Gre Words To Know

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Profligate

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Spending resources recklessly or wastefully

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Impertinent

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Being disrespectful; improperly forward or bold

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Harangue

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A long pompous speech

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Calumny

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Making false statements meant to injure a person’s reputation

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Upbraid

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To reproach: to scold

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Vindicate

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To clear of accusations, blame, suspicion, or doubt with supporting argument or proof

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Venerate

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To respect deeply

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Commensurate

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To be in proportion; corresponding in quality or amount

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Ambivalent

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Mixed/ conflicting emotions about something

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Prevaricate

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To speak in an evasive (vague) way

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Betray

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To reveal or make known of something, usually unintentionally

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Parsimonious

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Extremely frugal; miserly (stingy) unwillingness to use money or resources

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Chastise

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To reprimand harshly; strong disapproval or criticism

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Egregious

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To stand out in a negative way; shockingly bad

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Belie

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Make a false representation to; misrepresent

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Aberration

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Deviation from what is normal or expected

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Auspicious

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Favorable, the opposite of serenity

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Ingenuous

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To be naive and innocent

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Venatily

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The condition of being susceptible to bribe or corruption

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Ewuivocal

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Confusion or ambiguous

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Ambiguous

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To have more than one interpretation

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Demur

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To object or show reluctance

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Involved

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Complicated or difficult to comprehend

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Intimate

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To suggest something subtly

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Qualify

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To make less severe; to limit

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Maintain

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To assert

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Extant

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Still in existence (usually referring to documents)

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Parochial

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Narrowly restricted in scope or outlook

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Disinterested

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Unbiased; neutral

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Anomalous

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Not normal

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Undermine

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To weaken

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Artful

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Exhibiting artistic skills or clever in a cunning way

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Amorphous

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Shapeless

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Veracious

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Truthful

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Mercurial

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Prone to unexpected and unpredictable changes in mood

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Wanting

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Lacking

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Galvanized

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To excite or inspire someone to action

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Acromony

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Bitterness and ill will

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Iconoclast

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Somebody that attacks cherished beliefs or institutions

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Innocuous

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Harmless or doesn’t produce any ill effects

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Prodigal

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Rashly; wastefully extravagant (wasting a lo pendejo)

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Amenable

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Easily persuaded

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Censure

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To express strong disapproval

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Amalgam

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A mixture of multiple things

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Gregarious

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To be likely to socialize with others

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Laconic

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Using very few words

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Restive

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Restless

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Castigate

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To reprimand harshly

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Enervate

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To sap energy from

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Frugal

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Not spending much money (but spending wisely)

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Predilection

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A strong liking

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Entrenched

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Firmly fixed or secured

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Reticent

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Disinclined to talk; not revealing ones thoughts

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Gainsay

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Deny or contradict; speak against or oppose

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Gossamer

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Characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy

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Audacious

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Willingness to be bold in social situations or to take risks

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Recondite

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Difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understand and knowledge

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Deferential

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Showing respect

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Mitigate

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To make less severe or harsh

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Querulous

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Habitually complaining

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Germane

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Relevant and appropriate

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Eschew

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Avoid or stay away from deliberately; to stay clear of

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Inexorable

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Impossible to stop or prevent

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Meticulous

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Marked by extreme care in treatment of details

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Superfluous

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Serving no useful purpose

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Conspicuous

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Without any attempt in concealment; completely obvious

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Platitude

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A trite or obvious remark

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Culpability

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A state of guilt

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Pbscure

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Make unclear; known by a few

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Diffident

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Showing modest reserve; lacking self-confidence

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Fortuitous

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Occurring from happy chance; having no cause or apparent cause

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Aesthetic

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Concerned by the appreciation of beauty

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Perfidy

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An act of deliberate betrayal; a breach of a trust

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Aesthete

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A person to professes great sensitivity to the beauty of art and nature

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Banal

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Repeated too often; overly familiar through overuse

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Impudent

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Improperly forward or bold

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Mawkish

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Overly sentimental to the point that it is disgusting

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Concede

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Acknowledge defeat; admit; give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another

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Bucolic

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Relating to the pleasant aspects of the country

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Preclude

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Keep from happening or arising; make impossible

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Frivolous

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Not serious in content, attitude or behavior

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Torpor

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Inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack in vigor or energy

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Prescience

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The power to foresee the future

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Gall

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The trait of being rude or impertinent

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Apathetic

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Marked by lack of interest

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Rustic

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Characterized by rural life; awkwardly simple and provincial

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Chortle

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To chuckle, laugh merrily, often in a breathy, muffled way

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Glut

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An excessive supply; to supply an excess of

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Cryptic

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Mysterious or vague, usually intentionally

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Vociferous

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Conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry

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Dogmatic

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Highly opinionated; not accepting that ones belief may not be correct

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Exacerbate

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Make worse

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Lambast

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Criticize severely or angrily

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Didactic

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Instructive (especially excessively )

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Culminate

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To reach highest or most decisive point

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Dictatorial

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Expecting unquestioning obedience; characteristic of an absolute ruler

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Engender

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Give rise to

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Volubility

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The quality of talking or writing easily and continuously

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Incisive

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Having or demonstrating the ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions

