Hard Ones

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ABASE

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TO HUMBLE OR DISGRACE

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ABJURE

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PROMISE OR SWEAR TO GIVE UP

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ABNEGATE

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TO DENY OR RENOUNCE
"The minister abnegated the luxuries of life."

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ADVENTITIOUS

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ACCIDENTAL, CASUAL ”He found this adventitious meeting withhis friend extremely fortunate.”

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ARROGATE

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TO ASSUME, OR CLAIM AS ONE'S OWN; TO TAKE OVER WITHOUT DUECAUSE..“to make undue claims to, from vanity or baseless pretensions to right or merit; as, the pope arrogated dominion overkings.”

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BALK

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FOIL
To stop short and refuse to go on: The horse balked at the jump.To refuse obstinately or abruptly: She balked at the very idea of compromise.

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BILK

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FRUSTRATE OR DISAPPOINT; TO DECEIVE OR DEFRAUD..
TO ELUDE

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BLUSTER

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BOAST OR MAKE THREATS LOUDLY

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BROCADE

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RICH, FIGURED FABRIC

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BROMIDE

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A DULL PERSON OR IDEA

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CADGE

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TO BEG, TO GET BY BEGGIN

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COFFER

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STRONGBOX, CHEST FOR MONEY

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CONSEQUENTIAL

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POMPOUS, SELF IMPORTANT
INFLUENTIAL

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CONSTRUE

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TO EXPLAIN OR INTERPRET

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CONTUMACIOUS

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DISOBEDIENT; RESISTING AUTHORITY ”The contumacious mobshouted defiantly at the police.”

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CURMUDGEON

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CRANKY PERSON

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DEBAUCH

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TO CORRUPT, SEDUCE FROM VIRTUE OR DUTY, INDULGE

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DEMUR

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TO QUESTION OR OPPOSE

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DOCKET

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Calender of court cases.A brief entry of the court proceedings. The book containing such entries. A summary of a document A list of things to be done.directions for assembling or operating.

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DUDGEON

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ANGRY INDIGNATION “Higgins was so frustrated by such a basic error that he stormed out of the arena for the mid-session intervalin high dudgeon.”

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ECUMENICAL

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ENCOMPASSING A WIDE VARIETY OF FAITHS OR BELIEFS, OFTEN IN REFERENCET O RELIGION.. (AFFECTED OR EXAGGERATED EARNESTNESS,ESPECIALLY IN CHOICE AND USE OF LANGUAGE.)

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EDACIOUS

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VORACIOUS, DEVOURING devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"

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EFFECTUAL

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EFFICIENT

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EFFETE

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DEPLETED OF VITALITYb
MARKED BY SELF-INDULGENCE,TRIVIALITY, OR DECADENCE,
OVERREFINED;EFFEMINATE.

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ELEEMOSYNARY

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PERTAINING TO CHARITY; CHARITABLE.

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EQUABLE

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STEADY, REGULAR

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ESURIENT

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HUNGRY, GREEDY

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ETIOLOGY

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THE STUDY OF CAUSES

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EVINCE

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TO SHOW CLEARLY

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EXIGUOUS

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SMALL, MINUTE
MEAGER

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PHARISICAL

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HYPOCRITICALLY SELF-RIGHTEOUS AND CONDEMNATORY, SANCTIMONIOUS
making a show of religion without the spirit of it

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PITTANCE

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MEAGER AMOUNT OR WAGE

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PLANGENT

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POUNDING, THUNDERING, RESOUNDING, WAILING SOUND

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PLEBIAN

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CRUDE, LOWER-CLASS, VULGAR

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PONTIFICATE

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TO SPEAK IN A PRETENTIOUS MANNER

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PREDICATE

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TO FOUND OR BASE ON

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PRIVATION

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LACK OF USUAL NECESSETIES OR COMFORTS

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PROPOUND

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TO OFFER FOR CONSIDERATION; TO EXHIBIT (PROPOUND AN ARGUMENT)

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QUALIFY

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TO LIMIT “he qualified the harshness of his criticisms by smiling as he said them”

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QUIXOTIC

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GENEROUS, UNSELFISH

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QUIZZICAL

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BANTERING, COMICAL, HUMOROUSLY SERIOUS

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PROGENITOR

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A direct ancestor. An originator of a line of descent; a precursor. An originator; (ex: of the new music)

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PONDEROUS

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Having great weight. Unwieldy from weight or bulk. Lacking grace or fluency; labored and dull: a ponderous speech.

