone else can do it
|
preemptively ate all food
|
|
|
fleece
|
to deceive
|
|
|
|
beatific
|
blissfully happy
|
|
|
|
junta
|
aggressive takeover by a group
|
|
|
|
replete
|
completely stocked or furnished with something
|
|
|
|
flush
|
to be in abundance
|
|
|
|
stem
|
to hold back or limit the flow or growth of something
|
to stem raft applications
|
|
|
becoming
|
appropriate, matches nicely
|
dress was becoming
|
|
|
raft
|
large number of something
|
raft applications
|
|
|
immaterial
|
not relevent
|
|
|
|
ferret
|
to search persistently
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ferret for the origin of words
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amuck
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frenzied or uncontrolled state
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ran amuck
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wax
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to gradually increase in size or intensity
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disparate
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two different things
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start
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sudden move in particular direction
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desecrate
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to willfully destroy sacred place
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moment
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significant and important value
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corroborate
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to confirm or lend support
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imponderable
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impossible to estimate or figure out
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checkered
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one marked by disreputable happenings
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politicians have checkered pasts
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bellicose
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warlike inclined to quarrel
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they were known for bellicose ways
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cardinal
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most important
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santimonious
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show off of being pious
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errant
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not sticking to circumscribed paths
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errant walk
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avid
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marked by active interest and enthusiasm
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avid readers
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plodding
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slow and laborious
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plodding pace
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disenfranchise
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to deprive of voting rights
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respite
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pause from doing work
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fledgling
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young and inexperienced, describing any new participant in some activity
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fledgling in surgery
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entice
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get someone to do something through false promises
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inclement
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unpleasant, stormy
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inclement weather
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deter
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to prevent , turn away by persuasion
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deter him from joining army
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renege
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fail to fulfill a promise or obligation
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patronize
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treat condescendingly(to treat in less dignified level)
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jocular
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characterized by jokes and good humor
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jocular mood
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proponent
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a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
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snide
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expressive of contempt; derogatory or mocking in a indirect way
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snide remark
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flounder
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behave awkwardly, have difficulties
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barfi floundered at party
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moot
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open to argument or debate
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moot point
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ornate
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to decorate with details
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ascendancy
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ones state of more power over another
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apprehension
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fearful expectation, arrest, comprehension
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obdurate
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stubbornly persistent in changing an action or opinion, inflexible
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obdurate attitude
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guffaw
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laugh boisterously
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meander
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to wander aimlessly
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muted
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softened, subdue
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endemic
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native, originating where it is found
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endemic disease
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raffish
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not completely acceptable or respectable but interesting
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fete
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to celebrate a person
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heros were feted
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vacuous
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devoid of intelligence, matter or significance
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vacuous response
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rankle
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gnaw into
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debase
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reduce the quality or value of something
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debased the film
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surly
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menacing or threatening in appearance, arrogant
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surly weather
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inadvertent
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happening by chance or unexpected or unintentional(in + ad + verto = not turning mind)
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inadvertent mistake
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augment
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enlarge, increase, improve
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restaurants augmented menu
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assail
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attack in speech or writing
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editior assailed the governor
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precedent
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an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at later time
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tumult
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a state of chaos, confusion, and noise(tumula in sanskrit is noisy)
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banish
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expel from community
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hamstrung
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made ineffective or powerless
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hamstrung by guilt
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spurn
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reject with contempt, scorn, scoff
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she spurned at him
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assuage
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making less severe
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perpetuate
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cause to continue
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buck
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resist
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commendable
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worthy of high praise
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commendable achievement
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grovel
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show submission or fear
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smattering
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small amount of something(small + matter)
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tawdry
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tastelessly showy, cheap
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tawdry display
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irresolute
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uncertain how to act or proceed
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leery
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openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
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leery of hiring such a condidate
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impregnable
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incapable of being tampered with
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enmity
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enimity
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ploy
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clever plan to turn situation into ones advantage
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politicians have ploy
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brusquely
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in a blunt,direct manner
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ask brusquely
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irk
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irritate, vex, exasperate, tedious, weary
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reservation
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an unstated doubt that prevents from wholehearted acceptance of something
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I have some reservation
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pastoral
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relating to country side in a pleasant sense
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unprecedented
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having never been done or known before
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unprecedented event
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embellish
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make more beautiful
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impending
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close in time, about to occur
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obstinate
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stubbornly persistent
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travail
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use of physical or mental energy;hard work ; agony or anguish
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experienced travail
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aphoristic
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something that is conscise and instructive of a general truth or principle
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being aphoristic
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tout
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advertize in strongly positive terms
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CEO touted
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eke
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to scrape by , to live of meager resources
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eke out an existence
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presumption
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audacious
