English Final Vocab Period 8

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INVIDIOUS

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making people angry;
offensive

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IRASCIBLE

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easily provoked;
irritable

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JADED

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wearied, especially by too much of the good life

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JOCULAR

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jolly;
joking

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KISMET

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fate

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KNAVERY

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dishonest;
mischievous dealing

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LACONIC

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not saying much;
brief;
terse;
concise;

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LAMBASTE

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to thrash, maul, beat, whip or bludgeon with big things;
to scold sharply or rebuke

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LANGUOR

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languidness;
slugishness

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LASCIVIOUS

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lusty;
lewd

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LASSITUDE

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listlessness;
a state of exhaustion or weakness

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LATENT

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potential but not yet displayed

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LAUD

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praise

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LETHARGY

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sluggishness;
indifference

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LICENTIOUS

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immoral;
morally wild or sexually unrestrained

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LITHE

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graceful;
supple;
limber;
moving lightly

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MAGNANIMOUS

Back 17

noble;
generous;
forgiving;
magnificently kind

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MALEDICTION

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a spoken curse

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MALIGN

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to say bad things about;
slander

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MALIGNANCY

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a malevolent and malicious act

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NADIR

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absolutely lowest point

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NASCENT

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coming into being

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NEFARIOUS

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evil

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NEMESIS

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vengeful enemy

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NEOLOGISM

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a newly coined word, phrase or expression

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NEOPHYTE

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beginner

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NEXUS

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bond or link between things

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NOISOME

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offensive;
disgusting;
filthy;
malodorous

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NONCHALANT

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appearing casual, cool indifferent, chilled out

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NONPLUSSED

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perplexed;
baffled

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NOVEL

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new;
unusual;
different

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NOVICE

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beginner

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NOXIOUS

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harmful to health or morals

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OBSEQUIOUS

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fawning;
to easily compliant

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OBSTREPEROUS

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unruly;
defiant;
boisterous

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OBTRUDE

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to force oneself or one's ideas on others;
to extrude;
to stick out

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OBTUSE

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stupid, thick-headed

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ODIOUS

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offensive;
hateful

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ONEROUS

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burdensome

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OPULENT

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rich

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OSTENSIBLE

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apparent;
seeming (but usually not really)

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OSTENTATIOUS

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showy;
pretentious

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OVERT

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open and observable;
not hidden

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PALATABLE

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acceptable to the taste;
sufficiently good to be edible

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PALLIATE

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to moderate the severity of;
abate

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PARAGON

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model or example of perfection

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PARSIMONIOUS

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stingy

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PATHOS

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quality in something that makes you pity it;
feeling of sympathy or pity

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PAUCITY

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smallness in number;
scarcity

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PECUNIARY

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relate to money

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PEDAGOGUE

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school teacher or educator;
boring, dry teacher

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PEDANT

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boring person who knows a lot but has little practical experience;
dweeb

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PEDESTRIAN

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commonplace;
ordinary

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PENCHANT

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strong liking; inclination

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PENURIOUS

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parsimonious;
stingy

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PERFIDIOUS

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dishonest (with an evil connotation

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PERFUNCTORY

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done routinely, carelessly, and listlessly

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PERMEATE

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to spread or flow through

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PERSPICACIOUS

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perceptive, understanding

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PETULANT

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unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered

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PITHY

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concise and meaningful

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PLACATE

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to appease, pacify or calm

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PLACID

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calm;
composed;
undisturbed

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PLAINTIVE

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sad

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PLETHORA

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superabundance;
plenty;
excess

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POLITIC

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shrew;
clever

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POSTHUMOUS

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continuing or done after one's death

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PRECOCIOUS

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characterized by unusually early development

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PRECURSOR

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predecessor;
what came before

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PRESAGE

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to give an indication or warning of something that will happen in the future

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PREVALENT

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commonly occurring or existing

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PREVARICATE

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avoid the truth;
equivocate;
lie