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ALOOF

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Without sympathy; unfavorably.

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INDIGNANT

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WRATHFUL; passionate; irate; feeling wrath, as when a person is exasperated by unworthy or unjust treatment, by a mean action, or by a degrading accusation.

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IDEOLOGUE

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An advocate of a particular ideology, especially an official exponent of that ideology.

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SIGNAL (adj)

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Notably out of the ordinary: "a signal feat."

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REBARBATIVE

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IRRITATING, REPELLANT

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REBUFF

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BLUNT REJECTION an abrupt setback to progress or action.

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RELEGATE

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TO FORCIBLY ASSIGN, ESP. TO A LOWER PLACE OR POSITION

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RENITENT

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RESISTING PRESSURE, OBSTINATE

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REPUDIATE

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DISOWN, REFUSE TO ACCEPT OR PAY “the psychic repudiated her claims when it became obvious her client had not won the lottery” To reject the validity or authority of: “Chaucer... not only came to doubt the worth of his extraordinary body of work, but repudiated it” (Joyce Carol Oates). To reject emphatically as unfounded,untrue, or unjust: repudiatedthe accusation. To refuse to recognizeor pay: repudiate a debt. To disown (a child, for example). To refuse to have any dealings with.

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SANCTIMONY

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SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS, HYPOCRITICAL, WITH FALSE PIETY

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SEPULCHRAL

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TYPICAL OF A PLACE OF BURIAL

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SLATE

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PROPOSE; CRITICIZE

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SOLECISM

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GRAMMATICAL MISTAKE

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SOLIPCISM

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BELIEF THAT THE SELF IS THE ONLY TRUE REALITY

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STRICTURE

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SOMETHING THAT RESTRAINS, NEGATIVE CRITICISM

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STULTIFY

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TO IMPAIR OR REDUCE TO USELESSNESSTo cause to appear stupid, inconsistent, or ridiculous. Law. To allege or prove insane and so not legally responsible.

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SUBLIMATE

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TO REPRESS IMPULSESTo divert the energy associated with (an unacceptable impulse ordrive) into a personally and socially acceptable activity.

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SUBVERSIVE

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TENDING TO OVERTHROW OR RUIN

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SUBVERT

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TO UNDERMINE OR CORRUPT

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SUPEREROGATORY

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NONESSENTIAL

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TOUT

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TO SOLICIT CUSTOMERS, VOTES, OR PATRONAGE, ESPECIALLY IN A BRAZENWAY

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UNEXCEPTIONABLE

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ENTIRELY ACCEPTABLE; NOT OFFERING ANY BASIS FOR CRITICISM
"a judge's ethics should be unexceptionable"
(*UNEXCEPTIONAL: run-of-the-mill)

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UNINITIATED

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NOT FAMILIAR WITH AN AREA OF STUDY

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UNTOWARD

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UNFORTUNATE, INCONVENIENT, UNRULY, UNSEEMLY, TROUBLESOME

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UPSHOT

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OUTCOME; FINAL RESULT

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VICISSITUDE

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MALLEABLE/CHANGEABLECHANGE (FROM GOOD TO BAD); CHANGE OF FORTUNE, UPS AND DOWNS

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WRANGLE

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LOUD QUARREL

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FACTITIOUS

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ARTIFICIAL; SHAM

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FEY

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OTHERWORLDLY, DOOMED, APPROACHING DEATH, UNDER A SPELLCRAZY,CLAIRVOYANT

FAY: fairylike, magical

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FINICAL

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TOO FUSSY ABOUT FOOD, CLOTHING, ETC.