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steadfast
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marked by firm determination or resolution
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conniving
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taking part in immoral or inethical acts
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queen connived the king
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taxing
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exhaust, use to limit
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that hike was taxing
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elude
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escape understanding
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unseemly
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not following propreity
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unseemly manner
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peevish
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easily irritated(RT)
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peevish office manager
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devolve
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pass on to others, grow worse
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devolve into argument
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maxim
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short saying expressing a general truth
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foible
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peculiar behavior
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gv had a harmless foible
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veneer
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covering consisting of thin superficial layer that hides the underlying substance
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melancholy
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deep, long lasting sadness
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forthright
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characterised by directness in manner of speech
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forthright reply
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cerebral
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involving intelligence rather than emotions
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cerebral analysis
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besmirch
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damage the reputation and good name
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besmirched his name
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incense
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make furious
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presumptous
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excessively forward
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presumptous soldier
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finagle
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achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods
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finagled his way into fortune
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antedate
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precede in time
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avert
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turn away, ward off
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averted my eyes
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buttress
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to make stronger or defensible
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precarious
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fraught with danger
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smoking is precarious
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wanton
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without check or limitation, no moral restraint
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behoove
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to be ones duty or obligation, to be required of someone
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It would behoove you to be in class
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humdrum
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pedestrian, dull and lacking excitement,
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humdrum routine work
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begrudge
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to envy, to give reluctantly
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redress
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an act of making something right
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ascribe
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attribute or credit
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rile
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cause annoy, irritate , disturb, irk
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riled by children
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evenhanded
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without partiality
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implicate
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to indicate in wrong doing,
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crime boss was implicated
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rakish
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carefree, disreputebleness
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rakish young man
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piquant
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having pleasantly sharp or pungent taste
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piquant meal
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preempt
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take place or precedence over
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incumbent
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duty or responsibility(more income= more responsibility )
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incumbent on CEO
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prevail
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be current, prove superior
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emulate
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strive to equal or match by imitating
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tribulation
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event that cause difficulty
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tribulation of civil war
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glean
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collect info bit by bit(g + lean)
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gleaned information
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deride
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treat or speak with contempt
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staid
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characterised by dignity and propreity
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staid environment
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creditable
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deserving of praise but not that amazing
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compound
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make more intense, stronger or marked
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balk
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refuse to comply, demur
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excruciating
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extremely painful(ex + crucial)
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excruciating pain
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resignation
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acceptance of something unpleasant that cant be avoided
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miscreant
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a person who breaks law(mis + create)
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colossal
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so great in size or force or extent so as to elicit awe(colossium)
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dilapidated
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in terrible condition, (decaying)(lapid =stone , therefore throwing stone)
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vie
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compete for something
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actively vie
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dispatch
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property of being prompt and efficient
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finished the thesis with dispatch
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decimation
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destroying or killing a large part of population
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inkling
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vague understanding
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cosmopolitan
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comprising many cultures
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perquisite
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right reservered by particular person or group
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carping
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persistently petty and unjustified criticism
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snub
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refuse to acknowledge
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board snubbed him
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complementary
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enhancing each others qualities
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debunk
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expose false ideas and claims, especially while ridiculing
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deliberate
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think about carefully
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deliberate over opinions
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amply
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more than is adequate
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besiege
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harass, as with questions or requests, cause to feel distress or worried
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choleric
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easily angered, prone to outbursts temper(cholera disease)
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choleric lecturer
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apostate
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a person who has abandoned a religious state or cause
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apostate of the party
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arrant
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complete and wholly
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arrant fool
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cow
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intimidate
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malfeasance
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misconduct, wrongdoing
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fractious
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irritable and likely to cause disruption
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fractious uncle complains
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hector
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to bully, to intimidate, (cow in a hector of land)
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boss's hectoring manner
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insufferable
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intolerable
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feckless
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lazy and irresponsible
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feckless lazy buggers
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turpitude
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depraved act
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rape is turpitude
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exegesis
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critical explanation or analysis
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bible is fertile ground for exegesis
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expunge
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to completely eliminate, expurge
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anathema
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curse, a detested person
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Galileo was anathema to church
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catholic
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of broad scope, universal
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jingoist
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patriotism with belligerance to foreign countries
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overweening
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arrogant, presumptous
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overweening pride
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zeitgeist
