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135 Cards in this Set
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Abscond (v)
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to depart clandestinely, to steal off and hide
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Capricious (adj)
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Inclined to change one's mind impulsively, erratic, unpredictable
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Chicanery (noun)
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trickery, subterfuge
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Disabuse (v)
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to undeceive, set right
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Effrontery (n)
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extreme boldness, presumptuousness
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Ennui (n)
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dissatisfaction and restlessness from boredom or apathy.
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Equivocate (v)
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to use ambiguous langauge with a deceptive intent
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Exculpate (v)
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to exonerate, clear from blame
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Exigent (adj)
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urgent, demanding immediate attention
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Extemporaneous (adj)
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improvised, done without preparation
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Fulminate (v)
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to loudly attack or denounce
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Ingenuous (adj)
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artless, frank and candid, lacking in sophistication
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Inured (adj)
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accustomed to accepting something undesirable
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Magnanimity (n)
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the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, esp. in forgiving
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Neologism (n)
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a new word, expression, or usage; the creation of new words or use
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Paean (n)
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a song or hymn of praise or thanksgiving
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Perfidy (n)
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intentional breach of faith, treachery
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Perfunctory (adj)
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cursory, done without care or interest
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Prescience (n)
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foreknowledge of events, knowing of events prior to their occurring
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Solicitous (adj)
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concerned and attentive, eager
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Stymie (v)
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to block, thwart
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Truculent (adj)
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fierce and cruel, eager to fight
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Accolade (n)
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an expression of praise
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Bucolic (adj)
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rustic and pastoral, characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants
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Chary (adj)
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wary, cautious
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Complaisance (n)
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the willingness to comply with the wishes of others
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Contrite (adj)
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regretful, penitent, seeking forgiveness
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Demur (v)
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to question or oppose
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Disinterested (adj)
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free of bias or self-interested, impartial
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Harangue (v)
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to deliver a pompous speech or tirade
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Incipient (adj)
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beginning to come into being or to become apparent
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Intransigent (adj)
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refusing to compromise
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Inveigle (v)
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to obtain by deception or flattery
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Penurious (adj)
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penny-pinching, excessively thrifting
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Preen (v)
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to dress up, to primp
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Redoubtable (adj)
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awe-inspiring, worthy of honor
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Vilify (v)
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to defame, characterize harshly
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Aver (v)
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to state as a fact, to declare or assert
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Dissemble (v)
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to disguise or conceal, to mislead
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Germane (adj)
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relating to the subject at hand, appropriate in subject matter
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Grandiloquence (n)
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pompous speech or expression
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Halcyon (adj)
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calm and peaceful
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Idolatrous (adj)
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given to intense or excessive devotion
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Implacable (adj)
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not capable of being appeased or significantly changed
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Impunity (n)
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immunity from punishment or penalty
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Inchoate (adj)
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at an initial stage, not fully formed
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Insipid (adj)
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without taste or flavor, lacking in spirit, bland
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Mendacity (n)
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the condition of being untruthful, dishonesty
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Obdurate (adj)
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unyielding, hardhearted, intractable
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Opprobrium (n)
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disgrace, contempt, scorn
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Penury (n)
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poverty
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Pithy (adj)
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precise and brief
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Prodigal (adj)
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recklessly wasteful, extravagant, lavish
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Salubrious (adj)
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promoting health or well-being
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Specious (adj)
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plausible but false, misleadingly attractive
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Astringent (n)
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something with a tightening effect on tissue
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Credulous (adj)
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tending to believe too readily, gullible
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Garrulous (adj)
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pointlessly talkative, talking too much
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Glib (adj)
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marked by ease or informality, nonchalant
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Inimical (adj)
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damaging, harmful
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Laconic (adj)
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using few words, terse
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Probity (n)
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adherence to highest principles, complete and confirmed integrity
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Profligate (adj)
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excessively wasteful
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Prosaic (adj)
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dull, lacking in spirit or imagination
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Rarefy (verb)
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to make or become thin, less dense, refine
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Recondite (adj)
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hidden, concealed, difficult to understand, obscure
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Refulgent (adj)
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radiant, shiny, brilliant
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Sedulous (adj)