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FLIP

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SARCASTIC, IMPERTINENT “flip remarks”

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FOMENT

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TO NURSE TO LIFE OR ACTIVITY; TO ENCOURAGE..(INSTIGATE) “Cynical politicians may even foment conflicts among groups to advancetheirown power.”

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FORFEND

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DEFENDTO AVERT, PREVENT, WARD OFF(TO FORBID)
"If one of us is missing, heaven forfend, then the king's forces are diminished"

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FROWARD

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INTRACTABLE, NOT WILLING TO YIELD OR COMPLY, STUBBORN “the froward mule wouldn’t budge”

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FROWZY

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SLOVENLY; UNKEMPT; DIRTY

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GALL

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BITTERNESS of feeling.RANCOR Something bitter to endure: "the gall of defeat." OUTRAGEOUS INSOLENCE; effrontery. TO CHAFE. TO VEX OR IRRITATE: "It galled me to have to wait outside."

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IMMATERIAL

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EXTRANEOUS, INCONSEQUENTIAL, NONESSENTIAL

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IMPERTINENT

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NOT TO THE POINT, IRRELEVANT, INAPPLICABLE; TRIFLING; FRIVOLOUS; NOT GOOD MANNERS.. “impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup.” "mentioned several impertinent facts before comingto thepoint"

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INDENTURE

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BOUND TO ANOTHER BY CONTRACT

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INDICT

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TO ACCUSE FORMALLY

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INSENSIBLE

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UNAWARE
UNCONCIOUS
INDIFFERENT- NOT EMOTIONALLY RESPONSIVEIMPERCEPTABLE: "an insensible change in temperature." VERY SMALL OR GRADUAL

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INSOLUBLE

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INSOLVABLE, DIFFUCULT TO SOLVE OR EXPLAIN "in soluble riddles"

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INSOUCIANT

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UNCONCERNED, CAREFREE, NONCHALANT

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INTERDICT

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PROHIBIT, FORBID, BAN

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INELUCTABLE

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CERTAIN, INEVITABLE

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INEXORABLE

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RELENTLESS, UNYIELDING, IMPLACABLE

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INORDINATE

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UNRESTRAINED; EXCESSIVE

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INSCRUTABLE

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INCAPABLE OF BEING DISCOVERED OR UNDERSTOOD

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INVESTITURE

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CEREMONY CONFERRING AUTHORITY (ANT: DIVESTITURE)

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LAGNIAPPE

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TRIFLING PRESENT GIVEN TO A CUSTOMER, AN UNEXPECTED BENEFIT(ALSO CALLED A "BOOT")

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LIBEL

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STATEMENT THAT DAMAGES REPUTAION
A SATIRE
a false publication, as in writing,print, signs, or pictures, thatdamages a person's reputation.
written statement of a plaintiff's complaints

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LIMPID

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CLEAR AND SIMPLE, SERENE, TRANSPARENT, UNTROUBLED

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LINIMENT

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MEDICINAL LIQUID USED TO EASE PAIN

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LUBRICIOUS

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LEWD, WANTON, GREASY, SLIPPERY

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LUCUBRATE

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WRITE IN A SCHOLARLY FASHION

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MILITATE

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TO HAVE WEIGHT OR INFLUENCE ON, TO WORK AGAINST, TO ARGUE (AGAINST) “the presidents advisorswarnedhim that the volatility of the situation militated againstany rash action”

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NETTLE

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TO IRRITATE, STING, VEX

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NICE

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1) SCRUPULOUS/HARD TO PLEASE OVERDELICATE OR FASTIDUOUS, FUSSY
2)PRECISE, SENSITIVE TO SUBTLENESS a nice distinction; a nice sense of style.
3) WANTON

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NONPLUSSED

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AT A TOTAL LOSS OF WHAT TO SAY OR DO

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OBLOQUY

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ABUSIVELY DETRACTIVE LANGUAGE, SHARP CRITICISM, ILL REPUTE

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OBSEQUY

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FUNERAL CEREMONY

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ONTOLOGY

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THEORY ABOUT THE NATURE OF EXISTANCE

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OROTUND

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POMPOUS

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OVERWEENING

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PRESUMPTUOUSLY ARROGANT, OVERBEARING, IMMODERATE (overweening ambition), BEING A JERK

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PALAVER

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IDLE TALK

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PECULATION

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THEFT OF MONEY OR GOODS

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PERTINACIOUS

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PERSISTANT, STUBBORN
"all the king's horses and all the king's men could not change that pertinacious little mind."