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spirit of the times
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each decade has its own zeitgeist
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expansive
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communicative, prone to talk in sociable manner
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expansive speaking
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defray
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to help pay the cost of
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defrayed the tution fee
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factious
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internal dissention
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factious dispute
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pariah
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an outcast
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pariah to society
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byzantine
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intricate and complex
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untoward
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unfavorable, inconvenient
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teaching is untoward
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conciliate
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to make peace
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kowtow
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to bow or act in a subservient manner
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kowtowed his boss
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precipitate
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cause to happen,
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sangfroid
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calmness or poise in difficult situation
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invective
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abuse or denunciary language
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invective language
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jaundice
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to be biased against due to envy or prejudice
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girls usually jaundice towards other other
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sartorially
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related to fashion or clothes
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aesthete are saratorial
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mulct
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swindle, defraud, trick, cheat
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ended up in mulct
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malapropism
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confusion of a word that sounds similar
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jejune
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dull, lacking flavor, or immature, childish
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mettlesome
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filled with courage and valor
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juggernaut
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a force that cannot be stopped
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napoleon was a juggernaut
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tendentious
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likely to lean towards controversial issues
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newspapers are tendentious
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imbroglio
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confused and potentially embarrasing situation
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venial
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forgivable;pardonable
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venial crime
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remonstrate
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to make objection in pleading
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victim remonstrate before rape
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limpid
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clarity in terms of expression
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limpid prose
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sententious
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to be moralizing usually in a pompous sense, meaningful
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sententious saying
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palimpset
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something that has changed numerous times but on which traces of former iterations can be seen
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downtown is a palimpset of citys checkered past
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curmudgeon
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bad tempered, grouchy, surly
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curmudgeon herbert
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quisling
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traitor
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excoriate
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to criticize very harshly
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apotheosis
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highest point of development, culminate
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arriviste
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a person who has reached a position of power
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pollyannaish
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extremely optimistic, sanguine
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remained pollyannaish
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mellifluous
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smooth and sweet sounding
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mellifluous song
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bilious
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always angry
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gerrymander
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to manipulate voting districts to favor a political party
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propitiate
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to placate or appease
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could hardly propitiate him
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sybarite
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a person who indulges in luxury
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picayune
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trifling, petty
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phantasmagorical
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illusive, unreal
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cupidity
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greed for money
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pervenu
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a person who has suddenly become rich, but not socially accepted as part of higher class
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protean
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readily taking on different roles, versatile
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protean actor
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pyrrhic
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victoryn that comes at great cost that victory is not worthwhile
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pyrrhic victory
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maudlin
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overly emotional and sad
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maudlin songs of aashique 2
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factitious
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artificial, not natural
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factitious story
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peremptory
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bossy and domineering
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peremptory sister
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tact
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consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offence
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great display of tact
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collusion
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agreement on a secret plot
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languish
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become feeble
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appurtenant
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supply added support
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sherpas are appurtenant
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beg
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to evade
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begged the question
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dissipate
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to squander or spend money frivolously, to scatter
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smell dissipated, money dissipated
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trenchent
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characterized by full of force and vigor
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splenetic
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irritable
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splenetic behavior
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officious
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intrusive in meddling or offensive manner
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officious secretary
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raillery
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light teasing
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dont be bothered by raillery
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dissolution
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living full of debauchery and indulgence in sensual pleasure
|
roman emperors were known for their dissolution
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eponym
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name derived from a person
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halcyon
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idyllically calm and peaceful
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halcyon period
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row
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angry dispute and quarrel
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row with others
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enamored
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strongy attracted to or in love with
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sardonic
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disdainfully or ironically humorous, scornful and mocking
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sardonic magician'
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bereft
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sorrowful through loss or deprivation, unhappy in love
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he was bereft after the death of his wife
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hoodwink
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to deceive, trick, hoax, delude, finagle
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countermanded
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to cancel the command or reversing a previous command
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abrogate
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revoke, relinquish, or do away with
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abrogated his license
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sedulous
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done diligently or carefully
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vicissitude
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to change in ones circumstances usually for the worse
|
great rulers have vicissitude too
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disabuse
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to persuade somebody that his or her imaginations is not valid
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arch
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to be deliberately teasing
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she was just being arch
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discursive
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tending to depart from the main point
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author is discursive
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desiccated
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lacking vitality, uniteresting
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desiccated works
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palatable
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acceptable to the taste or mind
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inequity
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injustice for not following the
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hoary
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ancient |
hoary men
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