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diligent, persistent, hard-working
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Trenchant (adj)
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sharply perceptive, keen, penetrating
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Vituperate (v)
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to use harsh language, to abuse or censure severely, to berate
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Alloy (v)
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to commingle, to debase by mixing with something inferior
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Consequential (adj)
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pompous, self-important
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Mince (v)
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to pronounce or speak affectedly, to euphemize to speak to carefully, Also to take tiny steps or tiptoe
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Nice (adj)
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exacting, fastidious, extremely precise
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Obtain (adj)
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to be established, accepted, or customary
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Pluck (n)
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courage, spunk, fortitude
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Prize (v)
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to pry, press or force with a lever, something taken by force, spoils
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Rail (v)
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to complain about bitterly
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Quail (v)
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to lose courage, to turn frightened
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Qualify (v)
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to limit
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Stand (n)
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a group of trees
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Strut (n)
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the supporting structural cross-part of a wing
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Wag (n)
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wit, joker
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Abjure (v)
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to renounce or reject solemnly, to recant, to avoid
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Adumbrate (v)
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to foreshadow vaguely or intimate, to suggest an outline sketchily, to obscure or overshadow
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Anathema (n)
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a solemn or ecclesiastical (religious) curse, accursed or thoroughly loathed person
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Anodyne (adj)/(n)
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soothing, something that assuages or allays pain
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Apostate (n)
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one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions
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Apotheosis (n)
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deification, glorification to godliness, a model of excellence
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Asperity (n)
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severity, rigor, roughness
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Asseverate (v)
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to aver, allege, or assert
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Assiduous (v)
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diligent, hard-working, sedulous
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Augury (n)
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omen, portent
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Calumniate (v)
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to slander, to make a false accusation
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Captious (adj)
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disposed to point out trivial faults, calculated to confuse or entrap in argument
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Cavil (v)
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to find fault without good reason
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Chimera (n)
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an illusion
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Contumacious (adj)
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insubordinate, rebellious
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Desuetude (n)
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disuse
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Desultory (n)
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random, aimless, marked by lack of plan or purpose
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Diaphanous (adj)
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transparent, gauzy
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Diffident (adj)
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reserved, shy, unassuming, lacking in self-confidence
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Ecomium (n)
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glowing and enthusiastic praise
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Execrate (v)
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to denounce, to feel loathing for, to curse, to declare to be evil
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Exegesis (n)
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critical examination, explication
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Expiate (v)
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to atone or make amends for
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Fatuous (adj)
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silly, inanely foolish
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Fractious (adj)
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quarrelsome, rebellious, irritable, unruly
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Imbroglio (n)
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difficult or embarassing situation
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Ineluctable (adj)
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certain, inevitable
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Insouciant (adj)
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unconcerned, carefree, heedless
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Inveterate (adj)
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deep rooted, ingrained, habitual
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Jejune (adj)
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vapid, uninteresting, nugatory, childish, immature, puerile
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Lubricious (adj)
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lewd, wanton, greasy, slippery
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Meretricious (adj)
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cheap, gaudy, tawdry, flashy, showy
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Obstreperous (adj)
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noisily and stubbornly defiant
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Palliate (v)
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to make something seem less serious, to gloss over, to make less severe or intense
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Panegyric (n)
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formal praise, eulogy, encomium
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Pellucid (adj)
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transparent, easy to understand, limpid
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Peroration (n)
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the concluding part of a speech, flowery, rhetorical speech
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Plangent (adj)
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pounding, thundering, resounding
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Prolix (adj)
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long-winded, verbose
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Propitiate (v)
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to appease, to conciliate
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Puissance (n)
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power, strength
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Pusillanimous (adj)
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cowardly, craven
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Remonstrate (v)
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to protest, object
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Salutory (adj)
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remedial, wholesome, causing improvement
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Sanguine (adj)
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cheerful, confident, optimistic
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Saturnine (adj)
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gloomy, dark, sullen
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Sententious (adj)
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aphoristic or moralistic, tending to moralize excessively
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Stygian (adj)
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gloomy, dark
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Tendentious (adj)
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biased, showing marked tendencies
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Timorous (adj)
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timid, fearful, diffident
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Vitiate (v)
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to corrupt, to debase, to spoil, to make ineffective
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Voluble (adj)
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fluent, verbal, having easy use of spoken language
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