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PERCIPIENT

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DISCERNING, ABLE TO PERCIEVE

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PHILOLOGY

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THE STUDY OF WORDS

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WANTON

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IMMORAL
LEWD
CRUEL, MERCILESS
MALICIOUS AND CAPRICOUS
UNRESTRAINED EXCESSIVENESS: wanton extravagance; wanton depletion of oil reserves.
LUXURIANT, OVERABUNDANT: wanton tresses.
FROLICSOME, PLAYFUL
UNDISCIPLINED, SPOILED

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LUXURIATE

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To take luxurious pleasure; indulge oneself.
To proliferate.
To grow profusely; thrive.

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FOPPISH

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VAIN

FOP: A man who is preoccupied with and often vain about his clothes and manners; a dandy.

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ETYMOLOGY

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the study of word origins

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REMISS

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negligent

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AGNATE

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pertaining to the father's side

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EPISTEMOLOGY

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the study of the nature of knowledge

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LANGUISH

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to lose strength, be neglected, live in miserable conditions

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JAUNDICE

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to distort or be predujiced due to envy

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REBUKE

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to reprove, scold

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SCIOLISM

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superficial knowledge

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PRIVY

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private/secret

Made a participant in knowledge of something private or secret: "was privy to classified information."

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OBLATION

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a sacrifice

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COUCH

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to express, using words of a certain kind

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APPROBATE

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to sanction, to authorize

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MANIFEST

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OBVIOUS
TO PROVE BEYOND DOUBT "her pregnancy was made manifest by the blue line"
list of cargo or passengers

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COUCH

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to express, using words of a certain kind

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ADJURE

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to urge solemnly

(don't confuse with abjure)

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ADDUCE

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to offer as example or proof

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PANACHE

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flair
a group of feathers

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WATERSHED

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the point at which significant change occurs

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PERQUISITE

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a birthright
a gratuity

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REPROACH

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to criticize
to bring shame on
(n) blame or disgrace

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SCURRILOUS

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ABUSIVE AND INSULTING
FOUL-MOUTHED

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OPPUGN

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to attack or contradict

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LITURGY

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a ritual

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PRIGGISH

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ARROGANT
SMUG
NARROW-MINDED

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EXPOSTULATE

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to try to dissuade someone through reason

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LITANY

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a repeated series

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TEMPORAL

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SHORT-LIVED
WORLDLY

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SUBORN

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to persuade someone to break the law

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PATRICIAN

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NOBILITY
ONE WITH REFINED TASTES AND MANNERS

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STILTED

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stiff, artificially formal

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PAREGORIC

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soothing

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LASSITUDE

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weariness or indifference

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PARAGON

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a large unflawed diamond

the best example

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VITUPERATE

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to scold with abusive language

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ELEGY

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mournful song or poem
(not "eulogy" which is praise)

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PHILISTINE

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an unrefined, crude person

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LISTLESS

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lacking energy or desire

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PREROGATIVE

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SUPERIOR ADVANTAGE
EXCLUSIVE PRIVLEDGE

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SONOROUS

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pertaining to pompous language

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CAD

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an immoral person

A man whose behavior is unprincipled or dishonorable.

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QUIZZICAL

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Suggesting puzzlement
Teasing; mocking:
Eccentric; odd.

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RAKE

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An immoral or dissolute person; a libertine

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OCHLOCRACY

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Government by the masses; mob rule.

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PETTIFOGGING

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deceit and trickery
Paltry; quibbling; mean.
to do petty business (as a lawyer)

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VAINGLORY

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excessive pride

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BRIGAND

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lawless fellow

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CALVALCADE

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PROCESSION ON HORSEBACK

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WINSOME

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CHEERFUL

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MAWKISH

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overly sentimental

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MALPROPISM

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misuse of a word with humorous consequences