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PROFUSE

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abundant;
overflowing

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PROLIFERATE

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to increase or spread rapidly

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PROLIFIC

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producing lots of offspring or fruit;
fertile;
producing lots of work or results

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PROSAIC

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lacking excitement or imagination;
dull

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PUISSANT

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powerful, mighty

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PUSILLANIMOUS

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timid;
cowardly;
wimpy

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QUALM

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doubt;
uneasiness;
sudden pang of sickness or faintness

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QUANDARY

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state of uncertainty;
dilemma

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QUERULOUS

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complaining;
peevish

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QUIXOTIC

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having the same foolish, impractical, romantic idealism as Don Quixote

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RAMPANT

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unrestrained

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RAPACIOUS

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plundering;
ravenous;
greedy

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RAPPROCHEMENT

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reconciliation

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RATIOCINATION

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logical;
methodical thinking

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RAVENOUS

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hungry

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RECALCITRANT

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stubborn

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RECAPITULATE

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to repeat, state again, in a form that is more laconic and much briefer than the manner in which it was initially stated

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RECTIFY

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to correct;
set right

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RECONDITE

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abstruse;
profound;
concealed

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RECUMBENT

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lying down

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REDOLENT

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fragrant

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REDOUBTABLE

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frighteningly awe-inspiring; formidable

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REDRESS

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to set right, remedy, compensate

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REDUNDANT

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repetitious; done over and over many times;
repeatedly repetitive

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REFULGENT

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shining;
radiant

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REFUTE

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to disprove

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REMORSE

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bitter regret;
guilt

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RENASCENT

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coming into being again

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RUMINATE

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to think a lot about;
cogitate

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SAGACIOUS

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wise

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SALACIOUS

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lecherous;
erotically stimulating

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SANGUINE

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optimistic;
cheerful

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SEDITION

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conduct or language inciting rebellion against authority

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SERVILE

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humbly yielding;
submissive

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SLOTH

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indolence;
inactivity

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SLOVENLY

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messy;
characteristics of a slob

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SOPORIFIC

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sleep-inducing

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SPARSE

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thinly spread or distributed;
not crowded

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STEADFAST

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fixed or unchanging

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STOLID

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showing little emotion or pain;
emotionally solid

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SUBVERT

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to overthrow or undermine the power of

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SUPERCILIOUS

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haughty;
conceited;
disdainful

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SUPERFLUOUS

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beyond what is necessary;
extra

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SUPERLATIVE

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most;
of the highest order;
surpassing all others

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SUPERSEDE

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to take the place of

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SURREPTITIOUS

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done clandestinely (secretly) or by stealth

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SYCOPHANT

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servile person who follows and flatter another person in the hope of winning favor

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TACITURN

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untalkative;
uncommunicative

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TEMERITY

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recklessness; wild craziness;
lack of regard for danger

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TEMPERATE

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showing self-restraint by not doing things to excess;
moderate

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TEMPESTUOUS

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stormy;
turbulent;
like a tempest

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TENACITY

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persistence; tending to hold on firmly

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TENET

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principle or doctrine

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TEPID

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lukewarm; somewhat warm

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TERSE

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concise;
free of superfluous words

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TORRID

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parched by the sun;
hot;
burning

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TREPIDATION

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fear;
state of anxiety or fear that makes you tremble

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TRUNCATE

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to shorten by chopping of the end

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UBIQUITOUS

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being or seeming to be present everywhere at the same time;
omnipresent

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UNCOUTH

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crude;
unrefined;
awkward

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USURP

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to illegally seize the power or rights from another

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VACILLATE

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to waver from one side to the other;
oscillate

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VAINGLORIOUS

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vain;
boastful

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VERBOSE

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excessively wordy

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VILIFY

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to slander;
defame

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VOCIFEROUS

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obnoxiously loud

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WRATH

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anger;
rage

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ZENITH

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peak;
summit;
acme