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Decorous

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Characterized by good taste in manners and conduct

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Staunch

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Firm and dependable, especially in loyalty

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Itinerant

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To travel from place to place to work

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Contrive

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Pull of a plan or scheme, usually through skill or trickery

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Rudimentary

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Being in the earliest stages of development; being or involving basic facts or principles

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Delineate

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Describe in detail

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Eclectic

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Comprised of a variety of styles

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Immutable

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Not able to be changed

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Ephemeral

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Lasting a very short time

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Ascetic

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Practicing self denial; one who practices great self denial

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Quotidian

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Found in the ordinary course of events

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Precocious

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Characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity

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Eminent

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Standing above others in quality or position

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Languid

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Not inclined towards physical exertion or effort; slow and relaxed

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Incongrous

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Lacking harmony, compatibility, or appropriateness

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Forlorn

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Marked by or showing hopelessness

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Supplant

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To take the place or move into the position of

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Jubilant

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Full of high-spirited delight because of triumph or success

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Tenacious

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Stubbornly unyielding

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Mollify

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Make someone angry less angry; placate

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Circumvent

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Cleverly find a way to get out of ones duties or obligations

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Panache

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Distinctive and showy elegance

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Denote

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Be a sign or indication of; have a s a meaning

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Negligible

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So small as to be meaningless; insignificant

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Magnanimous

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Noble and generous in spriest, especially to a rival or someone less powerful

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Villify

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Spread negative information about

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Apathy

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An absence of emotion or enthusiasm

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Haughty

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Having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy

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Travesty

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An absurd presentation of something; a mockery

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Fallacious

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Of a belief based on faulty reasoning

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Guileless

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Free of deceit

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Derivative

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Not original but strongly drawing from something already in existence, especially in reference to a creative product

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Heretic

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A person who holds unorthodox opinions in any field

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Refractory

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Stubbornly resistant or authority or control

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Belligerent

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Characteristic of one eager to fight

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Tantamount

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Being essentially equal to something

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Frustrate

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Hinder or prevent (the effort, plans, or desire) of

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Insidious

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Working in a subtle but destructive way

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Subsume

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Contain or include; Consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle

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Vehement

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Marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions

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Disaffected

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Discontented as toward authority

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Avaricious

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Excessively greedy

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Spurious

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Plausible but false

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Unequivocal

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Admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; having only one meaning or interpretation and leading to only one conclusion

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Elucidate

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Make clearer or easier to understand

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Treacherous

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Tending to betray; dangerously unstable and unpredictable

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Derive

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Come from; connected by a relationship of blood; reason by deduction; establish by deduction

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Jingoism

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Fanatical patriotism

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Ameliorate

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Make something bad better

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Abstain

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Choose not to consume or take part in

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Copious

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In abundant supply

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Confound

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To cause confusion; to mistake one thing for another

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Underscore

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Give extra weight to (a communication)

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Juxtapose

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Place side by side for contrast

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Largess

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Extreme generosity and giving

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Construe

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Interpreted in a particular way

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Indifference

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A trait of seeming not to care

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Abstruse

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difficult to understand; incomprehensible

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Aprocryphal

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Being of questionable authenticity

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Soporific

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Inducing mental lethargy; sleep inducing

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Contingent

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A gathering of persons representative of some larger group; dependent on (usually used with upon)

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Ignoble

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Dishonorable

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Provincial

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Characteristic of a limited perspective; not fashionable or sophisticated

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Admonitory

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Serving to warn; expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective

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Blatant

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Without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious

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Myopic

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Lacking foresight or imagination

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Bumbling

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Lacking physical movement skills, especially w/ the hands

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Espouse

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To adopt or support an idea or cause

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Adamant

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Refusing to change one's mind

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Hackneyed

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Lacking significance through having been overused

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Incorrigible

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Impervious to correction by punishment

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Ingratiate

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Gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts

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Exonerate

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Pronounce not guilty of criminal charges

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Laudable

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Worthy of high praise

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Ostentatious

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intended to attract notice and impress others; tawdry or vulgar

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Intransigent

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Unwilling to change one's beliefs or course of action

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Temperance

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The trait of avoiding excesses

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Pedantic

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Overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning

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Implacable

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incapable of making less angry or hostile

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Denigrate

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charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone

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Unscrupulous

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without scruples or principles

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Refute

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Prove to be false or incorrect

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Acerbic

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harsh in tone

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pundit

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someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field

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Discrete

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constituting a separate entity or part; individually separate and distinct

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Exalt

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Praise or glorify

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Aberrant

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Markedly different from an accepted norm

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Decorum

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propriety in manners and conduct

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Eradicate

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To completely destroy

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Pragmatic

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guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory

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Iconoclastic

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defying tradition or convention

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Tortuous

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marked by repeated turns and bends; not straightforward

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forthcoming

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available when required or as promised; at ease in talking to others

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petulant

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easily irritated or annoyed

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opaque

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not clearly understood or expressed

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burgeon

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grow and flourish

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exacting

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requiring and demanding accuracy

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reconcile

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make (one thing) compatible with (another)

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implausible

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describing a statement that is not believable

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idiosyncrasy

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a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual

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expound

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add details or explanation; clarify the meaning; state in depth